“…2,3 Particularly, dibenzoazepinones, namely dibenzoxazepinones, 4 dibenzothiazepinones, 5 and dibenzodiazepinones, 6 not only constitute the core structures of psychotropic drugs and various biologically active molecules, 7 but also serve as versatile synthetic intermediates towards the dibenzo-oxazepine, -thiazepine, and -diazepine rings in organic synthesis (Scheme 1a). In the last few decades, a diverse set of transition metal-catalysed or metal-free annulation strategies have been devised to access these dibenzoazepinone-based compounds, including the aryl–heteroatom 8 and acyl–heteroatom 9 bond couplings, C–H functionalization, 10 and rearrangement reactions 11 as the pivotal cyclization steps to construct the core dibenzoazepinone structure.…”