Benzofuran itself is an oily chemical compound, extracted from coal tar, which is converted
into a synthetic resin, used in different industries. Several derivatives of benzofuran occur …

The review describes the state of the art in hydration reactions of alkynes by direct or indirect
catalysis of first row transition metal complexes, covering mostly the literature of the last …

Alkynyl C-nucleosides are of high value for various applications; however, their synthesis
remains underexplored. Here we report a simple route toward the synthesis of alkynyl C …

Water addition on an unsymmetrical internal alkyne has significance in organic chemistry
and has stimulated challenging approaches to access a highly regioselective process …

The first C–S bond formation/cross-coupling/cyclization domino reaction using thiourea as a
cheap and easy to handle dihydrosulfide surrogate has been developed. Structurally …

A novel strategy for the synthesis of biaryls consisting of a benzothiophene and a phenol
moiety is reported. These heterobiaryls are of utmost interest for pharmaceutical, biological …

A silver-catalyzed double-decarboxylative protocol has been proposed for the construction
of chalcone derivatives via cascade coupling of substituted α-keto acids with cinnamic acids …

A new and convenient metal-free cyclization of ortho-hydroxystilbenes into 2-
arylbenzofurans and 2-arylnaphthofurans mediated by hypervalent iodine reagents is …

A pincer Ru (II) catalyst for the highly efficient undirected silylation of O-and S-heteroarenes
with (TMSO) 2MeSiH and Et3SiH is described, producing heteroarylsilanes with exclusive …

Conventional, highly efficient, inexpensive copper triflate catalyzed regioselective
Markovnikov hydration of terminal and internal alkynes have been reported. Significant …