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

• shorter reaction times under mild conditions using a simple purification method. Apparently, our protocol describes a reasonable methodology for the conversion of epoxides to protected 1,2-diols and 2-amino alcohols. Attention is drawn on these 1,2-oxygen and/or nitrogen units since they are present in

• using a safe, inexpensive, metal-free reagent, a simple purification method and shorter reaction times via a one-pot reaction. The study presents a useful method for one-pot conversion of epoxides to protected 1,2-diols and 2-amino alcohols in one reaction. In the computational part of the study, the

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

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

• , or disulfonates of alkane-1,3-diols with sodium sulfide. The intramolecular substitution of 3-mercaptoalkyl halides or sulfonates is a similar strategy for the preparation of thietanes [12][13][14]. Alternatively, inter- and intramolecular photochemical [2 + 2] cycloadditions (thia-Paternò–Büchi

• )-1-tosylazetidine (22) with sodium sulfide followed by the detosylation with Mg in MeOH afforded 1,6-thiazaspiro[3.3]heptane (24) [36] (Scheme 4). 2.1.2 Synthesis via double nucleophilic displacements of disulfonates of alkane-1,3-diols: Considering that 6-amino-3-azaspiro[3.3]heptane was evaluated

• thietanes. Indeed, the direct cyclization of the 3-mercaptopropan-1-ol unit in 60 with Ph3P(OEt)2 as a reagent was realized in the synthesis of the spirothietane derivative 61 [44] (Scheme 14). Also, 1,3-diols were considered as precursors of γ-mercaptoalkanols. A Japanese group developed a new method to

Synthesis of 3-substituted isoxazolidin-4-ols using hydroboration–oxidation reactions of 4,5-unsubstituted 2,3-dihydroisoxazoles

• Lívia Dikošová,
• Júlia Laceková,
• Ondrej Záborský and
• Róbert Fischer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1313–1319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.112

• isoxazolidines by means of dihydroxylation [9][10] and epoxidation [11][12] reactions. Regarding the stereochemistry, almost all of the realized additions proceed with an excellent trans stereoselectivity relative to the substituent at C-3, giving isoxazolidine-4,5-diols and isoxazolidinyl epoxides with a C-3/4

• , respectively, according to our procedure [7][10]. The compounds 5a and 5b were first converted into the isoxazolidine-4,5-diols by the treatment with potassium osmate/N-methylmorpholine N-oxide (NMO). The dihydroxylation reactions proceeded with an excellent trans selectivity with respect to the substituent at

• the C-3 carbon atom. The obtained products were benzoylated with benzoyl chloride/pyridine in the presence of DMAP to give the fully benzoylated isoxazolidine-4,5-diols 6a and 6b, which were subsequently treated with Et3SiH (3 equiv) and TMSOTf (2 equiv) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 at room temperature for 2 h

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

• enantioselective and chemoselective oxidations of many organic compounds. Notably, the Gryko’s group recently described an enantio- and diastereoselective approach involving a porphyrin-based photooxygenation of aldehydes with sequential reduction to yield chiral diols in yields up to 91% and significant er (up to

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

• energy [54]. The aromatic carbonyl compounds were dissolved in isopropanol and exposed to direct sunlight for 7–10 days to give the corresponding 1,2-diols 92 in high to moderate yield. The excitation of the carbonyl compound 87 was followed by hydrogen atom abstraction from the solvent 89, affording the

Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp³)–Si and C(sp³)–B bond formation

• Balaram S. Takale,
• Ruchita R. Thakore,
• Elham Etemadi-Davan and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67

• silyl ethers 89–92 (Scheme 18), thus showcasing the synergistic relationship between Pd and Cu catalysis [43]. Driven by the success of earlier results, the authors utilized 78 for reductive couplings between ketones 93 and imines 97 as electrophiles to form unsymmetrical 1,2-diols 94–96 and 1,2-amino

Asymmetric synthesis of CF₂-functionalized aziridines by combined strong Brønsted acid catalysis

• Xing-Fa Tan,
• Fa-Guang Zhang and
• Jun-An Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 638–644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.60

• no enantioselectivity at all. As arylboronic acids have been harnessed to enhance the Brønsted acidity in asymmetric organocatalysis in combination with chiral diols or chiral aminoalcohols [40][41][42][43][44], we envisioned that the simultaneous use of arylboronic acids and chiral Brønsted acids

