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Multicomponent reactions IV
- Thomas J. J. Müller and
- Valentyn A. Chebanov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2082–2084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.163
Figure 1: Number of publications by year on multicomponent and one-pot reactions (A) and multicomponent react...
Chemical glycobiology
- Elisa Fadda,
- Rachel Hevey,
- Benjamin Schumann and
- Ulrika Westerlind
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 8–9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.2
Young investigators in natural products chemistry, biosynthesis, and enzymology
- Jeffrey D. Rudolf,
- Lena Barra and
- Takayoshi Awakawa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2720–2721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.229
Organic electron transport materials
- Joseph Cameron and
- Peter J. Skabara
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 672–674, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.60
Total synthesis: an enabling science
- Bastien Nay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 474–476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.36
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: A summary of compounds targeted in this thematic issue.
Dissecting Mechanochemistry III
- Lars Borchardt and
- José G. Hernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1454–1456, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.150
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Scheme 1: a) Mechanochemical PEG-400-assisted halogenation of phenols and anilines using NXS. b) Halogenation...
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical palladium-catalyzed borylation protocol of aryl halides.
Scheme 3: 1,2-Debromination of polycyclic imides, followed by in situ trapping of the dienophile by several d...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of g-h-PCN from sodium phosphide and trichloroheptazine mediated by mechanochemistry.
Scheme 5: Mechanochemical intra- and intermolecular C–N coupling reactions using DDQ as an oxidant.
Earth-abundant 3d transition metals on the rise in catalysis
- Nikolaos Kaplaneris and
- Lutz Ackermann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 86–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.8
A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis
- Nian Li,
- Ruzal Sitdikov,
- Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
- Joost Steverlynck,
- Bo Li and
- Magnus Rueping
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Classification of LSF reactions in this review.
Scheme 1: C(sp2)–H trifluoromethylation of heteroarenes.
Scheme 2: C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H alkylation of complex molecules.
Scheme 3: Electrochemical oxidation-induced intermolecular aromatic C–H sulfonamidation.
Scheme 4: Bioconjugation of tyrosine with (a) phenothiazine and (b) urazole derivatives.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical iodoamination of indoles using unactivated amines.
Scheme 6: Allylic C(sp3)–H aminations with sulfonamides.
Scheme 7: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 8: Site-selective electrooxidation of methylarenes to aromatic acetals.
Scheme 9: Electrochemical activation of C–H by electron-deficient W2C nanocrystals.
Scheme 10: α-Acyloxy sulfide preparation via C–H/OH cross-dehydrogenative coupling.
Scheme 11: Aromatic C–H-bond thiolation.
Scheme 12: C(sp2)–H functionalization for the installation of sulfonamide groups.
Scheme 13: Preparation of (hetero)aryl chlorides and vinyl chloride with 1,2-dichloroethane. aCu(OAc)2 (0.05 e...
Scheme 14: Electrochemical dual-oxidation enables access to α-chlorosulfoxides.
Scheme 15: Regio- and chemoselective formyloxylation–bromination/chlorination/trifluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 16: Aziridine formation by coupling amines and alkenes.
Scheme 17: Formation of iminosulfide ethers via difunctionalization of an isocyanide.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-difunctionalized molecules via C–C-bond cleavage of arylcyclopropane.
Scheme 19: Electrooxidative amino- and oxyselenation of alkenes. VBImBr = 1-butyl-3-vinylimidazolium bromide.
Scheme 20: Electrooxidative dehydrogenative [4 + 2] annulation of indole derivatives.
Scheme 21: Electrochemical cyclization combined with alkoxylation of triticonazole.
Scheme 22: Electrochemically tuned oxidative [4 + 2] annulation of olefins with hydroxamic acids.
Scheme 23: Electrosynthesis of indole derivatives via cyclization of 2-ethynylanilines.
Scheme 24: Allylic C–H oxidation of mono-, di-, and sesquiterpenes.
Scheme 25: Oxidation of unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 26: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds. rAP = rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 27: C(sp3)–H α-cyanation of secondary piperidines.
Scheme 28: Selective electrochemical hydrolysis of hydrosilanes to silanols.
Scheme 29: Organocatalytic electrochemical amination of benzylic C–H bonds.
Scheme 30: Iodide ion-initiated anodic oxidation reactions.
Scheme 31: Mn(III/IV) electro-catalyzed C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 32: Tailored cobalt–salen complexes enable electrocatalytic intramolecular allylic C–H functionalizatio...
Scheme 33: Cobalt–salen complexes-induced electrochemical (cyclo)additions.
