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Synthesis and uranyl(VI) extraction performance of a calix[4]pyrrole–tetrahydroxamic acid receptor
- Sara Karnib,
- Rana Baydoun,
- Wissam Zaidan,
- Nancy AlHaddad,
- Omar El Samad,
- Bilal Nsouli,
- Francine Cazier-Dennin and
- Pierre-Edouard Danjou
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 486–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.36
- , industrial and biological applications [5][6][7][8]. Among these macrocycles, calix[4]pyrroles (CPs) represent a modern generation of supramolecular materials with interesting chelation properties [9]. These nonplanar, non-aromatic, tetrapyrrolic macrocycles consist of four pyrrolic units linked together at
- for their anion chelation capability achieved through the formation of hydrogen bonds with the pyrrolic units [19][20][21][22]. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that the introduction of additional chelation sites via extension of the phenolic groups of PCP can yield anionic receptors, ditopic
- ligands can display significantly enhanced binding toward uranyl relative to their linear hydroxamic acid counterparts, emphasizing the beneficial role of structural organization in uranyl chelation [35]. This beneficial role of pre-organization of chelating groups within one molecule was also highlighted
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Figure 1: Synthetic route of PCP HA.
Figure 2: Effect of pH on the mean uranyl extraction efficiency (% Emean) of PCP HA.
Figure 3: Effect of ligand-to-metal molar ratio on the mean uranyl extraction efficiency (% Emean) of PCP HA.
Recent advances in the cleavage of non-activated amides
- Eun-Sol Choi and
- Hyo-Jun Lee
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 352–369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.23
- bidentate chelation, as depicted in the proposed transition state AH, which facilitates nucleophilic attack of alcohols at the carbonyl center and subsequent C–N bond cleavage. Under the optimized conditions, tert-butyl benzamidonicotinate reacted smoothly with methanol, ethanol, and butanol to afford alkyl
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Scheme 1: a) Resonance structure of amide. b) Concept of twisted amides. c) Transition-metal-catalyzed activa...
Scheme 2: Esterification of amides catalyzed by CeO2.
Scheme 3: Hydrolysis of amides catalyzed by Nb2O5.
Scheme 4: Manganese-catalyzed esterification of tertiary amides.
Scheme 5: Tungsten-catalyzed transamidation of hindered tertiary amides.
Scheme 6: Palladium-catalyzed transamidation of amides.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of benzyl esters via electrophilic activation of amides using DPT-BM.
Scheme 8: Esterification of amides promoted by SO2F2.
Scheme 9: α-Fluorinative cleavage of pyrrolidine-based tertiary amides via double electrophilic activation wi...
Scheme 10: Esterification of primary amides using TCCA via the generation of RCONCl2.
Scheme 11: Esterification of amides via electrophilic activation with Me2SO4.
Scheme 12: HBF4-mediated esterification of amides.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl esters via electrophilic esterification of amide promoted by 67.
Scheme 14: Electrochemical activation of C–N bonds for esterification.
Scheme 15: Catalyst- and reagent-free transamidation of amide using aniline hydrochloride salt.
Scheme 16: CO2-catalyzed transamidation of amides.
Scheme 17: Transamidation of formamides using cyclic dihydrogen tetrametaphosphate.
Scheme 18: BF3·OEt2-mediated transamidation of primary amides.
Scheme 19: Acyl iodide intermediate 121 generation from amides for the transamidation using HOTf and KI.
Scheme 20: Esterification of N,N-dimethyl amides via electrophilic generation of acyl iodide intermediates.
Scheme 21: Transamidation of DMAc promoted by KOt-Bu.
Scheme 22: a) LiHMDS-mediated transamidation of tertiary amides. b) Computed reactivities of selected amides. ...
Scheme 23: Zn-catalyzed chemoselective cleavage of amides directed by tert-butyl nicotinate.
Scheme 24: Chemoselective cleavage of N-PMB anilide for transamidation via acyl fluoride 194 generation. a) Cu...
Total synthesis of natural products based on hydrogenation of aromatic rings
- Haoxiang Wu and
- Xiangbing Qi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 88–122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.4
- substrate for catalytic hydrogenation. During the hydrogenation of compound 174, Stoltz and co-workers observed that the addition of the first two molecules of hydrogen to the substrate proceeded with high stereoselectivity. They proposed that this selectivity arises from chelation between the nitrogen and
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Scheme 1: The association between dearomatization and natural product synthesis.
Scheme 2: Key challenges in hydrogenation of aromatic rings.
Scheme 3: Hydrogenation of heterocyclic aromatic rings.
Scheme 4: Hydrogenation of the carbocyclic aromatic rings.
Scheme 5: Hydrogenation of the heterocycle part in bicyclic aromatic rings.
Scheme 6: Hydrogenation of the heterocycle part in bicyclic aromatic rings.
Scheme 7: Hydrogenation of benzofuran, indole, and their analogues.
Scheme 8: Hydrogenation of benzofuran, indole, and their analogues.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (±)-keramaphidin B by Baldwin and co-workers.
Scheme 10: Total synthesis of (±)-LSD by Vollhardt and co-workers.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-dihydrolysergic acid by Boger and co-workers.
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of (±)-lysergic acid by Smith and co-workers.
Scheme 13: Hydrogenation of (−)-tabersonine to (−)-decahydrotabersonine by Catherine Dacquet and co-workers.
Scheme 14: Total synthesis of (±)-nominine by Natsume and co-workers.
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (+)-nominine by Gin and co-workers.
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-lemonomycinone and (±)-renieramycin by Magnus.
Scheme 17: Total synthesis of GB13 by Sarpong and co-workers.
Scheme 18: Total synthesis of GB13 by Shenvi and co-workers.
Scheme 19: Total synthesis of (±)-corynoxine and (±)-corynoxine B by Xia and co-workers.
Scheme 20: Total synthesis of (+)-serratezomine E and the putative structure of huperzine N by Bonjoch and co-...
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of (±)-serralongamine A and the revised structure of huperzine N and N-epi-huperzin...
Scheme 22: Early attempts to indenopiperidine core.
Scheme 23: Homogeneous hydrogenation and completion of the synthesis.
Scheme 24: Total synthesis of jorunnamycin A and jorumycin by Stoltz and co-workers.
Scheme 25: Early attempt towards (−)-finerenone by Aggarwal and co-workers.
Scheme 26: Enantioselective synthesis towards (−)-finerenone.
Scheme 27: Total synthesis of (+)-N-methylaspidospermidine by Smith, Grigolo and co-workers.
Scheme 28: Dearomatization approach towards matrine-type alkaloids.
Scheme 29: Asymmetric total synthesis to (−)-senepodine F via an asymmetric hydrogenation of pyridine.
Scheme 30: Selective hydrogenation of indole derivatives and application.
Scheme 31: Synthetic approaches to the oxindole alkaloids by Qi and co-workers.
Scheme 32: Total synthesis of annotinolide B by Smith and co-workers.
Recent advancements in the synthesis of Veratrum alkaloids
- Morwenna Mögel,
- David Berger and
- Philipp Heretsch
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2657–2693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.206
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Scheme 1: Representatives of steroid alkaloid classes. Marked in blue is the steroidal cholestane framework, ...
