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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
Graphical Abstract
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...
Recent advances in total synthesis of illisimonin A
- Juan Huang and
- Ming Yang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2571–2583, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.199
- , obtained as a 1.7:1 mixture of diastereomers after protection of one of the carbonyl groups in 19 as enol ether with BOMCl. A silyl-tethered intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction of the in situ generated 22 constructed the tricyclo[5.2.1.01,5]decane core bearing a cis-pentalene unit, yielding compound 23
- ). Chemoselective epoxidation of the enone double bond in 69 yielded epoxide 70. A Wittig reaction of 70 with (methoxymethyl)triphenylphosphonium chloride and t-BuOK generated a methyl enol ether, which was unstable in the presence of the epoxide. During aqueous workup, simultaneous hydrolysis of the enol ether and
- encumbered tricyclic lactone 84 via an intramolecular [6 + 2] cycloaddition (Scheme 8). Attempts to achieve an asymmetric version of the cycloaddition were unsuccessful. Treatment of the lactone with MeMgBr, followed by mesylation and elimination of the resulting hemiacetal, afforded enol ether 85. Reaction
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The categorization of Illicium sesquiterpenes and representative natural products.
Figure 2: The original assigned (−)-illisimonin A, revised (−)-illisimonin A, and their different draws.
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A by Yu et al.
Scheme 2: Rychnovsky’s racemic synthesis of illisimonin A (1).
Scheme 3: The absolute configuration revision of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 4: Kalesse’s asymmetric synthesis of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 5: Yang group proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A.
Scheme 6: Yang’s bioinspired synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 7: Dai’s asymmetric synthesis of (–)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 8: Lu’s total synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 9: Initial efforts toward the total synthesis of illisimonin A by the Lu Group.
Scheme 10: Suzuki’s synthetic effort towards illisimonin A.
Comparative analysis of complanadine A total syntheses
- Reem Al-Ahmad and
- Mingji Dai
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2334–2344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.178
- desired methyl group at its α-position to afford 51 in racemic form. This seemingly straightforward α-methylation turned out to be quite challenging. Tsukano and co-workers eventually utilized a two-step sequence to solve this problem, namely, TMS enol ether formation followed by trapping the enol ether
- TMSN3 recently developed by Xu and co-workers [34]. Mukaiyama conjugate addition between 60 and 61 promoted by Tf2NH followed by a one-pot enol ether hydrolysis gave 62 as a mixture of inconsequential stereoisomers. Subsequent oxidative cleavage of the terminal olefin of 62 using ozonolysis followed by
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Scheme 1: Complanadine natural products and their plausible biosynthesis.
Scheme 2: The Siegel total synthesis of complanadine A enabled by [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 3: The Sarpong total synthesis of complanadine A enabled by a biomimetic strategy and C–H activation.
Scheme 4: The Tsukano total synthesis of complanadine A enabled by Diels–Alder cycloaddition, Heck cyclizatio...
Scheme 5: The Dai total synthesis of complanadine A using single-atom skeletal editing.
Scheme 6: Comparative summary of the four complanadine A total syntheses.
Recent advances in Norrish–Yang cyclization and dicarbonyl photoredox reactions for natural product synthesis
- Peng-Xi Luo,
- Jin-Xuan Yang,
- Shao-Min Fu and
- Bo Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2315–2333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.177
- -chloroperoxybenzoic acid) induced epoxidation, which was then followed by a Meinwald rearrangement to accomplish aldehyde 7. From 7, a sequence involving silyl enol ether formation, Simmons−Smith cyclopropanation, and acid-mediated regioselective ring-opening installed the C8 quaternary methyl group in 10. Subsequent
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Scheme 1: a) The mechanism of Norrish type II reaction and Norrish–Yang cyclization; b) The mechanism of the ...
Scheme 2: Total synthesis of (+)-cyclobutastellettolide B.
Scheme 3: Norrish–Yang cyclization and 1,2-methyl migration.
Scheme 4: Synthetic study toward phainanoids.
Scheme 5: a) Mitsunobu reaction of the C9 ketal; b) Norrish–Yang cyclization of the saturated C5–C6; c) calcu...
Scheme 6: Total synthesis of avarane-type meroterpenoids.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of gracilisoid A.
Scheme 8: Divergent total synthesis of gracilisoids B–I.
Scheme 9: Mechanism of the late-stage biomimetic photooxidation.
Scheme 10: Asymmetric total synthesis of lycoplatyrine A.
Scheme 11: Photoreaction of pyrrolidine-derived phenyl keto amide.
Scheme 12: Photoredox reactions of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 13: Synthetic study toward γ-rubromycin.
Scheme 14: Substituent-dependent conformational preferences.
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of preussomerins EG1, EG2, and EG3.
Halogenated butyrolactones from the biomass-derived synthon levoglucosenone
- Johannes Puschnig,
- Martyn Jevric and
- Ben W. Greatrex
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2297–2301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.175
- converted into the silyl enol ether 12 and treated with Selectfluor, fluorinated ketone 13 was formed as the major product after aqueous workup (Scheme 2). When the solution of 13 was concentrated following flash column chromatography, rapid decomposition was observed, which may explain failures with many
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Halogen-containing butyrolactone-derived bioactives.
Scheme 1: Preparation of chlorinated and brominated lactones 8a,b and 11a,b.
Scheme 2: Preparation of fluorinated lactone 14.
Scheme 3: Fluorination of LGO (5) and conversion to lactone 17.
