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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 483–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.35
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Scheme 1: A) Chemical structures of hypermodified nucleobase queuine and nucleoside queuosine (Q) occurring a...
Scheme 2: Three-step syntheses of preQ1 (1) and DPQ1 (2). For the synthesis of m6preQ1 (16) see Supporting Information File 1.
Scheme 3: Syntheses of haloalkyl- and mesyloxyalkyl-modified preQ1 as and DPQ1 ligands.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 458–472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.33
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Figure 1: The Grotthuss–Draper, Einstein–Stark, and Beer–Lambert laws. T: transmittance; ε: molar attenuation...
Figure 2: The benefits of merging photochemistry with mechanochemical setups (top). Most common setups for ph...
Scheme 1: Mechanochemically triggered pedal-like motion in solid-state [2 + 2] photochemical cycloaddition fo...
Scheme 2: Mechanically promoted [2 + 2] photodimerization of trans-1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (2.1) via supra...
Scheme 3: Photo-thermo-mechanosynthesis of quinolines [65].
Scheme 4: Study of the mechanically assisted [2 + 2] photodimerization of chalcone [66].
Scheme 5: Liquid-assisted vortex grinding (LAVG) for the synthesis of [2.2]paracyclophane [68].
Scheme 6: Photomechanochemical approach for the riboflavin tetraacetate-catalyzed photocatalytic oxidation of...
Scheme 7: Photomechanochemical oxidation of 1,2-diphenylethyne to benzil. The photo in Scheme 7 was republished with ...
Scheme 8: Photomechanochemical borylation of aryldiazonium salts. The photo in Scheme 8 was reproduced from [72] (© 2017 ...
Scheme 9: Photomechanochemical control over stereoselectivity in the [2 + 2] dimerization of acenaphthylene. ...
Scheme 10: Photomechanochemical synthesis of polyaromatic compounds using UV light. The photo in Scheme 10 was reproduc...
Scheme 11: Mechanically assisted photocatalytic reactions: A) atom-transfer-radical addition, B) pinacol coupl...
Scheme 12: Use of mechanoluminescent materials as photon sources for photomechanochemistry. SAOED: SrAl2O4:Eu2+...
Figure 3: SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) analysis of photomechanochemistry.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 421–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.30
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Figure 1: Catalytic rate enhancements from a reduction in the Gibbs free energy transition barrier can be fra...
Figure 2: Typical catalysis modes using macrocycle cavities performing (non-specific) hydrophobic substrate b...
Figure 3: (A) Cram’s serine protease model system [87,88]. The macrocycle showed strong substrate binding (organizat...
Figure 4: (A) Self-assembling capsules can perform hydrophobic catalysis [116,117]. (B) Resorcin[4]arene building bloc...
Figure 5: (A) Metal-organic cages and key modes in catalysis. (B) Charged metals or ligands can result in +/−...
Figure 6: (A) Frameworks (MOFs, COFs) can be catalysts. (B) Example of a 2D-COF, assembled by dynamic covalen...
Figure 7: (A) Examples of dynamic covalent chemistry used to synthesize organic cages. (B) Organic cages are ...
Figure 8: (A) Design and development of soluble, functionalized, robust organic cages. (B) Examples of modula...
Figure 9: (A) There are 13 metastable conformers (symmetry-corrected) for cage 1 due to permutations of amide...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 412–420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.29
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Figure 1: Series o-carborane-fused pyrazoles under analysis.
Figure 2: Bond lengths (in Å) of systems under analysis (top row) and reference systems (second and third row...
Figure 3: Series of reference systems for the o-carborane-fused pyrazoles under analysis.
Figure 4: NICS (in ppm) of the boron cages (computed for the top 5-membered ring, center and bottom 5-membere...
Figure 5: AICD plots of systems under analysis from the fusion of o-carborane and pyrazole/pyrazoline and ref...
Figure 6: Current density maps (all-electron contributions) for a perpendicular magnetic field over a plane 1...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 296–326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.22
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Figure 1: Influence of the metal center M (Fe, Ru, Os) on the position of the MLCT and MC (metal-centered) ab...
Scheme 1: Red-light-mediated ring-closing metathesis through activation of a ruthenium catalyst by an osmium ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalyzed polymerization of dicylopentadiene mediated with red or blue light.
Figure 2: Comparison between [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and [Os(tpy)2]2+ in a photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation reaction:...
Scheme 3: Red-light photocatalyzed C–N cross-coupling reaction by T. Rovis et al. (SET = single-electron tran...
Figure 3: Red-light-mediated aryl oxidative addition with a bismuthinidene complex.
Scheme 4: Red-light-mediated reduction of aryl derivatives by O. S. Wenger et al. (PC = photocatalyst, anh = ...
Scheme 5: Red-light-mediated aryl halides reduction with an isoelectronic chromium complex (TDAE = tetrakis(d...
Scheme 6: Red-light-photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives with Umemoto’s reagent and a p...
Scheme 7: Red-light-mediated energy transfer for the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of N-phenyltetrahydroisoq...
Scheme 8: Red-light-mediated oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines with a phthalocyanin zinc complex.
Scheme 9: Formation of dialins and tetralins via a red-light-photocatalyzed reductive decarboxylation mediate...
Scheme 10: Oxidation of β-citronellol (28) via energy transfer mediated by a red-light activable silicon phtha...
Scheme 11: Formation of alcohol derivatives 32 from boron compounds 31 using chlorophyll (chl) as a red-light-...
Scheme 12: Red-light-driven reductive dehalogenation of α-halo ketones mediated by a thiaporphyrin photocataly...
Figure 4: Photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization medi...
Figure 5: Recent examples of red-light-mediated photocatalytic reactions with traditional organic dyes.
Figure 6: Squaraine photocatalysts used by Goddard et al. and aza-Henry reaction with squaraine-based photoca...
Figure 7: Reactions described by Goddard et al. involving 40 as the photocatalyst.
Figure 8: Various structures of squaraine derivatives used to initiate photopolymerizations.
Figure 9: Naturally occurring cyanins.
Figure 10: Influence of the structure on the photophysical properties of a cyanin dye.
Figure 11: NIR-light-mediated aza-Henry reaction photocatalyzed by 46.
Scheme 13: Photocatalyzed arylboronic acids oxidation by 46.
