Kaimeng Huang

Copper-Catalyzed Cascade Reaction via Intramolecular Hydroamination Cyclization of Homopropargylic Amines and Intermolecular Povarov Reaction with Imines

A new one-pot cascade reaction of homopropargylic amines with simple imines is developed in the presence of Cu(OTf)2 and affords a series of hexahydro-1H-pyrrolo[3,2-c]quinoline derivatives in good to high yields. This reaction proceeds through an intramolecular hydroamination cyclization of homopropargylic amine to generate a highly reactive dihydropyrrole intermediate in situ. It subsequently reacts with imine via an intermolecular inverse-electron-demand aza-Diels-Alder reaction and a 1,3-H shift to give the fused pyrroloquinoline structures, forming two new C-C bonds and one C-N bond and one N-H bond.

Mutual Cooperation in the Formal Allyl Alcohol Nucleophilic Substitution and Hydration of Alkynes for the Construction of γ‐Substituted Ketones

Mutual cooperation in the formal allyl alcohol nucleophilic substitution reaction and hydration of an alkyne has been utilized in the presence of a gold catalyst to give a series of γ-functionalized ketones with high to excellent yields. This reaction actually involved an intramolecular O-H insertion cyclization of an alkyne to form the dihydrofuran intermediate, which was followed by the nucleophilic addition ring-opening of a dihydrofuran to give the target compound.