Scheme 34: Electrochemical 1,2-diarylation of alkenes enabled by direct dual C–H functionalization of electron...
Scheme 35: Cobalt-electrocatalyzed atroposelective C–H annulation.
Scheme 36: Nickel-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H alkoxylation with secondary alcohols.
Scheme 37: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical enantioselective amination.
Scheme 38: Ruthenium-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H mono- and diacetoxylation.
Scheme 39: Rhodium(III)-catalyzed aryl-C–H phosphorylation enabled by anodic oxidation-induced reductive elimi...
Scheme 40: Asymmetric Lewis-acid catalysis for the synthesis of non-racemic 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 41: Electrochemical enantioselective C(sp3)–H alkenylation.
Scheme 42: Palladium-catalyzed electrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling.
Scheme 43: Ir-electrocatalyzed vinylic C(sp2)–H activation for the annulation between acrylic acids and alkyne...
Scheme 44: Electrochemical gold-catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp) coupling of alkynes and arylhydrazines.
Scheme 45: Photoelectrochemical alkylation of C–H heteroarenes using organotrifluoroborates.
Scheme 46: Mn-catalyzed photoelectro C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 47: Photoelectrochemical undirected C–H trifluoromethylations of (Het)arenes.
Scheme 48: Photoelectrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling of heteroarenes with aliphatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 49: C–H amination via photoelectrochemical Ritter-type reaction.
Scheme 50: Photoelectrochemical multiple oxygenation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 51: Accelerated C(sp3)–H heteroarylations by the f-EPC system.
Scheme 52: Photoelectrochemical cross-coupling of amines.
Scheme 53: Birch electroreduction of arenes. GSW = galvanized steel wire.
Scheme 54: Electroreductive deuterations.
Scheme 55: Chemoselective electrosynthesis using rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 56: Electroreductive olefin–ketone coupling.
Scheme 57: Electroreductive approach to radical silylation.
Scheme 58: Electrochemical borylation of alkyl halides. CC = carbon close.
Scheme 59: Radical fluoroalkylation of alkenes.
Scheme 60: Electrochemical defluorinative hydrogenation/carboxylation.
Scheme 61: Electrochemical decarboxylative olefination.
Scheme 62: Electrochemical decarboxylative Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling.
Scheme 63: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive relay cross-coupling.
Scheme 64: Electrochemical chemo- and regioselective difunctionalization of 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 65: Electrocatalytic doubly decarboxylative crosscoupling.
Scheme 66: Electrocatalytic decarboxylative crosscoupling with aryl halides.
Scheme 67: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive coupling of halides.
Scheme 68: Nickel-electrocatalyzed enantioselective carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 69: Reductive electrophotocatalysis for borylation.
Scheme 70: Electromediated photoredox catalysis for selective C(sp3)–O cleavages of phosphinated alcohols to c...
Scheme 71: Stereoselective electro-2-deoxyglycosylation from glycals. MFE = methyl nonafluorobutyl ether.
Scheme 72: Electrochemical peptide modifications.
Scheme 73: Electrochemical α-deuteration of amides.
Scheme 74: Electrochemical synthesis of gem-diselenides.
Scheme 75: Site-selective electrochemical aromatic C–H amination.
Scheme 76: Electrochemical coupling of heteroarenes with heteroaryl phosphonium salts.
Scheme 77: Redox-neutral strategy for the dehydroxyarylation reaction.
Scheme 78: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical C(sp3)–C(sp2) cross-coupling of benzyl trifluoroborate and halides....
Scheme 79: Paired electrocatalysis for C(sp3)–C(sp2) coupling.
Scheme 80: Redox-neutral strategy for amination of aryl bromides.
Scheme 81: Redox-neutral cross-coupling of aryl halides with weak N-nucleophiles. aProtocol with (+) RVC | RVC...
Scheme 82: Nickel-catalyzed N-arylation of NH-sulfoximines with aryl halides.
Scheme 83: Esterification of carboxylic acids with aryl halides.
Scheme 84: Electrochemically promoted nickel-catalyzed carbon–sulfur-bond formation. GFE = graphite felt elect...
Scheme 85: Electrochemical deoxygenative thiolation by Ni-catalysis. GFE = graphite felt electrode; NFE = nick...
Scheme 86: Electrochemical coupling of peptides with aryl halides.
Scheme 87: Paired electrolysis for the phosphorylation of aryl halides. GFE = graphite felt electrode, FNE = f...
Scheme 88: Redox-neutral alkoxyhalogenation of alkenes.
Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps
- Ignaz Betcke,
- Alissa C. Götzinger,
- Maryna M. Kornet and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178
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Scheme 1: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 1 via in situ-formed 1,3-diketones 2 [44].
