Indium chloride catalyzed alkylative rearrangement of propargylic acetates using alkyl chlorides, alcohols, and acetates: facile synthesis of α-alkyl-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.

Indium chloride catalyzed alkylative rearrangement of propargylic acetates into α-alkyl-α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds has been achieved. Propargylic acetates functioned as α-acylvinyl anion equivalents to react with carbocations generated from alkyl chlorides. Other alkyl electrophiles such as alcohols and acetates were also applicable.

Fused heteroaromatic dihydrosiloles: synthesis and double-fold modification.

An efficient method for the synthesis of fused heteroaromatic dihydrosiloles via Ni-catalyzed hydrosilylation/intramolecular Ir-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of the Si-H bond with the heteroaromatic C-H bond has been developed. The method is efficient for both electron-deficient and -rich heterocycles. It exhibits high functional group tolerance and good regioselectivity.

InCl3/Me3SiCl-catalyzed direct Michael addition of enol acetates to α,β-unsaturated ketones.

The direct Michael addition of enol acetates to α,β-unsaturated ketones was achieved using a combination of Lewis acid catalysts, InCl(3) and Me(3)SiCl, which furnished stable enol-form products that could be further transformed into functionalized 1,5-diketones by reactions with various electrophiles.

InCl3/Me3SiBr-catalyzed direct coupling between silyl ethers and enol acetates.

A combined Lewis acid catalyst of InCl(3) and Me(3)SiBr promoted the direct use of enol acetates in the coupling with low-reactive silyl ethers, in which functional groups including ketones and aldehydes survived. Sterically hindered silyl ethers such as ROSiEt(3), ROSiPh(3), ROSit-BuMe(2), and ROSii-Pr(3) were also applicable.