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Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

  • Acácio S. de Souza,
  • Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
  • Dora C. S. Costa,
  • Fernanda P. Pauli,
  • David R. Pinho,
  • Matheus G. de Moraes,
  • Fernando de C. da Silva,
  • Luana da S. M. Forezi and
  • Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

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  • useful alkylation approach is the Kochi–Anderson method [76] (or also known as Jacobsen–Torssell method [77][78]), via oxidative decarboxylation, where the quinone reacts with a carboxylic acid in the presence of silver(I) nitrate and ammonium or potassium peroxydisulfate. Nucleophilic free radicals are
  • generated from the carboxylic acid through decarboxylation mediated by [Ag+]-peroxydisulfate, followed by their coupling with the quinone, providing the respective alkylated product. One of the first practical applications of this methodology to produce menadione (10) was described by Ashnagar and co
  • ][139][140][141]. In 2001, Salmon-Chemin and co-workers described the preparation of alkylated compounds 89 and 90 via oxidative decarboxylation of diacids and N-Boc-protected amino acids β-alanine, γ-aminobutyric acid, 5-aminovaleric acid, and 6-aminocaproic acid [131]. The compounds were obtained in
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Published 11 Apr 2022

Synthesis of 5-unsubstituted dihydropyrimidinone-4-carboxylates from deep eutectic mixtures

  • Sangram Gore,
  • Sundarababu Baskaran and
  • Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 331–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.37

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  • ester group at C5 and an alkyl group at C6 position. A group of researchers from Merck reported the synthesis of 5-unsubstituted DHPMs via a Biginelli reaction followed by saponification of the ester and subsequent decarboxylation [22]. Later, Bussolari and McDonnell demonstrated the synthesis of 5
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Published 22 Mar 2022

Trichloroacetic acid fueled practical amine purifications

  • Aleena Thomas,
  • Baptiste Gasch,
  • Enzo Olivieri and
  • Adrien Quintard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 225–231, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.26

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  • their protonated salt formation, enabling the separation with the impurities. From these amine salts, simple decarboxylation of TCA liberates volatile CO2 and chloroform affording directly the pure amines. Through this approach, a broad range of diversely substituted amines could be isolated with
  • success. Keywords: amines; decarboxylation; eco-compatible; out of equilibrium; purification; Introduction Isolation of pure amines from reaction mixtures or natural extracts is crucial in modern organic chemistry. However, the most widely applied methods for these purifications have remained unchanged
  • cheap and simple acid enables a temporary protonation while time-controlled decarboxylation liberates volatile CO2 and chloroform as single waste (Scheme 2a). This strategy has been applied with success by the groups of Takata, Leigh, Kim and ours to time control different molecular switches ranging
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Published 24 Feb 2022

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

  • Austin Pounder and
  • William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

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  • alcohols 67 and aliphatic acids 173 (Scheme 37) [144]. Through a DCC-mediated dehydrogenative condensation with hydroperoxides, carboxylic acids could generate alkyl diacyl peroxides and peresters in situ. Decarboxylation followed by radical addition across the alkene 108 would generate a succeeding alkyl
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Published 07 Dec 2021

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

  • Umesh P. Aher,
  • Dhananjai Srivastava,
  • Girij P. Singh and
  • Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

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  • provided the corresponding carboxylic acid, and further oxidative decarboxylation with lead tetraacetate and pyridine provided oxathiolane 20. Chu and co-workers [41][42] further established a more proficient system for the synthesis of (+)-BCH-189 (1a) from 1,6-thioanhydro-ᴅ-galactose (3d, Scheme 4
  • . Reaction of 24 with pyridinium dichromate (PDC) in DMF solvent afforded the acid derivative 25. This derivative was converted to the key intermediate 20 by oxidative decarboxylation [33]. Han et al. [43] developed a method for the novel oxathiolane intermediate 2-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxy)methyl-5
  • temperature, and oxidation with a mild oxidizing agent, PDC, provided 28. Using the reaction of lead tetraacetate with 28 via oxidative decarboxylation afforded oxathiolane acetate derivative 20a. The synthesis of a 1,3-oxathiolane precursor required for the preparation of 3TC (1) in four steps was reported
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Published 04 Nov 2021

Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization

  • Lusina Mantry,
  • Rajaram Maayuri,
  • Vikash Kumar and
  • Parthasarathy Gandeepan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143

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  • for the mode of action of this cascade arylation protocol (Figure 10) [73]. In the photocatalytic cycle, the SET event between the photoexcited iridium catalyst 10-II and the substrate oxalate 33 generates a tertiary carbon-centered radical 10-IV by decarboxylation and the reduced iridium(II
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Published 31 Aug 2021

Catalyzed and uncatalyzed procedures for the syntheses of isomeric covalent multi-indolyl hetero non-metallides: an account

  • Ranadeep Talukdar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2102–2122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.137

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  • . Here the base assisted the condensation of 2-(fluorosulfonyl)difluoroacetic acid (115) with 1 followed by decarboxylation to give difluorocarbene and sulfinate 119, that combine to produce sulfanol 121, which in the presence of acid and reaction with another molecule of indole affords 105. In 2018
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Preparation of mono-substituted malonic acid half oxyesters (SMAHOs)

  • Tania Xavier,
  • Sylvie Condon,
  • Christophe Pichon,
  • Erwan Le Gall and
  • Marc Presset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2085–2094, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.135

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  • known as alkyl hydrogen malonates or hemimalonates, constitute an attractive class of pronucleophiles in the design of eco-compatible syntheses [1]. Indeed, they can serve as efficient precursors of ester enolates through decarboxylation [2][3], generally using a substoichiometric amount of a weak base
  • step, the opening of the Meldrum's acid moiety with an alcohol 8. Indeed, this reaction was achieved under simple conditions and led to the desired products in useful yields, only limited by partial in situ decarboxylation. This strategy thus allowed the preparation of the isopropyl (4ch, 93%) and
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Published 18 Aug 2021

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

  • Renato L. Carvalho,
  • Amanda S. de Miranda,
  • Mateus P. Nunes,
  • Roberto S. Gomes,
  • Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
  • Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

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Published 30 Jul 2021

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

  • Guido Gambacorta,
  • James S. Sharley and
  • Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

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Published 18 May 2021

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

  • Shivani Gulati,
  • Stephy Elza John and
  • Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

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  • introduces primary amines for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition which is less explored due to the probability of competitive Strecker degradation over decarboxylation of azomethine ylides. The protocol reveals the efficiency of MW assisted reaction with reduced reaction time from 18 h to 12 min and enhanced the
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Published 19 Apr 2021

Synthesis of bis(aryloxy)fluoromethanes using a heterodihalocarbene strategy

  • Carl Recsei and
  • Yaniv Barda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 813–818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.70

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  • a screen of bases, reactant ratios, reactor pressure, addition rates and temperature. A compound with the requisite molecular formula was produced as a minor product by the reaction of 6 (Scheme 3) with difluorocarbene generated at elevated temperature via decarboxylation of chlorodifluoroacetate
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Published 12 Apr 2021

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

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  • occurs, giving radical 146 and radical cation 147, respectively. Finally, radical 146 undergoes decarboxylation to afford an aryl radical and then combines with radical cation 147, yielding product 144 (Scheme 50). It should be noted that only when NHPI is firstly activated can it turn into an electron
  • electron-donor catalyst to form an EDA complex with electron acceptor 158, and then a molecule of carbon dioxide was removed under 455 nm light irradiation, giving decarboxylation product 159 (Scheme 55). It was found that many ester groups can be activated by the structural motif of tetrachlorophthalimide
  • initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of boration product 151 initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of boronic acid ester derivative 154 initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of β-azide product 157 initiated by an EDA complex. Decarboxylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of amidated
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Breakdown of 3-(allylsulfonio)propanoates in bacteria from the Roseobacter group yields garlic oil constituents

