Phosphine-catalyzed [4+1] annulation of 2-tosylaminochalcones with allenoates has been achieved, giving trans-2,3-disubstitued indolines as major diastereoisomers in moderate to good yields.

A planar-chiral DMAP derivative catalyzes an intriguing [3 + 2] annulation reaction of silylated indenes to produce diquinanes that bear three contiguous stereocenters (one quaternary and two tertiary).

3-Substituted 2,5-dimethylpyrazines were synthesized in high yields via a one-pot cascade annulation of easily available propargyl amine with aldehydes catalyzed by Au(PPh2Cy)Cl.

A phosphine-catalyzed dearomatizing [3+2] annulation of isoquinolinium methylides with allenoates or allenones yields highly functionalized pyrroloisoquinolines with high regioselectivity and in viable yields.

The first [4+2]-annulation between aminocyclobutanes and aldehydes to access tetrahydropyranyl amines is reported. With phthalimido cyclobutane dicarboxylates and aromatic aldehydes, tetrahydropyrans were obtained in 53-92% yield and 3:117:1 dr using scandium triflate or iron trichloride as catalyst. The use of thymineor fluorouracilsubstituted cyclobutanes gave direct access to six-membered ri...

The controllable synthesis of 3-methylene-2,3-dihydrobenzofurans 2 and 3-methylene-2,3-dihydroindoles 5 has been developed through Rh-catalyzed intramolecular annulation of aromatic rings with azavinyl carbenes.

Fulleroisoquinolinones have been synthesized by palladium-catalyzed annulation of N-alkyl benzamides with C(60). A device incorporating fulleroisoquinolinones and the conjugated polymer P3HT exhibited power conversion efficiency up to 2.3% under AM 1.5G irradiation.

Growing attention in developing new N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-mediated reactions involving homoenolate intermediates has prompted our interest in exploring the mechanistic details of the related reactions. In this work, we carried out a detailed theoretical study for the NHC-catalyzed annulation reaction of cinnamaldehyde (A) and benzodi(enone) (B) in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]u...

The first example of Ru-catalyzed intramolecular annulation of alkynes with amides via formyl translocation has been developed, which provides an efficient approach for the synthesis of 1H-indole-3-carbaldehydes.

Highly optically pure multisubstituted dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazol-6-(1H)-ones were synthesized via the N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] annulation of α-chloroaldehydes and pyrazolone-derived oxodienes.