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Nucleophilic functionalization of thianthrenium salts under basic conditions

  • Xinting Fan,
  • Duo Zhang,
  • Xiangchuan Xiu,
  • Bin Xu,
  • Yu Yuan,
  • Feng Chen and
  • Pan Gao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 257–263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.26

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  • of a metal catalyst [46]. Results and Discussion With these considerations in mind, we investigated the possibility of the thioetherification between alkylthianthrenium salts and thiophenols. After extensive screening of the reaction parameters, the desired thioetherification product 3aa was obtained
  • using nucleophiles directly, without the need for an external metal catalyst. Synthetic application of thianthrenium salts. Substrate scope. Reaction conditions: alkylthianthrenium salts 1 (0.3 mmol), thiophenols 2 (0.2 mmol), DIPEA (0.4 mmol) in 2.0 mL of MeCN at room temperature for 16 h under air
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Published 08 Feb 2024

Metal-catalyzed coupling/carbonylative cyclizations for accessing dibenzodiazepinones: an expedient route to clozapine and other drugs

  • Amina Moutayakine and
  • Anthony J. Burke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 193–204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.19

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  • was via the Chan–Lam amination (milder conditions, cheaper, earth-abundant catalyst, no expensive ligand requirement) as the Buchwald–Hartwig amination required harsher conditions and an expensive metal catalyst, and also gave an unwanted phenazine side product. The sequential stepwise Chan–Lam
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Published 31 Jan 2024

N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

  • Fatemeh Doraghi,
  • Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
  • Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
  • Bagher Larijani and
  • Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

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  • -bromoalkenes 72 was also investigated in the presence of Cs2CO3 without the need of a metal catalyst. The synthetic applicability of the procedure was demonstrated by a gram-scale synthesis of the 1,2-thiosulfonylethene product. A possible mechanism for the formation of 1,2-thiosulfonylethenes is shown in
  • , respectively. It should be noted that the use of a palladium catalyst was essential for the cross-coupling reaction between 1’’’ and 74. Also, the presence of ZnCl2 could facilitate the cleavage of the N–S bond. In the case of amines and thiols, there was no need for a metal catalyst for the formation of S–N
  • research team disclosed a new protocol for 1,2-thiofunctionalization of arylalkenes 160 with N-arylthiophthalimide 14 and various nucleophiles, including aryl ethers, carboxylic acids, indoles, and pyrroles in the presence of HCl (Scheme 69) [99]. The procedure utilized no toxic metal catalyst, or additive
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Published 27 Sep 2023

α-(Aminomethyl)acrylates as acceptors in radical–polar crossover 1,4-additions of dialkylzincs: insights into enolate formation and trapping

  • Angel Palillero-Cisneros,
  • Paola G. Gordillo-Guerra,
  • Fernando García-Alvarez,
  • Olivier Jackowski,
  • Franck Ferreira,
  • Fabrice Chemla,
  • Joel L. Terán and
  • Alejandro Perez-Luna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.103

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  • carbonyl compounds to provide the corresponding zinc enolates (Scheme 1) [1][2]. While simple, this reaction offers attractive features: 1) it proceeds under mild conditions in the absence of any transition-metal catalyst; 2) the 1,4-addition step can be combined with condensation reactions of the zinc
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Published 21 Sep 2023

Metal catalyst-free N-allylation/alkylation of imidazole and benzimidazole with Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) alcohols and acetates

  • Olfa Mhasni,
  • Jalloul Bouajila and
  • Farhat Rezgui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1251–1258, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.93

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Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

  • Carlee A. Montgomery and
  • Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

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  • reported by Hadjiarapoglou, Varvoglis and co-workers [107][108][109][110][111][112] and Moriarty et al. [113][114][115], who observed metal-free cycloadditions between iodonium ylides and olefins in the absence of a transition metal catalyst. These reactions proceeded under mild conditions without catalyst
  • series of ylide precursors and found that when diazo compound 69 was reacted with 67 (with or without a transition-metal catalyst), no reaction occurred. Conversely, iodonium ylides 31, 70 and 71 all reacted with 67 to produce 68 in 28–81% yield. A significant improvement was realized when an ortho-ether
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Published 07 Aug 2023

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

  • Mattia Lepori,
  • Simon Schmid and
  • Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

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Published 28 Jul 2023

Pyridine C(sp2)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

  • Haritha Sindhe,
  • Malladi Mounika Reddy,
  • Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
  • Akshay Kamble,
  • Amardeep Singh,
  • Anand Kumar and
  • Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

