One-pot synthesis of cyanohydrin derivatives from alkyl bromides via incorporation of two one-carbon components by consecutive radical/ionic reactions

• Shuhei Sumino,
• Akira Fusano,
• Hiroyuki Okai,
• Takahide Fukuyama and
• Ilhyong Ryu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 150–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.12

• reaction conditions where a catalytic amount of fluorous tin hydride and an excess amount of sodium cyanoborohydride were used, initially formed aldehydes can be converted into hydroxymethylated compounds in one-pot [7][8][9], since borohydride acts not only as the reagent for the regeneration of tin

Synthetic scope and DFT analysis of the chiral binap–gold(I) complex-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azlactones with alkenes

• María Martín-Rodríguez,
• Luis M. Castelló,
• Carmen Nájera,
• José M. Sansano,
• Olatz Larrañaga,
• Abel de Cózar and
• Fernando P. Cossío

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2422–2433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.280

• submitted to different transformations. For example, it could be reduced to the corresponding pyrrolidines employing sodium cyanoborohydride in acidic media. In this reaction, a 1:1 mixture of 2,5-cis-pyrrolidine 13 and its 5-epimer 14 (2,5-trans) was isolated in good chemical yield (71%) (Scheme 7

Flow Giese reaction using cyanoborohydride as a radical mediator

• Takahide Fukuyama,
• Takuji Kawamoto,
• Mikako Kobayashi and
• Ilhyong Ryu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1791–1796, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.208

• precursors, ethyl acrylate as a radical trap, and sodium cyanoborohydride as a radical mediator, were examined in a continuous flow system. With the use of an automated flow microreactor, flow reaction conditions for the Giese reaction were quickly optimized, and it was found that a reaction temperature of

Simple synthesis of pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole-1-carbonitriles

• Adam Trawczyński,
• Robert Bujok,
• Zbigniew Wróbel and
• Krzysztof Wojciechowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 934–941, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.107

• -dihydropyrrolo[3,2-e]indole fragment is present in anticancer agents, such as CC-1065 [1], duocarmycin [1], and yatakemycin [2]. Some pyrrolo[3,2-e]indole derivatives show antimicrobial activity [3]. One method of synthesis of the 1,2-dihydropyrrolo[2,3-e]indoles is reduction of pyrrolo[3,2-e]indoles with sodium

• cyanoborohydride [4]. On the other hand there are many methods of synthesis of pyrrolo[3,2-e]indoles such as the copper-catalyzed transformation of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives [4], photochemical cyclization of 1,2-bis(2-pyrrolo)ethylenes [5], the Fischer indole synthesis from indol-5-ylhydrazones [3], or a

Some aspects of radical chemistry in the assembly of complex molecular architectures

• Béatrice Quiclet-Sire and
• Samir Z. Zard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 557–576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.61

• bonds are created, and the product now contains two electrophilic centres, a ketone and an unsaturated ester. Treatment with a primary amine or ammonia and in situ reduction of the intermediate imine 127 with sodium cyanoborohydride furnishes arylpiperidine 128 in good overall yield. Ammonia may be

Bromine–lithium exchange: An efficient tool in the modular construction of biaryl ligands

• Laurence Bonnafoux,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Françoise Colobert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1278–1287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.148

• was used as an electrophile, 2-azido-2',6-dibromobiphenyl was obtained. The use of lithium aluminium hydride in ether at reflux for 4.5 h gave exclusively 2-amino-2',6-dibromobiphenyl, which was submitted to a reductive methylation by means of formaldehyde and sodium cyanoborohydride. 2-N,N

Stereogenic boron in 2-amino-1,1-diphenylethanol-based boronate–imine and amine complexes

• Sebastian Schlecht,
• Walter Frank and
• Manfred Braun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 615–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.72

• (naphthyl C-2); 11B NMR (160 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.6; MS (ESI) m/z (%): 510 [M + Na]+ (10), 489 [M + H]+ (20), 376 (35) 368 (100); HRMS calcd for C31H23NO2BCl, [M + Na]+ 509.14389; found, 509.14438, [M + H]+ 487.16195; found, 487.16219. Boronate–amine complex 10 The imine 7, (0.367 g, 1.00 mmol) and sodium

• cyanoborohydride (0.19 g, 3.0 mmol) were dissolved in absolute methanol (75 mL). After adding 5 mL of hydrochloric acid (10%), the yellow solution gradually became colorless on stirring at room temperature for 1 h. Distilled water (50 mL) was added and the solution extracted three times with chloroform. The

Photocycloaddition of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes to isoxazoles: Cycloaddition reactivity and stability studies

• Axel G. Griesbeck,
• Marco Franke,
• Jörg Neudörfl and
• Hidehiro Kotaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 127–134, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.18

• treatment with lithium aluminium hydride (3 equiv) yielded complex mixtures with benzyl alcohol as one of the main components. By contrast, no reaction could be observed in presence of sodium borohydride or sodium cyanoborohydride. Attempted reduction with sodium triacetoxyborohydride led to decomposition

The role of an aromatic group in remote chiral induction during conjugate addition of α-sulfonylallylic carbanions to ethyl crotonate

• Shlomo Levinger,
• Ranjeet Nair and
• Alfred Hassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.32

• -(2-thienyl)ethanamine (6d) was prepared from 2-acetylthiophene 7d by a modified Leuckart reaction [5][6], while amines 6b, 6f, 6g and 6i were obtained through Borch reductive amination of the corresponding methyl ketones 7 with sodium cyanoborohydride and ammonium acetate in methanol (Scheme 3) [7][8

• -carbonitrile was indicated by formation of a 10-tert-butyl derivative on reaction with tert-butylmagnesium chloride [9]. However, since iminium ion intermediates are much more reactive than ketones [7], imines 8h and 8j were successfully reduced to the primary amines 6 upon treatment with sodium

• cyanoborohydride in an acidic medium. Phenyl-, (4-nitrophenyl)- and (1-naphthyl)ethylamines 6a, c, e are commercial. Interestingly, the 9-anthryl nucleus in both primary amine 6h and its allyl sulfone congener 1h shows a peculiar 1H NMR spectrum: a broad signal representing both protons 1 and 8 in the first

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

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

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

• sodium borohydride, sodium cyanoborohydride and Hantzsch ester in either ethanol or ethanol / acetic acid solvent systems. A summary of conditions tried is shown in Table 1. The ketodiester 9 was dissolved in ethanol and the ammonia source and desiccant were added and allowed to stir overnight to form