[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C₆₀ based on diazo compounds

• Yuliya N. Biglova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55

• in the strain in the fullerene core should be considered as the driving force of the reactivity. The [2 + n] cycloaddition reactions, where n varies from 1 to 4, are the most promising in the functionalization of the fullerene sphere. The [2 + 1] cycloaddition is the most popular variant among

• oxidative hetero- and homocoupling of 217, respectively. It is also noted that dumbbell-like fullerene-containing compound 219 is the first example of a dimeric fullerene that was fully characterized. Conclusion Summarizing our analysis of scientific literature on [2 + 1] cycloaddition reactions to C60

• involved in C60 reactions with diazo compounds is much wider. In addition, the high yield of the target products and the nearly unlimited variability of substituents in the cyclopropane moiety should be noted as advantages of the latter method. Nevertheless, a drawback that all the [2 + 1] cycloaddition

Diels–Alder reaction of β-fluoro-β-nitrostyrenes with cyclic dienes

• Savva A. Ponomarev,
• Roman V. Larkovich,
• Alexander S. Aldoshin,
• Andrey A. Tabolin,
• Sema L. Ioffe,
• Jonathan Groß,
• Till Opatz and
• Valentine G. Nenajdenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 283–292, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.27

• (51.6 kJ mol−1). Whereas the entropies of activation (ΔS≠) were −181.8 and −183.1 J mol−1 K−1 for the formation of the endo and exo-isomers, respectively. The values obtained are typical for concerted [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions [60]. The free energies of activation () were calculated for 121.26 kJ

All-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis

• Zhuo Wang and
• Junyang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3015–3031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.251

• ] cycloaddition through diyl trapping with an olefin [14][15] and Trost’s palladium-catalyzed trimethylenemethane cycloaddition [16], which allows the preparation of five-membered carbocycles, have been emerged since the 1970s. Thereafter, many novel and important all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions, such

• complex natural products. Besides the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions and the corresponding applications described above, the all-carbon [3 + 2] annulation, which undergoes other possible mechanistic pathways other than cycloaddition, proved its usefulness in forging highly-substituted five

• undoubtedly an efficient synthetic transformation that creates two C–C bonds in a single reaction. However, the prior protection of the reactive functional groups, such as the hydroxy and amino groups, are still necessary for most of the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions. We predict that further

Selective and reversible 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 6-aryl-1,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes with 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-ones under microwave irradiation

• Alexander P. Molchanov,
• Mariia M. Efremova,
• Mariya A. Kryukova and
• Mikhail A. Kuznetsov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2679–2686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.218

• chemistry and has attracted much interest. For 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions microwave irradiation not only allows to reduce the reaction time and to increase yields, but in some cases also can affect the selectivity of the reaction [34][35][36]. The efficiency of microwave irradiation has been shown

• for transformations of azomethine imines [37][38][39]. However, only the conversion to pyrazolines and the dimerization were investigated previously for diaziridines under microwave conditions [40][41]. The cycloaddition reactions of unstable azomethine imines generated from diaziridines were

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

• -established benzoxazole and benzothiazole ligands. Such complexes have then been used for α-functionalisations [117], RCAs [118], and cycloaddition reactions [119]. As much of Meggers work has been summarised previously [120], here we will include only recent examples from each reaction class. If an

Regioselective cobalt(II)-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of fluoroalkylated alkynes with 2-formylphenylboronic acids: easy access to 2-fluoroalkylated indenols

• Tatsuya Kumon,
• Miroku Shimada,
• Jianyan Wu,
• Shigeyuki Yamada and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2193–2200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.184

• Tatsuya Kumon Miroku Shimada Jianyan Wu Shigeyuki Yamada Tsutomu Konno Faculty of Molecular Chemistry and Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Matsugasaki, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.16.184 Abstract [2 + 3] cycloaddition reactions of fluorinated alkynes with 2

• . Despite their effective advantages, on the other hand, the reports on cycloaddition reactions with fluorine-containing alkynes for the construction of fluoroalkylated indene derivatives are rare [21][26]. Recently, our group has reported the first practical synthesis of fluoroalkylated indenol derivatives

