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Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues
- Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
- Alicia Bauduin,
- Chloé Le Roux,
- Romain Fouinneteau,
- Wilfried Berthe,
- Mathieu Berchel,
- Hélène Couthon and
- Paul-Alain Jaffrès
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors
- Grace A. Lowe
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88
- on increasing solubility and stability while decreasing the reduction potential, weight, and cost of the anolyte species. To this end, Sanford and co-workers have worked on developing pyridinium analogues to out-perform the bipyridinium viologens [65][66]. The pyridinium analogue represented in
- photosynthesis. It is also noteworthy that the reduced pyridinium compounds resemble Hantzsch esters which are organic reductants commonly used in organic synthesis. Quinones and hydroquinones have also been used in RFBs. Notably, 1,4-hydroquinone and 1,4-benzoquinone were used to create membrane-less RFBs with
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Diagram comparing the two reaction pathways for sacrificial electron donors (SD) in photocatalyzed ...
Figure 2: Diagram showing water-splitting systems developed by Girault, Scanlon, and co-workers that employ i...
Figure 3: Diagram illustrating the transfer of electrons in a photocatalytic particulate suspensions Z-scheme...
Figure 4: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
Figure 5: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
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
- and the base the initial direct C–H activation of the ylide 12 gives the copper pyridinium ylide 15. The latter reacts with the diazo compound formed through reaction of hydrazone 13 with the base to give the copper–carbene species 16. Then, the intermediate 16 undergoes a Cu–carbene migratory
- . Except lately, in 2020, Chen and group [82] reported a Pd/Cu-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective synthesis of C2-alkenylated pyridines starting from internal alkynes 84 and pyridinium salts in a stereodivergent manner (Scheme 17a). The interesting part of this work was the switching of the alkene
- configuration of the products by modifying the substituents on the nitrogen of the pyridinium salts. Further, the method showed a wide substrate scope for both the Z- and E-alkenylated products in which Z-selectivity was achieved when N-methylpyridinium salts were used and E-selectivity when N-benzylpyridinium
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative examples of bioactive natural products and FDA-approved drugs containing a pyridine ...
Scheme 1: Classical and traditional methods for the synthesis of functionalized pyridines.
Scheme 2: Rare earth metal (Ln)-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 3: Pd-catalyzed C–H alkylation of pyridine N-oxide.
Scheme 4: CuI-catalyzed C–H alkylation of N-iminopyridinium ylides with tosylhydrazones (A) and a plausible r...
Scheme 5: Zirconium complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 6: Rare earth metal-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with nonpolar unsaturated substrates.
Scheme 7: Heterobimetallic Rh–Al complex-catalyzed ortho-C–H monoalkylation of pyridines.
Scheme 8: Mono(phosphinoamido)-rare earth complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 9: Rhodium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with acrylates and acrylamides.
Scheme 10: Ni–Al bimetallic system-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 11: Iridium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 12: para-C(sp2)–H Alkylation of pyridines with alkenes.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 14: Pd-catalyzed C2-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 15: Ru-catalyzed C-6 (C-2)-propenylation of 2-arylated pyridines.
Scheme 16: C–H addition of allenes to pyridines catalyzed by half-sandwich Sc metal complex.
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed stereodivergent synthesis of alkenylated pyridines.
Scheme 18: Pd-catalyzed ligand-promoted selective C3-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 19: Mono-N-protected amino acids in Pd-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 20: Amide-directed and rhodium-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 21: Bimetallic Ni–Al-catalyzed para-selective alkenylation of pyridine.
Scheme 22: Arylboronic ester-assisted pyridine direct C–H arylation.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalyzed C–H arylation/benzylation with toluene.
Scheme 24: Pd-catalyzed pyridine C–H arylation with potassium aryl- and heteroaryltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 25: Transient activator strategy in pyridine C–H biarylation.
Scheme 26: Ligand-promoted C3-arylation of pyridine.
Scheme 27: Pd-catalyzed arylation of nicotinic and isonicotinic acids.
Scheme 28: Iron-catalyzed and imine-directed C–H arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 29: Pd–(bipy-6-OH) cooperative system-mediated direct pyridine C3-arylation.
Scheme 30: Pd-catalyzed pyridine N-oxide C–H arylation with heteroarylcarboxylic acids.
Scheme 31: Pd-catalyzed C–H cross-coupling of pyridine N-oxides with five-membered heterocycles.
Scheme 32: Cu-catalyzed dehydrative biaryl coupling of azine(pyridine) N-oxides and oxazoles.
Scheme 33: Rh(III)-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative C3-heteroarylation of pyridines.
Scheme 34: Pd-catalyzed C3-selective arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 35: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative C–H annulation of pyridines to quinolines.
Scheme 36: Rhodium-catalyzed and NHC-directed C–H annulation of pyridine.
Scheme 37: Ni/NHC-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective C–H cyclization of pyridines.
Scheme 38: Rare earth metal-catalyzed intramolecular C–H cyclization of pyridine to azaindolines.
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed alkenylation of bipyridine with terminal silylacetylenes.
Scheme 40: Rollover cyclometallation in Rh-catalyzed pyridine C–H functionalization.
Scheme 41: Rollover pathway in Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of N,N,N-tridentate chelating compounds.
Scheme 42: Pd-catalyzed rollover pathway in bipyridine-6-carboxamides C–H arylation.
Scheme 43: Rh-catalyzed C3-acylmethylation of bipyridine-6-carboxamides with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 44: Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of bipyridines with alkynes.
Scheme 45: Rh-catalyzed C–H acylmethylation and annulation of bipyridine with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed C4-borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 47: C3-Borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of silylated dihydropyridines.
Formal total synthesis of macarpine via a Au(I)-catalyzed 6-endo-dig cycloisomerization strategy
- Jiayue Fu,
- Bingbing Li,
- Zefang Zhou,
- Maosheng Cheng,
- Lu Yang and
- Yongxiang Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1589–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.169
- trimethylsilylacetylene was performed to furnish aldehyde 3 [17][18] in 89% yield. A following nucleophilic addition reaction of aldehyde 3 by methylmagnesium bromide (MeMgBr) gave alcohol 4 in 99% yield, which was oxidized by pyridinium chlorochromate (PCC) leading to the formation of ketone compound and the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Classification of benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids.
Scheme 2: Representative synthetic strategies for macarpine (1).
Scheme 3: Retrosynthetic analysis of marcarpine precursor 12 for a partial synthesis.
Scheme 4: Syntheses of precursors 5 and 8.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of enol silyl ether 10.
Scheme 6: Formal total synthesis of macarpine (1).
Preparation of an advanced intermediate for the synthesis of leustroducsins and phoslactomycins by heterocycloaddition
- Anaïs Rousseau,
- Guillaume Vincent and
- Cyrille Kouklovsky
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1385–1395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.143
- of the residue by column chromatography (20 to 30% AcOEt/cyclohexane) gave the coupling product 23 as an orange oil, which was carried into the next step without further characterization (140 mg, 46%). Product 23 was redissolved in 96% EtOH (3.9 mL) and pyridinium para-toluenesulfonate (17 mg, 0.066
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of leustroducsins and phoslactomycins.
Figure 2: Synthetic strategy for the leustroducins and phoslactomycins.
Figure 3: strategy for the synthesis of central fragment 4: nitroso Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 1: A highly regio-and stereoselective nitroso Diels–Alder cycloaddition between Wightman’s reagent 6 a...
Scheme 2: Hydrolysis of enol phosphate in the unprotected cycloadduct.
Scheme 3: Attempts for hydrolysis of the enol phosphate under basic conditions.
Scheme 4: Cleavage of enol phosphate with Red-Al.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the protected central fragment 11b.
Scheme 6: Synthesis and derivatization of the lactone fragment.
Scheme 7: Coupling reaction between alkyne 19 and ketone 11b.
Scheme 8: Coupling reaction between vinyl iodide 20 and ketone 11b.
Scheme 9: Oxidation of the acetal to the lactone.
Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells
- Merve Karaman,
- Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
- Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
- Tomas Matulaitis,
- Lorenzo Mardegan,
- Daniel Tordera,
- Henk J. Bolink,
- Sen Wu,
- Stuart Warriner,
- Ifor D. Samuel and
- Eli Zysman-Colman
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136
- a green EL with a peak brightness of 572 cd m−2 and an EQEmax of 6.8% at 4.0 V. The half-life of their device reached 218 h at a brightness of 162 cd m−2. Recently, Su et al. reported two ionic TADF emitters incorporating a pyridinium moiety, Pym-CZ and Pym-tBuCZ as the acceptor and carbazole or
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structures of (a) reported ionic TADF emitters for LEECs, (b) the MR-TADF emitter DiKTa an...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of DiKTa-OBuIm and DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm.
Figure 2: (a) HOMO and LUMO electron density distribution and orbital energies of DiKTa-OMe and DiKTa-DPA-OMe...
Figure 3: (a) Cyclic and differential pulse voltammograms measured in degassed MeCN with 0.1 M [n-Bu4N]PF6 as...
Figure 4: (a) Steady-state emission spectra of DiKTa-OBuIm and DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm in 1 wt % doped mCP films, λex...
Figure 5: (a) Electroluminescence spectra of DiKTa-OBuIm (green curve), DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm (red curve) and 1% of ...
Enantioselective total synthesis of putative dihydrorosefuran, a monoterpene with an unique 2,5-dihydrofuran structure
- Irene Torres-García,
- Josefa L. López-Martínez,
- Rocío López-Domene,
- Manuel Muñoz-Dorado,
- Ignacio Rodríguez-García and
- Miriam Álvarez-Corral
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1264–1269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.132
- alcohol 6 with amberlyst-15® leading to the monoterpene 1. Other systems tested for the elimination of the hydroxy group in 6 were pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (PPTS) and camphorsulfonic acid (CSA), that gave poorer results, failing to afford a single product. On the other hand, lactone 5 could also be
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic scheme of the target molecule 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of dihydrofuran-monoterpenoid 1. a) i. O3, −78 °C; ii. PPh3, rt, 76%; b) 1-bromobut-2-yne...
Scheme 3: Racemic resolution of allenol 3 and synthesis of derivatives. a) Lipase AK, vinyl acetate, t-BuOMe,...
Dienophilic reactivity of 2-phosphaindolizines: a conceptual DFT investigation
- Nosheen Beig,
- Aarti Peswani and
- Raj Kumar Bansal
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1217–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.127
- -electrocyclization of the initially formed pyridinium alkoxycarbonyl-dichlorophosphinomethylide followed by 1,2-elimination affording 1,3-bis(alkoxycarbonyl)-2-phosphaindolizines [5]. After having access to a good number of differently substituted derivatives of these four classes of 2-phosphaindolizines, we were
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of 2-phosphaindolizine (1) and indolizine (2).
Figure 2: Structures of 1-aza-2-phosphaindolizines 3, 3-aza-2-phosphaindolizines 4, and 1,3-diaza-2-phosphain...
Figure 3: Transfer of the nitrogen lone-pair in 2-phosphaindolizines.
Figure 4: Energy gap (ΔE) between HOMO of 1,3-butadiene and LUMO of 2-phosphaindolizine.
Figure 5: Kohn–Shan HOMO of 1,3-butadiene and LUMOs of 2-phosphaindolizines computed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d) l...
Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers
- Rui Wang and
- Yang Yu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35
- ) [60]. The host in here was a water-soluble deep cavitand D with methylated urea groups on the rim, which had already been used to mediate other organic reactions [61]. The feet of the host were transformed to pyridinium cationic moieties to make it soluble in water, and in other examples, similar
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Figure 1: Site-selective Diels–Alder reaction of anthracene and phthalimide mediated by aqueous organopalladi...
Figure 2: Site-selective Diels–Alder and [2 + 2]-photoaddition reactions between naphthalene and phthalimide ...
Figure 3: Cage host A-mediated selective 1,4-radical addition of o-quinone 10.
Figure 4: Cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective reductions.
Figure 5: Selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound mediated by water-soluble cavitand D.
Figure 6: Selective radical reduction of α,ω-dihalides mediated by water-soluble cavitands E and F.
Figure 7: Site-selective hydrogenation of polyenols mediated by supramolecular encapsulated rhodium catalyst.
Figure 8: Site-selective oxidation of steroids using cyclodextrin as the anchoring template.
Figure 9: Site-selective oxidations of linear diterpenoids with the help of cage host A.
Figure 10: Site-selective monoepoxidation of α,ω-dienes mediated by the water-soluble cavitand host E.
Figure 11: Site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand I with an inwardly directed c...
Figure 12: Site-selective nucleophilic substitution reaction of allylic chlorides mediated by cage host J.
Figure 13: Site-selective monohydrolysis of α,ω-difunctional compounds using deep water-soluble cavitands.
Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues
- Umesh P. Aher,
- Dhananjai Srivastava,
- Girij P. Singh and
- Jayashree B. S
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182
- . Reaction of 24 with pyridinium dichromate (PDC) in DMF solvent afforded the acid derivative 25. This derivative was converted to the key intermediate 20 by oxidative decarboxylation [33]. Han et al. [43] developed a method for the novel oxathiolane intermediate 2-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxy)methyl-5
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative modified 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues.
Figure 2: Mechanism of antiviral action of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides, 3TC (1) and FTC (2), as chain termina...
Figure 3: Synthetic strategies for the construction of the 1,3-oxathiolane sugar ring.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4 from benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a) and 2-mercapto-substituted dimethyl acetal 3na.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 8 from protected glycolic aldehyde 3b and 2-mercaptoacetic acid (3o).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 20 from ᴅ-mannose (3c).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 20 from 1,6-thioanhydro-ᴅ-galactose (3d).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 8 from 2-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxy)methyl-5-oxo-1,2-oxathiolane (3m).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 20a from ʟ-gulose derivative 3f.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 31 from (+)-thiolactic acid 3p and 2-benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 35a from 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) and glyoxylic acid (3g) hydrate.
Scheme 9: Synthetic routes toward 41 through Pummerer reaction from methyl 2-mercaptoacetate (3j) and bromoac...
Scheme 10: Strategy for the synthesis of 2,5-substituted 1,3-oxathiolane 41a using 4-nitrobenzyl glyoxylate an...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 44 by a resolution method using Mucor miehei lipase.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 45 from benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a) and 2-mercaptoacetaldehyde bis(2-methoxyethyl) ace...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 46 from 2-mercaptoacetaldehyde bis(2-methoxyethyl) acetal (3nc) and diethyl 3-phosphon...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 48 from 1,3-dihydroxyacetone dimer 3l.
Scheme 15: Approach toward 52 from protected alkene 3rb and lactic acid derivative 51 developed by Snead et al....
Scheme 16: Recent approach toward 56a developed by Kashinath et al.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 56a from ʟ-menthyl glyoxylate (3h) hydrate by DKR.
Scheme 18: Possible mechanism with catalytic TEA for rapid interconversion of isomers.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of 35a by a classical resolution method through norephedrine salt 58 formation.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 63 via [1,2]-Brook rearrangement from silyl glyoxylate 61 and thiol 3nb.
Scheme 21: Combined use of STS and CAL-B as catalysts to synthesize an enantiopure oxathiolane precursor 65.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 1 and 1a from glycolaldehyde dimer 64 and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) using STS and CAL...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 68 by using Klebsiella oxytoca.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 71 and 72 using Trichosporon taibachii lipase and kinetic resolution.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 1,3-oxathiolan-5-ones 77 and 78 via dynamic covalent kinetic resolution.
Figure 4: Pathway for glycosidic bond formation.
Scheme 26: First synthesis of (±)-BCH-189 (1c) by Belleau et al.
Scheme 27: Enantioselective synthesis of 3TC (1).
Scheme 28: Synthesis of cis-diastereomer 3TC (1) from oxathiolane propionate 44.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of (±)-BCH-189 (1c) via SnCl4-mediated N-glycosylation of 8.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of (+)-BCH-189 (1a) via TMSOTf-mediated N-glycosylation of 20.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 3TC (1) from oxathiolane precursor 20a.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 83 via N-glycosylation of 20 with pyrimidine bases.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of 85 via N-glycosylation of 20 with purine bases.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 86 and 87 via N-glycosylation using TMSOTf and pyrimidines.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 90 and 91 via N-glycosylation using TMSOTf and purines.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 3TC (1) via TMSI-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 37: Stereoselective N-glycosylation for the synthesis of 1 by anchimeric assistance of a chiral auxilia...
Scheme 38: Whitehead and co-workers’ approach for the synthesis of 1 via direct N-glycosylation without an act...
