Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

• Acácio S. de Souza,
• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Dora C. S. Costa,
• Fernanda P. Pauli,
• David R. Pinho,
• Matheus G. de Moraes,
• Fernando de C. da Silva,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

• -LED light [111]. Under these conditions, menadione (10) and terminal alkynes 66 underwent a [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction generating compounds containing cyclobutene rings (67a–c), that are important precursors in natural products syntheses. It is important to note that the choice of the blue-LED

Borylated norbornadiene derivatives: Synthesis and application in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions

• Robin Schulte and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 368–373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.41

• recently gained considerable attention because of its ability to store light-energy by the photo-induced intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition to the metastable quadricyclane [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The latter may be transformed back to the starting norbornadiene in an exothermic process upon heating or

Synthesis of phenanthridines via a novel photochemically-mediated cyclization and application to the synthesis of triphaeridine

• Songeziwe Ntsimango,
• Kennedy J. Ngwira,
• Moira L. Bode and
• Charles B. de Koning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.152

• ], rhodium-mediated alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions [3], and the palladium-catalysed aerobic domino Suzuki coupling/Michael addition reaction [4]. The most attractive and common strategies to phenanthridines rely on intramolecular cyclizations of various ortho-functionalized biaryl precursors

Recent advances in the syntheses of anthracene derivatives

• Giovanni S. Baviera and
• Paulo M. Donate

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

• -cyclotrimerization reaction catalyzed by a cobalt/zinc reagent [40]. With regard to substituted anthracenes, this method consisted of a [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of 1,6-diynes 27 with 4-aryl-2-butyn-1-ols 28 (Scheme 6). The authors converted the resulting benzylic alcohols 29 to the corresponding aldehydes

• + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene derivative 178 and terminal/internal alkynes 177 (Scheme 41) [75]. The authors performed the reactions with terminal alkynes in toluene, and reactions with internal alkynes in dichloromethane (DCM). They noted that the use of 1,2-bis

• -Proline-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of naphthoquinones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. Iridium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of a 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene derivative with alkynes. Synthesis of several anthraquinone derivatives by using InCl3 and molecular iodine. Indium-catalyzed

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

Prins cyclization-mediated stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydropyrans and dihydropyrans: an inspection of twenty years

• Asha Budakoti,
• Pradip Kumar Mondal,
• Prachi Verma and
• Jagadish Khamrai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 932–963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.77

• based on DFT calculations. A different [2 + 2]-cycloaddition process was suggested to rationalize the observed OH-selectivity. In 2015, Padrón and co-workers also reported the Prins cyclization catalyzed by a Fe(III) and trimethylsilyl halide system for the synthesis of all-cis-2,4,6-trisubstituted THP

• [107]. As reported previously by Feng et al. [106], two mechanistic pathways via the classical oxocarbenium route and [2 + 2]-cycloaddition were considered for DFT calculations. Experimental and DFT studies suggested the preference of a classical oxocarbenium route over the [2 + 2]-pathway for those

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

• produced (−)-inthomycin C ((−)-3) in 80% yield with high enantiopurity (Scheme 7). In 2012, Hatakeyama and co-workers reported a unified strategy for the asymmetric total syntheses of inthomycin A ((+)-1), inthomycin B ((+)-2), and inthomycin C ((−)-3), starting with an organocatalytic asymmetric [2 + 2

• ] cycloaddition reaction of an aldehyde and a ketene followed by their isomerization-free Stille coupling with (E)-5-(3-(tributylstannyl)allyl)oxazole (Schemes 8–10) [22]. In this synthesis, the enantiopure β-lactone (+)-79a was synthezised from (Z)-aldehyde 78 and propionyl chloride according to Nelson’s method

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

• Callum Prentice,
• James Morrisson,
• Andrew D. Smith and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

• -deficient alkenes 190 to synthesise cyclobutanes 191 (Scheme 28c) [83]. Recently, Bach et al. also employed this methodology for the intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of quinolones 192 containing either a pendant alkene or allene to obtain cyclobutanes 193 (Scheme 28d) [84]. Recently, ent-185 was applied

• and enantioselectivities (27 examples, up to >99:1 er). Yoon et al. have also shown that these types of Lewis acid complexes can be used in an energy transfer process for the [2 + 2] cycloaddition of enones 288 with alkenes 289 (Scheme 47) [113][114]. The triplet energy of 288, when complexed to the

Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

• Thomas Schneider,
• Michael Keim,
• Bianca Seitz and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

• consider the reactivity of the electrophilic (“electron-poor”) acetylenic bond toward 1,3-dienes, and show how the expected [4 + 2] or [2 + 2] cycloaddition products can enter subsequent cascade reactions toward carbocycles which incorporate a C(CF3)NMe2 structural unit. Results and Discussion The Diels

• -Cb for the byproduct. Thus, signals of the two methyl groups (δ 1.63, 1.78 ppm) and two terminal olefinic protons (δ 4.88 ppm, m) are observed, and the ring-CH2 protons appear as an AB spin system (δ 2.75 and 2.92 ppm, 2J = 15.2 Hz). Obviously, 4-Cb and 5-Cb result from a formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition

