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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197
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Scheme 1: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-alkylation of aldehydes with alkyl bromides bearing electron-withdrawi...
Scheme 2: Amine/HAT/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using alkenes.
Scheme 3: Amine/cobalt/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones and THIQs.
Scheme 4: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes or ketones with imines. (a) Using keton...
Scheme 5: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed enantioselective α-functionalisation of aldehydes.
Scheme 6: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using amine catalysts via ...
Scheme 7: Amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of iminium ion intermediates. (a) Synthesis of quaternary stereocent...
Scheme 8: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of enones in a radical chain reaction initiated by an i...
Scheme 9: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of iminium ions with different radical precur...
Scheme 10: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed radical cascade reactions between enones and alkenes with a...
Scheme 11: Amine/photocatalysed photocycloadditions of iminium ion intermediates. (a) External photocatalyst u...
Scheme 12: Amine/photoredox-catalysed addition of acrolein (94) to iminium ions.
Scheme 13: Dual NHC/photoredox-catalysed acylation of THIQs.
Scheme 14: NHC/photocatalysed spirocyclisation via photoisomerisation of an extended Breslow intermediate.
Scheme 15: CPA/photoredox-catalysed aza-pinacol cyclisation.
Scheme 16: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Minisci-type reaction between azaarenes and α-amino radicals.
Scheme 17: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical additions to azaarenes. (a) α-Amino radical or ketyl radical addit...
Scheme 18: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reduction of azaarene-derived substrates. (a) Reduction of ketones. (b) Ex...
Scheme 19: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reactions of α-amino radicals with α-carbonyl radicals. (...
Scheme 20: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 21: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reactions with imines. (a) Decarboxylative imine generation followed by Po...
Scheme 22: Bifunctional CPA/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions.
Scheme 23: PTC/photocatalysed oxygenation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters.
Scheme 24: PTC/photoredox-catalysed perfluoroalkylation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters via a radical chai...
Scheme 25: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 26: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular RCA cyclisation of a quinolone.
Scheme 27: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 28: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions. (a) First use of...
Scheme 29: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation of allenes.
Scheme 30: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation reactions. (a) Deracemisation of sulfox...
Scheme 31: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of coumarins....
Scheme 32: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolones. (a) Intramo...
Scheme 33: Hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed formal arylation of benzofuranones.
Scheme 34: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative protonation of α,α-chlorofluoro ketones.
Scheme 35: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reductions. (a) Reduction of 1,2-diketones. (b) Reduction of ...
Scheme 36: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photocatalysed deracemisation of cyclic ureas.
Scheme 37: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of cyclic sulfonamides.
Scheme 38: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reaction between imines and indoles.
Scheme 39: Chiral cation/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling of two α-amino radicals.
Scheme 40: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed hydroetherfication of alkenols.
Scheme 41: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of pyrroloindolines.
Scheme 42: Chiral anion/photoredox-catalysed radical cation Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 43: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed cycloadditions of carbonyls. (a) Formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition of en...
Scheme 44: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a scandium Lewis acid between α-amino radicals a...
Scheme 45: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a copper Lewis acid between α-amino radicals and...
Scheme 46: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of 1,2-amino alcohols from aldehydes and nitrones using a...
Scheme 47: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of enones and alkenes.
Scheme 48: Meggers’s chiral-at-metal catalysts.
Scheme 49: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones with alkyl bromides bearing electron...
Scheme 50: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reaction using α-chloroketones and α-...
Scheme 51: Lewis acid/photocatalysed RCA of enones. (a) Using aldehydes as acyl radical precursors. (b) Other ...
Scheme 52: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysis for a photocycloaddition of enones.
Scheme 53: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of enones using DHPs as radical precursors.
Scheme 54: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed functionalisation of β-ketoesters. (a) Hydroxylation reaction catal...
Scheme 55: Bifunctional copper-photocatalysed alkylation of imines.
Scheme 56: Copper/photocatalysed alkylation of imines. (a) Bifunctional copper catalysis using α-silyl amines....
Scheme 57: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 58: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions (a) Intramolecular cycloaddition...
Scheme 59: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed rearrangement of 2,4-dieneones.
Scheme 60: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of cinnamate esters and styrenes.
Scheme 61: Nickel/photoredox-catalysed arylation of α-amino acids using aryl bromides.
Scheme 62: Nickel/photoredox catalysis. (a) Desymmetrisation of cyclic meso-anhydrides using benzyl trifluorob...
Scheme 63: Nickel/photoredox catalysis for the acyl-carbamoylation of alkenes with aldehydes using TBADT as a ...
Scheme 64: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed C–N coupling between α-chloro amides and carbazoles or ind...
Scheme 65: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed difunctionalisation of alkenes with alkynes and alkyl or a...
Scheme 66: Copper/photoredox-catalysed decarboxylative cyanation of benzyl phthalimide esters.
Scheme 67: Copper/photoredox-catalysed cyanation reactions using TMSCN. (a) Propargylic cyanation (b) Ring ope...
Scheme 68: Palladium/photoredox-catalysed allylic alkylation reactions. (a) Using alkyl DHPs as radical precur...
Scheme 69: Manganese/photoredox-catalysed epoxidation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 70: Chromium/photoredox-catalysed allylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 71: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenation of halolactones.
Scheme 72: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative cyclisation.
Scheme 73: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed reduction of cyclic imines.
Scheme 74: Enzyme/photocatalysed enantioselective reduction of electron-deficient alkenes as mixtures of (E)/(Z...
Scheme 75: Enzyme/photoredox catalysis. (a) Deacetoxylation of cyclic ketones. (b) Reduction of heteroaromatic...
Scheme 76: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of indole-3-ones from 2-arylindoles.
Scheme 77: Enzyme/HAT/photoredox catalysis for the DKR of primary amines.
Scheme 78: Bifunctional enzyme/photoredox-catalysed benzylic C–H hydroxylation of trifluoromethylated arenes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2297–2303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.190
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Figure 1: Model mixed enones.
Scheme 1: Quantitative photoisomerization of 1 to 2 in all types of solvents.
Scheme 2: Accepted mechanistic pathway for the photochemical transformations of 1.
Scheme 3: Photochemical reactions of 3a–g. Irradiation using a Hanovia medium pressure 450 W lamp with a pyre...