Scheme 4: Trifluoromethylation of 9a,b and 15 and subsequent Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Pathway economy in cyclization of 1,n-enynes
- Hezhen Han,
- Wenjie Mao,
- Bin Lin,
- Maosheng Cheng,
- Lu Yang and
- Yongxiang Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2260–2282, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.173
- reaction proceeded via 5-endo-dig cyclization. This pathway involved enol ether attack on the gold-activated alkyne, leading to the formation of oxonium intermediate 2. Subsequently, nucleophilic addition of methanol culminated in the formation of indene motif 5 (Scheme 2, path a). When methanol served
- nitrogen atom was substituted with strong electron-withdrawing groups, a nucleophilic attack to gold(I)-activated alkyne generated intermediate 38, with subsequent 6-endo-trig cyclization affording benzo[a]carbazole 39 (Scheme 9, path a). Conversely, the activated alkyne was attacked by enol ether to yield
- identical reaction conditions. In 2016, the Liu group achieved unconventional Au(I)-catalyzed 6-endo-trig cyclization by modulating the angle strain of the enol ether (Scheme 29) [41]. In previous studies [42], propargylic vinyl ethers 140 underwent Au(I)-catalyzed propargyl-Claisen rearrangement to form an
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Scheme 1: Economical synthesis and pathway economy.
Scheme 2: Au(I)-catalyzed cascade cyclization paths of 1,5-enynes.
Scheme 3: Au(I)-catalyzed cyclization paths of 1,7-enynes.
Scheme 4: I2/TBHP-mediated radical cycloisomerization paths of 1,n-enyne.
Scheme 5: Au(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization paths of 3-allyloxy-1,6-diynes.
Scheme 6: Pd(II)-catalyzed cycloisomerization paths of 2-alkynylbenzoate-cyclohexadienone.
Scheme 7: Stereoselective cyclization of 1,5-enynes.
Scheme 8: Substituent-controlled cycloisomerization of propargyl vinyl ethers.
Scheme 9: Au(I)-catalyzed pathway-controlled domino cyclization of 1,2-diphenylethynes.
Scheme 10: Au(I)-catalyzed tandem cyclo-isomerization of tryptamine-N-ethynylpropiolamide.
Scheme 11: Au(I)-catalyzed tunable cyclization of 1,6-cyclohexenylalkyne.
Scheme 12: Substituent-controlled 7-exo- and 8-endo-dig-selective cyclization of 2-propargylaminobiphenyl deri...
Scheme 13: BiCl3-catalyzed cycloisomerization of tryptamine-ynamide derivatives.
Scheme 14: Au(I)-mediated substituent-controlled cycloisomerization of 1,6-enynes.
Scheme 15: Ligand-controlled regioselective cyclization of 1,6-enynes.
Scheme 16: Ligand-dependent cycloisomerization of 1,7-enyne esters.
Scheme 17: Ligand-controlled cycloisomerization of 1,5-enynes.
Scheme 18: Ligand-controlled cyclization strategy of alkynylamide tethered alkylidenecyclopropanes.
Scheme 19: Ag(I)-mediated pathway-controlled cycloisomerization of tryptamine-ynamides.
Scheme 20: Gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of indoles with alkynes.
Scheme 21: Catalyst-dependent cycloisomerization of dienol silyl ethers.
Scheme 22: Cycloisomerization of aromatic enynes governed by catalyst.
Scheme 23: Catalyst-dependent 1,2-migration in cyclization of 1-(indol-2-yl)-3-alkyn-1-ols.
Scheme 24: Gold-catalyzed cycloisomerization of N-propargyl-N-vinyl sulfonamides.
Scheme 25: Gold(I)-mediated enantioselective cycloisomerizations of ortho-(alkynyl)styrenes.
Scheme 26: Catalyst-controlled intramolecular cyclization of 1,7-enynes.
Scheme 27: Brønsted acid-catalyzed cycloisomerizations of tryptamine ynamides.
Scheme 28: Catalyst-controlled cyclization of indolyl homopropargyl amides.
Scheme 29: Angle strain-dominated 6-endo-trig cyclization of propargyl vinyl ethers.
Scheme 30: Angle strain-controlled cycloisomerization of alkyn-tethered indoles.
Scheme 31: Geometrical isomeration-dependent cycloisomerization of 1,3-dien-5-ynes.
Scheme 32: Temperature-controlled cyclization of 1,7-enynes.
Scheme 33: Cycloisomerizations of n-(o-ethynylaryl)acrylamides through temperature modulation.
Scheme 34: Temperature-controlled boracyclization of biphenyl-embedded 1,3,5-trien-7-ynes.
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
- the A- and D-rings of 96, respectively, delivering the methyl enol ether 98. Finally, allylic oxidation [76], α-methylation and reduction of 98 followed by hydrolysis accomplished the first total synthsis of (−)-conidiogenone F (21). After achieving the aforementioned success, the authors continued to
Graphical Abstract
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].
Bioinspired total syntheses of natural products: a personal adventure
- Zhengyi Qin,
- Yuting Yang,
- Nuran Yan,
- Xinyu Liang,
- Zhiyu Zhang,
- Yaxuan Duan,
- Huilin Li and
- Xuegong She
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2048–2061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.160
- , Wittig reaction with MOMPPh3Cl and LDA gave the putative methyl enol ether, which could be directly converted into 1,3-dithiane 12 with propane-1,3-dithiol. Nucleophilic addition to chiral epoxide 13 and oxidative hydrolysis of 1,3-dithiane to ketone delivered chiral β-hydroxyketone 14. Evans−Tishchenko
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative natural products with biomimetic total synthesis.
Scheme 1: Bioinspired total synthesis of chabranol (2010).
Scheme 2: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of monocerin-family natural products.
Scheme 3: Bioinspired total synthesis of monocerin-family molecules (2013).
Scheme 4: Bioinspired skeletal diversification of (12-MeO-)tabertinggine (2016).
Scheme 5: Structures and our proposed biosynthetic pathway of gymnothelignans.
Scheme 6: Bioinspired total synthesis of gymnothelignans (2014–2025).
Scheme 7: Bioinspired total synthesis of sarglamides (2025).
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
- , including (−)-ψ-akuammigine (Scheme 33) [81]. The synthesis commenced with dibenzoate 274, which underwent a Pd-catalyzed Trost desymmetrization using sulfonamide 275 and ligand 276. Deprotection of the resulting adduct furnished alcohol 277, which was subsequently converted to silyl enol ether 278 in two
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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
- by trans-hydrostannation [50] of the corresponding alkyne precursors, so this report potentially introduced a new method for oxetane synthesis through an intramolecular Chan–Lam-type coupling. Due to the high reactivity of the exocyclic enol ether induced by the ring strain, 2-alkylidene
- substrate scope revealed that the reaction stereoselectivity is highly dependent on the structure of the ketoester component and tends to be unpredictable. 1.3.2 Formal cycloadditions: These stepwise processes typically take place between an enolate or enol ether and a carbonyl under Lewis acid or base
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.
