Synthesis and antimycotic activity of new derivatives of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines

• Dmitriy Yu. Vandyshev,
• Daria A. Mangusheva,
• Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
• Kirill A. Scherbakov,
• Oleg N. Burov,
• Alexander D. Zagrebaev,
• Tatiana N. Khmelevskaya,
• Alexey S. Trenin and
• Fedor I. Zubkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2806–2817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.236

• -spectrum antifungal agents. Among the many drugs and hits, the azole-based systems (including triazoles and imidazoles) are of particular importance in this context. Their mechanism of action is the inhibition of the activity of the enzyme lanosterol 14α-demethylase (CYP51), which is encoded by the CYP51

• of the catalytic activity of CYP51. A number of previous studies confirmed the efficacy of azole compounds and their derivatives against a variety of strains and clinical isolates of the genus Candida. Nevertheless, the increased use of azole antifungals for the therapy of both mucosal and systemic

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

• accessed from the respective amines or organohalides (5 and 6, Scheme 1) [14][16][17][18]. Few examples of triazole–pyrazole hybrids, such as 13, have also been synthesized through a modified Sakai reaction [19], a reaction cascade involving the elimination of an azole [20] or in the n-butyllithium

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

• between various azoles and internal alkynes is mediated by benziodoxole triflate as the electrophile in a trans-fashion, affording azole-bearing vinylbenziodoxoles in moderate to good yields. The tolerable azole nuclei include pyrazole, indazole, 1,2,3-triazole, benzotriazole, and tetrazole. The iodanyl

• natural products and pharmaceutical agents, including antifungal drugs [1][2][3], and hence their selective preparation has attracted considerable attention from the synthetic community. Compared to methods for the de novo construction of azole heterocycles, direct functionalization of the azole N–H bond

• offers the unique merit of enabling rapid access to structurally diverse N-functionalized azoles because one versatile method would potentially apply to various azole nuclei. In this context, the N-alkenylation of azoles represents an attractive transformation due to the occurrence of the N-vinylazole

Cycloaddition reactions of heterocyclic azides with 2-cyanoacetamidines as a new route to C,N-diheteroarylcarbamidines

• Pavel S. Silaichev,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Vsevolod V. Melekhin,
• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Andrey N. Maslivets,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Wim Dehaen and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 17–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.3

• of the substituents in azides 2 was observed. We assume the higher yield of pyrimidine containing triazoles 3a–k by their lower solubility in 1,4-dioxane compared with the solubility of azole containing compounds 3l–s in both 1,4-dioxane and ethanol. With regard to the scope of diaminoacrylonitriles

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

• system achieved the alkylation of various azole compounds through the CDC reaction, which broadened the application range of azole substrates (Scheme 31) [94]. The reaction system is simple and the products can be obtained with medium or good yield. The directing functional groups in the substrate can be

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• benzylic substrates with azoles was developed [128] (Scheme 27). In the proposed mechanism DDQ participated in benzylic C–H bond cleavage. The C–N bond of the final product is formed as a result of the nucleophilic attack of azole on a benzylic cation. A two-fold molar excess of azoles was used. A

Chemistry of polyhalogenated nitrobutadienes, 17: Efficient synthesis of persubstituted chloroquinolinyl-1H-pyrazoles and evaluation of their antimalarial, anti-SARS-CoV-2, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities

• Viktor A. Zapol’skii,
• Isabell Berneburg,
• Ursula Bilitewski,
• Melissa Dillenberger,
• Katja Becker,
• Stefan Jungwirth,
• Aditya Shekhar,
• Bastian Krueger and
• Dieter E. Kaufmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.54

• -Elimination of an azole from A leads to formation of an isolable diene B. Upon further heating, the amino group attacks the electrophilic C–Cl position of the trichlorovinylic group intramolecularly, leading to a 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrazole C. Finally, pyrazoles 3 are obtained upon 1,3-elimination of hydrochloric

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qian Wang,
• Zongsheng Yan,
• Donglai Ma and
• Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

• (sp2)–H bonds of azoles was developed by Zhang [89]. A 2,2’-bipyridine copper coordination compound served as the photoredox catalyst and accomplished the azole C–H arylations. Under irradiation with blue LED, the photoexcited state [LnCuI-benzoxazole]* (C) engages in a double electron-transfer process

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

• Renato L. Carvalho,
• Amanda S. de Miranda,
• Mateus P. Nunes,
• Roberto S. Gomes,
• Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
• Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

Ultrasonic-assisted unusual four-component synthesis of 7-azolylamino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines

• Yana I. Sakhno,
• Maryna V. Murlykina,
• Oleksandr I. Zbruyev,
• Anton V. Kozyryev,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Dmytro Sysoiev,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Sergey M. Desenko and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 281–289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.27

• importance, and they have attracted the attention of medicinal chemists because of their various biological activities [1]. Furthermore, tetrahydropyrimidines containing fused azole rings are a privileged class of heterocycles due to their antiviral [2], antitubercular, antitumor [3], antibacterial [4][5

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

An azobenzene container showing a definite folding – synthesis and structural investigation

• Abdulselam Adam,
• Saber Mehrparvar and
• Gebhard Haberhauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1534–1544, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.156

• for such rigid systems are macrocycles which stem from Lissoclinum cyclopeptide alkaloids (Figure 1) [2][3]. Here, the required recognition units can be introduced via the amino acid side chains or via the side chains of the azole rings. The orientation and the distance between the recognition units

• ][22]. Beside the usage of the side chains of the amino acids and the azole rings for molecular recognition, the functional groups of the scaffolds of these cyclopeptides have also been applied as receptors for Y-shaped anions [23] and as ligands for copper(II) complexes [24][25]. Of special interest

A three-component, Zn(OTf)₂-mediated entry into trisubstituted 2-aminoimidazoles

• Alexei Lukin,
• Anna Bakholdina,
• Anna Kryukova,
• Alexander Sapegin and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1061–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.103

• propargylureas (leading to 2-imidazolones) and extend the range of Lewis acid-catalyzed azole syntheses based on N-carbonyl propargylamines. Keywords: alkyne hydroamination; cyclocondensation; Lewis acid catalysis; multicomponent reactions; propargylurea; Introduction The pioneering publications of Beller and

Synthesis and fluorescent properties of N(9)-alkylated 2-amino-6-triazolylpurines and 7-deazapurines

• Andrejs Šišuļins,
• Jonas Bucevičius,
• Yu-Ting Tseng,
• Irina Novosjolova,
• Kaspars Traskovskis,
• Ērika Bizdēna,
• Huan-Tsung Chang,
• Sigitas Tumkevičius and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 474–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.41

• ] and 8-heteroarylguanosine [22] derivatives which revealed good to excellent quantum yields. Useful levels of fluorescence were reported also for purine nucleos(t)ides bearing azole-type substituents at C(2) or C(6) (e.g., 6-thiazol-2-yl derivative C [23] and 2-(1,2,3-triazol)-1-yladenosines D [24][25

• ] have been actively studied for their fluorescent properties. Among others, also azole containing compounds of type E [28] and F [29] have been described. Similarly, to purine derivatives also 7-deazapurines are used in DNA labeling [30]. On the other hand, modified purines have found also applications

Recent advances in phosphorescent platinum complexes for organic light-emitting diodes

• Cristina Cebrián and
• Matteo Mauro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1459–1481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.124

• , thus raising the energy of quenching d–d states while lowering emissive MLCT and LC excited states. Alternatively, the use of N-deprotonable azole units has also been largely explored due to the fact that it can exert similar effects to ppy-like ligands [16]. Nevertheless, easier deprotonation of the N

• , together with the use of heterocyclic moieties such as thiophene or carbazole, clearly favours the luminescence properties of these type of platinum(II) complexes [68]. As aforementioned, N-deprotonable azole units constitute a compelling alternative to C-cyclometalating ligands [16]. In this regard

¹⁵N-Labelling and structure determination of adamantylated azolo-azines in solution

• Sergey L. Deev,
• Alexander S. Paramonov,
• Tatyana S. Shestakova,
• Igor A. Khalymbadzha,
• Oleg N. Chupakhin,
• Julia O. Subbotina,
• Oleg S. Eltsov,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin,
• Vladimir L. Rusinov,
• Alexander S. Arseniev and
• Zakhar O. Shenkarev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2535–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.250

• ROESY) also did not provide unequivocal structures of the N-adamantylated derivatives [13][14]. For example, the attachment of an adamantyl group to the N1 or N3 atom in the azole ring of compounds 5 and 6 could not be distinguished by NOE data. Similar problems with the unambiguous determination of the

• -triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine [30], 1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazinone [31] and tetrazolo[1,5-b][1,2,4]triazinone [32] can be obtained by the fusion of an azine ring to an azole fragment. This method can be used for the selective incorporation of 15N atoms in different azolo-azines. Recently, we tested