Figure 12: Cyanin structures synthetized and characterized by Goddard et al. (redox potentials given against s...
Figure 13: N,N′-Di-n-propyl-1,13-dimethoxyquinacridinium (55) with its redox potentials at its ground state an...
Scheme 14: Dual catalyzed C(sp2)–H arylation of 57 using DMQA 55 as the red-light-absorbing photocatalyst.
Scheme 15: Red-light-mediated aerobic oxidation of arylboronic acids 59 into phenols 60 via the use of DMQA as...
Figure 14: Red-light-photocatalyzed reactions proposed by Gianetti et al. using DMQA as the photocatalyst.
Scheme 16: Simultaneous release of NO and production of superoxide (O2•−) and their combination yielding the p...
Figure 15: Palladium porphyrin complex as the photoredox catalyst and the NO releasing substrate are linked in...
Scheme 17: Uncaging of compound 69 which is a microtubule depolymerizing agent using near IR irradiation. The ...
Scheme 18: Photochemical uncaging of drugs protected with a phenylboronic acid derivative using near IR irradi...
Scheme 19: Photoredox catalytical generation of aminyl radicals with near IR irradiation for the transfer of b...
Scheme 20: Photoredox catalytical fluoroalkylation of tryptophan moieties.
Figure 16: Simultaneous absorption of two photons of infrared light of low energy enables electronic excitatio...
Scheme 21: Uncaging Ca2+ ions using two-photon excitation with near infrared light.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 155–178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.9
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Figure 1: General mechanisms of traditional and radical-mediated cross-coupling reactions.
Figure 2: Types of electrocatalysis (using anodic oxidation).
Figure 3: Recent developments and features of electrochemical copper catalysis.
Figure 4: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed alkynylation and annulation of benzamide.
Figure 5: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed asymmetric C–H alkynylation.
Figure 6: Scheme for Cu/TEMPO-catalyzed C–H alkenylation of THIQs.
Figure 7: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical enantioselective cyanation of b...
Figure 8: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical asymmetric heteroarylcyanation ...
Figure 9: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed enantioselective regiodivergent cross-dehydrogenativ...
Figure 10: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu/Ni-catalyzed stereodivergent homocoupling of benzoxazolyl acet...
Figure 11: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical amination.
Figure 12: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical azidation of N-arylenamines and annu...
Figure 13: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical halogenation.
Figure 14: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed asymmetric cyanophosphinoylation of vinylarenes.
Figure 15: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu/Co dual-catalyzed asymmetric hydrocyanation of alkenes.
Figure 16: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of olefins.
Figure 17: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical azidocyanation of alkenes.
Figure 18: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical asymmetric decarboxylative cyan...
Figure 19: Scheme and proposed mechanism for electrocatalytic Chan–Lam coupling.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 146–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.8
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Scheme 1: C–F bond activation through β-fluorine elimination via metalacyclopropanes.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 2-arylbenzofurans 3 via the coupling of 1 with 2. Isolated yields are given. aNi(cod)2...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-phenylbenzothiophene (5).
Scheme 4: Orthogonal approach to 2,5-diarylbenzofuran 3fa.
Scheme 5: Possible mechanisms.
Scheme 6: Formation of nickelacyclopropane Eb in a stoichiometric reaction.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7
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Figure 1: Plausible general catalytic activation for ionic or radical mechanisms.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of α-aminonitriles 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of β-amino ketone or β-amino ester derivatives 3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-(α-aminoalkyl)-2-naphthol derivatives 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of thioaminals 5.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of aryl- or amine-containing alkanes 6 and 7.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-aryl-2-sulfonamidopropanes 8.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of α-substituted propargylamines 10.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of N-propargylcarbamates 11.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (E)-vinyl sulfones 12.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of o-halo-substituted aryl chalcogenides 13.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of α-aminophosphonates 14.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of unsaturated furanones and pyranones 15–17.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of substituted dihydropyrimidines 18.
Scheme 14: Regioselective synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines 20.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of tetrahydropyridines 21.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of furoquinoxalines 22.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 2,4-substituted quinolines 23.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclic ether-fused tetrahydroquinolines 24.
Scheme 19: Practical route for 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 25.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives 26.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles 27.
Scheme 22: Enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted pyrrolidines 30 directed by the copper complex 29.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 4,5-dihydropyrazoles 31.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 2 arylisoindolinones 32.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines 33.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of isoxazole-linked imidazo[1,2-a]azines 35.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-1,2,4-triazoles 36.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of naphthopyrans 37.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of benzo[g]chromene derivatives 38.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of naphthalene annulated 2-aminothiazoles 39, piperazinyl-thiazoloquinolines 40 and thiaz...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of furo[3,4-b]pyrazolo[4,3-f]quinolinones 42.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of spiroindoline-3,4’-pyrano[3,2-b]pyran-4-ones 43.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-(α-alkoxy)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 44.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 4-(α-tetrasubstituted)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 45.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 55–121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.6
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Scheme 1: Formation of axially chiral styrenes 3 via iminium activation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of axially chiral 2-arylquinolines 6.
Scheme 3: Atroposelective intramolecular (4 + 2) annulation leading to aryl-substituted indolines.
Scheme 4: Atroposelective formation of biaryl via twofold aldol condensation.
Scheme 5: Strategy towards diastereodivergent formation of axially chiral oligonaphthylenes.
Scheme 6: Atroposelective formation of chiral biaryls based on a Michael/Henry domino reaction.
Scheme 7: Organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade followed by oxidative aromatization.
Scheme 8: Atroposelective formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) axially chiral compounds.
Scheme 9: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral styrenes 26.
Scheme 10: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of biaxial chiral pyranones.
Scheme 11: Formation of bridged biaryls with eight-membered lactones.
Scheme 12: The NHC-catalyzed (3 + 2) annulation of urazoles 37 and ynals 36.
Scheme 13: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral 4‑aryl α‑carbolines 41.
Scheme 14: NHC-catalyzed construction of N–N-axially chiral pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 15: NHC-catalyzed oxidative Michael–aldol cascade.
Scheme 16: NHC-catalyzed (4 + 2) annulation for the synthesis of benzothiophene-fused biaryls.
Scheme 17: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of N-aryl maleimides.