Figure 2: Enones used for this work.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 7a,b.
Scheme 5: Photochemical reaction of 7a,b; a) solvent and conditions are given in Table 2.
Figure 3: Time-dependent absorption spectra of 10a,b in acetonitrile at rt.
Scheme 6: Conversion of ketene 10a to its methyl esters 11a,b.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2282–2296, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.189
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Scheme 1: Synthetic pathways of dyes 3–7 and Schiff base analogs 8–12.
Figure 1: The optimized geometry of dyes 3 and 8.
Figure 2: Absorption spectra of dyes 3 (a, left) and 8 (b, right). Inset: Color of dyes 3 and 8 in the given ...
Figure 3: Emission spectra of dyes 3 (a, left) and 8 (b, right). Inset: Color of dyes 3 and 8 in the indicate...
Figure 4: Red shift phenomena with changing substituents in absorption (a, left) and emission (b, right) spec...
Figure 5: Absorption (a, left) and emission (b, right) change of dye 12 upon addition of 15 equiv of TBAOH an...
Figure 6: Photographs of dye 12 (left, ambient light), without, after the addition of 15 equiv of TBAOH (midd...
Figure 7: Absorption (a, left) and emission (b, right) change of 8 in Britton–Robinson buffer solutions at di...
Figure 8: Photographs of dye 8 in Britton–Robinson buffer solutions at different pH values.
Figure 9: Sigmoid function obtained from dye 8 UV–vis absorption spectra during pH investigation.
Figure 10: TGA curves of all synthetized dyes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2151–2192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.183
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Figure 1: Fluorine-containing drugs.
Figure 2: Fluorinated agrochemicals.
Scheme 1: Selectivity of fluorination reactions.
Scheme 2: Different mechanisms of photocatalytic activation. Sub = substrate.
Figure 3: Jablonski diagram showing visible-light-induced energy transfer pathways: a) absorption, b) IC, c) ...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of TTET.
Figure 5: Organic triplet PSCats.
Figure 6: Additional organic triplet PSCats.
Figure 7: A) Further organic triplet PSCats and B) transition metal triplet PSCats.
Figure 8: Different fluorination reagents grouped by generation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of Selectfluor®.
Scheme 4: General mechanism of PS TTET C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 5: Selective benzylic mono- and difluorination using 9-fluorenone and xanthone PSCats, respectively.
Scheme 6: Chen’s photosensitized monofluorination: reaction scope.
Scheme 7: Chen’s photosensitized benzylic difluorination reaction scope.
Scheme 8: Photosensitized monofluorination of ethylbenzene on a gram scale.
Scheme 9: Substrate scope of Tan’s AQN-photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 10: AQN-photosensitized C–H fluorination reaction on a gram scale.
Scheme 11: Reaction mechanism of the AQN-assisted fluorination.
Figure 9: 3D structures of the singlet ground and triplet excited states of Selectfluor®.
Scheme 12: Associated transitions for the activation of acetophenone by violet light.
Scheme 13: Ethylbenzene C–H fluorination with various PSCats and conditions.
Scheme 14: Effect of different PSCats on the C(sp3)–H fluorination of cyclohexane (39).
Scheme 15: Reaction scope of Chen’s acetophenone-photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination reaction.
Figure 10: a) Site-selectivity of Chen’s acetophenone-photosensitized C–H fluorination reaction [201]. b) Site-sele...
Scheme 16: Formation of the AQN–Selectfluor® exciplex Int1.
Scheme 17: Generation of the C3 2° pentane radical and the Selectfluor® N-radical cation from the exciplex.
Scheme 18: Hydrogen atom abstraction by the Selectfluor® N-radical cation from pentane to give the C3 2° penta...
Scheme 19: Fluorine atom transfer from Selectfluor® to the C3 2° pentane radical to yield 3-fluoropentane and ...
Scheme 20: Barrierless fluorine atom transfer from Int1 to the C3 2° pentane radical to yield 3-fluoropentane,...
Scheme 21: Ketone-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 22: Ketone-directed fluorination through a 5- and a 6-membered transition state, respectively.
Scheme 23: Effect of different PSCats on the photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination of 47.
Scheme 24: Substrate scope of benzil-photoassisted C(sp3)–H fluorinations.
Scheme 25: A) Benzil-photoassisted enone-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination. B) Classification of the reaction mod...
Scheme 26: A) Xanthone-photoassisted ketal-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination. B) Substrate scope. C) C–H fluorina...
Scheme 27: Rationale for the selective HAT at the C2 C–H bond of galactose acetonide.
Scheme 28: Photosensitized C(sp3)–H benzylic fluorination of a peptide using different PSCats.
Scheme 29: Peptide scope of 5-benzosuberenone-photoassisted C(sp3)–H fluorinations.
Scheme 30: Continuous flow PS TTET monofluorination of 72.
Scheme 31: Photosensitized C–H fluorination of N-butylphthalimide as a PSX.
Scheme 32: Substrate scope and limitations of the PSX C(sp3)–H monofluorination.
Scheme 33: Substrate crossover monofluorination experiment.
Scheme 34: PS TTET mechanism proposed by Hamashima and co-workers.
Scheme 35: Photosensitized TFM of 78 to afford α-trifluoromethylated ketone 80.
Scheme 36: Substrate scope for photosensitized styrene TFM to give α-trifluoromethylated ketones.
Scheme 37: Control reactions for photosensitized TFM of styrenes.
Scheme 38: Reaction mechanism for photosensitized TFM of styrenes to afford α-trifluoromethylated ketones.
Scheme 39: Reaction conditions for TFMs to yield the cis- and the trans-product, respectively.
Scheme 40: Substrate scope of trifluoromethylated (E)-styrenes.
Scheme 41: Strategies toward trifluoromethylated (Z)-styrenes.
Scheme 42: Substrate scope of trifluoromethylated (Z)-styrenes.
Scheme 43: Reaction mechanism for photosensitized TFM of styrenes to afford E- or Z-products.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1947–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.161
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Figure 1: Structure of ritanserin and setoperone drugs.
Scheme 1: One-pot synthesis of 5(7)-oxothiazolopyrimidine-6-carbonitriles.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of thiazolopyrimidine-5-ones through the reaction of 2-aminothiazoles with ethyl acetoace...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-(benzo[d]thiazol-2-yl)-2-(7-R-5-oxo-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)acetonitriles.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 3-acyl-7-methyl-5H-thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-5-ones.
