A straightforward synthesis of amides, ureas, and esters is reported by visible-light cross-dehydrogenating coupling (CDC) of aldehydes (or amine carbaldehydes) and amines/R-OTBS ethers by photoredox catalysis. The reaction is found to be general and high yielding. A plausible mechanistic pathway has been proposed for these transformations and is supported by appropriate controlled experiments.

A new domino synthetic approach for the synthesis of highly functionalized tetrahydrocarbazoles via DROC of various functionalized DA-cyclopropanes with 2-indolylnitroethylene and indole-substituted alkylidene malonate is described. The tetrahydrocarbazoles were obtained with excellent diastereoselectivity having cis alignment of the 1,4-appendages across the six-membered carbocyclic ring.

A highly efficient strategy for the synthesis of functionalised carbocyclic enaminonitriles in excellent yields has been described. The reaction utilises Yb(OTf)3 catalysed C-C bond cleavage and two simultaneous C-C bond formations of donor-acceptor (DA)-cyclopropanes with malononitrile anions in a domino fashion.

An unprecedented and domino synthetic strategy for the synthesis of highly functionalized carbocyclic β-enaminoesters bearing an all-carbon quaternary center via Yb(OTf)3-catalyzed ring-opening cyclization/decarboxylative tautomerization of donor-acceptor cyclopropanes with 2-alkyl malononitriles in excellent yields is described. The products are obtained as a single diastereomer in most cases where the nitrile and aryl groups are aligning in a cis orientation across the ring.