Biological properties and conformational studies of amphiphilic Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes bearing functionalized aroylaminocarbo-N-thioylpyrrolinate units

• Samet Poyraz,
• Samet Belveren,
• Sabriye Aydınoğlu,
• Mahmut Ulger,
• Abel de Cózar,
• Maria de Gracia Retamosa,
• Jose M. Sansano and
• H. Ali Döndaş

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.192

• -dipolar cycloaddition [16][21][22], were submitted to the reaction with benzoyl isothiocyanate in refluxing acetonitrile to obtain compounds L1, L2 and L3 in good yields [16][21]. Due to the very low biological activity of these ligands by themselves, the chelation with nickel(II) and palladium(II) was

Synthesis of new bile acid-fused tetrazoles using the Schmidt reaction

• Dušan Đ. Škorić,
• Olivera R. Klisurić,
• Dimitar S. Jakimov,
• Marija N. Sakač and
• János J. Csanádi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2611–2620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.174

• ]. The main approach in the synthesis of the tetrazoles is 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between azide and nitrile. These reactions often follow the principles of “click” chemistry [20]. Although the formation of tetrazole in the Schmidt reaction of ketones was noted in the original study by Schmidt himself

• , derivatives of bile acid, androstene, and cholestane were prepared, with the tetrazole ring not being fused to the steroid core [30][31][32][33]. Some fused steroidal tetrazole derivatives were obtained by intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [34][35]. It should be noted that the Schmidt reaction

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 1H-1,2,3-triazole and carboxylate analogues of metronidazole

• Satya Kumar Avula,
• Syed Raza Shah,
• Khdija Al-Hosni,
• Muhammad U. Anwar,
• Rene Csuk,
• Biswanath Das and
• Ahmed Al-Harrasi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2377–2384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.154

• . The structure of metronidazide 3 was unambiguously confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis (Figure 3). The next step was carried out by using “click” chemistry involving the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between metronidazide 3 and alkyne derivative 4a in the presence of CuI and Hünig’s base

(Phenylamino)pyrimidine-1,2,3-triazole derivatives as analogs of imatinib: searching for novel compounds against chronic myeloid leukemia

• Luiz Claudio Ferreira Pimentel,
• Lucas Villas Boas Hoelz,
• Henayle Fernandes Canzian,
• Frederico Silva Castelo Branco,
• Andressa Paula de Oliveira,
• Vinicius Rangel Campos,
• Floriano Paes Silva Júnior,
• Rafael Ferreira Dantas,
• Jackson Antônio Lamounier Camargos Resende,
• Anna Claudia Cunha,
• Nubia Boechat and
• Mônica Macedo Bastos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2260–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.144

• )pyrimidine-pyridine (PAPP) group as a pharmacophoric fragment, and these compounds were biologically evaluated. The synthesis of twelve new compounds was performed in three steps and assisted by microwave irradiation in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to obtain 1,2,3-triazole derivatives substituted on carbon C

• in the docking studies. Keywords: chronic myeloid leukemia; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; imatinib; (phenylamino)pyrimidine-pyridine; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction Changes in tyrosine kinase proteins (TKPs), either by mutation or chromosomal translocation, can turn them into potent oncogenes

• developed by Sharpless and collaborators, to the Huisgen cycloaddition (a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction to obtain this heterocycle) allowed the regiospecific synthesis of the 1,4-disubstituted isomers with good yields in the presence of copper(I) salts [15][16][17]. Since then, medicinal chemists used

A study on selective transformation of norbornadiene into fluorinated cyclopentane-fused isoxazolines

• Zsanett Benke,
• Attila M. Remete and
• Loránd Kiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2051–2066, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.132

• Abstract This work presents an examination of the selective functionalization of norbornadiene through nitrile oxide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ring-opening metathesis (ROM)/cross-metathesis (CM) protocols. Functionalization of commercially available norbornadiene provided novel bicyclic scaffolds with

• oxide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ROM/CM strategies was presented. The stepwise functionalization of norbornadiene across the ring olefin bonds generated fluorine-containing alkenylated cyclopentane-fused isoxazolines. The synthetic protocol was based on selective nitrile oxide cycloaddition to the

A recent overview on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles

• Pezhman Shiri,
• Ali Mohammad Amani and
• Thomas Mayer-Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1600–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.114

