Advances in mercury(II)-salt-mediated cyclization reactions of unsaturated bonds

• Sumana Mandal,
• Raju D. Chaudhari and
• Goutam Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2348–2376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.153

• ‘path b' was followed. Cyclization involving allenes (>C=C=C<) Apart from alkenes/alkynes, there are also examples where cyclization takes place involving allene functionalities. Some of the examples are discussed below. Balasubramanian et al. reported the cyclization of aryl allenic ethers 113 on

• ]. Devan et al. had developed similar types of Hg(TFA)2-mediated cyclizations of allene 116 at low temperature followed by reduction with alkaline NaBH4 to form cyclized product 117 in moderate yield [88]. The reaction was believed to proceed through Hg(II) ion-promoted electrophilic cyclization (Scheme 35

• treatment with Hg(OTf)2. Hg(TFA)2-mediated cyclization of allene. Hg(II)-catalyzed intramolecular trans-etherification reaction of 2-hydroxy-1-(γ-methoxyallyl)tetrahydropyran derivatives. a) Cyclization of alkene derivatives by catalytic Hg(OTf)2 salts and b) mechanism of cyclization. a) Synthesis of 1,4

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

• the allene intermediate D. Finally, an intramolecular 6π-electrocyclization and tautomerism results in the desired products 143a. The authors proposed a mechanism for azepinoindoles (Scheme 59) [128] wherein acid-catalyzed protonation of arylglyoxal monohydrate followed by dehydration and addition of

The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

• Kymbat S. Adekenova,
• Peter B. Wyatt and
• Sergazy M. Adekenov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25

• methylenecyclopropanes are of interest as Michael acceptors and as substrates for thermal rearrangements. As they are not readily available by difluorocarbene addition to allene derivatives, Taguchi et al. developed an alternative route to these compounds by selenoxide elimination (Scheme 30) [75]. Later, this approach

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

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

• TMS group of 126 was found to be extremely challenging. The commonly used conditions provided the allene as a major product instead of the desired product. Ultimately, the mono-desilylated product 127 was obtained in 85% yield by using sodium sulfide in a mixture of THF and water. Next, the zirconium

Pentannulation of N-heterocycles by a tandem gold-catalyzed [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of propargyl ester derivatives: a computational study on the crucial role of the nitrogen atom

• Giovanna Zanella,
• Martina Petrović,
• Dina Scarpi,
• Ernesto G. Occhiato and
• Enrique Gómez-Bengoa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3059–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.255

• of a triple bond, which has ultimately led to the total synthesis of several natural compounds [2][8]. The gold-catalyzed rearrangement of suitably substituted propargylic esters in particular provides a platform for cascade processes that involve a cationic or an allene intermediate generated in the

All-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis

• Zhuo Wang and
• Junyang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3015–3031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.251

• trimethylenemethane diyl [3 + 2] cycloaddition of 40 led to the formation of angular fused triquinane 41 in 98% yield. The authors suggested that an intramolecular cycloaddition of the diazo group and allene 38 produces tetrahydrocyclopentapyrazole 39. Extrusion of nitrogen from the newly formed 39 produces diyl 40

• -workers proposed that the catalytic mechanism involves a reaction between phosphine catalyst A and allene 82 to give B and/or C (Scheme 5B). Catalytic [3 + 2] cycloaddition of B and/or C and alkene D gives the cyclic intermediates E and F in an equilibrium state through a 1,2-proton transfer. The loss of

• isoindigos to give an enantioenriched annulation adduct bearing vicinal quaternary stereocenters [46] (Scheme 7A). Both symmetric and unsymmetric isoindigos can undergo enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation with an allene and produced a chiral adduct with high yield and high ee value. When unsymmetric

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

• by Bach to the deracemisation of allenes rac-194 (Scheme 29) [85]. The proposed mechanism proceeds through configurationally isomeric hydrogen bonding complexes 195 and 195’, with subsequent photoexcitation of the thioxanthone chromophore leading to racemisation of the allene through a triplet state

• intermediate 196. In 195 there is additional steric repulsion between the large R group and the thioxanthone that is not present in 195’, which results in a smaller association constant and a larger calculated separation between the allene and the chromophore in 195 (r = 510 pm) relative to 195’ (r = 363 pm

A complementary approach to conjugated N-acyliminium formation through photoredox-catalyzed intermolecular radical addition to allenamides and allencarbamates

• Olusesan K. Koleoso,
• Matthew Turner,
• Felix Plasser and
• Marc C. Kimber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1983–1990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.165

• radical adds to the central carbon of the allene giving a conjugated N-acyliminium that undergoes nucleophilic addition by arylamines and alcohols. Keywords: allenamide; allene; intermolecular; N-acyliminium; photoredox; Introduction Allenamides (Scheme 1, 1) and their congeners have attracted