Scheme 18: NHC-catalyzed deracemization of biaryl hydroxy aldehydes 55a–k into axially chiral benzonitriles 56a...
Scheme 19: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-aryloxyisophthalaldehydes.
Scheme 20: NHC-catalyzed DKR of 2-arylbenzaldehydes 62.
Scheme 21: Atroposelective biaryl amination.
Scheme 22: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective amination of 2-anilinonaphthalenes.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective DKR of naphthylindoles.
Scheme 24: CPA-catalyzed kinetic resolution of binaphthylamines.
Scheme 25: Atroposelective amination of aromatic amines with diazodicarboxylates.
Scheme 26: Atroposelective Friedländer heteroannulation.
Scheme 27: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 4-arylquinolines.
Scheme 28: CPA-catalyzed Friedländer reaction of arylketones with cyclohexanones.
Scheme 29: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective Povarov reaction.
Scheme 30: Atroposelective CPA-catalyzed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 31: Paal–Knorr formation of axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles and N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 32: Atroposelective Paal–Knorr reaction leading to N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 33: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-arylindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 34: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin-8-ylanilines.
Scheme 35: Atroposelective formation of arylindoles.
Scheme 36: CPA-catalyzed arylation of naphthoquinones with indolizines.
Scheme 37: Atroposelective reaction of o-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 38: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylquinones.
Scheme 39: CPA-catalyzed axially chiral N-arylquinones.
Scheme 40: Atroposelective additions of bisindoles to isatin-based 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 41: CPA-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral arylindolylindolinones.
Scheme 42: CPA-catalyzed reaction between bisindoles and ninhydrin-derived 3-indoylmethanols.
Scheme 43: Atroposelective reaction of bisindoles and isatin-derived imines.
Scheme 44: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral bisindoles.
Scheme 45: Atroposelective reaction of 2-naphthols with alkynylhydroxyisoindolinones.
Scheme 46: CPA-catalyzed reaction of indolylnaphthols with propargylic alcohols.
Scheme 47: Atroposelective formation of indolylpyrroloindoles.
Scheme 48: Atroposelective reaction of indolylnaphthalenes with alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols to alkynyl-2-naphthols and 2-naphthylamines.
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral aryl-alkene-indoles.
Scheme 51: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral styrenes.
Scheme 52: Atroposelective formation of alkenylindoles.
Scheme 53: Atroposelective formation of axially chiral arylquinolines.
Scheme 54: Atroposelective (3 + 2) cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes.
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)quinolines.
Scheme 56: Atroposelective cyclization of 3-(arylethynyl)-1H-indoles.
Scheme 57: Atroposelective three-component heteroannulation.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed formation of arylbenzimidazols.
Scheme 59: CPA-catalyzed reaction of N-naphthylglycine esters with nitrosobenzenes.
Scheme 60: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles.
Scheme 61: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylbenzoindoles.
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrrolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 63: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols and indoles to nitronaphthalenes.
Scheme 64: Atroposelective reaction of heterobiaryl aldehydes and aminobenzamides.
Scheme 65: Atroposelective cyclization forming N-arylquinolones.
Scheme 66: Atroposelective formation of 9H-carbazol-9-ylnaphthalenes and 1H-indol-1-ylnaphthalene.
Scheme 67: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrazolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 68: Atroposelective addition of diazodicarboxamides to azaborinephenols.
Scheme 69: Catalytic formation of axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 70: Atroposelective coupling of 1-azonaphthalenes with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 71: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oxindole-based styrenes.
Scheme 72: Atroposelective electrophilic bromination of aminonaphthoquinones.
Scheme 73: Atroposelective bromination of dienes.
Scheme 74: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 5-arylpyrimidines.
Scheme 75: Atroposelective hydrolysis of biaryloxazepines.
Scheme 76: Atroposelective opening of dinaphthosiloles.
Scheme 77: Atroposelective reduction of naphthylenals.
Scheme 78: Atroposelective allylic substitution with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 79: Atroposelective allylic alkylation with phosphinamides.
Scheme 80: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aminopyrroles.
Scheme 81: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aromatic sulfinamides.
Scheme 82: Atroposelective sulfonylation of naphthylynones.
Scheme 83: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl-2-naphthols with 5H-oxazolones.
Scheme 84: Formation of axially chiral styrenes via sulfonylative opening of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 85: Atroposelective organo-photocatalyzed sulfonylation of alkynyl-2-naphthols.
Scheme 86: Thiourea-catalyzed atroposelective cyclization of alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 87: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral naphthylisothiazoles.
Scheme 88: Atroposelective iodo-cyclization catalyzed by squaramide C69.
Scheme 89: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oligoarenes.
Scheme 90: Atroposelective ring-opening of cyclic N-sulfonylamides.
Scheme 91: Thiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of naphthylpyrroles.
Scheme 92: Atroposelective ring-opening of arylindole lactams.
Scheme 93: Atroposelective reaction of 1-naphthyl-2-tetralones and diarylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 94: Atroposelective reaction of iminoquinones with indoles.
Scheme 95: Kinetic resolution of binaphthylalcohols.
Scheme 96: DKR of hydroxynaphthylamides.
Scheme 97: Atroposelective N-alkylation with phase-transfer catalyst C75.
Scheme 98: Atroposelective allylic substitution via kinetic resolution of biarylsulfonamides.
Scheme 99: Atroposelective bromo-functionalization of alkynylarenes.
Scheme 100: Sulfenylation-induced atroposelective cyclization.
Scheme 101: Atroposelective O-sulfonylation of isochromenone-indoles.
Scheme 102: NHC-catalyzed atroposelective N-acylation of anilines.
Scheme 103: Peptide-catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening of lactones.
Scheme 104: Peptide-catalyzed coupling of 2-naphthols with quinones.
Scheme 105: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoroarenes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3
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Figure 1: A high-level representation of the workflow and framework used for the optimization of organic reac...
Figure 2: (a) Photograph showing a Chemspeed HTE platform using 96-well reaction blocks. (b) Mobile robot equ...
Figure 3: (a) Description of a slug flow platform developed using segments of gas as separation medium for hi...
Figure 4: Schematic representation (a) and photograph (b) of the flow parallel synthesizer intelligently desi...
Figure 5: (a) Schematic representation of an ASFR for obtaining an optimal solution with minimal human interv...