Scheme 2: Subclasses of Veratrum alkaloids: jervanine, veratramine and cevanine-type [8].
Scheme 3: Flow chart presentation of the synthesis of (−)-englerin A developed by the Christmann group [10].
Scheme 4: Structures and year of synthesis of the three types of Veratrum alkaloids reported in the literatur...
Scheme 5: Key step in the synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Giannis group [21].
Scheme 6: Overview of the semisynthesis of cyclopamine (6) reported by the Giannis group in 2009 [21].
Scheme 7: Key steps in the synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Baran group [23].
Scheme 8: Overview of the total synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Baran group in 2023 [23].
Scheme 9: Key steps in the synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Zhu/Gao group [25].
Scheme 10: Overview of the total synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the group of Zhao/Gao in 2023 [25].
Scheme 11: Key steps in the synthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Liu/Qin group [26].
Scheme 12: Overview of the semisynthesis of cyclopamine (6) by the Liu/Qin group in 2024 [26].
Scheme 13: Key steps in the synthesis of jervine (12) by the Masamune group [14].
Scheme 14: Overview of the total synthesis of jervine (12) by the Masamune group in 1968 [14].
Scheme 15: Color-coded schemes of the presented cyclopamine (6) syntheses by Giannis, Baran, Zhu/Gao, and Liu/...
Scheme 16: Key steps in the total synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Johnson group [15].
Scheme 17: Overview of the total synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Johnson group in 1967 [15].
Scheme 18: Key steps in the synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Zhu/Gao group [25].
Scheme 19: Shortened overview of the total synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Zhu/Gao group in 2023 [25].
Scheme 20: Key steps in the synthesis of veratramine by the Liu/Qin group [26].
Scheme 21: Overview of the semisynthesis of veratramine (13) by the Liu/Qin group in 2024 [26].
Scheme 22: Key steps in the synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Trauner group [27].
Scheme 23: Overview of the total synthesis of veratramine (13) by the Trauner group in 2025 [27].
Scheme 24: Key steps in the synthesis of verarine (14) by the Kutney group [16-19].
Scheme 25: Overview of the total synthesis of verarine (14) by the Kutney group reported 1962–1968 [16-19].
Scheme 26: Color-coded schemes of the presented veratramine-type alkaloid synthesis of Zhu/Gao, Liu/Qin and Tr...
Scheme 27: Structures of veracevine (86), veratridine (87), and cevadine (88).
Scheme 28: Key step in the semisynthesis of verticine (15) by the Kutney group (1977) [20,46].
Scheme 29: Overview of the semisynthesis of verticine (15) by the Kutney group (1977) [20,46].
Scheme 30: Key step of the total synthesis of (±)-4-methylenegermine (17) by the Stork group (2017) [22].
Scheme 31: Overview of the total synthesis of (±)-4-methylenegermine (17) by the Stork group (2017) [22].
Scheme 32: Key step of the total synthesis of heilonine (16) by Cassaidy and Rawal (2021) [24].
Scheme 33: Overview of the total synthesis of heilonine (16) by Cassaidy and Rawal (2021) [24]. FGI: functional gr...
Scheme 34: Key steps of the synthesis of heilonine (16) by Dai and co-workers (2024) [28].
Scheme 35: Overview of the total synthesis of heilonine (16) by Dai and co-workers (2024) [28].
Scheme 36: Key steps of the total synthesis of zygadenine (18) reported by Luo and co-workers [29].
Scheme 37: Overview of the total synthesis of zygadenine (18) by Luo and co-workers (2023) [29].
Scheme 38: Key step of the divergent total syntheses of highly oxidized cevanine-type alkaloids by Luo and co-...
Scheme 39: Divergent syntheses of highly oxidized cevanine-type alkaloids by Luo and co-workers (2024) [30].
Scheme 40: Color-coded overview of the presented cevanine-type alkaloid syntheses [10,20,22,24,28-30,46]. LLS: longest linear sequen...
The application of desymmetric enantioselective reduction of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in the total synthesis of terpenoid and alkaloid natural products
- Dong-Xing Tan and
- Fu-She Han
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2085–2102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.164
- group [35][36][37]. This catalytic system efficiently overcame the challenge and furnished the coupling product 46 in high yield. Oxidative cleavage of the double bond in 46 followed by Mg(II)-mediated chelation-controlled Friedel–Crafts cyclization delivered secondary alcohol 47, which was elaborated
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Figure 1: Several representative terpenoid and alkaloid natural products synthesized by applying desymmetric ...
Figure 2: Selected terpenoid and alkaloid natural products synthesized by applying desymmetric enantioselecti...
Scheme 1: The total synthesis of (+)-aplysiasecosterol A (6) by Li [14].
Scheme 2: The total synthesis of (−)-cyrneine A by Han [31].
Scheme 3: The total syntheses of three cyrneine diterpenoids by Han [31,32].
Scheme 4: The total synthesis of (−)-hamigeran B and (−)-4-bromohamigeran B by Han [51].
Scheme 5: The total synthesis of (+)-randainin D by Baudoin [53].
Scheme 6: The total synthesis of (−)-hunterine A and (−)-aspidospermidine by Stoltz [58].
Scheme 7: The total synthesis of (+)-toxicodenane A by Han [65,66].
Scheme 8: The formal total synthesis of (−)-conidiogeone B and total synthesis of (−)-conidiogeone F by Lee a...
Scheme 9: The total syntheses of four conidiogenones natural products by Lee and Han [72].
Scheme 10: The total synthesis of (−)-platensilin by Lou and Xu [82].
Scheme 11: The total synthesis of (−)-platencin and (−)-platensimycin by Lou and Xu [82].
Scheme 12: The total synthesis of (+)-isochamaecydin and (+)-chamaecydin by Han [86].
Enantioselective desymmetrization strategy of prochiral 1,3-diols in natural product synthesis
- Lihua Wei,
- Rui Yang,
- Zhifeng Shi and
- Zhiqiang Ma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1932–1963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.151
- with the desired C6 chiral center was constructed via intermediate 229, where the sulfinyl group induced K+–oxygen chelation to form a six-membered transition state prior to protonation from the less hindered face. Acid-mediated epimerization at C9 of 230 yielded compound 231, which was transformed
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Scheme 1: General mechanism of a lipase-catalyzed esterification.
Scheme 2: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-xanthorrhizol (4) and (+)-heliannuol D (8).
Scheme 3: Shishido’s synthesis of a) (−)-heliannuol A (15) and b) heliannuol G (20) and heliannuol H (21).
Scheme 4: Deska’s synthesis of hyperione A (30) and ent-hyperione B (31).
Scheme 5: Huang’s synthesis of (+)-brazilin (37).
Scheme 6: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-heliannuol D (42) and (+)-heliannuol A (43).
Scheme 7: Chênevert’s synthesis of (S)-α-tocotrienol (49).
Scheme 8: Kita’s synthesis of monoester 53.
Scheme 9: Kita’s synthesis of fredericamycin A (60).
Scheme 10: Takabe’s synthesis of (E)-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene-1,8-diol (64).
Scheme 11: Takabe’s synthesis of (18S)-variabilin (70).
