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

• progressive conversion of the starting material into the C6-derivative 64 (Scheme 18). Chen et al. reported the synthesis of C2-phosphorylated indoles via 1,2-phosphorylation of 3-indolylmethanols with H-phosphine oxides or H-phosphonates under Brønsted acid activation [72]. The scope of the reaction includes

Annulation of a 1,3-dithiole ring to a sterically hindered o-quinone core. Novel ditopic redox-active ligands

• Sergey V. Norkov,
• Anton V. Cherkasov,
• Andrey S. Shavyrin,
• Maxim V. Arsenyev,
• Viacheslav A. Kuropatov and
• Vladimir K. Cherkasov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 273–282, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.26

• Information File 1). Taking into account the selectivity and almost quantitative yield of this reaction, such a phosphorylation seems to be useful for the protection of the dioxolene site in case of necessity to modify the periphery of the molecule. The thiocarbonyl group in 6a also remained unchanged upon

Silver-catalyzed synthesis of β-fluorovinylphosphonates by phosphonofluorination of aromatic alkynes

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qingshan Tian,
• Guozhu Zhang and
• Dayong Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3086–3092, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.258

• . Among the strategies for constructing diverse alkenes containing two-heteroatom bonds, such as disulfonylation [14][15][16], heterohalogenation [17][18][19][20], bis(trifluoromethyl)thiolation [21], and phosphorylation [22], the direct heterodifunctionalization of alkynes using three-component reactions

A consensus-based and readable extension of Linear Code for Reaction Rules (LiCoRR)

• Benjamin P. Kellman,
• Yujie Zhang,
• Emma Logomasini,
• Eric Meinhardt,
• Karla P. Godinez-Macias,
• Austin W. T. Chiang,
• James T. Sorrentino,
• Chenguang Liang,
• Bokan Bao,
• Yusen Zhou,
• Sachiko Akase,
• Isami Sogabe,
• Thukaa Kouka,
• Elizabeth A. Winzeler,
• Iain B. H. Wilson,
• Matthew P. Campbell,
• Sriram Neelamegham,
• Frederick J. Krambeck,
• Kiyoko F. Aoki-Kinoshita and
• Nathan E. Lewis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2645–2662, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.215

• possible modification site. For example, “A$GN” represents a GlcNAc connected to a galactose that might be modified. The modification can be specified (e.g., phosphorylation on the 2nd carbon) in the typical way, with square brackets “A$[2P]GN”. Recommendation 9 – “Branching index.” In LiCoRR we have

Anion exchange resins in phosphate form as versatile carriers for the reactions catalyzed by nucleoside phosphorylases

• Julia N. Artsemyeva,
• Ekaterina A. Remeeva,
• Tatiana N. Buravskaya,
• Irina D. Konstantinova,
• Roman S. Esipov,
• Anatoly I. Miroshnikov,
• Natalia M. Litvinko and
• Igor A. Mikhailopulo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2607–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.212

• of magnesium ions on metabolic transformations of nucleosides [45], in particular on the phosphorylation of the primary hydroxy group of pentoses, catalyzed by ribokinases [46], as well as on the cascade synthesis of nucleosides starting from pentoses [47][48][49][50] has been described. Based on the

Synthesis of monophosphorylated lipid A precursors using 2-naphthylmethyl ether as a protecting group

• Jundi Xue,
• Ziyi Han,
• Gen Li,
• Khalisha A. Emmanuel,
• Cynthia L. McManus,
• Qiang Sui,
• Dongmian Ge,
• Qi Gao and
• Li Cai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1955–1962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.162

• -antigen [2]. While O-antigen and the core oligosaccharide are exposed to the external environment, lipid A, the hydrophobic domain of LPS, is embedded in the cell wall. The lipid A substructure is relatively conserved that consists of a β-1,6-linked diglucosamine with 1,4′-di-O-phosphorylation and 2,2′-N

• might harness these immunostimulatory effects are particularly valuable as they can provide basis for the development of vaccines and adjuvants. For example, recent studies have disclosed that both the fatty acid structure and the phosphorylation degree can affect the activity and endotoxic effects [7

• , followed by deprotection, acylation, and phosphorylation reactions (Scheme 4). The triflic acid (TfOH)-mediated glycosylation of donor 20 and acceptor 18 in the presence of molecular sieves in CH2Cl2 at −20 °C gave disaccharide 24 [14] in excellent yield (β-anomer only). The N’-Troc protecting group (non

