Priti Khedkar

Differential reactivity pattern of hybrid o-quinodimethane precursors: strategic expansion to annulated benzocycloalkanes via rongalite

A hybrid benzocyclobutene (BCB) molecular frames embedding sultine or sulfone moiety has been synthesized via utilization of rongalite. The selective Diels-Alder reaction has been realized at sultine or sulfone terminus in the hybrid BCB system to prepare functionalized BCB molecular frames. The methodology has been generalized for assembling various benzocycloalkanes containing a sultine unit and the strategy has been expanded to generate various annulated benzocycloalkanes.

Recent applications of ring-rearrangement metathesis in organic synthesis

Summary Ring-rearrangement metathesis (RRM) involves multiple metathesis processes such as ring-opening metathesis (ROM)/ring-closing metathesis (RCM) in a one-pot operation to generate complex targets. RRM delivers complex frameworks that are difficult to assemble by conventional methods. The noteworthy point about this type of protocol is multi-bond formation and it is an atom economic process. In this review, we have covered literature that appeared during the last seven years (2008–2014).