Jack M. Wootton, Jerry K. F. Tam and William P. Unsworth
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Recent advances in the development of cascade ring expansion reactions for the synthesis of medium-sized rings and macrocycles are described.
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Large ring lactam libraries can be made via a conjugate addition/ring expansion cascade and subsequent side-chain and ring elaboration steps.
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A stereoselective strategy to make C–N atropisomeric amides based on intramolecular acyl transfer via a tethered Lewis basic pyridine or tertiary amine group is reported.
Zhongzhen Yang, Jerry K. F. Tam, Jack M. Wootton, Jason M. Lynam and William P. Unsworth
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A series of ring expansion reactions of P![[double bond, length as m-dash]](https://www.rsc.org/images/entities/char_e001.gif)
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A comprehensive review highlighting advances in the synthesis of N-acyl sulfonamides, including classical acylation techniques, transition-metal catalysis, and C–H functionalisation.