(Z)-Selective Takai olefination of salicylaldehydes

• Stephen M. Geddis,
• Caroline E. Hagerman,
• Warren R. J. D. Galloway,
• Hannah F. Sore,
• Jonathan M. Goodman and
• David R. Spring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 323–328, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.35

• )-stereoselectivity observed in the chromium(II)-mediated homologation of aldehydes to alkenes (including vinyl halides). The salient features of both models are the same (Scheme 2). It is presumed that the addition of the gem-dichromium species 3 to the aldehyde 1 proceeds via a six-membered pseudo-chair transition

• chromium(II)-mediated homologation of aldehydes to form (E)-alkenes. Hodsgon et al. [7] and Takai et al. [5] have hypothesised that the addition of the gem-dichromium species 3 to aldehyde 1 proceeds via a six-membered pseudo-chair transition state 5. X = Cl, Br or I. Other ligands on chromium omitted for

Multicomponent reactions: A simple and efficient route to heterocyclic phosphonates

• Mohammad Haji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121

• aldehydes 224 generated terminal acetylenes 226 which cyclized with the second molecule of phosphonate 225 in the presence of Cu(I) to afford (5-methyl-1H-pyrazol-3-yl)phosphonates 230 in 46–81% yields (Scheme 46) [84]. Also, a domino reaction based on the dual reactivity of BOR as a homologation reagent as

Modular synthesis of the pyrimidine core of the manzacidins by divergent Tsuji–Trost coupling

• Sebastian Bretzke,
• Stephan Scheeff,
• Felicitas Vollmeyer,
• Friederike Eberhagen,
• Frank Rominger and
• Dirk Menche

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1111–1121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.107

• selected cross-metatheses of Cbz-protected amide 12 and its urea-derivative 16 with butene 17, a different reactivity of 12 and 16 was observed. While 16 proved too unreactive for the coupling reaction under various conditions (e.g., entries 1 and 2), the homologation of the Cbz-protected amine 12 to 18

• an X-ray structure of tert-butylsulfinylamine 28 was obtained. Remarkably, these types of substances have not been broadly evaluated by X-ray structural analysis which adds to the importance of this general evaluation. Next, we focused on further homologation towards a suitably functionalized urea

Synthesis of bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles by copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition: A family of valuable products by click chemistry

• Zhan-Jiang Zheng,
• Ding Wang,
• Zheng Xu and
• Li-Wen Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2557–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.276

• different azides, followed by the sequential Swern oxidation and Ohira–Bestmann homologation provided the ethynyltriazole intermediate 9, finally another CuAAC resulted in the formation of unsymmetrical 4,4'-bi(1,2,3-triazole)s 10 (Scheme 4). The synthesis of 5,5'-bitriazoles Originally, in the research of

A carbohydrate approach for the formal total synthesis of (−)-aspergillide C

• Pabbaraja Srihari,
• Namballa Hari Krishna,
• Ydhyam Sridhar and
• Ahmed Kamal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3122–3126, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.329

• the desired trans-olefin geometry, but required a one-carbon homologation to access the matched seco acid 4. To achieve the one-carbon homologation with appropriate functionality, it was necessary to perform sequential chemoselective transformations. In this regard, we proceeded by selectively

Olefin cross metathesis based de novo synthesis of a partially protected L-amicetose and a fully protected L-cinerulose derivative

• Bernd Schmidt and
• Sylvia Hauke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1023–1031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.102

• -benzyloxyhex-5-enal [30], oxidative degradation of aromatics and subsequent lactonization [31], and a two-carbon homologation of an enantiopure C4-building block with a metallated sulfone [32]. A combinatorial biosynthetic approach to D- and L-amicetose has also recently been established by combining different

Synthesis and stereochemical assignments of diastereomeric Ni(II) complexes of glycine Schiff base with (R)-2-(N-{2-[N-alkyl-N-(1-phenylethyl)amino]acetyl}amino)benzophenone; a case of configurationally stable stereogenic nitrogen

• Hiroki Moriwaki,
• Daniel Resch,
• Hengguang Li,
• Iwao Ojima,
• Ryosuke Takeda,
• José Luis Aceña and
• Vadim A. Soloshonok

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 442–448, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.41

• application [44][45][46][47]. In particular, homologation of Ni(II) complex 1 via alkyl halide alkylation [48][49][50], aldol [51][52][53], Mannich [54][55] and Michael [56][57][58] addition reactions can be conducted at room temperature and without specially controlled conditions. Achiral derivatives of 1

• , compounds 2 [59][60] and 3 [61][62][63], show even greater features of practicality and found application in the convenient synthesis of symmetrically α,α-disubstituted α-AAs [64][65], homologation under asymmetric PTC [66][67] and Michael addition reactions [68][69][70][71][72]. Nevertheless, the

Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

• Sebastian Krüger and
• Tanja Gaich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14

