文摘
It is the aim of this microreview to highlight the diversity of structural conversions that are accessible from 1-alkenylpropargyl alcohols and esters in the context of transition-metal-catalyzed cascade transformations. These readily available enynols facilitate diverse transition-metal-catalyzed cascade reactions, exploiting their different functional sites. This C5 motif thus represents a set of common precursors for a broad range of structurally very diverse scaffolds, making its cascade transformations valuable tools in organic synthesis and drug discovery.