One-Pot Au[III]-/Lewis Acid Catalyzed Cycloisomerization of Nitroalkynes and [3 + 3]Cycloaddition with Donor-Acceptor Cyclopropanes.
Pawan S DhoteChepuri V RamanaPublished in: Organic letters (2019)
A one-pot protocol for the synthesis of a tricyclic pseudoindoxyl scaffold from 2-nitroalkynylbenzenes, comprising of an Au(III)-catalyzed nitroalkyne cycloisomerization leading to isatogen and its [3 + 3]-cycloaddition with donor-acceptor cyclopropanes mediated by a suitable Lewis acid, has been developed.