Scheme 12: Kawasaki’s synthesis of (S)-Rosaphen (74) and (R)-Rosaphen (75).
Scheme 13: Tokuyama’s synthesis of a) (−)-petrosin (84) and b) (+)-petrosin (86).
Scheme 14: Fukuyama’s synthesis of leustroducsin B (96).
Scheme 15: Nanda’s synthesis of a) fragment 100, b) fragment 106 and c) (−)-rasfonin (109).
Scheme 16: Davies’ synthesis of (+)-pilocarpine (115) and (+)-isopilocarpine (116).
Scheme 17: Ōmura’s synthesis of salinosporamide A (125).
Scheme 18: Kang’s synthesis of ʟ-cladinose (124) and its derivative.
Scheme 19: Kang’s preparation of fragment 139.
Scheme 20: Kang’s synthesis of azithromycin (149).
Scheme 21: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-dysiherbaine (156).
Scheme 22: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-kaitocephalin (166).
Scheme 23: Kang’s synthesis of laidlomycin (180).
Scheme 24: Snyder’s synthesis of arboridinine (190).
Scheme 25: Ma’s synthesis of (+)-alstrostine G (203).
Scheme 26: Trost’s synthesis of (−)-18-epi-peloruside A (215).
Scheme 27: Lindel’s synthesis of (–)-dihydroraputindole (223).
Scheme 28: Iwata’s synthesis of a) (−)-talaromycin B (232) and b) (+)-talaromycin A (235).
Scheme 29: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-vincamajinine (240) and b) (−)-11-methoxy-17-epivincamajine (245).
Scheme 30: Cook’s synthesis of (+)-dehydrovoachalotine (249) and voachalotine (250).
Scheme 31: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-12-methoxy-Nb-methylvoachalotine (257) and b) (+)-polyneuridine, macusin...
Scheme 32: Trauner’s synthesis of stephadiamine (273).
Scheme 33: Garg’s synthesis of (–)-ψ-akuammigine (285).
Scheme 34: Ding’s synthesis of (+)-18-benzoyldavisinol (293) and (+)-davisinol (294).
Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products
- Peter Gabko,
- Martin Kalník and
- Maroš Bella
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
Synthetic approach to borrelidin fragments: focus on key intermediates
- Yudhi Dwi Kurniawan,
- Zetryana Puteri Tachrim,
- Teni Ernawati,
- Faris Hermawan,
- Ima Nurasiyah and
- Muhammad Alfin Sulmantara
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1135–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.91
- DIBAL-H to aldehyde 110 also resulted in stereochemical inversion (85%, anti/syn >15:1). Subsequent chelation-controlled allylation of aldehyde 110, following Ōmura’s method [27][29], employed allyltrimethylsilane and MgBr2·OEt2, yielding allyl alcohol 111 in 86% yield with exclusive
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structure of borrelidin (1).
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategy for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate 20 as reported by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 2: Preparation of monoacetates 37 and ent-38 by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 3: Preparation of sulfones 27 and ent-27 by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 4: Attempts to couple sulfones 27 and ent-27 with epoxides 23a–c reported by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 5: Modified synthetic plan for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate by Uguen [41].
Scheme 6: Revised synthetic strategy for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate 20 by Uguen [41].
Scheme 7: Iterative synthesis of polydeoxypropionates developed by Zhou et al. [40].
Scheme 8: Application of iterative synthesis of polydeoxypropionate to construct the C3–C11 fragment 60 of bo...
Scheme 9: Retrosynthetic analysis of borrelidin by Yadav et al. [39].
Scheme 10: Two-carbon homologation of precursor 66 in the synthesize C1–C11 fragment 61 of borrelidin [39].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment 61 of borrelidin from monoalcohol 65 [39].
Scheme 12: Synthetic plan for Theodorakis’ C3–C11 fragment 82 of borrelidin by Laschat et al. [38].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of Theodorakis’ C3–C11 fragment 82 from compound 88 [38].
Scheme 14: Retrosynthesis of 61 and 62b by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of intermediate 98 by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 16: Synthesis of Ōmura’s C1–C11 fragment 61 by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of fragment 62b of borrelidin as proposed by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 18: Iterative directed allylation for the synthesis of deoxypropionates by Herber and Breit [33].
Scheme 19: Iterative copper-mediated directed allyl substitution for the synthesis of Theodorakis’ C3–C11 frag...
Scheme 20: Retrosynthesis of the C3–C17 fragment of borrelidin by Iqbal and co-workers [35].
Scheme 21: Synthesis of key intermediates 137 and 147 for the synthesis of the C3–C17 fragment of borrelidin.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of the C3–C17 fragment 150a,b of borrelidin.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of the C11–C15 fragment 155a of borrelidin.
Scheme 24: Macrocyclization of borrelidin model compounds 155a and 155b using ring-closing metathesis.
Electrochemical synthesis of cyclic biaryl λ3-bromanes from 2,2’-dibromobiphenyls
- Andrejs Savkins and
- Igors Sokolovs
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 451–457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.32
- starts with a single-electron oxidation of 4a on the electrode surface to form cation radical A, in which Br(II) is chelation-stabilized by the carboxyl group [21] and the neighbouring Br substituent [24]. Intermediate A rapidly undergoes irreversible chemical reaction by HFIP coordination to transient
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of cyclic diarylbromonium compounds.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Reactions were performed on a 0.15 mmol scale. Yields were determined by 1H NMR sp...
Scheme 3: A: Background and iR drop-corrected CVs of 5 mM 4a at different scan rates (solvent: HFIP, working ...
Intramolecular C–H arylation of pyridine derivatives with a palladium catalyst for the synthesis of multiply fused heteroaromatic compounds
- Yuki Nakanishi,
- Shoichi Sugita,
- Kentaro Okano and
- Atsunori Mori
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3256–3262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.269
- ][7] are found in a variety of advanced materials [8][9] and biologically important molecules [10][11][12]. A wide range of pyridine derivatives have been employed as extractants of metal ions through chelation [13]. Phenanthrolines, a class of pyridine derivatives, have attracted attention for the
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Figure 1: Structures of multiply fused heterocyclic compounds composed of pyridine rings.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of C–H arylation precursors 1a–c.
Scheme 2: Palladium-catalyzed intramolecular direct arylation for synthesizing 8a and 8b and the X-ray crysta...
Copper-catalyzed yne-allylic substitutions: concept and recent developments
- Shuang Yang and
- Xinqiang Fang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2739–2775, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.232
- chelation interaction between the enolate derived from acyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and copper (Scheme 5, 8a–j). Detailed control experiments indicate that the terminal alkyne moiety is critical and the reaction proceeds through an SN1 mechanism. An outer-sphere nucleophilic attack through copper
- yne-allylic cation intermediate, followed by an intramolecular cyclization. The disparity in reactivity could stem from the chelation between acyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl enolates and the copper catalyst, enhancing γ-position attack in an intramolecular manner. Conversely, Meldrum's acid's rigid cyclic
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Copper-catalyzed allylic and yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 2: Challenges in achieving highly selective yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 3: Yne-allylic substitutions using indoles and pyroles.
Scheme 4: Yne-allylic substitutions using amines.
