@article {45428,
	title = { Accessing alpha-arylated nitriles via BF3 center dot OEt2 catalyzed cyanation of para-quinone methides using tert-butyl isocyanide as a cyanide source},
	journal = {Journal of Organic Chemistry},
	volume = {83},
	year = {2018},
	month = {OCT},
	pages = {12305-12314},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {BF3 center dot OEt2 catalyzed 1,6-conjugate addition of tertbutyl isocyanide to para-quinone methides and fuchsones for the synthesis of alpha-diaryl and alpha-triaryl nitriles has been reported. This protocol allows alpha-diaryl- and alpha-triaryl nitriles to be accessed in good to excellent yields and with a broad substrate scope, which could be further functionalized to give a versatile set of products. This is the first example wherein tert-butyl isocyanide has been used as a cyanide source for the 1,6-conjugate addition.},
	issn = { 0022-3263},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.joc.8b01926},
	author = {Shirsath, Sachin R. and Shinde, Ganesh H. and Shaikh, Aslam C. and Muthukrishnan, M.}
}
@article {46349,
	title = {Oxone promoted dehydrogenative Povarov cyclization of N-aryl glycine derivatives: an approach towards quinoline fused lactones and lactams},
	journal = {RSC Advances},
	volume = {9},
	year = {2019},
	month = {SEP },
	pages = {30277-30291},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>Oxone promoted intramolecular dehydrogenative imino Diels-Alder reaction (Povarov cyclization) of alkyne tethered N-aryl glycine esters and amides has been explored, thus affording biologically significant quinoline fused lactones and lactams. The reaction is simple, scalable, and high yielding (up to 88\%). The method was further extended to prepare biologically important luotonin-A analogues and the quinoline core of uncialamycin.</p>
},
	doi = {10.1039/c9ra06212b},
	author = {More, Devidas A. and Shinde, Ganesh H. and Shaikh, Aslam C. and Muthukrishnan, M.}
}