• considerable attention over the past 15 years due to their characteristic reactivity profiles [1][2][3][4]. The reactivity that an allenamide can display is distinct from a traditional allene due to the presence of an amide unit attached at the α-carbon. This substituent can donate electron density into the

• allene, principally onto the central β-carbon, that can be harnessed in subsequent chemical transformations leading to regiochemical confidence in the resulting products (Scheme 1). Importantly, this unique reactivity has underpinned allenamide chemistry and led to the development of a number of

Self-assembled coordination thioether silver(I) macrocyclic complexes for homogeneous catalysis

• Zhen Cao,
• Aline Lacoudre,
• Cybille Rossy and
• Brigitte Bibal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2465–2472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.239

• catalysis has proved its effectiveness for numerous transformations involving unsaturated bond activation (allene, alkyne, alkene) [11][12][13][14][15][16][17], radical-based reactions [18][19][20] and several applications in asymmetric reactions [21][22]. This successful chemistry was usually conducted in

Different reactivity of phosphorylallenes under the action of Brønsted or Lewis acids: a crucial role of involvement of the P=O group in intra- or intermolecular interactions at the formation of cationic intermediates

• Stanislav V. Lozovskiy,
• Alexander Yu. Ivanov and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1491–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.151

• such phosphorylallenes under the action of Brønsted or Lewis acids. Apart from that, the reaction of dichlorophosphorylallenes with arenes and AlCl3 led to products of hydroarylation of the allene system, phosphoryl-substituted alkenes and/or indanes. This is the first example of a Lewis acid-promoted

• –H (Table 1). These species are formed by protonation of the central carbon atom of the allene system that gives the corresponding allyl cations, which undergo cyclization onto the oxygen of the P=O group. These ions have similar NMR data: the signal of the new proton H4 is located in the range 6.30

• at room temperature for a long time, they are not transformed into other species under the superacidic conditions. Unlike the others, allene 1g undergoes consequent transformations in TfOH at room temperature (see Scheme 1 and Figure 2). First, when dissolved in the acid, allene 1g forms

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• conjugate addition of benzamide nitrogen onto the 2-ynamide generates the final cyclization product 24 through allene intermediate 28. Taking into account that the reaction does not take place with internal alkynes, the authors conclude that a terminal alkyne is necessary for the formation of the first

An anomalous addition of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate to a carbonyl group: the synthesis of ((3aS,7aR,E)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-2,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-isoindol-1-ylidene)sulfamoyl chloride

• Aytekin Köse,
• Aslı Ünal,
• Ertan Şahin,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Yunus Kara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 931–936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.89

• ], chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI, 1) continues to be the most reactive isocyanate to date. CSI is relatively more reactive than alkylsulfonyl isocyanate in olefin additions [2]. Its highly reactive nature is due to the polarization of the allene double bond by the highly electronegative chlorosulfonyl group. CSI

The LANCA three-component reaction to highly substituted β-ketoenamides – versatile intermediates for the synthesis of functionalized pyridine, pyrimidine, oxazole and quinoxaline derivatives

• Tilman Lechel,
• Roopender Kumar,
• Mrinal K. Bera,
• Reinhold Zimmer and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 655–678, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.61

• reaction is very broad and almost all types of nitriles and carboxylic acids have successfully been used. The alkoxy group introduced via the allene component is also variable and hence the subsequent transformation of this substituent into a hydroxy group can be performed under different conditions

• pattern of the allene – a remarkable variety of reactions and product types are known using the three-carbon backbone of these reactive compounds [10]. During the exploration of alkoxyallene chemistry [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] we accidently discovered a new three-component reaction leading

• corresponding Z-isomers occurs. It should be noted here that the protonation to the allenyl iminium species B implies an “umpolung of reactivity” of the alkoxyallene subunit converting the central allene carbon to an electrophilic center whereas this carbon is a nucleophilic center in the neutral compound. The

Generation of 1,2-oxathiolium ions from (arysulfonyl)- and (arylsulfinyl)allenes in Brønsted acids. NMR and DFT study of these cations and their reactions

• Stanislav V. Lozovskiy,
• Alexander Yu. Ivanov,
• Olesya V. Khoroshilova and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2897–2906, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.268

• followed by acetylene–allene rearrangement was used to prepare (arylsulfinyl)allenes 1 according to the literature procedure [24][25]. The latter were in situ oxidized to (arylsulfonyl)allenes 2 (see X-ray structure of 2h in Figure 1). Allenes 1a,b were specially isolated to compare their reactivity with

• high positive charge on it. Another pathway may be an electrophilic cyclization at the ortho-carbon in the S-phenyl ring. Then, the preparative reactions of allene 2a under the action of different electrophilic reagents were conducted. Transformations of 2a using an excess of various Brønsted acids

