Starazo triple switches – synthesis of unsymmetrical 1,3,5-tris(arylazo)benzenes

• Andreas H. Heindl and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 22–31, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.4

• achieved [14][15][16]. Such a strategy had already been used successfully in previous syntheses of o-, p-, and m-bis(arylazo)benzenes in our laboratory [14]. However, multiple protection/deprotection steps lowered the atom economy and increased the step count of this strategy. The second approach towards

A review of asymmetric synthetic organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis: concepts, applications, recent developments and future directions

• Munmun Ghosh,
• Valmik S. Shinde and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2710–2746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.264

• renaissance by virtue of its greenness, sustainability, atom economy, step economy and inherent safety. Achieving stereocontrol in such organic electrochemical reactions remains a major synthetic challenge and hence demands great expertise. This review provides a comprehensive discussion of the details of

Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups

• Xiaowei Li,
• Xiaolin Shi,
• Xiangqian Li and
• Dayong Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

A novel three-component reaction between isocyanides, alcohols or thiols and elemental sulfur: a mild, catalyst-free approach towards O-thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates

• András György Németh,
• György Miklós Keserű and
• Péter Ábrányi-Balogh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1523–1533, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.155

• isothiocyanate [48][49][50][51][52] showing better atom economy. Nonetheless, only a few examples can be found in the literature starting from thiocyanates, and regarding the isothiocyanates the preparation of the reagent is required as an additional reaction step before. The synthesis of isothiocyanates

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• was chemoselective, furnishing in good yields the products resulting from the transfer of the less hindered arene. However, this methodology exhibits two main limitations. First, arenes 86 with electron-withdrawing groups did not react under the optimized conditions and on the other hand, the atom

• economy is quite low, since a half of the diaryliodonium salt 87 is lost in the process. Replacing the arene substrate 86 by ketones, and keeping nearly equal reaction conditions, the same authors have achieved an efficient synthesis of 3-(2-oxopropyl)- or pentacyclic isoindolinones 90 or 92 (Scheme 26

Synthesis of (macro)heterocycles by consecutive/repetitive isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions

• Angélica de Fátima S. Barreto and
• Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 906–930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.88

• presents several other advantages besides atom economy, such as higher overall yields, easiness of procedure and work-up [12], less solvent being used, fewer residues being produced, fewer purification steps and time-saving, contributing to a more sustainable process (Scheme 1). The Strecker synthesis of α

Efficient synthesis of pyrazolopyridines containing a chromane backbone through domino reaction

• Razieh Navari,
• Saeed Balalaie,
• Saber Mehrparvar,
• Fatemeh Darvish,
• Frank Rominger,
• Fatima Hamdan and
• Sattar Mirzaie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 874–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.85

• base led to a fused chromanyl-cyanopyridine. High selectivity, high atom economy, and good to high yields in addition to mild reaction conditions are the advantages of this approach. Keywords: chromane; domino reaction; fused heterocyclic skeletons; pyrazolopyridines; Introduction The synthesis of

• reaction conditions, the simplicity of operation, high atom-economy, and good to high yields. Experimental General information Reagents and solvents were purchased from various commercial sources and were used directly without any further purification unless otherwise stated. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were

An improved synthesis of adefovir and related analogues

• David J. Jones,
• Eileen M. O’Leary and
• Timothy P. O’Sullivan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 801–810, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.77

• a sticky resin on exposure to atmospheric moisture. This resin hinders the isolation of phosphonate 6 and stymies scale-up. Finally, several byproducts, including the ethyl ether of 4 and the hemi-dealkylated ester of 6, are produced during this reaction, further reducing the atom economy of this

Tuning the stability of alkoxyisopropyl protection groups

• Zehong Liang,
• Henna Koivikko,
• Mikko Oivanen and
• Petri Heinonen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 746–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.70

• , has good atom economy and has the notable advantage of giving volatile hydrolysis products, the small size of this group in some cases leaves the protected compound unnecessarily hydrophilic. This causes solubility problems and complicates isolation and purification steps in the synthetic procedures

Homo- and hetero-difunctionalized β-cyclodextrins: Short direct synthesis in gram scale and analysis of regiochemistry

