Combining the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction and rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulation for the synthesis of tetrazole-isoquinolone/pyridone hybrids

• Gerardo M. Ojeda,
• Prabhat Ranjan,
• Pavel Fedoseev,
• Lisandra Amable,
• Upendra K. Sharma,
• Daniel G. Rivera and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2447–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.237

• prospect of the tetrazole hybridization strategy in drug discovery. Among the most versatile methods for obtaining tetrazoles are the Ugi-azide four-component reaction (Ugi-azide-4CR) [14][15][16] and the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides with (acyl)cyanides [17][18]. The Ugi-azide-4CR enables the

Synthesis of 1-azaspiro[4.4]nonan-1-oxyls via intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

• Yulia V. Khoroshunova,
• Denis A. Morozov,
• Andrey I. Taratayko,
• Polina D. Gladkikh,
• Yuri I. Glazachev and
• Igor A. Kirilyuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2036–2042, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.200

• synthesis of new pyrrolidine nitroxides from 5,5-dialkyl-1-pyrroline N-oxides via the introduction of a pent-4-enyl group to the nitrone carbon followed by an intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction and isoxazolidine ring opening. The kinetics of reduction of the new nitroxides with ascorbate were

• studied and compared to those of previously published (1S,2R,3′S,4′S,5′S,2″R)-dispiro[(2-hydroxymethyl)cyclopentan-1,2′-(3′,4′-di-tert-butoxy)pyrrolidine-5′,1″-(2″-hydroxymethyl)cyclopentane]-1′-oxyl (1). Keywords: aldonitrone; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; pyrrolidine nitroxides; 1-pyrroline-N-oxide

• -enylmagnesium bromide to the corresponding nitrone, oxidation to alkenylnitrone, intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition, and isoxazolidine ring opening. Nitroxide 1 showed both an unexpectedly low reduction rate [6] and long relaxation times t1 and tm at room temperature [4]. Unexpectedly high resistance of

Attempted synthesis of a meta-metalated calix[4]arene

• Christopher D. Jurisch and
• Gareth E. Arnott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1996–2002, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.195

• Ullmann-type coupling to give aryl azide 2, which readily reacted with phenylacetylene in a copper-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to give 1,2,3-triazole 3 (Scheme 1). The formation of the ruthenacycle was then achieved using Albrecht’s method involving regioselective methylation of triazole 3

• our case column chromatography was only used once (to purify the monoazidocalix[4]arene 7), whilst the other procedure needed chromatography at each step. Introduction of the triazole moiety onto the upper rim of the calix[4]arene was then achieved with a copper-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar

• cycloaddition between monoazidocalix[4]arene 7 and phenylacetylene, affording monotriazolocalix[4]arene 11 in 87% yield (Scheme 4). Methylation of the triazole was also achieved using excess iodomethane in a rather protracted reaction, to yield the calix[4]arene triazolium iodide salt 12 in effectively

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

• our continuous efforts in asymmetric syntheses and applications of chiral 2-isoxazolines [49][50][51]. Results and Discussion Our synthesis commenced with a chiral 3,5-disubstituted-2-isoxazoline 3 or 4, which were prepared from silyl nitronate through an asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition developed

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

• four stereoisomers with low (ca. 3:1) diastereoselectivity and in a non-enantioselective manner (Scheme 46) [21]. Undoubtedly, it was the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the azomethine ylide 180 with an electron-rich alkene. Fortunately, cycloadducts (2R,3R,4S)-, (2S,3S,4R)-, (2R,3S,4R)- and (2S,3R,4S

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

• with triethylamine promoted the reaction of the resulting quinolinium ylides (formally azomethine ylides) with electron-poor alkenes by conjugate addition followed by cyclization or by [3 + 2] dipolar cycloaddition. The pyrroloquinoline products were formed as single regio- and stereoisomers. These

• 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

Introduction of an isoxazoline unit to the β-position of porphyrin via regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

• Xiujun Liu,
• Xiang Ma and
• Yaqing Feng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1434–1440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.143

• Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin 300072, China 10.3762/bjoc.15.143 Abstract Isoxazoline-linked porphyrins have been synthesized by a regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between vinylporphyrin 2 and nitrile oxides. The steric interaction directed the

• confirmed the basic features of the NMR-derived structure. Furthermore, a pair of enantiomers of 3a presented in the crystal, which formed a dimeric complex through intermolecular coordination between the Zn2+ center and the carbonyl group of the second molecule. Keywords: dipolar cycloaddition

• [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. Among them, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction [25] is an efficient method to fuse five-membered rings on the periphery of the porphyrin framework. Because the periphery double bonds of the porphyrin macrocycle are nice dipolarophiles, and can trap 1,3

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

Synthesis and fluorescent properties of N(9)-alkylated 2-amino-6-triazolylpurines and 7-deazapurines