Scheme 5: Sonogashira coupling reaction of 6-amino-2-thiouracil with propargyl bromide.
Scheme 6: Reactions of 6-substituted 2-thiouracils 1a,b with chloroethynylphosphonates 2a–c.
Scheme 7: Reaction of 5-methyl-2-thiouracil (1c) with chloroethynylphosphonates 2a–c.
Scheme 8: Reaction of 2-thiouracil (1d) with chloroethynylphosphonates 2a–c.
Scheme 9: Reaction of 6-trifluoromethyl-2-thiouracil (1e) with chloroethynylphosphonates 2a–c.
Scheme 10: A plausible mechanism of the reaction between 6-trifluoromethyl-2-thiouracil (1e) and chloroethynyl...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
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Figure 1: A) Bar chart of the publications per year for the topics “Photocatalysis” (49,662 instances) and “P...
Figure 2: A) Professor Giacomo Ciamician and Dr. Paolo Silber on their roof laboratory at the University of B...
Scheme 1: PRC trifluoromethylation of N-methylpyrrole (1) using hazardous gaseous CF3I safely in a flow react...
Figure 3: A) Unit cells of the three most common crystal structures of TiO2: rutile, brookite, and anatase. R...
Figure 4: Illustration of the key semiconductor photocatalysis events: 1) A photon with a frequency exceeding...
Figure 5: Photocatalytic splitting of water by oxygen vacancies on a TiO2(110) surface. Reprinted with permis...
Figure 6: Proposed adsorption modes of A) benzene, B) chlorobenzene, C) toluene, D) phenol, E) anisole, and F...
Figure 7: Structures of the sulfonate-containing organic dyes RB5 (3) and MX-5B (4) and the adsorption isothe...
Figure 8: Idealised triclinic unit cell of a g-C3N4 type polymer, displaying possible hopping transport scena...
Figure 9: Idealised structure of a perfect g-C3N4 sheet. The central unit highlighted in red represents one t...
Figure 10: Timeline of the key processes of charge transport following the photoexcitation of g-C3N4, leading ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic bifunctionalisation of heteroarenes using mpg-C3N4, with the selected examples 5 and ...
Figure 11: A) Structure of four linear conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, displaying th...
Figure 12: Graphical representation of the common methods used to immobilise molecular photocatalysts (PC) ont...
Figure 13: Wireless light emitter-supported TiO2 (TiO2@WLE) HPCat spheres powered by resonant inductive coupli...
Figure 14: Graphical representation of zinc–perylene diimide (Zn-PDI) supramolecular assembly photocatalysis v...
Scheme 3: Upconversion of NIR photons to the UV frequency by NaYF4:Yb,Tm nanocrystals sequentially coated wit...
Figure 15: Types of reactors employed in heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow. A) Fixed bed reactors and the s...
Figure 16: Electrochemical potential of common semiconductor, transition metal, and organic dye-based photocat...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms of an immobilised molecular photoredox catalyst by oxidative or reductive quenc...
Scheme 5: Scheme of the CMB-C3N4 photocatalytic decarboxylative fluorination of aryloxyacetic acids, with the...
Scheme 6: Scheme of the g-C3N4 photocatalytic desilylative coupling reaction in flow and proposed mechanism [208].
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism of the radical cyclisation of unsaturated alkyl 2-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds...
Scheme 8: N-alkylation of benzylamine and schematic of the TiO2-coated microfluidic device [213].
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism of the Pt@TiO2 photocatalytic deaminitive cyclisation of ʟ-lysine (23) to ʟ-pipe...
Scheme 10: A) Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic oxidation of phenylboronic acid (24). B) Photos and SE...
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism for the DA-CMP3 photocatalytic aza-Henry reaction performed in a continuous flow...
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the cyclic product 32 by TiO2-NC HPCats in a slurry flow re...
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for the photocatalytic synthesis of homo and hetero disulfides in flow and scope of...
Scheme 14: Reaction scheme for the MoOx/TiO2 HPCat oxidation of cyclohexane (34) to benzene. The graph shows t...
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism of the TiO2 HPC heteroarene C–H functionalisation via aryl radicals generated fr...
Scheme 16: Scheme of the oxidative coupling of benzylamines with the HOTT-HATN HPCat and selected examples of ...
Scheme 17: Photocatalysis oxidation of benzyl alcohol (40) to benzaldehyde (41) in a microflow reactor coated ...
Figure 17: Mechanisms of Dexter and Forster energy transfer.
Scheme 18: Continuous flow process for the isomerisation of alkenes with an ionic liquid-immobilised photocata...
Scheme 19: Singlet oxygen synthetic step in the total synthesis of canataxpropellane [265].
Scheme 20: Scheme and proposed mechanism of the singlet oxygen photosensitisation by CMP_X HPCats, with the st...
Scheme 21: Structures of CMP HPCat materials applied by Vilela and co-workers for the singlet oxygen photosens...
Scheme 22: Polyvinylchloride resin-supported TDCPP photosensitisers applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisat...
Scheme 23: Structure of the ionically immobilised TPP photosensitiser on amberlyst-15 ion exchange resins (TPP...
Scheme 24: Photosensitised singlet oxygen oxidation of citronellol (46) in scCO2, with automatic phase separat...
Scheme 25: Schematic of PS-Est-BDP-Cl2 being applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisation in flow. A) Pseudo-...
Scheme 26: Reaction scheme of the singlet oxygen oxidation of furoic acid (54) using a 3D-printed microfluidic...
Figure 18: A) Photocatalytic bactericidal mechanism by ROS oxidative cleavage of membrane lipids (R = H, amino...
Figure 19: A) Suggested mechanisms for the aqueous pollutant degradation by TiO2 in a slurry flow reactor [284-287]. B)...
Figure 20: Schematic of the flow system used for the degradation of aqueous oxytetracycline (56) solutions [215]. M...
Scheme 27: Degradation of a salicylic acid (57) solution by a coupled solar photoelectro-Fenton (SPEF) process...
Figure 21: A) Schematic flow diagram using the TiO2-coated NETmix microfluidic device for an efficient mass tr...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123
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Figure 1: Bioactive phenanthridine and phenanthridinium derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of phenanthrenes by a photo-Pschorr reaction.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of phenanthrenes by a benzannulation reaction.