  • Anuj Kumar Chhalodia and
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 569–580, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.51

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  • collapses to methanethiol (MeSH) and malonyl-CoA semialdehyde (21). This compound further degrades to acetaldehyde (22) through the thioester hydrolysis and decarboxylation [27]. Feeding of (methyl-2H6)DMSP to Phaeobacter inhibens DSM 17395 and Ruegeria pomeroyi DSM 15171 resulted in the efficient uptake of
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1,2,3-Triazoles as leaving groups: SNAr reactions of 2,6-bistriazolylpurines with O- and C-nucleophiles

  • Dace Cīrule,
  • Irina Novosjolova,
  • Ērika Bizdēna and
  • Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 410–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.37

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  • yield of compound 5d was obtained due to the ethyl ester hydrolysis and subsequent decarboxylation. Such side reactions were also observed for similar compounds in literature [79][80]. As a limitation of the method we have found that 2,6-bistriazolylpurine 2c was inert to SNAr reactions with
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Published 11 Feb 2021

Synthesis of legonmycins A and B, C(7a)-hydroxylated bacterial pyrrolizidines

  • Wilfred J. M. Lewis,
  • David M. Shaw and
  • Jeremy Robertson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 334–342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.31

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  • Baeyer–Villiger-type ring expansion, hydrolysis and decarboxylation, cyclization and dehydration, and finally hydroxylation at C(7a). Just one month later, Bode reported the identification of an unknown gene cluster in the symbiotic bacterium Xenorhabdus stockiae [23]. Cloning and expression of this
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The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

  • Kymbat S. Adekenova,
  • Peter B. Wyatt and
  • Sergazy M. Adekenov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25

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  • this method was able to add at moderate temperatures to unreactive alkenes such as butyl acrylate (26) (Scheme 12). Fluoride ions can initiate a chain process, whereby TFDA undergoes desilylation which is followed by a subsequent decarboxylation, and loss of SO2 to form difluorocarbene :CF2 and F−; NaF
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Published 26 Jan 2021

Selective synthesis of α-organylthio esters and α-organylthio ketones from β-keto esters and sodium S-organyl sulfurothioates under basic conditions

  • Jean C. Kazmierczak,
  • Roberta Cargnelutti,
  • Thiago Barcellos,
  • Claudio C. Silveira and
  • Ricardo F. Schumacher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 234–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.24

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  • obtained (Table 1, entries 24–27). At a lower temperature or at a shorter reaction time, the consumption of the starting materials and the decarboxylation process were incomplete. Having established the ideal reaction conditions, we first proceeded to examine the reaction of the different β-keto esters 1a
  • place in β-keto esters, which is followed by CO2 displacement under heating [61][62][63][64]. We assume that in our case, when only 2 equiv of base are used, the keto–enol tautomer intermediates undergo a hydrolysis–decarboxylation process preferentially to a retro-Claisen reaction. This process forms
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Published 26 Jan 2021

Decarboxylative trifluoromethylthiolation of pyridylacetates

  • Ryouta Kawanishi,
  • Kosuke Nakada and
  • Kazutaka Shibatomi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 229–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.23

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  • subsequent decarboxylative trifluoromethylthiolation were performed in a one-pot fashion. Keywords: decarboxylation; fluorinated compounds; pyridine compounds; trifluoromethylthiolation; Introduction The pyridine ring is found in numerous biologically active compounds. Therefore, efficient methods for
  • recently attracted much attention [12][13][14][15]. Previously, our research group achieved decarboxylative functionalization of tertiary β-ketocarboxylic acids by exploiting their special ability to readily undergo decarboxylation [16][17][18][19][20][21]. During the course of this study, we found that
  • mechanism for this reaction, as outlined in Scheme 5. An electrophilic sulfur atom of 6 approaches the nitrogen atom on the pyridine ring to promote decarboxylation via the formation of N-trifluoromethylthio-2-alkylidene-1,2-dihydropyridine intermediate I, which immediately isomerizes to afford 2 (Scheme 5
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Published 25 Jan 2021

