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Synthesis and antimycotic activity of new derivatives of imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidines

  • Dmitriy Yu. Vandyshev,
  • Daria A. Mangusheva,
  • Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
  • Kirill A. Scherbakov,
  • Oleg N. Burov,
  • Alexander D. Zagrebaev,
  • Tatiana N. Khmelevskaya,
  • Alexey S. Trenin and
  • Fedor I. Zubkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2806–2817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.236

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  • intramolecular cyclization were observed (Table 1, entries 3 and 4). The best results were obtained when isopropyl alcohol was used, which furnished yields of the final product 4а up to 89% within 1 h (entry 9 in Table 1). In the case of methanol and ethanol, the maximum conversion was also observed during the
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Published 05 Nov 2024

Efficient modification of peroxydisulfate oxidation reactions of nitrogen-containing heterocycles 6-methyluracil and pyridine

  • Alfiya R. Gimadieva,
  • Yuliya Z. Khazimullina,
  • Aigiza A. Gilimkhanova and
  • Akhat G. Mustafin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2599–2607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.219

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  • LLC, Russia), chloroform (reagent grade, JSC Khimreaktivsnab, Russia) and ethyl alcohol (reagent grade, LLC TD Khimmed, Russia) were used in this work. The phthalocyanine catalysts (Co, FeII, FeIII, Mn, Ni, and Zn phthalocyanines) were synthesized according to the known procedure [44] from
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Published 16 Oct 2024

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

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  • activate alcohols presents a significant synthetic challenge. The carbazate substrates are easily prepared from ubiquitous alcohol precursors. The first stage of the transformation involves the sequential anodic oxidation of the carbazate and subsequent deprotonation to form a diazenecarboxylate. Further
  • method for the formation of C–S bonds [25]. This method achieves the difunctionalization of a carbon atom by reacting isocyanide 2-isocyanoacetate with a thiophenol and an alcohol. The scope is very broad for thiophenols, alcohols, and isocyanides, and even alkyl thiols are compatible. In addition to
  • constant voltage (CV) conditions and light irradiation under a nitrogen atmosphere. This method demonstrates broad compatibility with various functional groups and complex substrates, including alcohol, carboxylic acid, esters, alkyl chloride, and tosylate groups. Notably, the LSF of compounds such as
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Published 09 Oct 2024

Visible-light-mediated flow protocol for Achmatowicz rearrangement

  • Joachyutharayalu Oja,
  • Sanjeev Kumar and
  • Srihari Pabbaraja

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.213

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  • a result, developing an alternative strategy would be an attractive solution to address the limitations described above. Flow chemistry was chosen as the most attractive alternative for the photo-induced (visible light) Achmatowicz rearrangement to convert furfuryl alcohol scaffolds into
  • rearrangement reaction [7][8][9][10][14][15]. With the established photo-flow platform and optimized conditions, we were interested in investigating the scope of this methodology using several substituted furfuryl alcohol substrates (2a–p) which were subjected to the Achmatowicz reaction utilizing our photo
  • from the unsubstituted furfuryl alcohol 2b. These findings highlight the robustness of the Achmatowicz reaction in accommodating variations at these key sites. Next, the effect of the p-substituted phenyl group was also investigated by evaluating substrates 2g, 2h showing not much variations in the
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Published 08 Oct 2024

Photoredox-catalyzed intramolecular nucleophilic amidation of alkenes with β-lactams

  • Valentina Giraldi,
  • Giandomenico Magagnano,
  • Daria Giacomini,
  • Pier Giorgio Cozzi and
  • Andrea Gualandi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2461–2468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.210

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  • starting from succinimide (Scheme 3). Through a simple reaction in toluene at 80 °C in the presence of Zn(OAc)2, the hemiaminal derivative 13 underwent substitution with cinnamyl alcohol, resulting in the isolation of 14 with a satisfactory yield. Under optimized reaction conditions, the photocatalytic
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Published 01 Oct 2024

