Iron-Catalyzed Stereoselective Cross-Coupling Reactions of Stereodefined Enol Carbamates with Grignard Reagents.

A practical and highly stereoselective iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of stereodefined enol carbamates and Grignard reagents to yield tri- and tetrasubstituted acrylates is reported. A facile method for the stereoselective generation of these enol carbamates has also been developed.

Synthesis of substituted pyrazoles via tandem cross-coupling/electrocyclization of enol triflates and diazoacetates.

The synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted pyrazoles via a tandem catalytic cross-coupling/electrocyclization of enol triflates and diazoacetates is presented. The initial scope of this methodology is demonstrated on a range of differentially substituted acyclic and cyclic enol triflates as well as an elaborated set of diazoacetates to provide the corresponding pyrazoles with a high degree of structural complexity.