Total synthesis of decarboxyaltenusin

  • Lucas Warmuth,
  • Aaron Weiß,
  • Marco Reinhardt,
  • Anna Meschkov,
  • Ute Schepers and
  • Joachim Podlech

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 224–228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.22

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  • -methyl-[1,1’-biphenyl]-3,3’,4-triol (1, Scheme 1) has been first mentioned 1974 as a reduction and decarboxylation product of dehydroaltenusin [1]. As the compound has later been isolated from Ulocladium sp. [2], Nigrospora sphaerica, Phialophora sp. [3], Penicillium pinophilum SD-272 [4], Alternaria sp
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Published 22 Jan 2021

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

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  • % yield (Scheme 6B). This adduct 92a underwent decarboxylation to afford 92b in 72% yield [42]. Exposure of freshly prepared 92b to triazabicyclodecene [45] led to a ring-expansion/aromatization/aldol cascade producing 93, which was reduced with Et3SiH/TFA smoothly to give indane 94 in 68% yield over two
  • adduct 105 in 93% yield with 99% ee. The freshly prepared enantioenriched adduct 105 was subjected to ozonolysis [47] followed by decarboxylation to give bisoxindole 106 in 68% yield over two steps. Conversion of 106 to the corresponding acetal and subsequent allylation afforded 108 in 86% yield over two
  • on 160 to the enone and produces 161. The newly formed 161 was subjected to 5-exo radical addition to the allyl sulfane and subsequent loss of a thiyl radical produces 162. A successive hydrolysis/decarboxylation upon heating and cleavage of acetal on 162 afforded aldehyde 163 in 90% yield. Coupling
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Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

  • Astrid Vogt,
  • Florian Henne,
  • Christoph Wetzel,
  • Elena Mena-Osteritz and
  • Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

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  • -substituted thienopyrrole 26, saponification to carbonic acid 27, and subsequent Cu-mediated decarboxylation in quinoline resulted in thienopyrrole 28 in more than 80% yield over three steps. Lithiation of 28 with n-BuLi and reaction with TIPS chloride selectively occurred at the thiophene α-position to give
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Published 26 Oct 2020

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

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  • quenching cycle, generating [Ir]•−, which reduces the phthalimide ester 117 to give α-amino radicals 117• after decarboxylation. The CPA then activates the azaarene 118 through protonation and brings the two reactive species together in a hydrogen bonded complex 119, which facilitates radical addition
  • a CPA provided good enantioselectivity (Scheme 20) [69]. The putative mechanism proceeds via a reductive quenching cycle to give α-amino radical 145• after decarboxylation, which is then oxidised further to the imine 146 in the presence of oxygen. Imine 146 is in equilibrium with the enamine
  • decarboxylation. The excited photocatalyst is reductively quenched by 242• to give the imine intermediate 243. Indoles 241 and 243 are then brought together by the chiral phosphate catalyst 244 and the lithium counterion in a hydrogen-bonded complex 245 to give the desired enantioenriched products 246 in
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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

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Synthesis of monophosphorylated lipid A precursors using 2-naphthylmethyl ether as a protecting group

  • Jundi Xue,
  • Ziyi Han,
  • Gen Li,
  • Khalisha A. Emmanuel,
  • Cynthia L. McManus,
  • Qiang Sui,
  • Dongmian Ge,
  • Qi Gao and
  • Li Cai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1955–1962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.162

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  • (3) was treated with Meldrum’s acid (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione) followed by decarboxylation in methanol to give methyl 3-oxotetradecanoate (4) in 77% yield. The enantioselective hydrogenation of the β-carbonyl group using (R)-Ru(OAc)2(BINAP) at 65 °C and under 1.5 MPa H2 afforded methyl (R
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