• Andrejs Šišuļins,
• Jonas Bucevičius,
• Yu-Ting Tseng,
• Irina Novosjolova,
• Kaspars Traskovskis,
• Ērika Bizdēna,
• Huan-Tsung Chang,
• Sigitas Tumkevičius and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 474–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.41

• synthesis of a novel library of 9-alkyl-2-amino-6-triazolylpurine derivatives. Thus, copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of compounds 6a–c with different para-substituted phenylacetylenes produced the expected compounds 7a–f, 8a–f and 9 (Scheme 1). The yields of 1,3-dipolar

Copper(I)-catalyzed tandem reaction: synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles from alkyl diacyl peroxides, azidotrimethylsilane, and alkynes

• Muhammad Israr,
• Changqing Ye,
• Munira Taj Muhammad,
• Yajun Li and
• Hongli Bao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2916–2922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.270

• ], derived from the Huisgen’s 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azides and alkynes [22], has conceivably emerged as the premier example of click chemistry. Generally, organic azides are used as the azido source in most of the CuAAC reactions (Scheme 1a) [23]. However, the organic azides with low molecular weight

Ring-opening metathesis of some strained bicyclic systems; stereocontrolled access to diolefinated saturated heterocycles with multiple stereogenic centers

• Zsanett Benke,
• Melinda Nonn,
• Márton Kardos,
• Santos Fustero and
• Loránd Kiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2698–2707, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.247

• (5 mol %), leading at 20 °C to δ-lactone derivative (±)-15 although with low yield (Scheme 6, Table 4). In continuation, we selected a cyclooctene-fused system, namely isoxazoline (±)-16 which, in turn, was accessed through nitrile–oxide dipolar cycloaddition, by using nitroethane, DMAP and Boc2O

Assembly of fully substituted triazolochromenes via a novel multicomponent reaction or mechanochemical synthesis

• Robby Vroemans,
• Yenthel Verhaegen,
• My Tran Thi Dieu and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2689–2697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.246

• .14.246 Abstract A new metal-free one-pot three-component procedure towards fully substituted triazolochromenes has been developed, starting from commercially available materials. Salicylaldehydes and nitroalkenes were reacted under solvent-free conditions, followed by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the

• prove the plausibility of the one-pot three-component reaction, we commenced our trials with the synthesis and isolation of 3-nitro-2H-chromene (3) as reported in the literature [15], followed by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of the nitroalkene moiety with organic azides. We based the 1,3-dipolar

• -nitrochromenes. Because our first step is best performed solvent-free, we opted to try our own optimized solvent-free conditions for the in situ syntheses of 3-nitro-2H-chromenes, followed by the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition in a reaction vial. Despite being a two-pot procedure, purification of the intermediate 3

An efficient and facile access to highly functionalized pyrrole derivatives

• Meng Gao,
• Wenting Zhao,
• Hongyi Zhao,
• Ziyun Lin,
• Dongfeng Zhang and
• Haihong Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 884–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.75

• Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Xian Nong Tan Street, Beijing 100050, China 10.3762/bjoc.14.75 Abstract A straightforward and one-pot synthesis of pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones via Ag(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides with N-alkyl maleimide, followed by readily

• substrates. It is conceivable that this efficient construction method for privileged pyrrole scaffolds could deliver more active compounds for medicinal chemistry research. Keywords: azomethine ylides; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; one-pot synthesis; polysubstituted pyrroles; pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones

• methods have been reported till now to synthesize pyrroles and pyrrole containing analogs [6]. In the past decade, 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition has become a fundamental synthetic method for the construction of nitrogen-containing five-membered heterocycles including pyrroles. It is worth to note that

Sequential Ugi reaction/base-induced ring closing/IAAC protocol toward triazolobenzodiazepine-fused diketopiperazines and hydantoins

• Robby Vroemans,
• Fante Bamba,
• Jonas Winters,
• Joice Thomas,
• Jeroen Jacobs,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Jubi John and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 626–633, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.49

• heterocycle formation and the other an IAAC. Unlike some of the reported strategies using Cu-catalyzed IAAC [13][15], we postulated that the intramolecular dipolar cycloaddition would proceed under thermal conditions (metal-free) due to the close proximity of the azide and similar functionalities in the

Recent applications of click chemistry for the functionalization of gold nanoparticles and their conversion to glyco-gold nanoparticles

• Vivek Poonthiyil,
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst,
• Vladimir B. Golovko and
• Antony J. Fairbanks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 11–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.2

• azide–alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition AuNP surface modification using NCAAC The azide–alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition (AAC) is a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between an organic azide and an alkyne that gives triazole products [37][38]. The non-catalysed azide–alkyne Huisgen cycloaddition (NCAAC) is very slow

Recent progress in the racemic and enantioselective synthesis of monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isosteres

• Myriam Drouin and
• Jean-François Paquin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2637–2658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.262

