Article: Scientists at University of Pittsburgh discuss research in combinatorial chemistry.

"Forty-four tetracyclic hydroazulenoisoindoles were synthesized via a tandem cyclopropanatiori/Cope rearrangement, followed by a Diels-Alder sequence from easily available five-membered cyclic cross-conjugated trienones. These trienones were obtained from two different routes depending upon whether R-1 and R-2 are alkyl or amino acid derived functional groups, via a rhodium(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization reaction," investigators in the United States report.

"To increase diversity, four maleimides and two 1,2,4-triazoline-3,5-diones were used as dienophiles in the Diels-Alder step. Several Diels-Alder adducts were further reacted under palladium-catalyzed ...

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