M. I. D. Mardjan, S. Perie, J.-L. Parrain and L. Commeiras
Org. Biomol. Chem., 2017,15, 3304-3309
DOI:
10.1039/C7OB00532F,
Paper
A versatile copper(I)-catalyzed cascade multicomponent reaction strategy between readily available (Z)-3-iodoacrylic acids, terminal alkynes, and primary amines is reported, leading to a great diversity of complex heterocyclic backbones based on biorelevant indole/lactam scaffolds.