1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Chemistry for the Preparation of Novel Indolizinone-Based Compounds

A one-pot, metal-free approach to bicyclic 2-pyridones

A practical one-pot process based on two-fold intramolecular cyclizations provides a more expedient entry into a variety of bicyclic 2-pyridones.

Synthesis of a 2(1H)-pyridone library via rhodium-catalyzed formation of isomunchones

Through the use of the dipolar cycloaddition of isomunchones with olefins the 2(1H)-pyridone ring system has been synthesized. (1) The use of different cyclization partners followed by diversification of the initial scaffold has provided libraries of 4-hydroxy-2(1H)-pyridones. There are no examples of this ring system in either PubChem or the MLSMR.

Domino reactions of rhodium(II) carbenoids for alkaloid synthesis

In this tutorial review, the rhodium(II)-catalyzed domino reactions of alpha-diazo carbonyl compounds are summarized. The article will emphasize some of the more recent synthetic applications of the rhodium carbenoid cyclization/cycloaddition domino cascade for alkaloid synthesis. The many structurally diverse and highly successful examples of both oxa and azapolycyclic ring formation cited in this tutorial review clearly demonstrate that the domino cyclization/cycloaddition cascade of metallo carbenoids has evolved as an important strategy for the synthesis of nitrogen containing natural products.

Synthesis of hydroxylated bicyclic amino acids from L-tyrosine: octahydro-1H-indole carboxylates

A stereoselective approach to polyhydroxylated L-Choi derivatives has been developed. The oxidative cyclization of L-tyrosine was optimized to avoid partial racemization and to allow a more efficient scale-up.

Divergent Cycloaddition and Ring-Closing Metathesis Approaches to Indolizidine and Pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine Skeletons from a Chiral Precursor: An Expeditious Route to (−)-8-epi-Swainsonine Triacetate

[reaction: see text] A divergent strategy for the synthesis of diverse azabicyclic ring systems has been developed in which a chiral N-allylpyrrolidine derivative, obtained from a carbohydrate precursor was converted to (-)-8-epi-swainsonine triacetate by RCM and to a pyrrolo[1,2-a]azepine derivative and a 3-hydroxymethyl-substituted indolizidine by N-allylcarbohydrate nitrone and nitrile oxide cycloadditions.