Multicomponent Reactions in Organic Synthesis

PrefaceGENERAL INTRODUCTION TO MCRs: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREIntroductionAdvances in ChemistryTotal SynthesisApplications in Pharmaceutical and Agrochemical IndustryMaterialsOutlookDISCOVERY OF MCRsGeneral IntroductionThe ConceptThe Reaction Design ConceptMulticomponent Reactions and BiocatalysisMulticomponent Reactions in Green Pharmaceutical ProductionConclusionsARYNE-BASED MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONSIntroductionMulticomponent Reactions of Arynes via Electrophilic CouplingTransition Metal-Catalyzed Multicomponent Reactions of ArynesConcluding RemarksUGI-SMILES AND PASSERINI-SMILES COUPLINGSIntroductionScope and LimitationsUgi-Smiles PostcondensationsConclusions1,3-DICARBONYLS IN MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONSIntroductionAchiral and Racemic MCRsEnantioselective MCRsConclusions and OutlookFUNCTIONALIZATION OF HETEROCYCLES BY MCRsIntroductionMannich-Type Reactions and Related ProcessesBeta-Dicarbonyl ChemistryHetero-Diels-Alder Cycloadditions and Related ProcessesMetal-Mediated ProcessesIsocyanide-Based ReactionsDipole-Mediated ProcessesConclusionsDIAZOACETATE AND RELATED METAL-STABILIZED CARBENE SPECIES IN MCRsIntroductionMCRs via Carbonyl or Azomethine Ylide-Involved 1,3-Dipolar CycloadditionsMCRs via Electrophilic Trapping of Protic Onium YlidesMCRs via Electrophilic Trapping of Zwitterionic IntermediatesMCRs via Metal Carbene Migratory InsertionSummary and OutlookMETAL-CATALYZED MULTICOMPONENT SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLESIntroductionMulticomponent Cross-Coupling and Carbonylation ReactionsMetallacycles in Multicomponent ReactionsMulticomponent Reactions via 1,3-Dipolar CycloadditionConcluding RemarksMACROCYCLES FROM MULTICOMPONENT REACTIONSIntroductionIMCR-Based Macrocyclizations of Single Bifunctional Building BlocksMultiple MCR-Based Macrocyclizations of Bifunctional Building BlocksIMCR-Based Macrocyclizations of Trifunctionalized Building Blocks (MiB-3D)Sequential IMCR-Based Macrocyclizations of Multiple Bifunctional Building BlocksFinal Remarks and Future

Jieping Zhu received his BSc degree from Hanzhou Normal University (P.R. China) and his MSc degree from Lanzhou University (P.R. China) under the guidance of Prof. Y.-L. Li. He obtained his PhD from the Université Paris XI, France, under the supervision of Prof. H.-P. Husson and Prof. J. C. Quirion. After 18 months post-doctoral research with Prof. Sir D. H. R. Barton at Texas A&M University in USA, he joined the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (CNRS, France) as Chargé de Recherche and was promoted to Director of Research 2nd class in 2000 and then 1st class in 2006. He moved to Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, in 2010 as a full professor. His main research interests center on the development of novel synthetic methods, their application in the synthesis of bioactive natural products, and the design of novel multicomponent reactions. He has published over 220 research articles and the well-received book "Multicomponenet Reactions" (Wiley-VCH, 2005).Qian Wang received her BSc and MSc degree from Lanzhou University (P.R. China) under the guidance of Prof. Y. Li. She obtained her PhD degree from Chinese University of Hong Kong under the supervision of Prof. H.N.C. Wong. After several post-doctoral stays in Switzerland and in France, she joined the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (CNRS, France) as a research engineer. In 2010, she moved to Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, as a research scientist.Mei-Xiang Wang received a BSc degree in chemistry from Fudan University, Shanghai. After spending three years at the General Research Institute of Non-ferrous Metals (GRINM, Beijing) as a research associate, he joined the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS) at Beijing as a research student. He obtained his master degree and PhD in 1989 and 1992, respectively under the supervision of Prof. Z.-T. Huang. In the next 17 years, he worked at ICCAS ranking from