One-pot synthesis of heterocyclic compounds initiated by chemoselective addition to β-acyl substituted unsaturated aldehydes with nucleophilic tin complexes

β-Acyl substituted unsaturated aldehydes 1 were revealed to be good precursors for the synthesis of various heterocyclic compounds by the combination with tin nucleophiles. Various 2-monosubstituted pyrroles were prepared in an one-pot procedure via the reductive amination of formyl groups of 1 by using Bu2SnIH–HMPA complex. One-pot synthesis of heterocycles was carried out initiated by chemoselective reduction of 1 with Bu3SnH–HMPA complex and the subsequent reaction with heterocumulenes. Furthermore, the one-pot synthesis of nitrogen heterocyclic compounds accompanying chemo-, regio- and diastereoselective carbon–carbon bond formation in side chain moieties was effectively accomplished initiated by the regio- and diastereoselective allylation of the formyl group of 1 with allylic tin species.