Cu(OTf)₂-catalyzed multicomponent reactions

• Sara Colombo,
• Camilla Loro,
• Egle M. Beccalli,
• Gianluigi Broggini and
• Marta Papis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7

• involves a Friedel–Crafts alkylation of the arene followed by hydroamination (Scheme 6) [5]. The mechanism plausibly starts with the in situ formation of triflic acid from Cu(OTf)2 which leads to protonation of the oxygen atom of the alcohol with generation of the activated allyl alcohol. This latter gives

• the allyl carbenium ion VI through the loss of a molecule of water, then undergoes a Friedel–Crafts alkylation by attack of the aromatic partner. The outcome of the reaction proceeds through a Markovnikov protonation of the allylated arene VII by triflic acid, which generates the carbocation

Transition-metal-free decarbonylation–oxidation of 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones: access to 2-hydroxybenzophenones

• Bhaskar B. Dhotare,
• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Chahna K. Sakhiya,
• Amey Wadawale and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2655–2667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.223

• synthetic route. Results and Discussion Initially, 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones 3aa–ma were prepared following a SbCl3-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of phenols 1a–m with benzylic alcohols 2a–d, earlier reported by us (Scheme 1) [21][22][23]. All the synthesized 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones were

Selective hydrolysis of α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water: switchable aqueous synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides

• Haifeng Yu,
• Wanting Zhang,
• Xuejing Cui,
• Zida Liu,
• Xifu Zhang and
• Xiaobo Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2225–2233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.190

• ][62][63][64], we conducted research on their organic reactions in water and reported some good results, such as thioacetalization using ketene dithioacetals as odorless thiol equivalent [65], Friedel–Crafts alkylation of cyclic ketene dithioacetals with alcohols [66], the hydrolysis of chain α-oxo

Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles

• Periklis X. Kolagkis,
• Eirini M. Galathri and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• catalyst. The authors demonstrated that the introduction of the two indoles occurs in two distinct steps, a radical process and a Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction. Coumarin and flavonoid derivatives are very valuable precursors in drug synthesis. In 2015, Ge et al. developed the regioselective and atom

Synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines via Pictet–Spengler reaction

• Elena Y. Mendogralo and
• Maxim G. Uchuskin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 991–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.74

• the use of 3-substituted furans. For example, the intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction (Scheme 1a) of alcohols [9][10][11], alkenes [12] or acetylenes [13] affords the desired tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines. A related method is based on a Au(I)-catalyzed domino sequence dearomatization

• /ipso-cyclization/Michael-type Friedel–Crafts alkylation (Scheme 1b) [14][15][16]. Unfortunately, approaches including the intramolecular alkylation of 3-substituted furans are underinvestigated as these substrates are usually hard to reach and the resulting benzyl carbocation is often prone to undergo

Aromatic C–H bond functionalization through organocatalyzed asymmetric intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction: a recent update

• Anup Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72

• rigidity in the corresponding transition state (Scheme 23) [53]. In 2023, a chiral phosphoric acid ent-P17-mediated aza-Friedel–Crafts alkylation was reported between 5-aminopyrazole 92 as the π-nucleophile and 3H-indol-3-ones 69 as electrophilic reagents. The presence of an amino group in pyrazole 92 is

Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of 6-membered cyclic iodonium salts via anodic oxidation

• Julian Spils,
• Thomas Wirth and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 27–32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.2

• Friedel–Crafts alkylation followed by an anodic oxidative cyclization yielded a defined set of cyclic iodonium salts in a highly substrate-dependent yield. Keywords: electrochemistry; flow chemistry; hypervalent compounds; iodine; oxidation; Introduction Hypervalent iodine compounds (HVI) are well

• . Conclusion In summary, we have developed the first multi-step continuous-flow procedure for the generation of cyclic six-membered diaryliodonium salts. Starting from easily accessible benzyl acetates we were able to combine a Friedel–Crafts alkylation with a subsequent anodic oxidative cyclization in flow

Synthetic strategies for the preparation of γ-phostams: 1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides and 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxides

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 889–915, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.90

• -phenylphosphinamide (92a) and chloromethyl N,N’-dimethyl-N,N’-diphenylphosphondiamide (92b) via an intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation. Although they tried several different amide derivatives, only phosphinamide 92a and phosphonic diamide 92b gave the corresponding 1-methyl-1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2

• from P-(chloromethyl)amide precursors 92a and 92b through intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation. Synthesis of 2-allylamino-1,5-dihydro-1,2-azaphosphole 2-oxides from N,N’-diallyl-vinylphosphonodiamides. Diastereoselective synthesis of 2-allylamino-1,5-dihydro-1,2-azaphosphole 2-oxides from N,N

Copper-catalyzed multicomponent reactions for the efficient synthesis of diverse spirotetrahydrocarbazoles

• Shao-Cong Zhan,
• Ren-Jie Fang,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 796–808, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.80

• . On the other hand, the tetrahydrospiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 4 can be converted to aromatized spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 3 through the oxidation of DDQ. In the absence of the effective dienophile, the normal Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 2-methylindole with aromatic aldehyde gives the well