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Published 12 Jun 2023

C3-Alkylation of furfural derivatives by continuous flow homogeneous catalysis

  • Grédy Kiala Kinkutu,
  • Catherine Louis,
  • Myriam Roy,
  • Juliette Blanchard and
  • Julie Oble

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 582–592, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.43

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  • processes rely on the use of a homogeneous metal catalyst at elevated temperatures necessary to cleave the C3–H bond by oxidative addition. These experimental conditions, easily used in the laboratory, are potentially problematic for scale-up due to efficiency and safety issues (related to the high
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Published 03 May 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

  • Austin Pounder,
  • Eric Neufeld,
  • Peter Myler and
  • William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

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  • metal catalysts towards coordination on the exo face biases the reaction outcome towards exo-selective functionalization. Upon exo coordination of a metal catalyst with the π system and subsequent migratory insertion, the resulting alkyl metal intermediate is quite limited in how it can propagate. In
  • exo coordination of a metal catalyst with the π system and migratory insertion, the resulting heterobicyclic alkyl metal intermediate is not as kinetically stable as its carbocyclic counterpart. While β-H elimination is still limited, these heterobicyclic alkenes will often undergo β-heteroatom
  • to domino reactions which include at least two distinct reactions. The review is divided on the basis of the transition-metal catalyst used in the reaction and will not cover metal-free methods. The literature is covered up to and including January 2023. For reasons of clarity, newly formed bonds are
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Published 24 Apr 2023

Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges

  • Jorge García-Lacuna and
  • Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182

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  • . Though this is often accepted in academic case studies, industrial flow applications may only select inline purifications if they are critical, i.e., in case an inline quench can be coupled with a continuous extraction or a precious metal catalyst can be recycled. Final purification of the crude mixture
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Published 16 Dec 2022

Heterogeneous metallaphotoredox catalysis in a continuous-flow packed-bed reactor

  • Wei-Hsin Hsu,
  • Susanne Reischauer,
  • Peter H. Seeberger,
  • Bartholomäus Pieber and
  • Dario Cambié

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1123–1130, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.115

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  • simultaneous separation of both the photocatalyst and metal-catalyst is achieved. The combination of both catalytic activities in a single material is crucial to obtain this result, as a mixture of a heterogeneous photocatalyst with an immobilized metal catalyst would be problematic both in terms of packed bed
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Published 29 Aug 2022

Electrochemical Friedel–Crafts-type amidomethylation of arenes by a novel electrochemical oxidation system using a quasi-divided cell and trialkylammonium tetrafluoroborate

  • Hisanori Senboku,
  • Mizuki Hayama and
  • Hidetoshi Matsuno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1040–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.105

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  • -acyliminium ions in chemical methods has been generally accomplished by the reaction of amides with chemical oxidants, such as peroxides and persulfates at high temperature (path a in Scheme 1) [10][11][12][13]. A metal catalyst or a photocatalyst consisting of metals, such as ruthenium or iridium, is also
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Published 18 Aug 2022

Synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)propiophenones: a new set of reagents for the light-mediated perfluoroalkylation of aromatics

  • Durbis J. Castillo-Pazos,
  • Juan D. Lasso and
  • Chao-Jun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 788–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.79

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  • developed a robust synthetic methodology for α-(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)propiophenones, envisioned as new members of photocleavable perfluoroalkylating reagents. In this work, we have demonstrated their scalability and applicability in the metal-, catalyst- and additive-free, redox- and pH-neutral
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Published 04 Jul 2022

Structural basis for endoperoxide-forming oxygenases

  • Takahiro Mori and
  • Ikuro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 707–721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.71

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  • reported, by using a metal catalyst or Brønsted-acid catalysis [79][80][81]. However, the efficient regio- and stereoselective installation of the endoperoxide structure is still challenging, because of the increased reactivity of activated oxygen/peroxides and the high sensitivity of peroxide bridges to
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Published 21 Jun 2022

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • molecular host to modulate the reactivity. Recently, Reek and co-workers have constructed an M12L24 nanosphere by treating the bispyridyl 120° ligand 30 with a Pd(II) precursor [72]. Here, the ligand 30 is optimally functionalized with a phosphine gold(I) chloride moiety so that the metal catalyst will
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Published 27 May 2022

Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides

  • Md Imran Hossain,
  • Md Imdadul H. Khan,
  • Seong Jong Kim and
  • Hoang V. Le

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 446–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.47

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  • oxide and strained alkenes has been used to achieve the high-density functionalization of oligodeoxyribonucleotides [29]. However, the alkenes need to be highly strained in order for this reaction to occur without the need for an additional metal catalyst. As an alternative to the mild acidic conditions
  • , we herein report a method for the synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water under mild basic conditions at room temperature via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides (Figure 1). No additional metal catalyst was used. Results and
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Published 22 Apr 2022