Scheme 2: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-ethoxycarbonylpyrazoles 5 via SmCl3-catalyzed acylation ...
Scheme 3: Consecutive four-component synthesis of 1-(thiazol-2-yl)pyrazole-3-carboxylates 8 [51].
Scheme 4: Three-component synthesis of thiazolylpyrazoles 17 via in situ formation of acetoacetylcoumarins 18 ...
Scheme 5: Consecutive pseudo-four-component and four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 21 from sodium acetylac...
Scheme 6: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1-substituted pyrazoles 24 from boronic acids, di(Boc)diim...
Scheme 7: Consecutive three-component synthesis of N-arylpyrazoles 25 via in situ formation of aryl-di(Boc)hy...
Scheme 8: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,4-substituted pyrazoles 27 and 28 from methylhydrazine...
Scheme 9: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-allylpyrazoles 32 via oxidative allylation of 1,3-dicarb...
Scheme 10: Pseudo-five-component synthesis of tris(pyrazolyl)methanes 35 [61].
Scheme 11: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 5-(indol-3-yl)pyrazoles 39 from 1,3,5-triketones 38 [64].
Scheme 12: Three-component synthesis of thiazolylpyrazoles 43 [65].
Scheme 13: Three-component synthesis of triazolo[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thiadiazin-3-yl substituted 5-aminopyrazoles 47 [67]....
Scheme 14: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-aminopyrazoles 49 via formation of β-oxothioamides 50 [68].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 3,4-biarylpyrazoles 52 from aryl halides, α-bromocinnamaldehyde, and tosylhydrazine vi...
Scheme 16: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,4-substituted pyrazoles 57 from iodochromones 55 by Suzu...
Scheme 17: Pseudo-four-component synthesis of pyrazolyl-2-pyrazolines 59 by ring opening/ring closing cyclocon...
Scheme 18: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 61 [77].
Scheme 19: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 62 from malononitrile, aldehydes, and hydrazines [78-90].
Scheme 20: Four-component synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles 63 [91].
Scheme 21: Three-component synthesis of persubstituted pyrazoles 65 from aldehydes, β-ketoesters, and hydrazin...
Scheme 22: Three-component synthesis of pyrazol-4-carbodithioates 67 [100].
Scheme 23: Regioselective three-component synthesis of persubstituted pyrazoles 68 catalyzed by ionic liquid [...
Scheme 24: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-halopyrazoles 69 and anellated pyrazoles 70 [102].
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl pyrazole-5-carboxylates 72 [103].
Scheme 26: Synthesis of pyrazoles 75 in a one-pot process via carbonylative Heck coupling and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of 1,3-substituted pyrazoles 76 [105].
Scheme 28: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of bis(pyrazolyl)methanes 78 by ring opening-ring closing cyclocon...
Scheme 29: Three-component synthesis of 1,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 80 [107].
Scheme 30: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-bis(fluoroalkyl)pyrazoles 83 [111].
Scheme 31: Consecutive three-component synthesis of difluoromethanesulfonyl-functionalized pyrazole 88 [114].
Scheme 32: Consecutive three-component synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-substituted fluoropyrazoles 91 [115].
Scheme 33: Regioselective consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 93 [116].
Scheme 34: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 96 mediated by trimethyl phosphite [117].
Scheme 35: One-pot synthesis of pyrazoles 99 via Liebeskind–Srogl cross-coupling/cyclocondensation [118].
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 101 via domino condensation/Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling ...
Scheme 37: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazoles 102 and 103 by Sonogashira ...
Scheme 38: Polymer analogous consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazole-based polymers 107 [132].
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 108 by sequentially Pd-catalyzed Kumada–Sonogashira cycloc...
Scheme 40: Consecutive four-step one-pot synthesis of 1,3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 110 [137].
Scheme 41: Four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 113, 115, and 117 via Sonogashira coupling and subsequent Suz...
Scheme 42: Consecutive four- or five-component synthesis for the preparation of 4-pyrazoly-1,2,3-triazoles 119...
Scheme 43: Four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 121 via alkynone formation by carbonylative Pd-catalyzed coup...
Scheme 44: Preparation of 3-azulenyl pyrazoles 124 by glyoxylation, decarbonylative Sonogashira coupling, and ...
Scheme 45: Four-component synthesis of a 3-indoloylpyrazole 128 [147].
Scheme 46: Two-step synthesis of 5-acylpyrazoles 132 via glyoxylation-Stephen–Castro sequence and subsequent c...
