3,5-Bis(trifluoromethyl) phenyl ammonium triflate(BFPAT) catalyzed one-pot synthesis of indeno[1,2-b]pyridine compound derivatives by four-component condensation aldehyde, aromatic ketones, 1,3-indanedione, and acetate in ethanol. Accessible starting materials, Simplicity operation, green practical catalyst, easy purification, excellent yields are the key benefits current technique.

Two darts in the middle! This work reports double addition of propargylzinc reagents to nitriles (acylcyanohydrins and cyanocarbonates). methodology provides a straightforward access dipropargylic α,α-disubstituted hydroxyamides or N-Boc-protected amino alcohols which can be converted into functionalized pyridine derivatives after cobalt-catalyzed [2+2+2] cycloaddition reactions involving nitri...