• [2 + 3] cycloaddition reactions with a broader substrate scope for the synthesis of fluoroalkylated indenols is still required. Herein we present a synthesis of 2-fluoroalkylated indenols via [2 + 3] cycloadditions of various fluorinated alkynes with 2-formylphenylboronic acids in the presence of

Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

• Thomas Schneider,
• Michael Keim,
• Bianca Seitz and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

• ] cycloaddition reactions [45]. Thus, while styrene and maleic anhydride react only at elevated temperatures, with the more electrophilic (methoxycarbonyl)maleic anhydride two 2:1 adducts are already formed at room temperature: one by two consecutive Diels–Alder reactions, the other one by a Diels–Alder/ene

Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents

• Paola Vitale,
• Luciana Cicco,
• Ilaria Cellamare,
• Filippo M. Perna,
• Antonio Salomone and
• Vito Capriati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158

• (g) heterogeneous “click” cycloaddition reactions [15] using DESs as environmentally responsible and non-innocent reaction media. Telescoped, one-pot transformations of phenacyl halides to symmetrical 2,5-disubstituted pyrazines (A), through phenacyl azides as intermediates, were also found to take

One-pot synthesis of oxazolidinones and five-membered cyclic carbonates from epoxides and chlorosulfonyl isocyanate: theoretical evidence for an asynchronous concerted pathway

• Esra Demir,
• Ozlem Sari,
• Yasin Çetinkaya,
• Ufuk Atmaca,
• Safiye Sağ Erdem and
• Murat Çelik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1805–1819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.148

• advantageous: being a one-pot reaction with metal-free reagent, having shorter reaction times, good yields and a very simple purification method. Moreover, using the density functional theory (DFT) method at the M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) level of theory the mechanism of the cycloaddition reactions has been elucidated

Clickable azide-functionalized bromoarylaldehydes – synthesis and photophysical characterization

• Dominik Göbel,
• Marius Friedrich,
• Enno Lork and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1683–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.139

• oxazoline 24, oxazolidine 27 cyclized already during the reaction, caused by the increased basicity of the ring nitrogen. CuAAC reactions of bromocarbaldehydes We further investigated the reactivity of azide-functionalized bromocarbaldehydes 3, 4, and 5 in copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• reactions (CuAAC). For this, we treated the azide-functionalized luminophores with alkynes exhibiting different degrees of steric demand, including 1-decyne (29), phenylacetylene (30), 1-ethynyladamantane (31) and 1,3-di-tert-butyl-5-ethynylbenzene (32, see Scheme 5). All triazoles 33–44, based on the

Azidophosphonium salt-directed chemoselective synthesis of (E)/(Z)-cinnamyl-1H-triazoles and regiospecific access to bromomethylcoumarins from Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts

• Soundararajan Karthikeyan,
• Radha Krishnan Shobana,
• Kamarajapurathu Raju Subimol,
• J. Helen Ratna Monica and
• Ayyanoth Karthik Krishna Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1579–1587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.130

• ]. Among the known synthetic transformations using functionalized MBH adducts, cycloaddition reactions are challenging and attractive for synthetic organic chemists. In this context, acetate-functionalized Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts have been extensively utilized over other precursors. For example

• ) acetylation, (ii) azidation, and (iii) cycloaddition to produce IV–VIII. In spite of the broad scope and synthetic utility, it is evident that the multistep synthetic methodology is the only existing module for cycloaddition reactions. Our research group is focused on developing one-pot synthetic

• for the synthesis of 3-(bromomethyl)coumarins. Literature-reported cycloaddition reactions of MBH acetates involving azides and alkynes [24][25][26][27][28]. Synthetic methodologies for triazolations of MBH adducts. a) Literature-reported indirect triazolation of MBH adducts [32][33]. b) This work

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

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

• , oxidations, or isomerizations, disulfides have increasingly proven their power. Herein, we briefly describe the progress in the field of disulfide-involving photocatalysis in recent years for different reaction types. Review Cycloaddition reactions As early as 1988, Feldman and co-workers reported an example