Scheme 3: Photocatalytic cyclization of α-bromochalcones for the synthesis of phenanthrenes.
Figure 2: Carbon-centered and nitrogen-centered radicals used for the synthesis of phenanthridines.
Scheme 4: General scheme describing the synthesis of phenanthridines from isocyanides via imidoyl radicals.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of substituted phenanthridines involving the intermediacy of electrophilic radicals.
Scheme 6: Photocatalyzed synthesis of 6-β-ketoalkyl phenanthridines.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 6-substituted phenanthridines through the addition of trifluoromethyl (path a), phenyl...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 6-(trifluoromethyl)-7,8-dihydrobenzo[k]phenanthridine.
Scheme 9: Phenanthridine syntheses by using photogenerated radicals formed through a C–H bond homolytic cleav...
Scheme 10: Trifluoroacetimidoyl chlorides as starting substrates for the synthesis of 6-(trifluoromethyl)phena...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of phenanthridines via aryl–aryl-bond formation.
Scheme 12: Oxidative conversion of N-biarylglycine esters to phenanthridine-6-carboxylates.
Scheme 13: Photocatalytic synthesis of benzo[f]quinolines from 2-heteroaryl-substituted anilines and heteroary...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of noravicine (14.2a) and nornitidine (14.2b) alkaloids.
Scheme 15: Gram-scale synthesis of the alkaloid trisphaeridine (15.3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of phenanthridines starting from vinyl azides.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of pyrido[4,3,2-gh]phenanthridines 17.5a–d through the radical trifluoromethylthiolation ...
Scheme 18: The direct oxidative C–H amidation involving amidyl radicals for the synthesis of phenanthridones.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1335–1342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.114
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Scheme 1: Photocatalytic transformations of imines.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope for the radical cross-couplings. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.3 mmol), under argon atm...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope for the homocoupling. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.3 mmol), under argon atmosphere, is...
Scheme 4: Reduction of the imine 1a to the amine 4a.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107
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Figure 1: Imine-N-oxyl radicals (IV) discussed in the present review and other classes of N-oxyl radicals (I–...
Figure 2: The products of decomposition of iminoxyl radicals generated from oximes by oxidation with Ag2O.
Scheme 1: Generation of oxime radicals and study of the kinetics of their decay by photolysis of the solution...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical and its decomposition products.
Scheme 3: The proposed reaction pathway of the decomposition of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical (experimentally...
Scheme 4: Monomolecular decomposition of the tert-butyl(triethylmethyl)oxime radical.
Scheme 5: The synthesis and stability of the most stable dialkyl oxime radicals – di-tert-butyliminoxyl and d...
Scheme 6: The formation of iminoxyl radicals from β-diketones under the action of NO2.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the diacetyliminoxyl radical.
Scheme 8: Examples of long-living oxime radicals with electron-withdrawing groups and the conditions for thei...
Figure 3: The electronic structure iminoxyl radicals and their geometry compared to the corresponding oximes.
Figure 4: Bond dissociation enthalpies (kcal/mol) of oximes and N,N-disubstituted hydroxylamines calculated o...
Scheme 9: Examples demonstrating the low reactivity of the di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical towards the substrat...
Scheme 10: The reactions of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with unsaturated hydrocarbons involving hydrogen ato...
Scheme 11: Possible mechanisms of reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with alkenes.
Scheme 12: Products of the reaction between di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical and phenol derivatives.
Scheme 13: The reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with amines.
Scheme 14: Reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radicals with organolithium reagents.
Scheme 15: Cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with oximes under the action of mang...
Scheme 16: Cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with oximes under the action of Cu(BF...
Scheme 17: Oxidative C–O coupling of benzylmalononitrile (47) with 3-(hydroxyimino)pentane-2,4-dione (19).
Scheme 18: The proposed mechanism of the oxidative coupling of benzylmalononitrile (47) with diacetyl oxime (19...
Scheme 19: Oxidative C–O coupling of pyrazolones with oximes under the action of Fe(ClO4)3.
Scheme 20: The reaction of diacetyliminoxyl radical with pyrazolones.
Scheme 21: Oxidative C–O coupling of oximes with acetonitrile, ketones, and esters.
Scheme 22: Intramolecular cyclizations of oxime radicals to form substituted isoxazolines or cyclic nitrones.
Scheme 23: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 24: Proposed reaction mechanism of oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 25: Selectfluor/Bu4NI-mediated C–H oxidative cyclization of oximes.
Scheme 26: Oxidative cyclization of N-benzyl amidoximes to 1,2,4-oxadiazoles.
Scheme 27: The formation of quinazolinone 73a from 5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazole 74 under air.
Scheme 28: DDQ-mediated oxidative cyclization of thiohydroximic acids.
Scheme 29: Plausible mechanism of the oxidative cyclization of thiohydroximic acids.
Scheme 30: Silver-mediated oxidative cyclization of α-halogenated ketoximes and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 31: Possible pathway of one-pot oxidative cyclization of α-halogenated ketoximes and 1,3-dicarbonyl com...
Scheme 32: T(p-F)PPT-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of oximes with the formation of 1,2,4-oxadiazolines.
Scheme 33: Intramolecular cyclization of iminoxyl radicals involving multiple C=C and N=N bonds.
Scheme 34: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ- and γ,δ-unsaturated oximes employing the DEAD or TEMPO/DEAD system wi...
Scheme 35: Cobalt-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 36: Manganese-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 37: Visible light photocatalytic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 38: TBAI/TBHP-mediated radical cascade cyclization of the β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 39: TBAI/TBHP-mediated radical cascade cyclization of vinyl isocyanides with β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 40: tert-Butylnitrite-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an ...
Scheme 41: Transformation of unsaturated oxime to oxyiminomethylisoxazoline via the confirmed dimeric nitroso ...
Scheme 42: tert-Butylnitrite-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a n...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of cyano-substituted oxazolines from unsaturated oximes using the TBN/[RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 ...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of trifluoromethylthiolated isoxazolines from unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 45: Copper-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an azido ...
Scheme 46: TBHP-mediated oxidative cascade cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes and unsaturated N-arylamides.
Scheme 47: Copper-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an amino grou...
Scheme 48: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes followed by elimination.
Scheme 49: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a trifluoromethyl group.
Scheme 50: Oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a nitrile group.
