An enantioselective consecutive cyclization/coupling process, catalyzed by palladium is reported. Stereoinduction arises from an enantioselective carbopalladation, generating an intermediate which promotes a nucleopalladation step. The dual cyclization sequence was compatible with a variety of alkyne‐tethered oxygen‐ and nitrogen‐centered nucleophiles, and a variety of alkenyl‐tethered aryl iodides, to forge numerous bisheterocycles in good yields and high regio‐ and enantioselectivities.

A method for the palladium-catalyzed disilylation and digermanylation of aryl halides bearing a tethered alkene has been developed. The mechanism is thought to proceed via Heck-type cyclization, followed by C−H activation, resulting in a reactive fusedpalladacycle. A wide variety of disilylated and digermanylated heterocycles are obtained from readily available aryl halides in high yields with various functional groups. Moreover, the developed protocol proved to be highly diastereoselective.

A diastereo-and enantioselective synthesis of boron-containing cyclobutanols is reported. We exploit an enantioselective borylcupration to generate a chiral benzylic copper intermediate that is intercepted with a proximally tethered ketone. The scaffolds contain an all-carbon quaternary center with a modular boronate moiety which allows access to a variety of synthetically valuable functional groups. This work represents an asymmetric approach to monocyclic cyclobutanols and highlights the utility of copper catalysis in the generation of small-sized rings.

Hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) was employed as an additive for the generation of 3‐(chloromethylene)oxindoles via the chloroacylation of alkyne‐tethered carbamoyl chlorides. This reaction avoids the use of a metal catalyst and accesses products in high yields and stereoselectivities. Additionally, this reaction is scalable and proved amenable to a series of product derivatizations, including the synthesis of nintedanib. The reactivity of alkene‐tethered carbamoyl chlorides with hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) was harnessed towards the synthesis of 2‐quinolinones.

The synthesis of a broad variety of hetero- and carbocyclic scaffolds via a Pd-catalyzed domino Heck/SO2 insertion reaction is reported. This reaction utilizes DABSO, a safe and easy-to-handle alternative to SO2 gas. The reaction proceeds through a sulfinate intermediate, which can act as a lynchpin for the in situ generation of sulfones, sulfonamides, and sulfonyl fluorides. Good yields and scalability are demonstrated.

A versatile and highly stereoselective borylative cyclization to generate polyfunctionalized γ-lactams has been developed. The stereoselective synthesis of these key ring systems is crucial due to their ubiquity in natural products. We report the diastero- and enantioselective construction of di- and trisubstituted γ-lactam cores, with examples containing an enantioenriched quaternary carbon.

We report a cobalt‐catalyzed hydroacylation of 1,6‐enynes with exogenous aldehydes in a domino sequence to construct enantioenriched ketones. The products were obtained in good yields with excellent regio‐, diastereo‐, and enantioselectivity. Furthermore, the chiral products served as valuable precursors to access complex spirocyclic scaffolds with three contiguous stereocenters. The asymmetric hydroacylation process exhibited no C−H crossover and no KIE, thus indicating that the C−H bond cleavage was not involved in the turnover‐limiting step.

We report a cobalt‐catalyzed hydroacylation of 1,6‐enynes with exogenous aldehydes in a domino sequence to construct enantioenriched ketones. The products were obtained in good yields with excellent regio‐, diastereo‐, and enantioselectivity. Furthermore, the chiral products served as valuable precursors to access complex spirocyclic scaffolds with three contiguous stereocenters. The asymmetric hydroacylation process exhibited no C−H crossover and no KIE, thus indicating that the C−H bond cleavage was not involved in the turnover‐limiting step.