Selective preparation of tetrasubstituted fluoroalkenes by fluorine-directed oxetane ring-opening reactions

• Clément Q. Fontenelle,
• Thibault Thierry,
• Romain Laporte,
• Emmanuel Pfund and
• Thierry Lequeux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1936–1946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.160

• VIII was observed due to the difficulty of phosphorylation of the substrate by kinases [16]. The first kinase phosphorylation step is generally rate limiting, and the prior introduction of a phosphate or phosphonate function can circumvent this problem. The preparation of diols VIII was realized by

Synthesis, docking study and biological evaluation of ᴅ-fructofuranosyl and ᴅ-tagatofuranosyl sulfones as potential inhibitors of the mycobacterial galactan synthesis targeting the galactofuranosyltransferase GlfT2

• Marek Baráth,
• Jana Jakubčinová,
• Zuzana Konyariková,
• Stanislav Kozmon,
• Katarína Mikušová and
• Maroš Bella

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1853–1862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.152

• investigations on their more stable analogs resulted in the synthesis of stable 1-O-phoshono-β-ᴅ-psicofuranosyl sulfone, which was prepared by a simultaneous phosphorylation and oxidation of ethyl 2-thio-β-ᴅ-psicofuranoside with dibenzyl N,N-dimethylphosphoramidite catalyzed by 1H-tetrazole and followed by

• complex structure and also mimic its partial charges and charge distribution. Herein, the molecular docking, synthesis and inhibitory activity of ᴅ-fructofuranosyl and ᴅ-tagatofuranosyl sulfones 1–3 against GlfT2 are discussed. Moreover, we extended the scope of the simultaneous phosphorylation and

• -chloroperbenzoic acid (m-CPBA, 12 equiv) led to the simultaneous phosphorylation of the hydroxy group and to the oxidation of the sulfide to give 1-O-dibenzyloxyphosphoryl-ᴅ-fructofuranosyl sulfones 7α, 8α, 8β and 9α in excellent yields (Scheme 1). Final removal of benzyl protecting groups by catalytic

Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 9V oligosaccharide antigens

• Sharavathi G. Parameswarappa,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1693–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.140

• escape the host immune response [1][7]. These polysaccharides of SP consist of repeating units (RU) that range from di- to heptasaccharides that may be branched and/or charged [8]. Modifications such as O-acetylation, phosphorylation, and sulfation further increase CPS complexity. Many bacterial

Facile synthesis of 7-alkyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridines as arginine mimetics using a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons-based approach

• Rhys A. Lippa,
• John A. Murphy and
• Tim N. Barrett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1617–1626, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.134

• , exploiting the base stability of the phosphoramidate protecting group. A variety of bases were trialed at 0 °C for the initial N-phosphorylation, with 10 minutes allowed for complete deprotonation to occur (Table 1). Only minimal phosphorylation was observed when using potassium tert-butoxide (Table 1, entry

• proceeded well (91% isolated yield) in 2-MeTHF, which offers a preferred alternative if the reaction is performed on a larger scale due to better partitioning with water, stability, and sustainability of production [21]. Of the bases trialled, only s-BuLi was efficient in promoting C-phosphorylation

• . Optimisation of the use of this base was then investigated further (Table 2). An optimal deprotonation and phosphorylation was found to occur when an excess (3 equiv) of base was used at −42 °C (Table 2, entry 4), with a lithiation time of 20 min. The addition of TMEDA was detrimental to this conversion with a

Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands

• Wisdom A. Munzeiwa,
• Bernard Omondi and
• Vincent O. Nyamori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 362–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.35

• methodology was also faster than the metal-catalyzed phosphorylation route reported by the same authors. The use of multiply halogenated compounds opens up opportunities to synthesize multidentate ligands. Zhang et al. [64] reported on a sequential synthetic route of multichelate pyridylphosphines 15, 16 and

• phosphorylation with diphenylphosphine in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide and 18-crown-6. The use of silyl and dialkylamine as reagents Organosilyl, silylphosphine derivatives, along with dialkylamines can also be used as alternative substrates to halogen-based reagents. These compounds are more stable

• quenching the metalated triazole 66 with chlorophosphine. However, a separation of the triazole before phosphorylation makes purification of the final ligand easier [74]. The direct ortho-metalation of pyridyltriazole 69 and subsequent reaction with chlorophosphines gave the isomeric ligands 71 and 72 in

