Synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel MUC1 glycopeptide conjugate vaccine candidate comprising a 4’-deoxy-4’-fluoro-Thomsen–Friedenreich epitope

• Manuel Johannes,
• Maximilian Reindl,
• Bastian Gerlitzki,
• Edgar Schmitt and
• Anja Hoffmann-Röder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 155–161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.15

• ’-fluoro-TF SPPS building block 11 started by conversion of peracetylated D-glucose 1 into β-thio-glycoside 2 [45][46] under Lewis acid catalysis in 81% yield (Scheme 1). Subsequent Zemplén deacetylation [47], followed by 4,6-benzylidene acetal formation and acetylation provided fully protected precursor 3

Facile synthesis of 1H-imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazoles via a sequential one-pot synthetic approach

• András Demjén,
• Márió Gyuris,
• János Wölfling,
• László G. Puskás and
• Iván Kanizsai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2338–2344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.243

• on Lewis acid catalysis, though better results were obtained by using a catalytic amount of TFA in EtOH (Table 1, entries 5–7). From the aspect of an operationally simple green protocol, a mixture of water and EtOH as reaction medium yielded optimum results in terms of isolated yield, reaction time

Multicomponent reactions in nucleoside chemistry

• Mariola Koszytkowska-Stawińska and
• Włodzimierz Buchowicz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1706–1732, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.179

• target compounds 113 and 114 were assembled from the three-component mixture of D-ribose, a derivative of salicylic aldehyde, and thiosemicarbazide under Lewis acid-catalysis and microwave irradiation. In comparison with analogous reactions carried out with mineral support (i.e., Montmorillonite K-10

Use of activated enol ethers in the synthesis of pyrazoles: reactions with hydrazine and a study of pyrazole tautomerism

• Denisa Tarabová,
• Stanislava Šoralová,
• Martin Breza,
• Marek Fronc,
• Wolfgang Holzer and
• Viktor Milata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 752–760, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.70

• , nitrile), acetylacetone, and nitroacetates with trialkyl orthoformate 1 (Scheme 1). Transesterification can be avoided if 1 bears the same alkyl group as 2. The reaction can be carried out with or without Lewis acid catalysis [2]. Pyrazoles constitute a large group of pharmacologically active compounds

Silver and gold-catalyzed multicomponent reactions

• Giorgio Abbiati and
• Elisabetta Rossi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 481–513, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.46

• -catalyzed process described in Scheme 31 takes advantage of the usual formation of 43 which undergoes a [3 + 3]-cycloaddition reaction with cyclopropanes 59 under nickel perchlorate catalysis. Cycloaddition reactions of activated cyclopropanes with nitrones under Lewis acid catalysis have been previously

Studies on the interaction of isocyanides with imines: reaction scope and mechanistic variations

• Ouldouz Ghashghaei,
• Consiglia Annamaria Manna,
• Esther Vicente-García,
• Marc Revés and
• Rodolfo Lavilla

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 12–17, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.3

• Barcelona, Spain 10.3762/bjoc.10.3 Abstract The interaction of imines with isocyanides has been studied. The main product results from a sequential process involving the attack of two units of isocyanide, under Lewis acid catalysis, upon the carbon–nitrogen double bond of the imine to form the 4-membered

Gallium-containing polymer brush film as efficient supported Lewis acid catalyst in a glass microreactor

• Rajesh Munirathinam,
• Roberto Ricciardi,
• Richard J. M. Egberink,
• Jurriaan Huskens,
• Michael Holtkamp,
• Herbert Wormeester,
• Uwe Karst and
• Willem Verboom

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1698–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.194

• model substrate, and for the formation of oxazoles by ring closure of ortho-hydroxy oximes. The catalytic activity of the microreactor could be maintained by periodic reactivation by treatment with GaCl3. Keywords: dehydration of oximes; flow chemistry; gallium; microreactors; Lewis acid catalysis

• easy fabrication of the catalytic device by filling the channels with functional catalytic particles, however, heat transfer limitations and pressure drop developing along the microchannel are serious drawbacks [7]. The literature contains numerous examples of Lewis acid catalysis [8][9][10][11

• ]. However, only a limited number of papers are known dealing with heterogeneous Lewis acid catalysis, where a Lewis acid is tethered onto a solid surface like silica or gold [12][13]. Furthermore, to the best of our knowledge, there are no examples of the immobilization of a Lewis acid to a microreactor

Diastereoselective synthesis of nitroso acetals from (S,E)-γ-aminated nitroalkenes via multicomponent [4 + 2]/[3 + 2] cycloadditions promoted by LiCl or LiClO₄

• Leandro Lara de Carvalho,
• Robert Alan Burrow and
• Vera Lúcia Patrocinio Pereira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 838–845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.96