Synthesis of disparlure and monachalure enantiomers from 2,3-butanediacetals

• Adam Drop,
• Hubert Wojtasek and
• Bożena Frąckowiak-Wojtasek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 616–620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.57

• the final product with ees not exceeding 95% [29], which is insufficient to be used as attractant for males of the Gypsy moth. In one of these methods the diols 5 and 7 were used as precursors in the synthesis of the cis-epoxides 1 and 3 (Scheme 1). A few methods for the synthesis of diols 5 and 7

• chiral centers for the synthesis of both enantiomers of disparlure 1 and 3 and monachalure 2 and 4. Compound 14 also offers the possibility of selective modification of one of the substituents as well as sequential introduction of aliphatic chains. After deprotection of the butanediacetal group, diols 5

• , giving compounds 22 and 23. The butanediacetal groups were then removed with p-toluenesulfonic acid and diols 5 and 6 were obtained with 79% and 64% yield, respectively. They were then used in a well-established three-step, one-pot procedure for epoxide ring closure [26][30][40][41]. Pure (+)-disparlure

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

• reaction. In the presence of 2 mol % of the catalyst, the Hantzsch ester (HEH), as a hydrogen atom donor, under blue light irradiation, a large panel of ketones and aldehydes was readily converted into the corresponding 1,2-diols in moderate to excellent yields. The functional group tolerance of the

The reaction of arylmethyl isocyanides and arylmethylamines with xanthate esters: a facile and unexpected synthesis of carbamothioates

• Narasimhamurthy Rajeev,
• Toreshettahally R. Swaroop,
• Ahmad I. Alrawashdeh,
• Shofiur Rahman,
• Abdullah Alodhayb,
• Seegehalli M. Anil,
• Kuppalli R. Kiran,
• Chandra,
• Paris E. Georghiou,
• Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa and
• Maralinganadoddi P. Sadashiva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 159–167, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.18

• of xanthate esters with amines [18]. Furthermore, many methods have also been reported for the synthesis of cyclic thiocarbamates, and these include reactions of isothiocyanates with aldehydes in the presence of organocatalysts [19][20], reactions of vicinal diols with potassium thiocyanate [21

Why do thioureas and squaramides slow down the Ireland–Claisen rearrangement?

• Dominika Krištofíková,
• Juraj Filo,
• Mária Mečiarová and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2948–2957, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.290

• demanding ones, e.g., C6, C9 or C11. In addition, the acidity of the hydrogen-bond-donating moiety also ranges over a rather large area from pKa (H2O) 1 for phosphoric acid C10 to pKa (DMSO) 28 of diols C7 and C8. However, neither steric factors, nor the acidity of the H-bond-donor moiety seemed to play a

A green, economical synthesis of β-ketonitriles and trifunctionalized building blocks from esters and lactones

• Daniel P. Pienaar,
• Kamogelo R. Butsi,
• Amanda L. Rousseau and
• Dean Brady

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2930–2935, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.287

• solvents was successfully exploited using inexpensive KOt-Bu to obtain a variety of β-ketonitriles and trifunctionalized building blocks, including useful O-unprotected diols. It was discovered that lactones react to produce the corresponding derivatized cyclic hemiketals. Furthermore, the addition of a

• diols 1 and 8, thereby indicating that the hemiketals are still fully reducible under standard ketone reduction conditions. Purification of 6 afforded only a 10% overall yield of the diol 8, but the direct conversion of crude intermediate product 6 resulted in a doubling of the overall yield of the diol

• preparation of trifunctionalized building blocks (hydroxylated β-ketonitriles) and valuable β-ketonitriles (including enolizable compounds) in modest to good yields from lactones and esters. We are currently investigating novel applications of diols 1 and 8, as well as the application of this methodology for

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

• felt electrodes for successful application in asymmetric electroorganic transformations, Kashiwagi’s group came up with two distinct protocols for asymmetric electrochemical lactonization of differently substituted diols. In 1996, they disclosed an asymmetric electrocatalytic method for lactonization