Synthesis of β-ketophosphonates through aerobic copper(II)-mediated phosphorylation of enol acetates
- Alexander S. Budnikov,
- Igor B. Krylov,
- Fedor K. Monin,
- Valentina M. Merkulova,
- Alexey I. Ilovaisky,
- Liu Yan,
- Bing Yu and
- Alexander O. Terent’ev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1192–1200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.96
- from diisopropyl H-phosphonate (2a) was confirmed by HRMS analysis of the crude reaction mixture. Finally, vinyl azide 4a and silyl enol ether 4b were introduced into standard reaction conditions (Scheme 4, reaction 3). However, no phosphorylation product 3a was observed. On the basis of the obtained
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Scheme 1: Recent approaches for the synthesis of β-ketophosphonates by the oxyphosphorylation of unsaturated ...
Scheme 2: The scope of the discovered copper(II)-mediated phosphorylation of enol acetates.
Scheme 3: Gram-scale synthesis of 3a.
Scheme 4: Control experiments.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for copper(II) mediated phosphorylation of enol acetates.
Recent total synthesis of natural products leveraging a strategy of enamide cyclization
- Chun-Yu Mi,
- Jia-Yuan Zhai and
- Xiao-Ming Zhang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 999–1009, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.81
- cyclopentane ring, dihydroxylation, and oxidation of the diol to a diketone, produced intermediate 25 in its enol form. From this common intermediate, regioselective etherification at the less hindered position formed an enol ether. Final reduction of both the amide and the ketone using alane completed the
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Figure 1: Reactivity of enamides and enamide cyclizations.
Scheme 1: Total synthesis of (−)-dihydrolycopodine and (−)-lycopodine.
Scheme 2: Collective total synthesis of fawcettimine-type alkaloids.
Scheme 3: Total syntheses of cephalotaxine and cephalezomine H.
Scheme 4: Collective total syntheses of Cephalotaxus alkaloids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric tandem cyclization/Pictet–Spengler reaction of tertiary enamides.
Scheme 6: Tandem cyclization/Pictet–Spengler reaction for the synthesis of chiral tetracyclic compounds.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of (−)-cephalocyclidin A.
A convergent synthetic approach to the tetracyclic core framework of khayanolide-type limonoids
- Zhiyang Zhang,
- Jialei Hu,
- Hanfeng Ding,
- Li Zhang and
- Peirong Rao
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.75
- .) of 24 led only to epimerization at C10 or slow decomposition of the starting material (see Supporting Information File 1, Table S1). Pleasingly, treating 24 with HMDS and TMSI regioselectively generated the expected TMS enol ether [46], which underwent a Li/Si exchange in the presence of MeLi
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Figure 1: Representative limonoid triterpenes.
Scheme 1: Structures and retrosynthetic analysis of krishnolides A (7) and C (8).
Scheme 2: Construction of α-iodoenone 13.
Scheme 3: Construction of aldehyde 14.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the advanced intermediate 10 (in the X ray structure of 10 solvent molecule is omitted...
Mechanochemical difluoromethylations of ketones
- Jinbo Ke,
- Pit van Bonn and
- Carsten Bolm
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2799–2805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.235
- efficiently converted to the target products under solvent-free conditions. The reactions proceed at room temperature and are complete within 90 minutes, demonstrating both efficiency and experimental simplicity. Keywords: ball milling; difluorocarbene; difluoromethylations; difluoromethyl enol ether
- standard reaction conditions with difluorocarbene precursor TMSCF2Br (2, 2.0 equiv), activator KFHF (4.0 equiv), and grinding auxiliary CsCl (4.0 equiv), difluoromethyl enol ether 3a was obtained after 90 min reaction time at 25 Hz in 74% yield, determined by quantitative 1H NMR spectroscopy (Table 1
- ketone 1g provided the corresponding product 3g in 56% yield. Difluoromethyl enol ether 3h with three methyl groups was obtained in 56% yield and column chromatography allowed to isolate it in 42% yield. 2-Acetonaphthone was successfully converted to 3i in 66% yield. Besides aryl ketones, arylalkyl
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Scheme 1: Overview over difluoromethyl enol ether syntheses from acyclic and cyclic 1,3-diones (A), acyclic k...
Scheme 2: Attempted difluoromethylation of 1a in solution. The reactions were performed on a 0.2 mmol scale. ...
Scheme 3: Scope of ketones. The yields were determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy using 1,2-dichloroethane as the...
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism (A) and mechanistic investigations (B and C). The yields were determined by 1H N...
Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations
- Ryo Tanifuji and
- Hiroki Oguri
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151
- oxidation with the incorporation of a ketone at the C13 position yielded brassicicene A (23). After conversion of 23 into the corresponding silyl enol ether, Rubottom oxidation allowed completion of the total synthesis of brassicicene R (24). As an effort to explore the biomimetic rearrangement, analogous
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Scheme 1: Targeted natural products and key enzymatic transformations in the chemo-enzymatic total syntheses ...
Scheme 2: Biosynthetic pathway to brassicicenes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis [14]. (A) Cyclization phase catalyz...
Scheme 3: Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis of cotylenol (1) and brassicicenes. (A) Chemical cyclization phase....
Scheme 4: (A) Biosynthetic pathway for trichodimerol (2) in Penicillium chrysogenum. (B) Chemo-enzymatic tota...
Scheme 5: (A) Proposed biosynthetic pathway for chalcomoracin (3) in Morus alba. (B) Outline of the biosynthe...
Scheme 6: (A) Chemo-enzymatically synthesized natural products by using the originally identified MaDA. (B) M...
Scheme 7: Proposed biosynthetic mechanism of tylactone (4) in Streptomyces fradiae.
Scheme 8: (A) Chemical synthesis and cascade enzymatic transformations of cyclization precursors. (B) Late-st...
