Y. Lakshmi Prapurna

Facile access to α-acyloxyamides via epoxide rearrangement/three-component domino reaction catalyzed by indium(III) chloride

ABSTRACT A simple and efficient Passerini reaction of epoxides involving highly regioselective rearrangement of epoxide to aldehyde/three-component Passerini reaction catalyzed by indium(III) chloride is described. In the present protocol, epoxides served as wonderful substrates to furnish a library of α-acyloxyamides under mild reaction conditions in shorter reaction times and in good yields. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Substrate- and temperature-controlled divergence in reactions of alcohols with TosMIC catalyzed by BF3 · Et2O: Facile access to sulfinates and sulfones

ABSTRACT An efficient BF3 · Et2O-catalyzed divergent synthesis of sulfinate esters and sulfones through C–O and C–S bond formation has been achieved from alcohols and p-toluenesulfonylmethyl isocyanide (TosMIC). Various alcohols reacted smoothly with TosMIC under the present conditions at room temperature providing sulfinate esters exclusively. By tuning the reaction temperature, the alcohols that provide highly stabilized carbocation in the reaction medium afforded sulfones as sole products. This study was aimed at understanding the regioselectivity of ambidentate sulfinate ion and to elucidate the interpretation of sulfinate/sulfone scaffolds. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

Iodine-mediated new strategy for the synthesis of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles from methyl ketones and TosMIC

Abstract A new strategy has been developed for the construction of oxazoles from methyl ketones and TosMIC via self-sorting oxidative domino reaction strategy. In contrast to its usual reactivity as C–N≡C synthon in the synthesis of oxazoles, TosMIC was utilized as ammonium surrogate in the present method. The protocol is attractive in terms of readily available starting materials, metal and base free conditions, operational simplicity, C–N and C–O bond formation. A variety of 2,5-disubstituted oxazoles were prepared in moderate-to-good yields. Graphical Abstract