Scheme 39: ZrCl4-mediated stereoselective N-glycosylation.
Scheme 40: Plausible reaction mechanism for stereoselective N-glycosylation using ZrCl4.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure oxathiolane nucleosides 1 and 2.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of tetrazole analogues of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides 97.
Scheme 43: Synthetic approach toward 99 from 1,3-oxathiolane 45 by Camplo et al.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 100 from oxathiolane phosphonate analogue 46.
Scheme 45: Synthetic approach toward 102 and the corresponding cyclic thianucleoside monophosphate 102a by Cha...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of emtricitabine (2) from 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) and glyoxylic acid (3g).
Scheme 47: Synthesis of 1 and 2, respectively, from 56a–d using iodine-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 48: Plausible mechanism for silane- and I2-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 49: Pyridinium triflate-mediated N-glycosylation of 35a.
Scheme 50: Possible pathway for stereoselective N-glycosylation via in situ chelation with a metal ligand.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of novel 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside 108 from oxathiolane precursor 8 and 3-benzyloxy-2-me...
Scheme 52: Synthesis of 110 using T-705 as a nucleobase and 1,3-oxathiolane derivative 8 via N-glycosylation.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of 1 using an asymmetric leaving group and N-glycosylation with bromine and mesitylene.
Scheme 54: Cytidine deaminase for enzymatic separation of 1c.
Scheme 55: Enzymatic resolution of the monophosphate derivative 116 for the synthesis of (−)-BCH-189 (1) and (...
Scheme 56: Enantioselective resolution by PLE-mediated hydrolysis to obtain FTC (2).
Scheme 57: (+)-Menthyl chloroformate as a resolving agent to separate a racemic mixture 120.
Scheme 58: Separation of racemic mixture 1c by cocrystal 123 formation with (S)-(−)-BINOL.
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
- pyridinium cation intermediate A. The in situ generated tert-butoxide anion has enough basicity to deprotonate of the activated benzylic proton of intermediate A and generates the anion B1, which can be tautomerized into more stable enamine intermediate B2. Finally, the intermediates B1 or B2 occur an
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The benzylic C(sp3)–H allylic alkylation reactions of 2-alkylpyridines.
Scheme 2: Mechanistic hypothesis of the alkylation reaction of 2-alkylpyridines with MBH carbonates.
Scheme 3: Scope of MBH carbonates 2 with 2-picoline 1a. The reactions were performed using 1a (1.0 mmol, 2 eq...
Scheme 4: Scope of 2-alkylpyridine 1 with MBH carbonate 2a. The reactions were performed using 1 (1.0 mmol, 2...
Halides as versatile anions in asymmetric anion-binding organocatalysis
- Lukas Schifferer,
- Martin Stinglhamer,
- Kirandeep Kaur and
- Olga García Macheño
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2270–2286, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.145
- catalysts and asymmetric methodologies, a few innovative nonchiral alternative H-donor or halide-binding organocatalysts, like, e.g., tridentate phosphoramides [41], onium salts [42] such as Berkessel's pyridinium systems [43], or Huber's bis-iodo imidazolium [44] and neutral bridged 2,6-diiodo‐3,4,5
- [86]. Besides the contact to the chloride anion, investigations with tetrabutylammonium chloride (TBACl) and pyridinium chloride salt as model compounds found evidence for productive interactions between the catalyst and the cations. However, these interactions may not solely be attributed to cation–π
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Binding interactions in the chloride channel of E. coli. and b) examples of chloride, cyanide, n...
Figure 2: a) H-bond vs anion-binding catalysis and b) activation modes in anion-binding catalysis.
Scheme 1: First proposed anion-binding mechanism in the thiourea-catalyzed acetalization of benzaldehyde.
Scheme 2: a) Thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective acyl-Pictet–Spengler reaction of tryptamine-derived imines 4...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism of the thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective Pictet–Spengler reaction of hydroxyla...
Scheme 4: a) Thiourea-catalyzed intramolecular Pictet–Spengler-type cyclization of hydroxylactam-derived N-ac...
Scheme 5: Enantioselective Reissert-type reactions of a) (iso)quinolines with silyl ketene acetals, and b) vi...
Figure 3: Role of the counter-anion: a) Anion acting as a spectator and b) anion participating directly as th...
Scheme 6: Enantioselective selenocyclization catalyzed by squaramide 28.
Scheme 7: Desymmetrization of meso-aziridines catalyzed by bifunctional thiourea catalyst 31.
Scheme 8: Anion-binding-catalyzed desymmetrization of a) meso-aziridines catalyzed by chiral triazolium catal...
Scheme 9: Bis-urea-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of a) β-bromosulfides and b) β-haloamines by Gouve...
Scheme 10: a) Bifunctional thiourea anion-binding – basic/nucleophilic catalysts. Selected applications in b) ...
Scheme 11: Thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective polycyclization reaction of hydroxylactams 51 through cation–π ...
Scheme 12: Enantioselective aza-Sakurai cyclization of hydroxylactams 56 implicating additional cation–π and L...
Scheme 13: Enantioselective tail-to-head cyclization of neryl chloride derivatives.
Scheme 14: Cation–π interactions in anion binding-catalyzed asymmetric addition reactions: a) addition of indo...
Scheme 15: Bisthiourea catalyzed oxa-Pictet–Spengler reaction of indole-based alcohols and aromatic aldehydes ...
Scheme 16: Anion-binding catalyst development in the enantioselective addition of silyl ketene acetals to 1-ch...
Scheme 17: a) Macrocyclic bis-thiourea catalyst in a diastereoselective glycosylation reaction. b) Competing SN...
Scheme 18: a) Folding mechanism of oligotriazoles upon anion recognition. b) Representative tetratriazole 82 c...
Scheme 19: Switchable chiral tetratriazole catalyst 86 in the enantioselective addition of silyl ketene acetal...
Constrained thermoresponsive polymers – new insights into fundamentals and applications
- Patricia Flemming,
- Alexander S. Münch,
- Andreas Fery and
- Petra Uhlmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2123–2163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.138
- concentration of the polymer, but also by the nature of the anion as well as its concentration. Moreover, UCST behavior induced by BF4− was also detected in aqueous solutions of polypeptides, whose side chains contain charged pyridinium or imidazolium functionalities [290][291]. In contrast to single charged
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Schematic representation of the phase stability of a binary mixture based on the free enthalpy ...
Figure 2: Illustration of the relationship between the type of miscibility gap and the temperature dependence...
Figure 3: Schematically pictured phase diagram of a binary mixture composed of a dissolved polymer with a LCS...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of a thermo-induced swelling behavior of a star polymer composed of responsi...
Figure 5: Schematic illustration of self-assembly of block copolymer amphiphiles in a polar medium.
Figure 6: Schematic comparison of the size and conformation between free polymer chains (a), grafted polymer ...
Figure 7: Comparison of the possible phase diagrams of a polymer in solution with partially miscibility and t...
Figure 8: Selection of polymers exhibiting UCST behavior due to hydrogen bonding (blue) divided into homo- (a...
Figure 9: Part A shows the molecular structure of PDMAPS stars synthesized by Li et al. (left) demonstrating ...
Figure 10: Part A contains a schematic demonstration of conformational transitions of dual-thermoresponsive bl...
Figure 11: Part A pictures zwitterionic brushes grafted from silicon substrates obtaining a nonassociated, hyd...
Figure 12: Part A pictures the UCST phase transition of zwitterionic polymers grafted on the surface of mesopo...
Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective
- Teruo Umemoto,
- Yuhao Yang and
- Gerald B. Hammond
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123
- on the pyridinium nuclei, and were the first reactive, easy-to-handle fluorinating agents with wide application [28][29]. The work continued with additional disclosures until 1991 [30][31][32][33][34]. Before that, reactive fluorinating reagents were difficult to handle because of toxicity, a
- reagents as illustrated in Scheme 9 [28]. Moreover, they found that the fluorination power (reactivity) of these N-fluoropyridinium salts could be tuned by the substituents on the pyridinium nuclei. The transformation of the unstable pyridine·F2 complex to stable N-fluoropyridinium salts could be conducted
- observations are noted: N-Fluoro-2,6-bis(methoxymethyl)pyridinium triflate (5-4l) fluorinated the trimethylsilyl ether of γ-butyrolactone and 1-cyclohexenyl acetate in much higher yields than the N-fluoro-2,4,6-trimethyl salt 5-4j [32]. Thus, as seen in Scheme 13, 5-4l converted the Corey lactone 5-7 via its
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Fluorination with N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 2: Preparation of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 3: Reactions of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of N-F perfluoroimides 2-1 and 2-2.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Scheme 6: Fluorination with 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Figure 1: Synthesis of N-F sulfonamides 4-1a–g.
