maltose as an efficient, available, cheap and eco-friendly catalyst has been applied for the synthesis of 3,4,5-substituted furan-2(5h)one derivatives via a one-pot three-component reaction of arylamines, aromatic aldehydes and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates in water. this method has notable advantages in terms of simple workup, no need for column chromatography, short reaction time and high y...

FeCl3- and FeBr3-mediated tandem carboarylation/cyclization of propargylanilines with diethyl benzaldehyde acetals furnished the tetracyclic core of indeno[2,1-c]quinolines. 5-Tosyl-6,7-dihydro-5H-indeno[2,1-c]quinoline and 7H-indeno[2,1-c]quinoline derivatives were obtained in good to excellent yields, respectively, by tuning the FeX3 loadings and/or reaction temperatures.

2-(3-Benzyloxy)prop-1-ynyl)benzaldehyde with PtCl(2) in toluene would form Pt-pyryliums that underwent [3+2] cycloaddition with alkenes to the oxygen-bridged (5H-benzo[7]annulen-5-ylidene)platinum(ii) intermediates with good stereoselectivities. Their tandem rearrangement afforded diverse types of polycycles depending on the electronic nature of the alkenes.

2-Chloromethyl-5H/methyl benzimidazoles were condensed with different 2-substituted 5-mercapto-1,3,4-oxadiazoles and thiadiazoles, and 4-amino 2-substituted 5-mercapto-1,2,4-triazoles. The synthesized compounds were characterized and evaluated for their fungicidal activities, and few were found to be better fungicides than those commercially used.