The kinetics and mechanisms of the reactions of o-benzyne with propargyl and benzyl radicals have been investigated computationally. The possible reaction pathways have been explored by quantum chemical calculations at the M06-2X/6-311+G(3df,2p)//B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) level and the mechanisms have been investigated by the Rice-Ramsperger-Kassel-Marcus theory/master-equation calculations. It was fou...

The build/couple/pair strategy has yielded small molecules with stereochemical and skeletal diversity by using short reaction sequences. Subsequent screening has shown that these compounds can achieve biological tasks considered challenging if not impossible ('undruggable') for small molecules. We have developed gold(I)-catalyzed cascade reactions of easily prepared propargyl propiolates as a m...

Pyranosidic allylic (Ferrier) cations that share dicobalt hexacarbonyl propargyl (Nicholas) stabilization at C-1 display a remarkable reactivity leading to either substituted oxepanes or 3-C-branched pyranosides, depending on the substituent at O-6.

Wheat, a significant grain crop, is the second-largest crop in terms of acreage and output after rice. It farmed on around 217 million hectares worldwide, with nearly half it poor nations. Wheat member Poaceae family. Weed flora wheat includes Phalaris minor, Avena ludoviciana, Chenopodium album, Lathyrus aphaca, Vicia sativa, hirsute, Medicago hispida, Cichorium intybus, Asphodelus tenuifolius...

Dihydropyrans have been prepared by the cyclisation of easily accessible propargyl vinyl ethers with (TFP)AuCl/AgBF(4) as a catalyst in high yields. These compounds undergo acid-catalysed rearrangement into cyclopentenone derivatives.

An efficient base-catalyzed protocol for the synthesis of benzothiophene is described. The reaction proceeds via base-promoted propargyl-allenyl rearrangement followed by cyclization and allyl migration. Phosphine-substituted indoles can be synthesized by a similar strategy.

Kinetically unstable isocyanides as vinyl, allenyl and propargyl react in Passerini Ugi reactions faster than they decompose lead to functionalized α-acyloxy amides α-amino amides, respectively, which can subsequently be used involving the unsaturated substituent.