N-(1-Phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate esters in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds

• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Aleksandra Trocha,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Dorota G. Piotrowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1722–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.168

• group was acquired as shown earlier to provide (2S,3R)-92a and (2S,3R)-92b as N-Boc derivatives after N-debenzylation. Analogues (2S,3R)-89a (DS-SG-44) and (2S,3R)-89b (DS-SG-45) were formed after a regioselective phosphorylation and final treatment with bromotrimethylsilane. DS-SG-44 emerged as an

Synthesis of ([1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridin-3-ylmethyl)phosphonates and their benzo derivatives via 5-exo-dig cyclization

• Aleksandr S. Krylov,
• Artem A. Petrosian,
• Julia L. Piterskaya,
• Nataly I. Svintsitskaya and
• Albina V. Dogadina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1563–1568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.159

• synthesized in a similar manner. The presence of a NO2 group in the starting hydrazinylpyridine induces a Dimroth-type rearrangement leading to 2-methylphosphonylated [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines. Keywords: cyclization; fused-ring systems; nitrogen heterocycles; phosphorylation; rearrangement

Synthesis and fluorescent properties of N(9)-alkylated 2-amino-6-triazolylpurines and 7-deazapurines

• Andrejs Šišuļins,
• Jonas Bucevičius,
• Yu-Ting Tseng,
• Irina Novosjolova,
• Kaspars Traskovskis,
• Ērika Bizdēna,
• Huan-Tsung Chang,
• Sigitas Tumkevičius and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 474–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.41

• and 7-deaza-7-ethenyl-2'-deoxyadenosine or 5-(azidomethyl)-2'-deoxyuridine, we can assume that nucleoside analogs bearing fluorophores of our type would be susceptible to metabolic phosphorylation and incorporation into DNA in the living cells. Further studies are required to develop the newly

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• +Cl− by phosphorylation with phosphoryl chloride in a water/nitromethane solution. When its optical rotation was measured ( −24°) and compared to a standard solution of NMN generated from NAD+, it was concluded that the synthesized NR+Cl− consisted of a 4:1 mixture of β- and α-anomers (Scheme 1) [20

• is most commonly modified to generate the phosphorylated derivative of NR+, nicotinamide mononucleotide, NMN. The phosphorylation is achieved by reacting NR+ in its salt form with phosphorus oxychloride in trimethyl phosphate resulting, after hydrolysis, in NMN (Scheme 17). Lee et al. [27] carefully

• studied this reaction and found that the phosphorylation step should be conducted under strictly controlled temperature conditions in the range of −5 to 0 °C to prevent the undesired 5′-chlorination which occurs at higher temperatures, and to avoid slow reaction rates at lower temperatures. Lee et al. [27

Impact of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing signaling molecules on adhesion and inflammatory markers in endothelial cells

• Carmen Curutiu,
• Florin Iordache,
• Veronica Lazar,
• Aurelia Magdalena Pisoschi,
• Aneta Pop,
• Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc and
• Alina Maria Hoban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2580–2588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.235

• intercellular adherence junctions (AJ) and tight junctions (TJ), interconnected with cytoskeletal proteins. 3O-C12-HSL induces breaks in the epithelial barrier, disrupting cell junction and enhanced permeability by alterations in the phosphorylation status of TJ and AJ proteins [12]. The transmembrane protein

Anomeric modification of carbohydrates using the Mitsunobu reaction

• Julia Hain,
• Patrick Rollin,
• Werner Klaffke and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1619–1636, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.138

• authors state that the observed pKa effect is either due to the influence of the acidity of the employed acid on the reaction mechanism or results from the proton-catalyzed change of the anomeric ratio of the starting material 30 in solution. Very recently, anomeric phosphorylation via a Mitsunobu

• ]. Correlation between pKa value of the employed acids (or alcohol) and the favoured anomeric configuration of the respective product. aCarried out at 0 °C; bcarried out at rt [27]. Synthesis of the β-mannosyl phosphates for the synthesis of HBP 43 by anomeric phosphorylation according to Mitsunobu [41][42

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• selectivity was the chiral oxazoline unit and not the inherent chirality of calixarene skeleton. Asymmetric hydrogenation Starting with distally O-dialkylated calixarene precursors, a series of BINOL-derived calix[4]arene-diphosphite ligands 40a–g were synthesized by Liu and Sandoval through phosphorylation