Scheme 47: Copper on iron mediated consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-substituted pyrazoles 136 [150].
Scheme 48: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3-substituted pyrazoles 141 by Sonogashira coupling and su...
Scheme 49: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 143 initiated by Cu(I)-catalyzed carboxylation o...
Scheme 50: Consecutive three-component synthesis of benzamide-substituted pyrazoles 146 starting from N-phthal...
Scheme 51: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 148 [156].
Scheme 52: Three-component synthesis of 4-ninhydrin-substituted pyrazoles 151 [158].
Scheme 53: Consecutive four-component synthesis of 4-(oxoindol)-1-phenylpyrazole-3-carboxylates 155 [159].
Scheme 54: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 160 [160].
Scheme 55: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 165 [162].
Scheme 56: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted and 3-substituted pyrazoles 168 and 169 ...
Scheme 57: Three-component synthesis of 3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 171 via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of vinyl...
Scheme 58: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 173 and 174 from aldehydes, tosylhydrazine, and vinylidene c...
Scheme 59: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 175 from glyoxyl hydrates, tosylhydrazine, and electron-defi...
Scheme 60: Pseudo-four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 177 from glyoxyl hydrates, tosylhydrazine, and aldehyd...
Scheme 61: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 179 via Knoevenagel-cycloaddition sequence [179].
Scheme 62: Three-component synthesis of 5-dimethylphosphonate substituted pyrazoles 182 from aldehydes, the Be...
Scheme 63: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 185 from al...
Scheme 64: Three-component synthesis of 5-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 187 from aldehydes, the...
Scheme 65: Three-component synthesis of 5-diethylphosphonate/5-phenylsulfonyl substituted pyrazoles 189 from a...
Scheme 66: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 3-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 190 [185].
Scheme 67: Three-component synthesis of 3-trifluoromethylpyrazoles 193 [186].
Scheme 68: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-stannyl-substituted 4-fluoropyrazole 197 [191,192].
Scheme 69: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 3,5-diacyl-4-arylpyrazoles 199 [195].
Scheme 70: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 204 via nitrilimines [196].
Scheme 71: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 206 via formation of nitrilimines and sali...
Scheme 72: Pseudo four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 209 from acetylene dicarboxylates 147, hydrazonyl chlo...
Scheme 73: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 213 via syndnones 214 [200].
Scheme 74: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 216 via in situ-formed diazomethinimines 217 [201].
Scheme 75: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3-methylthiopyrazoles 219 from aldehydes, hydrazine, and 1...
Scheme 76: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 220 from aldehydes, hydrazines, and termin...
Scheme 77: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 222 from aldehydes, hydrazines, and DMAD ...
Scheme 78: Pseudo three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 224 from sulfonyl hydrazone and benzyl acrylate under...
Scheme 79: Titanium-catalyzed consecutive four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 225 via enamino imines 226 [211]. a...
Scheme 80: Titanium-catalyzed three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 227 via enhydrazino imine complex interme...
Scheme 81: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 229 via Glaser coupling of terminal alkynes and photo...
Scheme 82: Copper(II)acetate-mediated three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 232 [216].
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of 1,3,4-substituted pyrazole 234 from oxime acetates, a...
Scheme 84: Three-component synthesis of 3-trifluoroethylpyrazoles 239 [218].
Scheme 85: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 1,4-bisulfonyl-substituted pyrazoles 242 [219].
Scheme 86: Three-component synthesis of 4-hydroxypyrazole 246 [221].
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Polymer and small molecule mechanochemistry: closer than ever
- José G. Hernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1225–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.128
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representation of (a) cavitation and elongational flow caused by pulsed ultrasonication, (b) mixer ...
Scheme 1: (a) Mechanochemical activation of anthracene–endoperoxide mechanophore incorporated in the cross-li...
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical activation of dendronized polymer-based compound 4 by ultrasonication and ball mill...
Figure 2: Structure of cellulose and chitin and approximation to the structure of lignin.
Figure 3: Tensile forces by ball milling change the conformation of a chitin model compound. This deformation...
Figure 4: (a) Representation of a collision between the ball and a particle of a chitin sample and (b) mechan...
Figure 5: (a) Ultrasound-induced ATRP using piezoelectric BaTiO3 and (b) mechanochemical atom transfer radica...
Figure 6: Mechanochemical solid-state complexation of organic capsule 5 with fullerenes C70 in a planetary ba...
Scheme 3: Comparative mechanochemical dissociation of the central C–C bond in TASN derivatives 6 and 8.