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

  • Soumyadip Basu,
  • Sauvik Chatterjee,
  • Suman Ray,
  • Suvendu Maity,
  • Prasanta Ghosh,
  • Asim Bhaumik and
  • Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

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  • low compared to other aldehydes. Thus, herein we had to use a metal catalyst to increase the reactivity of the carbonyl moiety. Moreover, the catalyst was thoroughly characterized by various methods and is easily recyclable. Results and Discussion Characterization of the catalyst An FTIR analysis of
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Published 25 Jan 2022

Me3Al-mediated domino nucleophilic addition/intramolecular cyclisation of 2-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)benzonitriles with amines; a convenient approach for the synthesis of substituted 1-aminoisoquinolines

  • Krishna M. S. Adusumalli,
  • Lakshmi N. S. Konidena,
  • Hima B. Gandham,
  • Krishnaiah Kumari,
  • Krishna R. Valluru,
  • Satya K. R. Nidasanametla,
  • Venkateswara R. Battula and
  • Hari K. Namballa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2765–2772, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.186

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  • the development of several approaches for the efficient construction of these heterocyclic frameworks (Scheme 1). Traditional preparations for 1-aminoisoquinolines include nucleophilic substitution of 1-haloisoquinolines with amines either employing a base [31][32][33][34][35] or a transition metal
  • catalyst [36][37][38][39][40]. However, pre-functionalization of isoquinolines to the corresponding halogenated isoquinolines is the main limitation associated with these protocols as they require noxious halogenated acids for their starting materials preparation. Alternative strategies include, amination
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Published 16 Nov 2021

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

  • Yajing Zhang,
  • Qian Wang,
  • Zongsheng Yan,
  • Donglai Ma and
  • Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

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  • study [41][42] in 2017. This metal-catalyzed, photoinduced, and asymmetric radical transformation requires two catalysts, namely, (i) a metal catalyst that promotes electron transfer and (ii) a separate chiral catalyst that facilitates the highly stereoselective bond formation. In 2016, Fu [82
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Published 12 Oct 2021

Direct C(sp3)–H allylation of 2-alkylpyridines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates via a tandem nucleophilic substitution/aza-Cope rearrangement

  • Siyu Wang,
  • Lianyou Zheng,
  • Shutao Wang,
  • Shulin Ning,
  • Zhuoqi Zhang and
  • Jinbao Xiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2505–2510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.167

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  • demonstrated a direct C(sp3)–H allylic alkylation reaction of 2-alkylpyridines with MBH carbonates with mild and simple operation. The process does not need either a base or a transition metal catalyst. The mechanism of this reaction was envisioned involving a tandem SN2’ type nucleophilic substitution
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A visible-light-induced, metal-free bis-arylation of 2,5-dichlorobenzoquinone

  • Pieterjan Winant and
  • Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2315–2320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.149

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  • splitting of boronic acids in a useful radical CH mono-arylation of benzoquinones [16]. Later research demonstrated that the metal catalyst can be replaced by a less expensive iron catalyst [17][18] or even be omitted at higher temperatures [19]. Despite their reputation as unstable intermediates
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Catalyzed and uncatalyzed procedures for the syntheses of isomeric covalent multi-indolyl hetero non-metallides: an account

  • Ranadeep Talukdar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2102–2122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.137

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  • could be attributed to the facile orbital interactions of the σ* orbital of silicon and the π* orbital of the butadiene unit, which overall lowers the energy of the LUMO [51][52]. Known previously with expensive transition-metal catalyst (Ru) [53], Grubbs demonstrated the first KOt-Bu-catalyzed C2–H
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Published 19 Aug 2021

Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes

  • Zhonglie Yang,
  • Yutong Liu,
  • Kun Cao,
  • Xiaobin Zhang,
  • Hezhong Jiang and
  • Jiahong Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 771–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.67

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  • step without any transition-metal catalyst, ligand, or photocatalyst, this method possesses a splendid application prospect. The reaction mechanism is as follows (Scheme 48): Firstly, carbon disulfide combines with N-methylaniline (134) in the presence of Cs2CO3 to form thiolate 136. Thiolate 136 is
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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

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  • ). Surprisingly, when the reaction was conducted in the absence of any metal catalyst, the reaction proceeded sluggishly and the coupling product 3a was isolated in 49% yield (Table 1, entry 3). This suggested that the reaction could also proceed even in the absence of metal catalyst. However, the lower yield of
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