O-Allylated Pudovik and Passerini Adducts as Versatile Scaffolds for Product Diversification.

The palladium-catalyzed O-allylation of α-hydroxyphosphonates and α-hydroxyamides obtained from Pudovik and Passerini multicomponent reactions has allowed interesting and highly straightforward access to a variety of building blocks for product diversification. These post-functionalizations include a selective base- or ruthenium hydride-mediated isomerization/Claisen rearrangement cascade and a ring-closing metathesis that allows access to a variety of diversely functionalized phosphono-oxaheterocycles.

A Sequential Pd-AAA/Cross-Metathesis/Cope Rearrangement Strategy for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral Butenolides.

A practical and highly enantio- (up to 94:6 er) and diastereoselective (up to >20:1 dr) synthesis of γ-butenolides bearing two adjacent stereogenic centers is reported featuring a sequential direct palladium-catalyzed asymmetric allylic alkylation/( E)-selective cross-metathesis/[3,3]-sigmatropic Cope rearrangement from readily available α-substituted (5 H)-furan-2-ones.

Umpolung-like Cross-coupling of Tosylhydrazones with 4-Hydroxy-2-pyridones under Palladium Catalysis.

Tosylhydrazones under palladium catalysis were found to perform cross-coupling reactions with 4-hydroxy-2-pyridones. The umpolung-like reactivity, between the α-carbon of tosylhydrazone and the 3-position of the heterocycle, which is observed in the obtained products, indicates the directed sp3-CH-activation of an alkylated phenol intermediate by the pendant 3-palladated heterocycle. The reaction and its intercepted variants are surveyed in their scope, allowing the synthesis of inaccessible 3-carbocyclic pyridones in moderate to excellent yields.

Sequential Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation/retro-Dieckmann Fragmentation Strategy for the Synthesis of α-Substituted Acrylonitriles.

A straightforward synthesis of α-substituted acrylonitriles is described using 4-cyano-3-oxotetrahydro-thiophene (c-THT) as an acrylonitrile surrogate. This unprecedented two-step sequence featuring a palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation (Pd-AA) and a retro-Dieckmann fragmentation provides a general entry into diversely substituted 1,4-dienes.