A new synthetic route to indeno[1,2-b]quinolines via reactions of o-propargylbenzaldehydes with N-aryl amines based on an intramolecular aza-Diels-Alder (Povarov) reaction has been developed. This method offers several advantages such as no requirement for an oxidant, high efficiency, and a wide reaction scope.

An iron-catalyzed enantioselective and diastereoselective intramolecular olefin aminochlorination reaction is reported (ee up to 92%, dr up to 15 : 1). In this reaction, a functionalized hydroxylamine and chloride ion are utilized as nitrogen and chlorine sources, respectively. This new method tolerates a range of synthetically valuable internal olefins that are all incompatible with existing a...

Synthetic efforts toward the chlorinated aza-propellane alkaloid acutumine (1) are described. The key vicinal quaternary centers were constructed by a photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of a furanyl-tetrahydroindolone. Dihydroxylation of the [2 + 2] product enabled a tandem retro-aldol/intramolecular ketalization reaction, which revealed the aza-propellane core of 1 while generating a...

An efficient enantioselective intramolecular Heck reaction of cyclohexadienones, using readily available and modular TADDOL-based mono- and bidentate phosphoramidites as chiral ligands and not requiring any additives, has been developed. Excellent enantioselectivities up to 96% ee are reached for the first time in a Heck reaction with monodentate ligands.

In this paper, a concise one-pot method for the construction of benzo[f]indole-4,9-dione motifs is described. These transformations proceed via a sequential palladium- and copper-catalyzed coupling reaction of 1,4-naphthoquinones with terminal acetylenes, followed by a copper-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization reaction of the resulting coupling product.

Attractive carbocyclic structures are accessed via a highly regio- and enantioselective aminocatalytic γ-addition of cyclic enals to vinyl phosphonates followed by a one-pot intramolecular Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction. It is also demonstrated that nitro olefins can act as electrophiles in a similar reaction concept, providing carbocycles in equally high stereoselectivity.

Pd(II)-catalyzed intramolecular amination of arenes is developed using either a one- or two-electron oxidant. The reaction protocol tolerates a wide range of deactivating groups including acetyl, cyano, and nitro groups. This catalytic reaction allows expedient syntheses of broadly useful substituted indolines or indoles.

The Front Cover shows the formation of a new fused heterocycle derived from furanose saccharide. This reaction is possible thanks to deoxyfunctionalisation event through an intramolecular thermal Minisci reaction. cover image was inspired by creatures named Susuwatari, created Studio Ghibli for some their films. These soot spirits emerge fire, acting as stabilizers radical species, well mediato...

We report herein an enantioselective acyl transfer protocol via electrophile activation. The reaction cascade sequence encompasses dinuclear zinc-catalyzed asymmetric Michael addition, intramolecular cyclization, and retro-Claisen reaction, which leads to a step- atom-economic approach variety of protected cyclic tertiary α-hydroxyketones in good yields with excellent enantioselectivities (24 e...

A novel Cu(II)-catalyzed cyclization of α-diazo-β-oxoamides with amines has been developed, constituting a straightforward method to construct pyrrol-3(2H)-one rings. The intramolecular hydrogen bonding effect in α-diazo-β-oxoamides plays an essential role in this reaction. A plausible reaction mechanism involving divergent generation and subsequent [2 + 3] cyclization of ketene and α-diazoimin...