text: To effect dual activation by a single metal, the same metal species that activates the enolate also interacts with the alkyne. Though the precise mechanisms are poorly understood and likely vary from case to case, metals such as In, Zn, Fe, and Cu are proposed to operate via this mode. One reaction system thought to proceed via one-metal dual activation is that developed by Shaw et al. in 2014. Using a catalytic Fe(III)-(Salen) complex, Shaw and coworkers were able to access chiral cyclopentanes from an array of alkynyl-tethered β-ketoesters and analogs thereof. The reaction tolerated a wide range of ketones (phenyl, homoallyl, cyclopropyl, 2-furyl, etc.), esters (ethyl, tert-butyl, etc.), and ester analogs (nitro, , cyano, sulfonyl, etc.).