An iron-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of diynes and cyanamides at room temperature is reported. Highly substituted 2-aminopyridines were obtained in good to excellent yields with high regioselectivity. Insights toward the reaction process were investigated through in situ IR spectra and control experiments. In this iron-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction, the active iron species wa...

Cycloaddition of pyridine N-imine with 6-alkyl-4-oxohex-5-ynoates followed by condensation with hydrazine provides concise access to pharmacologically active 6-(pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl)pyridazinones. For the first time alkynyl heterocycles are also shown to be effective dipolarophiles for pyridine N-imine, and analogous compounds can be accessed directly in modest yields through the reactio...

The cycloaddition of azides to alkynes is one of the most important synthetic routes to 1H-[1,2,3]-triazoles. Here a novel regiospecific copper(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of terminal alkynes to azides on solid-phase is reported. Primary, secondary, and tertiary alkyl azides, aryl azides, and an azido sugar were used successfully in the copper(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition producing div...

Silahelicenes, which contain two silole moieties in a helically chiral structure, were synthesized by a chiral Ir-catalyzed intermolecular [2+2+2] cycloaddition of tetraynes with diynes along with a Ni-mediated intramolecular [2+2+2] cycloaddition. The photophysical properties of the obtained highly enantiomerically enriched silahelicenes (up to 93% ee) were also measured.

A catalytic amount of tin(IV) chloride catalyzed formal [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of di-tert-butyl 2-ethoxycyclobutane-1,1-carboxylate with ketones or aldehydes to give diethyl 6-ethoxydihydro-2H-pyran-3,3(4H)-dicarboxylates, whereas two equivalents of trimethylsilyl triflate promoted tandem [4+2] cycloaddition and lactonization to afford 3-oxo-2,6-dioxabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-4-carboxylate est...

A Pd-catalyzed and ligand-free carbonylation/cycloaddition/decarboxylation cascade synthesis of sulfonyl amidines from sulfonyl azides and substituted amides at low CO pressure is reported. The reaction proceeds via an initial Pd-catalyzed carbonylative generation of sulfonyl isocyanates from sulfonyl azides, followed by a [2 + 2] cycloaddition with amides and subsequent decarboxylation, which ...

A novel phosphine-catalyzed highly diastereoselective [3+2] cycloaddition of isatin derived α,β-unsaturated ketones with α-allenic ester has been developed.

NbCl(3)(DME)-catalyzed [2+2+2] intermolecular cycloaddition of alkynes and alkenes was successfully achieved to give 1,4,5-trisubstituted-1,3-cyclohexadiene derivatives in good yields.

Optically active highly functionalized 3,4-dihydropyridin-2-ones were synthesized by N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed [4+2] enantioselective cycloaddition of ketenes and 1-azadienes.