Scheme 5: Yne-allylic substitution using 1,3-dicarbonyls.
Scheme 6: Postulated mechanism via copper acetylide-bonded allylic cation.
Scheme 7: Amine-participated asymmetric yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric decarboxylative yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 9: Asymmetric yne-allylic alkoxylation and alkylation.
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for Cu(I) system.
Scheme 11: Asymmetric yne-allylic dialkylamination.
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism of yne-allylic dialkylamination.
Scheme 13: Asymmetric yne-allylic sulfonylation.
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism of yne-allylic sulfonylation.
Scheme 15: Aymmetric yne-allylic substitutions using indoles and indolizines.
Scheme 16: Double yne-allylic substitutions using pyrrole.
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism of yne-allylic substitution using electron-rich arenes.
Scheme 18: Aymmetric yne-allylic monofluoroalkylations.
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 20: Aymmetric yne-allylic substitution of yne-allylic esters with anthrones.
Scheme 21: Aymmetric yne-allylic substitution of yne-allylic esters with coumarins.
Scheme 22: Aymmetric yne-allylic substitution of with coumarins by Lin.
Scheme 23: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 24: Amination by alkynylcopper driven dearomatization and rearomatization.
Scheme 25: Arylation by alkynylcopper driven dearomatization and rearomatization.
Scheme 26: Remote substitution/cyclization/1,5-H shift process.
Scheme 27: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 28: Arylation or amination by alkynylcopper driven dearomatization and rearomatization.
Scheme 29: Remote nucleophilic substitution of 5-ethynylthiophene esters.
Scheme 30: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 31: [4 + 1] annulation of yne-allylic esters and cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyls.
Scheme 32: Asymmetric [4 + 1] annulation of yne-allylic esters.
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 34: Asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of yne-allylic esters.
Scheme 35: Postulated annulation step.
Scheme 36: [4 + 1] Annulations of vinyl ethynylethylene carbonates and 1,3-dicarbonyls.
Scheme 37: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 38: Formal [4 + 1] annulations with amines.
Scheme 39: Formal [4 + 2] annulations with hydrazines.
Scheme 40: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 41: Dearomative annulation of 1-naphthols and yne-allylic esters.
Scheme 42: Dearomative annulation of phenols or 2-naphthols and yne-allylic esters.
Scheme 43: Postulated annulation mechanism.
Scheme 44: Dearomative annulation of phenols or 2-naphthols.
Scheme 45: Dearomative annulation of indoles.
Scheme 46: Postulated annulation step.
Scheme 47: Asymmetric [4 + 1] cyclization of yne-allylic esters with pyrazolones.
Scheme 48: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 49: Construction of C–C axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 50: Construction of C–N axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 51: Construction of chiral arylpyrroles with 1,2-di-axial chirality.
Scheme 52: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 53: CO2 shuttling in yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 54: CO2 fixing in yne-allylic substitution.
Scheme 55: Proposed mechanism.
Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines
- Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
- Andrei V. Malkov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201
- commercially available derivative of ʟ-proline, (S)-(−)-α,α-bis(3,5-dimethylphenyl)-2-pyrrolidinemethanol (62) (Scheme 12). This catalyst is capable of asymmetric activation of N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)imines through the reversible chelation to the N-(2-hydroxyphenyl) group, forming a rigid intermediate, while the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The position of homoallylic amines in the landscape of alkaloid and nitrogen compounds syntheses.
Scheme 2: 3,3’-Diaryl-BINOL-catalysed asymmetric organocatalytic allylation of acylimines [24].
Scheme 3: Aminophenol-catalysed reaction between N-phosphinoylimines and pinacol allylboronic ester. Imine sc...
Scheme 4: Asymmetric geranylation and prenylation of indoles catalysed by (R)- or (S)-3,3’-dibromo-BINOL [25]. aA...
Scheme 5: (R)-3,3’-Di(3,5-di(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-BINOL-catalysed asymmetric geranylation and prenylation o...
Scheme 6: Microwave-induced one-pot asymmetric allylation of in situ-formed arylimines, catalysed by (R)-3,3’...
Scheme 7: Microwave-induced one-pot asymmetric allylation of in situ-formed arylimines, catalysed by (R)-3,3’...
Scheme 8: Kinetic resolution of chiral secondary allylboronates [15,30].
Scheme 9: (E)-Stereospecific asymmetric α-trifluoromethylallylation of cyclic imines and hydrazones [31].
Scheme 10: Hosomi–Sakurai-type allylation of in situ-formed N-Fmoc aldimines [32].
Figure 1: Two different pathways for the Hosomi–Sakurai reaction of allyltrimethylsilane with N-Fmoc aldimine...
Scheme 11: Chiral squaramide-catalysed hydrogen bond-assisted chloride abstraction–allylation of N-carbamoyl α...
Figure 2: The pyrrolidine unit gem-methyl group conformational control in the squaramide-based catalyst [34].
Figure 3: The energetic difference between the transition states of the two proposed modes of the reaction (SN...
Scheme 12: One-pot preparation procedure for oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI) 63 [37].
Scheme 13: Chiral oxazaborolidinium ion (COBI)-catalysed allylation of N-(2-hydroxy)phenylimines with allyltri...
Scheme 14: The two-step N-(2-hydroxy)phenyl group deprotection procedure [37].
Scheme 15: Low-temperature (−40 °C) NMR experiments evidencing the reversible formation of the active COBI–imi...
Figure 4: Two computed reaction pathways for the COBI-catalysed Strecker reaction (TS1 identical to allylatio...
Scheme 16: Highly chemoselective and stereospecific synthesis of γ- and γ,δ-substituted homoallylic amines by ...
Scheme 17: Catalytic cycle for the three-component allylation with HBD/πAr–Ar catalyst [39].
Scheme 18: Reactivity of model electrophiles [39].
Scheme 19: HBD/πAr–Ar catalyst rational design and optimisation [39].
Scheme 20: Scope of the three-component HBD/πAr–Ar-catalysed reaction [39].
Scheme 21: Limitations of the HBD/πAr–Ar-catalysed reaction [39].
Scheme 22: Asymmetric chloride-directed dearomative allylation of in situ-generated N-acylquinolinium ions, ca...
Scheme 23: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalysed aza-Cope rearrangement of in situ-formed N-α,α’-diphenyl-(α’’-ally...
Scheme 24: Tandem (R)-VANOL-triborate-catalysed asymmetric aza-Cope rearrangement of in situ-formed aldimines ...
Scheme 25: (S)-TRIP-catalysed enantioconvergent aza-Cope rearrangement of β-formyl amides, substrate scope [43]. a...
Scheme 26: (S)-TRIP-catalysed enantioconvergent aza-Cope rearrangement of β-formyl amides 16–19, amide and all...
Scheme 27: Synthetic applications of homoallylic N-benzophenone imine products 131 [43].
Scheme 28: Chiral organocatalysed addition of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl ketimines to isatin-derived Morita–Baylis–H...
Scheme 29: Chiral chinchona-derived amine-catalysed reaction between isatin-based Morita–Baylis–Hilman carbona...
Scheme 30: (R)-VAPOL-catalysed hydrogen atom transfer deracemisation [45].
