Mercuric acetate-mediated annulation of homopropargylic alcohols having thioether substituent. A general route for the synthesis of tetrasubstituted furans from propargylic dithioacetals

A [3 + 2]-annulation approach to tetrasubstituted furans from MBH-carbonates of acetylenic aldehydes via sequential substitution/cycloisomerization

A new organo base-mediated cascade reaction has been developed for the synthesis of uniquely substituted tetrasubstituted furans, 2-furan-3-yl acrylates, starting from MBH-carbonates of acetylenic aldehydes and keto-methylenes.

Asymmetric propargylation of ketones using allenylboronates catalyzed by chiral biphenols

Chiral biphenols catalyze the enantioselective asymmetric propargylation of ketones using allenylboronates. The reaction uses 10 mol % of 3,3'-Br(2)-BINOL as the catalyst and allenyldioxoborolane as the nucleophile, in the absence of solvent, and under microwave irradiation to afford the homopropargylic alcohol. The reaction products are obtained in good yields (60-98%) and high enantiomeric ratios (3:1-99:1). Diastereoselective propargylations using chiral racemic allenylboronates result in good diastereoselectivities (dr >86:14) and enantioselectivities (er >92:8) under the catalytic conditions.