• applications of these five-membered N-heterocycles are the result of both their easy synthetic procedures and ring functionalization [9][31][32]. Typically, 1,2,3-triazole derivatives are prepared via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between azides and alkynes [33]. It is worth noting that the metal

• 1,2,3-triazoles through multicomponent reactions and the relevant mechanistic aspects have been surveyed by Chen, Ren, et al. [27]. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between azides and alkynes is the most efficient pathway for the preparation of disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives. The copper

• of the imine intermediate produces the intermediate enamine 13. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of enamine 13 with azide produces intermediate 1,2,3-triazoline 14. In continuation, a ring-opening process is promoted by acetic acid to afford the intermediate 16. Afterward, triazene intermediate 17 was

Chemical synthesis of C6-tetrazole ᴅ-mannose building blocks and access to a bioisostere of mannuronic acid 1-phosphate

• Eleni Dimitriou and
• Gavin J. Miller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1527–1532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.110

• mannuronic acid building blocks, appropriately modified at the carboxylate C6 position with a bioisosteric tetrazole. Thioglycosides containing a protected C6-tetrazole are accessed from a C6-nitrile, through dipolar cycloaddition using NaN3 with n-Bu2SnO. We also demonstrate access to orthogonally C4

• yield of 50% (compared to 31% in accessing 9 from 7). Nitrile 16 then underwent dipolar cycloaddition with NaN3, converting it to C6-tetrazole thioglycoside 17 in 55% yield. This material was then protected at tetrazole nitrogen in 76% yield using PMBCl to give 18 and 19 (N1-PMB/N2-PMB = 1:1.2) as

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

• stereoselective synthesis is especially interesting, highlighting the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions with azomethine ylides as an example of transformation that take place with great stereocontrol, and allow the synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyrrolidines in a single reaction step [91][92]. On the other

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

• plausible mechanism shown in Scheme 14 explains the formation of azomethine ylide B by condensation of isatin with amino acid followed by release of a molecule of CO2 via A. The imine B undergoes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with the dipolarophiles 39. The cyclization yields the desired product 40 of the three

• introduces primary amines for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition which is less explored due to the probability of competitive Strecker degradation over decarboxylation of azomethine ylides. The protocol reveals the efficiency of MW assisted reaction with reduced reaction time from 18 h to 12 min and enhanced the

• ylide formation over the expected Strecker degradation. The azomethine ylide trapped by 3-alkenylindole undergoes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and led to the cycloadducts 44. 4 Pyrans Pyran is a six-membered heterocyclic, non-aromatic ring, consisting of five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom with two

Synthesis of β-triazolylenones via metal-free desulfonylative alkylation of N-tosyl-1,2,3-triazoles

• Soumyaranjan Pati,
• Renata G. Almeida,
• Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior and
• Irishi N. N. Namboothiri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 762–770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.66

• precursors in denitrogenative transannulation reactions under metal-catalysed conditions to form other heterocycles such as functionalized pyrroles, imidazoles and pyridines (Scheme 1b) [11][12][13]. The traditional method for the synthesis of triazole unit is the Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between

• -triazoles with alkynes and Rh catalysed N1 and N2 selective alkylations [24][25]. As for metal-free approaches, besides synthesizing N-alkylated triazoles via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of alkyl azide with enols generated from carbonyl compounds under transition metal-free conditions [26], a direct

[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C₆₀ based on diazo compounds

• Yuliya N. Biglova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55

• C60 or b) possible formation of both isomers as a result of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the diazo compound to the fullerene, followed by elimination of molecular nitrogen from the pyrazoline intermediate. Second, the rearrangement of [5,6]-open isomers into thermodynamically more stable [6,6]-closed

• unusual ferrocene-containing block 202 was synthesized (Scheme 37) [158]. 1-(3-(Benzoyl)propyl)-1-phenyl[6,6]methanofullerene (203) was obtained by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of a tosylhydrazone derivative (obtained from 1,3-dibenzoylpropane) to C60 (Scheme 38) [159]. 2-Benzoylpropionic acid was used as

1,2,3-Triazoles as leaving groups in S_NAr–Arbuzov reactions: synthesis of C6-phosphonated purine derivatives

