Cyclodextrin-based Schiff base pro-fragrances: Synthesis and release studies

• Attila Palágyi,
• Jindřich Jindřich,
• Juraj Dian and
• Sophie Fourmentin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1346–1354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.140

• phosphate buffer solutions of pH 1.08, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00 11.00, 12.00, and 12.80 were prepared (see Experimental section) using deuterium oxide instead of water to facilitate NMR spectroscopy experiments. Because of the low solubility of the pro-fragrance in water, it had

• , 7.00, 8.00, 9.00, 10.00 11.00, 12.00, and 12.80 were prepared by mixing 0.1 M solutions of H3PO4, KH2PO4, K2HPO4, and K3PO4 in ratios given in Table 2 using deuterium oxide instead of distilled water to facilitate NMR spectroscopy experiments. The exact pH value was tuned with titration with the help

Synthetic strategies for the preparation of γ-phostams: 1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides and 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxides

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 889–915, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.90

• diphenyl-N-benzyl-N-methylphosphinamide (107) in the presence of sec-butyllithium followed by treatment with methanol, deuterium oxide, methyl iodide, and benzaldehyde, affording a series of cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams 108–112 in low regio- and stereoselectivies (Scheme 21) [46]. They further

Mechanistic studies of the solvolysis of alkanesulfonyl and arenesulfonyl halides

• Malcolm J. D’Souza and
• Dennis N. Kevill

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 120–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.13

• considerable interest because, if the solvolysis is carried out in a deuterated solvent of type ROD in the presence of the conjugate base (OR−), it is found that there is deuterium uptake into the product. This is believed to be excellent evidence for the intermediacy of a sulfene formed by an elimination

• reaction promoted by the OR− species, with the sulfene then rapidly adding a solvent molecule to give a final product which is identical to the direct substitution product, except that, with the deuterated solvent, deuterium uptake can easily be detected [72][73][74] (Equation 4). This reaction was found

The enzyme mechanism of patchoulol synthase

• Houchao Xu,
• Bernd Goldfuss,
• Gregor Schnakenburg and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 13–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.2

• contradicts the retainment of this hydrogen as reported by Croteau [9]. Further support for Akhila’s mechanism was provided by Ekramzadeh et al., who observed the uptake of two deuterium atoms at C3 and C12 in an incubation of FPP with PTS in deuterium oxide buffer that explain the reprotonations of the

• migration from C to D in Scheme 1A), and a Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement to G. The final steps are identical to those in Akhila’s mechanism (Scheme 2A). This work also reported on a labelling experiment with (2-2H)FPP that was enzymatically converted with PTS with incorporation of deuterium at C2 of 3

• reported, which was explained by an unusual intramolecular deuterium transfer. Herein, the deuteron is released from (2-2H)-J in the deprotonation step to 5 (or other enzyme products losing the same hydrogen in the terminal deprotonation). Deprotonation of (2-2H)-H was suggested to produce the unknown

Targeting active site residues and structural anchoring positions in terpene synthases

• Anwei Hou and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2441–2449, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.161

• to incorporation of deuterium into diastereotopic hydrogen positions that can be distinguished by NMR spectroscopy. Herein, the additional 13C-labellings allow for a sensitive analysis by HSQC spectroscopy (Figure 7). Conversion of both substrates (R)- and (S)-(1-13C,1-2H)GGPP with the SmTS1 A222M

• variant showed the incorporation of deuterium into only one of the diastereotopic hydrogens, indicating that (R)-9 is formed in an enantiomerically pure form, while for 8 from (R)-(1-13C,1-2H)GGPP an enantiomeric ratio of 1.00:0.68 (19% ee) and from (S)-(1-13C,1-2H)GGPP an enantiomeric ratio of 0.77:1.00

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

• Renato L. Carvalho,
• Amanda S. de Miranda,
• Mateus P. Nunes,
• Roberto S. Gomes,
• Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
• Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

• co-workers described the deuteration of several pharmaceuticals via an Fe-catalyzed C–H activation protocol (Scheme 29A and B) [161]. The site selectivity of the bulky iron catalyst was orthogonal to conventional iridium catalysts used in deuterium labelling experiments, allowing the

