Ruthenium-catalyzed cycloadditions to form five-, six-, and seven-membered rings are
summarized, including applications in natural product total synthesis. Content is organized …

Metal-mediated cyclizations are important transformations in a natural product total
synthesis. The Pauson-Khand reaction, particularly powerful for establishing …

We present herein the first visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation as well as
carbocarboxylation of alkynes using CO2 via an iridium/cobalt dual catalysis. Such …

The use of chiral ligand-modified metal nanoparticles is a promising strategy for constructing
active and robust asymmetric catalyst systems. A recent advance in such catalyst systems for …

We report that ruthenium complexes effectively catalyzed the carboxylate-directed addition
of aromatic C–H bonds to aldehydes. The reactions of aromatic acids with a variety of …

The rational design of catalysts remains a challenging endeavor within the broader chemical
community owing to the myriad variables that can affect key bond-forming events. Designing …

A selective and atom-economical synthesis of isoindolinones is described. This novel
synthetic strategy involves two catalytic reactions: the ruthenium-catalyzed regioselective …

Formic acid is found to be an ideal CO surrogate for the rhodium (I)-catalyzed Pauson–
Khand-type (PK-type) reaction of various substituted 1, 6-enynes to afford bicyclic …

A method for the preparation of 5-aminobutenolides from 2-bromo-2 H-azirine-2-carboxylic
esters/amides with arylacetic acids has been developed. The reaction regioselectivity can …

A highly efficient Cu (I)-catalyzed addition/annulation sequence has been developed for the
synthesis of (Z)-ylidenebutenolides employing readily available α-ketoacids and alkynes as …