• Kārlis-Ēriks Kriķis,
• Irina Novosjolova,
• Anatoly Mishnev and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 193–202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.19

• chlorine at the purine C2 position by azide, and 3) copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (CuAAC) with different alkynes. Pathway B included: 1) the two-step synthesis of 2,6-bistriazolylpurine derivatives 6 from 2,6-dichloropurine derivative 1 [22] and 2) the SNAr–Arbuzov reaction with

Recent progress in the synthesis of homotropane alkaloids adaline, euphococcinine and N-methyleuphococcinine

• Dimas J. P. Lima,
• Antonio E. G. Santana,
• Michael A. Birkett and
• Ricardo S. Porto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 28–41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.4

• chemical ecology of Adalia bipunctata and the recent methodologies to obtain adaline (1), euphococcinine (2), and N-methyleuphococcinine (3). Keywords: 9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane; Coccinelid beetles; dipolar cycloaddition; homotropane; ring-closing metathesis; Introduction Coccinellid beetles contain a

• forms. Key (homotropane construction) steps included: i) inter and intramolecular Mannich reaction; ii) double Michael addition in the cyclooctadienone derivative; and iii) intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. As shown in Scheme 1, the azabicyclononane ring is an interesting target for strategies

• dipolar cycloaddition to produce tricyclic isoxazolidines [40]. The synthesis started from 5-hexyn-1-ol (4, Scheme 2). The alcohol was treated with dihydropyran followed by alkylation using butyllithium and then, acetal deprotection, providing the alcohol 5 as a key starting compound for the (±)-adaline

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

• synthesis of complex natural products (Figure 2). The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition has been well-documented and widely used for the construction of five-membered heterocycles since the 1960s [13]. However, the development of the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition, for instance, Berson’s and Little’s [3 + 2

Selective and reversible 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 6-aryl-1,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes with 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-ones under microwave irradiation

• Alexander P. Molchanov,
• Mariia M. Efremova,
• Mariya A. Kryukova and
• Mikhail A. Kuznetsov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2679–2686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.218

• chemistry and has attracted much interest. For 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions microwave irradiation not only allows to reduce the reaction time and to increase yields, but in some cases also can affect the selectivity of the reaction [34][35][36]. The efficiency of microwave irradiation has been shown

• investigated using only convection heating. The aim of the current work is to investigate the regio- and diastereoselectivity of the microwave-assisted (3 + 2) cycloaddition of 6-aryldiazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes with 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-ones. Results and Discussion Herein, we report the 1,3-dipolar

• cycloaddition reaction of 6-aryl-1,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes 1a–d (DABCH) with 1,3-diarylpropenones 2a–l at 110 °С under microwave irradiation using a microwave oven Discover SP in a 10 mL glass reactor. It was found that under these conditions the (3 + 2) cycloaddition products – perhydropyrazolopyrazoles

Azidophosphonium salt-directed chemoselective synthesis of (E)/(Z)-cinnamyl-1H-triazoles and regiospecific access to bromomethylcoumarins from Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts

• Soundararajan Karthikeyan,
• Radha Krishnan Shobana,
• Kamarajapurathu Raju Subimol,
• J. Helen Ratna Monica and
• Ayyanoth Karthik Krishna Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1579–1587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.130

• initiates the allylic rearrangement and thereby facilitates the removal of the crucial phosphonium oxide. The outcome of this process is the structurally relevant azido moiety IIIa, which then undergoes a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with the copper acetylide IVa to furnish the 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3

Ferrocenyl-substituted tetrahydrothiophenes via formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenyl thioketones with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Mateusz Kowalczyk,
• André U. Augustin,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1288–1295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.109

• -methanides (thiocarbonyl ylides) with electron-deficient ethylenic dipolarophiles. This method was extensively developed by Huisgen and co-workers in the 1980s [3][4][5]. In the course of these studies, a non-orthodox stepwise mechanism of the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition was established by experiments

Synthesis of pyrrolidinedione-fused hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines via three-component [3 + 2] cycloaddition followed by one-pot N-allylation and intramolecular Heck reactions

• Xiaoming Ma,
• Suzhi Meng,
• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Qiang Zhang,
• Shenghu Yan,
• Yue Zhang and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.106

