Collective atomic excitation can be realized by the Raman scattering. Such a photon-atom interface can form an SU(1,1)-typed atom-light hybrid interferometer, where the atomic Raman amplification processes take the place of the beam splitting elements in a traditional Mach-Zehnder interferometer. We numerically calculate the phase sensitivities and the signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) of this interferometer with the method of homodyne detection and intensity detection, and give their differences of the optimal phase points to realize the best phase sensitivities and the maximal SNRs from these two detection methods. The difference of the effects of loss of light field and atomic decoherence on measure precision is analyzed.

An approach to access functionalized 3,4-dihydro-1,3-oxazin-2-ones has been developed by reacting semicyclic N,O-acetals 5 and 6 with ynamides 7 or terminal alkynes 8 in a one-pot fashion. The reaction went through a formal [4 + 2] cycloaddition process to generate a number of functionalized 3,4-dihydro-1,3-oxazin-2-ones 9a–9ak and 10a–10bc in yields of 34–97%. In addition, the utility of this transformation was demonstrated by the synthesis of (±)-sedamine 13.

A novel approach to 2-substituted-2-(dimethoxyphosphoryl)-pyrrolidines 7a−7o and 9a−9r has been developed, which features a TMSOTf-mediated one-pot intramolecular cyclization and phosphonylation of substituted tert-butyl 4oxobutylcarbamates. The major advantages of this method include simple operation under mild reaction conditions, the use of cheap Lewis acid, and good to excellent yields with high diastereoselectivities (dr up to 99:1).

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An asymmetric approach to access 2‐substituted isoindolin‐1‐ones 9–11 was developed through TiCl4‐mediated addition‐chlorination of N,O‐acetals 7 a–7 c with terminal alkynes 8. A range of substrates were amenable to this transformation, and the desired substituted isoindolin‐1‐ones were obtained in moderate to good yields with moderate diastereoselectivities.