Scheme 9: Proposed biosynthetic mechanism of saframycin A (5) in Streptomyces lavendulae.
Scheme 10: (A) Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis of saframycin A (5) and jorunnamycin A (103). (B) Chemo-enzymat...
Domino reactions of chromones with activated carbonyl compounds
- Peter Langer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1256–1269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.108
- two silyl enol ether moieties, can be regarded as masked dianions or electroneutral equivalents of 1,3-dicarbonyl dianions and react with the same regioselectivity [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]. Both free and masked dianions were studied extensively in my group for many years. 1,3-Bis
- (silyloxy)-1,3-butadienes are highly moisture sensitive compounds which can be prepared from the corresponding 1,3-dicarbonyl dianions in two steps. For example, diene 6a is available by silylation of 2 to give silyl enol ether 5 which is subsequently deprotonated by LDA and treated with
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Scheme 1: Structures of carbonyl compounds 1, 2, 3, and 4, dianion 7, phosphorane 8 and synthesis of 1,3-bis(...
Scheme 2: Structures of chromones with different substituents located at carbon C-3 and atom numbering scheme...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 17. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), THF, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 18a–ac. Conditions: i, 1) 9a–j, Me3SiOTf (1.3 equiv), 20 °C, 1 h; 2) 6a–h (1.3 equiv),...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 19a–d. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), THF, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 20a–ag. Conditions: i, 1) 10a–i, Me3SiOTf (0.3 equiv), 20 °C, 10 min; 2) 6a–h (1.3 equ...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 21a–g. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 22a,b. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 23a–j. Conditions: i, 1) 11a–c, Me3SiOTf (0.3 equiv), 20 °C, 1 h; 2) 6a–h (1.3 equiv),...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 24a–w. Conditions: i, 1) 13a–c, Me3SiOTf (0.3 equiv), 20 °C, 1 h; 2) 6a–r (1.3 equiv),...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 25a–f. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 26a–e. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 27a–c. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 28a–c. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 29a–n and 30. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h; ii, 1) KOH, MeOH; ...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 32a,b. Conditions: i, 1) 31, Me3SiOTf (2.0 equiv), 20 °C, 1 h; 2) 6a,b (3.0 equiv), CH2...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 33. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), THF, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 35a–x. Conditions: i, DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of 36a–f. Conditions: i, 1) DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h; 2) I2 (2 equiv), D...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 37a,b. Conditions: i, 1) DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h; 2) I2 (2 equiv), D...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 39a–i. Conditions: i, method A: DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C; method B: K2CO3 (...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 40. Conditions: i, piperidine, MeOH, CHCl3, reflux, 3 h.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 41a–am. Conditions: i, Me3SiOTf, CH2Cl2, 20 °C, 12 h, then: HCl (10%); ii, NEt3, EtOH ...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 43a–aa and 44a–ac. Conditions: i, Me3SiOTf, CH2Cl2, 20 °C, 12 h, then: HCl (10%); ii, ...
Skeletal rearrangement of 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols promoted by thionyl chloride or Appel conditions
- Martyn Jevric,
- Julian Klepp,
- Johannes Puschnig,
- Oscar Lamb,
- Christopher J. Sumby and
- Ben W. Greatrex
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 823–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.74
- mixture of ketone 9e and the O-alkylated enol ether by-product, which was then reduced using NaBH4 to give alcohol 10e with 98:2 selectivity. Similarly, the reaction of 4-methoxybenzyl bromide and 2 gave ketone 9f in 35% yield without chromatography, and when reduced resulted in only a single alcohol
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Figure 1: Previous work on migration reactions in 6,8-dioxabicyclooctan-4-ols [18].
Scheme 1: Structures for 10a–c, preparation of 10d–f, and X-ray structure of 10e.
Scheme 2: Rearrangement reactions for 10a–f promoted by SOCl2.
Scheme 3: Reactions of allylic alcohols 15 and 18 with SOCl2.
Scheme 4: Appel reactions of dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols 10a,e,f and 15.
Scheme 5: Some transformations for the skeletal rearrangement products 11a and 12a and X-ray structure for 24....
Figure 2: Mechanism for the rearrangement of 10, and Newman projection and the X-ray structure of 10d project...
SOMOphilic alkyne vs radical-polar crossover approaches: The full story of the azido-alkynylation of alkenes
- Julien Borrel and
- Jerome Waser
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 701–713, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.64
- diasteroisomer was determined to be trans. Diyne 4l could be accessed in 44% yield from the exclusive 1,2-functionalization of the corresponding ene-yne. Crude NMR of the reaction did not show the presence of an allene product which could have been formed by a 1,4-functionalization. Enol ether could also be
- a simple enol ether was reactive in the transformation, we attempted to use glucal 1l but no conversion was observed. Enamide 1m could be azido-alkynylated in low yield and the product was inseparable from impurities. When dehydroalanine 1n was used in the reaction no product was formed and only
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Scheme 1: Overview of homopropargylic azides importance and strategies for azido-alkynylation.
Scheme 2: Screening of nucleophilic alkynes and investigation of the photocatalyst solubility. n.o = not obse...
Scheme 3: Selected scope entries of the azido-alkynylation. The data were already published in ref. [45].
Scheme 4: Unsuccessful examples. The conditions used are the same as in Scheme 3. The yields reported were determined...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism.
Ligand effects, solvent cooperation, and large kinetic solvent deuterium isotope effects in gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydroamination
- Ruichen Lan,
- Brock Yager,
- Yoonsun Jee,
- Cynthia S. Day and
- Amanda C. Jones
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 479–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.43
- behaves accordingly here [66]. Specific gold–oxygen interactions are typically not invoked in mechanistic discussions, though a gold alcohol complex has been proposed in silyl enol ether protonation [67]. Equilibrium studies by Maier et al. indicate that methanol is more weakly coordinating than alkynes
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Scheme 1: Proposed mechanism and observation of alkylgold intermediates.
Figure 1: First order alkene decay for urea alkene 1a (0.05 M) hydroamination with [JPhosAu(NCCH3)]SbF6 (5, 2...