Optimized synthesis of aroyl-S,N-ketene acetals by omission of solubilizing alcohol cosolvents
- Julius Krenzer and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1201–1206, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.97
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic analysis of aroyl-S,N-ketene acetals 1 and tentative mechanistic scenario of the add...
Scheme 2: Standard protocol for the synthesis of (hetero)aroyl-S,N-ketene acetals 8 in binary dioxane/ethanol...
Scheme 3: Modified protocol for the synthesis of aroyl-S,N-ketene acetals 1 in dioxane at room temperature.
A versatile route towards 6-arylpipecolic acids
- Erich Gebel,
- Cornelia Göcke,
- Carolin Gruner and
- Norbert Sewald
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1104–1115, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.88
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: ᴅ-2-Aminoadipic acid (1) can be used to generate C6 aryl and alkynyl-modified pipecolic acid deriva...
Scheme 2: Methyl ester formation, followed by cyclization, N-formylation, as well as bromination under Vilsme...
Scheme 3: Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction between bromide 2 and a variety of boronic acids 8.
Scheme 4: Reaction of 3a to (2R,6S)-9a and (2R,6R)-9a. The chromatograms prove the simple diastereoselection.
Figure 1: The minor diastereomer of the catalytic hydrogenation was assigned as (2R,6R)-9, based on the analy...
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectra with both signal sets for the chair and half-chair configuration as well as Newman p...
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectra with signal set for the chair configuration as well as Newman projection for both pr...
Scheme 5: a) Sonogashira–Hagihara cross-coupling reaction followed by b) NaBH3CN reduction of the N-acylimini...
Figure 4: 1H NMR with Newman projection for both protons H2 and H6 with corresponding dihedral angles ϕ for a...
Scheme 6: Overview of reduction and deprotection to the final pipecolic acid derivatives (2R,6S)-5.
Cryptophycin unit B analogues
- Thomas Schachtsiek,
- Jona Voss,
- Maren Hamsen,
- Beate Neumann,
- Hans-Georg Stammler and
- Norbert Sewald
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 526–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.40
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: A: Structure of cryptophycin-52. B: Cryptophycin-52 derivatives modified with conjugation handles i...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of modified unit B derivatives. a) HNO3, H2SO4, 0 °C, 5 h, 48% (isolated as monohydrate);...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of Boc-ᴅ-Phe(4-NHMe)-OMe 7 as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction me...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of cryptophycin diols 24 and 25. a) EDC·HCl, DMAP, NEt3, CH2Cl2, 0 °C to rt, 22 h, 60%; b...
Scheme 3: Three-step diol–epoxide transformation starting from diols 24 and 25. a) (MeO)3CH, pyridinium p-tol...
The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives
- Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
- Joseph Cameron,
- Dylan Wilkinson,
- Michele Cariello,
- Claire Wilson,
- Alan A. Wiles,
- Peter J. Skabara and
- Graeme Cooke
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structures of violanthrone and dihydroxyviolanthrone.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of 2b and 3b.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compounds 2a–c and 3a–c.
Figure 3: Optimised ground state geometries of compounds 2 and 3 calculated using B3LYP/6-311G(d,p) in the ga...
Figure 4: Views of the crystal structure of 3b (left, shows displacement ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability ...
Figure 5: Absorption spectra of 3a–c measured in dichloromethane solution (1 × 10−5 M).
Figure 6: SWV (left) and CV (right) of compound 3a–c (in dichloromethane 1 × 10−3 M) (V vs Fc/Fc+).
Synthesis of substituted triazole–pyrazole hybrids using triazenylpyrazole precursors
- Simone Gräßle,
- Laura Holzhauer,
- Nicolai Wippert,
- Olaf Fuhr,
- Martin Nieger,
- Nicole Jung and
- Stefan Bräse
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1396–1404, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.121
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active pyrazole–triazole hybrids 1–4: inhibitory effect on cholera bacteria [13], antimicr...
Scheme 1: Literature-reported synthetic routes to pyrazole–triazole hybrids: synthesis of azides 7 or 8 from ...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of pyrazolyl azides 19a–v via cleavage of the protecting triazene moiety. For compounds 1...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of pyrazole–triazole hybrids via CuAAC and ORTEP diagrams of triazole products 21sd and 2...
Figure 2: Synthesized triazole–pyrazole hybrids 21aa–vg.
Scheme 4: One-pot synthesis of triazole–pyrazole hybrid 21gd. aOne-pot setup yielded 21gd with unknown impuri...
Scheme 5: Solid-phase synthesis of azidopyrazole 19g and triazole–pyrazole hybrid 21gd by immobilization of a...