Scheme 7: Fluorination with N-F reagent 4-1b,c,f.
Scheme 8: Fluorination of alkenyllithiums with N-F 4-1h.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of N-fluoropyridinium triflate (5-4a).
Scheme 10: Synthetic methods for N-F-pyridinium salts.
Figure 2: Synthesis of various N-fluoropyridinium salts. Note: athis yield was the one by the improved method...
Scheme 11: Fluorination power order of N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 12: Fluorinations with N-F salts 5-4.
Scheme 13: Fluorination of Corey lactone 5-7 with N-F-bis(methoxymethyl) salt 5-4l.
Scheme 14: Fluorination with NFPy.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of the N-F reagent, N-fluoroquinuclidinium fluoride (6-1).
Scheme 16: Fluorinations achieved with N-F fluoride 6-1.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of N-F imides 7-1a–g.
Scheme 18: Fluorination with (CF3SO2)2NF, 7-1a.
Scheme 19: Fluorination reactions of various substrates with 7-1a.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-F triflate 8-1.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 22: Fluorination with chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of saccharin-derived N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 24: Fluorination with N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 26: Fluorination with N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 27: Synthesis and reaction of N-fluorolactams 12-1.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 29: Fluorination with NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of NFSI (14-2).
Scheme 31: Fluorination with NFSI 14-2.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of N-fluorosaccharin (15-1) and N-fluorophthalimide (15-2).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-F salts 16-3.
Scheme 34: Fluorination with N-F salts 16-3.
Figure 3: Monofluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Figure 4: Difluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 35: Transfer fluorination of Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 36: Fluorination of substrates with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 37: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro-sultam 17-2.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 17-2.
Figure 5: Synthesis of Zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts 18-2a–h.
Scheme 39: Fluorinating power order of zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 40: Fluorination with zwitterionic 18-2.
Scheme 41: Activation of salt 18-2h with TfOH.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 43: Fluorination with NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 3-fluorobenzo-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide (20-2).
Scheme 45: Fluorination with 20-2.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-F amide 21-3.
Scheme 47: Fluorination with N-F amide 21-2.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorodiazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane salts 22-1.
Scheme 49: One-pot synthesis of N,N’-difluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bistetrafluoroborate salt (22-1d...
Figure 6: Fluorination of anisole with 22-1a, d, e.
Scheme 50: Fluorination with N,N’-diF bisBF4 22-1d.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of bis-N-F reagents 23-1–5.
Scheme 52: Fluorination with 23-2, 4, 5.
Figure 7: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorobipyridinium salts 24-2.
Figure 8: Controlled fluorination of N,N’-diF 24-2.
Scheme 53: Fluorinating power of N,N’-diF salts 24-2 and N-F salt 5-4a.
Scheme 54: Fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 55: Additional fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 56: Synthesis of N-F 25-1.
Scheme 57: Fluorination of polycyclic aromatics with 25-1.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 26-1 and dimethyl analog 26-2.
Scheme 59: Fluorination with reagents 26-1, 26-2, 1-1, and 26-3.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of N-F reagent 27-2.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 27-6.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of chiral N-F 27-7–9.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric fluorination with 27-6.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-3.
Scheme 65: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-3.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-7.
Figure 9: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-7.
Scheme 67: In situ formation of N-fluorinated cinchona alkaloids with SelectfluorTM.
Scheme 68: Asymmetric fluorination with N-F alkaloids formed in situ.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of N-fluorocinchona alkaloids with Selectfluor.
Scheme 70: Asymmetric fluorination with 30-1–4.
Scheme 71: Transfer fluorination from various N-F reagents.
Figure 10: Asymmetric fluorination of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of N-fluoro salt 32-2.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of N-fluorotriazinium salt 32-2.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of bulky N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide NFBSI 33-3.
Scheme 75: Comparison of NFSI and NFBSI.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of p-substituted N-fluorobenzenesulfonimides 34-3.
Figure 11: Asymmetric fluorination with 34-3 and a chiral catalyst 34-4.
Scheme 77: 1,4-Fluoroamination with Selecfluor and a chiral catalyst.
Figure 12: Asymmetric fluoroamination with 35-5a, b.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of Selectfluor analogs 35-5a, b.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of chiral dicationic DABCO-based N-F reagents 36-5.
Scheme 80: Asymmetric fluorocyclization with chiral 36-5b.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 82: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 83: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2b.
Scheme 84: Reaction of indene with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of Me-NFSI, 38-2.
Scheme 86: Fluorination of active methine compounds with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 87: Fluorination of malonates with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 88: Fluorination of keto esters with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-F 39-3 derived from the ethylene-bridged Tröger’s base.
Scheme 90: Fluorine transfer from N-F 39-3.
Scheme 91: Fluorination with N-F 39-3.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of SelectfluorCN.
Scheme 93: Bistrifluoromethoxylation of alkenes using SelectfluorCN.
Figure 13: Synthesis of NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 94: Radical fluorination with different N-F reagents.
Scheme 95: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 96: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2f.
Scheme 97: Decarboxylative fluorination with NFAS 41-2a,f.
Scheme 98: Fluorine plus detachment (FPD).
Figure 14: FPD values of representative N-F reagents in CH2Cl2 and CH3CN (in parentheses). Adapted with permis...
Scheme 99: N-F homolytic bond dissociation energy (BDE).
Figure 15: BDE values of representative N-F reagents in CH3CN. Adapted with permission from ref. [127]. Copyright 2...
Figure 16: Quantitative reactivity scale for popular N-F reagents. Adapted with permission from ref. [138], publish...
Scheme 100: SET and SN2 mechanisms.
Scheme 101: Radical clock reactions.
Scheme 102: Reaction of potassium enolate of citronellic ester with N-F reagents, 10-1, NFSI, and 8-1.
Scheme 103: Reaction of compound IV with Selectfluor (OTf) and NFSI.
Scheme 104: Reaction of TEMPO with Selecfluor.
Chemical approaches to discover the full potential of peptide nucleic acids in biomedical applications
- Nikita Brodyagin,
- Martins Katkevics,
- Venubabu Kotikam,
- Christopher A. Ryan and
- Eriks Rozners
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1641–1688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.116
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of DNA and PNA.
Figure 2: PNA binding modes: (A) PNA–dsDNA 1:1 triplex; (B) PNA–DNA–PNA strand-invasion triplex; (C) the Hoog...
Figure 3: Structure of P-form PNA–DNA–PNA triplex from reference [41]. (A) view in the major groove and (B) view ...
Figure 4: Structures of backbone-modified PNA.
Figure 5: Structures of PNA having α- and γ-substituted backbones.
Figure 6: Structures of modified nucleobases in PNA to improve Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding to guanine and aden...
Figure 7: Proposed hydrogen bonding schemes for modified PNA nucleobases designed to recognize pyrimidines or...
Figure 8: Modified nucleobases to modulate Watson–Crick base pairing and chemically reactive crosslinking PNA...
Figure 9: Examples of triplets formed by Janus-wedge PNA nucleobases (blue). R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA back...
Figure 10: Examples of fluorescent PNA nucleobases. R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA backbones.
Figure 11: Endosomal entrapment and escape pathways of PNA and PNA conjugates.
Figure 12: (A) representative cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), (B) conjugation designs and linker chemistries....
Figure 13: Proposed delivery mode by pHLIP-PNA conjugates (A) the transmembrane section of pHLIP interacting w...
Figure 14: Structures of modified penetratin CPP conjugates with PNA linked through either disulfide (for stud...
Figure 15: Chemical structure of C9–PNA, a stable amphipathic (cyclic-peptide)–PNA conjugate.
Figure 16: Structures of PNA conjugates with a lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cation (TPP–PNA) through (A) th...
Figure 17: Structures of (A) chloesteryl–PNA, (B) cholate–PNA and (C) cholate–PNA(cholate)3.
Figure 18: Structures of PNA–GalNAc conjugates (A) (GalNAc)2K, (B) triantennary (GalNAc)3, and (C) trivalent (...