Figure 6: (a) A modular flow platform developed for a wider variety of chemical syntheses. (b) Various catego...
Figure 7: Implementation of four complementary PATs into the optimization process of a three-step synthesis.
Figure 8: Overlay of several Raman spectra of a single condition featuring the styrene vinyl region (a) and t...
Figure 9: (a) Schematic description of the process of chemical reaction optimization through ML methods. (b) ...
Figure 10: (a) Comparison between a standard GP (single-task) and a multitask GP. Training an auxiliary task u...
Figure 11: Comparison of the reaction yield between optimizations campaign where the catalyst ligand selection...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 8–9, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.2
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3281–3289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.272
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Figure 1: Examples of cyclic HIRs with a nitrogen-based group transfer [4,10,13-20].
Scheme 1: Electrophilic α‑amination of indanone-based β-ketoesters [4].
Scheme 2: Scope of the different (benzylamino)benziodoxolones (BBXs) 2 with ORTEP-3 diagram of compound 2d, u...
Scheme 3: Scope of the different β-sulfinyl esters 4 [32,33]. Isolated yields. rt – room temperature.
Scheme 4: Scope of the primary amine electrophilic reaction of sulfenate salts. Reaction conditions: 4 (2 equ...
Scheme 5: Electrophilic amination reaction in the presence of TEMPO. Reaction conditions: 4a (2 equiv), NaH (...
Scheme 6: Mechanism proposed for sulfonamide 5, β-sulfinyl ester 4, disulfide 7, and sulfide 3 formations. Th...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3256–3262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.269
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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...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261
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Figure 1: Classical MCRs.
Figure 2: Different scaffolds that can be formed with the Ugi adduct.
Scheme 1: Oxoindole-β-lactam core produced in a U4C-3CR.
Figure 3: Most active oxoindole-β-lactam compounds developed by Brãndao et al. [33].
Scheme 2: Ugi-azide synthesis of benzofuran, pyrazole and tetrazole hybrids.
Figure 4: The most promising hybrids synthesized via the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction reported by Kushwa...
Scheme 3: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of novel antioxidant compounds.
Figure 5: Most potent antioxidant compounds obtained through the Ugi four-component reaction developed by Pac...
Scheme 4: Four-component Ugi reaction to synthesize β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors.
Figure 6: The most potential β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors generated by Galante et al. [37].
Scheme 5: Four-component Ugi reaction to obtain FATH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 6: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of FATMH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 7: Petasis multicomponent reaction to produce pyrazine-based MTDLs.
Figure 7: Best pyrazine-based MTDLs synthesized by Madhav et al. [40].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of BCPOs employing a Knoevenagel-based multicomponent reaction and the best candidate syn...
Scheme 9: Hantzsch multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of DHPs as novel MTDLs.
Figure 8: Most active 1,4-dihydropyridines developed by Malek et al. [43].
Scheme 10: Chromone–donepezil hybrid MTDLs obtained via the Passerini reaction.
Figure 9: Best CDH-based MTDLs as AChE inhibitors synthesized by Malek et al. [46].
Scheme 11: Replacement of the nitrogen in lactams 11 with an oxygen in 12 to influence hydrogen-bond donating ...
Scheme 12: MCR 3 + 2 reaction to develop spirooxindole, spiroacenaphthylene, and bisbenzo[b]pyran compounds.
Figure 10: SIRT2 activity of best derivatives obtained by Hasaninejad et al. [49].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of ML192 analogs using the Gewald multicomponent reaction and the best candidate synthesi...
Scheme 14: Development of 1,5-benzodiazepines via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization (UDC) approach by Xu et al. [59].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-benzodiazepin-3-ones using UDC strategy.
Scheme 16: Synthetic procedure to obtain 3-carboxamide-1,4-benzodiazepin-5-ones employing Ugi–reduction–cycliz...
Scheme 17: Ugi cross-coupling (U-4CRs) to synthesize triazolobenzodiazepines.
Scheme 18: Azido-Ugi four component reaction cyclization to obtain imidazotetrazolodiazepinones.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of oxazolo- and thiazolo[1,4]benzodiazepine-2,5-diones via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization a...
Scheme 20: General synthesis of 2,3-dichlorophenylpiperazine-derived compounds by the Ugi reaction and Ugi/dep...
Figure 11: Best DRD2 compounds synthesized using a multicomponent strategy.
Scheme 21: Bucherer–Bergs multicomponent reaction to obtain a key intermediate in the synthesis of pomaglumeta...
Scheme 22: Ugi reaction to synthesize racetam derivatives and example of two racetams synthesized by Cioc et a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3085–3112, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.257
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the main tetrapyrrolic macrocycles studied in this review for their role as ...
Figure 2: Calix[4]pyrroles 3 and 4 and an their acyclic analogue 5 used for the transformation of Danishefsky...
Figure 3: Calixpyrrole-based organocatalysts 11 and 12 for the diastereoselective addition reaction of TMSOF ...
Figure 4: (a) Chemical structures of macrocyclic organocatalysts used for the synthesis of cyclic carbonates ...
Figure 5: Cuprous chloride-catalyzed aziridination of styrene (22) by chloramine-T (23) providing 1-tosyl-2-p...
Figure 6: Chemical structures of the various porphyrin macrocycles (18, 25–41) screened as potential catalyst...
Figure 7: Organocatalytic activity of distorted porphyrins explored by Senge and co-workers. Planar macrocycl...
Figure 8: Chemical structures of H2EtxTPP (x = 0, 2, 4, 6, 8) compounds with incrementally increasing nonplan...
Figure 9: Chemical structures of OxP macrocycles tested as potential organocatalysts for the conjugate additi...
Figure 10: a) Fundamental structure of the J-aggregates of diprotonated TPPS3 53 and b) its use as a catalyst ...
Figure 11: Chemical structures of amphiphilic porphyrin macrocycles used as pH-switchable catalysts based on i...
Figure 12: a) Chemical structures of porphyrin macrocycles for the cycloaddition of CO2 to N-alkyl/arylaziridi...
Figure 13: Electron and energy-transfer processes typical for excited porphyrin molecules (Por = porphyrin mac...
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for the light-induced α-alkylation of aldehydes with EDA in the presence of H2TP...