• of methyl-substituted diols 51 on a TEMPO-modified graphite felt electrode in the presence of the chiral base (−)-sparteine (43) with excellent enantioselectivity (conditions A, Scheme 20) [51]. Later in 2003, they reported another protocol for a graphite felt electrode for asymmetric electrochemical

• lactonization of diols 51. However, in this method instead of a chiral base, they used 1-azaspiro[5.5]undecane N-oxyl 52 as a radical mediator for modifying the electrodes which resulted in optically active lactones 53 with enantiopurity of up to 99% (conditions B, Scheme 20) [52]. Chiral medium In this section

α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes with singlet oxygen

• Dominika J. Walaszek,
• Magdalena Jawiczuk,
• Jakub Durka,
• Olga Drapała and
• Dorota Gryko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2076–2084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.205

• University of Technology, Noakowskiego 3, 00-664 Warsaw, Poland 10.3762/bjoc.15.205 Abstract Organocatalytic α-oxygenation of chiral aldehydes with photochemically generated singlet oxygen allows synthesizing chiral 3-substituted 1,2-diols. Stereochemical results indicate that the reaction in the presence

• of diarylprolinol silyl ethers is highly diastereoselective and that the configuration of a newly created stereocenter at the α-position depends predominantly on the catalyst structure. The absolute configuration of chiral 1,2-diols has been unambiguously established based on electronic circular

• dichroism (ECD) and TD-DFT methods. Keywords: 1,2-diols; ECD; enamines; organocatalysis; porphyrins; silyl ethers of diarylprolinols; singlet oxygen; Introduction Carbonyl compounds are one of the most important building blocks in organic synthesis. As a consequence, there is a constant need for new

Isolation and characterisation of irinans, androstane-type withanolides from Physalis peruviana L.

• Annika Stein,
• Dave Compera,
• Bianka Karge,
• Mark Brönstrup and
• Jakob Franke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2003–2012, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.196

• -oxidative Grob fragmentation could make use of a push–pull mechanism between C-17 and C-22, building on acid–base catalysis. Alternatively, an enzyme could cleave the C17–C20 diol oxidatively. Several P450 enzymes have been reported to be capable of cleaving diols, presumably via a ferric peroxo

Synthesis and anion binding properties of phthalimide-containing corona[6]arenes

• Meng-Di Gu,
• Yao Lu and
• Mei-Xiang Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1976–1983, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.193

• study 3,6-dihydroxyphthalimide derivatives as aromatic diols to construct functionalized O6-corona[3]arene[3]tetrazins. Being different from terephthalate in terms of substitution pattern, we envisioned that the phthalimide unit would flip freely owing to the less steric hindrance. In addition, N

Application of chiral 2-isoxazoline for the synthesis of syn-1,3-diol analogs

• Juanjuan Feng,
• Tianyu Li,
• Jiaxin Zhang and
• Peng Jiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1840–1847, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.179

• methods using Claisen condensation. (b) Our new method using cycloaddition. Attempted oxidations of 4. Preparations of 16 and related syn-1,3-diol compounds. Attempted oxidations of 6'. Attempted selective protections of internal 1,3-hydroxy groups: (a) acetonizations of 1,3-diols; (b) removal of co

N-(1-Phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate esters in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds

• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Aleksandra Trocha,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Dorota G. Piotrowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1722–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.168

• the same potency as N,N-dimethylsphingosine (DMS) being completely inactive toward hSphK1. 2-Amino-1,3-diols A 2-amino-1,3-dihydroxypropyl fragment 12 of sphingosine and ceramides of the required 2S,3R configuration can also originate from the aziridine alcohol, e.g., (2S,1'R,1''R)-87 prepared from

• synthesized from aziridine-2-methanols either by functionalization at C3 (Scheme 12 and Scheme 13) or by opening of the aziridine ring to form 2-amino-1,3-diols 12 (Schemes 22–24) combined with the removal of the secondary hydroxy group when simple amino acids (R = alkyl, aryl) are to be prepared. For the

• diols with 160 preponderating (Scheme 41) [34]. The regioselective aziridine ring opening with methanol and catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of formalin gave the final product (2S,3S,4S)-159. The innovative application of the aldehyde (2S,1'R)-6 in syntheses of nonproteinogenic γ-amino hydroxy

Borylation and rearrangement of alkynyloxiranes: a stereospecific route to substituted α-enynes

