A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis

• Nian Li,
• Ruzal Sitdikov,
• Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
• Joost Steverlynck,
• Bo Li and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214

• − is protonated to produce DDQH2. The anodic oxidation of DDQH2 regenerates DDQ, which re-enters the catalytic cycle (Scheme 29). Furthermore, Qiu and coworkers disclosed a metal-free electrochemical dihydroxylation of unactivated alkenes using water as the hydroxy source under air conditions [40

Facile preparation of fluorine-containing 2,3-epoxypropanoates and their epoxy ring-opening reactions with various nucleophiles

• Yutaro Miyashita,
• Sae Someya,
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka,
• Tomohiro Agou and
• Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2421–2433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.206

• the resultant mixture was stirred at 50 °C for 19 h under the open air. After quenching the reaction with 1 M HCl aq., the mixture was extracted with AcOEt three times and the combined organic phase was washed with brine. Evaporation of the volatiles furnished crude materials which were recrystallized

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• synthetic utilisation [3]. Both, nature and humanity utilise ammonia as the central precursor to introduce nitrogen into organic compounds. Nature achieves this through enzymatic processes, sourcing ammonia from geological origins or directly from the air [4], while humanity relies on the Haber–Bosch

• 24, which supported the hypotheses regarding the selectivity-determining transition states arrangement. It is important to note, that boronic acids 14 are highly sensitive to oxidation by air and could only be purified in air-free conditions and stored in airtight containers. Additionally

• molecule. The BINOL catalyst 39 forming arylboronate species, enables the shift to occur asymmetrically. In the second step, the hydrolysis of unreactive diaminonaphthalene derivative 42 gives the poorly reactive and highly air-sensitive trifluoromethylallylboronic acid 43, but after the dehydration forms

Synthesis and reactivity of the di(9-anthryl)methyl radical

• Tomohiko Nishiuchi,
• Kazuma Takahashi,
• Yuta Makihara and
• Takashi Kubo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2254–2260, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.193

• dimerization in solution, the radical still remains even at 190 K due to the bulky nature of the two anthryl groups. Interestingly, upon exposure to air, the purple color of the radical solution quickly fades to orange, resulting in decomposition to give 9-anthryl aldehyde and anthroxyl radical derivatives

• aromatic hydrocarbon radicals, which can persist in air-saturated solutions for several days to months, have been synthesized by employing bulky substituents around the spin-localized carbon center [13][14][15]. These stable radicals have paved the way to elucidate the nature of radical species, advancing

• from the basic skeleton of the highly reactive diphenylmethyl radical [26][27][28]. This spin delocalization is similar to that of the galvinoxyl radical, which shows high stability in air [29]. Thus, the DAntM radical would be a stable radical with a reactive site. Additionally, utilizing the reactive

Selective hydrolysis of α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water: switchable aqueous synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides

• Haifeng Yu,
• Wanting Zhang,
• Xuejing Cui,
• Zida Liu,
• Xifu Zhang and
• Xiaobo Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2225–2233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.190

• thioesters 2 (2a as an example) A mixture of (E)-3-(ethylthio)-1-phenyl-3-(phenylamino)prop-2-en-1-one (1a, 70.8 mg, 0.25 mmol) and DBSA (87.9 mg, 0.25 mmol) in water (2 mL) was stirred at reflux in an oil bath under air for 5 h until 1a was completely consumed, as confirmed by TLC monitoring. Then, the pH

• water (2 mL) was stirred at reflux in an oil bath under air for 24 h until 1a was completely consumed, as confirmed by TLC monitoring. Then, the pH value of the reaction mixture was adjusted to neutral using a 10% CH3COOH solution, and the reaction mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (3 × 20 mL). The

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

• al. used this for the regioselective one-pot synthesis of pyrazoles 175 by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with electron-deficient alkenes (Scheme 59) [177]. The reaction is carried out in air to oxidize an intermediary

