The reaction of epichlorohydrin with concentrated sodium hydroxide in hexane under phase transfer conditions has surprisingly led to the formation of the symmetrical di(3-epoxyglycidyl-1-propenyl) ether 1 which contains both nucleophilic and electrophilic moieties. When it was reacted with n-butyllithium, intermediate 1 once again surprisingly generated epoxyglycidyl propargyl ether, which was ...

Investigating the relatively unexplored intramolecular version of the azide-alkyne [3 + 2] cycloaddition, the present studies demonstrate the utility of the above reaction in the synthesis of a variety of as yet unreported heterocyclic structural scaffolds. The approach involved initial installation of strategic azide and alkyne moieties on a common structural framework, followed by their intra...

Organofluorine compounds are found in several important classes of chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. Chemists have been immensely interested in the development of methodologies for expeditious access to fluorine containing building blocks. In this study, we report a new method for the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of CF3-substituted tertiary propargyl...

Organofluorine compounds are found in several important classes of chemicals, such as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and functional materials. Chemists have been immensely interested in the development of methodologies for expeditious access to fluorine containing building blocks. In this study, we report a new method for the catalytic asymmetric synthesis of CF3-substituted tertiary propargyl...

Tungsten and molybdenum catalysts were employed to promote the cyclisation of N-propargylic amides to afford the corresponding oxazolines or oxazines via 5-exo-dig or 6-endo-dig mode.

A stereoselective gold-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of ketoenynes substituted at the propargylic position with OR groups has been applied for the synthesis of (+)-orientalol F and pubinernoid B.