C–C bond cleavages of cyclopropenes: operating for selective ring-opening reactions

R Vicente - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
This review highlights key reactivities relying on C–C bond cleavages of cyclopropenes.
Metal-catalyzed and metal-free transformations are covered in reactions involving direct ring …

Construction of heterocyclic rings from cyclopropenes

H Huo, Y Gong - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterocyclic rings are the fundamental building blocks of biological systems and have wide
applications in synthetic chemistry and medicinal science. The development of novel …

Synthesis of Pyrrole via Formal Cycloaddition of Allyl Ketone and Amine under Metal-Free Conditions

J Wang, M Tang, W Gu, S Huang… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A new metal-free synthesis of pyrrole from allyl ketone and amine has been established. The
reaction proceeds via an thiolative activation of the C–C double bond with dimethyl …

Synthesis of oxime ethers via a formal reductive O–H bond insertion of oximes to α-keto esters

N Takeda, R Maeda, M Yasui, M Ueda - Chemical Communications, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This study describes an efficient approach to access oxime ethers via P (III)-mediated O–H
bond insertion reaction of oximes with α-keto esters. The strategy involves the protonation of …

Metal-Free and Regioselective Synthesis of Substituted and Fused Chromenopyrrole Scaffolds via the Divergent Reactivity of α-Azido Ketones in Water

E Dhanasekar, T Kannan, R Venkatesan… - The Journal of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A green and simple approach was developed for the regioselective synthesis of structurally
diverse chromenopyrrole frameworks from 3-formylchromones, active methylenes, and α …

A Visible Light Photoredox Approach for Synthesizing Sulfone-Functionalized Cyclopropenes

S Biswas, M Mallick, GN KS, P Chandu… - Organic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We have developed a tandem method essential for synthesizing sulfone-containing organic
molecules, which has wide-ranging applications in agrochemicals, medicinal chemistry, and …

An unexpected iron (II)-promoted reaction of N-arylprop-2-yn-1-imines with water: Facile assembly of multi-substituted pyrroles

K Zhou, J Huang, J Wu, G Qiu - Chinese Chemical Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Generation of multi-substituted pyrroles is accomplished through an unexpected iron (II)-
promoted reaction of N-arylprop-2-yn-1-imines with water. This transformation proceeds …

Straightforward synthesis of highly functionalized indanes and tetralines through ene-cyclopropene rearrangement mediated by ruthenium

A Puet, G Domínguez… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Ene-cyclopropenes give functionalized indanes and tetralines in the presence of ruthenium
dimeric catalysts. This reaction involves the cyclopropene opening by the metal catalysts …

One Pot Synthesis of Spirocycles and Cyclopropa[b]pyrans by Alkenylation-Rearrangement of Cyclopropenes

A Puet, E Giona, G Domínguez… - The Journal of Organic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
A one pot alkenylation followed by a stereoselective Alder-ene cycloisomerization of
cyclopropenes give (aza) spiro [2.4] heptanes and spiro [2.5] octanes in high yields. Total …

Sustainable Cu‐based Methods for Valuable Organic Scaffolds

A Dolla, D Andreou, E Essenfeld, J Farhi… - Catalysis for a …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Copper is an abundant, low cost, and redox‐plural (0/I/II/III) transition element, and
frequently, its salts or complexes are used for efficient molecular transformations of natural …