• pyrrolidines II-b was less explored [27][28][29]. In recent years, our lab has reported a series of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition-initiated methods for the synthesis of diverse heterocycles A–J bearing fused polycyclic rings such as tetrahydroepiminobenzo[b]azocines, tetrahydropyrrolobenzodiazepinones

• via sequential 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, N-allylation, and intramolecular Heck cyclization reactions [50][51][52][53][54] (Scheme 2, K). Both stabilized and non-stabilized azomethine ylides could be used for the initial [3 + 2] cycloaddition. A multicomponent reaction was combined with one-pot

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• . Securinega alkaloids The total synthesis of the Securinega alkaloids, (−)-flueggine A (18) and (+)-virosaine B (19), which are potent anticancer agents, was proposed by Wei et al. [90] via a relay ring-closing metathesis (RRCM) associated with a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The enyne precursors bearing a

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• reactions that are stereospecific, high-yielding, modular, wide in scope, executable under simple reaction conditions, conductable in safe or easily removable solvents, and that generate only nonoffensive byproducts. Of course, the classical Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition does not fit into the above

• ]. Generally, urea (72) was calcined and then, CuCl2 was immobilized using sonication (Scheme 13). The nanopolymeric catalyst was applied as a reusable nanocatalyst for promoting the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitroolefins/phenylacetylenes and sodium azide in water at ambient temperature. High yields of the

• 4-aryl-1,2,3-triazole 76 were obtained in short reaction times. The results indicated that ß-nitrostyrenes/phenylacetylenes containing electron-rich and -deficient groups could participate in the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction. Notably, the reaction was also extended to bistriazole derivatives

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

The use of isoxazoline and isoxazole scaffolding in the design of novel thiourea and amide liquid-crystalline compounds

• Itamar L. Gonçalves,
• Rafaela R. da Rosa,
• Vera L. Eifler-Lima and
• Aloir A. Merlo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 175–184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.20

• , 8, 9, 12 and 13 were then prepared by [3 + 2]-1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of nitrile oxide (ArCNO) formed in situ from oximes and a number of alkenes as dipolarophiles, to yield the precursors of the cycloadducts isoxazolines 2, 7 and 11 regioselectively. The cycloadducts were subjected to SnCl2

Unexpected one-pot formation of the 1H-6a,8a-epiminotricyclopenta[a,c,e][8]annulene system from cyclopentanone, ammonia and dimethyl fumarate. Synthesis of highly strained polycyclic nitroxide and EPR study

• Sergey A. Dobrynin,
• Igor A. Kirilyuk,
• Yuri V. Gatilov,
• Andrey A. Kuzhelev,
• Olesya A. Krumkacheva,
• Matvey V. Fedin,
• Michael K. Bowman and
• Elena G. Bagryanskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2664–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.259

• observed in a one-pot synthesis from cyclopentanone, dimethyl fumarate and ammonium acetate. This multistep reaction includes 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of dimethyl fumarate to the cyclic azomethine ylide formed in situ from cyclopentanone and ammonia. The polycyclic amine product was easily converted into

• nitroxide [4]. Here we report the unexpected formation of a highly strained polycyclic amine from cyclopentanone, dimethyl fumarate and ammonium acetate. This multistep reaction obviously includes the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of dimethyl fumarate with cyclic azomethine ylide formed in situ from

• heterocycle formation [11]. Presumably, a prototropic shift in the enamine-imine intermediate 4 is followed by electrocyclization to the cyclic azomethine ylide, which then reacts with dimethyl fumarate in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. The suggested mechanism accounts for the trans-position of the methyne

AgNTf₂-catalyzed formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of ynamides with unprotected isoxazol-5-amines: efficient access to functionalized 5-amino-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide derivatives

• Ziping Cao,
• Jiekun Zhu,
• Li Liu,
• Yuanling Pang,
• Laijin Tian,
• Xuejun Sun and
• Xin Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2623–2630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.255

• tethered to cyclohexadienones that can be converted into complex polycycles by Ag-carbenoid-initiated cascades [16]. Recently, Zhu’s group developed a tandem 1,3‑dipolar cycloaddition/cyclopropanation silver-catalyzed reaction of enynals with alkenes [17]. In our previous studies, this silver carbene