Figure 19: Vitamin B12–PNA conjugates with different linkages.
Figure 20: Structures of (A) neomycin B, (B) PNA–neamine conjugate, and (C) PNA–neosamine conjugate.
Figure 21: PNA clamp (red) binding to target DNA containing a mixture of sequences (A) PNA binds with higher a...
Figure 22: Rolling circle amplification using PNA openers (red) to invade a dsDNA target forming a P-loop. A p...
Figure 23: Molecular beacons containing generic fluorophores (Fl) and quenchers (Q) recognizing a complementar...
Figure 24: (A) Light-up fluorophores such as thiazole orange display fluorescence enhancement upon binding to ...
Figure 25: Templated fluorogenic detection of oligonucleotides using two PNAs. (A) Templated FRET depends on h...
Figure 26: Lateral flow devices use a streptavidin labeled strip on nitrocellulose paper to anchor a capture P...
Free-radical cyclization approach to polyheterocycles containing pyrrole and pyridine rings
- Ivan P. Mosiagin,
- Olesya A. Tomashenko,
- Dar’ya V. Spiridonova,
- Mikhail S. Novikov,
- Sergey P. Tunik and
- Alexander F. Khlebnikov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1490–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.105
- )-4-(ortho-iodophenyl)pyrrol-3-yl)pyridinium bromide makes it possible to obtain a monocyclization product, and the bicyclization product from the dibromo derivative. The procedure is also applicable to obtain 3-arylpyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,2-c]isoquinoline derivatives including 2-unsubstituted
- compounds are more expensive and less accessible than bromo-substituted analogs, we tried to accomplish the cyclization of pyridinium salt 1a using another radical mediator, tris(trimethylsilyl)silane (TTMSS) [31][32], which, moreover, is much less toxic than tributylstannane. Fortunately, free-radical
- developed protocol doesn’t require column chromatography for purification of target compounds 3 and can be performed in a gram scale. Pyridinium bromides 1a–l,n–w and iodide 1m were prepared by the reaction of 3-(2-bromophenyl)-2H-azirine (4a) with substituted N-phenacyl pyridinium salts 5a–w according to
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic analysis of heterocycles A and B.
Figure 1: Molecular structure of compound 3a, displacement parameters are drawn at 50%.
Scheme 2: Free-radical cyclization of N-protected and N-unprotected pyrroles 1a and 2.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2H-pyrido[2,1-a]pyrrolo[3,4-c]isoquinolin-4-ium bromide 8.
Scheme 4: Free-radical cyclization of dihalogeno-substituted salts 9 and 12.
Figure 2: Molecular structure of compound 13, displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level.
Scheme 5: N-alkylation of the base 6a.
Figure 3: Molecular structure of compound 17a, displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level.
Scheme 6: Isomerization of compounds 17a and 18a.
Scheme 7: N-Alkylation of compounds 18a and 19.
Double-headed nucleosides: Synthesis and applications
- Vineet Verma,
- Jyotirmoy Maity,
- Vipin K. Maikhuri,
- Ritika Sharma,
- Himal K. Ganguly and
- Ashok K. Prasad
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1392–1439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.98
- was reduced in the presence of NaBH4 followed by the treatment with MsCl in pyridine to get the nucleoside salt 129. Next, the pyridinium group was replaced by an N3-protected thymine in basic medium followed by removal of the protecting groups and the selective DMTr protection of the C-5′-hydroxy
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Double-headed nucleosides. B1 and B2 = nucleobases or heterocyclic/carbocyclic moieties; L = linker....
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2′-(pyrimidin-1-yl)methyl- or 2′-(purin-9-yl)methyl-substituted double-headed nucleosi...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 7 having two cytosine moieties.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 2′-deoxy-2′-C-(2-(thymine-1-yl)ethyl)-uridine (11).
Scheme 4: Double-headed nucleosides 14 and 15 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 19.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 24 and 25.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 28 and 29.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 33.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 37.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 1-(5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-C-((4-(pyren-1-yl)-1,2,...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of triazole-containing double-headed ribonucleosides 46a–c and 50a–e.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 54a–g.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 59 and 60.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 63 and 64.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 66a–c.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of benzoxazole-containing double-headed nucleosides 69 and 71 from 5′-amino-5′-deoxynucle...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 4′-C-((N6-benzoyladenin-9-yl)methyl)thymidine (75) and 4′-C-((thymin-1-yl)methyl)thymi...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 5′-(adenine-9-yl)-5′-deoxythymidine (79) and 5′-(adenine-9-y...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 85–87 via reversed nucleosides methodology.
Scheme 20: Double-headed nucleosides 91 and 92 derived from ω-terminal-acetylenic sugar derivatives 90a,b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 96a–g.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 100 and 103.
Scheme 23: Double-headed nucleosides 104 and 105 with a triazole motif.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 107 and 108.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 110 with additional nucleobase in 5′-(S)-C-position joined th...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 111–113 with additional nucleobases in the 5′-(S)-C-position...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 114 by click reaction.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 118 with an additional nucleobase at the 5′-(S)-C-position.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of bicyclic double-headed nucleoside 122.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 125a–c derived from 2′-amino-LNA.
Scheme 31: Double-headed nucleoside 127 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 130.
Scheme 33: Double-headed nucleosides 132a–d and 134a–d synthesized by Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 137 and 138 via Suzuki coupling.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 140 and 141 via Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 143.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 146.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 5-C-alkynyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 151a–d.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 5-C-triazolyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 154a, b.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 157a–c.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 159, phosphoramidite 160 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 42: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 163, phosphoramidite 164 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 167, phosphoramidite 168, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 171, phosphoramidite 172, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 175, phosphoramidite 176, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 178.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 181 and 183.
Scheme 48: Alternative synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 183.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 188 through thermal [2 + 3] sydnone–alkyne cycloaddition reac...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 190 and 191.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of 1-((5S)-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-5-(2,6-dichloropurin-9-yl)-β-ᴅ-xylopyranosyl)uracil (195).
Scheme 52: Synthesis of hexopyranosyl double-headed pyrimidine homonucleosides 200a–c.
Figure 2: 3′-C-Ethynyl-β-ᴅ-allopyranonucleoside derivatives 201a–f.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 203–207.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 208 and 209.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleoside 210.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2S,3R)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213a) ...
Scheme 57: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2R,3S)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213c) ...
Scheme 58: Synthesis of double-headed acetylated 1,3,4-oxadiazino[6,5-b]indolium-substituted C-nucleosides 218b...
Scheme 59: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleoside 222.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of functionalized 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)ethane-1,2-diols 223a–f.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of acyclic double-headed 1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indole C-nucleosides 226–231.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of double-headed 1,3,4-thiadiazoline, 1,3,4-oxadiazoline, and 1,2,4-triazoline acyclo C-n...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleosides 240–242.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleoside 246.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 250.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 253.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleosides 259a–d.
Scheme 68: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 261.
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
- pyridinium p-toluenesulfonate (PPTS) also worked well to perform these condensations [1][16]. For the formation of aldimines, other methodologies are described in the literature using condensation reagents such as Yb(OTf)3 [17], Cs2CO3 [18] and KHSO4 [19]. However, for the synthesis of ketimines, Ti(OEt)4
- , indicating a mismatch between the chiral auxiliary and the stereocenter in this substrate. Concerning the oxidative cyclization reaction, pyridinium dichromate (PDC) provided low yields of expected lactam 77. Many oxidants were checked for this transformation to take place, and the Sarett reagent [CrO3·(C5H5
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: General strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of N-containing heterocycles from N-tert-butane...
Scheme 2: Methodologies for condensation of aldehydes and ketones with tert-butanesulfinamides (1).
Scheme 3: Transition models for cis-aziridines and trans-aziridines.
Scheme 4: Mechanism for the reduction of N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 5: Transition models for the addition of organomagnesium and organolithium compounds to N-tert-butanes...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 2,2-dibromoaziridines 15 from aldimines 14 and bromoform, and proposed non-chelation-c...