Figure 15: a) Chemical structures of porphyrins screened as photoredox catalysts, b) model reaction of furan (...
Figure 16: Porphyrin macrocycles H2TPP (18) and PPIX 78 as photoreductants for the red light-induced C–H aryla...
Figure 17: Porphyrin macrocycles H2TPP (18) and PPIX 78 as photoredox catalyst for (a) α-alkylation of an alde...
Figure 18: Corrole macrocycles 98–100 as photoredox catalysts for C–H arylation and borylation reactions. Adap...
Figure 19: Proposed catalytic cycle of electrocatalytic generation of H2 evolution using tetrapyrrolic macrocy...
Figure 20: a) Chemical structures of tetrapyrrolic macrocycles 109, 73, and 110 used for oxygen reductions in ...
Figure 21: a) Absorption spectra (left) of the air-saturated DCE solutions containing: 5 × 10−5 M H2TPP (black...
Figure 22: Chemical structures of N,N’-dimethylated saddle-distorted porphyrin isomers, syn-Me2P 111 and anti-...
Figure 23: Reaction mechanisms for the two-electron reduction of O2 by a) syn-Me2Iph 113 and b) anti-Me2Iph 114...
Figure 24: O2/H2O2 interconversion using methylated saddle-distorted porphyrin and isophlorin (reduced porphyr...
Figure 25: Chemical structures of distorted dodecaphenylporphyrin macrocycle 117 and its diprotonated form 118...
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Figure 1: In BGF for microbial natural product discovery, the culture extract is fractionated using chromatog...
Figure 2: In light of BGF’s decreasing return-on-investment, scientists have developed new natural product di...
Figure 3: a) Incorporation of the first five amino acid BBs in daptomycin (highlighted in blue) is illustrate...
Figure 4: Syn-BNPs were synthesized in accordance to predicted NRP structures; shown herein are hits from var...
Figure 5: a) “Offloading” is the final step of NRP biosynthesis, wherein the mature NRP is released from the ...
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Scheme 1: Organic peroxide initiators in polymer chemistry.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of organic peroxides.
Scheme 3: Richness of radical cascades with species formed from hydroperoxides in redox conditions.
Scheme 4: Co-catalyzed allylic peroxidation of alkenes 1 and 3 by TBHP.
Scheme 5: Allylic peroxidation of alkenes 6 by Pd(II)TBHP.
Scheme 6: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic peroxidation.
Scheme 7: Enantioselective peroxidation of alkenes 10 with TBHP in the presence of copper(I) compounds.
Scheme 8: Oxidation of α-pinene (12) by the Cu(I)/TBHP system.
Scheme 9: Introduction of the tert-butylperoxy fragment into the α-position of cyclic ketones 15 and 17.
Scheme 10: α-Peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds 19 using the Cu(II)/TBHP system.
Scheme 11: Co-catalyzed peroxidation of cyclic compounds 21 with TBHP.
Scheme 12: Co-, Mn- and Fe-catalyzed peroxidation of 2-oxoindoles 23, barbituric acids 25, and 4-hydroxycoumar...
Scheme 13: Cu-catalyzed and metal-free peroxidation of barbituric acid derivatives 31 and 3,4-dihydro-1,4-benz...
Scheme 14: Electrochemical peroxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds 35.
Scheme 15: Peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds, cyanoacetic esters and malonic esters 37 by the TBAI/TBHP s...
Scheme 16: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of malonodinitriles and cyanoacetic esters 39 with TBHP.
Scheme 17: Mn-catalyzed remote peroxidation via trifluromethylation of double bond.
Scheme 18: Cu-catalyzed remote peroxidation via trifluromethylthiolation of double bond.
Scheme 19: Fe-, Mn-, and Ru-catalyzed peroxidation of alkylaromatics 45, 47, 49, and 51 with TBHP.
Scheme 20: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of diphenylacetonitrile (53) with TBHP.
Scheme 21: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of benzyl cyanides 60 with TBHP.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of tert-butylperoxy esters 63 from benzyl alcohols 62 using the TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 23: Enantioselective peroxidation of 2-phenylbutane (64) with TBHP and chiral Cu(I) complex.
Scheme 24: Photochemical synthesis of peroxides 67 from carboxylic acids 66.
Scheme 25: Photochemical peroxidation of benzylic C(sp3)–H.
Scheme 26: Cu- and Ru-catalyzed peroxidation of alkylamines with TBHP.
Scheme 27: Peroxidation of amides 76 with the TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 28: Fe-catalyzed functionalization of ethers 78 with TBHP.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 4-(tert-butylperoxy)-5-phenyloxazol-2(3H)-ones 82 from benzyl alcohols 80 and isocyana...
Scheme 30: Fe- and Co-catalyzed peroxidation of alkanes with TBHP.
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed tert-butylperoxy dienone synthesis with TBHP.
Scheme 32: Rh- and Cu-catalyzed phenolic oxidation with TBHP.
Scheme 33: Metal-free peroxidation of phenols 94.
Scheme 34: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of acrylonitrile.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed cycloalkylation–peroxidation of coumarins 99.
Scheme 36: Metal-free cycloalkylation–peroxidation of coumarins 102.
Scheme 37: Difunctionalization of indene 104 with tert-butylperoxy and alkyl groups.
Scheme 38: Acid-catalyzed radical addition of ketones (108, 111) and TBHP to alkenes 107 and acrylates 110.
Scheme 39: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 113 with TBHP and diazo compounds 114.
Scheme 40: Cobalt(II)-catalyzed addition of TBHP and 1,3-dicarbonyl compound 116 to alkenes 117.
Scheme 41: Cu(0)- or Co(II)-catalyzed addition of TBHP and alcohols 120 to alkenes 119.
Scheme 42: Fe-catalyzed functionalization of allenes 122 with TBHP.
Scheme 43: Fe-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 125 and 127.
Scheme 44: Fe- and Co-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 130, 133 and 134 with TBHP and aldehydes as...
Scheme 45: Carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 137, 140, 143 with hydroperoxides and aldehydes.
Scheme 46: Carbamoylation–peroxidation of alkenes 146 with formamides and TBHP.
Scheme 47: TBAB-catalyzed carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes.
Scheme 48: VOCl2-catalyzed carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 152.
