RT Journal Article T1 Pd-Catalyzed (3 + 2) Heterocycloadditions between Alkylidenecyclopropanes and Carbonyls: Straightforward Assembly of Highly Substituted Tetrahydrofurans A1 Verdugo Leal, Felipe Ignacio A1 Concepción Vicente, Eduardo da A1 Rodiño Balboa, Ricardo A1 Calvelo Souto, Martín A1 Mascareñas Cid, José Luis A1 López García, Fernando K1 Palladium K1 Hydrocarbons K1 Cyclization K1 Ketones K1 Catalysts K1 Alkylidenecyclopropane K1 Cycloaddition AB A Pd catalyst made from a Pd(0) source and a bulky biaryl phosphine ligand promotes highly efficient intramolecular (3 + 2) heterocycloadditions between alkylidenecyclopropanes (ACPs) and carbonyls. The annulations provide a straightforward access to fused polycyclic systems featuring β-methylene tetrahydrofuran moieties. DFT data support a pallada–ene process and shed light on the critical role of hemilabile interactions between the Pd center and the bulky biaryl phosphine. Significantly, these Pd(0) catalysts are also effective for promoting intermolecular formal cycloadditions between ACPs and trifluoromethyl ketones, thus providing for a direct entry to chiral tetrahydrofuran moieties (THFs) bearing trifluoromethyl–substituted carbons PB American Chemical Society YR 2020 FD 2020 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23209 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/23209 LA eng NO ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 14, 7710–7718 NO This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in ACS Catalysis, copyright © American Chemical Society after peer review and technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c01827 NO This work received financial support from the Spanish MINECO (SAF2016-76689-R, CTQ2017-84767-P), the Xunta de Galicia (ED431C 2017/19, 2015-CP082, Centro Singular de Investigación de Galicia accreditation 2019-2022, ED431G 2019/03, and a predoctoral Fellowship to E.d.C. and M.C.), CONICYT (grant to F.V.), and the ERDF, ERC (Adv. Grant 340055). The Orfeo–Cinqa network (CTQ2016-81797-REDC) is also acknowledged DS Minerva RD 28 abr 2026