Cerium-photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to aldehydes and ketones

• Girish Suresh Yedase,
• Sumit Kumar,
• Jessica Stahl,
• Burkhard König and
• Veera Reddy Yatham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1727–1732, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.121

• generating oxygen-centered radicals, that lead to carbon-centered radicals through intra/intermolecular hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) processes, radical decarboxylative or radical deformylation [57][58][59]. In continuation of our research interest on visible-light-driven cerium photocatalysis [59][65], we

• involvement of possible intermolecular HAT or 1,2-HAT from the intermediate III to generate the product 2. Conclusion In summary, we have developed a catalytic aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to the corresponding aldehydes without further oxidation and formation of benzoic acids. A variety of primary

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

• cycloisomerization of diolefins triggered by the MHAT process. Some challenges associated with the development of these reactions were the reversible nature of the HAT and the competition with linear isomerization and reductive pathways (Scheme 18) [72][73]. In 2014, the Shenvi group developed an olefin

• an MHAT process. In 2008, Norton and co-workers [76] developed a pioneering radical cascade approach based on the generation of carbon free radicals from an MHAT process. The rates (kH) of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from the chromium metal hydride CpCr(CO)3H to olefins with diverse substitution

• patterns and electronic features were measured previously by the rate of deuterium/hydrogen exchange [77], and the observed constants served as a guide to the regioselectivity prediction of the HAT processes in substrates with different olefins. In substrate 40, for example, the hydrogen atom was

Manganese/bipyridine-catalyzed non-directed C(sp³)–H bromination using NBS and TMSN₃

• Kumar Sneh,
• Takeru Torigoe and
• Yoichiro Kuninobu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 885–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.74

• ][19][20]. There are several types of transition-metal-catalyzed C(sp3)−H halogenation reactions reported in the literature (Scheme 1b–d). Transition-metal-catalyzed 1,5-hydrogen atom transfer (1,5-HAT) is effective for promoting regioselective C(sp3)−H halogenation reactions (Scheme 1b) [21][22][23

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

• reaction mechanism for this transformation is as follows (Scheme 6): Firstly, O-aryloxime 11 forms EDA complex 13 by action of DABCO·(SO2)2 and then undergoes light-promoted single-electron transfer, affording the 2,4-dinitrophenol anion, nitrogen radical 14, and radical 15, respectively. 1,5-HAT (hydrogen

• atom transfer) occurs in nitrogen radical 14 to give radical 16, which further transforms to radical 17 after the addition of sulfur dioxide. Finally, HAT happens between 15 and 17, yielding quaternary ammonium salt 18 and product 12, respectively. In 2017, Chen and colleagues [47] accomplished the

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

• Callum Prentice,
• James Morrisson,
• Andrew D. Smith and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

• photocatalysts used for this reaction, it is proposed the excited state of 9 is sufficiently reducing to initiate the chain mechanism through an oxidative quench. Moving away from electronically activated halides, MacMillan et al. investigated a tricatalytic system, utilising enamine, photoredox, and HAT

• reductively quenches the photocatalyst to form enaminyl radical 13•+. However, in this reaction 13•+ can then add to the alkene to give an alkyl radical 14•+, followed by hydrogen atom abstraction from the thiol, acting as a HAT catalyst, to give iminium ion intermediate 15. Hydrolysis of 15 generates the

• begins with the condensation of 49 with enone 50 to form the iminium ion intermediate 51. Concomitantly, the excited-state photocatalyst generates an alkyl radical R• from R–H, either through HAT ([W] with a benzodioxole derivative) or SET ([Ir] with a tertiary amine). This radical then adds to the β

Photosensitized direct C–H fluorination and trifluoromethylation in organic synthesis

• Shahboz Yakubov and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2151–2192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.183

• chemoselectivity. Overall, chemo- and regioselective C(sp3)–H fluorinations continue to challenge chemists. Most direct C(sp3)–H fluorinations are reported to proceed under radical pathways involving hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), although proton-coupled electron transfer (PCET) has also been reported [44][49][50

• –H bond is matched to the HAT catalyst. For example, an electrophilic radical abstracts H atoms selectively from the most electron-rich or “hydridic” C–H bond [65]. 1.1.3 Importance of visible light and visible-light photosensitization in synthesis: Unlike many other traditional energy resources

• cleavage reactions [80] and 1,5-HAT [81] and iii) the excited state of the simple organic molecule target can possess an ultrashort lifetime [82] that precludes photochemistry in favor of photophysical or nonradiative deactivation, e.g., fluorescence or internal conversion (IC). Instead of direct UV

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

• Lucas Guillemard and
• Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

• mild heteroaromatic functionalizations. Last but not least, a HAT-type process inducing the generation of alkyl radicals via selective C–H abstraction from the aliphatic precursors may be combined with a Ni-catalyzed process, thus delivering cross-coupled products. The aim of this review is to present