Figure 2: Cooperative effect of mixed CD2Cl2/MeOH on alkene 1a → 3a conversion with catalyst 5 (2.5 mol %). E...
Figure 3: Different additive impact on rate of 1a → 3a depending upon catalyst and co-solvent. The data for J...
Figure 4: (a) Schematic for synthesis of [L–Au–L]SbF6 where L = JPhos. (b) Perspective drawing of the cation ...
Figure 5: (a) kobs for reaction of urea 1a (0.05 M) in DCM with catalyst 5 and titrated CH3OH/CH3OD. Data for...
Figure 6: Rate of urea 1a (0.05 M) hydroamination with JPhosAu(NCCH3)SbF6 (2.5 mol %) in CH2Cl2 with 5, 25, a...
Figure 7: Observed rates for the reaction of carbamate 1b (0.03–0.24 M) with JackiephosAuNTf2 (0.0013 M, 6a) ...
Figure 8: Influence of catalyst 5 concentration on rate of 1a (0.05 M in CH2Cl2 with 0, 10 μL MeOH). Error ba...
Scheme 2: Proposed alternate mechanism.
Mechanisms for radical reactions initiating from N-hydroxyphthalimide esters
- Carlos R. Azpilcueta-Nicolas and
- Jean-Philip Lumb
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 346–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.35
- , Shang and Fu initially demonstrated this approach by utilizing catalytic amounts of triphenylphosphine (PPh3) and sodium iodide (NaI) [67]. Upon formation of EDA complex 80, radical addition to silyl enol ether 81 was promoted under blue light irradiation, affording acetophenone product 82 (Scheme 16A
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Scheme 1: Comparison between Barton and NHPI ester radical precursors.
Scheme 2: Overview of the mechanisms and activation modes involved in radical generation from RAEs.
Scheme 3: Common mechanisms in photocatalysis.
Scheme 4: A) Giese-type radical addition of NHPI esters mediated by a reductive quenching photocatalytic cycl...
Scheme 5: A) Minisci-type radical addition of NHPI esters. B) Reaction mechanism involving an “off-cycle” red...
Scheme 6: Activation of NHPI esters through hydrogen-bonding in an oxidative quenching photocatalytic cycle.
Scheme 7: SET activation of RAE facilitated by a Lewis acid catalyst.
Scheme 8: PCET activation of NHPI esters in the context of a radical-redox annulation.
Scheme 9: Activation enabled by a strong excited-state reductant catalyst and its application in the dearomat...
Scheme 10: Proposed formation of an intramolecular charge-transfer complex in the synthesis of (spiro)anellate...
Scheme 11: Formation of a charge-transfer complex between enamides and NHPI esters enabled by a chiral phospha...
Scheme 12: Activation of NHPI ester through the formation of photoactive EDA-complexes.
Scheme 13: A) EDA complex-mediated radical hydroalkylation reactions of NHPI esters. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Scheme 14: Proposed radical chain mechanism initiated by EDA-complex formation.
Scheme 15: A) Photoinduced decarboxylative borylation. B) Proposed radical chain mechanism.
Scheme 16: A) Activation of NHPI esters mediated by PPh3/NaI. B) Proposed catalytic cycle involving EDA-comple...
Scheme 17: A) Radical generation facilitated by EDA complex formation between PTH1 catalyst and NHPI esters. B...
Scheme 18: Proposed catalytic cycle for the difunctionalization of styrenes.
Scheme 19: Formation of a charge-transfer complex between NHPI esters and Cs2CO3 enables decarboxylative amina...
Scheme 20: 3-Acetoxyquinuclidine as catalytic donor in the activation of TCNHPI esters.
Scheme 21: A) Photoinduced Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative amination. B) Proposed catalytic cycle. C) Radical clo...
Scheme 22: A) Photoinduced Pd-catalyzed aminoalkylation of 1,4-dienes. B) Proposed catalytic cycle.
Scheme 23: A) TM-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of NHPI esters and organometallic reagents. B) Representat...
Scheme 24: Synthetic applications of the TM-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling of NHPI esters and organometall...
Scheme 25: A) Ni-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling of NHPI esters. B) Representative catalytic cycle.
Scheme 26: A) Synthetic applications of decarboxylative cross-electrophile couplings. B) Decarboxylative aryla...
Scheme 27: A) Activation of tetrachlorophthalimide redox-active esters enabled by a low-valency Bi complex. B)...
Scheme 28: Activation of NHPI esters mediated by Zn0 applied in a Z-selective alkenylation reaction.
Scheme 29: A) Activation of NHPI esters enabled by a pyridine-boryl radical species applied to the decarboxyla...
Scheme 30: A) Decarboxylative coupling of RAE and aldehydes enabled by NHC-catalyzed radical relay. B) Propose...
Scheme 31: A) Decarboxylative C(sp3)–heteroatom coupling reaction of NHPI esters under NHC catalysis B) The NH...
Scheme 32: A) Electrochemical Giese-type radical addition of NHPI esters. B) Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 33: Electrochemical Minisci-type radical addition of NHPI-esters.
Scheme 34: Ni-electrocatalytic cross-electrophile coupling of NHPI esters with aryl iodides.
Scheme 35: A) Decarboxylative arylation of NHPI esters under Ag-Ni electrocatalysis B) Formation of AgNP on th...
Scheme 36: Synthetic applications of decarboxylative couplings of NHPI esters under Ni-electrocatalysis.
Scheme 37: Examples of natural product syntheses in which RAEs were used in key C–C bond forming reactions.
Radical chemistry in polymer science: an overview and recent advances
- Zixiao Wang,
- Feichen Cui,
- Yang Sui and
- Jiajun Yan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1580–1603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.116
- necessary. MF-ROMP, also termed photo-ROMP, is a novel technique to polymerize cyclic olefins. It begins with the reductive quenching of an photoexcited photocatalyst (PC) at an enol ether initiator to produce a radical cation carrier [90]. Then, the carrier undergoes cyclic addition with a cyclic olefin
- (Scheme 12B). Boydston and co-workers [91], systematically studied various pyrylium and thiopyrylium PCs (Scheme 13). It is necessary for these PCs having a high excited-state redox potential to oxidize the enol ether initiators. A range of enol ether initiators that has been successfully applied in metal
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Scheme 1: Oxidation of catechol and subsequent cross-linking. Scheme 1 redrawn from [3].
