title: Homogeneous rhodium(i)-catalysis in de novo heterocycle syntheses.
abstract: Recent research has led to the development of mild, efficient and selective catalytic systems based on Rh(i) complexes. This review summarises the applications of these catalysts to the synthesis of heterocycles from simple building blocks. Included herein are approaches based on cycloisomerisation, cycloaddition, hydroacylation and hydroarylation reactions, as well as various tandem and domino procedures and carbonylation processes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK. michael.willis@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: James D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Neuhaus
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D000215:Acylation; D002384:Catalysis; D060326:Chemistry Techniques, Synthetic / Q000379:methods*; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D007536:Isomerism; D012238:Rhodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D012238:Rhodium