The
palladium-catalyzed
[3
+
2]
decarboxylative
cycloaddition
of
4-vinyl-4-butyrolactones
with
sulfamate-derived
cyclic
imines
has
been
developed,
providing
the
sulfamate-fused
pyrrolidine
derivatives
in
high
yields
good
diastereoselectivities.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(11), P. 3024 - 3029
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Inspired
by
a
fungicide,
we
designed
5-vinyloxazolidine-2,4-diones
as
new
precursors
of
π-allylpalladium
zwitterionic
intermediates
and
developed
palladium-catalyzed
asymmetric
(5
+
3)
cycloaddition
with
azomethine
imines
(3
2)
1,1-dicyanoalkenes.
Both
reactions
proceeded
smoothly
under
mild
reaction
conditions
to
produce
various
chiral
heterocyclic
compounds
in
high
yields
excellent
enantioselectivities.
These
results
revealed
that
were
type
suitable
precursor
for
palladium
catalysis
will
find
extensive
applications
Pd-catalyzed
such
allylic
alkylation.
ACS Catalysis,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
14(13), P. 9940 - 9954
Published: June 19, 2024
Metal-catalyzed
allenylic
substitution
reactions
where
allenes
serve
as
electrophilic
precursors
have
been
recognized
a
rapid
way
for
novel
allene
construction.
On
the
contrary,
chemistry
in
which
act
nucleophiles
has
far
less
investigated,
especially
powerful
platform
such
metal-catalyzed
allylic
alkylation
reactions.
We
herein
describe
two
unprecedented
palladium-catalyzed
of
an
nucleophile.
In
first
reaction,
using
vinyloxazolidinones
allyl
precursor,
asymmetric
allylation
trisubstituted
allenones
worked
well
to
prepare
array
axially
chiral
tetrasubstituted
allenes.
Mechanistic
studies
and
density
functional
theory
(DFT)
calculations
indicated
that
weak
hydrogen-bonding
interaction
between
acidic
C(sp2)–H
allenone
nitrogen
anion
π-azaallyl-Pd
species
is
key
success
stereocontrol.
This
reaction
revealed
intriguing
reactivity
nucleophilic
time.
second
with
use
allenylethylene
carbonates
π-oxyallyl-Pd
precursors,
presented
unique
under
different
conditions
provide
divergent
synthetic
access
(E)-
(Z)-allenyl
diene
products.
Interestingly,
subsequent
sequential
intramolecular
cyclization/isomerization
(Z)-product
delivered
dihydrooxepine
derivatives
[5
+
2]
annulation
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
26(10), P. 2057 - 2061
Published: March 1, 2024
In
this
paper,
palladium-catalyzed
[3
+
2]
cycloaddition
of
4-vinyl-4-butyrolactones
with
ketenes
generated
from
easily
available
acyl
chlorides
was
achieved.
With
Pd2(dba)3·CHCl3/XantPhos
as
the
catalyst,
reaction
proceeded
smoothly
under
mild
conditions,
affording
a
series
2,3-dihydrofurans
in
moderate
to
high
yields.
The
scale-up
and
further
transformations
products
are
demonstrated,
plausible
mechanism
is
proposed
well.
The Journal of Organic Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
89(7), P. 5019 - 5028
Published: March 19, 2024
In
this
paper,
we
reported
the
palladium-catalyzed
formal
[5
+
4]
cycloaddition
reactions
between
4-vinyl-4-butyrolactones
(VBLs)
and
azadienes.
Under
mild
reaction
conditions,
a
wide
range
of
benzofuran-fused
9-membered
heterocyclic
compounds
had
been
provided
in
moderate
to
excellent
yields
with
exclusive
regioselectivities
diastereoselectivities.
The
practical
applicability
synthesis
was
demonstrated
through
scale-up
further
transformation.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
25(34), P. 6328 - 6333
Published: Aug. 23, 2023
The
5-allenyloxazolidine-2,4-diones
had
been
synthesized
as
novel
precursors
of
π-allyl
palladium
zwitterion
and
were
applied
in
a
palladium-catalyzed
enantioselective
(3
+
2)
annulation
by
using
barbiturate-derived
alkenes
the
reaction
partner
presence
an
axially
chiral
phosphoramidite
ligand.
This
proceeded
smoothly
under
mild
conditions,
affording
highly
functionalized
spirobarbiturate-γ-lactam
derivatives
excellent
yields
along
with
high
diastereo-
enantioselectivities.
scale-up
further
transformation
product
also
successful.
Organic Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 17, 2025
A
cooperative
palladium/chiral
amine
enabled
diastereo-
and
enantioselective
[3
+
2]
cycloaddition
of
π-allyl
1,3-dipoles
with
α,β-unsaturated
aldehydes
has
been
developed.
series
highly
functionalized
cyclopentanes
bearing
three
continuous
tertiary
stereocenters
can
be
facilely
efficiently
obtained
in
good
to
excellent
yields
(51-97%)
synthetically
useful
enantioselectivity
(93-99%
ee)
under
mild
reaction
conditions.
Control
experiments
HRMS
analyses
were
conducted
elucidate
the
possible
mechanism.
The
utility
current
method
was
demonstrated
by
gram-scale
synthesis
elaboration
products
into
various
cyclopentanes.
ACS Omega,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 4, 2025
We
describe
a
novel
approach
for
synthesizing
diverse
fused
heterocyclic
compounds
by
utilizing
sequential
silver(I)
catalyzed
reaction
between
readily
obtainable
N-amidonaphthyridin
ylide
and
dialkyl
acetylenedicarboxylates.
This
method
provides
an
efficient
the
selective
synthesis
of
tetracyclic
ring-fused
1,6-naphthyridine
isoquinoline
derivatives,
offering
exceptional
structural
diversity.
In
addition,
title
constitute
interesting
class
luminophores
with
tunable
emission
solvatochromicity.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
11(5), P. 1299 - 1304
Published: Dec. 25, 2023
This
work
introduces
a
novel
α,α-diester-δ-vinylvalerolactone
as
dipolar
precursor
in
palladium-catalyzed
[6
+
4]
cycloaddition
reaction
with
azadienes,
resulting
the
production
of
ten-membered
heterocycles.
Organic Chemistry Frontiers,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
10(7), P. 1780 - 1787
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Biologically
active
[1,5]diazocino[2,1-
b
]quinazolinones
were
synthesized
via
base-promoted
[4
+
4]
cycloaddition
of
2-alkynyl
quinazolinones
with
aza-
ortho
-quinone
methides.