Scheme 2: (A) Structure of typical urushiol in Chinese lacquer, and (B) schematic process of laccase-catalyze...
Scheme 3: A) Primary amino acid sequence of mfp-1, mfp-3, and mfp-5 (Y: DOPA, K: lysine). B) Scheme showing e...
Scheme 4: Activation–deactivation equilibrium in nitroxide-mediated polymerizations. Bicomponent initiating s...
Scheme 5: Mechanism of a transition metal complex-mediated ATRP. Scheme 5 redrawn from [14].
Scheme 6: Mechanism of RAFT polymerization. Scheme 6 redrawn from [68].
Scheme 7: Degenerative transfer (a) and reversible termination (b) mechanism of OMRP. Scheme 7 redrawn from [70].
Scheme 8: Simplified mechanism of a RITP. Scheme 8 redrawn from [21].
Scheme 9: (A) Structures of π-conjugated conductive polymers. (B) Examples of conductive polymer synthesis vi...
Scheme 10: Possible regiochemical couplings in PATs. Scheme 10 redrawn from [79].
Scheme 11: General thiol-ene photopolymerization process. Scheme 11 redrawn from [81].
Scheme 12: (a) Three generations of Grubbs catalysts. (b) Proposed mechanism for photo-ROMP via a reductive qu...
Scheme 13: Pyrylium and thiopyrylium salts studied by Boydston et al. Scheme 13 redrawn from [91].
Scheme 14: A general illustration of post-polymerization modification by thiol–ene chemistry.
Scheme 15: Introduction of functionalities by nitroxide radical coupling of HO-TEMPO derivatives.
Scheme 16: Chemical reaction process scheme of DCP-induced crosslinking of LDPE. Scheme 16 redrawn from [126].
Scheme 17: A probable mechanism of radical-induced hydrosilylation.
Scheme 18: Polymer surface modification by homolytic dediazonation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 19: Photoinduced polymer surface modification or surface grafting using benzophenone.
Scheme 20: Depolymerization mechanism of common photoresists. (a) A possible mechanism of radiation decomposit...
Scheme 21: Proposed mechanisms of photooxidative depolymerization of polystyrene. (a) Scheme 21a was reprinted with perm...
Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines
- David I. H. Maier,
- Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
- Charlene Marais
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51
- ). Carbamoylation of 151 gives the intermediate oxcarbazepine 152, whereafter hydrolysis of the methyl enol ether affords oxcarbazepine (153) [32][56]. 6.2.2 Ring functionalisation: Weng et al. [80] reported the synthesis of dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a)-based pincer ligands for Rh and Ir metal complexes. The
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Figure 1: Dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a), -oxepine (1b) and -thiepine (1c) as examples of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines (1...
Figure 2: Selected pharmaceuticals with the dibenzo[b,f]azepine skeleton.
Figure 3: Examples of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine-based ligands.
Figure 4: The dibenzo[b,f]azepine moiety in dyes with properties suitable for the use in organic light emitti...
Figure 5: Selective bioactive natural products (13–18) containing the dibenzo[b,f]oxepine scaffold and Novart...
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic approach to 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) from nitrotoluene (22).
Scheme 2: Oxidative coupling of o-nitrotoluene (22) and reduction of 2,2'-dinitrobibenzyl (21) to form 2,2'-d...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a) via amine condensation.
Scheme 4: Catalytic reduction of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 5: The Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement of acridin-9-ylmethanol (23) into 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a).
Scheme 6: Oxidative ring expansion of 2-(9-xanthenyl)malonates 24.
Scheme 7: Ring expansion via C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: The synthesis of fluorinated 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine 38 from isatin (32).
Scheme 9: The synthesis of substituted dibenzo[b,f]azepines 43 from indoles 39.
Scheme 10: Retrosynthetic pathways to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]oxepine 54 and -azepine 55 derivatives via (i) Heck reaction and (ii) Buch...
Scheme 12: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination and thioetherification in the synthesis of tricyclic azepines 60 ...
Scheme 13: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards substituted dibenzoazepines 62.
Scheme 14: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine derivatives 71.
Scheme 15: One-pot Suzuki coupling–Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 16: One-pot Rh/Pd-catalysed synthesis of dihydropyridobenzazepines.
Scheme 17: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 18: One-pot domino Pd-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck–Buchwald–Hartwig synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]azepines.
Scheme 19: Dibenzo[b,f]thiapine and -oxepine synthesis via SNAr (thio)etherification, Wittig methylenation and...
Scheme 20: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]oxepines via Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 21: Ullmann-type coupling in dibenzo[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 22: Wittig reaction and Ullmann coupling as key steps in dihydrobenz[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalysed dibenzo[b,f]azepine synthesis via norbornene azepine intermediate 109.
Scheme 24: A simple representation of olefin metathesis resulting in transalkylidenation.
Scheme 25: Ring-closing metathesis as key step in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 26: Alkyne–aldehyde metathesis in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 27: Hydroarylation of 9-(2-alkynylphenyl)-9H-carbazole derivatives.
Scheme 28: Oxidative coupling of bisphonium ylide intermediate to give pacharin (13).
Scheme 29: Preparation of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]heteropines via intramolecular Wurtz reaction.
Scheme 30: Phenol deprotonation and intramolecular etherification in the synthesis of bauhinoxepine J.
Figure 6: Functionalisation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 31: Palladium-catalysed N-arylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 32: Cu- and Ni-catalysed N-arylation.
Scheme 33: N-Alkylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) and dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 34: Preparation of methoxyiminosilbene.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of oxcarbazepine (153) from methoxy iminostilbene 151.
Scheme 36: Ring functionalisation of dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles
- Péter Kisszékelyi and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: General scheme depicting tandem reactions based on an asymmetric conjugate addition followed by an ...
