A highly general palladium catalysed regioselective hydroalkynylation of ynamides for versatile enamide building blocks with an alkyne tether is achieved with an N-substitution dependent stereoselectivity switch under very mild reaction conditions.

A novel palladium-catalyzed approach to 2-benzofuranyl/indolylacetamides from 1-(o-hydroxy/aminophenyl)propargylic alcohols and isocyanides is described. The reaction proceeds through a cascade that includes oxy/aminopalladation, isocyanide insertion, and 1,4-hydroxyl migration. No oxidant or ligand is needed to promote the cascade, and the reactions are carried out under mild conditions to afford the products through high functional tolerance.

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Addition of arylboronic acids to directing group tethered acetylenes in a regio and stereoselective manner using an inexpensive catalytic system is achieved for the first time to access highly sought after allyl/homoallyl alcohol/amine units. The apparent vinylnickel intermediate was successfully trapped by the Michael electrophiles to get defined tri- and tetra-substituted olefins. An interesting selectivity switch was observed with internal alkynes.