Recent advances in the iron-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions

The rapid generation of molecular in a relatively easy manner has made the cycloaddition reaction a powerful tool in the synthesis of different membered ring compounds. Clearly, iron catalysts are becoming a much more interesting and viable choice for this purpose. In this review, a number of promising results in the iron catalyzed cycloaddition reactions in the last decades were summarized. Special attention has been paid to the asymmetric cycloaddition reactions.