High-order dipolar annulations with metal-containing reactive dipoles

MM Zhang, BL Qu, B Shi, WJ Xiao, LQ Lu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Medium-sized heterocycles are widespread among a spectrum of structurally intriguing and
biologically significant natural products and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Metal-catalyzed high …

Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions with N-Metallated Azomethine Ylides

L Wei, X Chang, CJ Wang - Accounts of chemical research, 2020 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Optically active nitrogen-containing compounds have attracted substantial
attention due to their ubiquity in the cores of natural products and bioactive molecules …

Nine-membered benzofuran-fused heterocycles: enantioselective synthesis by Pd-catalysis and rearrangement via transannular bond formation

ZQ Rong, LC Yang, S Liu, Z Yu, YN Wang… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The first enantioselective formal [5+ 4] cycloaddition is realized under palladium catalysis to
deliver benzofuran-fused nine-membered rings. These medium-sized heterocycles and …

Construction of nine‐membered heterocycles through palladium‐catalyzed formal [5+ 4] cycloaddition

LC Yang, ZQ Rong, YN Wang, ZY Tan… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The first catalytic formal [5+ 4] cycloaddition to prepare nine‐membered
heterocycles is presented. Under palladium catalysis, the reaction of N‐tosyl azadienes and …

Recent advances in the catalytic asymmetric 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

J Adrio, JC Carretero - Chemical Communications, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic asymmetric 1, 3-dipolar cycloadditions of azomethine ylides have turned out to be
one of the most efficient methods for the preparation of enantioenriched pyrrolidines. The …

Stereoselective access to [5.5. 0] and [4.4. 1] bicyclic compounds through Pd-catalysed divergent higher-order cycloadditions

LC Yang, YN Wang, R Liu, Y Luo, XQ Ng, B Yang… - Nature Chemistry, 2020 - nature.com
Medium-sized rings, including those embedded in bridged and fused bicyclic scaffolds, are
common core structures of myriad bioactive molecules. Among various synthetic strategies …

Stereochemical diversity in pyrrolidine synthesis by catalytic asymmetric 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides

J Adrio, JC Carretero - Chemical Communications, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The pyrrolidine ring is a privileged structural motif in synthetic and medicinal chemisty. This
review aims to highlight the high versatility of the catalytic asymmetric 1, 3-dipolar …

Enantioselective synthesis of chiral medium-sized cyclic compounds via tandem cycloaddition/cope rearrangement strategy

X Gao, M Xia, C Yuan, L Zhou, W Sun, C Li, B Wu… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The nine-membered ring-bearing bicyclo [5.2. 2] tetrahydrooxonines frameworks have
enantioselectively been constructed via a tandem [3+ 2] cycloaddition/Cope rearrangement …

Diastereo‐and Enantioselective Copper (I)‐Catalyzed Intermolecular [3+ 2] Cycloaddition of Azomethine Ylides with β‐Trifluoromethyl β, β‐Disubstituted Enones

ZM Zhang, B Xu, S Xu, HH Wu, J Zhang - Angewandte Chemie, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Reported herein is an asymmetric [3+ 2] cycloaddition reaction of azomethine ylides with β‐
trifluoromethyl β, β‐disubstituted enones, a reaction which is enabled by a Ming‐Phos …

Construction of bridged polycycles through dearomatization strategies

Z Zhang, H Han, L Wang, Z Bu, Y Xie… - Organic & Biomolecular …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Bridged polycycles are privileged molecular skeletons with wide occurrence in bioactive
natural products and pharmaceuticals. Therefore, they have been the pursing target …