Facile and diastereoselective arylation of the privileged 1,4-dihydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-one scaffold

• Dmitry Dar’in,
• Grigory Kantin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1070–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.109

• anticancer cytotoxic agents. Diverse bioactive compounds based on the privileged 1,4-DHIQ scaffold. Strategy investigated in this work. Preparation of 3(2H)-isoquinolones 11. aObtained as a 10:1 mixture of regioisomers; purified by crystallization. bEmployed in the next step without purification (not

Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery

• Merlin Kleoff,
• Paul Kiler and
• Philipp Heretsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 754–768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.76

• rearrangement resulting in the formation of thymol (41) along with its regioisomers 42 and 43. However, using an excess of isopropanol and a relatively low concentration of the organic substrates in scCO2 (5% w/w), thymol (41) is produced in a good yield (72%) and selectivity (92.2%) as shown by GC

Mechanochemical halogenation of unsymmetrically substituted azobenzenes

• Dajana Barišić,
• Mario Pajić,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Darko Babić and
• Manda Ćurić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 680–687, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.69

• dichlorinated regioisomers (L5Cl-I and L5Cl-II) (Scheme 1 and Table 1, entry 4). The chlorination of L3 substrate with a primary amine as substituent gave the monochlorinated product L3Cl-I in 46% yield, while the yields of L4Cl-I and L5Cl-I were 85% and 83%, respectively (Table 1, entries 2–4). Although both

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

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

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

• , entry 16). Notably, no other regioisomers of isoxazole 3a were overserved in any of these reaction conditions. With the optimized reaction conditions for the formation of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles 3a (DIPEA, 95% water, 5% methanol, room temperature, Table 1, entry 12) at hands, we explored the

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• -stereocontrolled ring-opening reactions of oxa- and azabicyclic olefins with dialkylzinc reagents catalyzed by a nickel compound (Scheme 1) [60]. The reaction was entirely stereoselective; however, unsymmetrical OBDs 5 produced mixtures of regioisomers 6 and 7. In the same year, Hill and co-workers published a

Synthesis of new pyrazolo[1,2,3]triazines by cyclative cleavage of pyrazolyltriazenes

• Nicolai Wippert,
• Martin Nieger,
• Claudine Herlan,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2773–2780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.187

• [3,4-d][1,2,3]triazine core with commercially available building blocks, enabling the extension of the protocol to gain other derivatives straightforwardly. Attempts to synthesize 3,7-substituted-4,7-dihydro-3H-pyrazolo[3,4-d][1,2,3]triazines, the regioisomers of the successfully gained 3,6-substituted

•  1, the alkylation protocol did not give a selective conversion in favor of one of the generated isomers. The protocol was not changed or adapted to gain a higher selectivity of one of the isomers, as both regioisomers were used in the subsequent syntheses. For the derivatives 12h and 13c, we were

• viability of HeLa cells, their regioisomers 13a and 13d–h decreased the viability at high micromolar concentrations. A slightly increased cytotoxicity of some derivatives of compound class 12 compared to 13 was observed for 12b and 12c. The amides 9 had no influence on the viability except for derivate 9b

Synthesis of highly substituted fluorenones via metal-free TBHP-promoted oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls. Application to the total synthesis of nobilone

• Ilya A. P. Jourjine,
• Lukas Zeisel,
• Jürgen Krauß and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2668–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.181

• regioisomers. Methoxyfluorenone 10f was afforded in 15% yield and methoxyfluorenone 10d starting from amine 15f in 42% yield. Notably, only 10d was obtained upon cyclization of amine 9d (Scheme 4). Interestingly, the combined yield of the two regioisomers (57%), stemming from one educt exceeds the yields of

• both 10e and 10b starting from amine 15b2. The same trend concerning relative yields between regioisomers can be observed for fluorenones bearing the electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group in the same positions (see 10g, 10h, 10i1, and 10i2). This is rather surprising, as electronic effects exerted

AlBr₃-Promoted stereoselective anti-hydroarylation of the acetylene bond in 3-arylpropynenitriles by electron-rich arenes: synthesis of 3,3-diarylpropenenitriles

• Yelizaveta Gorbunova,
• Dmitry S. Ryabukhin and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2663–2667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.180

• hydroarylation of nitriles 1. Reactions of nitriles 1a–c with o-xylene led to the formation of regioisomers derived from the electrophilic substitution at different positions of this arene. Thus, nitrile 1a gave two types of regioisomers 2n and 2o. After reactions of nitriles 1b,c with o-xylene, compounds 2l and

• 2m correspondingly were obtained; other regioisomers were not isolated in amounts that were high enough for their identification. This transformation was also tested with another strong Lewis acid, aluminum chloride (AlCl3), for the reaction of nitrile 1a with benzene. However, in this case, mainly

α-Ketol and α-iminol rearrangements in synthetic organic and biosynthetic reactions

• Scott Benz and
• Andrew S. Murkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2570–2584, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.172

• % yield), para-alkoxy and para-halogen substituents (45–69%), ortho-methyl (74%), and meta-methyl (80% as a 65:35 mixture of regioisomers). Electron-withdrawing groups (nitro, cyano, and methyl ester) stopped at the ketone intermediate. Interestingly, another tandem sequence that exploits the relief of