Scheme 31: Chiral PA-catalysed [1,3]-rearrangement of ene-aldimines [46].
Regioselective alkylation of a versatile indazole: Electrophile scope and mechanistic insights from density functional theory calculations
- Pengcheng Lu,
- Luis Juarez,
- Paul A. Wiget,
- Weihe Zhang,
- Krishnan Raman and
- Pravin L. Kotian
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1940–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.170
- -carboxylate (6) and the use of density functional theory (DFT) to evaluate their mechanisms. Over thirty N1- and N2-alkylated products were isolated in over 90% yield regardless of the conditions. DFT calculations suggest a chelation mechanism produces the N1-substituted products when cesium is present and
- the presence of Cs2CO3. To explore the possibility of N2-selectivity, we hypothesized that the phosphine intermediate of a Mitsunobu reaction could provide chelation control, directing alkylation to the indazole N2-atom while using identical alcohols as described above. Thus, we subjected 6 to simple
- the chelation pathway proposed in Figure 5, we hypothesized that 18 (Figure 9) would provide a model for exploring the mechanism further. If chelation between an electron-rich oxygen atom from a substituent and a Lewis acid (such as Cs+ or P+) were taking place, we would expect regioselectivity for
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Indazole-containing bioactive molecules.
Figure 2: Tautomerism of indazole.
Scheme 1: NMR, NOE, and yield data of compounds 8 and 9.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of compounds P1 and P2.
Figure 3: DFT-calculated deprotonation of 6 with Cs2CO3 in implicit THF with the temperature of the calculati...
Figure 4: DFT-calculated Cs+-coordinated complexes with different enolate forms of 6(N-H) calculated as isola...
Figure 5: DFT-calculated reaction coordinate diagram for the reaction of 6 under conditions A. Concerning con...
Figure 6: DFT-calculated energy for the deprotonation of 6 by the DMAD anion.
Figure 7: DFT-calculations concerning a coordinated Mitsunobu reaction pathway.
Figure 8: Reaction coordinate diagram of 6(N-H) reacting under conditions B. All calculated energies in kcal/...
Figure 9: Reaction of 18 under conditions A and B (top), and proposed chelation/coordination pathways to acco...
Figure 10: DFT-calculated reaction coordinate diagram for the reaction of 18 under conditions A.
Figure 11: DFT-calculated reaction coordinate diagram for the reaction of 18 under conditions B. Ball-and-stic...
Scheme 3: Reaction of 21 under conditions A and B; amultiple purifications; bdetermined by LC–MS.
Figure 12: DFT-calculated transition-state structures and energies of 21 under conditions A (top) and conditio...
Photoswitchable glycoligands targeting Pseudomonas aeruginosa LecA
- Yu Fan,
- Ahmed El Rhaz,
- Stéphane Maisonneuve,
- Emilie Gillon,
- Maha Fatthalla,
- Franck Le Bideau,
- Guillaume Laurent,
- Samir Messaoudi,
- Anne Imberty and
- Juan Xie
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1486–1496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.132
- increasingly limited for treatment of infections. PA has been classified as a priority 1 pathogen by the WHO [2][3]. Various approaches to treating PA, in addition to traditional antibiotics, have been developed including inhibition of quorum sensing, biofilm formation, iron chelation, and interfering with
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (A) Selected monovalent inhibitors for PA LecA and (B) designed general structure of photoswitchabl...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of photoswitchable LecA inhibitors. Reagents and conditions: (i) DMC, Et3N, H2O, −10 °C t...
Figure 2: (Left) Absorption spectra and (right) fatigue resistance of 1 under alternated 370/485 nm irradiati...
Figure 3: 1H NMR (400 MHz) spectra of E-1 (black line), PSS370 (red line), PSS485 (blue line) in D2O/DMSO-d6 ...
Figure 4: ITC titration of LecA with E- (up) and Z-isomers (bottom) of compounds 1–5 in Tris buffer containin...
Figure 5: (A) Enthalpy–entropy compensation plot of compounds 1–5 from ITC analysis. The dotted green line re...
α-(Aminomethyl)acrylates as acceptors in radical–polar crossover 1,4-additions of dialkylzincs: insights into enolate formation and trapping
- Angel Palillero-Cisneros,
- Paola G. Gordillo-Guerra,
- Fernando García-Alvarez,
- Olivier Jackowski,
- Franck Ferreira,
- Fabrice Chemla,
- Joel L. Terán and
- Alejandro Perez-Luna
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.103
- coordinated to the zinc atom: this offers a gain in enthalpy associated to the formation of zinc enolates stabilized by chelation and increases the spin density delocalized at the oxygen atom involved in the chelate. Note that the reported 1,4-additions of dialkylzinc reagents to alkylidenemalonates could
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Air-promoted radical chain reaction of dialkylzinc reagents with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds....
Scheme 2: Enolate formation by zinc radical transfer (SH2 on dialkylzinc reagents).
Scheme 3: Preparation of α-(aminomethyl)acrylate 10.
Scheme 4: Reaction of α-(aminomethyl)acrylate 10 with Et2Zn in the presence of air.
Scheme 5: Chemical correlation to determine the configuration of the major diastereomer of (RS)-14b.
Scheme 6: Air-promoted tandem 1,4-addition–aldol condensation reactions of Et2Zn with α-(aminomethyl)acrylate...
Scheme 7: Diagnostic experiments for a radical mechanism and for enolate formation.
Scheme 8: Diagnostic experiments with N-benzyl enoate 10.
Scheme 9: Reactivity manifolds for the air-promoted tandem 1,4-addition–electrophilic substitution reaction b...
Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes
- Austin Pounder,
- Eric Neufeld,
- Peter Myler and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Ring-strain energies of homobicyclic and heterobicyclic alkenes in kcal mol−1. a) [2.2.1]-Bicyclic ...
Figure 2: a) Exo and endo face descriptions of bicyclic alkenes. b) Reactivity comparisons for different β-at...
Scheme 1: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyl propiolates 2 ...
Scheme 2: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 8 with β-iodo-(Z)-propenoat...
Scheme 3: Ni-catalyzed two- and three-component difunctionalizations of norbornene derivatives 15 with alkyne...
Scheme 4: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component difunctionalization of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyn...
Scheme 5: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component carboacylation of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 6: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 31 with heterobicyclic alkene...
Scheme 7: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of α-amino radicals with heterobicyclic alkenes 30.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed rearrangement/allylic alkylation of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes 47 with Grignard r...
Scheme 9: Cu-catalyzed aminoboration of bicyclic alkenes 1 with bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) (53) and O-be...
Scheme 10: Cu-catalyzed borylalkynylation of oxabenzonorbornadiene (30b) with B2pin2 (53) and bromoalkynes 62.
Scheme 11: Cu-catalyzed borylacylation of bicyclic alkenes 1.
Scheme 12: Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective 1,2-difunctionalization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 for the synthe...
Scheme 13: Fe-catalyzed carbozincation of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with arylzinc reagents 74.
Scheme 14: Co-catalyzed addition of arylzinc reagents of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 15: Co-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes 30 via C–H activation of arenes.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation/ring-opening/dehydration domino reaction of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 w...
Scheme 17: Co-catalyzed enantioselective carboamination of bicyclic alkenes 1 via C–H functionalization.
