A gold(I) catalysed reaction between N-propargylic β-enaminones and arynes was developed to access 3-methylene-1-pyrrolines. The title compounds were obtained in 57-78% yields. This reaction is useful for the generation of substituted 1-pyrrolines exhibiting significant molecular complexity.

A metal-free chemodifferentiating A2BB' 4CR manifold for the modular synthesis of tertiary skipped diynes is described. The manifold performs a triethylamine triggered reaction of alkyl propiolates and acid chlorides to assemble two units of each component in the form of two propargylic alkynoates, a tertiary alcohol, and an ester. A differentiated incorporation of the two acid chloride compone...

A novel propargylic electrophile-induced tandem intermolecular addition-semipinacol rearrangement was developed efficiently under mild conditions. Various allylic silylether substrates as well as Co-complexed propargylic species were applicable to this protocol and gave a series of synthetically useful β-propargyl spirocyclic ketones in moderate to good yields. Its synthetic application was als...

The mechanisms of gold(III)-catalyzed synthesis of highly substituted furans via [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangements and/or [1,2]-acyloxy migration based on propargyl ketones have been investigated using density functional theory calculations at BHandHLYP/6-31G(d,p) (SDD for Au) level of theory. Solvent effects on these reactions were explored using calculations that included a polarizable continu...

A convenient zinc(II) chloride-catalyzed regioselective propargylation/amination/cycloisomerization process has been developed for the synthesis of substituted pyrrole derivatives from propargylic acetates, enoxysilanes and primary amines. Various aromatic and aliphatic propargylic acetates participate well in the reaction, providing the propargylation/amination/cycloisomerization products in g...

Reaction of propargylic dithioacetals with BuLi followed by treatment with dialdehydes yields the corresponding allenyl carbinols which can be cyclized to give the 2,3,5-trisubstituted furans. The use of this strategy for the synthesis of a range of alternating benzene-furan oligoaryls is described.