the dual electrophilic properties of (2-chloro-2-nitroethenyl)benzenes in a one-pot, formal [3+2] cycloaddition. Using a base (DBU), the desired trisubstituted heterocycles were formed rapidly (10–30 min) in good to excellent yields (51–92 %), and this versatile, metal-free methodology was applied to the synthesis of 2-acyl- and 2-carboalkoxyfurans and furan-2-carboxamides. Additionally, by using 2-ketophosphonate
An expedient synthesis of a new family of configurationally stable dioxa[6]helicenes was established using a sequential helicoselective organocatalyzed heteroannulation/eliminative aromatization via enantioenriched fused 2-nitro dihydrofurans featuring both central and helical chiralities. Starting from simple achiral precursors, a broad range of these previously unknown chiral heterocyclic scaffolds