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• Yeersen Patehebieke School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China 10.3762/bjoc.16.118 Abstract Disulfides are versatile catalysts. They can be photocatalysts, hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysts, cocatalysts, or initiators in photocatalytic reactions

• excellent radical properties also made these thiyl radicals powerful HAT catalysts. They have increasingly been proven useful in various types of organic photoreactions, such as cyclizations, anti-Markovnikov additions, aromatic olefin carbonylations, isomerizations, etc. They are a class of green, economic

• catalytic abilities: they can be a photocatalyst, HAT catalyst, initiator, or cocatalyst in organic synthesis. The thiyl radicals (RS•) formed under illumination conditions have the unique ability of promote radical bond-forming reactions. Their ability to reversibly add to unsaturated bonds, promoting a

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• one aryl group in the β-position (R3 = H, R2 = Ar) and further processing of the reaction mixture with atmospheric oxygen, an aromatization occurs with the formation of isoxazoles (64a,b 55–95%). Presumably, the reaction of TEMPO with oxime 62 affords the iminoxyl radical 65 (Scheme 24). 1,5-HAT in

• yield of 76. A radical mechanism was proposed in which the oxime moiety is oxidized by DDQ to the iminoxyl radical 77, which undergoes 1,5-HAT to give a C-centered radical 78 stabilized by a sulfur atom. 78 is oxidized by DDQ to a carbocation 79, followed by the closure of the oxathiazole ring (Scheme

• promotes the formation of an oxime radical that undergoes 1,5-HAT to form the target product. Oxidative cyclization with the cleavage of π-bond C=C Early examples of oxidative cyclization of iminoxyl radicals with an attack on π-bonds were reported in the 1980s [123]. However, the structure of the products

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• Photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) represents a valuable strategy for accessing C(sp3) radicals. This method allows the direct cleavage of a C–H bond and the consequent generation of alkyl radicals without relying on the presence of redox-active functional groups. This results in a superior atom economy

• compared to other methods for radical generation [56]. Within this field, organic dyes can act as competent photocatalysts for direct HAT processes. Specifically, upon light excitation, photoactive carbonyl compounds, such as benzophenone and its derivatives, reach an electronically excited triplet state

• successfully employed for the generation of C(sp3) radicals via HAT [58]. Interestingly, Wu and co-workers demonstrated that eosin Y (OD13) can also act as a direct HAT catalyst under visible-light irradiation [59]. Organic photoredox catalysis can also drive indirect HAT processes. In these reactions, the

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• -doped OLED with three light-emitting layers comprising m-MTDATA:1:PO-T2T was fabricated (Figure 7c). The structure of the device was as follows: HAT-CN (10 nm)/NPB (48 nm)/m-MTDATA (16 nm)/compound 1 (20 nm)/PO-T2T (16 nm)/TSPO1 (4 nm)/TBPi (36 nm). In this device architecture, the common hole/electron

• injecting/transporting/blocking layers hexaazatriphenylenehexacarbonitrile (HAT-CN), N,N′-di(1-naphthyl)-N,N′-diphenyl-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine (NPB), diphenyl[4-(triphenylsilyl)phenyl]phosphine oxide (TSPO1), 2,2′,2′′-(1,3,5-benzinetriyl)-tris(1-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole) (TPBi), and fluorolithium (LiF

Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations

• Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
• Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76

• capable to induce other types of reactions, such as hydrogen atom abstraction (HAT) processes or triplet state energy transfer processes (EnT). Carbonyl compounds, especially diaryl ketones, have shown great potential as far as their catalytic scope is concerned. Benzophenone or acetophenone (64) and

• , benzaldehyde (8) has also been studied for the ability to carry out HAT processes. In 1975, Obi and co-worker studied the photochemistry of excited benzaldehyde (9) with the use of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) [20]. They detected that the generated radicals from this process were the α-hydroxybenzyl

• aryl ketones, could participate in HAT processes as hydrogen atom abstractors [20]. More specifically, aldehydes can absorb irradiation at 300 nm and be excited from their ground state S0 to their singlet state S1 (n,π*), Then, through intersystem crossing (ISC), they can transition to a lower energy

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• the presence of the acid, it is protonated and collapses into the corresponding alkoxy radical. This radical carries out a 1,5-HAT to generate a carbon-centered radical. Finally, this radical recombines with the α-amino radical generated from the above-mentioned pathway. 2.3 Oxidation reactions In

• present on the pypzs ligand, and activates the carbonyl group. The PCET occurs, furnishing a ketyl radical that can react with another molecule (ketone or aldehyde), delivering the pinacol product. A final HAT with another equivalent of HEH or HEH+ delivers the product, and the resulting radical cation of