Scheme 18: Ru-catalyzed cyclization of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives with propargylic alcohols for the synthe...
Scheme 19: Ru-catalyzed coupling of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives 30 with propargylic alcohols and ethers 106...
Scheme 20: Ru-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes via the C–H activation of anilides.
Scheme 21: Ru-catalyzed of azabenzonorbornadiene derivatives with arylamides.
Scheme 22: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with arylboronate esters 118.
Scheme 23: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with dienyl- and heteroaromatic boronate esters.
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed domino lactonization of doubly bridgehead-substituted oxabicyclic alkenes with seconda...
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed domino carboannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes with 2-cyanophenylboronic acid and 2-f...
Scheme 26: Rh-catalyzed synthesis of oxazolidinone scaffolds 147 through a domino ARO/cyclization of oxabicycl...
Scheme 27: Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling of salicylaldehyde derivatives 151 with diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed reaction of O-acetyl ketoximes with bicyclic alkenes for the synthesis of isoquinoline...
Scheme 29: Rh-catalyzed domino coupling reaction of 2-phenylpyridines 165 with oxa- and azabicyclic alkenes 30....
Scheme 30: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with N-sulfonyl 2-aminob...
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with arylphosphine deriv...
Scheme 32: Rh-catalyzed domino ring-opening coupling reaction of azaspirotricyclic alkenes using arylboronic a...
Scheme 33: Tandem Rh(III)/Sc(III)-catalyzed domino reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with alkynols 184 dir...
Scheme 34: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric domino cyclization and addition reaction of 1,6-enynes 194 and oxa/azabenzo...
Scheme 35: Rh/Zn-catalyzed domino ARO/cyclization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with phosphorus ylides 201.
Scheme 36: Rh-catalyzed domino ring opening/lactonization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with 2-nitrobenzenesulf...
Scheme 37: Rh-catalyzed domino C–C/C–N bond formation of azabenzonorbornadienes 30 with aryl-2H-indazoles 210.
Scheme 38: Rh/Pd-catalyzed domino synthesis of indole derivatives with 2-(phenylethynyl)anilines 212 and oxabe...
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed domino carborhodation of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with B2pin2 (53).
Scheme 40: Rh-catalyzed three-component 1,2-carboamidation reaction of bicyclic alkenes 30 with aromatic and h...
Scheme 41: Pd-catalyzed diarylation and dialkenylation reactions of norbornene derivatives.
Scheme 42: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 43: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of norbornene and DFT mechanistic study.
Scheme 44: Pd-catalyzed three-component coupling N-tosylhydrazones 236, aryl halides 66, and norbornene (15a).
Scheme 45: Pd-catalyzed arylboration and allylboration of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 46: Pd-catalyzed, three-component annulation of aryl iodides 66, alkenyl bromides 241, and bicyclic alk...
Scheme 47: Pd-catalyzed double insertion/annulation reaction for synthesizing tetrasubstituted olefins.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed aminocyclopropanation of bicyclic alkenes 1 with 5-iodopent-4-enylamine derivatives 249...
Scheme 49: Pd-catalyzed, three-component coupling of alkynyl bromides 62 and norbornene derivatives 15 with el...
Scheme 50: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization/ring-opening reaction of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with 2-i...
Scheme 51: Pd-catalyzed dimer- and trimerization of oxabenzonorbornadiene derivatives 30 with anhydrides 268.
Scheme 52: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene 15b yielding fused xa...
Scheme 53: Pd-catalyzed hydroarylation and heteroannulation of urea-derived bicyclic alkenes 158 and aryl iodi...
Scheme 54: Access to fused 8-membered sulfoximine heterocycles 284/285 via Pd-catalyzed Catellani annulation c...
Scheme 55: Pd-catalyzed 2,2-bifunctionalization of bicyclic alkenes 1 generating spirobicyclic xanthone deriva...
Scheme 56: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene (15b) producing subst...
Scheme 57: Pd-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] annulation furnishing bicyclic-fused indanes 281 and 283.
Scheme 58: Pd-catalyzed ring-opening/ring-closing cascade of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 59: Pd-NHC-catalyzed cyclopentannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 60: Pd-catalyzed annulation cascade generating diazabicyclic-fused indanones 292 and indanols 294.
Scheme 61: Pd-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement of spirotricyclic alkenes 176 towards large polycyclic benzofur...
Scheme 62: Pd-catalyzed oxidative annulation of aromatic enamides 298 and diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 63: Accessing 3,4,5-trisubstituted cyclopentenes 300, 301, 302 via the Pd-catalyzed domino reaction of ...
Scheme 64: Palladacycle-catalyzed ring-expansion/cyclization domino reactions of terminal alkynes and bicyclic...
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed carboesterification of norbornene (15a) with alkynes, furnishing α-methylene γ-lactone...
Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview
- Louis Monsigny,
- Floriane Doche and
- Tatiana Besset
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35
- amide derived from 8-aminoquinoline 13e (Scheme 6, 13 examples, up to 75% yield). In this study, two mechanisms were reported. The first one suggested that a palladacycle C is formed after the irreversible chelation of the 2-phenylpyridine substrate with palladium, which is the rate-determining step
- were obtained in 30% and 20% yields, respectively. Several mechanistic experiments revealed that the C(sp2)–H bond activation step was reversible and represented the rate-determining step (KIE = 2.4). First, the chelation of the palladium(II) catalyst with the bidentate directing group, followed by the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Transition-metal-catalyzed C–XRF bond formation by C–H bond activation: an overview.
Scheme 2: Cu(OAc)2-promoted mono- and ditrifluoromethylthiolation of benzamide derivatives derived from 8-ami...
Scheme 3: Trifluoromethylthiolation of azacalix[1]arene[3]pyridines using copper salts and a nucleophilic SCF3...
Scheme 4: Working hypothesis for the palladium-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylthiolation reaction.
Scheme 5: Trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine derivatives and analogs by means of palladium-catalyzed...
Scheme 6: C(sp2)–SCF3 bond formation by Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation using AgSCF3 and Selectfluor® as rep...
Scheme 7: Palladium-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine derivatives reported by the g...
Scheme 8: Palladium-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine and analogs reported by Anbar...
Scheme 9: Mono- and ditrifluoromethylthiolation of benzamide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinoline using ...
Scheme 10: Regioselective Cp*Rh(III)-catalyzed directed trifluoromethylthiolation reported by the group of Li [123]...
Scheme 11: Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-phenylpyridine and 2-phenylpyrimidine der...
Scheme 12: Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-phenylpyridine and 6-phenylpurine derivat...
Scheme 13: Diastereoselective trifluoromethylthiolation of acrylamide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinolin...
Scheme 14: C(sp3)–SCF3 bond formation on aliphatic amide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinoline by palladiu...
Scheme 15: Regio- and diastereoselective difluoromethylthiolation of acrylamides under palladium catalysis rep...
Scheme 16: Palladium-catalyzed (ethoxycarbonyl)difluoromethylthiolation reaction of 2-(hetero)aryl and 2-(α-ar...
Scheme 17: Pd(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation of benzamides derived from 5-methoxy-8-aminoquinoline ...