Hypervalent iodine-mediated cyclization of bishomoallylamides to prolinols

  • Smaher E. Butt,
  • Konrad Kepski,
  • Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos and
  • Wesley J. Moran

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2455–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.209

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  • benzoyl group on the nitrogen atom preventing equilibration to the thermodynamic piperidine product [21]. Basic workup hydrolyzes the trifluoroacetoxy ester in 14 to alcohol 7a. Consideration of the literature NMR data for the three possible isomeric products (i.e., pyrrolidine, piperidine, and
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Phenylseleno trifluoromethoxylation of alkenes

  • Clément Delobel,
  • Armen Panossian,
  • Gilles Hanquet,
  • Frédéric R. Leroux,
  • Fabien Toulgoat and
  • Thierry Billard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2434–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.207

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  • Markovnikov product (i.e. with the CF3O in the “internal” position) was predominant, whereas for the allylic alcohol derivatives, the anti-Markovnikov addition (i.e. with the CF3O in the “terminal” position) was predominant (2e vs 2g and 2h vs 2i). This could be rationalized by the electronic effect of the
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Published 26 Sep 2024

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

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  • detection of benzaldehyde which was considered to be formed by the NaClO-mediated oxidation of benzyl alcohol generated by hydrolysis. Changing the oxidizing reagent to crystalline NaClO·5H2O nicely solved the problem with the realization of 86% isolated yield of 2b by the utilization of this oxidant (2
  • . If the in situ conversion of anti,syn-7a to anti,syn-7b follows the above ester alcohol exchange mechanism, employment of dibenzyl malonate should afford a single compound. This is actually the case and the expected dihydrofuran anti,syn-7c was obtained in 53% yield as a 98:2 diastereomer mixture
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Published 25 Sep 2024

Efficient one-step synthesis of diarylacetic acids by electrochemical direct carboxylation of diarylmethanol compounds in DMSO

  • Hisanori Senboku and
  • Mizuki Hayama

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2392–2400, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.203

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  • dioxide; Introduction Electrochemical reduction of benzyl alcohol derivatives can induce reductive cleavage of a C(sp3)–O bond [1] at the benzylic position to generate the corresponding benzylic anion species. This protocol has been frequently applied to electrochemical carboxylation [2][3][4][5][6][7][8
  • used as substrate, selective C–O bond cleavage, followed by fixation of carbon dioxide, occurred at the benzylic C(sp3)–O bond rather than the C(sp2)–O bond on the phenyl ring to give the corresponding diphenylacetic acid 2h in 45% yield. Not only a secondary alcohol but also a tertiary alcohol was
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Published 20 Sep 2024

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

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  • -morpholinyl amido and benzophenone imino groups with LiAlH4 and NaBH4 afforded the corresponding syn-2-benzyl-1,3-amino alcohol 134 in 83% yield. In the case of the dimethylamide derivative, deprotection of benzophenone imine 128 with NH2OH·HCl followed by the LiAlH4 reduction gave rise to chiral syn-2-benzyl
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Published 16 Sep 2024

Hydrogen-bond activation enables aziridination of unactivated olefins with simple iminoiodinanes

  • Phong Thai,
  • Lauv Patel,
  • Diyasha Manna and
  • David C. Powers

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2305–2312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.197

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  • the potential for chemical non-innocence of fluorinated alcohol solvents in NGT catalysis. Keywords: aziridination; electrochemistry; H-bond activation; hypervalent iodine; nitrene transfer; Introduction Hypervalent iodine reagents find widespread application in selective oxidation chemistry due to
  • ), Koser’s reagent (PhI(OH)OTs), Zhdankin’s reagent (C6H4(o-COO)IN3, ABX), and Dess–Martin periodinane (DMP) – and find application in an array of synthetically important transformations including olefin difunctionalization, carbonyl desaturation, alcohol oxidation, and C–H functionalization [3][4
  • described in some group-transfer schemes [23][24][25], and in particular, fluorinated alcohol solvents, such as 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP), have been reported to enhance hypervalent iodine reactivity by providing a H-bonding solvent cluster that enhances the electrophilicity of the iodine
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Published 11 Sep 2024

