Silylative carbocyclization of allenyl-carbonyl units with Et3SiH catalyzed by rhodium: cis-stereoselective synthesis of homoallylic cycloalkanols.

[reaction: see text] A new procedure for the synthesis of cis-2-triethylsilylvinyl-cyclopentanols and -cyclohexanols from allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones with Et(3)SiH through rhodium-catalyzed silylative carbocyclization is described. The use of Rh(acac)(CO)(2) (1 mol %) to promote the reaction results in a mild and convenient protocol for the three-component assembly.

cis-stereoselective nickel-catalyzed cyclization/alkylation and arylation reactions of allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones with organozinc reagents.

Highly stereoselective alkylative and arylative cyclization reactions of allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones with organozinc reagents occur efficiently in the presence of catalytic Ni(COD)2 to afford cis-fused homoallylic cyclopentanols.

Palladium-indium-mediated arylative cyclization of allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones.

The arylative cyclization of allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones to form homoallylic cyclopentanols and cyclohexanols by the palladium-catalyzed and indium-mediated Babier allylation is described.

Palladium-catalyzed tandem cyclization of allenyl-aldehydes and -ketones with aryl iodides and Bu3SnSnBu3.

[reaction: see text] The arylative cyclization of allenyl-aldehydes with aryl iodides and hexa-n-butyldistannane to form substituted cyclopentanols and cyclohexanols by tandem palladium-catalyzed carbostannylation and allylation was achieved under mild conditions.

Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling of Organoboron Compounds with Iodonium Salts and Iodanes.

The palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of iodinanes (iodonium salts and iodanes) with organoboron compounds to form carbon-carbon bonds was achieved at ambient temperature under aqueous conditions in the absence of base. Coupling of phenylboronic acid with diphenyliodonium tetrafluoroborate in the presence of Pd(PPh(3))(4) (0.2 mol %) or Pd(OAc)(2) (0.