N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed reaction of 2-aroylvinylcinnamaldehydes with 2-aroylvinylchalcones proceeded via a triple Michael addition and intramolecular lactonization cascade to produce novel 9-(2-aroyl-3-aroylmethyl-1-indanyl)-3-arylindeno[2,1-c]pyran-1-ones in good yields with high diastereoselectivity. This reaction constructed six contiguous stereogenic centers in a single reactive ev...

Flavanone was synthesized through the Claisen–Schmidt condensation between benzaldehyde and acetophenone and subsequent intramolecular Michael addition over aminopropyl-functionalized SBA-15 materials. The catalysts with well-ordered hexagonally arranged mesopores were synthesized by one-pot co-condensation of tetraethoxysilane and aminopropyltriethoxysilane using amphiphilic block copolymer as...

The Acylase "Amano" (AA)-catalyzed synthesis of valuable pyridin-2-ones via domino Knoevenagel condensation-Michael addition-intramolecular cyclization-oxidization reaction between aldehyde, cyanoacetamide and ethyl acetoacetate or cyclohexyl acetoacetate was developed in the sense of a one-pot strategy. Various aliphatic, aromatic and hetero-aromatic pyridin-2-ones could also be produced in th...

Highly functionalized multisubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines 5 have been concisely synthesized in moderate to good yields via L-proline-catalyzed one-pot multicomponent reactions (MCRs) of alkynoates or alkynones 1, amines 2, beta-dicarbonyl compounds 3 and aldehydes 4 under mild conditions. The MCR process involves hydroamination/Knoevenagel condensation/Michael-type addition/intramolecular cyc...

Complex natural products are a proven and rich source of disease-modulating drugs and of efficient tools for the study of chemical biology and drug discovery. The architectures of complex natural products are generally considered to represent significant barriers to efficient chemical synthesis. Here we describe a concise and efficient asymmetric synthesis of 19-dehydroxyl arisandilactone A-whi...

We have developed an efficient route for the synthesis of the perhydroquinoline core of the indole alkaloid aspidophytine (2), starting from commercially available and inexpensive 3-acetylpyridine. This densely functionalized perhydroquinoline core displays four contiguous stereocenters including an all-carbon quaternary center. The synthetic sequence features a highly effective Diels-Alder rea...

The anticoagulant racemic warfarin is synthesized by the Michael addition of 4-hydroxycoumarin with benzalacetone in the present of equimolar amounts of imidazolium based ionic liquids [bmim] BF4 and [bmim] Br and other reaction solvents such as H2O, pyridine and ammonia in five different tests. Also synthesis of a derivative of warfarin (2-methyl-4-phenyl pyrano [3, 2-c] chromen-5(4H)-one) und...