• functionalization of complementary positions in several molecules of medicinal importance. Using molecular deuterium gas, the deuterium exchange occurred at different positions in small molecules in different proportions and satisfactory yields. Late-stage site-selective deuteration of pharmaceuticals like

Methodologies for the synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins: twenty years of advances

• Thiago S. Silva and
• Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112

• -substituted β-diketones 2a and 2b (61 and 70% yield, respectively). Notably, the unsaturated carbocycles expected from palladium β-hydride elimination were not observed, indicating that an oxidant was not required in the reaction medium to regenerate the Pd(II) species. Later, deuterium-labeling experiments

• because of the less enolizable character of these compounds. Deuterium incorporation at the olefin terminal carbon was obtained when the deuterated substrate α-13-d2 was subjected to the reaction conditions, indicating the participation of an internal proton source in the putative protodemetalation step

• cyclization of internal alkenes, such as 19c, were not generated by this methodology. Additional experiments in the presence of deuterated water corroborated the authors’ proposal of an involvement of gold catalysis in the enolization of the substrates (a hydrogen–deuterium [H–D] exchange in saturated

Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”

• Gian Cesare Tron,
• Alberto Minassi,
• Giovanni Sorba,
• Mara Fausone and
• Giovanni Appendino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1335–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.93

• irreversible one-electron oxidation at 0.80 V, in accordance with the involvement of oxygen in the reaction. Remarkably, when the glutarimide was labeled with deuterium in position 3, the deuterium labeling was transferred to the hydrocarbon liberated in the reaction, showing that hydrogen abstraction was

α,γ-Dioxygenated amides via tandem Brook rearrangement/radical oxygenation reactions and their application to syntheses of γ-lactams

• Mikhail K. Klychnikov,
• Radek Pohl,
• Ivana Císařová and
• Ullrich Jahn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 688–704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.58

• enolate formation from 8h,i with s-BuLi, a deuterium quenching experiment with D2O was performed. Analysis by 1H NMR spectroscopy revealed 87 and 91% deuterium incorporation, respectively, indicating that a deprotonation occurred, but the epoxide opening was hampered by the combination of a sterically

• diastereomeric ratios. To confirm enolate formation, lactam 12f was deprotonated by LDA at −78 °C and quenched with D2O, resulting in lactam 12f with 86% deuterium incorporation, but no change in the diastereomeric ratio. Spirolactams 12m,n were also subjected to epimerization (Scheme 4). The change of the

Identification of volatiles from six marine Celeribacter strains

• Anuj Kumar Chhalodia,
• Jan Rinkel,
• Dorota Konvalinkova,
• Jörn Petersen and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 420–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.38

• -deuterated analogs by gas chromatography [61]). The base peak appears at m/z = 168, demonstrating its formation with participation of one deuterium from the S-methyl group. Analogous results were obtained by feeding of (methyl-13C)methionine, showing incorporation into 37 (74%, Figure S1C in Supporting

• 2.1L (deuterium lamp, 190–700 nm) and a YMC ChiralART Cellulose-SC column (5 μm; 250 × 20 mm) with a guard column of the same type (30 × 20 mm). The elution was performed with hexane/propanol 60:40 (isocratic) at a flow rate of 10 mL min−1 (36 bar). The UV–vis absorption was monitored at 275 nm

CF₃-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

• Anthony J. Fernandes,
• Armen Panossian,
• Bastien Michelet,
• Agnès Martin-Mingot,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

• free-energy relationship between the solvolysis rate and YOTs was obtained, suggesting an important solvent participation in these cases. Further investigations on 22f showed deuterium isotope effects in agreement with the transient formation of a carbenium ion. A solvent dependence of the kH/kD ratio

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

• spiropentane to form methylenecyclobutane occurred with the cleavage of the C1–C2 bond [94]. Dolbier then used deuterium labeling to study the analogous reaction of 1,1-difluorospiropentane (101) (Scheme 47) [95]. The cleavage of the C1–C2 bond that is proximal to the fluorine resulted in the formation of two

Molecular basis for protein–protein interactions

• Brandon Charles Seychell and
• Tobias Beck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.1

