Evaluating the halogen bonding strength of a iodoloisoxazolium(III) salt

• Dominik L. Reinhard,
• Anna Schmidt,
• Marc Sons,
• Julian Wolf,
• Elric Engelage and
• Stefan M. Huber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2401–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.204

• is produced in situ from the imidoyl chloride 9 [21]. The one-pot oxidation and ring-closure reaction [22][23] to iodoloisoxazolium(III) salt 7OTf and the salt metathesis with sodium tetrakis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)borate (NaBArF24) were then realized with 85% and 72% yield, respectively

• tetrakis[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]borate (−BArF24) was used instead of triflate [18]. Therefore, standard anion metathesis procedures were employed to prepare the salts 1BArF–4BArF (see Supporting Information File 1). Similarly to our previous report on this gold activation, the gold complex (PPh3

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• -pyridyl)phenol (23) as an activator, 3 equivalents of HFIP and a slightly different catalyst, 3,3’-bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-BINOL 21 at 20 mol % loading (Scheme 5). Interestingly, the reaction showed an opposite trend and worked better with Z-geranylboronic acid (14). The scope was tested over

• resolution of chiral secondary allylboronates 35. In late 2020, an important method for synthesising enantiopure terminal (E)-trifluoromethyl homoallylic amines 44 was described by Szabó and co-workers (Scheme 9) [31]. This methodology is based on the use of enantiopure α-trifluoromethylallylboronic acids 43

• , obtained by a 3,3’-diiodo-BINOL 39-catalysed asymmetric CH(CF3)-homologation of dehydrated vinylboronic acids 40 with trifluoromethyl diazomethane at 40 °C. The resulting enantioenriched transient (α-trifluoromethyl)allylboronic acid diethyl esters 41 were converted into the chromatographically stable 1,8

Hydrogen-bond activation enables aziridination of unactivated olefins with simple iminoiodinanes

• Phong Thai,
• Lauv Patel,
• Diyasha Manna and
• David C. Powers

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2305–2312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.197

• and PIDA [30][33]. During this experiment, a small amount of hydrolysis product 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide was also observed (1.2 mM, signals at 8.0, 7.9, and 5.86 ppm), but this compound did not greatly contribute to the broadening of O–H proton signal of HFIP as a separate 4.0 mM sample

• (denoted by asterisk *) of HFIP in the presence of iminoiodinane 2c suggesting hydrogen bonding observed in 1H NMR spectra (CD3CN) of: 8.0 mM 2c with no HFIP (blue line), 8.0 mM 2c with 32 mM HFIP (green line), 4.0 mM of 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzenesulfonamide with 32 mM HFIP (purple line), only 32 mM HFIP

Selective hydrolysis of α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water: switchable aqueous synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides

• Haifeng Yu,
• Wanting Zhang,
• Xuejing Cui,
• Zida Liu,
• Xifu Zhang and
• Xiaobo Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2225–2233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.190

• products 2a–l. A variety of valuable functional groups on the benzene ring of 1b–j, such as methyl, methoxy, trifluoromethyl, and halogen atoms (F, Cl, Br, I), were well compatible with reaction conditions A. Most notably, unlike work by Li et al. [40], S-ethyl 3-oxo-3-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl

Heterocycle-guided synthesis of m-hetarylanilines via three-component benzannulation

• Andrey R. Galeev,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Alexander S. Novikov and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2208–2216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.188

• situ-generated acetone imines in a (3 + 3) manner to afford meta-substituted anilines (Scheme 1C) [53][54]. Various EWGs (ester, carbamoyl, ketone, trifluoromethyl) have been successfully employed which motivated us to evaluate other possible EWGs. Results and Discussion Based on the fact, that many

Factors influencing the performance of organocatalysts immobilised on solid supports: A review

• Zsuzsanna Fehér,
• Dóra Richter,
• Gyula Dargó and
• József Kupai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2129–2142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.183

• binding with an electron-withdrawing group. This acidity can result in stronger hydrogen bonds between the substrate and the catalyst C30, which contains a bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl-modified squaramide moiety. This stronger interaction potentially enhances the catalyst–substrate interaction, allowing for

