Jun Yan, Min Shi and Yin Wei
Chem. Commun., 2023,59, 4405-4422
DOI:
10.1039/D3CC00520H,
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Alkynes as unsaturated hydrocarbons have long been used for cyclization reactions. Various transition metal-catalyzed cyclizations of alkynes have been reported in the past decades. In this minireview, we mainly summarize the recent asymmetric cyclization of alkynes with other functional groups such as carbonyl-alkynes, cyano-alkynes, and enynes under the catalytic system of nickel and chiral ligands.