Synthesis of 5-arylacetylenyl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles and their transformations under superelectrophilic activation conditions

• Andrey I. Puzanov,
• Dmitry S. Ryabukhin,
• Anna S. Zalivatskaya,
• Dmitriy N. Zakusilo,
• Darya S. Mikson,
• Irina A. Boyarskaya and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2417–2424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.158

• proton and aromatic protons (see Supporting Information File 1). In the case of the reaction with o-xylene, pairs of E/Z-isomers of two regioisomers, (E/Z)-5b and (E/Z)-5b1, were obtained. We also checked the reaction of oxadiazole 3a with benzene under the action of Lewis acids AlCl3, AlBr3 and acidic

A visible-light-induced, metal-free bis-arylation of 2,5-dichlorobenzoquinone

• Pieterjan Winant and
• Wim Dehaen

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

• precursor, potentially leading to both regioisomers and unwanted side products, complicating purification. As a result, accounts of bis-arylation using radical chemistry are scarce and report very low yields [29][30][31][32]. While transition-metal catalysis is a viable strategy, it is often based on

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

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

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

• cycloaddition reactions via the copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction (CuAAC) of the azides 5 and 9 with suitably functionalized acetylenes 6a–j, using sodium ascorbate and copper sulfate in ACN/H2O 2:1 under microwave irradiation were carried out to obtain the 1,4-regioisomers of the final

Facile and innovative catalytic protocol for intramolecular Friedel–Crafts cyclization of Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts: Synergistic combination of chiral (salen)chromium(III)/BF₃·OEt₂ catalysis

• Karthikeyan Soundararajan,
• Helen Ratna Monica Jeyarajan,
• Raju Subimol Kamarajapurathu and
• Karthik Krishna Kumar Ayyanoth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2186–2193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.140

• possibly be utilized for the current investigation with expectations to minimize the formation of regioisomers, dimerized side products and overcome the usage of allylic-OH protected MBH adducts. Metallosalen complexes can be easily prepared and safely handled. The stability of metallosalen complexes

• synthesis of indenes from MBH adducts restricts the formation of regioisomers [10] and hinders the formation of dimerised side products [11]. In addition, the reaction smoothly accesses substituted indenes from MBH adducts at room temperature. In conclusion, the methodology is attractive for its easy

Chemical syntheses and salient features of azulene-containing homo- and copolymers

• Vijayendra S. Shetti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2164–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.139

• synthesis of azulene-bithiophene copolymers 61–65 in which varied ratios of different regioisomers of azulene (1,3- and 4,7-connected) were present (Scheme 13). The synthesis of the key building block 5,5’-bis(trimethylstannyl)-3,3’-didodecyl-2,2’-bithiophene (60) is shown in Scheme 13A. The reaction of the

• bis-stannylated bithiophene 60 with varying ratios of dibromoazulenes 4 and 12 under Stille reaction conditions furnished the azulene-bithiophene copolymers 61–65 in decent yields (Scheme 13B). The final composition of the 1,3- and 4,7-regioisomers of azulene in the polymer chain was determined by 1H

• -diboronate 103 with varying ratios of 1,3-dibromoazulene (4) and 4,7-dibromoazulene (12) under Suzuki reaction conditions (Scheme 20). As stated above in the case of azulene-thiophene polymers 61–65, the final composition of 1,3- and 4,7-regioisomers of azulene in the polymer chain was determined by 1H NMR

Regioselective N-alkylation of the 1H-indazole scaffold; ring substituent and N-alkylating reagent effects on regioisomeric distribution

• Ryan M. Alam and
• John J. Keating

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1939–1951, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.127

• effect of varying these reaction parameters, using n-pentyl bromide as the prototypical N-alkylating reagent (Table 1). Early investigations revealed that the combination of cesium carbonate (Cs2CO3) in dimethylformamide (DMF) at room temperature (≈ 20 °C) afforded a mixture of N-1 and N-2 regioisomers

• demonstrated a higher preference for N-1 indazole alkylation under conditions B, when compared with conditions A (Table 2, entries 1, 2, 4–7, and 9). Furthermore, C-3 ketone (22) and amide (23 and 24) substituted indazoles also gave the corresponding N-1 regioisomers with a high degree of N-1 regioselectivity

• from the N-2 position to the N-1 atom by the indazole C-3 substituent (vide infra). While the corresponding N-1 and N-2 regioisomers arising from the N-alkylation of C-3 substituted indazoles 12–24 were generally amenable to separation using wet flash column chromatography, the corresponding N-1- and N

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

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

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

• group compatibility, including using enaminones containing aliphatic and aromatic substituents as well as azide compounds containing electron-donating and -withdrawing groups on the aromatic ring. In all cases, only 4-acyl-substituted regioisomers were obtained (Scheme 4) [40]. The mechanism was also

Methodologies for the synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins: twenty years of advances