1,2-Difluoroethylene (HFO-1132): synthesis and chemistry

• Liubov V. Sokolenko,
• Taras M. Sokolenko and
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1955–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.171

• introduced into commercial use [1][2][3]. Recently, these compounds and blends thereof have replaced HFCs in refrigerants and air-conditioning systems [1][2][3]. The commercial production of HFOs has made these compounds available for chemists to be used as important reagents in laboratories. For example

Regioselective alkylation of a versatile indazole: Electrophile scope and mechanistic insights from density functional theory calculations

• Pengcheng Lu,
• Luis Juarez,
• Paul A. Wiget,
• Weihe Zhang,
• Krishnan Raman and
• Pravin L. Kotian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1940–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.170

• yields from the same carbon sources through reagent control. Experimental General methods All materials were obtained from commercial suppliers and used without further purification unless otherwise noted. Anhydrous solvents were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich and used directly. Reactions involving air- or

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

• Cristina Martini,
• Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

• catalysts Noncovalent organocatalysts display a few advantages compared to the traditional metal Lewis acids, such as lower environmental impact, higher stability to air and moisture, easier removal from the GBB products. In this regard, Bolotin et al. in 2022 have reported the high catalytic activity of

• conditions. The study was started by reacting 2-aminopyridines, indole-3-carbaldehyde 62 and ethyl isocyanoacetate (63) under open air in the presence of Yb(OTf)3 catalyst (Scheme 24, conditions a). The results showed that fused polycyclic indoles 67 were obtained (albeit in lower yields, 25%) instead of the

• oxidized to the corresponding imine 94 by oxygen in the air (as the cyclization did not proceed when the reaction was conducted under nitrogen atmosphere). The activation of the triple bond by tetrabutylammonium bromide regioselectively induced the 6-endo-dig cyclization to furnish 95 in moderate yields

Discovery of antimicrobial peptides clostrisin and cellulosin from Clostridium: insights into their structures, co-localized biosynthetic gene clusters, and antibiotic activity

• Moisés Alejandro Alejo Hernandez,
• Katia Pamela Villavicencio Sánchez,
• Rosendo Sánchez Morales,
• Karla Georgina Hernández-Magro Gil,
• David Silverio Moreno-Gutiérrez,
• Eddie Guillermo Sanchez-Rueda,
• Yanet Teresa-Cruz,
• Brian Choi,
• Armando Hernández Garcia,
• Alba Romero-Rodríguez,
• Oscar Juárez,
• Siseth Martínez-Caballero,
• Mario Figueroa and
• Corina-Diana Ceapă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1800–1816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.159

• force microscopy The study employed atomic force microscopy (AFM) in air to observe the bacterial morphological changes on the surface of S. epidermidis triggered by the impact of lanthipeptides. The concentrations of peptides were estimated based on the SDS gel band intensity, and we expect there is

• 0.1% w/v poly-ʟ-lysin solution in water (Sigma-Aldrich) and immediately deposited onto freshly cleaved mica to be incubated for 10 min at room temperature to allow adsorption. The surface was then rinsed using 600 µL of ultrapure 0.2 µm filtered water and slowly dried using compressed air. Imaging was

• performed using a Digital Instruments NanoScope V, acquiring 1024 samples per line with silicon nitride cantilevers possessing a nominal spring constant of 0.32 Nm−1 and a 0.8–1.0 Hz scan rate. Imaging was conducted at room temperature using the ScanAsyst™ air mode. Images were processed using NanoScope

Oxidative fluorination with Selectfluor: A convenient procedure for preparing hypervalent iodine(V) fluorides

• Samuel M. G. Dearman,
• Xiang Li,
• Yang Li,
• Kuldip Singh and
• Alison M. Stuart

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1785–1793, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.157

• alternative approach, we reported the first application of using fluoroiodane 2 as a fluorinating reagent in 2013 [11]. The chelate sidearm makes 2 an air-stable, easy-to-handle solid with excellent fluorinating ability and it often exhibits different reactivity to that observed with fluoroaza reagents such