• ]triazinone 19-15N2. Previously, the same approach was described for the incorporation of 15N atoms in azole and azine rings of compound 4 [38]. Heterocycle 20-15N2 was obtained by the treatment of 19-15N2 with hydrobromic acid according to a procedure described for 6-nitro-1,2,4-triazolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazin

Synthesis of the heterocyclic core of the D-series GE2270

• Christophe Berini,
• Thibaut Martin,
• Pierrik Lassalas,
• Francis Marsais,
• Christine Baudequin and
• Christophe Hoarau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1407–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.137

• organized into 32 families and 5 series [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. The particularity of these molecules is the interruption of the modified cyclopeptide chain by a more complex nitrogen-containing heterocycle found at different oxidation states (from series a to e) and bearing many azole units. They

New tricks of well-known aminoazoles in isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions and antibacterial activity of the compounds synthesized

• Maryna V. Murlykina,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Sergey M. Desenko,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Oleg V. Shishkin,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Erik V. Van der Eycken and
• Valentin A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1050–1063, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.104

• , it has been acknowledged that the combination of two privileged scaffolds in a single molecule (e.g., the combination of a peptidomimetic structure with an azole fragment [59]) potentially creates more active, new entities with unusual bioproperties [20][60][61]. In addition, the application of

N-Propargylamines: versatile building blocks in the construction of thiazole cores

• S. Arshadi,
• E. Vessally,
• L. Edjlali,
• R. Hosseinzadeh-Khanmiri and
• E. Ghorbani-Kalhor

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 625–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.61

• biologically important compounds. Keywords: 6-endo-dig cyclization; 5-exo-dig cyclization; N-heterocycles; N-propargylamines; thiazoles; Introduction Thiazoles are an important class of azole compounds that have attracted considerable attention due to the fact that they exhibit a wide variety of

Highly bulky and stable geometry-constrained iminopyridines: Synthesis, structure and application in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides

• Yi Lai,
• Zhijian Zong,
• Yujie Tang,
• Weimin Mo,
• Nan Sun,
• Baoxiang Hu,
• Zhenlu Shen,
• Liqun Jin,
• Wen-hua Sun and
• Xinquan Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 213–221, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.24

• reactions with the advantage of convenient synthetic methods, easy functional group modifications and better stability [37][38][39][40][41][42][43]. Pyridine, azole and imine-based N(sp2) ligands received considerable attention, especially bidentate N,N-ligands. In general, most bidentate N,N(sp2) ligands

Combined experimental and theoretical studies of regio- and stereoselectivity in reactions of β-isoxazolyl- and β-imidazolyl enamines with nitrile oxides

• Ilya V. Efimov,
• Marsel Z. Shafikov,
• Nikolai A. Beliaev,
• Natalia N. Volkova,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina,
• Wim Dehaen,
• Zhijin Fan,
• Viktoria V. Grishko,
• Gert Lubec,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2390–2401, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.233

• crystalline compounds, ligands for asymmetric synthesis, and they are also convenient reagents in organic synthesis [1]. Although bicyclic assemblies of azoles exhibit interesting chemical properties and biological activities [1][7][8][9][10][11] isoxazoles conjugated to other azole rings are poorly presented

• ). It makes prospective the synthesis of new derivatives of isoxazoles conjugated with other azole rings. The few synthetic methods for 4-(azol-5-yl)isoxazoles published in the literature involve the formation of either azole or isoxazole rings in the final step [1][13][14]. Cyclization reactions of 2

• supplementary crystallographic data for this paper. These data can be obtained free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre via http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/data_request/cif. Biologically active isoxazoles conjugated to other azole rings. Structures of starting enamines 1 and hydroxamoyl

Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions

• Anne L. Schöffler,
• Ata Makarem,
• Frank Rominger and
• Bernd F. Straub

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566–1572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.151

• less time-consuming and more cost-efficient synthesis. Commercially available, inexpensive 4,5-dimethylthiazole is used as azole starting material instead of 4-aryl-1,2,4-triazoles. The precursor 1a for the NHC ancillary ligand is synthesized via a double SN2-reaction of two equivalents of thiazole

Cyclisation mechanisms in the biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesised and post-translationally modified peptides

• Andrew W. Truman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1250–1268, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.120

• hydrolysis of ATP. A stoichiometric ratio of 1:1 between azole formation and ATP hydrolysis was demonstrated, and [18O]H2O was used in the reaction to show that oxygen incorporated into phosphate following ATP turnover was not derived from bulk water. This led to a mechanistic model where a reversible