• of a [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions under UV irradiation with azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as the free radical initiator and phenyl disulfide as the catalyst, in which the three-membered rings containing double bonds and substituted olefins were transformed into five-membered-ring structures with

• used similar disulfide-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of polycyclic frameworks. The irradiation of vinylcyclopropanes with alkenes or alkynes in the presence of dibutyl disulfide afford the desired bi- or tricyclic products with 54–88% yield (Scheme 2) [6]. In 2014, Maruoka

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

• photocycloaddition of ring-substituted cyclic dithiosuccinimides 223 with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (215a), affording a series of spirothietanes 245 [72] (Scheme 47). In 1986, Coyle and Rapley reported that the photochemical cycloaddition reactions of N-methylthiophthalimide (237a) and N-methyldithiophthalimide (225

• tetracyclic fused benzoxazolethietane derivative 354 in 20% yield [83] (Scheme 69). In 1991, Sakomto and co-workers started on the synthesis of highly rigid thietane-fused β-lactams. They prepared various derivatives 356 in high yields via the photochemical cycloaddition reactions of N-(α,β-disubstituted

Ferrocenyl-substituted tetrahydrothiophenes via formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenyl thioketones with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Mateusz Kowalczyk,
• André U. Augustin,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1288–1295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.109

• thioketones reacted with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes in dichloromethane at room temperature in the presence of catalytic amounts of Sc(OTf)3 yielding tetrahydrothiophene derivatives, products of formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions, in moderate to high yields. In all studied cases, dimethyl 2

• thioketones to form nearly equal amounts of both diastereoisomeric tetrahydrothiophenes. A low selectivity was also observed in the reaction of a 2-phthalimide-derived cyclopropane with ferrocenyl phenyl thioketone. Keywords: [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions; donor–acceptor cyclopropanes; ferrocenyl

• materials chemistry, and electrochemical studies [19]. In continuation of our studies on organic sulfur compounds and the mechanisms of their reactions, the main goal of the present work was the examination of the formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenyl-substituted thioketones 8 with D–A

Synthesis of pyrrolidinedione-fused hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines via three-component [3 + 2] cycloaddition followed by one-pot N-allylation and intramolecular Heck reactions

• Xiaoming Ma,
• Suzhi Meng,
• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Qiang Zhang,
• Shenghu Yan,
• Yue Zhang and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.106

• reactions to make it a green synthetic method with pot, atom and step economy (PASE) [55][56]. Results and Discussion Following the reported procedures for amino ester- and amino acid-based [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions, pyrrolidine adducts 5 and 6 were synthesized by a three-component reaction of 1 or 2

• with 2-bromobenzaldehydes 3 and maleimides 4 (Scheme 3) [30][37]. The cycloaddition reactions were diastereoselective (>20:1 dr for adducts 5 and >6:1 dr for adducts 6). The major diastereomers of 5 and 6 were isolated for following N-allylation and intramolecular Heck reactions. Adduct 5a generated

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• (Scheme 26) [61][67][68]. In this section, both reactions are presented and discussed. Singlet oxygen in pericyclic reactions Many important organic transformations can be performed by singlet oxygen including ene, [2 + 2] and [4 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the formation of hydroperoxides, dioxetanes

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• ). Subsequent Diels–Alder cycloaddition reactions with dienophiles and further aromatization reactions paved the way for a convenient access to structurally diverse polycyclic compounds. For instance, installing the C-aryl and spiro-C-aryl glycosides in the same moiety was successfully achieved. An application

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• -, oxygen-, and sulfur-containing ligands were investigated soon after the disclosure of the auxiliary effect of ligands on copper-catalyzed alkyne–azide cycloaddition reactions [16][17]. Heterogeneous catalysts are safer than their homogeneous counterparts. They also offer some advantages, such as the ease

• to be highly active in [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions of halides, nonactivated terminal alkynes, and sodium azide (Scheme 21). Copper(I) ions were attached to the surface of carbon graphene as outlined in Scheme 21. Therein, GO was generated by Hummer’s method, and ascorbic acid was used to produce