From perfluoroalkyl aryl sulfoxides to ortho thioethers

• Yang Li,
• Guillaume Dagousset,
• Emmanuel Magnier and
• Bruce Pégot

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2108–2113, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.181

• Discussion We started our optimization with the reaction between acetonitrile and phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfoxide (1a, Table 1). We firstly chose the same stoichiometry as described in our previous study and tried to reduce the reaction time by the help of microwave heating (Table 1, entry 1). Under these

• decided to use 2 equivalents of DIPEA at low temperature. After ten minutes at −15 °C to allow for the reaction between phenyl trifluoromethyl sulfoxide (1a) and acetonitrile, the base was added and the reaction was stirred for the same amount of time. To our delight, a good NMR yield of 74% was received

• 1h–j proved also efficient for this rearrangement giving rise to the corresponding thioethers 2h–j in good NMR yields and lower isolated yield in the case of the more volatile adduct 2i. Finally, trifluoromethyl selenoxide 1k was tested as a substrate, and the rearranged product was obtained in a low

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

Harnessing the versatility of hydrazones through electrosynthetic oxidative transformations

• Aurélie Claraz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1988–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.175

• two carbone graphite electrodes. The Togni reagent 127 was chosen as a source of trifluoromethyl radical with redox neutral and electron-rich hydrazones through a paired electrolysis. In contrast, the Langlois reagent 128 was preferred for electron-poor substrates through an electrooxidative process

Development of a flow photochemical process for a π-Lewis acidic metal-catalyzed cyclization/radical addition sequence: in situ-generated 2-benzopyrylium as photoredox catalyst and reactive intermediate

• Masahiro Terada,
• Zen Iwasaki,
• Ryohei Yazaki,
• Shigenobu Umemiya and
• Jun Kikuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1973–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.173

• batch reaction (Table 2, entry 4: 57% vs 10%). The reaction of 1e substituted with a strong electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group afforded the product 3e in high yield (Table 2, entry 5: 77%), again confirming the high efficiency of the flow reaction system (batch: 54%). Next, the effects of the

• substituent at the meta-position were investigated. Substrate 1f having a methoxy group afforded compound 3f in only moderate yield (Table 2, entry 6: 39%), similar to the batch reaction (40%). The reactions of substrates having a methyl, bromo, or trifluoromethyl group gave the corresponding products 3g–i

• , respectively, in high yields (Table 3, entries 4 and 5). The aldehyde 1q bearing a strong electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group at the para-position gave product 3q in moderate yield (Table 3, entry 6: 63%), with the recovery of substrate 1q (18%). The reaction of ortho-methyl-substituted aldehyde 1r

1,2-Difluoroethylene (HFO-1132): synthesis and chemistry

• Liubov V. Sokolenko,
• Taras M. Sokolenko and
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1955–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.171

• (trifluoromethyl)amine easily reacted with (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene to form the addition product in high yield (Scheme 11) [89]. However, the stereochemistry of this reaction has not been reported. A similar reaction of (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene with N-chloroimidobis(sulfonyl fluoride) (Scheme 12) [90] was shown to

• -Difluoroethylene synthesis from perfluoropropyl vinyl ether. Deuteration reaction of 1,2-difluoroethylene. Halogen addition to 1,2-difluoroethylene. Hypohalite addition to 1,2-difluoroethylene. N-Bromobis(trifluoromethyl)amine addition to 1,2-difluoroethylene. N-Chloroimidobis(sulfonyl fluoride) addition to 1,2

Solvent-dependent chemoselective synthesis of different isoquinolinones mediated by the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PISA

• Ze-Nan Hu,
• Yan-Hui Wang,
• Jia-Bing Wu,
• Ze Chen,
• Dou Hong and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1914–1921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.167

• % yield. Additional experiments were then carried out using N-methoxy-2-(prop-1-en-2-yl)benzamide with different substituents R2. Both electron-donating (methyl, alkoxy, dimethylamino) and electron-withdrawing substituents (fluoro, chloro, trifluoromethyl) were well tolerated on the phenyl ring and gave