• tetracycle 283. The carboxylic acid was converted into the corresponding acyl chloride, followed by addition of diazomethane and subsequent Arndt–Eistert homologation [215] to obtain methyl ester 284. Claisen condensation furnished the intermediate β-cyano-ketone, which was subjected to diazotransfer

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

Total synthesis of (−)-epimyrtine by a gold-catalyzed hydroamination approach

• Thi Thanh Huyen Trinh,
• Khanh Hung Nguyen,
• Patricia de Aguiar Amaral and
• Nicolas Gouault

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2042–2047, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.242

• of the β-aminoynone 2 began with the Arndt–Eistert homologation [23] of N-Boc-protected D-alanine (Scheme 3). Thus, the N-Boc-D-alanine was treated with isobutyl chloroformate at 0 °C in THF/diethyl ether followed by the addition of diazomethane to afford the corresponding diazoketone. The Wolff

A practical synthesis of long-chain iso-fatty acids (iso-C₁₂–C₁₉) and related natural products

• Mark B. Richardson and
• Spencer J. Williams

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1807–1812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.210

• methylmagnesium bromide to the ester/lactones and selective reduction of the resulting tertiary alcohols. Thus, the C12, C17 and C18 iso-fatty acids were obtained in three steps from commercially-available starting materials, and the remaining C13–C16 and C19 iso-fatty acids were prepared by homologation or

• -methylpalmitic acid, and 2-oxo-14-methylpentadecane. Keywords: chemoselective reduction; Evans’ auxiliary; Grignard addition; homologation; ionic hydrogenation; Introduction Long-chain iso-fatty acids occur in a broad range of organisms, and are especially abundant in bacteria where, through incorporation into

• ; triethylsilane/BF3·Et2O [53] reduction gave 25; and KMnO4/Bu4NBr oxidation afforded iso-C18 acid 7 (Scheme 3). The iso-C19 acid 8 was readily prepared by a three-step homologation through intercepting the alcohol 25. Thus, mesylation of 25 (MsCl/Et3N [56]) afforded 26; substitution (KCN/DMSO) afforded the

The application of a monolithic triphenylphosphine reagent for conducting Ramirez gem-dibromoolefination reactions in flow

• Kimberley A. Roper,
• Malcolm B. Berry and
• Steven V. Ley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1781–1790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.207

• -dibromovinyl)benzene (3) in 84% yield. Triphenylphosphine oxide (4) was also isolated from the reaction as a byproduct. These gem-dibromoolefin products are particularly important intermediates in the one carbon homologation of an aldehyde into the corresponding terminal alkyne, known as the Corey–Fuchs

The chemistry of bisallenes

• Henning Hopf and
• Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

Design and synthesis of quasi-diastereomeric molecules with unchanging central, regenerating axial and switchable helical chirality via cleavage and formation of Ni(II)–O and Ni(II)–N coordination bonds

• Vadim A. Soloshonok,
• José Luis Aceña,
• Hisanori Ueki and
• Jianlin Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1920–1928, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.223

• enolates 16, in the presence of relatively strong bases (KOt-Bu), is an established step in general methods for homologation of the glycine moiety by alkyl halide alkylation [27][50][51][52][53], aldol [29][33][36][37] and Michael [28][31][34][35][38][39][43][44][45][46][47] addition reactions. The

Synthesis of trifunctional cyclo-β-tripeptide templates

• Frank Stein,
• Tahir Mehmood,
• Tilman Plass,
• Javid H. Zaidi and
• Ulf Diederichsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1576–1583, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.180

• prepared from the respective β-amino acids by Arndt–Eistert homologation [17][18][19]. The β-amino acids were transformed into the respective diazoketones with isobutyl chloroformate, triethylamine and diazomethane. The ketones were further converted into the β-amino acids by Wolff rearrangement using

• intermolecular stack of rings by backbone hydrogen bonding. β-Amino acids 1–3 with orthogonal side-chain protection obtained by Arndt–Eistert homologation followed by Wolff rearrangement; cyclo-β-tripeptide template 4 as obtained by coupling of amino acids 1–3 followed by cyclization. Functional units provided

The preparation of 3-substituted-1,5-dibromopentanes as precursors to heteracyclohexanes

• Bryan Ringstrand,
• Martin Oltmanns,
• Jeffrey A. Batt,
• Aleksandra Jankowiak,
• Richard P. Denicola and
• Piotr Kaszynski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 386–393, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.49

• steps starting from alkylation of malonate diester followed by reduction of the esters, tosylation of the alcohols, carbon homologation with NaCN, hydrolysis of the cyano groups to carboxylic acids, and lastly a second reduction to VII. Overall yields of diols VII using Method 1A are around 10% [27][28

Synthesis of glycosylated β³-homo-threonine conjugates for mucin-like glycopeptide antigen analogues

• Florian Karch and
• Anja Hoffmann-Röder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 47, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.47

• bioavailability for tumour immunotherapy. Towards this end, TN and TF antigen conjugates O-glycosidically linked to Fmoc-β3-homo-threonine were prepared in good yield via Arndt–Eistert homologation of the corresponding glycosyl α-amino acid derivative. By incorporation of TN-Fmoc-β3hThr conjugate into the 20

