Current Organic Chemistry - Volume 23, Issue 27, 2019

Alkoxyallenes are easily available and versatile building blocks for the preparation of a variety of natural products (terpenes, polyketides, alkaloids, amino acids, carbohydrates etc.) originating from different classes. The synthetic use of the three allene carbon atoms frequently follows the “normal” reactivity pattern showing that alkoxyallenes can be regarded as special enol ethers. Additions of alcohols or amines to alkoxy Read More

Vinylallenes have been synthesized and used as reagents for many years. However, the number of reviews covering the advances in the chemistry of vinylallenes are scarce. Most of the information lies in general reviews about allenes or in reviews dedicated to specific areas of research. Today, vinylallenes are used in the synthesis due to the special characteristics of this moiety, a diene with a non-conjugated double bond and th Read More

Allenes represent an extremely important class of organic molecules, which, as a result of their twisted orthogonal π-systems can possess axial chirality. A wide array of methods for allene synthesis have been reported, such as the substitution of propargylic electrophiles, isomerization of alkynes and sigmatropic rearrangement. An alternative approach for the synthesis of allenes is 1,2-elimination of an appropriately substi Read More

The present review article summarizes the synthesis of allenes, which bear an adjacent functional group, by [3,3]- or [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of appropriate propargyl substrates. Functionalized allenes, such as allenyl isothiocyanates, isoelenocyanates, isocyanates, thiocyanates, azides, azo compounds and others, are easily available by these methods. In several cases, however, the title compounds Read More

The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction is a powerful and versatile strategy for the synthesis of carbocyclic and heterocyclic five-membered rings. Herein, the most recent developments on the [3+2] cycloaddition reactions using allenes acting either as dipolarophiles or 1,3-dipole precursors, are highlighted. The recent contributions on the phosphine- and transition metal-catalyzed [3+2] annulations involving allenes as substra Read More