Scheme 2: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition of R2Zn/aldol reaction with chiral acetals.
Scheme 3: Cu-catalyzed asymmetric desymmetrization of cyclopentene-1,3-diones using a tandem conjugate additi...
Scheme 4: Stereocontrolled assembly of dialkylzincs, cyclic enones, and sulfinylimines utilizing a Cu-catalyz...
Scheme 5: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition/Mannich reaction (A). Access to chiral isoindolinones and tr...
Scheme 6: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition/nitro-Mannich reaction (A) with syn–anti or syn–syn selectiv...
Figure 1: Various chiral ligands utilized for the tandem conjugate addition/Michael reaction sequences.
Scheme 7: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition/Michael reaction: side-product formation with chalcone (A) a...
Scheme 8: Zn enolate trapping using allyl iodides (A), Stork–Jung vinylsilane reagents (B), and allyl bromide...
Scheme 9: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition/acylation through Li R2Zn enolate (A). A four-component coup...
Scheme 10: Selected examples for the Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate addition/trifluoromethylthiolation sequence....
Scheme 11: Zn enolates trapped by vinyloxiranes: synthesis of allylic alcohols.
Scheme 12: Stereoselective cyclopropanation of Mg enolates formed by ACA of Grignard reagents to chlorocrotona...
Scheme 13: Domino aldol reactions of Mg enolates formed from coumarin and chromone.
Scheme 14: Oxidative coupling of ACA-produced Mg enolates.
Scheme 15: Tandem ACA of Grignard reagents to enones and Mannich reaction.
Scheme 16: Diastereodivergent Mannich reaction of Mg enolates with differently N-protected imines.
Scheme 17: Tandem Grignard–ACA–Mannich using Taddol-based phosphine-phosphite ligands.
Scheme 18: Tandem reaction of Mg enolates with aminomethylating reagents.
Scheme 19: Tandem reaction composed of Grignard ACA to alkynyl enones.
Scheme 20: Rh/Cu-catalyzed tandem reaction of diazo enoates leading to cyclobutanes.
Scheme 21: Tandem Grignard-ACA of cyclopentenones and alkylation of enolates.
Scheme 22: Tandem ACA of Grignard reagents followed by enolate trapping reaction with onium compounds.
Scheme 23: Mg enolates generated from unsaturated lactones in reaction with activated alkenes.
Scheme 24: Lewis acid mediated ACA to amides and SN2 cyclization of a Br-appended enolate.
Scheme 25: Trapping reactions of aza-enolates with Michael acceptors.
Scheme 26: Si enolates generated by TMSOTf-mediated ACA of Grignard reagents and enolate trapping reaction wit...
Scheme 27: Trapping reactions of enolates generated from alkenyl heterocycles (A) and carboxylic acids (B) wit...
Scheme 28: Reactions of heterocyclic Mg enolates with onium compounds.
Scheme 29: Synthetic transformations of cycloheptatrienyl and benzodithiolyl substituents.
Scheme 30: Aminomethylation of Al enolates generated by ACA of trialkylaluminum reagents.
Scheme 31: Trapping reactions of enolates with activated alkenes.
Scheme 32: Alkynylation of racemic aluminum or magnesium enolates.
Scheme 33: Trapping reactions of Zr enolates generated by Cu-ACA of organozirconium reagents.
Scheme 34: Chloromethylation of Zr enolates using the Vilsmeier–Haack reagent.
Scheme 35: Tandem conjugate borylation with subsequent protonation or enolate trapping by an electrophile.
Scheme 36: Tandem conjugate borylation/aldol reaction of cyclohexenones.
Scheme 37: Selected examples for the tandem asymmetric borylation/intramolecular aldol reaction; synthesis of ...
Scheme 38: Cu-catalyzed tandem methylborylation of α,β-unsaturated phosphine oxide in the presence of (R,Sp)-J...
Scheme 39: Cu-catalyzed tandem transannular conjugated borylation/aldol cyclization of macrocycles containing ...
Scheme 40: Stereoselective tandem conjugate borylation/Mannich cyclization: selected examples (A) and a multi-...
Scheme 41: Some examples of Cu-catalyzed asymmetric tandem borylation/aldol cyclization (A). Application to di...
Scheme 42: Atropisomeric P,N-ligands used in tandem conjugate borylation/aldol cyclization sequence.
Scheme 43: Selected examples for the enantioselective Cu-catalyzed borylation/intramolecular Michael addition ...
Scheme 44: Selected examples for the preparation of enantioenriched spiroindanes using a Cu-catalyzed tandem c...
Scheme 45: Enantioselective conjugate borylation of cyclobutene-1-carboxylic acid diphenylmethyl ester 175 wit...
Scheme 46: Cu-catalyzed enantioselective tandem conjugate silylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with subsequen...
Scheme 47: Cu-catalyzed enantioselective tandem conjugate silylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with subsequen...
Scheme 48: Cu-catalyzed tandem conjugate silylation/aldol condensation. The diastereoselectivity is controlled...
Scheme 49: Chiral Ru-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction.
Scheme 50: Rh-Phebox complex-catalyzed reductive cyclization and subsequent reaction with Michael acceptors th...
Scheme 51: Rh-catalyzed tandem asymmetric conjugate alkynylation/aldol reaction (A) and subsequent spiro-cycli...
Scheme 52: Rh-bod complex-catalyzed tandem asymmetric conjugate arylation/intramolecular aldol addition (A). S...
Scheme 53: Co-catalyzed C–H-bond activation/asymmetric conjugate addition/aldol reaction.
Scheme 54: (Diisopinocampheyl)borane-promoted 1,4-hydroboration of α,β-unsaturated morpholine carboxamides and...
Figure 2: Some examples of total syntheses that have been recently reviewed.
Scheme 55: Stereoselective synthesis of antimalarial prodrug (+)-artemisinin utilizing a tandem conjugate addi...
Scheme 56: Amphilectane and serrulatane diterpenoids: preparation of chiral starting material via asymmetric t...
