Heterocyclic compounds are the largely diverse organic molecules and find prevalent applications in the fine chemical industry, medicinal chemistry and agricultural science. They are also among the most commonly bearing frameworks in numerous drugs and pharmaceutical substances. Therefore, the development of convenient, efficient and environmentally benign methods to produce various types of heterocyclic compounds is an attractive area of research. For the synthesis and functionalization of heterocycles, enormous achievements have been attributed over the past decades. Recently, ironcatalyzed reactions have accomplished a noteworthy development in the synthesis of heterocycles. This review highlights some remarkable achievements in the iron-catalyzed synthesis of heterocyclic compounds published in the last five years.

杂环化合物是种类繁多的有机分子，在精细化学工业，药物化学和农业科学中得到广泛应用。它们还是众多药物和药用物质中最常见的框架之一。因此，开发方便，有效和环境友好的方法以生产各种类型的杂环化合物是有吸引力的研究领域。在过去的几十年中，对于杂环的合成和功能化，已经取得了巨大的成就。最近，铁催化的反应在杂环的合成中已经取得了显着进展。这篇综述突出了过去五年中在铁催化的杂环化合物合成中取得的一些令人瞩目的成就。