A Wittig-olefination–Claisen-rearrangement approach to the 3-methylquinoline-4-carbaldehyde synthesis

• Mukund G. Kulkarni,
• Mayur P. Desai,
• Deekshaputra R. Birhade,
• Yunus B. Shaikh,
• Ajit N. Dhatrak and
• Ramesh Gannimani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1725–1729, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.197

• important 3-methylquinoline-4-carbaldehydes 6a–h from o-nitrobenzaldehydes 1a–h employing a Wittig-olefination–Claisen-rearrangement protocol. The Wittig reaction of o-nitrobenzaldehydes with crotyloxymethylene triphenylphosphorane afforded crotyl vinyl ethers 2a–h, which on heating under reflux in xylene

• developed in our group [28][29]. Results and Discussion Reaction of the o-nitrobenzaldehydes 1a–h with crotyloxymethylene triphenylphosphorane under optimized reaction conditions (Scheme 1) gave crotyl vinyl ethers in good yields (Table 1). The geometrical isomers of the crotyl vinyl ethers 2a–d were well

• separated on TLC, and it was possible to separate them by column chromatography. In the case of other crotyl vinyl ethers 2e–h, all attempts to separate these (E)- or (Z)-isomers were unsuccessful. Claisen rearrangement on either (E)- or (Z)-isomers 2a–d also led to a diastereomeric mixture of 4-pentenals

Combined bead polymerization and Cinchona organocatalyst immobilization by thiol–ene addition

• Kim A. Fredriksen,
• Tor E. Kristensen and
• Tore Hansen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1126–1133, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.125

• combined in a single step. Vinyl ethers, allyl ethers, acrylates and methacrylates can all be effectively incorporated as part of such thiol–ene networks. The supported organocatalysts have been tried out successfully in several asymmetric transformations, but catalyst recycling so far is relatively poor

Recent developments in gold-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions

• Fernando López and
• José L. Mascareñas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1075–1094, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.124

• highly stereoselective (4 + 2) cycloaddition with the vinyl ether to yield, after the elimination of the gold catalyst, highly substituted oxacyclic systems 7 in good yields and with notable diastereoselectivities. Importantly, this reaction tolerates a wide range of vinyl ethers, and different

Synthetic applications of gold-catalyzed ring expansions

• David Garayalde and
• Cristina Nevado

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 767–780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.87

• ). Nitrones also reacted as dipolarophiles in the presence of AuCl3, even if in some cases copper catalysts were found to be more effective at triggering the corresponding annulations [52]. By contrast, when alkoxy vinyl ethers were employed as dipolarophiles, the cycloaddition takes place prior to the

Ene–yne cross-metathesis with ruthenium carbene catalysts

• Cédric Fischmeister and
• Christian Bruneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 156–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.22

• obtained for EYCM with styrenes. EYCM of terminal olefins with internal borylated alkynes. Synthesis of propenylidene cyclobutane via EYCM. Efficient EYCM with vinyl ethers. From cyclopentene to cyclohepta-1,3-dienes via cyclic olefin-alkyne cross-metathesis. Ring expansion via EYCM from bicyclic olefins

Cross-metathesis of allylcarboranes with O-allylcyclodextrins

• Ivan Šnajdr,
• Zbyněk Janoušek,
• Jindřich Jindřich and
• Martin Kotora

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1099–1105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.126

• analytically pure compounds. It has been reported that low yields and conversions could be explained by isomerization of terminal to internal double bonds in both reactants (e.g., isomerization of allyl ethers to vinyl ethers [29][30][31] and allylcarboranes to propenylcarboranes [25]) and thus decreasing the

Total synthesis of (±)-coerulescine and (±)-horsfiline

• Mukund G. Kulkarni,
• Attrimuni P. Dhondge,
• Sanjay W. Chavhan,
• Ajit S. Borhade,
• Yunnus B. Shaikh,
• Deekshaputra R. Birhade,
• Mayur P. Desai and
• Nagorao R. Dhatrak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 876–879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.103

• allyl vinyl ethers was heated in refluxing xylene to effect the Claisen rearrangement to obtain 4-pentenal 6 in 85% yield. Aldehyde 6 was transformed into acid 7 by Jones oxidation, which was immediately converted to the ethyl ester 8. Subsequently, reduction of the compound 8 with Zn and NH4Cl resulted

Acid catalyzed cyclodimerization of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)-4-alkoxy-oxetanes and -thietanes. Synthesis of 2,2,6,6-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-4,8-dialkoxy-1,5-dioxocanes and 3,3,7,7-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-9-oxa-2,6-dithia-bicyclo[3.3.1]nonane

• Viacheslav A. Petrov and
• Will Marshall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 46, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.46

• are readily available materials, prepared by [2 + 2] cycloaddition of vinyl ethers with hexafluoroacetone [1][2][3] or hexafluorothioacetone [4][5], respectively. Although both groups of compounds have been known for over 40 years, reports on their chemical transformations are limited. Among the

Synthesis of spiropyrans: H-abstractions in 3-cycloalkenyloxybenzopyrans

• Satish C. Gupta,
• Mandeep Thakur,
• Somesh Sharma,
• Urmila Berar,
• Surinder Berar and
• Ramesh C. Kamboj

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 14, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-14

• cyclisations and [4+2] cycloadditions. [11][12][13][14][15][16] These methods being specific in nature for a particular spirocyclic compound, offer limited synthetic utility. In the past, we have investigated the use of photochemical methods for the synthesis of organic molecules like vinyl ethers, [17