Heterocyclic alkenes represent an important class of reactive feedstock and valuable
synthons for the synthesis of biologically important heterocyclic scaffolds. Although …

Organic carbonates are important and valuable building blocks in synthetic chemistry.
Among them, vinylene carbonate (VC) has emerged as a promising coupling partner to …

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation followed by oxidative cyclization with unsaturated
coupling partners has been a valuable synthetic tool for the multiring molecular scaffolds …

Transition-metal-catalyzed activation of inert C–H bonds and subsequent C–C bond
formation have emerged as powerful synthetic tools for the synthesis of elaborate cyclic …

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation followed by oxidative annulation with alkynes has
been an efficient synthetic tool for the assembly of various polyaromatic scaffolds. Despite …

In this work, ruthenium (II)-catalyzed C–C/C–N annulation of 2-arylquinazolinones with
vinylene carbonate is reported to synthesize fused quinazolinones. This catalytic system …

The Co (III)-catalyzed redox-neutral annulation of benzamides and acrylamides with
vinylene carbonate for the synthesis of isoquinolinones and pyridinones has been …

A rhodium (III)-catalyzed formal C–H [5+ 1] cyclization of 2-pyrrolyl/indolylanilines with
vinylene carbonate has been explored towards the potent assembly of diverse 4 …

A simple and efficient visible-light-induced photoredox-catalyzed diarylation of N-
methacryloyl-2-arylbenzoimidazoles with aryl diazonium salts was developed. The reaction …

Here we report a novel Rh-catalyzed C− H/C− H alkenylation of N-arylmethanimines with
vinylene carbonate acting as a vinylene unit. Forty examples of C3, C4-nonsubstituted …