An unprecedented cascade dearomative cyclization through hydrogen-bonding-assisted
hydride transfer is realized. The aggregate effect of HFIP enables the rapid buildup of …

Hydride transfer enabled the first success of the regioselective dearomatization of indoles in
the carbocyclic ring and the pyrrole ring, which was induced by ortho-quinone methides and …

Dearomatization and direct C (sp3)–H functionalization represent two hot research fields in
organic synthesis, the merging of which is among the most challenging but appealing topics …

The photochemical synthesis of yet unknown 2‐oxospiro [azetidine‐3, 3′‐indolines](17
examples, 80–95% yield), 2, 4‐dioxospiro [azetidine‐3, 3′‐indolines](eight examples, 87 …

The aromatization-driven redox-neutral cascade [1, 5]-hydride transfer/spirocyclization and
cascade [1, 5]-hydride transfer/hydrolysis from para-quinone methide in HFIP were …

Photo-mediated radical dearomatization involving 5-exo-trig cyclizations has proven to be
an important route to accessing spirocyclic compounds, whereas 6-exo-trig spirocyclization …

An intermolecular hydroalkylative dearomatization of naphthalenes with commercially
available α‐amino acids is achieved via visible‐light photoredox catalysis. With an organic …

Dearomatisation reactions of (hetero) arenes have been widely employed as efficient
methods to obtain highly substituted saturated cyclic compounds for over a century. In recent …

An unprecedented base-promoted multi-component one-pot dearomatization of N-alkyl
activated azaarenes was developed, which enabled the synthesis of complex and diverse …

Dearomatization of indole derivatives offers a straightforward approach to access diverse
indolines. To date, the corresponding dearomative transformations involving electron …