Scheme 57: Various asymmetric syntheses of pleuromutilin and related compounds based on a tandem conjugate add...
Scheme 58: Total synthesis of glaucocalyxin A utilizing a tandem conjugate addition/acylation reaction sequenc...
Scheme 59: Installation of the exocyclic double bond using a tandem conjugate addition/aminomethylation sequen...
Scheme 60: Synthesis of the taxol core using a tandem conjugate addition/enolate trapping sequence with Vilsme...
Scheme 61: Synthesis of the tricyclic core of 12-epi-JBIR-23/24 utilizing a Rh-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate ...
Scheme 62: Total synthesis of (−)-peyssonoside A utilizing a Cu-catalyzed enantioselective tandem conjugate ad...
Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series
- Cécile Alleman,
- Charlène Gadais,
- Laurent Legentil and
- François-Hugues Porée
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23
- exo Diels–Alder cycloaddition, which resulted in compound 159. The enol ether was oxidized by ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) to deliver intermediate 160, which was further subjected to an iron-catalyzed hydrogen atom transfer generating tricyclic intermediate 161. Further functionalization permitted the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of terpenes containing a bicyclo[3.6.0]undecane motif.
Figure 2: Commercially available first and second generation Grubbs and Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts.
Figure 3: Examples of strategies to access the fusicoccan and ophiobolin tricyclic core structure by RCM.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bicyclic core structure 12 of ophiobolin M (13) and cycloaraneosene (14).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the core structure 21 of ophiobolins and fusicoccanes.
Scheme 3: Ring-closing metathesis attempts starting from thioester 22.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of ent-fusicoauritone (28).
Figure 4: General structure of ophiobolins and congeners.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 6: Investigation of RCM for the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8). Path A) RCM with TBDPS-protected alcoho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the core structure of cotylenin A aglycon, cotylenol (50).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tricyclic core structure of fusicoccans.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (−)-teubrevin G (59).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the core skeleton 63 of the basmane family.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-schindilactone A (68).
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of dactylol (72).
Scheme 13: Ring-closing metathesis for the total synthesis of (±)-asteriscanolide (2).
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the simplified skeleton of pleuromutilin (1).
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) using a ring-closing metathesis to construct the eight-member...
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-naupliolide (97).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of the A-B ring structure of fusicoccane (101).
Scheme 18: First attempts of TRCM of dienyne substrates.
Scheme 19: TRCM on optimized substrates towards the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 20: Tandem ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of variecolin intermediates 114 and 115.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of poitediol (118) using the allylsilane ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 22: Access to scaffold 122 by a NHK coupling reaction.
Scheme 23: Key step to construct the [5-8] bicyclooctanone core of aquatolide (4).
Scheme 24: Initial strategy to access aquatolide (4).
Scheme 25: Synthetic plan to cotylenin A (130).
Scheme 26: [5-8] Bicyclic structure of brachialactone (7) constructed by a Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 27: Influence of the replacement of the allylic alcohol moiety.
Scheme 28: Formation of variecolin intermediate 140 through a SmI2-mediated Barbier-type reaction.
Scheme 29: SmI2-mediated ketyl addition. Pleuromutilin (1) eight-membered ring closure via C5–C14 bond formati...
Scheme 30: SmI2-mediated dialdehyde cyclization cascade of [5-8-6] pleuromutilin scaffold 149.
Scheme 31: A) Modular synthetic route to mutilin and pleuromutilin family members by Herzon’s group. B) Scaffo...
Scheme 32: Photocatalyzed oxidative ring expansion in pleuromutilin (1) total synthesis.
Scheme 33: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (−)-6-epi-ophiobolin N (168).
Scheme 34: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (+)-6-epi-ophiobolin A (173).
Scheme 35: Radical 8-endo-trig-cyclization of a xanthate precursor.
Figure 5: Structural representations of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179) beari...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of the common [5-8-5] tricyclic intermediate of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), an...
Scheme 37: Asymmetric synthesis of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179).
Figure 6: Scope of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 38: Nazarov cyclization revealing the fusicoauritone core structure 192.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fusicoauritone (28) through Nazarov cyclization.
Scheme 40: (+)-Epoxydictymene (5) synthesis through a Nicholas cyclization followed by a Pauson–Khand reaction...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of aquatolide (4) by a Mukaiyama-type aldolisation.
Scheme 42: Tandem Wolff/Cope rearrangement furnishing the A-B bicyclic moiety 204 of variecolin.
Scheme 43: Asymmetric synthesis of the A-B bicyclic core 205 and 206 of variecolin.
Scheme 44: Formation of [5-8]-fused rings by cyclization under thermal activation.
Scheme 45: Construction of the [5-8-6] tricyclic core structure of variecolin (3) by Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of the [6-4-8-5]-tetracyclic skeleton by palladium-mediated cyclization.
Scheme 47: Access to the [5-8] bicyclic core structure of asteriscanolide (227) through rhodium-catalyzed cycl...
Scheme 48: Total syntheses of asterisca-3(15),6-diene (230) and asteriscanolide (2) with a Rh-catalyzed cycliz...
Scheme 49: Photocyclization of 2-pyridones to access the [5-8-5] backbone of fusicoccanes.
Scheme 50: Total synthesis of (+)-asteriscunolide D (245) and (+)-aquatolide (4) through photocyclization.
Scheme 51: Biocatalysis pathway to construct the [5-8-5] tricyclic scaffold of brassicicenes.
Scheme 52: Influence of the CotB2 mutant over the cyclization’s outcome of GGDP.
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
- of enol-ether formation/Grignard addition lead to intermediate 43, from which simple acidic treatment led to rhodomollein XXII, while α-oxidation in the presence of rhenium oxide followed by acidic work-up afforded rhodomollein XX. Interestingly, Ding’s synthesis constitutes an efficient approach (22
- into dimethylacetal 45 by Vilsmeier reaction followed by aldehyde protection in 54% yield over two steps. A Mukaiyama aldol reaction between trimethylsilyl enol ether 46 and dimethylacetal 45 followed by Sakurai cyclization provided an inseparable mixture of C9 epimers (dr = 2:1). A catalyst
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.
