Triflimide (HNTf2) is a commercially available and highly versatile super Brønsted acid.
Owing to its strong acidity as well as good compatibility with organic solvents, it has been …

Nucleophilic displacement of the propargylic alcohol is one of the sought-after methods in
the current scenario. The highly nucleophilic alkyne functional moiety along with its …

Saturated, fluorinated carbocycles are emerging as important modules for contemporary
drug discovery. To expand the current portfolio, the synthesis of novel trifluorinated tetralins …

The remote, diastereoselective hydroboration of 2-and 3-substituted indenes with a 2, 2′:
6′, 2 ″-terpyridine cobalt alkyl precatalyst is described that maintains high regio-and …

This report describes the stereoselective synthesis of 3-azido-tetralins,-chromanes, and-
tetrahydroquinolines via a tandem allylic azide rearrangement/Friedel–Crafts alkylation …

An efficient protocol for the synthesis of indole-substituted indanes from o-
alkenylbenzaldehydes under acetalization conditions has been presented. The cyclization …

Using triphenylmethylium tetrakis (pentafluorophenyl) borate as a convenient Brønsted acid
precatalyst, β-(α, α-dimethylbenzyl) styrenes are shown to cyclize efficiently to afford a …

Among the variety of sulfonamides, triflamides (CF3SO2NHR, TfNHR) occupy a special
position in organic chemistry. Triflamides are widely used as reagents, efficient catalysts or …

An unprecedented method for the synthesis of highly functionalized indanes from arynes
and α, γ-diketo esters is described. Importantly, mild and nearly pH-neutral conditions …

This review covers the synthetic applications of 1, 4-dithianes, as well as derivatives thereof
at various oxidation states. The selected examples show how the specific heterocyclic …