The first formal [3 + 3]-cycloaddition of nitronates with donor-acceptor cyclopropanes is reported. The reaction is catalyzed by ytterbium trifluoromethanesulfonate and leads to hitherto unknown bicyclic nitrosoacetals, possessing two annelated six-membered rings.

The first π-coordination-catalyzed nucleophilic fluorination of unactivated aryl halides has been demonstrated. Chlorobenzene reacts with alkali metal fluorides (CsF, KF) in the presence of a Cp*Ru catalyst at 120-180 °C to give fluorobenzene.

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