The first intramolecular enantioselective cyclopropanation of indenes and trisubstituted alkenes was accomplished by using new chiral phosphine X5 derived gold(I) complexes. This reaction is a straightforward, efficient method for constructing [5–3–6] fused-ring compounds with two vicinal all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centers, a core structure shared by numerous pharmacological products, and bioactive
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) stabilized by aggregates of derivative 4 have been used as catalyst for the construction of synthetically and biologically important [4 + 2] cycloadducts at room temperature.