Silver‐catalyzed three‐component, tandem reactions of 4‐alkynyl‐2‐oxo‐2H‐chromene‐3‐carbaldehydes, amines and various nucleophiles result in the formation of highly functionalized chromeno[3,4‐c]pyridin‐5‐ones in high yields. Gold‐catalyzed [4+2] cycloadditions of 4‐alkynyl‐2‐oxo‐2H‐chromene‐3‐carbaldehydes with alkynes or alkenes have also been achieved to afford benzo[c]chromen‐6‐ones efficiently.
An efficient route to 4‐cyanoquinolines via a palladium‐catalyzed cyanative reaction of 2‐alkynylbenzaldimines with isocyanides has been developed. The transformation proceeds through 6‐endo cyclization, isocyanide insertion, and cyanation. 4‐Amidylisoquinolines can be generated as well if water is involved in the reaction.
A highly efficient and enantioselective inverse electron‐demand hetero‐Diels–Alder reaction of in situ generated 1,2‐diaza‐1,3‐dienes with enol ethers has been developed with the use of a chiral copper/bisoxazoline complex as the catalyst. The reaction exhibits high enantioselectivity (up to 90% ee) and provides a robust and powerful method to synthesize a variety of structurally diverse and densely substituted chiral pyridazine derivatives in good to excellent yields.
A divergent approach to generate either 1‐hydroxymethylindenes (which could then be converted to benzofulvenes through a dehydration reaction) or naphthalenes by the rearrangement of cycloprop[2,3]inden‐1‐ols is reported. The effect of the cyclopropyl ring substitution pattern on ring‐opening/expansion rearrangements of the substrates was systemically studied.
A highly efficient protocol for the synthesis of benzimidazole‐substituted arylboronic acids was developed via aerobic oxidative cyclization of 1,2‐aryldiamines and formyl‐substituted aryl MIDA (N‐methyliminodiacetic acid) boronates using potassium iodide as a nucleophilic catalyst. Furthermore, a one‐pot protocol for the synthesis of benzimidazole‐substituted arylboronic acids from 1,2‐phenylenediamines and formyl‐substituted arylboronic acids was developed without the isolation of any intermediates. The resulting boronic acids were further subjected to Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions without isolation, leading to diaryl‐substituted benzimidazoles with only one separation step.