{"title":"Applications of Conia-ene reaction in total synthesis of natural products","authors":"Zhongting Ruan , Huaxuan Zhang , Fuhai Liu, Xingang Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.tet.2025.134901","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Conia-ene reaction is an intramolecular alkenylation (or alkylation) reaction occurring at the carbonyl α position of unsaturated ketones and serves as a highly efficient transformation for the construction of cyclic ketones, especially those within five- or six-membered rings frequently encountered within natural products. Compared with the traditional thermal-promoted transformation, Lewis acid catalyzed Conia-ene features mild conditions and widely tolerable functional groups thereby has been widely applied in the synthesis of natural products. In this review, we briefly introduce the development of the Conia-ene reaction, recent advancements in protocols, and a comprehensive review of its application in the total synthesis of natural products.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":437,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron","volume":"187 ","pages":"Article 134901"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Tetrahedron","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402025004570","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Conia-ene reaction is an intramolecular alkenylation (or alkylation) reaction occurring at the carbonyl α position of unsaturated ketones and serves as a highly efficient transformation for the construction of cyclic ketones, especially those within five- or six-membered rings frequently encountered within natural products. Compared with the traditional thermal-promoted transformation, Lewis acid catalyzed Conia-ene features mild conditions and widely tolerable functional groups thereby has been widely applied in the synthesis of natural products. In this review, we briefly introduce the development of the Conia-ene reaction, recent advancements in protocols, and a comprehensive review of its application in the total synthesis of natural products.
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Tetrahedron publishes full accounts of research having outstanding significance in the broad field of organic chemistry and its related disciplines, such as organic materials and bio-organic chemistry.
Regular papers in Tetrahedron are expected to represent detailed accounts of an original study having substantially greater scope and details than that found in a communication, as published in Tetrahedron Letters.
Tetrahedron also publishes thematic collections of papers as special issues and ''Reports'', commissioned in-depth reviews providing a comprehensive overview of a research area.