• Thiago S. Silva and
• Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112

• olefin structure. Acyclic and endocyclic trisubstituted olefins, in general, afforded branched cross-coupling products with high selectivity (Scheme 35, compounds 89a, 89b, 89d, 89f–h), whereas exocyclic trisubstituted olefins led to a lower ratio between the regioisomers (Scheme 35, 89b’ and 89c

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

• Eleni Dimitriou and
• Gavin J. Miller

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

• nitrogen protection (Scheme 3). A first attempt here involved the reaction of 5 with PMBCl in DMF, using K2CO3 alongside KI. Two separable regioisomers 11 and 12 were isolated in an acceptable 53% overall yield and in a ratio of N1-PMB/N2-PMB = 1.1:1 (Scheme 3). HMBC NMR of 11 and 12 clarified the position

• separable regioisomers and their structures were confirmed by HMBC, as previously demonstrated. Removal of the need to orthogonally protect C4 expectedly reduced the complexity of the synthetic route and nine steps for the synthesis of donors of type 11/12 was reduced to five steps for 18/19. Moreover, the

• α-anomer]). Additionally, glycosylation of dibenzyl phosphate using the mixture 18/19 was successful and furnished the expected mixture of tetrazole N-regioisomers in 72% yield. These materials were not separated and instead exposed to hydrogenolysis conditions to deliver free ᴅ-manno C6-tetrazole 1

Breaking paracyclophane: the unexpected formation of non-symmetric disubstituted nitro[2.2]metaparacyclophanes

• Suraj Patel,
• Tyson N. Dais,
• Paul G. Plieger and
• Gareth J. Rowlands

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1518–1526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.109

• -symmetric functionalized [2.2]metaparacyclophanes. Results and Discussion The nitration of [2.2]paracyclophane (1) is rarely a clean reaction [55][56][57][58][59][60], and the side-products are believed to include overnitration, as a mixture of regioisomers, as well as the products of oxidation and

Heterogeneous photocatalytic cyanomethylarylation of alkenes with acetonitrile: synthesis of diverse nitrogenous heterocyclic compounds

• Guanglong Pan,
• Qian Yang,
• Wentao Wang,
• Yurong Tang and
• Yunfei Cai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1171–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.89

• positions, and the two regioisomers 6f and 6f’ were obtained in a 20:1 ratio. The established CN-K-catalyzed cyanomethylarylation protocol is not only effective for the above unactivated alkenes. Also activated alkenes including N-aryl and N-benzoyl acrylamides can be employed as substrates, allowing for

• , delivering the corresponding regioisomers 8l and 8l’ in 62% with 1:1.6 ratio. Moreover, the naphthalene and tetrahydroisoquinoline-derived acrylamides were also compatible, giving the polycyclic products 8m and 8n in 77% and 70%, respectively. Additionally, protecting groups such as isopropyl, benzyl, or

Stereoselective synthesis and transformation of pinane-based 2-amino-1,3-diols

• Ákos Bajtel,
• Mounir Raji,
• Matti Haukka,
• Ferenc Fülöp and
• Zsolt Szakonyi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 983–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.80

• the regioisomers of potential monoterpenic 2-amino-1,3-diols [29][30][31][32][33]. These trifunctionalized terpenoids may also possess diverse biological activities and could successfully applied as chiral catalysts in enantioselective transformations [34]. In the present study, our aim was to

• observed, forming a 1:1 mixture of the two regioisomers 21A and 21B. Compound 21B could be isolated from the mixture by column chromatography in pure form. The synthesis of the heteroanalogue 2-phenyliminothiazolidines 22A and 22B failed, even when the reaction was attempted under acidic or even milder

Application of the Meerwein reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone to a metal-free synthesis of benzofuropyridine analogues

• Rashmi Singh,
• Tomas Horsten,
• Rashmi Prakash,
• Swapan Dey and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 977–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.79

• expand the library of derivatives containing core structure 13, electrophilic aromatic substitution of this compound was explored (Scheme 2). Nitration of 13 using 70% nitric acid in glacial acetic acid gave the corresponding regioisomers 14 and 15 in 53% and 41% isolated yield, respectively. The 1H NMR

• novel and may have a potential medicinal interest. Conclusion In conclusion, we have successfully synthesized hydroxy-substituted pyridobenzofuran 13. Furthermore, nitration of 13 yielded two regioisomers, 14 and 15, which were further converted to oxazoles 19 and 20. Formylation of 13 was

Beyond ribose and phosphate: Selected nucleic acid modifications for structure–function investigations and therapeutic applications

• Christopher Liczner,
• Kieran Duke,
• Gabrielle Juneau,
• Martin Egli and
• Christopher J. Wilds

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 908–931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.76

• chloride, affording both 2'-OMe and 3'-OMe regioisomers. Fortunately, these isomers could be separated by silica gel column chromatography. Other synthetic approaches have since been developed [109][110][111], however, this pioneering work should be appreciated as nowadays, the 2'-OMe phosphoramidites of

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

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

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

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

• azides and alkynes [14][15]. However, the formation of the nitrogenated azoles by the classical Huisgen methodology is slow due to its high activation energies and also lack of regiochemical control, in general, leading to a mixture of 1,4- and 1,5-regioisomers of 1,2,3-triazoles. Later, Sharpless and