• group (trifluoromethyl, fluoro, chloro) was located on the phenyl ring, various amounts of 4-substituted isoquinolinone derivatives 2k,m,n were observed along with the formation of 3h,j,k, respectively. Furthermore, a substrate containing a naphthalene unit was also compatible with the reaction

Novel oxidative routes to N-arylpyridoindazolium salts

• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1906–1913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.166

• contained some other compounds, which have not been identified. Among the amines studied, amine A3 is less prone to oxidation (due to the electron-withdrawing effect of the trifluoromethyl group) and is the less basic; the presence of a lutidine base even more fastens deprotonation of the radical cation

Electrochemical radical cation aza-Wacker cyclizations

• Sota Adachi and
• Yohei Okada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1900–1905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.165

• trisubstituted alkenes (Figure 1). As described above, the electron density in the aryl rings does not seem to have a significant impact on the reaction, since alkenes possessing methyl 2, methoxy 5, and trifluoromethyl 6 groups were all high yielding. This observation was supported by the cyclic voltammetric

Oxidative fluorination with Selectfluor: A convenient procedure for preparing hypervalent iodine(V) fluorides

• Samuel M. G. Dearman,
• Xiang Li,
• Yang Li,
• Kuldip Singh and
• Alison M. Stuart

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1785–1793, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.157

• investigate hypervalent iodine(V) fluorides has been limited primarily by their difficult preparation traditionally using harsh fluorinating reagents such as trifluoromethyl hypofluorite and bromine trifluoride. Here, we report a mild and efficient route using Selectfluor to deliver hypervalent iodine(V

• them easily because they normally require harsh fluorinating reagents. The synthesis of hypervalent iodine(V) fluoride 3 was reported by Amey and Martin in 1979 using the highly toxic gas, trifluoromethyl hypofluorite (Scheme 2A), and they later prepared bicyclic hypervalent iodine(V) fluoride 4 using

• contains two trifluoromethyl groups in the sidearm which could alter the electronic effects significantly. We therefore decided to prepare a small series of monocyclic trifluoro(aryl)-λ5-iodanes, where the sidearm substituents were changed stepwise from methyl to trifluoromethyl groups, so that we also

Syntheses and medicinal chemistry of spiro heterocyclic steroids

• Laura L. Romero-Hernández,
• Ana Isabel Ahuja-Casarín,
• Penélope Merino-Montiel,
• Sara Montiel-Smith,
• José Luis Vega-Báez and
• Jesús Sandoval-Ramírez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1713–1745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.152

Benzylic C(sp³)–H fluorination

• Alexander P. Atkins,
• Alice C. Dean and
• Alastair J. J. Lennox

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1527–1547, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.137

• -(trifluoromethyl)aniline in conjunction with external ligand 5 facilitated the formation of a series of fluorinated α-amino acids. Xu and co-workers also disclosed a palladium-catalysed protocol for the fluorination of simple benzylic substrates bearing a bidentate directing group (Figure 8) [42]. Yields varied

Synthesis of 4-functionalized pyrazoles via oxidative thio- or selenocyanation mediated by PhICl₂ and NH₄SCN/KSeCN

• Jialiang Wu,
• Haofeng Shi,
• Xuemin Li,
• Jiaxin He,
• Chen Zhang,
• Fengxia Sun and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1453–1461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.128

• used as an effective anti-inflammatory pharmaceutical [23]. On the other hand, organic thiocyanates usually serve as useful synthetic intermediates that can be conveniently converted to sulfur-containing derivatives including sulfides [24], disulfides [25], thiocarbamates [26], and trifluoromethyl

Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals by visible-light photoredox catalysis: direct activation of C–O bonds in organic transformations

• Mithu Roy,
• Bitan Sardar,
• Itu Mallick and
• Dipankar Srimani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1348–1375, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.119

• , Wang and co-workers [30] demonstrated the photomediated synthesis of γ,γ-difluoroallylic ketones by reacting trifluoromethyl alkenes and acids in the presence of PPh3 additive and iridium photocatalyst in basic medium (Scheme 3). This methodology was suitable for a wide range of carboxylic acids in the

