A Pd- and norbornene-catalyzed domino procedure has been developed to synthesize indoline compounds. This reaction provides efficient access to indolines by employing aryl iodides with aziridines as new electrophiles. The transformation is scalable and tolerates a range of functional groups.

This report describes the first example of palladium-catalyzed ortho-C–H glycosylation/ipso-alkenylation of aryl iodides, and the easily accessible glycosyl chlorides are used as a glycosylation reagent. The reaction is compatible with the functional groups of the substrates, and a series of C-aryl glycosides have been synthesized in good to excellent yield and with excellent diastereoselectivity. It is found that a cheap 5-norbornene-2-carbonitrile as a transient mediator can effectively promote this reaction. In addition, ipso-arylation and cyanation were also realized by the strategy.

We described a novel palladium-catalyzed C−H glycosylation of indole or tryptophan for a one-pot stereoselective synthesis of 2,3-diglycosylindoles and tryptophan-C-glycosides. In this strategy, the use of air and base-free and ligand-free conditions provided a highly efficient route to construct C-glycosides. The method can be applied to a wide range of cost-effective and convenient glycosyl chloride donors. Mechanistic studies indicated that the indole 2,3-diglycosylation sequence was C3 and then C2.

We described a novel palladium-catalyzed domino procedure for the preparation of (hetero)­aryl thio/selenoglycosides. Readily available (hetero)­aryl iodides and easily accessible 1-thiosugars/1-selenosugars are utilized as the substrates. Meanwhile, 10 types of sugars are quite compatible with this reaction with good regio- and stereoselectivity, high efficiency, and broad applicability (up to 89%, 53 examples). This method enables the straightforward formation of the C­(sp2)–S/Se bond of (hetero)­aryl thio/selenoglycosides.