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• transformations. Organometallics are the most commonly used catalysts to promote C–C bond formation. In addition, other so-called classical reactions are also widely used, such as Friedel–Crafts alkylation and acylation, Wittig and Horner–Emmons reactions, carbonyl addition/substitution, α-alkylation, aldol

Efficient synthesis of polyfunctionalized carbazoles and pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles via domino Diels–Alder reaction

• Ren-Jie Fang,
• Chen Yan,
• Jing Sun,
• Ying Han and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2425–2432, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.159

• scope of this domino Diels–Alder reaction, another kind of 3-vinylindoles was employed in the one-pot reaction. First, the 3-(indol-3-yl)-1,3-diphenylpropan-1-ones prepared through Friedel–Crafts alkylation of indole with chalcones, were oxidized by DDQ in acetonitrile to generate in situ the expected

Transition-metal-free intramolecular Friedel–Crafts reaction by alkene activation: A method for the synthesis of some novel xanthene derivatives

• Tülay Yıldız,
• İrem Baştaş and
• Hatice Başpınar Küçük

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2203–2208, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.142

• significance were synthesized by developing a new synthesis method. In order to obtain xanthene derivatives, the original alkene compounds to be used as the starting materials were synthesized in four steps using appropriate reactions. A cyclization reaction by intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation was

• hours. As a result, an alkene compound was used for activation with TFA in the synthesis of xanthene through intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation for the first time. Keywords: alkene activation; intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation; trifluoroacetic acid; xanthene; Introduction The interest in

• ]. Therefore, there has been an increase in arylation methods using Friedel–Crafts alkylation (FCA) protocols without transition metals [35][36]. Environmentally friendly methods, in which metal-free catalysts are used, have come to the fore and are gaining importance because there are many disadvantages of

Recent advances in the syntheses of anthracene derivatives

• Giovanni S. Baviera and
• Paulo M. Donate

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131

• efficiently cyclized [42]. Friedel–Crafts alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes The Lewis acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of electron-rich arenes with aromatic aldehydes has proven an efficient and often direct method to prepare anthracene derivatives. Kodomari and co-workers disclosed a

• . Alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetyl bromide and ZnBr2/SiO2. BF3·H2O-catalyzed hydroxyalkylation of arenes with aromatic dialdehyde 44. Bi(OTf)3-promoted Friedel–Crafts alkylation of triarylmethanes and aromatic acylals and of arenes and aromatic aldehydes. Reduction of

Cascade intramolecular Prins/Friedel–Crafts cyclization for the synthesis of 4-aryltetralin-2-ols and 5-aryltetrahydro-5H-benzo[7]annulen-7-ols

• Jie Zheng,
• Shuyu Meng and
• Quanrui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1481–1489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.104

• affording intermediary benzyl carbenium ions, which are then trapped by a variety of electron-rich aromatics via Friedel–Crafts alkylation. This cascade Prins/Friedel–Crafts cyclization protocol paves an expedient path to medicinally useful 4-aryltetralin-2-ol and 5-aryltetrahydro-5H-benzo[7]annulen-7-ol

• intermediate 6 then would undergo a Prins-type intramolecular cyclization with the olefinic bond to produce a stable benzyl carbocation 7, that may be trapped through a Friedel–Crafts alkylation with an aromatic substrate or through the reaction with an external nucleophile to afford the target product 8

• )acetaldehydes or 3-(2-vinylphenyl)propanal by action with BF3 to generate benzyl carbenium ions that are captured by a Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction with a range of electron-rich benzenes or heteroaromatics. The method has a relatively broad applicability allowing variation in the benzene ring as well as

Iodine-catalyzed electrophilic substitution of indoles: Synthesis of (un)symmetrical diindolylmethanes with a quaternary carbon center

• Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar,
• Masoud Sedaghati,
• Andhika B. Mahardhika,
• Lukas L. Wendt and
• Christa E. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1464–1475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.102

• and efficient synthetic protocol provides a convenient access to a wide range of unsymmetrical trifluoromethylated 3,3'-diindolylmethanes via I2-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of trifluoromethylated (indol-3-yl)-1-phenylethan-1-ols with substituted indoles. The method was also extended

Unexpected rearrangements and a novel synthesis of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenones from 1,1,1-trifluoroalkanones with aluminium trichloride

• Beatrice Lansbergen,
• Catherine S. Meister and
• Michael C. McLeod

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 404–409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.36

• trichloride; dichloroalkenes; Friedel–Crafts alkylation; rearrangement; trifluoroalkanes; Introduction 1,1-Dichloro-1-alkenes are valuable synthetic intermediates and have been employed in Pd-mediated cross couplings of one or both chlorine atoms [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], carbonylation reactions [8], and C–H

• ) equivalents of AlCl3, a further two products were obtained, whose structures were elucidated as the 8,9-dihydrobenzo[7]annulen-9-ones 9 and 10 (Scheme 4). Presumably, these bicyclic compounds arise via an intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 6b, promoted by the ortho/para-directing nature of the