Recent developments in photoredox-catalyzed remote ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations

• Rafia Siddiqui and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26

• . This system is being used in C–C, C–N, C–O, C–S, and C–X bond-breaking and -forming processes [55]. Similarly, photoinduced direct hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalysis also plays a major role in the functionalization of intricate molecules. Photocatalysts that can undergo this process are uranyl

• cations, polyoxometallates, and benzophenones [9][80], but a major drawback is the limited availability of photocatalysts that can perform direct HAT. Therefore, there is a high demand for a direct-HAT catalyst that is accessible, metal-free, allows no side reactions, and can be activated by visible light

• oxidation via HAT or SET/deprotonation, generates the desired product 97 (Figure 15). The oxidation of the persulfate anion generates a sulfate radical anion, which acts as an oxidant in the aromatization step. In the absence of light and photoredox catalyst, no product was obtained. C–H phosphonylation

Dirhodium(II)-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of N-arylaminocyclopropane with alkyne derivatives

• Wentong Liu,
• Yi Kuang,
• Zhifan Wang,
• Jin Zhu and
• Yuanhua Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 542–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.48

• radical cation C resulting from cyclopropane ring opening reacts with alkyne substrate 2a generating radical D. The intermediate radical D yielded E through intramolecular radical addition. After hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) from complex A, the desired product is obtained with regeneration of the N

Oxidative radical ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropane derivatives

• Yu Liu,
• Qiao-Lin Wang,
• Zan Chen,
• Cong-Shan Zhou,
• Bi-Quan Xiong,
• Pan-Liang Zhang,
• Chang-An Yang and
• Quan Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 256–278, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.23

• -workers also reported the first silver-catalyzed ring-opening and acylation of cyclopropanols 91 with aldehydes 48 for the synthesis of 1,4-diketones 144 (Scheme 39) [119]. They proposed that the involvement of an uncommon water-assisted 1,2-HAT process was strongly exothermic and it promoted the addition

Cobalt bis(acetylacetonate)–tert-butyl hydroperoxide–triethylsilane: a general reagent combination for the Markovnikov-selective hydrofunctionalization of alkenes by hydrogen atom transfer

• Xiaoshen Ma and
• Seth B. Herzon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2259–2265, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.201

• transfer (HAT) to the alkene substrate, followed by interception of the resulting alkyl radical intermediate with a SOMOphile. In addition, we report the first reductive couplings of unactivated alkenes and aryldiazonium salts by an HAT pathway. The simplicity and generality of the Co(acac)2–TBHP–Et3SiH

• reagent combination suggests it as a useful starting point to develop HAT reactions in complex settings. Keywords: HAT; hydrogen atom transfer; hydrofunctionalization; Introduction Many powerful methods to effect alkene hydrogenation [1][2][3][4] and Markovnikov-selective hydroheterofunctionalization (H

• –X addition, X = O [5][6][7][8][9], I [3], Br [3], Se [3], S [8][9][10], Cl [8][11], F [12][13], and N [8][14][15][16][17]) by metal-mediated hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) [18][19][20][21] are now known. Additionally, methods to achieve carbon–carbon bond formation to alkenes by HAT have been

Synthesis and photophysical studies of a multivalent photoreactive Ru^II-calix[4]arene complex bearing RGD-containing cyclopentapeptides

• Sofia Kajouj,
• Lionel Marcelis,
• Alice Mattiuzzi,
• Adrien Grassin,
• Damien Dufour,
• Pierre Van Antwerpen,
• Didier Boturyn,
• Eric Defrancq,
• Mathieu Surin,
• Julien De Winter,
• Pascal Gerbaux,
• Ivan Jabin and
• Cécile Moucheron

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.150

• amino acids (type II photosensitization). In particular, it was shown that RuII complexes containing at least two highly π-deficient polyazaaromatic ligands such as 1,4,5,8-tetraazaphenanthrene (TAP) [12][13][14] or 1,4,5,8,9,12-hexaazatriphenylene (HAT) [15] are able to oxidize the guanine base (G) of

Reagent-controlled regiodivergent intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides

• Irwan Iskandar Roslan,
• Kian-Hong Ng,
• Gaik-Khuan Chuah and
• Stephan Jaenicke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2739–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.270

• -butoxide anion to CBrCl3, forming the tert-butoxy radical [94]. This radical attacks the α-hydrogen of 2a via hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), to form intermediate A with a radical at the α-carbon. A then undergoes α-bromination to form the intermediate 6 [95]. Attack at the α-carbon of 6 by 2

• •CCl3 radicals are quenched to CHCl3 via HAT [93]. The proposed catalytic cycle for the synthesis of benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones is as follows. The Lewis acidic InIII metal center coordinates to the more nucleophilic benzothiazole N atom, forming an adduct A [98]. This activates the N–H