Scheme 18: Pd(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation of acrylamide derivatives derived from 5-methoxy-8-ami...
Scheme 19: Transition-metal-catalyzed dehydrogenative 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of (hetero)aromatic derivati...
Scheme 20: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of N-sulfonylbenzamides reported by the group of...
Scheme 21: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation and other fluoroalkoxylations of naphthalene...
Scheme 22: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of benzaldehyde derivatives by means o...
Scheme 23: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation (and other fluoroalkoxylations) of ben...
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of aliphatic amides using a bidentate direct...
Total synthesis of grayanane natural products
- Nicolas Fay,
- Rémi Blieck,
- Cyrille Kouklovsky and
- Aurélien de la Torre
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1707–1719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.181
- selectivity was achieved by chelation of the Sm(III) intermediate with hydroxy groups present on the structure. As the direct coupling with the A-ring precursor failed, a strategy to build this part was developed, starting with a sequence involving a protection of the alcohols as MOM ethers, lactone
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: General structure of grayanane natural products.
Scheme 1: Grayanane biosynthesis.
Scheme 2: Matsumoto’s relay approach.
Scheme 3: Shirahama’s total synthesis of (–)-grayanotoxin III.
Scheme 4: Newhouse’s syntheses of fragments 25 and 29.
Scheme 5: Newhouse’s total synthesis of principinol D.
Scheme 6: Ding’s total synthesis of rhodomolleins XX and XXII.
Scheme 7: First key step of Luo’s strategy.
Scheme 8: Luo’s total synthesis of grayanotoxin III.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of principinol E and rhodomollein XX.
Scheme 10: William’s synthetic effort towards pierisformaside C.
Scheme 11: Hong’s synthetic effort towards rhodojaponin III.
Scheme 12: Recent strategies for grayanane synthesis.
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
- following example of styrene diamination by a chiral aryl iodide, the higher efficiency of the proposed catalyst compared to simpler aryl iodides was attributed to the additional stabilization of the I(III) intermediate by chelation via n–σ* interactions and hydrogen bonding [147] (Scheme 33). The
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Organocatalysis classification used in the present perspective.
Scheme 2: Oxidative processes catalyzed by amines.
Scheme 3: N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in oxidative functionalization of aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Examples of asymmetric oxidative processes catalyzed by chiral Brønsted acids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric aerobic α-hydroxylation of lactams under phase-transfer organocatalysis conditions emplo...
Scheme 6: Selective CH-oxidation of methylarenes to aldehydes or carboxylic acids.
Scheme 7: An example of the regioselective CH-amination by a sterically hindered imide-N-oxyl radical precurs...
Scheme 8: CH-amination of ethylbenzene and CH-fluorination of aldehydes catalyzed by N-hydroxybenzimidazoles,...
Scheme 9: Mixed hetero-/homogeneous TiO2/N-hydroxyimide photocatalysis in the selective benzylic oxidation.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical benzylic iodination and benzylation of pyridine by benzyl iodides generated in situ...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical oxidative C–O/C–N coupling of alkylarenes with NHPI. Electrolysis conditions: Const...
Scheme 12: Chemoselective alcohol oxidation catalyzed by TEMPO.
Scheme 13: ABNO-catalyzed oxidative C–N coupling of primary alcohols with primary amines.
Scheme 14: ACT-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
Scheme 15: Electrocatalytic oxidation of benzylic alcohols by a TEMPO derivative immobilized on a graphite ano...
Scheme 16: Electrochemical oxidation of carbamates of cyclic amines to lactams and oxidative cyanation of amin...
Scheme 17: Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and single-electron transfer (SET) as basic principles of amine cation...
Scheme 18: Electrochemical quinuclidine-catalyzed oxidation involving unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 19: DABCO-mediated photocatalytic C–C cross-coupling involving aldehyde C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 20: DABCO-derived cationic catalysts in inactivated C–H bond cleavage for alkyl radical addition to ele...
Scheme 21: Electrochemical diamination and dioxygenation of vinylarenes catalyzed by triarylamines.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation mediated by triarylimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Thiyl radical-catalyzed CH-arylation of allylic substrates by aryl cyanides.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of redox-active alkyl tetrafluoropyridinyl sulfides by unactivated C–H bond cleavage by t...
Scheme 25: Main intermediates in quinone oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical DDQ-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative aryl–aryl coupling.
Scheme 27: DDQ-mediated cross-dehydrogenative C–N coupling of benzylic substrates with azoles.
Scheme 28: Biomimetic o-quinone-catalyzed benzylic alcohol oxidation.
Scheme 29: Electrochemical synthesis of secondary amines by oxidative coupling of primary amines and benzylic ...
Scheme 30: General scheme of dioxirane and oxaziridine oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 31: Dioxirane organocatalyzed CH-hydroxylation involving aliphatic C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective hydroxylation of CH-acids catalyzed by chiral oxaziridines.
Scheme 33: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed vinylarene diamination.
Scheme 34: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric CH-hydroxylation of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 35: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric difluorination of alkenes with migration of aryl or methyl gro...
Scheme 36: Examples of 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxybenzene-catalyzed electrochemical oxidative heterocyclizations.
Scheme 37: Electrochemical N-ammonium ylide-catalyzed CH-oxidation.
Scheme 38: Oxidative dimerization of aryl- and alkenylmagnesium compounds catalyzed by quinonediimines.
Scheme 39: FLP-catalyzed dehydrogenation of N-substituted indolines.
An alternative C–P cross-coupling route for the synthesis of novel V-shaped aryldiphosphonic acids
- Stephen J. I. Shearan,
- Enrico Andreoli and
- Marco Taddei
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1518–1523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.160
- interesting class of compounds and examples of their use can be found in a number of different areas, including pharmaceuticals [1][2][3][4][5][6], metal chelation [7][8][9], anti-corrosion coatings [10][11][12], fertilizers [13][14], proton conduction [15][16][17], and catalysis [18], amongst others
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Scheme 1: Scheme showing the transformation of the Br-substrates to phosphonate esters and then to phosphonic...
Figure 1: Experimental setup for the improved C–P cross-coupling reaction.
Vicinal ketoesters – key intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products
- Marc Paul Beller and
- Ulrich Koert
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1236–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.129
- stabilization of reactive conformations by chelation or dipole control. Keywords: aldol addition; ketoesters; natural products; total synthesis; Introduction Vicinal ketoesters contain a carbonyl group adjacent to an ester group. One keto group results in α-ketoesters 1 and two vicinal keto groups lead to α,β
- bearing an electrophilic keto group as reactive site. The vicinal arrangement of carbonyl groups allows the stabilization of reactive conformations by chelation or dipole control. Suitable key reactions are e.g., aldol additions, carbonyl ene reactions, Mannich reactions, and additions of organometallic
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Scheme 1: Structures of vicinal ketoesters and examples for their typical reactivity.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s diastereoselective intramolecular aldol addition of α,β-diketoester.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of euphorikanin A (16) by intramolecular, nucleophilic addition [6].
Scheme 4: Ketoester cycloisomerization for the synthesis of preussochromone A (24) [10].