Scheme 51: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a nitrile ...
Scheme 52: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a sulfonyl...
Scheme 53: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ- and γ,δ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a...
Scheme 54: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a thiocyan...
Scheme 55: PhI(OAc)2-mediated oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–S and C–Se bond formation.
Scheme 56: PhI(OAc)2-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes accompanied by alkoxylation.
Scheme 57: PhI(OAc)2-mediated cyclization of unsaturated oximes to methylisoxazolines.
Scheme 58: Oxidative cyclization-alkynylation of unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 59: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of C-glycoside ketoximes to C-glycosylmethylisoxazoles.
Scheme 60: Silver-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with formation of fluoroalkyl isox...
Scheme 61: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the formation of haloalkyl isoxazolines.
Scheme 62: Cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes into haloalkyl isoxazolines under the action of the halogenat...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of haloalkyl isoxazoles and cyclic nitrones via oxidative cyclization and 1,2-halogen shi...
Scheme 64: Electrochemical oxidative cyclization of diaryl oximes.
Scheme 65: Copper-сatalyzed cyclization and dioxygenation oximes containing a triple C≡C bond.
Scheme 66: Photoredox-catalyzed sulfonylation of β,γ-unsaturated oximes by sulfonyl hydrazides.
Scheme 67: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with introduction of sulfonate group.
Scheme 68: Ultrasound-promoted oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected examples of organic dyes. Mes-Acr+: 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium, DCA: 9,10-dicyanoanthra...
Scheme 1: Activation modes in photocatalysis.
Scheme 2: Main strategies for the formation of C(sp3) radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 3: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from carboxylic acids:...
Scheme 4: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from redoxactiv...
Figure 2: Common substrates for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals.
Scheme 5: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from dihydropyridines ...
Scheme 6: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals from trifluorob...
Scheme 7: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from benzylic h...
Scheme 8: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via direct HAT: the cross...
Scheme 9: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via indirect HAT: the deu...
Scheme 10: Selected precursors for the generation of aryl radicals using organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 11: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl diazoni...
Scheme 12: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from haloarenes:...
Scheme 13: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl halides...
Scheme 14: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from arylsulfonyl...
Scheme 15: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of aryl radicals from triaryl sulf...
Scheme 16: Main strategies towards acyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 17: Illustrative example for the decarboxylative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from α-keto...
Scheme 18: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from acyl silanes...
Scheme 19: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of carbamoyl radicals from 4-carba...
Scheme 20: Illustrative example of the photocatalytic HAT approach for the generation of acyl radicals from al...
Scheme 21: General reactivity of a) radical cations; b) radical anions; c) the main strategies towards aryl an...
Scheme 22: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of alkene radical cations from alk...
Scheme 23: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of an alkene radical anion from al...
Figure 3: Structure of C–X radical anions and their neutral derivatives.
Scheme 24: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reduction of imines and the generation of an α-amino C(...
Scheme 25: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of aryl radical cations from arene...
Scheme 26: NCR classifications and generation.
Scheme 27: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of iminyl radicals from O-aryl oxi...
Scheme 28: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals from α-N-oxy ac...
Scheme 29: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals via an N–H bond...
Scheme 30: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from Weinreb am...
Scheme 31: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from hydroxylam...
Scheme 32: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from N-aminopyr...
Scheme 33: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from α-amido-ox...
Scheme 34: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of aminium radicals: the N-aryltet...
Scheme 35: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 36: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 37: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of hydrazonyl radical from hydrazo...
Scheme 38: Generation of O-radicals.
Scheme 39: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from N-alkoxypyridinium salts...
Scheme 40: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from alkyl hydroperoxides: th...
Scheme 41: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of thiyl radicals from thiols: the...
Scheme 42: Main strategies and reagents for the generation of sulfonyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 43: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from arylsulf...
Scheme 44: Illustrative example of a Cl atom abstraction strategy for the photocatalytic generation of sulfamo...
Scheme 45: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from sulfinic...
Scheme 46: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Scheme 47: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the porphyrinoids and their absorption spectra: in bold are highlighted the ...
Figure 2: Photophysical and photochemical processes (Por = porphyrin). Adapted from [12,18].
Figure 3: Main dual photocatalysts and their oxidative/reductive excited state potentials, including porphyri...
Scheme 1: Photoredox alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates using porphyrins and a Ru complex. aUsing a ...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates in the presence of TPP.
Scheme 3: Arylation of heteroarenes with aryldiazonium salts using TPFPP as photocatalyst, and corresponding ...
Scheme 4: A) Scope with different aryldiazonium salts and enol acetates. B) Photocatalytic cycles and compari...
Scheme 5: Photoarylation of isopropenyl acetate A) Comparison between batch and continuous-flow approaches an...
Scheme 6: Dehalogenation induced by red light using thiaporphyrin (STPP).
Scheme 7: Applications of NiTPP as both photoreductant and photooxidant.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for obtaining tetrahydroquinolines by reductive quenching.
Scheme 9: Selenylation and thiolation of anilines.
Scheme 10: NiTPP as photoredox catalyst in oxidative and reductive quenching, in comparison with other photoca...
Scheme 11: C–O bond cleavage of 1-phenylethanol using a cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPP) under visible light.
Scheme 12: Hydration of terminal alkynes by RhIII(TSPP) under visible light irradiation.
Scheme 13: Regioselective photocatalytic hydro-defluorination of perfluoroarenes by RhIII(TSPP).
Scheme 14: Formation of 2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran by intramolecular hydro-functionalization of allylpheno...
Scheme 15: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photoca...
Scheme 16: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using MOF-525 as heterogeneous photocat...
Scheme 17: Preparation of the heterogeneous photocatalyst CNH.
Scheme 18: Photoinduced sulfonation of alkenes with sulfinic acid using CNH as photocatalyst.
Scheme 19: Sulfonic acid scope of the sulfonation reactions.
Scheme 20: Regioselective sulfonation reaction of arimistane.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of quinazolin-4-(3H)-ones.
Scheme 22: Selective photooxidation of aromatic benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes using Pt/PCN-224(Zn).
Scheme 23: Photooxidation of benzaldehydes to benzoic acids using Pt or Pd porphyrins.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic reduction of various nitroaromatics using a Ni-MOF.
Scheme 25: Photoinduced cycloadditions of CO2 with epoxides by MOF1.