• Gábor Benkovics,
• Mihály Bálint,
• Éva Fenyvesi,
• Erzsébet Varga,
• Szabolcs Béni,
• Konstantina Yannakopoulou and
• Milo Malanga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 710–720, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.66

• extra synthetic steps that make the atom economy of this approach very low and the entire synthetic procedure time consuming. Structure elucidation of difunctionalized CDs is a challenging task, irrespective of the strategy used. In the direct difunctionalization approach, the disulfonyl-capped CD has

Thiol-free chemoenzymatic synthesis of β-ketosulfides

• Adrián A. Heredia,
• Martín G. López-Vidal,
• Marcela Kurina-Sanz,
• Fabricio R. Bisogno and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 378–387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.34

• isolation of intermediates and creating chemical diversity with high atom economy [33][34][35][36]. In the last two decades, enzymes have found a privileged place in organic chemistry by virtue of its inherent selectivity and eco-friendly reaction conditions. Such properties, among other, make them

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

• several decades [39][40][41][42]. The free radical reaction was applied in a range of organic transformations because of its unique advantages such as excellent reactivity, mild conditions, functional group tolerance, and atom economy. A series of radicals, such as carbon, Se, CF3, halogen, S and N

Synthesis of nonracemic hydroxyglutamic acids

• Dorota G. Piotrowska,
• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Liwia Lubowiecka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22

• stereoselectivity of the cyclocondensation step is best explained by the attack on a re-face of the C=O group due to chelation of Zn2+ to the carbonyl oxygen and amide nitrogen/oxygen atoms [49]. A better approach in terms of carbon atom economy relied on the addition of allylmagnesium chloride to the aldehyde (R

• (Scheme 13) [63]. The other strategy which also commences from L-malic acid [64] showed much better carbon atom economy since the acetate (S)-55 was reacted with cyanide while to the acetate (S)-52 three unused carbon atoms were added. The cyanides (4S,5S)-56 and (4S,5R)-56 formed as a 57:43 mixture in a

• -dihydroxy-L-glutamic acid (4) are depicted in Figure 5. Several methodologies toward enantiomeric 3,4-dihydroxy-L-glutamic acid have been developed. In terms of carbon atom economy syntheses using 5-carbon synthons, e.g., pyroglutamic acid derivatives or pentoses, are the most valuable. From pyroglutamic

Green synthesis of new chiral 1-(arylamino)imidazo[2,1-a]isoindole-2,5-diones from the corresponding α-amino acid arylhydrazides in aqueous medium

• Nadia Bouzayani,
• Jamil Kraїem,
• Sylvain Marque,
• Yakdhane Kacem,
• Abel Carlin-Sinclair,
• Jérôme Marrot and
• Béchir Ben Hassine

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2923–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.271

• reaction described in this work occurred with high atom efficiency (atom economy of 90%) and produced only stoichiometric H2O as waste (E-factor of 0.1). Stereochemistry and mechanism The stereochemistries of 5a–m were ascribed by NOE NMR experiments. By example using 5a depicted in Figure 2, the 1H NMR

Molecular iodine-catalyzed one-pot multicomponent synthesis of 5-amino-4-(arylselanyl)-1H-pyrazoles

• Camila S. Pires,
• Daniela H. de Oliveira,
• Maria R. B. Pontel,
• Jean C. Kazmierczak,
• Roberta Cargnelutti,
• Diego Alves,
• Raquel G. Jacob and
• Ricardo F. Schumacher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2789–2798, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.256

• methodologies describing the transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of diorganyl diselenides with (hetero)aryl, alkenyl, and alkynyl halides or pseudo-halides [3], an updated protocol that describe reduced waste generation and atom-economy is desired. In this context, the multicomponent cyclization

Synergistic approach to polycycles through Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling and metathesis as key steps

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Milind Meshram and
• Chandravathi Chakkapalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2468–2481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.223

• assembly of the target molecules and thus enhances the ease of preparation of various functional molecules. These processes are considered as “green” because of atom economy and synthetic brevity [52] involved in these reactions [12][53][54]. Additionally, several methods are available to remove palladium

