Bo Chen, Wen-Dao Chu and Quan-Zhong Liu
RSC Adv., 2019,9, 1487-1490
DOI:
10.1039/C8RA08909D,
Paper
A Cu(II)/bisoxazoline ligand-promoted formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition of diazo esters with azoalkenes formed in situ has been developed. This strategy provides a potential protocol for the construction of dihydropyrazoles containing a quaternary center with good to excellent yields.