Pathway economy in cyclization of 1,n-enynes

• Hezhen Han,
• Wenjie Mao,
• Bin Lin,
• Maosheng Cheng,
• Lu Yang and
• Yongxiang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2260–2282, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.173

• significant reaction, 1,n-enyne cyclization is capable of constructing a variety of complex small-molecule frameworks, including fused and bridged rings, thereby serving as a potent tool in the syntheses of natural products and pharmaceuticals. Our group has pioneered the concept of "pathway economy" by

Design, synthesis and photophysical properties of novel star-shaped truxene-based heterocycles utilizing ring-closing metathesis, Clauson–Kaas, Van Leusen and Ullmann-type reactions as key tools

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1374–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.96

• . Synthesis of imidazole and benzimidazole containing truxene derivatives 14 and 16. Construction of truxene-based di- and trioxazole derivatives 21 and 20. Synthesis of benzene-bridged rings containing trioxazolotruxene system 25. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 174: Additional general

The synthesis of functionalized bridged polycycles via C–H bond insertion

• Jiun-Le Shih,
• Po-An Chen and
• Jeremy A. May

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 985–999, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.97

• systems rapidly and efficiently, though additional catalyst development is needed. Keywords: bridged rings; carbene; cascade reaction; C–H bond insertion; nitrene; Introduction Bridged polycyclic natural products are an inviting challenge to the synthetic chemist for their rich display of functional

• construction of bridged rings have been reported. These methods usually rely on existing functional groups to build the rings, consequently leading to the synthesis of a single isomer. To access a different isomer, either the synthetic sequence must be revised to install the key functional groups at

• [31]. Metal-catalyzed reactions Copper The earliest example to our knowledge of transition metal catalysis for the formation of bridged rings via C–H bond insertion was Wolff’s use of copper (Scheme 6) [32][33]. Silver was also examined as a possible catalyst, but then a Wolff rearrangement was the