The Palladium-Catalysed Intramolecular Alder-ene (IMAE) Reactions of Certain Heteroatom-Linked 1,6-Enynes: The Formation of Hexahydro-Indoles and -Benzofurans

Abstract

A short review of the literature on palladium-catalysed intramolecular Alder-ene reactions of C-, N-, and O-linked 1,6-enynes is provided with a particular focus on the use of the latter two processes in the authors' laboratories for the purposes of constructing various alkaloids.

Keywords

• enyne cycloisomerizations
• reductive cyclization
• rhodium(i) complex
• organic-synthesis
• bond formation
• carbocyclization
• hydrogenation
• isomerization
• construction
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• 7-enynes