• presumably renders an ionic [2 + 2] cycloaddition pathway competitive with the Diels–Alder reaction. The few reported examples of cyclobutene formation from alkynes and unactivated 1,3-dienes include the sensitized photocycloaddition of phenylacetylene and DMBD [30] and the gold(I)-catalyzed reaction of

NHC-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxyamides

• Alyn T. Davies,
• Mark D. Greenhalgh,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Andrew D. Smith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1572–1578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.129

• Alyn T. Davies Mark D. Greenhalgh Alexandra M. Z. Slawin Andrew D. Smith EaStCHEM, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, United Kingdom 10.3762/bjoc.16.129 Abstract The N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalyzed formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition between α

• moderate to good yield as a single diastereoisomer. Keywords: enantioselective catalysis; formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition; N-heterocyclic carbene; ring opening; trifluoromethyl group; Introduction The trifluoromethyl unit holds a prominent and privileged position within organic chemistry [1][2][3][4][5][6

• paper, this formal [2 + 2] protocol is extended to the use of trifluoroacetophenones to develop an enantioselective route to β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives (Figure 2C). Results and Discussion Optimization Optimization of the NHC-catalyzed formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition using the α

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• as the HAT cocatalyst, to generate the tetralin skeleton, which is widely seen in drugs and pesticide synthesis (Scheme 5) [13]. Diphenyl disulfide played an important role in the [4 + 2] cycloaddition process. Without diphenyl disulfide, only the product of the [2 + 2] cycloaddition was observed

• nonpolar solvent, PhSSPh accelerates the [4 + 2] cycloaddition of the radical cation 19, but the electron-relay catalyst promotes the [2 + 2] cycloaddition. The radical cation 19 can undergo two different types of cyclizations, subject to the relative reactivity of its radical and cation center. The α

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

• accompanied by elimination reactions. 3. Synthesis via cycloadditions Cycloadditions, especially the photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition (thia-Paternò–Büchi reaction) of thiones and thioamides with olefins [15][16][17][18], and formal cycloadditions are alternative routes for the construction of thietane

• nm UV light [63]. In 1978, Gotthardt and Nieberl investigated the UV light-induced [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of thiones with cyclic alkenes and realized the synthesis of spirothietane derivatives. Under n → π* excitation using Na light, xanthione (196) reacted with acenaphthylene (197), indene

• performed the photochemical cycloadditions of N-methylthiophthalimide (214) with 2,3-dimethylbut-2-ene (215a) or with stilbene (186b) to give spirothietanes 216 and 217, respectively [68] (Scheme 42). In 1985, Jenner and Papadopoulos prepared fused thietane derivatives 220 by the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

Synthesis of esters of diaminotruxillic bis-amino acids by Pd-mediated photocycloaddition of analogs of the Kaede protein chromophore

• Esteban P. Urriolabeitia,
• Pablo Sánchez,
• Alexandra Pop,
• Cristian Silvestru,
• Eduardo Laga,
• Ana I. Jiménez and
• Carlos Cativiela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1111–1123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.98

• , harsh irradiation conditions and low yields) [16][20], or (b) the direct [2 + 2] cycloaddition does not take place and it is necessary to synthesize a cyclobutane precursor and then functionalize it, thus increasing the number of reaction steps, the waste material, and decreasing the global yield [16

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• concerted) are still ongoing. The generally accepted mechanisms for these reactions are shown in Scheme 27, and propose a stepwise mechanism for ene and [2 + 2] cycloaddition, and a concerted mechanism for [4 + 2] cycloaddition [67]. In this part of the review, we decided to highlight the historically

• rearrangement (Scheme 39) [89]. Further photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition and hydrolysis allowed them to obtain rhodonoid A in 30% overall yield. Other similar natural products (rhodonoid B, E and F) were also prepared by the same synthetic strategy. Singlet oxygen has also been efficiently used for

Reversible photoswitching of the DNA-binding properties of styrylquinolizinium derivatives through photochromic [2 + 2] cycloaddition and cycloreversion

• Sarah Kölsch,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Brian O. Patrick

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 111–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.13

Diversity-oriented synthesis of spirothiazolidinediones and their biological evaluation

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Gaddamedi Sreevani,
• Lilya U. Dzhemileva,
• Milyausha M. Yunusbaeva,
• Usein M. Dzhemilev and
• Vladimir A. D’yakonov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2774–2781, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.269

• inducers in the HeLa, Hek293, U937, Jurkat, and K562 cell lines. Keywords: apoptosis; biologically active; [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition; flow cytometry; spiro thiazolidinedione; Introduction Heterocyclic compounds play a vital role in the metabolism of all living cells. Thus, most of the biologically active

• generate new derivatives suitable for the multiple interaction sites. Further, the antitumour activity of these compounds were studied. Therefore, we synthesized the required diyne derivatives of thiazolidinedione for [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition, in the presence of propargyl bromide and K2CO3 in DMF. The