Cp₂TiCl/D₂O/Mn, a formidable reagent for the deuteration of organic compounds

• Antonio Rosales and
• Ignacio Rodríguez-García

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1585–1589, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.154

• -ordination of water to Cp2TiCl might weakens the strength of the O–H bond. In this way a single electron transfer from titanium to oxygen might facilitate the HAT from the titanocene aqua-complex to the free radicals. Theoretical calculations supported that the coordination of water to Cp2TiIIICl weakens the

• bond in water. Although more theoretical and experimental studies should be performed to determine the mechanism of reduction of radicals using Cp2TiCl and water, it can be stated that tertiary and hindered radicals are normally reduced via HAT from water in a process mediated by Cp2TiIIICl. Primary

• and unhindered radicals are normally reduced via hydrolysis of an organometallic alkyl-TiIV intermediate [37]. This HAT or protonation mechanism by Cp2TiCl/D2O/Mn, compared with the single-electron-transfer conditions using SmI2/D2O in the synthesis of α,α-dideuterated alcohols from carboxylic acids

Antioxidant potential of curcumin-related compounds studied by chemiluminescence kinetics, chain-breaking efficiencies, scavenging activity (ORAC) and DFT calculations

• Adriana K. Slavova-Kazakova,
• Silvia E. Angelova,
• Timur L. Veprintsev,
• Petko Denev,
• Davide Fabbri,
• Maria Antonietta Dettori,
• Maria Kratchanova,
• Vladimir V. Naumov,
• Aleksei V. Trofimov,
• Rostislav F. Vasil’ev,
• Giovanna Delogu and
• Vessela D. Kancheva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1398–1411, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.151

• up does not exert any influence on the antioxidant efficiency and reactivity of the two dimers. The presence of the keto–enol moiety is not of significance for the hydrogen-atom-transfer (HAT) reactions and the classical chain-breaking antioxidant activity. The presence of two longer unsaturated keto

• the antioxidant action. However, the ORAC assay is a method for the detection of radical-scavenging activity based on the HAT mechanism [31][32]. From the results obtained (see Table 1) in aqueous medium there are no considerable differences in the antioxidant activities between the monomers and

• dimers in terms of the HAT reaction mechanism. This could be explained by the solvent effect of water, blocking OH groups by H bonds and thus decreasing their antioxidant capacity. Another reason for the similar results obtained for the studied monomers/dimers is the fact that the process is monitored by

Damage of polyesters by the atmospheric free radical oxidant NO₃^•: a product study involving model systems

• Catrin Goeschen and
• Uta Wille

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1907–1916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.225

• transformation processes at night. NO3•, which is formed through reaction of the atmospheric pollutants nitrogen dioxide, NO2•, with ozone, O3 (Scheme 1a) [7][8], reacts with organic compounds through various pathways, such as hydrogen abstraction (HAT) and addition to π systems. Most importantly, NO3• is one of

• the adipic acid derivatives 2. In the case of the former this could be explained by the fact that the aromatic ring is very deactivated due to the two electron-withdrawing ester substituents, so that oxidative electron transfer (ET) by NO3• is not possible. Also, NO3• induced HAT from the ester

• base [23]. It is important to note that the formation of radical intermediate 7 could principally also occur in one step through NO3•-induced benzylic HAT in 3 (not shown). However, it appears from the outcome of the reactions with the neopentyl derivatives of 1 and 2 that HAT by NO3• is not

Metal-free aerobic oxidations mediated by N-hydroxyphthalimide. A concise review

• Lucio Melone and
• Carlo Punta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1296–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.146

• laccase-ABTS follows an electron transfer (ET) mechanism, NHPI, VLA, HBT, and NHAmediators promote a hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) route through the formation of the corresponding N-oxyl radicals as NHDs-Medox species (Scheme 11). The same research group also emphasized the specialization of mediators

• morphology and the molecular weight of the starting material [48]. Moreover, this catalytic system could be employed with dioxygen in place of NaClO as the ultimate oxidizing agent [49]. In this case, the mechanism follows a radical chain via classical HAT by PINO abstraction (Scheme 17). Aldehydes and the

• of molecular bromine as a co-catalyst [68] (Scheme 24). According to the proposed mechanism, Br2 generates ET processes by oxidizing the o-phenanthroline to the corresponding cation radicals. The latter promote in turn ET and HAT processes with NHPI, leading to the formation of PINO. In 2009 the same

From discovery to production: Scale- out of continuous flow meso reactors

• Peter Styring and
• Ana I. R. Parracho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 29, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.29

• become deposited on the catalyst beads on standing between studies and that the initial linear increase in yield was a consequence of the salts being washed off in the continuous flow and adsorption of the organobromide on to the newly freed reactive sites. It is seen from Figure 6 hat the production of