Scheme 7: Diastereoselective synthesis of aziridines from tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of vinylaziridines 22 from aldimines 14 and 1,3-dibromopropene 23, and proposed chelation...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of vinylaziridines 27 from aldimines 14 and α-bromoesters 26, and proposed transition sta...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 2-chloroaziridines 28 from aldimines 14 and dichloromethane, and proposed transition s...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of cis-vinylaziridines 30 and 31 from aldimines 14 and bromomethylbutenolide 29.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 2-chloro-2-aroylaziridines 36 and 32 from aldimines 14, arylnitriles 34, and silyldich...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of trifluoromethylaziridines 39 and proposed transition state of the aziridination.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of aziridines 42 and proposed state transition.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 1-substituted 2-azaspiro[3.3]heptanes, 1-phenyl-2-azaspiro[3.4]octane and 1-phenyl-2-a...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 1-substituted 2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptanes 48 from chiral imines 14 and 1-Boc-azetidine...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of β-lactams 52 from chiral imines 14 and dimethyl malonate (49).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of spiro-β-lactam 57 from chiral (RS)-N-tert-butanesulfinyl isatin ketimine 53 and ethyl ...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of β-lactam 60, a precursor of (−)-batzelladine D (61) and (−)-13-epi-batzelladine D (62)...
Scheme 20: Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted pyrrolidines 66 from chiral imine (RS)-63 a...
Scheme 21: Asymmetric synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted isoindolines 69 and 70 from chiral imine 67.
Scheme 22: Asymmetric synthesis of cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines 73 from chiral imine (RS)-71.
Scheme 23: Asymmetric synthesis of 3-hydroxy-5-substituted pyrrolidin-2-ones 77 from chiral imine (RS)-74.
Scheme 24: Asymmetric synthesis of 4-hydroxy-5-substituted pyrrolidin-2-ones 80 from chiral imines 79.
Scheme 25: Asymmetric synthesis of 3-pyrrolines 82 from chiral imines 14 and ethyl 4-bromocrotonate (81).
Scheme 26: Asymmetric synthesis of γ-amino esters 84, and tetramic acid derivative 86 from chiral imines (RS)-...
Scheme 27: Asymmetric synthesis of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactams 90 from chiral imines (Z,SS)-87 and ethyl 2-bro...
Scheme 28: Asymmetric synthesis of methylenepyrrolidines 92 from chiral imines (RS)-14 and 2-(trimethysilylmet...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of dibenzoazaspirodecanes from cyclic N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 30: Stereoselective synthesis of cyclopenta[c]proline derivatives 103 from β,γ-unsaturated α-amino acid...
Scheme 31: Stereoselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-angustureine (107) and (−)-cuspareine (108).
Scheme 32: Stereoselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-pelletierine (112) and (+)-coniine (117).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of piperidine alkaloids (+)-dihydropinidine (122a), (+)-isosolenopsin (122b) and (+)-isos...
Scheme 34: Stereoselective synthesis of the alkaloids(+)-sedamine (125) from chiral imine (SS)-119.
Scheme 35: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted-2-piperidinones 127 and 129 from chiral ...
Scheme 36: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted ethanone-2-piperidinones 132 from chiral...
Scheme 37: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-3-benzyl-5-hydroxy-6-substituted-2-piperidinones 136 from chiral...
Scheme 38: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted 2-piperidinones 139 from chiral imine 138...
Scheme 39: Stereoselective synthesis of ʟ-hydroxypipecolic acid 145 from chiral imine 144.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of 1-substituted isoquinolones 147, 149 and 151.
Scheme 41: Stereoselective synthesis of 3-substituted dihydrobenzo[de]isoquinolinones 154.
Scheme 42: Enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids (S)-1-benzyl-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (...
Scheme 43: Enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-cermizine B (171) and (+)-serratezomine E (172) develop...
Scheme 44: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-isosolepnosin (177) and (+)-solepnosin (178) from homoallylamine d...
Scheme 45: Stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives 184, 185 and 187 from chiral imines (RS...
Scheme 46: Stereoselective synthesis of pyridobenzofuran and pyridoindole derivatives 193 from homopropargylam...
Scheme 47: Stereoselective synthesis of 2-substituted 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridines 196 from chiral imines (RS)-...
Scheme 48: Stereoselective synthesis of 2-substituted trans-2,6-disubstituted piperidine 199 from chiral imine...
Scheme 49: Stereoselective synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted piperidines 200, and alkaloid (+)-241D, from chi...
Scheme 50: Stereoselective synthesis of 6-substituted piperidines-2,5-diones 206 and 1,7-diazaspiro[4.5]decane...
Scheme 51: Stereoselective synthesis of spirocyclic oxindoles 210 from chiral imines (RS)-53.
Scheme 52: Stereoselective synthesis of azaspiro compound 213 from chiral imine 211.
Scheme 53: Stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives from chiral imines (RS)-214.
Scheme 54: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-crispine A 223 from chiral imine (RS)-214.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of (−)-harmicine (228) using tert-butanesulfinamide through haloamide cyclization.
Scheme 56: Stereoselective synthesis of tetraponerines T1–T8.
Scheme 57: Stereoselective synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines 246a and (−)-tylophorine (246b), and phenanthr...
Scheme 58: Stereoselective synthesis of indoline, tetrahydroquinoline and tetrahydrobenzazepine derivatives 253...
Scheme 59: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-epohelmin A (258) and (+)-epohelmin B (260) from aldimine (RS)-79.
Scheme 60: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epiquinamide (266) from chiral aldimine (SS)-261.
Scheme 61: Synthesis synthesis of (–)-hippodamine (273) and (+)-epi-hippodamine (272) using chiral sulfinyl am...
Scheme 62: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-grandisine D (279) and (+)-amabiline (283).
Scheme 63: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epiquinamide (266) and (+)-swaisonine (291) from aldimine (SS)-126....
Scheme 64: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-C(9a)-epi-epiquinamide (294).
Scheme 65: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-lasubine II (298) from chiral aldimine (SS)-109.
Scheme 66: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epimyrtine (300a) and (−)-lasubine II (ent-302) from β-amino keton...
Scheme 67: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-tabersonine (310), (−)-vincadifformine (311), and (−)-aspidospermi...
Scheme 68: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-epohelmin A (258) and (+)-epohelmin B (260) from aldehyde 313 and ...
Scheme 69: Total synthesis of (+)-lysergic acid (323) from N-tert-butanesulfinamide (RS)-1.
Enhanced target cell specificity and uptake of lipid nanoparticles using RNA aptamers and peptides
- Roslyn M. Ray,
- Anders Højgaard Hansen,
- Maria Taskova,
- Bernhard Jandl,
- Jonas Hansen,
- Citra Soemardy,
- Kevin V. Morris and
- Kira Astakhova
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 891–907, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.75
- columns. Initially, fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl (Fmoc) group removal from the Rink linker was achieved by applying 20% piperidine in DMF (2 × 30 min). Preactivation of Fmoc amino acid (4 equiv) prior each coupling was performed with 1-[bis(dimethylamino)methylene]-1H-1,2,3-triazolo[4,5-b]pyridinium 3-oxide
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Components of the LNPs. A) Lipid species and lipidated cell-penetrating peptides applied by postins...
Figure 2: LNPs with T7 pass through the transwell cell barrier and are taken up by target cells. HeLa (CCR5-n...
Figure 3: LNPs with Tat pass through the transwell cell barrier and are taken up by target cells. A) Percenta...
Figure 4: LNPs do not stimulate secretion of proinflammatory cytokines. A) GMCSF-primed MDMs were treated wit...
Figure 5: LNPs modestly affect cell viability in a cell-specific manner. HeLa (A) or HEK293T cells (B) were t...
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
- that could react with olefin 120 with an electron-withdrawing group to give alkylation product 121 under irradiation with light (Scheme 41). The reaction is compatible with various substrates, including alkenes, secondary alkylpyridinium ions, benzylic pyridinium ions, and primary alkylpyridinium ions
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The electron transfer process in EDA complexes.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of benzo[b]phosphorus oxide 3 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 3: Mechanism of the synthesis of quinoxaline derivative 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of imidazole derivative 10 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 6: Mechanism of the synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of indole derivative 22 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated pyrimidines 26 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 29 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 11: Mechanism of the synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 38 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of spiropyrroline derivative 40 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of benzothiazole derivative 43 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-s-triazine derivative 45 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of indoline derivative 47 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 17: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 47.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutane product 50 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 19: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 50.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1,3-oxazolidine compound 59 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of trifluoromethylated product 61 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of indole alkylation product 64 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 67 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hydrotrifluoromethylated product 70 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of β-trifluoromethylated alkyne product 71 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 26: Mechanism of the synthesis of 2-phenylthiophene derivative 74.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of allylated product 80 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted alkynyl product 84 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 30: Mechanism of the synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of C(sp3)–H allylation product 91 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 93 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of spirocyclic indolene derivative 95 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 97 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 36: Mechanism of the synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of arylated oxidized indole derivative 108 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 39: Mechanism of the synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated olefin 118 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of alkylation product 121 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of acylation product 123 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 43: Mechanism of the synthesis of acylation product 123.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of trifluoromethylation product 126 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid 129 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of thioether derivative 132 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 48: Mechanism of the synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of thioether product 141 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 50: Mechanism of the synthesis of borate product 144.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of boronation product 148 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of boration product 151 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of boronic acid ester derivative 154 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of β-azide product 157 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 55: Decarboxylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of amidated product 162 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate 165 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 58: Mechanism of the synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate derivative 165.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether 168 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 60: Mechanism of the synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether derivative 168.
