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Palladium catalyzed synthesis of indolizines via the carbonylative coupling of bromopyridines, imines and alkynes

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Synthesis of indolizine derivatives containing eight-membered rings via a gold-catalyzed two-fold hydroarylation of diynes

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Novel convenient 2-step synthesis of pyrido[1,2-a]indoles from pyrylium salts and o-bromoanilines

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One-pot organocatalyzed synthesis of tricyclic indolizines

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Gold-catalyzed hydroarylation reactions: a comprehensive overview

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Copper-catalyzed formation of indolizine derivatives via one-pot reactions of chalcones, benzyl bromides and pyridines

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Metal-free synthesis of novel indolizines from chromones and pyridinium salts via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, ring-opening and aromatization

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Synthesis of Indolizine Derivatives Triggered by the Oxidative Addition of Aroyl Chloride to Pd(0) Complex

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Recent Developments in the Cyclization of Alkynes and Nitrogen Compounds for the Synthesis of Indole Derivatives

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Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Gold Catalysis for Materials Science

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Gold(I)‐Catalysed Hydroarylation of Lactam‐Derived Enynes as an Entry to Tetrahydrobenzo[g]quinolines

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Recent Advances in the Development of Indolizine Scaffolds: Synthetic Methodology and Mechanistic Insights

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Regioselective Access to 1,2,4-Triazole-Fused N-Heterocycle, Pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,2,4]triazolo[5,1-c]pyrazine, via Double Dehydrative Cyclizations

Hyunjin Oh, Hyeyeon Kim and Ikyon Kim

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Copper-Catalyzed Chemodivergent Cyclization of N-(ortho-alkynyl)aryl-Pyrrole and Indoles

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Weakly coordinating group directed rhodium-catalyzed unconventional site-selective C–H olefination of indolizines at the 8-position

Xue Feng, Jiaxin Tian, Ying Sun, Huayou Hu, Mingzhu Lu, Yuhe Kan, Danjun Fang and Chao Wang

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TFA-Mediated DMSO-Participant Sequential Oxidation/1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Cascade of Pyridinium Ylides for the Assembly of Indolizines

Wen-Ming Shu, Jian-Xin He, Xun-Fang Zhang, Shuai Wang and An-Xin Wu

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Recent Advances in Functionalization of Pyrroles and their Translational Potential

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Recent advances in the synthesis of N-fused heterocycles from N-aroylmethylpyrrole-2-carboxaldehyde derivatives via annulative functionalization strategies

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Synthetic Strategies for the Construction of Indolizines and Indolizine‐fused Compounds: Thienoindolizines and Indolizinoindoles

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Asian J Org Chem, 2023, 12
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Entropy‐Induced Selectivity Switch in Gold Catalysis: Fast Access to Indolo[1,2‐a]quinolines

Robin Heckershoff, Garrett May, Janika Däumer, Lukas Eberle, Petra Krämer, Frank Rominger, Matthias Rudolph, Florian F. Mulks and A. Stephen K. Hashmi

Chemistry A European J, 2022, 28
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Facile Synthesis of Polysubstituted Indolizines via One‐Pot Reaction of 1‐Acetylaryl 2‐Formylpyrroles and Enals

Minghua Gong, Jingcheng Guo, Pengrui Jiang, Ye Zhang, Zhenqian Fu and Wei Huang

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Dual Gold/Silver Catalysis: Indolizines from 2-Substituted Pyridine Derivatives via a Tandem C(sp3)–H Alkynylation/Iminoauration

Chunyu Han, Yaowen Liu, Xianhai Tian, Frank Rominger and A. Stephen K. Hashmi

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Regioselective Dual Gold/Silver-Catalyzed C3–H Alkynylation of Triazolopyridazines

Na Wang, Junxiao Huo, Yufan Zhang, Xinyan Tao, Yiran Wang, Chunyu Han and Jinhua Yang

Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 10454
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