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

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  • to the DAntM radical is shown in Scheme 1. The alcohol precursor 3 was prepared via addition reaction of lithium reagent 2 to 10-mesitylanthracene-9-carbaldehyde (1) in moderate yield (59%). The generation of the DAntM radical was performed using stannous chloride dihydrate with hydrogen chloride in
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Published 05 Sep 2024

Heterocycle-guided synthesis of m-hetarylanilines via three-component benzannulation

  • Andrey R. Galeev,
  • Maksim V. Dmitriev,
  • Alexander S. Novikov and
  • Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2208–2216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.188

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  • condensation by introducing additional functional groups into the amine moiety (Figure 3). Substituted arylamines bearing alcohol (3ae), phenol (3ad), alkene (3bi), dimethyl acetal (3bj) functionality can be accessed in good yields. Reaction of 1,3-diketone 1a with a non-amidine type heterocyclic amine, 3
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Published 02 Sep 2024

Cage-like microstructures via sequential Ugi reactions in aqueous emulsions

  • Rita S. Alqubelat,
  • Yaroslava A. Menzorova and
  • Maxim A. Mironov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2078–2083, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.179

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  • emulsions. The polystyrene particles were treated with sulfuric acid to form a surface layer of sulfonated polystyrene. These particles were then used to produce Pickering emulsions, which were transformed into large-pore structures when treated with an alcohol/water mixture [12]. Another method involves
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Published 22 Aug 2024

Harnessing the versatility of hydrazones through electrosynthetic oxidative transformations

  • Aurélie Claraz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1988–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.175

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  • electrolyte ammonium acetate and the alcoholic solvent acted as N and C1 sources, respectively. The authors proposed the mechanism depicted in Scheme 10. The deprotonation of hydrazone 52 afforded anion 54 which underwent SET anodic oxidation to form radical 55. In parallel, an elusive oxidation of alcohol
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Published 14 Aug 2024

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

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  • protecting group yielded the corresponding hydroxyalkynyl derivative 4. Subsequent Lindlar reduction resulted in the (Z)-alkene and a chemoselective tosylation of the primary alcohol led to the formation of tosylate 5. This intermediate underwent a stereospecific 4-exo cyclization upon exposure to iodine
  • of 10% Pd/C and 5% Pd/CaCO3 yielded reduced compound 19. Cleavage of the THP group with Amberlist-15® resin and a final Jones oxidation of the primary alcohol to the carboxylic acid, led to cyclization with the 17β-OH group affording the lactone 20 in a moderate overall yield (Scheme 6). Biological
  • androgenic activity. Poirier’s group reported two methodologies to prepare spiromorpholin-3-ones from a β-amino alcohol functionality [39]. Spiro compounds were synthesized starting from estrone, in which the phenol group was protected as a methoxymethyl ether. Then, the protected compound was subjected to
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Published 24 Jul 2024

Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

  • Ryo Tanifuji and
  • Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

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  • and subsequent oxidation yielded aldehyde 18, a precursor for the intramolecular ring closure of the eight-membered ring. Upon treatment of 18 with BF3·Et2O, diastereoselective Prins cyclization of 18 proceeded to generate secondary alcohol 19. Subsequent one-pot treatment with (n-Bu)4NF·HF resulted
  • secondary alcohol of 21, the utilization of another variant, MoBsc9 L110A, Y112R, generated through the directed evolution of MoBsc9, facilitated the optimal conversion in the corresponding oxidative allylic rearrangement to afford brassicicene I (9) in 64% yield. Further palladium-catalyzed allylic
  • to the biosynthetic conversion of 9 into 11 (Scheme 2B), an α-hydroxylated ketone 25 with suitable protections of the C3 and C8 hydroxy groups was synthesized from 23 in one pot. Conversion of the secondary alcohol in 25 into triflate 26 enabled the alkenyl shift from C1 to C12 followed by
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Published 23 Jul 2024

Oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyls using N-heterocyclic stabilized λ3-iodanes

  • Thomas J. Kuczmera,
  • Pim Puylaert and
  • Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1677–1683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.149

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  • )iodane is proposed as the reactive intermediate. Keywords: alcohol oxidation; hypervalent iodine; N-heterocycles; Introduction The oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and ketones is an essential transformation in organic chemistry [1][2]. Generating aldehydes is particularly challenging as they are
  • -iodanes have drawbacks, in particular low solubility and moisture sensitivity [11]. Hypervalent iodine compounds in a lower oxidation state (λ3-iodanes), such as iodosobenzene (PhIO)n or phenyliodine(III) diacetate (PIDA) have been reported in alcohol oxidations but they often result in overoxidation to
  • oxidation of the alcohol. Only small amounts of benzoic acid 4a’ were observed in all reactions with additional AlCl3, suggesting that the additive inhibits the previously observed overoxidation. Surprisingly AlCl3 activated the cyclic tetrazole iodane 1a but had almost no influence on the reactivity of the
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Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

  • Maria-Paula Schröder,
  • Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
  • Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

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  • cyanoborohydride as a mild reducing agent, and paraformaldehyde as a methylating agent [36]. Methanol can be used as the methylating reagent in other methods. Here, a palladium on carbon (Pd/C) catalyst processes the dehydrogenation of the alcohol to form the corresponding aldehyde. The subsequently formed imine
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Published 18 Jul 2024

Polymer degrading marine Microbulbifer bacteria: an un(der)utilized source of chemical and biocatalytic novelty

  • Weimao Zhong and
  • Vinayak Agarwal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1635–1651, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.146

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  • alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, and toluene) increased the reactivity of MtCh509 relative to the aqueous system, representing the first solvent‑tolerant chitinase from Microbulbifer species and its potential applications in industrial processes [50]. rChi1602 exhibited maximal activity at 60 °C and over a
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Published 17 Jul 2024

Benzylic C(sp3)–H fluorination

  • Alexander P. Atkins,
  • Alice C. Dean and
  • Alastair J. J. Lennox

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1527–1547, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.137

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  • optimisation campaign. The fluorinated alcohol HFIP was used to dissolve caesium fluoride allowing for the electrochemical benzylic fluorination by Fuchigami, Inagi and co-workers in 2021 (Figure 40) [98]. The HFIP/CsF system functioned as both a fluoride source and as supporting electrolyte, enabling the
  • PEG and CsF. Electrochemical benzylic C(sp3)–H fluorination with caesium fluoride and fluorinated alcohol HFIP. Electrochemical secondary and tertiary benzylic C(sp3)–H fluorination. GF = graphite felt. DCE = 1,2-dichloroethane. Electrochemical primary benzylic C(sp3)–H fluorination of electron-poor
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Published 10 Jul 2024

Selectfluor and alcohol-mediated synthesis of bicyclic oxyfluorination compounds by Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement

  • Ziya Dağalan,
  • Muhammed Hanifi Çelikoğlu,
  • Saffet Çelik,
  • Ramazan Koçak and
  • Bilal Nişancı

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1462–1467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.129

