The activation of carbon dioxide, organonitriles, and terminal acetylenes by (boryl)iminomethanes derived from isocyanide 1,1-hydroboration is described. Also detailed is the generality of hydroboration of m-terphenylisocyanides with hydroboranes of differing Lewis acidities.

A mild Cu or Ag catalyzed oxidative arylthiation of terminal acetylenes is introduced. The process, featuring metal catalyzed C-H bond activation as a key step, leads to the formation of highly substituted mercaptoacetylenes under unprecedented neutral conditions.

Transformation of 3-propargylmercapto-6 methyl-1, 2,4-triazin- 5 (2H)- one (1; R=CH3) to 3,6- dimethyl-7H- thiazolo [3,2-b] [1, 2, 4] triazin -7- one (2) is performed under basic condition. The formation of (2) may be mainly due to the high reactivity of acetylenes towards nucleophiles and isomerization of the intermediate. 

An efficient base-catalyzed synthesis of arylated pyridines has been disclosed. This reaction involving conjugated acetylenes and substituted benzylamines proceeded smoothly, giving rise to tri-aryl substituted pyridines which are biologically relevant compounds in good to excellent yields in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) under air at 140 °C with K₂CO₃ as catalyst.

Some 5-(1,2,3-triazol-1-ylmethyl)uridine derivatives were synthesized via the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a 5-azidomethyluridine derivative with substituted acetylenes. The antiviral activities of these compounds against hepatitis A virus (HAV, MBB cell culture-adapted strain) and Herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1) were tested.