One-Pot Synthesis of Decahydropyrene via Tandem C–H Activation/Intramolecular Diels–Alder/1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition

A novel decahydropyrene synthesis has been successfully developed involving a tandem rhodium-catalyzed C-H activation/intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction/1,3-dipolar cycloaddition cascade process by using diazole as a traceless directing group. The advantage of this one-pot strategy is a quite simple, efficient, highly stereoselective, and unique product structure.