• the Lewis acid catalysis by cation–substrate interaction have been utilized to explain this enhancement of the reaction rate [12][13][14]. In the case of nitroalkene cycloadditions, performed in the presence of a Lewis acid, it is well documented that the rate acceleration effect caused by the Lewis

Organocatalysis

• Benjamin List

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1358–1359, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.156

• -molecular-weight organic compounds, in which a metal is not part of the active principle. Organocatalysts donate or remove electrons or protons as their activation mode, hence defining four distinct subareas: Lewis base and Lewis acid catalysis on the one hand, and Brønsted base and Brønsted acid catalysis

Two-directional synthesis as a tool for diversity-oriented synthesis: Synthesis of alkaloid scaffolds

• Kieron M. G. O’Connell,
• Monica Díaz-Gavilán,
• Warren R. J. D. Galloway and
• David R. Spring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 850–860, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.95

• particular reference to the synthesis of polycyclic alkaloid scaffolds. Keywords: alkaloids; cascade reactions; chemical diversity; diversity-oriented synthesis; Lewis acid catalysis; two-directional synthesis; Introduction Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) aims to prepare structurally diverse compound

An intramolecular inverse electron demand Diels–Alder approach to annulated α-carbolines

• Zhiyuan Ma,
• Feng Ni,
• Grace H. C. Woo,
• Sie-Mun Lo,
• Philip M. Roveto,
• Scott E. Schaus and
• John K. Snyder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 829–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.93

• cycloaddition of 17a. Preparation of N-protected isatin-derived 1,2,4-triazines 8.a Lewis acid catalysis of amidation of triazine 8a.a IEDDA reaction conditions of 13a to give cycloadduct 14a.a Amidation-IEDDA sequence to α-carbolines 14 from triazine 8a.a Library synthesis matrix.a Supporting Information

A practical route to tertiary diarylmethylamides or -carbamates from imines, organozinc reagents and acyl chlorides or chloroformates

• Erwan Le Gall,
• Antoine Pignon and
• Thierry Martens

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 997–1002, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.112

• -substituted aldimines, formed in situ upon reaction of primary amines with aromatic aldehydes, cannot be undertaken under our established conditions. Thus, we intended to activate the C=N double bond by rendering the carbon more electrophilic and we initially envisaged the use of Lewis acid catalysis. Indeed

An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

• Marcus Baumann,
• Ian R. Baxendale,
• Steven V. Ley and
• Nikzad Nikbin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57

• an α-bromo ketone and an excess of aniline to give a 2-arylindole derivative 110 [31] (Scheme 24). For a long time this procedure has received little attention due to the requirement for rather extreme reaction conditions. However, the use of microwave radiation in combination with Lewis acid

• catalysis allows the reaction to be conducted much more efficiently [32]. This gives mid range yields (50–70%) of the 2-arylindoles over the two step sequence and tolerates a selection of functional groups on the aniline ring. Fluvastatin (2, Lescol), a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor was initially prepared by

Kinetics and mechanism of vanadium catalysed asymmetric cyanohydrin synthesis in propylene carbonate

• Michael North and
• Marta Omedes-Pujol

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1043–1055, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.119

• Lewis base catalysis is dominant; and b) when Lewis acid catalysis is dominant. Hammett correlations with catalyst 2 at 0 °C. Data in red are obtained in dichloromethane [52], whilst data in blue are obtained in propylene carbonate. Synthesis and transformation of nonracemic silyl-protected cyanohydrins

A review of new developments in the Friedel–Crafts alkylation – From green chemistry to asymmetric catalysis

• Magnus Rueping and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 6, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.6

• –Crafts alkylation; green chemistry; hydroalkylation; hydroarylation; Lewis-acid catalysis; propargyl alcohols; Introduction In 1887 Charles Friedel and James Mason Crafts isolated amylbenzene after the treatment of amyl chloride with AlCl3 in benzene (Scheme 1) [1]. This was not only one of the first

Recent progress on the total synthesis of acetogenins from Annonaceae

• Nianguang Li,
• Zhihao Shi,
• Yuping Tang,
• Jianwei Chen and
• Xiang Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.48

Allylsilanes in the synthesis of three to seven membered rings: the silylcuprate strategy

• Asunción Barbero,
• Francisco J. Pulido and
• M. Carmen Sañudo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 16, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-16

• under Lewis acid catalysis. [10] Thus, silicon assisted cyclization of oxoallylsilanes 3–8 in the presence of TiCl4 or EtAlCl2 results in the formation of 3-methylene-1-cyclopentanols 11–14 with a high degree of stereocontrol (Scheme 3). [7] The cis stereochemistry observed in 11 might indicate a