A transition-metal-free, facile and efficient method for the synthesis of 3-alkynylpyrrole-2, 4-dicarboxylates from methylene isocyanides and propiolaldehyde with moderate to good yields has been developed. The direct transformation process and...
Herein, we describe a facile synthesis of the N-arylated carbazoles via ladderization of fluorinated oligophenylenes. The reaction consists of two subsequent nucleophilic substitutions triggered by the electronic transfer from dimsyl...
A facile method access to indanones was developed under metal- and additive-free conditions in which L-proline served as efficient and environmentally benign catalysts. Compared with previous indanones synthesis by transition-metal-catalyzed...
Facile synthesis of 1,2-benzisothiazoles from amidines and elemental sulfur via N–S/C–S bond formation under transition-metal-free conditions has been developed with good tolerance of a broad range of functional groups.
A transition-metal-free oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling reaction has been developed for the preparation of symmetrical carboxylic anhydrides through self-coupling dual C–O bond formations of aryl methanols. In the presence of a catalytic amount of tetrabutylphosphonium bromide (TBPB) as transfer agent and aqueous tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as oxidant and reactant, methylene groups of aryl methanols were efficiently oxidized to C=O and coupled with the peroxide oxygen from TBHP to form a diverse array of symmetrical carboxylic anhydride derivatives.