Computation-guided scaffold exploration of 2E,6E-1,10-trans/cis-eunicellanes
- Zining Li,
- Sana Jindani,
- Volga Kojasoy,
- Teresa Ortega,
- Erin M. Marshall,
- Khalil A. Abboud,
- Sandra Loesgen,
- Dean J. Tantillo and
- Jeffrey D. Rudolf
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1320–1326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.115
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Eunicellane diterpenoids and their biosyntheses. (A) The 6/10-bicyclic hydrocarbon framework is con...
Figure 2: Protonation-mediated cyclization of trans- and cis-eunicellanes. (A) The 2E-trans- and 2E-cis-eunic...
Figure 3: Cope rearrangement in trans-eunicellanes. (A) The 2E-trans-eunicellane undergoes thermal Cope rearr...
Figure 4: Scaffold exploration of the 2E-trans-eunicellane skeleton.
Three-component N-alkenylation of azoles with alkynes and iodine(III) electrophile: synthesis of multisubstituted N-vinylazoles
- Jun Kikuchi,
- Roi Nakajima and
- Naohiko Yoshikai
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 891–897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.79
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of N-vinylazoles.
Scheme 2: Scope of three-component N-alkenylation of azoles.
Scheme 3: Competition experiments and plausible reaction pathway.
Scheme 4: Preparative-scale reaction and product transformations. Reaction conditions: (a) Pd(PPh3)4, 4-MeOC6H...
Tandem Hock and Friedel–Crafts reactions allowing an expedient synthesis of a cyclolignan-type scaffold
- Viktoria A. Ikonnikova,
- Cristina Cheibas,
- Oscar Gayraud,
- Alexandra E. Bosnidou,
- Nicolas Casaretto,
- Gilles Frison and
- Bastien Nay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 162–169, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.15
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The Hock rearrangement: (a) General mechanism (substituents are omitted); (b) Example of previous t...
Scheme 2: One-pot conversion of substrate 1 into dihydronaphthalene 4.
Scheme 3: One-pot conversion of substrate 1 into 1-aryltetraline structure 6, and the proposed mechanism for ...
Figure 1: X-ray crystallographic structure of product 6 (CCDC 2301977). The structure shows one disordered et...
Scheme 4: Free-energy profile of the hypothesized [1,5]-sigmatropic hydrogen shift between 7 and 7’, (IEFPCM(...
Figure 2: Examples of cyclolignan natural products [25-27].
Scheme 5: Scope of substrates and aromatic nucleophiles in the one-pot transformation. aNot determined (mixtu...
Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence
- Nadia Ledermann,
- Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Consecutive alkynylation–cyclization–alkylation three-component synthesis and conception of a conse...
Scheme 2: Consecutive alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation four-component synthesis of trisubstitut...
Scheme 3: Consecutive double alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation pseudo-five-component synthesis o...
Scheme 4: Suzuki coupling of 3-iodoindole 5a with arylboronic acids 7 to give 1,2,3-trisubstituted indoles 8.
Figure 1: A: Absorption and emission spectra of 1-methyl-2-phenyl-3-(p-tolyl)-1H-indole (8b), recorded in dic...
Heterogeneous metallaphotoredox catalysis in a continuous-flow packed-bed reactor
- Wei-Hsin Hsu,
- Susanne Reischauer,
- Peter H. Seeberger,
- Bartholomäus Pieber and
- Dario Cambié
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1123–1130, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.115
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Different approaches to heterogeneous photochemistry in flow. a) Serial micro-batch reactors (SMBR)...
Figure 2: Light-mediated carbon–heteroatom cross-couplings. The yields reported are the NMR yields obtained i...
Figure 3: Flow diagram of the experimental setup loaded in an injection loop with the reaction mixture.
Figure 4: Flow diagram of the experimental setup adopted and time necessary to obtain steady-state conditions...
Figure 5: The production campaign of 1 for a seven day experiment.
Figure 6: Photo of the packed column with a helical static mixer (polished SS316, 10 cm length, 15 mixing ele...
Scheme 1: C–O coupling between 4-iodobenzotrifluoride and N-(Boc)-proline.
Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof
- Laura Holzhauer,
- Chloé Liagre,
- Olaf Fuhr,
- Nicole Jung and
- Stefan Bräse
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reactions of tetrazoloquinoxalines 1 to 1,2,3-triazoloquinoxalines 3 via CuAAC and denitrogenative ...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines. Reaction conditions: (a) 9, THF or 4 M HCl, 70–110 °C, 2...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-substituted quinoxalines via CuAAC from tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxaline (11a...