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• context, Ackermann and co-workers developed a coupling reaction of arenes 53 with allenes to give hydroarylation products 54 (Scheme 32) [91]. The merits of the reaction are broad scope including a variety of arenes and allenes, and high atom economy. Based on the mechanistic studies and DFT calculations

A general and atom-efficient continuous-flow approach to prepare amines, amides and imines via reactive N-chloramines

• Katherine E. Jolley,
• Michael R. Chapman and
• A. John Blacker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2220–2228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.196

• , though both exhibit poor atom economy [17][18][19][20][21]. Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) solutions are less widely used, yet readily available, economic and provide an atom efficient reagent for N-chloramine formation [22][23][24]. A continuous-flow process for the oxidation of alcohols using NaOCl as a

Hypervalent organoiodine compounds: from reagents to valuable building blocks in synthesis

• Gwendal Grelier,
• Benjamin Darses and
• Philippe Dauban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1508–1528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.128

• iodoarenes, which are released in stoichiometric amounts in any reaction mediated by λ3- or λ5-iodanes. In parallel to the development of solid-supported reagents or reactions catalytic in iodine, a third strategy has emerged to address this issue in terms of sustainability. The atom-economy of

• achievements reported in this area. Keywords: atom-economy; couplings; hypervalent iodine; oxidation; tandem reactions; Introduction Synthetic applications of the hypervalent iodine chemistry have grown exponentially in the last four decades as highlighted by several books and comprehensive reviews dedicated

• introduction of the iodobenzoic acid motif onto the pyrrole ring. 5-Aroyloxy-γ-lactams 4 can be isolated with yields in the 56–96% range, however, the reaction requires 2.5 equivalents of the λ5-iodane reagent, a result that supports its limited efficiency in terms of atom economy (Scheme 3) [31]. λ3-Iodane

Atom-economical group-transfer reactions with hypervalent iodine compounds

• Andreas Boelke,
• Peter Finkbeiner and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1263–1280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.108

• atom efficiency. Keywords: atom economy; benziodoxolones; homogeneous catalysis; hypervalent iodine; iodonium salts; Introduction Atom economy (AE) is an important parameter which helps to evaluate the overall efficiency of a chemical reaction or a chemical process [1][2]. It is defined as the

• quotient between the molecular mass of the desired reaction product(s) and the molecular mass of all reactants (Equation 1): In an ideal reaction with 100% atom economy, every atom of the reactants is becoming part of the desired product. In this short review, we want to discuss recent advances in atom

• compounds as key reagents in a great number of recently developed transformations [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. However, in terms of atom economy, they have an intrinsic problem: their high reactivity is based on the emergence of aryl iodides as supernucleofuges. λ3-Iodanes are the

Hypervalent iodine-guided electrophilic substitution: para-selective substitution across aryl iodonium compounds with benzyl groups

• Cyrus Mowdawalla,
• Faiz Ahmed,
• Tian Li,
• Kiet Pham,
• Loma Dave,
• Grace Kim and
• I. F. Dempsey Hyatt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1039–1045, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.91

• incorporated into the product thus providing greater atom economy and a valuable functional group handle for further transformations. The altering of the RICR’s ortho-selectivity to form para-selective products with benzyl hypervalent iodine intermediates suggests a mechanism that involves hypervalent iodine

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• construction of allenic C(sp2)−CF3 and propargyl C(sp3)−CF3 bonds, this method combined selectivity and efficiency and showed atom economy by avoiding the requirement of the prefunctionalization of the substrates. Regarding the reaction mechanism, the authors postulated the following plausible reaction

Consecutive hydrazino-Ugi-azide reactions: synthesis of acylhydrazines bearing 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles

• Angélica de Fátima S. Barreto,
• Veronica Alves dos Santos and
• Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2596–2602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.256

• bis(1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles) in only three steps. The procedure offers several advantages, such as high atom-economy, a simple synthetic procedure with an easy work-up and ready access to highly functionalized compounds in a low number of steps. In addition, the obtained compounds allow further

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Green Chemistry Institute (GCI), the “amide bond formation avoiding poor atom economy reagent” is one of the top challenges for organic chemists [72]. Easy, economical, selective and convenient approaches on C–N bond syntheses are of great importance [73][74