• determine the amino acid sequences at the PPIs site. Examples include protein painting [22] and chemical cross-linking [23], hydrogen–deuterium exchange mass spectrometry (HDXMS) [24], and fast photochemical oxidation of proteins [25]. In protein painting, small-molecular dyes are introduced to protein

• incorporated deuterium can then be localised through protease-generated peptide fragments or fragmentation within the mass spectrometer. The rate of hydrogen-to-deuterium exchange provides insight into the solvent accessibility. HDXMS provides information on the conformation of the protein, PPIs, and even

On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A–C

• Anwei Hou and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2807–2819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.231

• knowledge allows for structural predictions based on GC–MS data [17]. The deuterium labelling technique was also applied to other compound classes such as alkylbenzenes and ketones [18][19][20][21]. For terpenes, structural proposals can only be made based on the mass spectra for structurally less

• challenging objective as it is difficult to get access to the isotopically labelled terpenes needed for deep and conclusive insights. The early investigations by Djerassi and co-workers have made use of semisynthetic deuterated terpenes [23][24][25]. While deuterium can reveal specific hydrogen migrations in

• the fragmentation reactions, is comparably cheap, and can often easily be introduced, e.g., into C,H-acidic positions, a drawback of deuterium usage lies in possible kinetic isotope effects [21]. Also MS/MS-based techniques have been used to study the fragmentations of terpenes [26][27][28], but

A new method for the synthesis of diamantane by hydroisomerization of binor-S on treatment with sulfuric acid

• Rishat I. Aminov and
• Ravil I. Khusnutdinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2534–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.205

• , experiment B), or in carbon disulfide (CS2, experiment C). In experiment А, the major isomer 1-D2, which is formed upon hydroisomerization of binor-S (2), contains two deuterium atoms. Two more hydrogen atoms are probably provided by cyclohexane. Unexpectedly, the reaction also gave undeuterated diamantane

• (1), which may be due to deuterium exchange with hydrogen of cyclohexane under the action of D2SO4. The major product 1-D3, which is formed in experiment B with D2SO4 in C6D12 contains three deuterium atoms. The expected isomer with four deuterium atoms is formed in a minor amount. Evidently, binor-S

• (2) acts as the hydrogen source for the isomer C14H17D3, 1-D3. Our attempt to carry out the deuteration of diamantane (1) with D2SO4 in carbon disulfide for 7 h at 20 °C was unsuccessful. Evidently, the deuterium exchange, resulting in the formation of diamantanes 1-D7 and 1-D8 containing 7 and 8

One-pot and metal-free synthesis of 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols via polyfunctionalized cyclohexanones from β-nitrostyrenes

• Haruyasu Asahara,
• Minami Hiraishi and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1830–1836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.150

• (Scheme 2). Cyclohexanone 4a has acidic hydrogen atoms that can facilitate the aromatization by modification, e.g., by iodination. In order to obtain further insights into this possibility, 4a was heated with deuterium oxide, but no change was observed. In contrast, the signals assigned to the protons in

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

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

• trapping of the ensuing C(sp3) radical with the deuterated or tritiated thiol results in the incorporation of deuterium or tritium in multiple positions within the product 9.3. C(sp2) radicals Aryl radicals Considering the importance of arylation reactions in organic synthesis [61], aryl radicals are

Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations

• Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
• Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76

• (116) decomposition, initiating the radical chain reaction. Other substituted benzaldehydes were also investigated. Finally, experiments employing benzaldehyde-α-d1, showing no hydrogen/deuterium exchange, indicated no formation of a benzoyl radical (10) in this reaction. In 2019, Hashmi and co-workers

Current understanding and biotechnological application of the bacterial diterpene synthase CotB2

• Ronja Driller,
• Daniel Garbe,
• Norbert Mehlmer,
• Monika Fuchs,
• Keren Raz,
• Dan Thomas Major,
• Thomas Brück and
• Bernhard Loll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2355–2368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.228

• rearrangement. Hong and Tantillo performed the first theoretical study of the reaction mechanism in CotB2 via gas phase density functional theory (DFT) calculations [33]. Simultaneously, Sato et al. also studied the CotB2 reaction mechanism in the gas phase using DFT, combined with experimental deuterium