Scheme 61: Dehalogenation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
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
- ). This dication reacts with benzene to provide pyridinium–oxonium dication 159 in solution. Further arylation does not occur spontaneously, which was evident because alcohol 157 was isolated at the end of the reaction. Upon heating at 60 °C, the second arylation takes place, presumably via the formation
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Stabilizing interaction in the CF3CH2+ carbenium ion (top) and structure of the first observable fl...
Scheme 1: Isodesmic equations accounting for the destabilizing effect of the CF3 group. ΔE in kcal⋅mol−1, cal...
Scheme 2: Stabilizing effect of fluorine atoms by resonance electron donation in carbenium ions (δ in ppm).
Scheme 3: Direct in situ NMR observation of α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ion or protonated alcohols. Δδ = δ19...
Scheme 4: Reported 13C NMR chemical shifts for the α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ion 10c (δ in ppm).
Scheme 5: Direct NMR observation of α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions in situ (δ in ppm).
Scheme 6: Illustration of the ion pair solvolysis mechanism for sulfonate 13f. YOH = solvent.
Figure 2: Solvolysis rate for 13a–i and 17.
Figure 3: Structures of allyl triflates 18 and 19 and allyl brosylate 20. Bs = p-BrC6H4SO2.
Figure 4: Structure of tosylate derivatives 21.
Figure 5: a) Structure of triflate derivatives 22. b) Stereochemistry outcomes of the reaction starting from (...
Scheme 7: Solvolysis reaction of naphthalene and anthracenyl derivatives 26 and 29.
Figure 6: Structure of bisarylated derivatives 34.
Figure 7: Structure of bisarylated derivatives 36.
Scheme 8: Reactivity of 9c in the presence of a Brønsted acid.
Scheme 9: Cationic electrocyclization of 38a–c under strongly acidic conditions.
Scheme 10: Brønsted acid-catalyzed synthesis of indenes 42 and indanes 43.
Scheme 11: Reactivity of sulfurane 44 in triflic acid.
Scheme 12: Solvolysis of triflate 45f in alcoholic solvents.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of labeled 18O-52.
Scheme 14: Reactivity of sulfurane 53 in triflic acid.
Figure 8: Structure of tosylates 56 and 21f.
Scheme 15: Resonance forms in benzylic carbenium ions.
Figure 9: Structure of pyrrole derivatives 58 and 59.
Scheme 16: Resonance structure 60↔60’.
Scheme 17: Ga(OTf)3-catalyzed synthesis of 3,3’- and 3,6’-bis(indolyl)methane from trifluoromethylated 3-indol...
Scheme 18: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 19: Metal-free 1,2-phosphorylation of 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 20: Superacid-mediated arylation of thiophene derivatives.
Scheme 21: In situ mechanistic NMR investigations.
Scheme 22: Proposed mechanisms for the prenyltransferase-catalyzed condensation.
Scheme 23: Influence of a CF3 group on the allylic SN1- and SN2-mechanism-based reactions.
Scheme 24: Influence of the CF3 group on the condensation reaction.
Scheme 25: Solvolysis of 90 in TFE.
Scheme 26: Solvolysis of allyl triflates 94 and 97 and isomerization attempt of 96.
Scheme 27: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 95.
Scheme 28: Formation of α-(trifluoromethyl)allylcarbenium ion 100 in a superacid.
Scheme 29: Lewis acid activation of CF3-substituted allylic alcohols.
Scheme 30: Bimetallic-cluster-stabilized α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions.
Scheme 31: Reactivity of cluster-stabilized α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions.
Scheme 32: α-(Trifluoromethyl)propargylium ion 122↔122’ generated from silyl ether 120 in a superacid.
Scheme 33: Formation of α-(trifluoromethyl)propargylium ions from CF3-substituted propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 34: Direct NMR observation of the protonation of some trifluoromethyl ketones in situ and the correspon...
Scheme 35: Selected resonance forms in protonated fluoroketone derivatives.
Scheme 36: Acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reactions of trifluoromethyl ketones 143a,b and 147a–c.
Scheme 37: Enantioselective hydroarylation of CF3-substituted ketones.
Scheme 38: Acid-catalyzed arylation of ketones 152a–c.
Scheme 39: Reactivity of 156 in a superacid.
Scheme 40: Reactivity of α-CF3-substituted heteroaromatic ketones and alcohols as well as 1,3-diketones.
Scheme 41: Reactivity of 168 with benzene in the presence of a Lewis or Brønsted acid.
Scheme 42: Acid-catalyzed three-component asymmetric reaction.
Scheme 43: Anodic oxidation of amines 178a–c and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 44: Reactivity of 179b in the presence of a strong Lewis acid.
Scheme 45: Trifluoromethylated derivatives as precursors of trifluoromethylated iminium ions.
Scheme 46: Mannich reaction with trifluoromethylated hemiaminal 189.
Scheme 47: Suitable nucleophiles reacting with 192 after Lewis acid activation.
Scheme 48: Strecker reaction involving the trifluoromethylated iminium ion 187.
Scheme 49: Reactivity of 199 toward nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Reactivity of 204a with benzene in the presence of a Lewis acid.
Scheme 51: Reactivity of α-(trifluoromethyl)-α-chloro sulfides in the presence of strong Lewis acids.
Scheme 52: Anodic oxidation of sulfides 213a–h and Pummerer rearrangement.
Scheme 53: Mechanism for the electrochemical oxidation of the sulfide 213a.
Scheme 54: Reactivity of (trifluoromethyl)diazomethane (217a) in HSO3F.
Figure 10: a) Structure of diazoalkanes 217a–c and b) rate-limiting steps of their decomposition.
Scheme 55: Deamination reaction of racemic 221 and enantioenriched (S)-221.
Scheme 56: Deamination reaction of labeled 221-d2. Elimination products were formed in this reaction, the yiel...
Scheme 57: Deamination reaction of 225-d2. Elimination products were also formed in this reaction in undetermi...
Scheme 58: Formation of 229 from 228 via 1,2-H-shift.
Scheme 59: Deamination reaction of 230. Elimination products were formed in this reaction, the yield of which ...
Scheme 60: Deamination of several diazonium ions. Elimination products were formed in these reactions, the yie...
Scheme 61: Solvolysis reaction mechanism of alkyl tosylates.
Scheme 62: Solvolysis outcome for the tosylates 248 and 249 in HSO3FSbF5.
Figure 11: Solvolysis rate of 248, 249, 252, and 253 in 91% H2SO4.
Scheme 63: Illustration of the reaction pathways. TsCl, pyridine, −5 °C (A); 98% H2SO4, 30 °C (B); 98% H2SO4, ...
Scheme 64: Proposed solvolysis mechanism for the aliphatic tosylate 248.
Scheme 65: Solvolysis of the derivatives 259 and 260.
Scheme 66: Solvolysis of triflate 261. SOH = solvent.
Scheme 67: Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylations upon the solvolysis of triflates 264 and 267.
Scheme 68: α-CF3-enhanced γ-silyl elimination of cyclobutyltosylates 270a,b.
Scheme 69: γ-Silyl elimination in the synthesis of a large variety of CF3-substituted cyclopropanes. Pf = pent...
Scheme 70: Synthetic pathways to 281. aNMR yields.
Scheme 71: The cyclopropyl-substituted homoallylcyclobutylcarbenium ion manifold.
Scheme 72: Reactivity of CF3-substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl derivatives 287a–c. LG = leaving group.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of CF3-substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl derivatives 291a–c.
