The intramolecular reaction of secondary amines with tethered alkenes using NIS was studied, which gave insight into the kinetic vs. thermodynamic control of the iodoaminocyclization and the regioselectivity of the aziridinium ring-opening reactions, and led to functionalized piperidines.

An efficient, modular and straightforward entry to tetrahydropyridines and piperidines is reported. This reaction is based on a formal intramolecular hydroalkylation of readily available, properly substituted ynamides which, upon simple activation under acidic conditions, generate highly reactive activated keteniminium ions whose reactivity can be finely controlled to induce a remarkably effici...

3-Fluoro- and trifluoromethylthio-piperidines represent important building blocks for discovery chemistry. We report a simple efficient method to access analogs of these compounds that are armed with rich functionality allowing them be chemoselectively derivatized high diastereocontrol.

New bimetallic Zn/Zr salen-type systems were employed as catalysts in the asymmetric intramolecular hydroamination reaction. High enantioselectivity for the formation of piperidines of up to 98% ee were observed.

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A synthetic route to enantiopure cis-2,4-disubstituted and 2,4-bridged piperidines is reported, the key step being a stereoselective conjugate addition of an organocuprate to a phenylglycinol-derived unsaturated lactam bearing a substituent at the 8a-position.

Recent syntheses of azetidines, pyrrolidines, piperidines and azepines through cycloaddition or sigmatropic rearrangements of vinylaziridines are described. Applications to natural product synthesis and mechanistic investigations are also summarized.

A novel exo-selective [6+3] cycloaddition approach for the highly enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted piperidines was developed. The developed methodology was applied in a one-pot [6+3]-[4+2] dicycloaddition, allowing the construction of structurally and stereochemically rich polycyclic compounds from simple building blocks.

Acid treatment of densely substituted 2-silyl-1,2-dihydropyridines provides a new and convenient entry to reactive azomethine ylides that can (1) be protonated and reduced with high stereoselectivity to give piperidines, (2) participate in [3 + 2] dipolar cycloaddition to give tropanes, and (3) undergo a Nazarov-like 6-π electrocyclization that upon reduction give 2-azabicyclo[3.1.0] systems.