• dipropargyl derivatives 7e and 7f were then treated with different propargyl alcohols 16 in the presence of Wilkinson’s catalyst/Ti(OiPr)4 under ethanol reflux conditions [53] to obtain the corresponding [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerized alcohols 17–19 and 21 in good yields. During the [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of

Synthesis of acremines A, B and F and studies on the bisacremines

• Nils Winter and
• Dirk Trauner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2271–2276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.219

• starting material. Next, we tried to trigger the cyclization through a [2 + 2] cycloaddition followed by vinyl cyclobutane rearrangement [19][20]. We reasoned that the initially formed divinyl cyclobutane [21] should undergo an allylic rearrangement to furnish the decalin system [22][23]. Condensation

An overview of the cycloaddition chemistry of fulvenes and emerging applications

• Ellen Swan,
• Kirsten Platts and
• Anton Blencowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2113–2132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.209

• derivative [22][27]. Reaction scheme for (a) [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,2-diphenylmethylenecyclopropene and 1-diethylamino-1,3-butadiene and (b) [4 + 2] cycloaddition of an in situ-generated triafulvene with cyclopentadiene. Diels–Alder cycloaddition of pentafulvenes derivatives participating as dienes with

Analysis of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons in grape berry exocarp (Vitis vinifera L.) using in vivo-labeling and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC×GC–MS)

• Philipp P. Könen and
• Matthias Wüst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1945–1961, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.190

• photoinduced [2 + 2]-cycloaddition is very unlikely. The biosynthesis of β-bourbonene can be performed by cationic cyclization, as shown in Scheme 4. A total of 5 bicyclic, aromatic sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (21–25) with a cadinane skeleton were found in exocarp of the grape variety Lemberger, whose identity

Norbornadiene-functionalized triazatriangulenium and trioxatriangulenium platforms

• Roland Löw,
• Talina Rusch,
• Tobias Moje,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Olaf M. Magnussen and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1815–1821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.175

• (NBD) and quadricyclanes (QC) attached to TATA and TOTA platforms which can be used to check if these accelerated rates and the spin change mechanism also apply to [2 + 2] cycloreversions (QC→NBD). Keywords: [2 + 2] cycloaddition; [2 + 2] cycloreversion; norbornadiene; photochemical isomerization

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

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

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

• , inexpensive, water-tolerant Lewis acid catalyst in the formation of both carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds, and thereby the formation of various biologically promising organic compounds [68]. Important advances in scandium-catalyzed chemistry include [4 + 2] and [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions, Baeyer

SO₂F₂-mediated transformation of 2'-hydroxyacetophenones to benzo-oxetes

• Revathi Lekkala,
• Ravindar Lekkala,
• Balakrishna Moku,
• K. P. Rakesh and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 976–980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.95

• + 2] cycloaddition that furnishes substituted oxetanes rapidly, for example Paterno–Büchi reaction (Scheme 1b) [21]. However, the recognition of facial selectivity control in [2 + 2] cycloaddition is not an easy task. The availability of various methods for the synthesis of oxetanes and their strained

• intramolecular etherification reaction, which is called Williamson ether synthesis (Scheme 1a). This method was first utilized to synthesize oxetanes in 1878 and has remained as general tool in the synthesis of complex oxetane-containing compounds since then [17][18][19][20]. The second strategy involves a [2

Mechanochemistry of supramolecules

• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 881–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.86

• (Figure 21a). However, 1,8-dipyridylnaphthalene was used as hydrogen-bond acceptor for the [2 + 2] cycloaddition of fumaric acid derivatives (Figure 21b). In 2017 Purse and co-workers reported the host–guest chemistry of pyrogallo[4]arene (39) hexamers under mechano-milling conditions [94]. A hexameric

• , supramolecular catalysis proposes a much simpler model to understand the catalytic activity of enzymes. In 2010, MacGillivray and co-workers have demonstrated the concept of “supramolecular catalysis” in a hydrogen-bond-assisted self-assembled formation of a [2 + 2]-cycloaddition product. The reaction was found

• thermodynamic control. Preferential formation of hexamer 33 under mechanochemical shaking via non-covalent interactions of peptide chains. Anion templated mechanochemical synthesis of macrocycles cycHC[n] by validating the concept of dynamic covalent chemistry. Hydrogen-bond-assisted [2 + 2]-cycloaddition

Aqueous olefin metathesis: recent developments and applications

• Valerio Sabatino and
• Thomas R. Ward

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 445–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.39

• intermediate (Scheme 2, intermediates II and IV) [16]. The catalytic cycle involves an initial [2 + 2] cycloaddition between a metal carbene I and an olefin, followed by a retro [2 + 2] cycloaddition, leading to the release of a “scrambled” olefin (e.g., ethylene in Scheme 2) and the metal carbene species III

• as key intermediate. A [2 + 2] cycloaddition with a second olefin leads to the formation of intermediate IV, followed by a retro [2 + 2] cycloaddition that regenerates catalyst I and releases the metathesis product. This visionary mechanistic proposal was later confirmed by experimental studies [17