%0 Generic %9 Master's Thesis %A Jhaveri, Dishit %D 2019 %F pittir:35835 %K Allenes, Intramolecular Cycloadditions, Aminofurans, Aminooxazoles %T Intramolecular Cycloadditions of Allenes with Aminofurans and Aminooxazoles %U http://d-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu/35835/ %X A thermal cycloaddition of allenes tethered to an aminofuran provided good yields of substituted indoles. Allene-tethered 5-aminooxazoles were converted to 6-azaindoles, whereas 2-aminooxazoles lacked reactivity. The substrate scope and some limitations of this new reaction are discussed.