Scheme 74: Superacid-promoted dimerization or TFP.
Scheme 75: Reactivity of TFP in a superacid.
Scheme 76: gem-Difluorination of α-fluoroalkyl styrenes via the formation of a “hidden” α-RF-substituted carbe...
Scheme 77: Solvolysis of CF3-substituted pentyne 307.
Scheme 78: Photochemical rearrangement of 313.
Figure 12: Structure of 2-norbornylcarbenium ion 318 and argued model for the stabilization of this cation.
Figure 13: Structures and solvolysis rate (TFE, 25 °C) of the sulfonates 319–321. Mos = p-MeOC6H4SO2.
Scheme 79: Mechanism for the solvolysis of 323. SOH = solvent.
Scheme 80: Products formed by the hydrolysis of 328.
Scheme 81: Proposed carbenium ion intermediates in an equilibrium during the solvolysis of tosylates 328, 333,...
Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis
- Minzan Zuo,
- Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
- Kaiya Wang,
- Xueqi Tian and
- Xiao-Yu Hu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15
- ]arene. Pillararenes have electron-rich cavities that facilitate the combination with various electron-deficient guest molecules, such as alkylammonium, pyridinium, and imidazolium cations. Compared to other macrocycles, pillararenes exhibit a high degree of symmetry and rigidity, which gives them a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structures of representative macrocycles.
Figure 2: Ba2+-induced intermolecular [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition of crown ether-functionalized substrates 1 a...
Figure 3: Energy transfer system constructed of a BODIPY–zinc porphyrin–crown ether triad assembly bound to a...
Figure 4: The sensitizer 5 was prepared by a flavin–zinc(II)–cyclen complex for the photooxidation of benzyl ...
Figure 5: Enantiodifferentiating Z–E photoisomerization of cyclooctene sensitized by a chiral sensitizer as t...
Figure 6: Structures of the modified CDs as chiral sensitizing hosts. Adapted with permission from [24], Copyrigh...
Figure 7: Supramolecular 1:1 and 2:2 complexations of AC with the cationic β-CD derivatives 16–21 and subsequ...
Figure 8: Construction of the TiO2–AuNCs@β-CD photocatalyst. Republished with permission of The Royal Society...
Figure 9: Visible-light-driven conversion of benzyl alcohol to H2 and a vicinal diol or to H2 and benzaldehyd...
Figure 10: (a) Structures of CDs, (b) CoPyS, and (c) EY. Republished with permission of The Royal Society of C...
Figure 11: Conversion of CO2 to CO by ReP/HO-TPA–TiO2. Republished with permission of The Royal Society of Che...
Figure 12: Thiacalix[4]arene-protected TiO2 clusters for H2 evolution. Reprinted with permission from [37], Copyri...
Figure 13: 4-Methoxycalix[7]arene film-based TiO2 photocatalytic system. Reprinted from [38], Materials Today Chem...
Figure 14: (a) Photodimerization of 6-methylcoumarin (22). (b) Catalytic cycle for the photodimerization of 22...
Figure 15: Formation of a supramolecular PDI–CB[7] complex and structures of monomers and the chain transfer a...
Figure 16: Ternary self-assembled system for photocatalytic H2 evolution (a) and structure of 27 (b). Figure 16 reprodu...
Figure 17: Structures of COP-1, CMP-1, and their substrate S-1 and S-2.
Figure 18: Supramolecular self-assembly of the light-harvesting system formed by WP5, β-CAR, and Chl-b. Reprod...
Figure 19: Photocyclodimerization of AC based on WP5 and WP6.
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
- (±)-15 and (±)-16, which were oxidized with pyridinium chlorochromate giving the alkaloids (±)-adaline (1) and (±)-euphococcinine (2), respectively. The synthetic route performed by the authors allowed accessing both racemic homotropane alkaloids in 8 steps, starting from alcohol 5 (or 6) in 15.0–25.3
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Homotropane (azabicyclononane) systems.
Figure 2: Alkaloids (−)-adaline (1), (+)-euphococcinine (2) and (+)-N-methyleuphococcinine (3).
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies before 1995.
Scheme 2: Synthesis (±)-adaline (1) and (±)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. dihydropyran, ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) H2O2, SeO2 (cat), acetone, rt, 88%; i...
Scheme 4: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 2,4-bis(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-dithia-2...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (±)-euphococcinine precursor (±)-42. Reagents and conditions: i) Bu3SnH, AIBN, toluene...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) LiH2NBH3, THF, 40 °C, 88%; ii) TPAP, NMO,...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1) and (−)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. BuLi, t-BuO...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) Ref. [52]; ii) Et3N, TBDMSOTf, CH2Cl2, 0 °C t...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. Cp2ZrCl2,AlMe3, CH2Cl2; 2. p-me...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (−)-adaline 1. Reagents and conditions: i) 1. CuBr.DMS, Et2O/DMS, -42 ºC; 2. 1-heptyne...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of (−)-euphococcinine (2) and (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) 102, KHMDS, Et2...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of N-methyleuphococcinine 3. Reagents and conditions: i) 108 (1.5 equiv), 3,5-di-F-C6H3B(...
Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives
- Jonas Becher,
- Daria V. Berdnikova,
- Heiko Ihmels and
- Christopher Stremmel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230
- and high selectivity towards telomeric G-quadruplex DNA [34][35][36][37]. Representative examples of this class of compounds are the 9-O-aminoalkyl-substituted and 9-O-pyridinium-N-alkyl-substituted derivatives 1bn and 1cn or the 13-phenylalkyl-substituted substrates 1dn or 1en (Scheme 1) [38][39][40
- delicate balance between the hydrophobic effects of the alkyl chain and the thermodynamically favorable interactions on the association of ammonium or pyridinium groups in the grooves and loops was assessed. In another approach with a cyanine-based ligand, the alkyl substituents with a suitable length were
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The structures and numbering of berberine (1a) and the alkyl-substituted derivatives 1an–en and the...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the berberine–adenine conjugates 4a–e.
Figure 1: Representative spectrophotometric (A) and spectrofluorimetric (B) titration of compound 4c with 22AG...
Figure 2: Melting temperatures, ΔTm, of G4-DNA (cDNA = 0.2 µM) F21T (black), F21T plus ds26 (15 equiv, red), ...
Figure 3: CD spectra of 22AG (A) and a2 (B) in the presence of the ligands 4c (in K+-phosphate buffer (pH 7.0...
Figure 4: The simplified structure of the complex between 1e3 and quadruplex DNA (left; [38]) and the proposed or...
Design and synthesis of a bis-macrocyclic host and guests as building blocks for small molecular knots
- Elizabeth A. Margolis,
- Rebecca J. Keyes,
- Stephen D. Lockey IV and
- Edward E. Fenlon
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2314–2321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.192
- % overall yield. Ammonium and pyridinium guests were synthesized in 4–5 steps. The TLC knot-forming sequence was carried out and produced a product with the expected molecular weight, but, unfortunately, further characterization did not produce conclusive results regarding the topology of the product
- (ammonium) 2 and bis(pyridinium) 3 (Figure 1). The electron-rich macrocycles of host 1 might also render it useful for other molecular recognition applications. A principle goal driving our second-generation TLC approach was to test the lower limit on the size of a molecular trefoil knot. In 2008 we
- expected, the methylene groups closest to the nitrogen atom shifted the most (>0.8 ppm for each). The IR spectrum also supports the structure of 2, as strong peaks for both an azide asymmetric stretch (ν 2099 cm−1) and a PF6− stretching vibration (ν 845 cm−1) were observed. The synthesis of bis(pyridinium
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of electron-rich bis-macrocyclic host 1, and electron-poor guests bis(ammonium) 2, and b...
Figure 2: (a) Hunter’s 77 backbone-atom trefoil knot–metal complex [9]. (b) The world’s smallest knot: Leigh’s 7...
Figure 3: Schematic representation of the second-generation TLC approach to a 73 backbone atom trefoil knot.
Scheme 1: Two routes to azidobromide 6.
Scheme 2: Initial route to core diester 13. aLigand = tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine.
Scheme 3: Better yielding route to core diester 13. aLigand = tris(2-benzimidazolylmethyl)amine.
Scheme 4: Saponification of 13 and bis-macrocyclization to form host 1.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 23 backbone-atom bis(ammonium) guest 2.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 25 backbone-atom bis(pyridinium) guest 3.