CF₃-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

• Anthony J. Fernandes,
• Armen Panossian,
• Bastien Michelet,
• Agnès Martin-Mingot,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

• ethers 41b upon the reaction in a dichloromethane solution of sulfuric acid or triflic acid [60][61]. The authors also reported that indenes 42 could undergo a subsequent Friedel–Crafts alkylation when 41b was reacted in the presence of an external aromatic partner Ar’H in pure triflic acid. Thus, a

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

• achieve this goal, they commenced with the two-fold Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of sumanene (2) with 2,5-dichloro-2,5-dimethylhexane (50) involving AlCl3 to generate compound 51 which on subsequent oxidation provided triketosumanene 52 (Scheme 11). Finally, compound 52 was reacted with ethylene

Reaction of indoles with aromatic fluoromethyl ketones: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols using K₂CO₃/n-Bu₄PBr in water

• Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar,
• Masoud Sedaghati and
• Gregor Schnakenburg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.71

• at the position 3 of indoles [1][2][3][4]. Friedel–Crafts alkylation of (1H-indol-3-yl)methanols with indoles has proven to be a powerful strategy for the preparation of biologically important 3,3′-diindolylmethanes (DIMs) [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Additionally, (1H-indol-3-yl)methanols

• cycle. 3-Indolylmethanols are versatile pre-electrophiles for C–C functionalization at the 3-position of indoles. Particularly, the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 3-indolylmethanols with indoles has become a useful method for the preparation of 3,3'-, and 3,6'-DIMs, which are known to possess a wide

• protocol for the preparation of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols, which are of significant interest serving as pre-electrophiles for C–C functionalization at the 3-position of indoles. Particularly, the Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 3-indolylmethanols with indoles has become a useful method for the

Mechanochemical synthesis of hyper-crosslinked polymers: influences on their pore structure and adsorption behaviour for organic vapors

• Sven Grätz,
• Sebastian Zink,
• Hanna Kraffczyk,
• Marcus Rose and
• Lars Borchardt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1154–1161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.112

• Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.15.112 Abstract This study elucidates a mechanochemical polymerization reaction towards a hyper-crosslinked polymer as an alternative to conventional solvent-based procedures. The swift and solvent-free Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction yields a porous

• , they are formed by a non-directed aromatic substitution (Friedel–Crafts alkylation) either by intramolecular functional groups or using external crosslinkers. These reactions yield very high crosslinking degrees in amorphous framework structures and hence, enable highest specific BET (Brunauer–Emmett

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• with the nucleophilic aromatic ring in a Friedel–Crafts alkylation process, thus incorporating the carbon atom in a formal C(sp2)–H/C(sp3)–H cross-dehydrogenative coupling. Finally, an oxidation of sulfide 7 to sulfoxide 8 and the subsequent attack of amide 2 with cleavage of the C–S bond and formation

Heck- and Suzuki-coupling approaches to novel hydroquinone inhibitors of calcium ATPase

• Robert J. Kempton,
• Taylor A. Kidd-Kautz,
• Soizic Laurenceau and
• Stefan Paula

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 971–975, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.94

• cytosolic calcium levels and on the viability of both cancer and healthy cells. Thapsigargin- and hydroquinone-based SERCA inhibitors. Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 4. Heck cross-coupling reactions. Suzuki approach to a tethered hydroquinone. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 369

An overview on recent advances in the synthesis of sulfonated organic materials, sulfonated silica materials, and sulfonated carbon materials and their catalytic applications in chemical processes

• Hashem Sharghi,
• Pezhman Shiri and
• Mahdi Aberi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2745–2770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.253

• 1 h [67]. The hypercrosslinked supermicroporous polymer (HMP-1, 113) was also designed and prepared by iron(III) chloride catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of carbazole (111) with α,α′-dibromo-p-xylene (112). In the next step, HMP-1 (113) was sulfonated by Cl-SO3H to form HMP-1-SO3H material 114

• copolymer synthesized by Friedel–Crafts alkylation of triphenylamine (115) with dibromo-p-xylene 112 was prepared (Scheme 21). After the sulfonation process, the resulted material has been employed as a heterogeneous, reusable, and environmentally benign catalyst in the multicomponent synthesis of

Synthesis of 1,3-cis-disubstituted sterically encumbered imidazolidinone organocatalysts

• Jan Wallbaum and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2577–2583, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.254

• –Crafts alkylation [23] and in combination with photoredox catalysis (Scheme 1a) [24]. The enantioselective α-alkylation was achieved by merging the common photoredox catalyst Ru(bpy)3Cl2 with imidazolidinone catalyst 3a·TfOH, controlling the stereochemistry of the radical addition via an intermediate

• accessible from amino acids, are widely used in these kinds of reactions [13][14][15][16][17][18]. More recent examples demonstrate the applicability in various reactions like diastereoselective α-fluorination [19], total syntheses [20][21], cross-dehydrogenative couplings [22], selectivity-reversed Friedel