• during the work-up procedure in air. When the reaction time was shortened to 24 hours, a complex reaction mixture was obtained (Table 1, entry 2). Reducing the amount of TCCA to 3 equivalents (Table 1, entry 3) delivered difluoroiodane 6 in the same 90% yield. Finally, we performed the reaction and work

• the same experiment was repeated in air, iodine(V) fluorides 6, 21 and 22 decomposed to 55–65% remaining after 7 days presumably due to the moisture in the air, whereas trifluoroiodane 20 was less stable with only 37% remaining. Difluoroiodane 6 was also stable in dry chloroform-d1 under argon over 7

Syntheses and medicinal chemistry of spiro heterocyclic steroids

• Laura L. Romero-Hernández,
• Ana Isabel Ahuja-Casarín,
• Penélope Merino-Montiel,
• Sara Montiel-Smith,
• José Luis Vega-Báez and
• Jesús Sandoval-Ramírez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1713–1745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.152

• sodium hydride, yielding moderate yields (ranging from 23% to 68%). The cyclization initially formed the non-isolated intermediate i, which was oxidized by molecular oxygen from air, introducing the hydroxy group at the α-position of the cyano group. The protocol utilised mild conditions and short

A fiber-optic spectroscopic setup for isomerization quantum yield determination

• Anouk Volker,
• Jorn D. Steen and
• Stefano Crespi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1684–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.150

• measurement altering the kinetics of isomerization, a known problem for similar setups [24]. The power readings from the thermal power sensor were recorded by using Thorlabs’ Optical Power Monitor (OPM) software. The resulting data showed some fluctuations depending on environment temperature and air movement

New triazinephosphonate dopants for Nafion proton exchange membranes (PEM)

• Fátima C. Teixeira,
• António P. S. Teixeira and
• C. M. Rangel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1623–1634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.145

• were used as received, without further purification. Solvents and air-sensitive reagents were distilled under a dry nitrogen atmosphere. Dry THF was distilled from sodium benzophenone ketyl. A Nafion N115 film was acquired from FuelCell Store and a 20 wt % mixture in lower aliphatic alcohols and water

Supramolecular assemblies of amphiphilic donor–acceptor Stenhouse adducts as macroscopic soft scaffolds

• Ka-Lung Hung,
• Leong-Hung Cheung,
• Yikun Ren,
• Ming-Hin Chau,
• Yan-Yi Lam,
• Takashi Kajitani and
• Franco King-Chi Leung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1590–1603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.142

• ][40]. Photoresponsive supramolecular amphiphiles are responsive, complex, and adaptable in aqueous medium [41][42][43]. Supramolecular assemblies of photoresponsive molecular amphiphiles in aqueous medium can undergo transformation in solution or at the air–water interface and even sustained

• conductive carbon adhesive tape and air-dried for 48 h before measurement. SLS The scattering intensity of the samples was determined by SLS measurements using a Wyatt Technology DynaPro NanoStar. The scattering intensity was recorded as a parameter signifying the assembly size since the objects in solution

Domino reactions of chromones with activated carbonyl compounds

• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1256–1269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.108

• . Conditions: i, 1) DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C, 12 h; 2) I2 (2 equiv), DBU (3 equiv), MeCN or DMF. Then aqueous work-up at the air. Synthesis of 39a–i. Conditions: i, method A: DBU (1.3 equiv), 1,4-dioxane, 20 °C; method B: K2CO3 (4 equiv), DMF, 20 °C. Synthesis of 40. Conditions: i, piperidine, MeOH

Mechanistic investigations of polyaza[7]helicene in photoredox and energy transfer catalysis

• Johannes Rocker,
• Till J. B. Zähringer,
• Matthias Schmitz,
• Till Opatz and
• Christoph Kerzig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1236–1245, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.106