• reaction solution with a low nucleophilic medium (frozen aqueous HCl at −60 °C) gave almost quantitatively butadiene Z-3a with a small admixture of its E-isomer (Table 3, entry 4). Weaker acids, CF3CO2H or aqueous HCl, did not activate allene 2a, no reactions took place (Table 3, entries 5 and 6). Apart

Synthesis of cis-hydrindan-2,4-diones bearing an all-carbon quaternary center by a Danheiser annulation

• Gisela V. Saborit,
• Carlos Cativiela,
• Ana I. Jiménez,
• Josep Bonjoch and
• Ben Bradshaw

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2597–2601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.237

• reaction of a (trimethylsilyl)allene and a suitable cyclic α,β-unsaturated ketone [30][31]. Despite the applicability of the reaction to construct five-membered rings, it has not been extensively examined [32] for the synthesis of complex natural products. As depicted in Scheme 2, the hydrindane core ring

• . Gratifyingly, treatment of 4 with TiCl4 in the presence of commercially available 1-methyl-1-(trimethylsilyl)allene at −78 °C for 1 h afforded the desired cis-6,5-bicylic core 5 in 63% yield as a single diastereomer. The desilylated product 6 was also obtained as a mixture of diastereomers. The high

• stereoselectivity of the ring-formation step can be explained by the suprafacial addition of the allene to the double bond of the α,β-unsaturated compound 4, the diastereoselectivity being sterically controlled by the methyl group on the β-face. The transformation of the vinylsilane moiety in 5 into the

Synthesis of eunicellane-type bicycles embedding a 1,3-cyclohexadiene moiety

• Alex Frichert,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Thomas Lindel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2461–2467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.222

• carbinols afforded novel allene systems. Our study may be of help towards the total synthesis of solenopodin or klysimplexin derivatives. Keywords: conformational analysis; low valent titanium; marine natural products; pinacol coupling; ten-membered rings; Introduction Eunicellane-type diterpenoids share

• )-isomer of 24, compound 31, via Sonogashira coupling with the (E)-isomer [11] of 12. Chlorinated allene 32 was formed from 31 as the only product on treatment with SOCl2/pyridine, presumably after chlorosulfonation, followed by chlorine transfer and loss of SO2 (Scheme 5). There is precedence that

• elimination towards the cyclohexene can be a competing process [26]. The configuration of the allene moieties could not be elucidated. Interestingly, treatment of 31 with Tf2O/pyridine afforded allenyl triflone 34, with 13C NMR signals of the allene center and the triflyl-substituted carbon at δ 203.7 and

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• succinimides 50 in good yields (Scheme 31a) [87]. Likewise, oximes 51 [88] were also efficient participated in the hydroarylation of maleimides (Scheme 31b). 3. Hydroarylation of allenes An allene is an exceptional functional group in organic synthesis due to its cumulative double bonds [89][90]. In this

• , a plausible mechanism was proposed. The reaction starts with the generation of the active cobalt(III) species G1 from [Cp*CoI2(CO)], AgSbF6, and arene 53. Subsequently, C–H metallation of G1 by ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer provides cobaltacycle G2 and an allene insertion gives intermediate G3

Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, allenes, and aldehydes catalyzed by a Co/Cr-hybrid catalyst

• Kimihiro Komeyama,
• Shunsuke Sakiyama,
• Kento Iwashita,
• Itaru Osaka and
• Ken Takaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.118

• the coupling (Table 1, entries 3–5). Thus, the removal of CrCl3 resulted in the formation of a trace amount of 4a with the complete consumption of allene 2a, whereas most of iodoarene 1a and aldehyde 3a remained unreacted after the reaction was completed (Table 1, entry 3). Using a Zn reductant

• reaction conditions mainly afforded the anti-configured homoallylic alcohols 7–10 in 46–65% yield. A similar reversed diastereoselectivity was observed in the coupling reaction of silyloxy allene 6, leading to 11 in 46% yield (anti/syn = 73:27). A stoichiometric reaction using phenylchromium(II or III

• ) reagents, generated from the reaction of CrCl2 or CrCl3(thf)2 with phenyllithium [19][20], in the presence of allene 2a and aldehyde 3c provided diarylmethanes in 78–85% yields without the visible consumption of allene 2a (Scheme 10, reaction 1). Furthermore, in the absence of the CrCl3 catalyst, allene 2a

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

• Arif Dastan,
• Haydar Kilic and
• Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

• -triene (78), and triplet 2-naphthylcarbene (79). Formation of allene 83 as an alternative carbene rearrangement product was not detected under the studied photolysis conditions (Scheme 14). Kitahara’s group reported the one-step synthesis of heptafulvalenes and benzoheptafulvalenes from monocyclic

Chlorination of phenylallene derivatives with 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one: synthesis of vicinal-dichlorides and chlorodienes