Influence of the cis/trans configuration on the supramolecular aggregation of aryltriazoles

• Sara Tejera,
• Giada Caniglia,
• Rosa L. Dorta,
• Andrea Favero,
• Javier González-Platas and
• Jesús T. Vázquez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2881–2888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.282

• supramolecular studies and report herein the ability of ditriazoles to form gels, their physical properties, as well as the dependence of these properties on the cis/trans relative configuration. Results and Discussion A large set of mono- and ditriazoles was synthesized using cycloaddition reactions based on

An overview of the cycloaddition chemistry of fulvenes and emerging applications

• Ellen Swan,
• Kirsten Platts and
• Anton Blencowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2113–2132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.209

• The unusual electronic properties and unique reactivity of fulvenes have interested researchers for over a century. The propensity to form dipolar structures at relatively low temperatures and to participate as various components in cycloaddition reactions, often highly selectively, makes them ideal

• interest as a result of their unique reactivity resulting from their exocyclic double bond [9][29][30][31][32], and more recently, as intermediates in the synthesis of more complex polycyclic scaffolds via cycloaddition reactions. While this highlight article will focus primarily on the cycloaddition

• chemistry of fulvenes and its applications, a brief introduction to the properties and reactivity of fulvenes, important to understanding their participation in cycloaddition reactions, is initially provided. For a more general background on the chemistry of pentafulvenes, in particular their fundamental

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

• , inexpensive, water-tolerant Lewis acid catalyst in the formation of both carbon–carbon and carbon–heteroatom bonds, and thereby the formation of various biologically promising organic compounds [68]. Important advances in scandium-catalyzed chemistry include [4 + 2] and [2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions, Baeyer

Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines by formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of quinolinium salts

• Anthony Choi,
• Rebecca M. Morley and
• Iain Coldham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1480–1484, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.149

• could be converted to other derivatives by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, reduction or oxidation reactions. Keywords: azomethine ylide; cycloaddition; heterocycle; pyrrolidine; stereoselective; Introduction Cycloaddition reactions of azomethine ylides are an important class of pericyclic reactions that give

• with a quinoline. Pyrroloquinolines have been found to show antibacterial and antifungal activity, to be ligands for the NK1 receptor, and to be effective against the Hif hypoxia pathway in cancer cell lines [36][37][38]. Almost all of the examples of dipolar cycloaddition reactions involving

Synthesis of non-racemic 4-nitro-2-sulfonylbutan-1-ones via Ni(II)-catalyzed asymmetric Michael reaction of β-ketosulfones

• Alexander N. Reznikov,
• Anastasiya E. Sibiryakova,
• Marat R. Baimuratov,
• Eugene V. Golovin,
• Victor B. Rybakov and
• Yuri N. Klimochkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1289–1297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.127

• cytotoxicity [9]. However, it is of great importance to obtain all stereoisomers for the study of biological activity. Therefore, the development of methods for the asymmetric synthesis of polyfunctional sulfones is valuable. The most notable of them are Ag- and Cu-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions

Unnatural α-amino ethyl esters from diethyl malonate or ethyl β-bromo-α-hydroxyiminocarboxylate

• Eloi P. Coutant,
• Vincent Hervin,
• Glwadys Gagnot,
• Candice Ford,
• Racha Baatallah and
• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2853–2860, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.264

• + 3] cycloaddition reactions with nitroethane or 1-nitropropane gave the isoxazole-bearing compounds 44a,b in 23 and 33% yield, respectively. Then, oximation of these compounds gave the α-hydroxyimino esters 45a,b in 50 and 58% and upon their reduction, the expected α-amino esters 46a,b. As depicted

Synthesis of unnatural α-amino esters using ethyl nitroacetate and condensation or cycloaddition reactions

• Glwadys Gagnot,
• Vincent Hervin,
• Eloi P. Coutant,
• Sarah Desmons,
• Racha Baatallah,
• Victor Monnot and
• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2846–2852, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.263