• bands peaking at 441 nm and 640 nm were observed that we assign to 3Aza-H. However, on longer time scales the shape of the spectrum changes significantly (Figure S4, Supporting Information File 1) indicating that more than one absorbing species is generated. Measurements on an air-saturated solution

• transient species in Ar-saturated/air-saturated solution is also reflected in the kinetic traces at 440 nm and 640 nm (Figure 1B, inset). Following the decay of the transient triplet species (³Aza-H), essentially the same signal is reached irrespective of the presence of oxygen or argon in the solution. The

• air-saturated solution (red spectrum) and used it to separate the signal that only stems from the oxidative quenching step (green spectrum). This correction likely overestimates the contribution of the two-photon process to the radical cation signal in the presence of 4CP, considering that quenching

Competing electrophilic substitution and oxidative polymerization of arylamines with selenium dioxide

• Vishnu Selladurai and
• Selvakumar Karuthapandi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1221–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.105

• evaporation of solvent, polymer 1 was obtained as a black solid. The solid was vacuum-filtered using a Büchner funnel and washed with acetonitrile. The solid was air-dried to give 2.33 g of a black crystalline solid that was insoluble in ethyl acetate and barely soluble in methanol. The filtrate was collected

• mmol, ≈1.66 g). The flask content was stirred under a nitrogen atmosphere at 80 °C for 3 h. Evaporation of the reaction mixture on a rotary evaporator gave a black crystalline solid. The resulting solid was vacuum-filtered, washed with acetonitrile, and air-dried to yield 2.36 g of polymer 2 as a black

Bismuth(III) triflate: an economical and environmentally friendly catalyst for the Nazarov reaction

• Manoel T. Rodrigues Jr.,
• Aline S. B. de Oliveira,
• Ralph C. Gomes,
• Amanda Soares Hirata,
• Lucas A. Zeoly,
• Hugo Santos,
• João Arantes,
• Catarina Sofia Mateus Reis-Silva,
• João Agostinho Machado-Neto,
• Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo and
• Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1167–1178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.99

• 3-aryl-1-indanones) in good to excellent yield. The reaction did not require additives and was insensitive to both air and moisture. Preliminary biological evaluation of some indanones showed a promising profile against some human cancer line cells. Keywords: bismuth; catalysis; heterocycles

• heavy metals, the use of bismuth compounds to promote reactions has the advantages of low cost and insensitivity to water and air. As such, the handling does not require special experimental techniques, such as an inert atmosphere and anhydrous solvents [55]. The use of bismuth salts in organic

• -indanones. The reactions were catalyzed by bismuth triflate, an environmentally friendly metal. By simply changing the temperature and reaction time, it was possible to modulate the reactivity. In this methodology, no additives were used, and the reaction was insensitive to both air and moisture. To the

Manganese-catalyzed C–C and C–N bond formation with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen or hydrogen auto-transfer

• Mohd Farhan Ansari,
• Atul Kumar Maurya,
• Abhishek Kumar and
• Saravanakumar Elangovan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1111–1166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.98

• step, reduction of unsaturated compounds with manganese hydride complexes giving the desired C-alkylated products. In 2016, Beller and co-workers introduced the first air-stable manganese(I)-PNP-pincer pre-catalyst for the α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols [57]. The reaction conditions were

• in methanol at 110 °C for 24 h under a N2 atmosphere, giving the desired products with 60 to 99% yields (Scheme 64). In 2023, Elias et al. reported that an air-stable, phosphine-free manganese complex generated from 8-quinoline could α-alkylate 2-oxindole with primary and secondary alcohols [92

Kinetically stabilized 1,3-diarylisobenzofurans and the possibility of preparing large, persistent isoacenofurans with unusually small HOMO–LUMO gaps

• Qian Liu and
• Glen P. Miller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1099–1110, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.97

• ]. Large acenes are prone to photooxidation, especially when dissolved in solution while exposed to ambient light and air. They sensitize singlet oxygen formation, and the same is expected from large isoacenofurans. Indeed, the endoperoxides observed by Hamura and co-workers [3] confirm this expectation

