Metal carbene, as a reactive intermediate, has shown versatile applications in modern
organic synthesis. One of the priorities in this area is exploration of stable carbene …

Quinoline is one of the important class of heterocyclic compounds which have gained
considerable importance because of its high pharmaceutical efficacy and broad range of …

Gold-catalyzed intermolecular alkyne oxidation by an N–O bond oxidant has proven to be a
powerful method in organic synthesis during the past decade, because this approach would …

An enantioselective Mannich‐type reaction of 3‐butynol and nitrones is described, which
affords dihydrofuran‐3‐ones in good yields and with excellent enantioselectivities. The …

An unprecedented gold-catalyzed bicyclization reaction of diaryl alkynes has been
developed for the synthesis of indoles in good to high yields. Mechanistically, this alkyne …

As one of the abundant and inexpensive metals on the earth, copper has demonstrated
broad applications in synthetic chemistry and catalysis. Among these copper-catalyzed …

In catalytic asymmetric reactions, the formation of chiral molecules generally relies on a
direct chirality transfer (point or axial chirality) from a chiral catalyst to products in the stereo …

A facile oxidative dearomatization of N-(p-methoxyaryl) propiolamides has been established
for the synthesis of spiro-fused 2, 5-cyclohexadienone frameworks via thio (seleno) …

Hydroxylamine derivatives are commonly used as both nitrogen and oxygen sources in the
aminohydroxylation of alkenes, which is a powerful and practical method for the rapid …

A facile and efficient aerobic oxidative (4+ 2)-cyclization/aromatization/lactonization tandem
reaction of N-aryl glycine esters with propargyl alcohols to access quinoline-fused lactones …