Scheme 4: Mechanism of CuAAC vs denitrogenative annulation.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bis(tetrazolo)[1,5-a:5',1'-c]quinoxaline (24) and conversion to triazoloimidazoquinoxa...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of rhenium tricarbonyl complexes 27a–d and ORTEP diagrams of the resulting molecular stru...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of rhenium tricarbonyl complex 29 and ORTEP diagram of the resulting molecular structure ...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of a TIQ rhenium complex and ORTEP diagram of the obtained product 30 with the thermal el...
Figure 1: UV–vis absorption spectra of the obtained metal complexes (18 µM solutions) in acetonitrile at 20 °...
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammetry traces for rhenium complexes 27a–d, 29 and 30: 0.5 mM in MeCN solution with 0.1 ...
Introducing a new 7-ring fused diindenone-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thiophene unit as a promising component for organic semiconductor materials
- Valentin H. K. Fell,
- Joseph Cameron,
- Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
- Eman J. Hussien and
- Peter J. Skabara
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 944–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.94
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: EtH-T-DI-DTT (1).
Figure 2: Previously published, ‘bent’ diindenodithienothiophenes [16,24,25].
Figure 3: With crystalline films of 2,7-dioctyl[1]benzothieno[3,2-b][1]-benzothiophene (8), obtained by off-c...
Figure 4: ITIC, a system with fused thiophenes, in combination with donor polymer 11, also featuring a fused ...
Figure 5: The fluorinated derivative of ITIC, IT-4F, achieved, with donor polymer 13, PCEs in OPVs up to 17% [8]....
Figure 6: The non-fullerene acceptor Y6 (14) [30], in combination with donor polymer 15, both fused thiophene sys...
Figure 7: With a three component system of PBQx-TF, eC9-2Cl, and F-BTA3, a PCE of 19% was achieved [32].
Scheme 1: Synthetic route from thiophene to 2,6-bis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)dithieno[3,2-b...
Scheme 2: Ring closure of key intermediate 27 to achieve 29: a) Methyl 5-bromo-2-iodobenzoate, Aliquat 336®, ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of thiophene derivative 32: a) Magnesium, 2-ethylhexylbromide, spatula tip iodine, anhydr...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the soluble target structure EtH-T-DI-DTT (1): a) 32, Pd(PPh3)4, K2CO3, THF, H2O, 70 °...
Figure 8: Normalised UV–vis spectra of EtH-T-DI-DTT in 10−5 M CH2Cl2 solution and in the solid state.
Figure 9: Cyclic voltammogram for EtH-T-DI-DTT (1), at a scan rate of 0.1 V s−1 using a Pt disk as the workin...
Figure 10: The structure of EtH-T-DI-DTT optimised on the B3LYP/6-311g(d,p) level of theory, viewed from the (...
Multi-faceted reactivity of N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI) under mechanochemical conditions: fluorination, fluorodemethylation, sulfonylation, and amidation reactions
- José G. Hernández,
- Karen J. Ardila-Fierro,
- Dajana Barišić and
- Hervé Geneste
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 182–189, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.20
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Examples of mechanochemical reactions using NFSI.
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical fluorination of arenes 1 with NFSI. (a) Product distributions and reaction conditio...
Figure 1: Time-resolved 2D plots of the mechanochemical reaction of: (a) 1c (0.59 mmol), NFSI (1.0 equiv), an...
Scheme 3: (a–f) Reactions of substrates 3 with NFSI. Reaction conditions: Substrates 3 (0.734 mmol) were mill...
Scheme 4: Regioselective C-3 mechanochemical amidation of 5 with NFSI.
Peptide stapling by late-stage Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling
- Hendrik Gruß,
- Rebecca C. Feiner,
- Ridhiwan Mseya,
- David C. Schröder,
- Michał Jewgiński,
- Kristian M. Müller,
- Rafał Latajka,
- Antoine Marion and
- Norbert Sewald
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.1
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of SMC stapled axin CBD peptides. Reaction conditions: (a) Pd2(dba)3, sSPhos, KF, DME/EtO...
Scheme 2: Overview of the different cross-linkages obtained by intramolecular SMC. A) General structure of SM...
Figure 1: Analysis of the secondary structure by circular dichroism: CD spectra of both isomers of stapled pe...
Figure 2: In vitro binding affinities to β-catenin determined by competitive fluorescence polarisation assays....
Figure 3: Cleavage sites of Proteinase K digestion indicated by a red arrow.
Figure 4: Principal component analysis (PCA) of the macrocycle’s non-hydrogen atoms in the two isomers of P5....
Figure 5: Molecular modelling of the conformational preferences of the SMC stapled peptides P5 (with cis or t...