• reacted easily in a SN2 reaction to give a more functionalized molecule. For example, treatment of the chlorinated monofluoroalkene with NaN3 provided the corresponding N3-containing monofluoroalkene. The azide group underwent a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to give a 1,2,3-triazole, which is also a peptide

Rh(II)-mediated domino [4 + 1]-annulation of α-cyanothioacetamides using diazoesters: A new entry for the synthesis of multisubstituted thiophenes

• Jury J. Medvedev,
• Ilya V. Efimov,
• Yuri M. Shafran,
• Vitaliy V. Suslonov,
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev and
• Valerij A. Nikolaev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2569–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.253

• reaction with N-phenyl maleimide, gives rise to formation of S-containing heterocycles by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [35]. However, to the best of our knowledge, there are no literature data on analogous intramolecular reactions of C=S ylides involving thiocarbonyl and any other nucleophilic group within

Synthesis, effect of substituents on the regiochemistry and equilibrium studies of tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine/2-azidopyrimidines

• Elisandra Scapin,
• Paulo R. S. Salbego,
• Caroline R. Bender,
• Alexandre R. Meyer,
• Anderson B. Pagliari,
• Tainára Orlando,
• Geórgia C. Zimmer,
• Clarissa P. Frizzo,
• Helio G. Bonacorso,
• Nilo Zanatta and
• Marcos A. P. Martins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2396–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.237

• reactions were planned between phenylacetylene and compounds 6a–c. The 1,2,3-triazole synthesis from the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between 6a–c and terminal alkynes catalyzed by copper salts (CuAAC) [41][42][43] confirms that the reaction passes through an azide intermediate. In addition to mild

Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole

• Martina Tireli,
• Silvija Maračić,
• Stipe Lukin,
• Marina Juribašić Kulcsár,
• Dijana Žilić,
• Mario Cetina,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Silvana Raić-Malić and
• Krunoslav Užarević

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2352–2363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232

• methine C-3 protons displayed in a 1H,1H-NOESY spectrum of 4 (Figure S10 in Supporting Information File 1). Compound 4 was then submitted to Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with selected halogen-substituted and non-substituted aromatic azides to yield target N-heterocyclic hybrids 5–8 containing

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

• -Triazoles have important applications in pharmaceutical chemistry [150] and traditionally they are prepared by 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions at high temperature, long reaction times and produce low yield with multiple products [151]. In 2013, Ranu and co-workers reported mechanochemical synthesis of

Synthesis of oligonucleotides on a soluble support

• Harri Lönnberg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1368–1387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.134

• support (Scheme 3) [42]. Owing to the symmetrical structure of the support, NMR and mass spectroscopic characterization is possible at any stage of the chain assembly. The 3´-terminal nucleoside was immobilized to this support as a 3´-O-(4-pentynoyl) derivative by Cu(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

BODIPY-based fluorescent liposomes with sesquiterpene lactone trilobolide

• Ludmila Škorpilová,
• Silvie Rimpelová,
• Michal Jurášek,
• Miloš Buděšínský,
• Jana Lokajová,
• Roman Effenberg,
• Petr Slepička,
• Tomáš Ruml,
• Eva Kmoníčková,
• Pavel B. Drašar and
• Zdeněk Wimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1316–1324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.128

• compound is shown in Scheme 1, part B. Propargyl-ChL [35] was introduced into Huisgen copper-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [36] (CuAAC) with BODIPY 3. This microwave-assisted reaction catalyzed by CuSO4·5H2O, sodium ascorbate and a catalytic amount of TBTA (tris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)methyl

An eco-compatible strategy for the diversity-oriented synthesis of macrocycles exploiting carbohydrate-derived building blocks

• Sushil K. Maurya and
• Rohit Rana

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1106–1118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.110

• blocks were coupled via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (click reaction) iteratively through the development of a greener base-free Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition reaction. The cycloadducts were then converted to macrocycles by Ru-catalyzed cyclization reaction using greener and non-hazards

New approach toward the synthesis of deuterated pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines and 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines

• Aleksey Yu. Vorob’ev,
• Vyacheslav I. Supranovich,
• Gennady I. Borodkin and
• Vyacheslav G. Shubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 800–805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.80

• and a high degree of deuterium incorporation were achieved. The procedure was applied for several 4-R-1-aminopyridinium cations (R = H, Me, OMe). Keywords: deuteration; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine; 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine; Introduction Isotopically labeled compounds find

Synthesis of ribavirin 2’-Me-C-nucleoside analogues

• Fanny Cosson,
• Aline Faroux,
• Jean-Pierre Baltaze,
• Jonathan Farjon,
• Régis Guillot,
• Jacques Uziel and
• Nadège Lubin-Germain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 755–761, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.74

• as for the non-methylated derivative [21]. Then, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction of 6 with benzyl azide in toluene at 70 °C led to a mixture of regioisomeric triazoles 7 in a 42:58 ratio. The removal of all protecting groups was achieved by treatment of compounds 7 with ammonia followed by