Figure 4: Electronic configurations of the species of oxygen. Adapted from [66].
Scheme 26: TPP-photocatalyzed generation of 1O2 and its application in organic synthesis. Adapted from [67-69].
Scheme 27: Pericyclic reactions involving singlet oxygen and their mechanisms. Adapted from [67].
Scheme 28: First scaled up ascaridole preparation from α-terpinene.
Scheme 29: Antimalarial drug synthesis using an endoperoxidation approach.
Scheme 30: Photooxygenation of colchicine.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of (−)-pinocarvone from abundant (+)-α-pinene.
Scheme 32: Seeberger’s semi-synthesis of artemisinin.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of artemisinin using TPP and supercritical CO2.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of artemisinin using chlorophyll a.
Scheme 35: Quercitol stereoisomer preparation.
Scheme 36: Photocatalyzed preparation of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 37: Continuous endoperoxidation of conjugated dienes and subsequent rearrangements leading to oxidized ...
Scheme 38: The Opatz group total synthesis of (–)-oxycodone.
Scheme 39: Biomimetic syntheses of rhodonoids A, B, E, and F.
Scheme 40: α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric photooxidation of indanone β-keto esters by singlet oxygen using PTC as a chiral inducer...
Scheme 42: Asymmetric photooxidation of both β-keto esters and β-keto amides by singlet oxygen using PTC-2 as ...
Scheme 43: Bifunctional photo-organocatalyst used for the asymmetric oxidation of β-keto esters and β-keto ami...
Scheme 44: Mechanism of singlet oxygen oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.
Scheme 45: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using protonated porphyrins as photocatalysts. aIsol...
Scheme 46: Photochemical oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 47: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using SnPor@PAF as a photosensitizer.
Scheme 48: Syntheses of 2D-PdPor-COF and 3D-Pd-COF.
Scheme 49: Photocatalytic oxidation of A) thioanisole to methyl phenyl sulfoxide and B) various aryl sulfides,...
Scheme 50: General mechanism for oxidation of amines to imines.
Scheme 51: Oxidation of secondary amines to imines.
Scheme 52: Oxidation of secondary amines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 53: Oxidative amine coupling using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of Por-COF-1 and Por-COF-2.
Scheme 55: Photocatalytic oxidation of amines to imines by Por-COF-2.
Scheme 56: Photocyanation of primary amines.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of ᴅ,ʟ-tert-leucine hydrochloride.
Scheme 58: Photocyanation of catharanthine and 16-O-acetylvindoline using TPP.
Scheme 59: Photochemical α-functionalization of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 60: Ugi-type reaction with 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 61: Ugi-type reaction with dibenzylamines using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 62: Mannich-type reaction of tertiary amines using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 63: Oxidative Mannich reaction using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 64: Transformation of amines to α-cyanoepoxides and the proposed mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.74
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Examples of photocatalytic C–C bond formation by nucleophilic trapping of a reactive THIQ intermedi...
Figure 1: Kinetic profile for the benzylation of 1 to 3.
Scheme 2: Benzylation of N-phenyl-THIQ.
Scheme 3: Benzylation of substituted N-arylTHIQs.
Scheme 4: Removal of the PMP protecting group.
Scheme 5: Alkylation of N-phenyl-THIQ derivatives. Conditions: a2 mol % [Ir(dtbbpy)(ppy)2]PF6, DMA, 60 h; b2 ...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70
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Figure 1: Triptycene as a scaffold and selected porphyrin and BODIPY arrays.
Scheme 1: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form symmetric porphyrin and BODIPY triptycene-linked dyads....
Scheme 2: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form a triptycene-substituted porphyrin monomer and an unsy...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the triptycene-porphyrin-triptycene complex 18.
Figure 2: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene 5. (a) Molecular structure of 5 in the crystal with hy...
Figure 3: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the conf...
Figure 4: Views of the single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 sho...
Figure 5: Expanded structure view of the triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the repeati...
Figure 6: UV–vis of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and the triptycene porphy...
Figure 7: Emission spectrum of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene-linked porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and a t...
Figure 8: Compounds used for spectroscopic comparisons.
Figure 9: UV–vis spectra of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in CHCl3.
Figure 10: Fluorescence emission spectrum of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in C...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38
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Figure 1: A part of the industry around monochloroacetic acid.
Scheme 1: Redox based activation of haloacetic acid.
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammogram of monochloroacetic acid and ferrocene with 0.1 M [TBA][PF6] in MeCN. The poten...
Scheme 2: Initial attempts for lactone formation by photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 3: The photoredox reaction of TEMPO with monochloroacetic acid catalyzed by fac-[Ir(ppy)3].
Figure 3: EPR spectra measured (black) and simulated (red) based on the structure of the oxidized photoredox ...
Scheme 4: Two possible acid-assisted, reductive activation pathways of monochloroacetic acid (A–H = acid).
Figure 4: Reaction mixtures after overnight irradiation of (A) 4-chloro-4-phenylbutanoic acid (3) and fac-[Ir...
Scheme 5: Substrate scope of styrene derivatives in the photoredox reaction with monochloroacetic acid. Yield...
Scheme 6: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 7: The photoredox formation of 1-(chloromethoxy)-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 149–158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.17
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of oxadiazole derivatives 2 and 4.
Scheme 2: Tautomeric equilibrium of compound 3.
Figure 1: DSC thermograms of fluorinated compounds 2b, 4a and 4b recorded at 5 °C/mn at heating (down traces)...
Figure 2: Optical texture (×10) of liquid crystal phase for fluorinated compounds, (a): SmA phase observed in...
Figure 3: Typical diffractogram observed for compound 2b at 398 K.
Figure 4: Typical diffractogram observed for compound 4a at 411 K.
Figure 5: Conformer of lowest energy of compounds: 4c, conformation A, (a) front view, (a’) top view, (a”) si...
Figure 6: Vector of dipole moment of compounds 4c, 4b and 2b.
Figure 7: Plot of molecular dipole moments. Orange, fluorocarbon compounds; blue, hydrocarbon compounds; gree...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.274
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Figure 1: Fluoro-AB derivatives and spectra. Structures of 4FAB-diamides [13] cis and trans configurations, and t...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4FABTA. a) Reagents and conditions: (a) 3-Butynol, PdCl2(PPh3)2, CuI, THF, rt, 93%; (b...