• , glycosylation of the corresponding dipeptide precursor Fmoc-β3hThr(OH)-Ala-OBn failed completely. Therefore we encountered the strategy of Arndt–Eistert homologation in the synthesis of the target Fmoc-β3hThr(αAc3GalNAc) and Fmoc-β3hThr(β(Ac4Gal(1–3))α(Ac3GalNAc)) conjugates 2a and 4, respectively, as reported

• direct synthetic precursor of TN derivative 1a in which the 2-acetamido substituent was masked by an azido group. Thus, upon subjection of Fmoc-Thr(αAc3GalN3)-OH (1b) [32] to the same homologation sequence as before, the corresponding β3hThr analogue 2b was obtained in 82% yield. Subsequent zinc-mediated

2-Phenyl- tetrahydropyrimidine- 4(1H)-ones – cyclic benzaldehyde aminals as precursors for functionalised β²-amino acids

• Markus Nahrwold,
• Arvydas Stončius,
• Anna Penner,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.43

• biosynthesis) [16], and fusaristatins A and B [17]. β3-Homoamino acids can be synthesised by Arndt–Eistert homologation of the corresponding proteinogenic α-amino acids [18][19][20]. Contrary to that, no procedure is known yet to enantiospecifically convert α-amino acids into their β2-homologues – although

Recent progress on the total synthesis of acetogenins from Annonaceae

• Nianguang Li,
• Zhihao Shi,
• Yuping Tang,
• Jianwei Chen and
• Xiang Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.48

End game strategies towards the total synthesis of vibsanin E, 3-hydroxyvibsanin E, furanovibsanin A, and 3-O-methylfuranovibsanin A

• Brett D. Schwartz,
• Craig M. Williams and
• Paul V. Bernhardt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 34, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.34

• enol ester sidechain (3,3-dimethylacrylic anhydride, 4-pyrrolidinopyridine) associated with the vibsanin family members this functionality was derived from a two carbon chain aldehyde (i.e. CH2CHO). In the current case (i.e. 23) the ester function would require homologation or new methodology to

• install the enol ester sidechain from one carbon unit (i.e. aldehyde). Considering one carbon homologation would demand multiple steps we opted to develop new methodology. A literature search revealed the work of Anders [25][26][27][28][29][30], which utilized methyleneoxy ylids of type 45. Our

Combining two-directional synthesis and tandem reactions, part 11: second generation syntheses of (±)-hippodamine and (±)-epi-hippodamine

• Annabella F. Newton,
• Martin Rejzek,
• Marie-Lyne Alcaraz and
• Robert A. Stockman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 4, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-4

• -hippodamine are presented which are able to shorten the syntheses by up to two steps. Conclusions Key advances include a two-directional homologation by cross metathesis and a new tandem reductive amination / double intramolecular Michael addition which generates 6 new bonds, 2 stereogenic centres and two

• immediately after isolation of the dialdehyde 5 (this was found to decompose upon storage, even at low temperature), and also the oxidative cleavage reaction produced large amounts of toxic osmium waste. During our recent synthesis of histrionicotoxin [11], we found that two-directional homologation of a

• symmetrical dialkene similar to 4 using cross-metathesis with acrylonitrile was possible using the Hoveyda modification of Grubbs second generation catalyst [12] (Scheme 2). Thus, it seemed a logical extension of this thinking to see if we could carry out a direct double homologation of dialkene 4 with ethyl

Knorr- Rabe partial reduction of pyrroles: Application to the synthesis of indolizidine alkaloids

• Brendon S. Gourlay,
• John H. Ryan and
• Jason A. Smith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 3, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-4-3

• using the modified Knorr-Rabe zinc reduction and synthesised the known 5-methyl derivative 18 (Scheme 7) as a model. The methyl ester of (±)-alanine was subjected to the modified Clauson-Kaas pyrrole synthesis to give an α-pyrrolic ester 19 which was subjected to two carbon homologation by ester

Flexible synthesis of poison- frog alkaloids of the 5,8-disubstituted indolizidine- class. II: Synthesis of (-)-209B, (-)-231C, (-)-233D, (-)-235B", (-)-221I, and an epimer of 193E and pharmacological effects at neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

• Soushi Kobayashi,
• Naoki Toyooka,
• Dejun Zhou,
• Hiroshi Tsuneki,
• Tsutomu Wada,
• Toshiyasu Sasaoka,
• Hideki Sakai,
• Hideo Nemoto,
• H. Martin Garraffo,
• Thomas F. Spande and
• John W. Daly

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 30, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-30

• relative stereochemistry proposed for 193E [14] and indolizidine (-)-221I [14] were synthesized from the lactam 2 [1] via the ester 6 (Scheme 2). The two-step oxidation of 2 followed by Arndt-Eistert homologation of the resulting carboxylic acid provided the ester 6. Reduction of both lactam and ester