High-order dipolar annulations with metal-containing reactive dipoles

MM Zhang, BL Qu, B Shi, WJ Xiao, LQ Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Medium-sized heterocycles are widespread among a spectrum of structurally intriguing and
biologically significant natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Metal-catalyzed high …

Recent advances in annulation reactions based on zwitterionic π-allyl palladium and propargyl palladium complexes

B Niu, Y Wei, M Shi - Organic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past few years, Pd-catalyzed annulation reactions through zwitterionic π-allyl
palladium intermediates have been extensively investigated. Meanwhile, zwitterionic π-allyl …

Switching between the [2π+ 2σ] and Hetero‐[4π+ 2σ] Cycloaddition Reactivity of Bicyclobutanes with Lewis Acid Catalysts Enables the Synthesis of Spirocycles and …

JJ Wang, L Tang, Y Xiao, WB Wu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The exploration of the complex chemical diversity of bicyclo [n. 1.1] alkanes and their use as
benzene bioisosteres has garnered significant attention over the past two decades …

Stereoselective Access to Polyfunctionalized Nine‐Membered Heterocycles by Sequential Gold and Palladium Catalysis

G Yang, YM Ke, Y Zhao - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We report herein a gold and palladium sequential catalysis system to access furan‐fused
nine‐membered heterocycles in high efficiency and enantioselectivity. In this one‐pot …

Fungicide-inspired precursors of π-allylpalladium intermediates for palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative cycloadditions

K Li, S Zhen, W Wang, J Du, S Yu, Y Wu, H Guo - Chemical Science, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Inspired by a fungicide, we designed 5-vinyloxazolidine-2, 4-diones as new precursors of π-
allylpalladium zwitterionic intermediates and developed palladium-catalyzed asymmetric …

Enantioselective inverse electron demand (3+ 2) cycloaddition of palladium-oxyallyl enabled by a hydrogen-bond-donating ligand

Y Zheng, T Qin, W Zi - Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cycloaddition reactions between oxyallyl cations and alkenes are important transformations
for the construction of ring systems. Although (4+ 3) cycloaddition reactions of oxyallyl …

Propargylic amination enabled the access to enantioenriched acyclic α-quaternary α-amino ketones

W Guo, L Zuo, M Cui, B Yan, S Ni - Journal of the American …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A propargylic amination approach toward chiral acyclic α-quaternary α-amino ketones is
described. This Cu-catalyzed procedure could be performed open to air using commercially …

Recent advances of Pd-π-allyl zwitterions in cycloaddition reactions

J Du, YF Li, CH Ding - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
Palladium-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions via Pd-π-allyl zwitterions have been
established as significant synthetic transformations to enable numerous carbon-or …

N-heterocyclic carbene/Brønsted acid cooperatively catalyzed conversions of α, β-unsaturated carbonyls: hydrogen bond donor/acceptor-electrophile/nucleophile …

X Wang, YN Wang, Z Pei, SJ Li, D Wei, Y Lan - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
Great success has been achieved in precisely constructing C–C bonds under N-heterocyclic
carbene (NHC)/Brønsted acid (BA) cooperative catalysis. However, how NHC and BA co …

π‐Lewis‐Base‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Vinylogous Umpolung Reactions of Cyclopentadienones and Tropone

XX Yang, RJ Yan, GY Ran, C Chen… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We disclose that the carbonates of 4‐hydroxy‐2‐cyclopentenones can form π‐allylpalladium‐
based 1, 2‐carbodipoles, which isomerize to interesting η2‐Pd0‐cyclopentadienone …