• deuterium labeling [33][34][35], to form the carbocation located at position C8 of dolabellatrienyl (B). By ring closure and formation of a novel C–C bond the tricyclic 5–8–5 ring system (C) is established. F107, F149, and the pyrophosphate moiety stabilize the carbocation at position C3 (Scheme 2 and

Functionalization of 4-bromobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine via regioselective direct ring metalation. A novel approach to analogues of pyridoacridine alkaloids

• Benedikt C. Melzer,
• Alois Plodek and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2304–2310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.222

• period. In recovered starting material 9d-D deuterium incorporation (about 60% calculated from the NMR resonance of 5-H) was detected exclusively at C-5, clearly indicating the regioselectivity of this metalation (Scheme 2). Probably, the metalation rate is even higher than 60% (compare the 71% yield for

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

• -copaene, β-copaene, α-cubebene, β-cubebene and the bicyclic δ-cadinene were biosynthesized via (S)-(−)-germacrene D rather than via (R)-(+)-germacrene D as intermediate. Keywords: biosynthesis; deuterium labeling; germacrene; HS-SPME; terpenes; TOF–MS; Introduction The aroma profile of grape berries at

• , clone 1Gm, isolated exocarp) showed the presence of several hundred components. Twenty-five of these compounds were unequivocally identified as sesquiterpene hydrocarbons (Figure 1). Deuterium-labeled compounds eluted earlier than the unlabeled analogues (Figure 3). This is due to the inverse isotope

• effect described by Matucha et al. which results in the gas chromatographic separation of isotopologic substances [28]. In the following, the fully deuterium-labeled compounds are examined and their possible biosynthesis pathways described. However, it was also possible to detect the peaks of the

Mechanistic investigations on multiproduct β-himachalene synthase from Cryptosporangium arvum

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1008–1019, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.99

• labelled 1 with incorporation of deuterium into diastereotopic hydrogen positions. Together with the relative configuration of the targeted methylene group as deduced by NOESY, the stereochemical outcome of these experiments, which can be easily monitored by sensitive HSQC, infers the absolute

• HcS (Figure 7). The selective incorporation of deuterium into the diastereotopic positions of 7 is explainable by a 1Si,11Re-cyclisation of (R)-NPP. Given the absolute configuration of NPP and its formation via a 1,3-syn-allylic rearrangement from FPP, this ring closure represents an example of a

• of the commercial available products (Table S4–S8, Supporting Information File 1) clearly obeys the anti-SN2’ case (Figures S12–S14, Supporting Information File 1). The observation that 15 was obtained as a nearly racemic mixture contrasts the far more selective incorporation of deuterium into the

Stereochemical investigations on the biosynthesis of achiral (Z)-γ-bisabolene in Cryptosporangium arvum

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 789–794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.75

• terpinyl cation has been investigated using deuterium labelling, demonstrating different stereochemical courses in the plant Salvia officinalis [8][9] and in the bacterium Streptomyces clavuligerus [10]. Also the highly unusual methylated sesquiterpene sodorifen (4) possesses a mirror plane [11] making any

Selective benzylic C–H monooxygenation mediated by iodine oxides

• Kelsey B. LaMartina,
• Haley K. Kuck,
• Linda S. Oglesbee,
• Asma Al-Odaini and
• Nicholas C. Boaz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 602–609, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.55

• via a similar mechanism we examined several aspects of the NHPI-iodate system. A substrate deuterium kinetic isotope effect (KIE) study indicated that the benzylic C–H bond is broken more rapidly than the C–D bond of the deuterated substrate. Catalytic oxidation of a stoichiometric mixture of proteo

• and perdeutero ethylbenzene (8a,b) afforded a deuterium KIE of 3.21 ± 0.08 (Figure 5). The magnitude of this value indicates a primary KIE, which is observed with other reported deuterium KIE values of benzylic C–H scission via PINO radicals. Deuterium KIE values for hydrogen atom abstraction by the

• PINO radical vary based upon conditions such as temperature and solvent [63][64][65]. Ishii and co-workers have shown that catalytic oxidation of ethylbenzene in acetic acid solvent via PINO radical catalysis yields a competitive deuterium KIE of 3.8, similar to the system described herein [60]. The