Application of the tandem thionium/N-acyliminium ion cascade toward heterocyclic synthesis

Abstract

Many structurally diverse heterocyclic compounds can be easily accessed via the domino Pummerer/cycloaddition/N-acyliminium ion cyclization cascade.

Keywords

• Pummerer reaction
• N-acyliminium ion
• cyclization
• heterocycles
• alkaloid synthesis
• domino
• tandem
• cascade