Figure 2: Photochemistry of 4FABTA (2), and thermodynamic stability in physiological buffer. a) Trans–cis pho...
Figure 3: Reaction of t-4FABTA (1) with thiols, and thermal stability of initial conjugate. a) Chemical react...
Figure 4: Testing photo-antagonism of 1 with genetically tagged nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Currents f...
Figure 5: Photopharmacology with 4FABTA (2). Currents from neurons in the medial habenula in acutely isolated...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2678–2683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.261
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: An example of an earlier developed S,N-heterohexacene [13] and general structure of compounds synthesiz...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of aryl-substituted TT derivatives 3a–k, product scope, and yields.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of thieno[3,2-b]thiophen-3(2H)-one 4a–k, product scope, and yields.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of TTI derivatives 6a–o, substrate and product scopes, and yields.
Scheme 4: Alkylation of TTI 6d.
Figure 2: ORTEP diagram for the X-ray structure of compound 7d. Thermal ellipsoids of 50% probability are sho...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2612–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.254
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Figure 1: Structures of the dyes 16–19.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the precursors 2, 3, and 5.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the precursor triflates 8–11.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 12–15 and the organoboron dyes 16–19.
Figure 2: UV–vis absorption (solid line) and fluorescence (dashed line) spectra of a) 16, b) 17, c) 18, and d...
Scheme 4: Jablonski diagram representing the photophysical processes in the dyes 16–19.
Figure 3: Transient absorption spectrum (600 ns delay) of dye 17 in nitrogen-purged acetonitrile on excitatio...
Figure 4: Fluorescence titrations of the dyes (ca. 4–11 μM) with Bu4NF in acetonitrile. a) 16 (up to 156 equi...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2059–2068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.203
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Figure 1: Quinoxaline derivatives 1–3.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of THTTA (3).
Scheme 2: Protonation, alkylation and acylation of 3.
Figure 2: The ORTEP view of 3. Torsion angles within the benzene ring are given in red.
Figure 3: The ORTEP view of 6a. Torsion angles within the benzene ring are given in red.
Figure 4: The ORTEP view of 7a (the iodine counter anion has been omitted for clarity). Torsion angles within...
Scheme 3: Charge transfer and delocalization within 3 and its diprotonated (6a) and monomethylated (7a) deriv...
Figure 5: Normalized absorption spectra of 3 in: toluene (black), acetone (blue), ethanol (green), water (red...
Figure 6: Protonation of 3 in ethanol. Two isosbestic points (IBP) are indicated by arrows.
Figure 7: Absorption spectra of 7a (blue) and 8 (red) in ethanol.
Figure 8: Absorption spectra of 10a (black), 10b (red). Solid curves: in toluene, dashed curves: in acetone.
Figure 9: View of the supramolecular array generated by 3 in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; c...
Figure 10: View of the supramolecular array generated by 6a in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; ...
Figure 11: View of the supramolecular array generated by 7a in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 506–512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.44
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Figure 1: Structure of Ishikawa´s reagent (1) and the respective Newman projections indicating the two key ro...
Figure 2: Expansion of the 1H and 19F NMR spectra in the region of CHF and CF2, in C6D12 and C5D5N solvents. ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36
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Figure 1: Structural formulas of Nam, NA, NR+, NMN, and NAD+.
Figure 2: Main synthetic routes to nicotinamide riboside (NR+X−).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of NR+Cl− based on the reaction of peracylated chlorosugars with Nam.
Figure 3: Predominant formation of β-anomer over α-anomer of NR+X−.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of NR+Cl− by reacting 3,5-di-O-benzoyl-D-ribofuranosyl chloride (5) with Nam (1a).
Figure 4: Mechanism of the formation of the β-anomer of the glycosylated product in the case of the reaction ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of NR+Br− by reacting bromosugars with Nam (1a).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of NR+OTf− based on the glycosylation of Nam (1a) with tetra-O-acetyl-β-D-ribofuranose (2a...
Scheme 5: Improved synthesis of NR+OTfˉ and NAR+OTfˉ based on the glycosylation of pre-silylated Nam or NA wi...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of triacetylated NAR+OTf− by glycosylation of nicotinic acid trimethylsilyl ester with te...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of NR+Cl− from NR+OTf− by means of ion exchange with sodium chloride solution.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of acylated NR+OTf− by means of ion exchange with sodium chloride.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of triacetylated derivatives of NAR+ by glycosylation of nicotinic acid esters with ribos...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of NR+OTf− from the triflate salt of ethyl nicotinate-2,3,5-triacetyl-β-D-riboside in met...
Scheme 11: Reaction of 2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-phenyl nicotinate riboside triflate salt with secondary and tertia...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of NMN based on the Zincke reaction of N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-3-carbamoylpyridinium chlori...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of NMN based on the Zincke reaction of N-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-3-carbamoylpyridinium chlori...
Scheme 14: Efficacious protection of 2′,3′-hydroxy groups of NR+X−.
Scheme 15: Protection of the 2′,3′-hydroxy groups of NR+Cl– with a mesitylmethylene acetal group.
Figure 5: Reduction of derivatives of NR+Xˉ into corresponding 1,2-; 1,4-; 1,6-NRH derivatives.
Figure 6: Mechanism of the reduction of the pyridinium core with dithionite as adapted from [67].
Scheme 16: Reduction of triacylated NR+OTf– derivatives by sodium dithionite followed by complete removal of a...
Figure 7: Structural formulas of iridium and rhodium catalysts (a)–(d) for regeneration of NAD(P)H from NAD(P)...
Figure 8: Two approaches to synthesis of 5′-derivatives of NR+.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of NMN starting from NR+ salt.
Scheme 18: Efficient synthesis of NMN by phosphorylation of 2′,3′-O-isopropylidene-NR+ triflate followed by re...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of a bisphosphonate analogue of β-NAD+ based on DCC-induced conjugation of 2′,3′-O-isopro...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 5′-acyl and 2′,3′,5′-triacyl derivatives of NR+.
Figure 9: Structural formulas of NMN analogues 39–41.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 5′-phosphorylated derivatives of NR+ using a “reduction–modification–oxidation” approa...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 5′-phosphorylated derivatives of NR+ using a “reduction–modification–reoxidation” appr...
Figure 10: Structural formulas of 5′-phosphorylated derivatives of NR+.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 5′-phosphorylated derivatives of NR+ using a direct NR+ phosphorylation approach.
