A palladium-catalyzed stereoselective decarboxylative allylation of azlactones with vinyl methylene cyclic carbonates (VMCCs) as allyl precursors is developed. This method allows the formation of a series of trisubstituted allylic amino...

A dearomative higher-order [10+2] cycloaddition reaction of 3-nitroindoles and 2-alkylidene-1-indanones was developed. Using TEBA as the phase-transfer catalyst, a wide range of structurally diverse polycyclic cyclopenta[b]indoline derivatives were obtained in...

A formal [4+2] cycloaddition of 3-nitroindoles with ortho-aminophenyl p-quinone methides via a dearomatization process was developed. This method provided a facile protocol for preparing tetrahydro-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinolones in good results. With a...