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  • benzonorbornadiene (1a), the reactions of benzonorbornadiene (1a) with selectfluor and 10 different alcohol derivatives were examined (Scheme 1). Under optimum conditions, fluoroalkoxy compounds 3a–j were obtained in excellent yields (91–98%) by the reaction of benzonorbornadiene (1a) with selectfluor and alcohols
  • selectfluor and a carbocation is formed by bonding with fluorine. Subsequently, fluoroalkoxy compound 4 is formed by Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement followed by alcohol addition and deprotonation. Conclusion New bicyclic fluoroalkoxy compounds were synthesized by a molecular fluorine and metal-free methodology
  • mmol of benzonorbornadiene (1a), 0.6 mmol of selectfluor, and 1.2 mmol alcohol in 2 mL of CH3CN at 90 °C for 2 h. Isolated yields. Oxyfluorination of (+)-camphene (1b) with selectfluor and alcohols. All reactions were carried out using 0.5 mmol of (+)-camphene, 0.6 mmol of selectfluor, and 1.2 mmol
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Challenge N- versus O-six-membered annulation: FeCl3-catalyzed synthesis of heterocyclic N,O-aminals

  • Giacomo Mari,
  • Lucia De Crescentini,
  • Gianfranco Favi,
  • Fabio Mantellini,
  • Diego Olivieri and
  • Stefania Santeusanio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1412–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.123

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  • , in this case, the formation of carbinolamine 6a becomes predominant (45%), despite a small quantity of N,O-aminal 5j (14%) is also produced, by virtue of the alcohol released from the starting acetal 4j. Probably, the higher water concentration in acetonitrile shifts the equilibrium in favour of 6a
  • over the time (Scheme 4). Within our proposed catalytic cycle, when compound 4j is utilized, methanol is released, due to the presence of a dimethyl acetal residue. Therefore, using molecular sieves (MS 4 Å) little alcohol molecules, such as MeOH, can be potentially trapped, allowing the insertion of a
  • more encumbered alcohol, such as benzyl alcohol, which is not sequestered by MS 4 Å. As a matter of fact, the new benzylated N,O-aminal 7 was successfully obtained in 70% isolated yield as the sole product (experiment D, Scheme 5). In this latter case, the benzyl alcohol presumably reacts with the
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Published 26 Jun 2024

Synthetic applications of the Cannizzaro reaction

  • Bhaskar Chatterjee,
  • Dhananjoy Mondal and
  • Smritilekha Bera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1376–1395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.120

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  • synthetic tool for the construction of functionalized molecules. Dating back to the 19th century, this reaction, though initially used for the synthesis of an alcohol and acid functionality from aldehydes, has henceforth proven useful to generate diverse molecular entities using both intermolecular and
  • aldehyde molecules, forming an alcohol and an acid [1][2][3][4]. Since its discovery in 1853, the Cannizzaro reaction has emerged as an important reaction in synthetic organic chemistry with intermolecular, crossed, and intramolecular versions as demonstrated by numerous applications. Notably, the
  • produce a carboxylic acid (R1CO2H) and a primary alcohol (R1CH2OH). When a mixture of formaldehyde (HCHO) and a non-enolizable aldehyde (R1CHO) is treated with a strong base, the latter is preferentially reduced to the alcohol (R1CH2OH) while formaldehyde is oxidized to formic acid (HCO2H). Herein excess
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Published 19 Jun 2024

Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals by visible-light photoredox catalysis: direct activation of C–O bonds in organic transformations

  • Mithu Roy,
  • Bitan Sardar,
  • Itu Mallick and
  • Dipankar Srimani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1348–1375, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.119

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  • (Scheme 16). This one-pot strategy involved the reaction of xanthates formed in situ with electron-deficient alkenes under visible-light photoredox conditions in the presence of PPh3. This approach did not require multistep synthesis of starting materials. In addition, alcohol groups in polyols could be
  • converted rather selectively in the order tertiary alcohol< secondary alcohol < primary alcohol. They also proposed a mechanism, which is outlined in Scheme 16. The first step involves deprotonation of alcohol in the presence of base and nucleophilic attack of CS2 to generate a xanthate salt intermediate
  • , functionalization of alcohols is required, which requires an additional step. Therefore, it is quite interesting to directly employ alcohols for creating carbon-centered radicals that facilitate photomediated organic transformations. In this section, we will discuss some methods where alcohol C–O bonds were
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