Figure 11: Structural formulas of amino acid NR+ conjugates.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of amino acid NR+ conjugates using NRH and protected amino acid under CDI-coupling condit...
Figure 12: Chemical structures of known isotopically labelled NR+ analogues and derivatives.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of [2′-3H]-NR+ and [2′-3H]-NMN.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of α- and β-anomers of [1′-2H]-NMN.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 167–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.17
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Figure 1: Hydrogen-bonding silanediols, i.e., di(1-naphthyl)silanediol (1) [39], silanediols 2 [41-43], binaphthylsilane...
Scheme 1: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed N-acyl Mannich reaction of in situ-generated isoquinolin derivative 10 with...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of BIFOXSiCl2, starting with BIFOL (5) [52,54] yielding dichlorosilane 7.
Scheme 3: Hydrolysis of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) yielding the corresponding silanediol 9 and controlled hydrolysis of B...
Scheme 4: Hydrolysis of dichlorosilanes 13 and 14 to their corresponding silanediols 1 and 15 [51,60].
Figure 2: Hydrolyses of dichlorosilane 7 and 14 to BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9, green circle) and bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-buty...
Figure 3: Hydrolyses of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) to BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9, green circle), bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenoxy)dic...
Scheme 5: Two investigated pathways for the hydrolysis of the dichlorosilanes. Front attack mechanism (front)...
Figure 4: Three transition structures each, for the hydrolysis of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) and BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8) consid...
Figure 5: Computed hydrolyses of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) to BIFOXSiCl(OH) 8ax and BIFOXSiCl(OH) 8eq and subsequent com...
Figure 6: Transition state leading to 8eq following front1 attack (Ea = 32.6 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 1). Breaki...
Figure 7: Transition state leading to 8ax following front2 attack (Ea = 33.2 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 2). Breaki...
Figure 8: Transition state leading to 8eq following side attack (Ea = 37.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 3). Breaking...
Figure 9: Transition state leading to 9 following side attack (Ea = 31.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 6). Breaking a...
Figure 10: Transition state leading to 9 following front1 attack (Ea = 33.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 4). Breaking...
Figure 11: Transition state leading to 9 following front2 attack (Ea = 40.2 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 5). Breaking...
Figure 12: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl2 (7). H atoms on the chiral backbone are omitted for clarity i...
Figure 13: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8). H atoms on the chiral backbone are omitted for clarit...
Figure 14: X-ray crystal structure ofrac-BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming dimers. H atoms on the chiral backbone are o...
Figure 15: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming a tetramer. H atoms on the chiral backbone are ...
Figure 16: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming a dimeric structure with two bridged acetone mo...
Figure 17: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8), binding an acetone molecule. H atoms on the chiral ba...
Scheme 6: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed N-acyl Mannich reaction of in situ-generated 10 with different silyl ketene...
Scheme 7: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution of 18 with BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) and nucleophile silyl...
Scheme 8: Nucleophilic substitution of 20 with BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) and nucleophile silyl ketene acetals 11, 20 a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282
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Figure 1: Typical oxidative and reductive cycle for a photoredox catalyst (PC).
Figure 2: Transitions involved in absorbing species containing π, σ and n electrons.
Figure 3: Ligand to metal charge transfer (illustrated here for a d6 metal complex).
Figure 4: Metal to ligand charge transfer (illustrated here for a d5 metal complex).
Scheme 1: Structures of additives involved in the photoredox catalytic cycles.
Figure 5: Catalytic cycles involved with iodonium salt and (A) (TMS)3SiH, (B) NVK and (C) EDB.
Scheme 2: Structures of photoredox metal-based catalysts.
Scheme 3: Photocatalytical cycle for the Ru complex.
Scheme 4: Structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 5: Diversity of the chemical structures of photoredox organocatalysts.
Scheme 6: Structures of benchmarked monomers.
Scheme 7: Structure of the CARET additive.
Scheme 8: Photoredox catalysis mechanism of a visible light-mediated living radical polymerization. (Abbrevia...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2435–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.221
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Scheme 1: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 1a.
Scheme 2: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 3: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 4: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 3a.
Scheme 5: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of vinyl triflates 3.
Scheme 6: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of a sterically hindered aryl triflate 5.
Scheme 7: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 7a.
Scheme 8: Scope of the reductive carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles 7.
Scheme 9: Scope of the carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxamides 9.
Scheme 10: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 11a.
Scheme 11: Scope of the carboxylation of allylarenes 11.
Scheme 12: Scope of the carboxylation of 1,4-diene derivatives 14.
Scheme 13: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed C(sp3)–H carboxylation of allylarenes.
Scheme 14: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of 16a.
Scheme 15: Derivatization of the carboxyzincated product.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 17: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 18: Co-catalyzed four-component coupling of alkynes 16, acrylates 18, CO2, and zinc.
Scheme 19: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed four-component coupling.
Scheme 20: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation of alkynes.
Scheme 21: Visible-light-driven synthesis of γ-hydroxybutenolides from ortho-ester-substituted aryl alkynes.
Scheme 22: One-pot synthesis of coumarines and 2-quinolones via hydrocarboxylation/alkyne isomerization/cycliz...
Scheme 23: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of ortho-substituted aro...
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of alkenylboronic esters 27.
Scheme 26: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 27: Ligand effect on the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of 2-phenylpyridine 29a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed chelation-assisted C(sp2)–H bond carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 29: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-pyridylarenes 29.
Scheme 30: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 31: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 32: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-arylphenols 34.
Scheme 33: Hydrocarboxylation of styrene derivatives with CO2.
Scheme 34: Hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 35: Asymmetric hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 36: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 37: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 38: Visible-light-driven Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 39: Optimization of reaction conditions on the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne 42a and ...
Scheme 40: [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
Scheme 41: Proposed reaction pathways for the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2098–2105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.184
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Conversion of 1-substituted-4-formyltriazole analogs via ring-degenerate rearrangement of 1-substit...
Figure 2: ORTEP structure of 2cc’. Thermal ellipsoids shown at 25% probability.
Figure 3: 1H NMR aromatic region of a product mixture compared with reference imine analogs. Singlets appeari...
Figure 4: Rearrangement reaction progress of 1a leading to irreversible formation of a colorimetric self-indi...