Scheme 49: Acylation–peroxidation of alkenes 155 with aldehydes 156 and TBHP using photocatalysis.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of styrenes 158.
Scheme 51: Fe-catalyzed acylation-peroxidation of alkenes 161 with carbazates 160 and TBHP.
Scheme 52: Difunctionalization of alkenes 163, 166 with TBHP and (per)fluoroalkyl halides.
Scheme 53: Difunctionalization of alkenes 169 and 172 with hydroperoxides and sodium (per)fluoromethyl sulfina...
Scheme 54: Trifluoromethylation–peroxidation of styrenes 175 using MOF Cu3(BTC)2 as a catalyst.
Scheme 55: Difunctionalization of alkenes 178 with tert-butylperoxy and dihalomethyl fragments.
Scheme 56: Difunctionalization of alkenes 180 with the tert-butylperoxy and dihalomethyl moieties.
Scheme 57: The nitration–peroxidation of alkenes 182 with t-BuONO and TBHP.
Scheme 58: Azidation–peroxidation of alkenes 184 with TMSN3 and TBHP.
Scheme 59: Co-catalyzed bisperoxidation of butadiene 186.
Scheme 60: Bisperoxidation of styrene (189) and acrylonitrile (192) with TBHP by Minisci.
Scheme 61: Mn-catalyzed synthesis of bis(tert-butyl)peroxides 195 from styrenes 194.
Scheme 62: Bisperoxidation of arylidene-9H-fluorenes 196 and 3-arylidene-2-oxoindoles 198 with TBHP under Mn-c...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of bisperoxides from styrenes 200 and 203 using the Ru and Rh catalysis.
Scheme 64: Iodine-catalyzed bisperoxidation of styrenes 206.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of di-tert-butylperoxyoxoindoles 210 from acrylic acid anilides 209 using a Pd(II)/TBHP o...
Scheme 66: Pinolation/peroxidation of styrenes 211 catalyzed by Cu(I).
Scheme 67: TBAI-catalyzed acyloxylation–peroxidation of alkenes 214 with carboxylic acids and TBHP.
Scheme 68: Difunctionalization of alkenes 217 with TBHP and water or alcohols.
Scheme 69: TBAI-catalyzed hydroxyperoxidation of 1,3-dienes 220.
Scheme 70: Hydroxyperoxidation of 1,3-dienes 220.
Scheme 71: Iodination/peroxidation of alkenes 223 with I2 and hydroperoxides.
Scheme 72: The reactions of cyclic enol ethers 226 and 228 with I2/ROOH system.
Scheme 73: Synthesis of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes 231.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of 1-iodo-2-(tert-butylperoxy)ethanes 233.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed phosphorylation–peroxidation of alkenes 234.
Scheme 76: Co-catalyzed phosphorylation–peroxidation of alkenes 237.
Scheme 77: Ag-catalyzed sulfonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 241.
Scheme 78: Co-catalyzed sulfonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 244.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of α/β-peroxysulfides 248 and 249 from styrenes 247.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation–peroxidation of alkenes 250 and allenes 252.
Scheme 81: Photocatalytic sulfonyl peroxidation of alkenes 254 via deamination of N-sulfonyl ketimines 255.
Scheme 82: Photoredox-catalyzed 1,4-peroxidation–sulfonylation of enynones 257.
Scheme 83: Cu-catalyzed silylperoxidation of α,β-unsaturated compounds 260 and enynes 261.
Scheme 84: Fe-catalyzed silyl peroxidation of alkenes.
Scheme 85: Cu-catalyzed germyl peroxidation of alkenes 267.
Scheme 86: TBAI-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of diazo compounds 269 with further peroxidation.
Scheme 87: Co-catalyzed three-component coupling of benzamides 271, diazo compounds 272 and TBHP.
Scheme 88: Co-catalyzed esterification-peroxidation of diazo compounds 274 with TBHP and carboxylic acids 275.
Scheme 89: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of α-carbonylimines 277 or ketones 280.
Scheme 90: Mn-catalyzed ring-opening peroxidation of cyclobutanols 282 with TBHP.
Scheme 91: Peroxycyclization of tryptamines 284 with TBHP.
Scheme 92: Radical cyclization–peroxidation of homotryptamines 287.
Scheme 93: Iodine-catalyzed oxidative coupling of indoles 288, cyanoacetic esters and TBHP.
Scheme 94: Summary of metal-catalyzed peroxidation processes.
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Figure 1: Various structures of iodonium salts.
Scheme 1: Αrylation of α-fluoroacetoacetamides 5 to α-aryl-α-fluoroacetoacetamides 7 and α-fluoroacetamides 8...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of α-fluoroacetoacetamides 5 to α-aryl-α-fluoroacetoacetamides ...
Scheme 3: α-Arylation of α-nitro- and α-cyano derivatives of α-fluoroacetamides 9 employing unsymmetrical DAI...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of α,α-difluoroketones 13 by reacting α,α-difluoro-β-keto acid esters 11 with aryl(TMP)io...
Scheme 5: Coupling reaction of arynes generated by iodonium salts 6 and arynophiles 14 for the synthesis of t...
Scheme 6: Metal-free arylation of quinoxalines 17 and quinoxalinones 19 with DAISs 16.
Scheme 7: Transition-metal-free, C–C cross-coupling of 2-naphthols 21 to 1-arylnapthalen-2-ols 22 employing d...
Scheme 8: Arylation of vinyl pinacol boronates 23 to trans-arylvinylboronates 24 in presence of hypervalent i...
Scheme 9: Light-induced selective arylation at C2 of quinoline N-oxides 25 and pyridine N-oxides 28 in the pr...
Scheme 10: Plaussible mechanism for the light-induced selective arylation of N-heterobiaryls.
Scheme 11: Photoinduced arylation of heterocycles 31 with the help of diaryliodonium salts 16 activated throug...
Scheme 12: Arylation of MBH acetates 33 with DIPEA and DAIRs 16.
Scheme 13: Aryl sulfonylation of MBH acetates 33 with DABSO and diphenyliodonium triflates 16.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of oxindoles 37 from N-arylacrylamides 36 and diaryliodonium salts 26.
Scheme 15: Mechanically induced N-arylation of amines 38 using diaryliodonium salts 16.
Scheme 16: o-Fluorinated diaryliodonium salts 40-mediated diarylation of amines 38.