Effect of a twin-emitter design strategy on a previously reported thermally activated delayed fluorescence organic light-emitting diode
- Ettore Crovini,
- Zhen Zhang,
- Yu Kusakabe,
- Yongxia Ren,
- Yoshimasa Wada,
- Bilal A. Naqvi,
- Prakhar Sahay,
- Tomas Matulaitis,
- Stefan Diesing,
- Ifor D. W. Samuel,
- Wolfgang Brütting,
- Katsuaki Suzuki,
- Hironori Kaji,
- Stefan Bräse and
- Eli Zysman-Colman
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2894–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.197
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Molecular structures of emitters.
Figure 2: a) Molecular structure and b) optimized DFT-calculated geometry of DICzTRZ. Hydrogen atoms are omit...
Figure 3: HOMO, HOMO–1 (H–1), LUMO, and LUMO+1 (L+1) electron density distributions (isovalue: 0.02) and ener...
Figure 4: a) Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and differential pulse voltammetry (DPV) of DICzTRZ in DCM (scan rate = ...
Figure 5: a) Prompt and b) delayed time-resolved decay in spin-coated 20 wt % CzSi film of DICzTRZ (λexc = 37...
Figure 6: Angle-resolved photoluminescence measurement of a solution-processed film of 20 wt % DICzTRZ in CzS...
Figure 7: Device characteristics of 20 and 30 wt % DICzTRZ-based OLEDs, which are represented by red and blue...
Figure 8: Device efficiency simulation of the fabricated OLEDs depicting the variation in EQE with varied PL ...
Synthesis of new pyrazolo[1,2,3]triazines by cyclative cleavage of pyrazolyltriazenes
- Nicolai Wippert,
- Martin Nieger,
- Claudine Herlan,
- Nicole Jung and
- Stefan Bräse
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2773–2780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.187
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 3,6-dihydro-4H-pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]triazin-4-ones 2a,b by diazotization of 3-amino-1H...
Figure 1: Structural differences of several known (2–4) and so far unknown (5 and 6) pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]-3H...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 3,4-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2,3]triazine derivatives 8 from triazene-containing precursors 7 ...
Scheme 3: Planned retrosynthesis to obtain 4,6-dihydropyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]-3H-triazines 5 and 4,7-dihydropy...
Figure 2: Molecular structures of compounds 12h (A) and 13c (B) representing both possible regioisomers of th...
Scheme 4: Cleavage of the triazene protective group and cyclization of the resulting diazonium intermediate y...
Figure 3: Graphical overview about selected pyrazolo[1,2,3]triazines 5 and intermediates 9, 12, and 13 and th...
Light-enabled intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition via photoactivation of simple alkenylboronic esters
- Lewis McGhie,
- Hannah M. Kortman,
- Jenna Rumpf,
- Peter H. Seeberger and
- John J. Molloy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 854–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.69
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: A) Energy transfer catalysis of alkenes in organic synthesis. B) Energy transfer catalysis of conju...
Figure 2: Probing boron effects on reactivity (A) and confirming the generation of a photostationary state eq...
Figure 3: Probing EnT catalysis enabled [2 + 2] cycloaddition of simple alkenylboronic esters.
Scheme 1: Establishing the substrate scope. Conditions: 3 (1 equiv), xanthone (20 mol %), MeCN (0.03 M), unde...
Scheme 2: A) Product derivatization and B) transition-metal EnT catalysis. Reaction conditions A): 4d (1 equi...
Linker, loading, and reaction scale influence automated glycan assembly
- Marlene C. S. Dal Colle,
- Manuel G. Ricardo,
- Nives Hribernik,
- José Danglad-Flores,
- Peter H. Seeberger and
- Martina Delbianco
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1015–1020, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.77
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the AGA process (A). Variables that can affect the AGA outcome investig...
Figure 2: AGA of model glycan sequences analyzed in this study: α-1,6-linked dimannosides 1, 2 (A), branched ...
Figure 3: Representative HPLC traces for the crude compounds 1 (A), 3 (B), and 5a (C) after cleavage from the...
Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins
- Benjamin Joyeux,
- Antoine Gamet,
- Nicolas Casaretto and
- Bastien Nay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of latrunculins (the red dots show the natural product stereopentade).
Figure 2: General strategy for latrunculin cycle disconnections (left), previous works towards linear precurs...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of fragment 15 from (+)-β-citronellene (10).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of fragment 8 from ʟ-cysteine ethyl ester hydrochloride (16).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of fragment 21 through a stereoselective aldol reaction.
Scheme 4: 1,3-Anti-diastereoselective reduction of 21 with PNBz transposition, and final determination of the...
