ortho-Quinone methides, arising from a formal [2+2] cycloaddition between arynes and DMF, were found to facilely undergo a [4+2] cycloaddition with ester enolates or ketenimine anions to produce diverse coumarins in a straightforward manner.

Osmate-exchanged Mg-Al layered double hydroxides catalysed the delivery of two oxygen atoms simultaneously via a 3 + 1 cycloaddition to sulfide to form sulfone directly for the first time, reminiscent of 3 + 2 cycloaddition in asymmetric dihydroxylation reactions.

The combination of two or more unsaturated structural units to form cyclic organic compounds is commonly referred to as cycloaddition, and the combination of two unsaturated structural units that forms a six-membered ring is formally either a [5 + 1]-, [4 + 2]-, [2 + 2 + 2]-, or [3 + 3]-cycloaddition. Occurring as concerted or stepwise processes, cycloaddition reactions are among the most usefu...

Microcontact printing (μCP) has developed into a powerful tool to functionalize surfaces with patterned molecular monolayers. μCP can also be used to induce a chemical reaction between a molecular ink and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) in the nanoscale confinement between stamp and substrate. In this paper, we investigate the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, the Diels-Alder cycloaddition an...

Results from the systematic exploration of the scope of the intramolecular [4+2] cycloaddition of conjugated enynes revealed that the reaction is quite general. The synthetic utility of the intramolecular enyne cycloaddition for the synthesis of substituted polycyclic aromatic and dihydroaromatic heterocycles has been demonstrated. In the course of our investigation, we examined a variety of fe...

The aza-Diels-Alder cycloaddition of 1,2,4-triazines with alkynes offers a rapid and convenient method for the synthesis of highly substituted pyridines, but often requires harsh conditions and long reaction times. The present study offers a solution to these limitations by use of a temporary tether established by a Lewis acid-base complexation of in situ generated alkynylboranes and triazines ...

The nickel-catalyzed intramolecular cycloaddition of dienes with unactivatable alkynes is found to proceed under mild conditions while the corresponding Diels-Alder cycloaddition of the same substrates either fails or occurs only under forcing conditions. The nickel-catalyzed cycloaddition is also shown to occur with retention of stereochemistry and is not significantly influenced by electronic...

N-Alkylation of optically active 1-benzyl-4-phenyl-4,5-dihydroimidazole with active alkyl halides and treatment of the so-formed 4,5-dihydroimidazolium ions with DBU in the presence of a range of electron-deficient alkene dipolarophiles, constitutes a 'one-pot' cascade terminating in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction that affords optically active pyrrolo[1,2-a]imidazoles. Three bonds of the ...

The cycloaddition reaction of diphenylketene and cycloheptatriene is studied. The reaction proceeds via a highly asynchronous reaction path to the zwitterionic 6 as intermediate. Subsequent CC- bond formation yields 8, 8 diphenylbicyclo [4. 2. I] nona-2, 4-dien-7-one (1) and 7,7-diphenylbicycol [3.2.2] nona-2, 8-dien-ri-one (2) in a 1:1 ratio as formal [6+2] and [4+2] cycloaddition products

Photoinduced reactions of the 1,2-dicarbonyl compounds phenanthrenequinone (PQ), 1-acetylisatin (IS), and benzil (BZ) with the oxazoles 1a-j have been investigated. In photoreactions of PQ with the oxazoles, in addition to the 1,4-dioxins derived from [4 + 2] cycloaddition and the oxetanes from the Paternó-Büchi [2 + 2] reactions, [4 + 4] cycloaddition products are formed in the reactions with ...