A method to synthesize benzofurylselenocyanates, benzothienylselenocyanates and indolylselenocyanates via electrophilic selenocyanogen cyclization was established. This sequential process was conducted under mild conditions in a short time. This protocol was successfully applied to latestage functionalization of bioactive molecules. Notablely, the selenocyanate can be converted into other valuable Se-containing compounds and showed antitumor activity to human hepatoma cells HepG2.

A palladium-catalyzed reaction of aryl iodide-tethered alkenes with homoallyl alcohol is reported, providing a convenient and efficient approach to C(sp3)-allylation product. The cascade process involves intramolecular Heck/retro-allylation. This new approach...

A palladium-catalyzed cis-selective carboalkylation of internal alkynes with cyclobutanols is reported, providing a useful and facile approach to alkyl-substituted olefins in moderate to good yields with excellent stereoselectivity. The cascade...

A palladium/norbornene-catalyzed ortho-amination/allylation of aryl iodides was developed for the construction of ortho-aminated allylbenzene by using N-benzoyloxyamines as the amination reagent and homoallyl alcohols as the allylation reagent. The reaction...

Correction for ‘Pd-Catalyzed alkynyl aryl iodide cyclization/alkylation with cyclobutanols’ by Ping-Xin Zhou et al., Org. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 2606–2611, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2QO00180B.