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the diarylation of amines 38 using o-fluorinated diaryliodonium salts 40.
Scheme 18: Ring-opening difunctionalization of aliphatic cyclic amines 41.
Scheme 19: N-Arylation of amino acid esters 44 using hypervalent iodonium salts 45.
Scheme 20: Regioselective N-arylation of triazole derivatives 47 by hypervalent iodonium salts 48.
Scheme 21: Regioselective N-arylation of tetrazole derivatives 50 by hypervalent iodonium salt 51.
Scheme 22: Selective arylation at nitrogen and oxygen of pyridin-2-ones 53 by iodonium salts 16 depending on t...
Scheme 23: N-Arylation using oxygen-bridged acyclic diaryliodonium salt 56.
Scheme 24: The successive C(sp2)–C(sp2)/O–C(sp2) bond formation of naphthols 58.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of diarylethers 62 via in situ generation of hypervalent iodine salts.
Scheme 26: O-Arylated galactosides 64 by reacting protected galactosides 63 with hypervalent iodine salts 16 i...
Scheme 27: Esterification of naproxen methyl ester 65 via formation and reaction of naproxen-containing diaryl...
Scheme 28: Etherification and esterification products 72 through gemfibrozil methyl ester-derived diaryliodoni...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of iodine containing meta-substituted biaryl ethers 74 by reacting phenols 61 and cyclic ...
Scheme 30: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of meta-functionalized biaryl ethers 74.
Scheme 31: Intramolecular aryl migration of trifluoromethane sulfonate-substituted diaryliodonium salts 75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of diaryl ethers 80 via site-selective aryl migration.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of O-arylated N-alkoxybenzamides 83 using aryl(trimethoxyphenyl)iodonium salts 82.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of aryl sulfides 85 from thiols 84 using diaryliodonium salts 16 in basic conditions.
Scheme 35: Base-promoted synthesis of diarylsulfoxides 87 via arylation of general sulfinates 86.
Scheme 36: Plausible mechanism for the arylation of sulfinates 86 via sulfenates A to give diaryl sulfoxides 87...
Scheme 37: S-Arylation reactions of aryl or heterocyclic thiols 88.
Scheme 38: Site-selective S-arylation reactions of cysteine thiol groups in 91 and 94 in the presence of diary...
Scheme 39: The selective S-arylation of sulfenamides 97 using diphenyliodonium salts 98.
Scheme 40: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of sulfilimines 99.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of S-arylxanthates 102 by reacting DAIS 101 with potassium alkyl xanthates 100.
Figure 2: Structured of the 8-membered and 4-membered heterotetramer I and II.
Scheme 42: S-Arylation by diaryliodonium cations 103 using KSCN (104) as a sulfur source.
Scheme 43: S-Arylation of phosphorothioate diesters 107 through the utilization of diaryliodonium salts 108.
Scheme 44: Transfer of the aryl group from the hypervalent iodonium salt 108 to phosphorothioate diester 107.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of diarylselenides 118 via diarylation of selenocyanate 115.
Scheme 46: Light-promoted arylation of tertiary phosphines 119 to quaternary phosphonium salts 121 using diary...
Scheme 47: Arylation of aminophosphorus substrate 122 to synthesize phosphine oxides 123 using aryl(mesityl)io...
Scheme 48: Reaction of diphenyliodonium triflate (16) with DMSO (124) via thia-Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of biaryl compounds 132 by reacting diaryliodonium salts 131 with arylhydroxylamines 130 ...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of substituted indazoles 134 and 135 from N-hydroxyindazoles 133.
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Scheme 1: Structures of indigo (1a), indirubin (2a) and isoindigo (3a).
Scheme 2: Structures of akashins A–C.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 5b. Reagents and conditions: i) TMSOTf, 4 Å MS, CH2Cl2, −20 °C, 1.5 h, then 20 °C, 8–1...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 7c. Reagents and conditions: i) TMSOTf, 4 Å MS, CH2Cl2, −18 °C, 3 h; then: TMSOTf, 4 Å...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1d. Reagents and conditions: i) chloroacetic acid, Na2CO3, reflux, 6 h; ii) Ac2O, NaOA...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 10e. Reagents and conditions: i) p-TsOH·H2O, acetonitrile, MeOH, 1 d; ii) NIS, PPh3, D...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of akashins A–C. Reagents and conditions: i) TMSOTf, 4 Å MS, CH2Cl2, −18 to 20 °C, 15 h; ...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 5d. Reagents and conditions: i) KMnO4, AcOH, high-power-stirring (12.000 rot/min), 20 ...
Scheme 9: Possible mechanism of the formation of 5c.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 7d. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) CH2Cl2, 2) Me3SiI, 20 °C, 30 min, 3) 0 °C, 30 min, ...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of α-15b. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) CH2Cl2, 2) Me3SiI, 20 °C, 30 min, 3) 0 °C, 30 mi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of isatin-N-glycosides 16a–f. Reagents and conditions: i) PhNH2, EtOH, 20 °C, 12 h; ii) Ac...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 17–21. Reagents and conditions: i) Na2CO3, MeOH, 20 °C, 4 h.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of indirubin-N-glycosides α-17a and α-17b.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-17f. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) Na2CO3, MeOH, 20 °C, 4 h, 2) Ac2O/pyridine 1:1, ...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of β-24a. Reagents and conditions: i) n-PrOH, H2O, formic acid (buffer, 100 mM), 2 h, 65 ...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of isatin-N-glycosides 23b–g and 24b–g.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of β-29a,b. Reagents and conditions: i) EtOH, 20 °C, 12 h; ii) DDQ, dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h;...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of β-31a. Reagents and conditions: i) Na2SO3, dioxane, H2O, 110 °C, 2 d; ii) piperidine, ...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 33a–d. Reagents and conditions: i) Ac2O, AcOH, NaOAc, 80 °C, 1 h; ii) 1) NaOMe, anhydr...