Scheme 5: Diastereoselective, intramolecular aldol reaction of an α-ketoester 28 in the synthesis of (−)-preu...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of an α-ketoester through Riley oxidation and its use in an α-ketol rearrangement in the ...
Scheme 7: Azomethine imine cycloaddition towards the synthesis of the proposed structure of palau’amine (44) [19]....
Scheme 8: Intramolecular diastereoselective carbonyl-ene reaction of an α-ketoester in the synthesis of jatro...
Scheme 9: Grignard addition to an α-ketoester and subsequent Friedel–Crafts cyclization in the synthesis of (...
Scheme 10: Diastereoselective addition to an auxiliary modified α-ketoester in the formal synthesis of (+)-cam...
Scheme 11: Intramolecular photoreduction of an α-ketoester in the synthesis of (rac)-isoretronecanol (69) [26].
Scheme 12: α-Ketoester as nucleophile in a Tsuji–Trost reaction in the synthesis of (rac)-corynoxine (76) [27].
Scheme 13: Mannich reaction of an α-ketoester in the synthesis of (+)-gracilamine (83) [28].
Scheme 14: Enantioselective aldol reaction using an α-ketoester in the synthesis of (−)-irofulven (87) [29].
Scheme 15: Allylboration of a mesoxalic acid ester in the synthesis of (+)-awajanomycin (92) [30,31].
Scheme 16: Condensation of a diamine with mesoxolate in the synthesis of (−)-aplaminal (96) [32].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of mesoxalic ester amide 102 and its use in the synthesis of (rac)-cladoniamide G (103) [33].
Scheme 18: The thermodynamically controlled, intramolecular aldol addition of a vic-tricarbonyl compound in th...
Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study
- Angel Ho,
- Austin Pounder,
- Krish Valluru,
- Leanne D. Chen and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30
- electron-withdrawing groups inactivates the iridium catalyst, perhaps by chelation with the carbonyl and the bridging oxygen atom. Computational Computational details All density functional theory (DFT) calculations in this study were carried out with the Gaussian 16, C.01 suite of programs [68]. Geometry
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Scheme 1: Previously reported metal-catalyzed reactions of heterobicyclic alkenes and applications towards th...
Scheme 2: Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation of C1-substituted OBDs 13a–k with salicylaldehyde 14.
Scheme 3: Competition reaction of different C1-substituted OBDs.
Figure 1: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the hydrometalation/reductive elimination p...
Figure 2: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the carbometalation/reductive elimination p...
Figure 3: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the endo hydrometalation/reductive eliminat...
Figure 4: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the Ir/diene-catalyzed hydroacylation of Me...
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
- reactions, and pericyclic reactions. Yoshida and co-workers [100] demonstrated that some metal ions are capable of activating aromatic compounds by chelation and promoting nucleophilic additions. For instance, 1-aminoanthraquinone quickly reacts with butylamine under the influence of Lewis acid catalysts to
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Figure 1: Naphthoquinones are commonly used in organic synthesis.
Figure 2: Some important natural and synthetic naphthoquinones.
Scheme 1: Synthetic studies of BNQs and reactions with amines.
Scheme 2: Methods described for the synthesis of β-NQS.
Figure 3: Drugs detected using β-NQSNa.
Scheme 3: Reactions between β-NQS and amines.
Scheme 4: Isomerization of 4-arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of unsymmetrical 2-amino-4-imino compounds.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(isoxazolyl)naphthoquinones from β-NQS.
Scheme 7: The reaction of β-NQS with 30 followed by cycle condensation.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 4-(2-amino-5-selenothiazoles)-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of amino- and phenoxy-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 4-semicarbazide-1,2-naphthoquinone.
Scheme 11: Reactions of 4-azido-1,2-naphthoquinone.
Figure 4: Modifications that can be easily carried out from the products of β-NQS 8.
Scheme 12: Derivatives of 1,2-naphthoquinones obtained from β-NQS.
Scheme 13: Oximes as well as 4-amino- and 4-phenoxy-1,2-naphthoquinone as potential anti-inflammatory agents.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of triazoles from β-NQS.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of naphtho[1,2-d]oxazoles from β-NQS.
Scheme 16: A) Arylation and vinylation of β-NQS catalyzed by Ni(II) salts. B) Transformation of the 1,2-dicarb...
Scheme 17: Benzo[a]carbazole and benzo[c]carbazoles fused with 1,2-naphthoquinone.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,2-naphthoquinones having a C=C bond from β-NQS. Method A: NaOH, EtOH/H2O, 40 °C, 2 h...
Scheme 19: C=C bond formation from β-NQS and substituted acetonitriles.
Biological properties and conformational studies of amphiphilic Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes bearing functionalized aroylaminocarbo-N-thioylpyrrolinate units
- Samet Poyraz,
- Samet Belveren,
- Sabriye Aydınoğlu,
- Mahmut Ulger,
- Abel de Cózar,
- Maria de Gracia Retamosa,
- Jose M. Sansano and
- H. Ali Döndaş
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.192
- -dipolar cycloaddition [16][21][22], were submitted to the reaction with benzoyl isothiocyanate in refluxing acetonitrile to obtain compounds L1, L2 and L3 in good yields [16][21]. Due to the very low biological activity of these ligands by themselves, the chelation with nickel(II) and palladium(II) was
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Scheme 1: Synthetic route for the preparation of L1-M, L2-M and L3-M complexes.
Figure 1: Main geometrical features and the relative energies (in kcal·mol–1) of (A) ligand L1, (B) nickel- a...
Figure 2: Main geometrical features and the relative energies (in kcal mol–1) of (A) ligand L3, (B) nickel- a...
Highly stereocontrolled total synthesis of racemic codonopsinol B through isoxazolidine-4,5-diol vinylation
- Lukáš Ďurina,
- Anna Ďurinová,
- František Trejtnar,
- Ľuboš Janotka,
- Lucia Messingerová,
- Jana Doháňošová,
- Ján Moncol and
- Róbert Fischer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2781–2786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.188
- -stereoselective epoxidation of 2,3-dihydroisoxazole with in situ-generated DMDO, the syn-selective α-chelation-controlled addition of vinyl-MgBr/CeCl3 to the isoxazolidine-4,5-diol intermediate, and the substrate-directed epoxidation of the terminal double bond of the corresponding γ-amino-α,β-diol with aqueous
- -stereoselective epoxidation of 2,3-dihydroisoxazole 9 with in situ-generated DMDO, the syn-selective α-chelation-controlled addition of vinylmagnesium bromide to isoxazolidine-4,5-diol 3 in the presence of cerium chloride, and the substrate-directed epoxidation of the terminal double bond of N-Cbz-protected γ
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (−)-Codonopsinol B (1) and its N-nor-methyl analogue 2; known inhibition activities against α-gluco...
Scheme 1: Synthetic approach towards (±)-codonopsinol B (1) and its N-nor-methyl analogue 2.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of isoxazolidine-4,5-diol (±)-3. Reagents and conditions: (a) ᴅʟ-proline, CHCl3, rt, 48 h...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of final pyrrolidines (±)-1 and (±)-2. Reagents and conditions: (a) vinyl-MgBr, CeCl3, TH...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of N-Cbz-protected pyrrolidine 12 confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallogr...