• Ruben Pomar Fuentespina,
• José Angel Garcia de la Cruz,
• Gabriel Durin,
• Victor Mamane,
• Jean-Marc Weibel and
• Patrick Pale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1416–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.141

• tetrasubstituted alkenes [6][7]. Capitalizing on these precedents, Aggarwal et al. showed that oxiranes could be homologated to diols through lithiation, borylation, rearrangement and oxidation of the so-formed β-hydroxyboranes [8]. More recently, Blakemore et al. applied this sequence to sulfinyloxiranes [9

Catalytic asymmetric oxo-Diels–Alder reactions with chiral atropisomeric biphenyl diols

• Chi-Tung Yeung,
• Wesley Ting Kwok Chan,
• Wai-Sum Lo,
• Ga-Lai Law and
• Wing-Tak Wong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 955–962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.92

• Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 10.3762/bjoc.15.92 Abstract New chiral atropisomeric biphenyl diols 3, 4 and 6 containing additional peripheral chiral centers with different steric bulkiness and/or electronic properties were synthesized. The X-ray crystal structure of 3 shows the

• formation of a supramolecular structure whereas that of 6, containing additional CF3 substituents, shows the formation of a monomeric structure. Diols 1–6 were found to be active organocatalysts in oxo-Diels–Alder reactions in which 2 recorded a 72% ee with trimethylacetaldehyde as a substrate. Keywords

• supramolecular helices or dimers through intermolecular hydrogen bonding of two axially chiral biphenyl hybrid diols (1 and 2 in Scheme 1) which contain point chirality at the side arms and axial chirality at the biphenyl backbone [37]. We envisage the structural similarity and the ability of our scaffold to

Easy, efficient and versatile one-pot synthesis of Janus-type-substituted fullerenols

• Marius Kunkel and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 901–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.87

• the characterization of Janus-type fullerenol amphiphiles more than one method is needed to perfectly identify the compounds. Polyhydroxylation reaction of the fullerene can lead to a mixture of several oxygen moieties like hydroxy groups, diols, ketones, hemiketals, epoxides and ethers. The general

Synthesis of 2H-furo[2,3-c]pyrazole ring systems through silver(I) ion-mediated ring-closure reaction

• Vaida Milišiūnaitė,
• Rūta Paulavičiūtė,
• Eglė Arbačiauskienė,
• Vytas Martynaitis,
• Wolfgang Holzer and
• Algirdas Šačkus

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 679–684, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.62

• AgOTf efficiently catalyzed the intramolecular cyclization of phenoxyethynyl diols into 2,3-unsaturated lactones [38]. In our case, the addition of 10 mol % chloro(triphenylphosphine)gold(I) improved the yield of product 4a to 69% (Table 1, entry 4). However the best results were obtained when AgOTf was

Metal-free C–H mercaptalization of benzothiazoles and benzoxazoles using 1,3-propanedithiol as thiol source

• Yan Xiao,
• Bing Jing,
• Xiaoxia Liu,
• Hongyu Xue and
• Yajun Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 279–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.24

• benzoxazoles to the corresponding thiols through direct C–H mercaptalization using 1,3-propanedithiol as thiol source. Results and Discussion Previous studies in our group revealed that small aliphatic diols and dithiols are promising reagents for the synthesis of phenols and arylthiols, respectively [23][37

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

• -protected acid 13 derived from L-serine with allylmagnesium bromide provided ketone 14 which was reduced to diastereoisomeric diols in a 9:1 syn to anti ratio when L-selectride was applied. They were separated as isopropylidene derivatives and the syn isomer 15 was subjected to ozonolysis and oxidation to

Silanediol versus chlorosilanol: hydrolyses and hydrogen-bonding catalyses with fenchole-based silanes

• Falco Fox,
• Jörg M. Neudörfl and
• Bernd Goldfuss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 167–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.17

• ]) of the transition structure (TS) for the hydrolysis of dichlorosilane 7, 8, 13, [CH2O]2SiCl2 and SiCl4 to the corresponding mono- and diols. Computeda stretching frequencies (ν [cm−1]), lp···σ* [kcal mol−1] and donor acceptor distances (D [Å]) of silanes 7, 8, [CH2O]2SiCl(OH), [CH2O]2Si(OH)2, (OH