• Zhensheng Zhao and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 796–802, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.67

• . Experimental evidence suggests that a radical mechanism is involved. Keywords: allene; chlorination; hypervalent iodine; synthetic methods; vinyl chloride; Introduction Organochlorine compounds are vital as polymer precursors [1], as pharmaceuticals [2][3] and agrochemicals [4][5][6] and as functional

• (4). Results and Discussion We began our investigation of allene chlorination using p-tolylallene (2a), prepared from 4-methylstyrene through Doering–Moore–Skattebøl reaction [46], and iodane 1a. The reaction was carried out using a slight excess of 1a in acetonitrile, at both room temperature and at

• reflux, and upon consumption of the allene an inseparable mixture of chlorination products 3a and 3a’ were obtained. While the overall yield of the chlorinated products increased when under reflux conditions, very little change in chemoselectivity was observed (Scheme 2) [31]. As these results were

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• deprotonation of a benzyl proton in intermediate C giving the allenic product D. At high temperature, deprotonation of allene D prefers to form anion E in the presence of KF, which is converted to anion F through a resonance effect. Protonation of intermediate F would then furnish the propargyl

Asymmetric synthesis of propargylamines as amino acid surrogates in peptidomimetics

• Matthias Wünsch,
• David Schröder,
• Tanja Fröhr,
• Lisa Teichmann,
• Sebastian Hedwig,
• Nils Janson,
• Clara Belu,
• Jasmin Simon,
• Shari Heidemeyer,
• Philipp Holtkamp,
• Jens Rudlof,
• Lennard Klemme,
• Alessa Hinzmann,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2428–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.240

• fluoride leads to deprotonation in the Cα-position of 6i, 6k and 6j, inducing an alkyne rearrangement to form an allene, which rearranges further to provide an α,β-unsaturated imine (Figure 8) [97]. One target application of propargylamines 7 is the Sonogashira cross-coupling with halogenated benzoates

• turned brightly yellow when treated with bases like piperidine. The X-ray crystal structures of 11i and 12i confirm unequivocally the structure of the products and thus the postulated two-step rearrangement. Both, the rearrangement of the alkyne to the allene and the subsequent tautomerism to the α,β

• approach. Electron-withdrawing substituents in the Cα-position induced an irreversible alkyne–allene-α,β-unsaturated imine rearrangement under mild basic conditions, which makes an alkaline racemization of propargylamines improbable. Altogether, a large set of propargylamines with various amino acid

Synthesis of benzothiophene and indole derivatives through metal-free propargyl–allene rearrangement and allyl migration

• Jinzhong Yao,
• Yajie Xie,
• Lianpeng Zhang,
• Yujin Li and
• Hongwei Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1866–1870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.181

• ][14][15]. For example, the preparation of C3-borylated benzothiophene by BCl3-induced borylative cyclization of arylalkynes was recently demonstrated by Ingleson [16]. Allene-mediated cyclization reactions are advantageous due to the convenient preparation of starting materials instead of the use of

• unstable or reactive polyfunctionalized allene substrates [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Although transition metal (e.g., Au, Pd)-catalysed propargyl–allenyl isomerization and cyclization reactions have been established [28][29], such transformations promoted by a base to construct

• -pot process. Based on our understanding of organosulfur chemistry [20][21][22], we report herein a simple, metal-free method for the formation of benzothiophenes using an intramolecular addition of a sulfur atom (originated from a sulfide) to the electron-deficient allene moiety generated in situ by a

Synthesis of alkynyl-substituted camphor derivatives and their use in the preparation of paclitaxel-related compounds

• M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho,
• Rudolf Herrmann and
• Gabriele Wagner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1230–1238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.122

• formed propargyl group is isomerized to an allene moiety, obviously due to the excess of the strongly basic lithium salt [35]. This unexpected monosubstitution remains unexplained and is not applicable as basis for a general selective synthesis of monoalkynylcamphor derivatives. Alkynes can also be

Nucleophilic and electrophilic cyclization of N-alkyne-substituted pyrrole derivatives: Synthesis of pyrrolopyrazinone, pyrrolotriazinone, and pyrrolooxazinone moieties

• Işıl Yenice,
• Sinan Basceken and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 825–834, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.83

• formation of 12d. Since the central carbon atom of an allene unit is more electropositive, the carbon atom can undergo an attack by the amide nitrogen atom to form a six-membered ring. In the case of 7a–c, the formation of allenic intermediates is out of question [15]. Based on our experimental results, we

• and methylene protons in 13c and 16 with the relevant carbon atoms (from the HMBC spectrum). Single-crystal X-ray structure of 12c shown with 40% probability displacement ellipsoids. The structure of allene 17 formed during the reaction of 7d with a base. Single-crystal X-ray structure of 19c shown