Mechanochemistry of nucleosides, nucleotides and related materials

• Olga Eguaogie,
• Joseph S. Vyle,
• Patrick F. Conlon,
• Manuela A. Gîlea and
• Yipei Liang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 955–970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.81

• mills [46][47]. Reaction scales up to 40 g were described and the conditions developed enabled exclusive formation of the β-anomer of nicotinamide riboside (NR) in the absence of toxic bromide salts. Preparation and reactions of nucleotides and their analogues Phosphorylation of NR on gram-scales using

• in a MBM. Thiolate displacement reactions of nucleoside derivatives in a MBM. Selenocyanate displacement reactions of nucleoside derivatives in a MBM. Nucleobase glycosidation reactions and subsequent deacetylation performed in a MBM. Regioselective phosphorylation of nicotinamide riboside in a MBM

On the design principles of peptide–drug conjugates for targeted drug delivery to the malignant tumor site

• Eirinaios I. Vrettos,
• Gábor Mező and
• Andreas G. Tzakos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 930–954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.80

• Heinrich Warburg in the early 1900s, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1931. He proposed that malignant tumor growth relies on aerobic glycolysis, in contrast to normal cells that generate energy by mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. The fact that cells converted pyruvate to lactate, even in the

Aminosugar-based immunomodulator lipid A: synthetic approaches

• Alla Zamyatina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 25–53, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.3

• content of LPS comprises a complex mixture of structural homologs varying in the acylation pattern, the length of the (R)-3-hydroxyacyl- and (R)-3-acyloxyacyl long-chain residues and in the phosphorylation status of the β(1→6)-linked diglucosamine backbone. The structural heterogeneity of the lipid A

• lengths usually comprising 12–16 carbon atoms [16][17]. The endotoxic activity of lipid A depends on numerous factors such as acylation and phosphorylation pattern [18], the length of lipid chains, and the tertiary 3D structure of the MD-2 bound βGlcN(1→6)GlcN backbone [19][20]. The most profoundly

• purity. To obtain clear structure–activity relationships data on lipid A–TLR4 interaction as well as unambiguous correlation of the lipid A acylation and phosphorylation pattern to its capacity in induction of different (i.e., MyD88-dependent and TRIF-dependent) signaling pathways, numerous well-defined

Synthetic mRNA capping

• Fabian Muttach,
• Nils Muthmann and
• Andrea Rentmeister

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2819–2832, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.274

• diphosphate (GDP, 15) and guanosine monophosphate (GMP, 16, Figure 4B), which are both accessible by phosphorylation of guanosine [54]. Methylation of GDP gives m7GDP (17) with high yield and regioselectivity [55]. The key step in cap analogue synthesis is the formation of the triphosphate linkage. Multiple

The chemistry and biology of mycolactones

• Matthias Gehringer and
• Karl-Heinz Altmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159

• different downstream signaling cascades. As the core component of these complexes, mTOR exhibits protein kinase activity and phosphorylates a variety of downstream meditators. One of the principal substrates of the mTORC2 complex is the serine/threonine kinase Akt, which gets activated upon phosphorylation

• rapamycin, the mTOR pathway was contemplated as a potential molecular target. To put this hypothesis to test, the effect of mycolactone treatment on the phosphorylation of the mTORC1-targeted ribosomal protein S6 (rpS6) and the mTORC2-targeted kinase Akt was investigated in L929 fibroblast and Jurkat T

• cells. Strikingly, mycolactone treatment abolished both, S6 and Akt phosphorylation. Since mycolactone A/B did not directly interfere with the kinase activity of mTOR and caused a time-dependent gradual loss of mTORC1/2 signaling capacity, it was hypothesized that mycolactone interferes with the mTOR

Chemical systems, chemical contiguity and the emergence of life

• Terrence P. Kee and
• Pierre-Alain Monnard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1551–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.155

• of catalysts, which affords a barrier to these species having been instrumental in the origins of life [7]. However, the reactivity of pyrophosphites (P with a +3 oxidation state) [46][47] is large enough to concomitantly permit phosphorylation reactions to activate small chemicals, as such as amino

Grip on complexity in chemical reaction networks

• Albert S. Y. Wong and
• Wilhelm T. S. Huck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1486–1497, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.147

• being simple enough (i.e., analytically solvable) and are therefore well-suited for approaches viewed in the framework of rates of chemical reactions. Figure 1a shows more detail on how a simple phosphorylation and dephosphorylation system can influence the rates of its own formation creating either a