Domino reactions of chromones with activated carbonyl compounds

• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1256–1269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.108

• electrophilicity. The products are finally generated by intramolecular formation of a semi-acetal. The yields were generally good (56–78%). The yields for pentafluoroethyl- and heptafluoropropyl-substituted derivatives were slightly better than the yields of trifluoromethyl-substituted derivatives which might be

Synthesis and optical properties of bis- and tris-alkynyl-2-trifluoromethylquinolines

• Stefan Jopp,
• Franziska Spruner von Mertz,
• Peter Ehlers,
• Alexander Villinger and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1246–1255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.107

• properties of selected products, bis- and tris-alkynylated quinolines, were studied to gain insights into how the substitution pattern at different positions may alter the optical properties. Results and Discussion The starting material, 4,8-dibromo-2-(trifluoromethyl)quinoline (4), was synthesized from 2

• -bromoaniline (1a) and ethyl trifluoroacetoacetate (2), adapting a known procedure from Schlosser and Marull (Scheme 1) [17]. The cyclization of 1a with 2a chemoselectively afforded 8-bromo-2-trifluoromethyl-4-quinolone (3) rather than 8-bromo-4-trifluoromethyl-2-quinolone. Bromination of 3 with phosphoryl

• electronic push–pull interaction of the thiophene and the quinoline moieties via the alkyne. Finally, we focussed on the synthesis of tris-alkynylated quinolines starting from 3,4,8-tribromo-2-(trifluoromethyl)quinoline (11). Starting material 11 was synthesized in very good yield from quinolone 3 by

Direct synthesis of acyl fluorides from carboxylic acids using benzothiazolium reagents

• Lilian M. Maas,
• Alex Haswell,
• Rory Hughes and
• Matthew N. Hopkinson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 921–930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.82

• afford (trifluoromethyl)thioethers, while subsequent work focused on the direct deoxygenative synthesis of fluorinated thioesters from carboxylic acids [29][30][31]. In each case, the reactions proceeded smoothly under operationally simple conditions while BT-SCF3 and related BT-SRF reagents are easy-to

• -handle solids that can be readily produced on a multigram scale from relatively inexpensive starting materials. During the optimisation studies for the latter process with carboxylic acid substrates, in addition to the desired (trifluoromethyl)thioester products, small amounts of the corresponding acyl

• , reacting BT-SCF3 with carboxylic acids 1 under similar conditions provides (trifluoromethyl)thioesters 3 via a concerted deoxytrifluoromethylthiolation process from tetrahedral intermediate A affording thiocarbamate by-product B [31]. To test whether thioester species could act as intermediates in the

(Bio)isosteres of ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes

• H. Erik Diepers and
• Johannes C. L. Walker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 859–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.78

Ortho-ester-substituted diaryliodonium salts enabled regioselective arylocyclization of naphthols toward 3,4-benzocoumarins

• Ke Jiang,
• Cheng Pan,
• Limin Wang,
• Hao-Yang Wang and
• Jianwei Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 841–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.76

• this reaction, regardless of the electronic nature and position of the substituents. The desired 3,4-benzocoumarin products 3ba–ma were obtained in yields of 21–59%. Notably, substituents such as halogens (F, Cl, and Br), methyl, methoxy, and trifluoromethyl groups at the ortho-, meta-, or para

Ligand effects, solvent cooperation, and large kinetic solvent deuterium isotope effects in gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydroamination

• Ruichen Lan,
• Brock Yager,
• Yoonsun Jee,
• Cynthia S. Day and
• Amanda C. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 479–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.43

• than those in CD2Cl2). However, this did not hold true uniformly. When a commercially available electron-acceptor ligand known as “Jackiephos” (bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)(2′,4′,6′-triisopropyl-3,6-dimethoxybiphenyl-2-yl)phosphine was used as the AuNTf2 salt (6a), in CD2Cl2, the reaction rate

• further (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S19). This comparison reveals that the Jackiephos supported gold accelerates the reaction more than (PhO)P(o-biphenyl)2 does, although this may be in part an anion effect [7]. The bis(trifluoromethyl)aryl substituent is expected to be more electron