Scheme 21: Indirubins 34 and 35.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 36f. Reagents and conditions: i) NaOH, H2O, 20 °C, 5 h; ii) HCl, NaNO2, H2O, −14 °C; i...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 38a–h. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) 0.1 equiv NaOMe, MeOH, 20 °C, 15–20 min, 2) HOAc...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 40a–h. Reagents and conditions: i) method A: EtOH/THF, cat. KOt-Bu, 20 °C, 3–4.5 h; me...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 41a–d. Reagents and conditions: i) Ac2O, AcOH, NaOAc, 80 °C, 1 h.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of 41e. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH, NaOAc, 110 °C, 24 h.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of E-β-43a–e and E-β-44a,b. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) NEt3, EtOH, 20 °C, 12 h, 2) DM...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of E-43f. Reagents and conditions: i) Na2CO3, MeOH, 20 °C, 6–24 h.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 46a–m. Reagents and conditions: i) NEt3 (1 equiv), EtOH, 20 °C, 6–10 h; ii) MsCl, NEt3...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of 48a–d. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH/Ac2O, NaOAc, 60 °C, 3–4 h.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 48e. Reagents and conditions: i) NaOAc, AcOH, 110 °C, 24 h.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of β-49a,b. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH/Ac2O, NaOAc, 60 °C, 3–4 h.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of β-54a,b. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) NaH, DMF, 0 °C, 15 min, 2) β-51a,b, 20 °C, 3 h...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 54c–l. The yields refer to the yields of the first and second condensation step for ea...
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 57a–c and 58a–d. Reagents and conditions: i) HCl (conc.), AcOH, reflux, 24 h; ii) 1) B...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 59a–e and 60a–e. Reagents and conditions: i) P(NEt2)3 (1.1 equiv), CH2Cl2, −78 °C to 2...
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 61a–d and 62a–d. Reagents and conditions: i) P(NEt2)3 (1.1 equiv), CH2Cl2, −78 °C to 2...
Scheme 38: Synthesis of β-64a–e and α-64a. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH, Ac2O, NaOAc, 90 °C, 6 h.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of β-72a. Reagents and conditions: i) 66, EtOH, 20 °C, 12 h; ii) DDQ, dioxane, 20 °C, 12 ...
Scheme 40: Synthesis of β-72b.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of β-74a–c. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH, Ac2O, NaOAc, 130 °C, 2 d.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of β-77. Reagents and conditions: i) 1) NEt3, EtOH, 20 °C, 12 h, 2) DMAP, NEt3, MsCl, 0 °...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of β-81a–f and β-80g. Reagents and conditions: i) AcOH, 80 °C, 1–3 h; ii) benzene, PTSA, ...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 84a. Reagents and conditions: i) benzene, AlCl3, 20 °C, 10 min; ii) MeOH, NaOMe, 12 h,...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of 84b–l. The yields refer to the yields of the condensation and the deprotection step fo...
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Figure 1: Some biologically active compounds and organic fluorophores containing the imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidine...
Figure 2: Existing approaches to imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines.
Scheme 1: Reaction of 2-aminoimidazole (1) with N-substituted maleimides (2) and N-arylitaconimides (3).
Scheme 2: Plausible synthetic routes for the interaction of N-substituted maleimides 2 with 2-aminoimidazole (...
Scheme 3: Plausible synthetic routes for the interaction of or N-arylitaconimides 3 with 2-aminoimidazole (1)....
Figure 3: Key correlations observed in the NOESY and HMBC spectra of the products 4d and 5d.
Scheme 4: Results of MEP calculations for the reaction of N-phenylmaleimide (2a) with 2-aminoimidazole (1).
Scheme 5: Results of MEP calculations for the reaction of N-phenylithaconimide (3a) with 2-aminoimidazole (1)....
Figure 4: Structures of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines selected for docking and voriconazole selected for comparis...
Figure 5: (A) Position of the (S)-isomer of compound 4e in the active site of CYP51 after molecular dockinga....
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Figure 1: (A) Structures of tetrasubstituted 5,10,15,20-tetraphenylporphyrin (TPP, 1), dodecasubstituted 2,3,...
Scheme 1: Reaction scheme for the synthesis of OET-xBrPPs and subsequent Ni(II) metalation.
Figure 2: Substrates used for the investigations for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Scheme 2: Scope of arm-extended dodecasubstituted porphyrins synthesized via modification of the meso-para-ph...
Scheme 3: Scope of arm-extended dodecasubstituted porphyrins synthesized via reaction at the meso-meta-phenyl...
Scheme 4: Attempts of arm-extension of dodecasubstituted porphyrins at the meso-ortho-phenyl position.
Scheme 5: Borylation and subsequent Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of porphyrin 13.
Figure 3: View of the molecular structure of compounds 26 (top left) and 27 (top right) with atomic displacem...
Figure 4: Left: packing diagram of 27 viewed normal to the c-axis showing the channels in the lattice with th...
Figure 5: Left: view of part 0 2 in the molecular structure of the α2β2-atropisomer, 11 in the crystal, hydro...
Figure 6: Schematic representation of porphyrin 37 showing a doubly intercalated structure.
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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.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2708–2719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.228
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Figure 1: Synthesis of uracil-based alkynes and aryl structures [51,62-65].
Figure 2: Structures of uracil derivatives A, B, and C.
Scheme 1: Strategy for the synthesis of the cyclised product 5. Conditions: i) Br2 (2 equiv), Ac2O (1.5 equiv...
Scheme 2: Synthesis and isolated yields of 1,3-dimethyl-5-aryl-6-[2-(aryl)ethynyl]uracils 4a–i. Reaction cond...
Scheme 3: Scope and isolated yields of the synthesis of 5. Reaction conditions: 4 (1 equiv), p-TsOH·H2O (20 e...
Scheme 4: Proposed reaction mechanism of the cyclisation with N,N-dimethylanilino functional groups.
Figure 3: UV–vis absorption (left) and emission (right, λex = 400 nm) spectra of 5a, 5d, 5f, 5g, 5h, and 5i i...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2691–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.226
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of monofluoroalkenes using fluorine-containing building blocks.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2635–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.221
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of γ-CD (A); M062X/6-31G(d,p) optimized conformers of nonhydrated γ-CD in two pr...
Figure 2: Schematic representation of γ-CD–nH2O complexes (where n = 1–7) with water molecules/clusters locat...
Figure 3: M062X/6-31G(d,p) optimized structures of the most stable (a/b structures from Figure 2) γ-CD–nH2O (n = 1–7)...
Figure 4: DSC curve (A) and TG analysis for γ-CD (B). Compared to our previous studies, the hydrated γ-cyclod...