Covering: 2012 to 2013. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2013, 30, 694–752 This review
covers the literature on simple indole alkaloids and those with a nonrearranged …

Natural products containing a N‐heterocycle motif are widespread in nature and medicinal
plants, in particular, have proved to be a source of almost unlimited N‐derived structures …

A new catalytic asymmetric indolization reaction by a desymmetrizing [3+ 2] annulation
strategy is developed. The reaction proceeds via a rhodium-catalyzed enantioposition …

Transition metal-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement reactions have rapid advances in organic
community. Their development benefits synthetic methodologies by providing versatile and …

A gold‐catalyzed cycloisomerization of 1, 6‐diynes containing an ynamide propargyl ester
or carbonate moiety has been developed that provides an attractive route to a diverse …

A Lewis acid Sc (OTf) 3-catalyzed annulation reaction of vinyl diazoacetates with in situ
formed α, β-unsaturated imines for the preparation of indole-fused tricyclic rings has been …

Chiral cyclopentane-fused indolines are synthesized with high regio-and enantiocontrol by
formal [3+ 2]-annulation reactions of indoles and electrophilic enol carbenes. High …

The iron-mediated hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) reaction is efficaciously employed for the
synthesis of dihydropyrroloindoles and dihydropyrrolizines via 5-exo-trig radical cyclization …

The first catalytic enantioselective Fischer indolization of prochiral diketones containing
enantiotopic carbonyl groups is developed and shown to proceed through dynamic kinetic …

At the beginning of the 21st century, the art and science of organic synthesis face the
challenge of optimizing efficiency. One may assert that the need for efficiency has always …