2-Furylcarbinols undergo a smooth aza-Piancatelli rearrangement followed by Friedel-Crafts alkylation with a bifunctional substrate, (1H-pyrrol-1-yl)aniline, in the presence of 10 mol% In(OTf)3 in acetonitrile at room temperature to afford the corresponding hexahydrobenzo[b]cyclopenta[f]pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,4]diazepin-11(4aH)-one scaffolds in good yields. This method offers significant advantages s...

An interesting rearrangement of arylvinylidenecyclopropanes having three substituents at the 1- and 2-positions of the corresponding cyclopropane catalyzed by Lewis acids to give 6aH-benzo[c]fluorine derivatives via a double intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction or to give an indene derivative via an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts reaction is described.

Ibuprofen (I) is the most widely used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) has been synthesized in recent years. NSAIDs are the first choice of drugs that are normally used for the treatment of pain and inflammation. There are many methods for synthesizing of I but each one has some difficulties as raw materials preparation, reaction conditions and etc. In an effort to establish modif...