Assembly Of Functionalized Pi-Extended Indolizine Polycycles Through Dearomative [3+2] Cycloaddition/Oxidative Decarbonylation

Reported herein is an unexpected construction of functionalized pi-extended indolizine polycycles through a one-pot two-step cascade process comprising the base-promoted dearomative [3+2] cycloaddition of quinilinium salts and 3-alkenyl oxindoles, followed by a DDQ-mediated oxidative decarbonylation. Moreover, we could achieve the substrate-controlled diverse synthesis of structurally strained cyclopropane spirooxindole by using pyridinium salts as starting materials.