• , washed with 5 mL water, and then air dried to give 3 as a white solid (57 mg, 60%, Scheme 3). Mp 169–170 °C (from [13], 188–189 °C); 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.15–7.08 (m, 2H), 6.98 (s, 4H), 6.86–6.79 (m, 2H), 2.35 (s, 6H), 2.12 (s, 12H); 13C NMR (126 MHz, CDCl3) δ 143.54, 139.17, 138.71, 128.23, 127.43

• crude product was vacuum filtered, washed with 5 mL water, and then air dried to give 23 as a white solid (0.12 g, 62%, Scheme 6). Mp 83–84 °C; 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.15–7.08 (m, 2H), 7.02 (s, 4H), 6.84–6.77 (m, 2H), 2.69 (q, J = 7.6 Hz, 4H), 2.44 (m, 8H), 1.30 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 6H), 1.01 (t, J = 7.5

Structure–property relationships in dicyanopyrazinoquinoxalines and their hydrogen-bonding-capable dihydropyrazinoquinoxalinedione derivatives

• Tural N. Akhmedov,
• Ajeet Kumar,
• Daken J. Starkenburg,
• Kyle J. Chesney,
• Khalil A. Abboud,
• Novruz G. Akhmedov,
• Jiangeng Xue and
• Ronald K. Castellano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1037–1052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.92

• temperatures of 21 and 7 °C, respectively, from their corresponding DCPQ comparators. To complement the TGA studies, the thermal stability of compound 4b was evaluated through its exposure to air inside a 200 °C oven for one week. Structural evaluation by 2D NMR and mass spectrometry confirmed no decomposition

Spin and charge interactions between nanographene host and ferrocene

• Akira Suzuki,
• Yuya Miyake,
• Ryoga Shibata and
• Kazuyuki Takai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1011–1019, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.89

• for 24 hours under 2 × 10−4 Pa before the introduction of FeCp2 in order to eliminate ambient gas molecules adsorbed in ACFs. The introduction of FeCp2 was carried out by exposing ACFs to the vapor phase of FeCp2 in the evacuated glass without exposing samples to air after the pre-heat-treatment at

Carbonylative synthesis and functionalization of indoles

• Alex De Salvo,
• Raffaella Mancuso and
• Xiao-Feng Wu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 973–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.87

• carried out using 2 mol % of PdI2, 20 mol % of KI and 40 bar of a 4:1 mixture of CO–air, in methanol or ethanol in the presence of an ortho-ester (1:3 mixture) as solvent to prevent hydrolysis of the substrate. After 15 hours at 80 °C the indoles derivatives were isolated in good yields (Scheme 4). Two

• the catalyst undergoes reduction, therefore, rather using only CO, a mixture of CO–air (12:48 bar) was used with the aim of oxidizing the Pd(0) species in order to restore the catalyst able to catalyze the process again. The reaction mechanism proceeds with an initial interaction between the Pd(II

• reactions were catalyzed through Pd(dba)2, dppp, 1,10-phenantroline under 6 bar of CO at 120 °C in DMF and the products were obtained within 48–96 hours. All products were isolated with good yields except the pyranindole because it decomposed; it could only be isolated after complete oxidation in air. The

Confirmation of the stereochemistry of spiroviolene

• Yao Kong,
• Yuanning Liu,
• Kaibiao Wang,
• Tao Wang,
• Chen Wang,
• Ben Ai,
• Hongli Jia,
• Guohui Pan,
• Min Yin and
• Zhengren Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 852–858, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.77

• amount of the C-9 epimerization product 11 might be explained by a competing radical oxidation of the organoborane intermediate IM-16 by oxygen when the oxidation step is opened to air [32][33]. On the other hand, an alternative mechanism for the formation of 11 involving the oxidation of the 9-epi-IM-16