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

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

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

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  • the 4′-OH group. This work is currently underway in our lab. Chemical structures of hexa-acylated Escherichia coli lipid A, monophosphorylated lipid X (the reducing monosaccharide lipid A precursor), and disaccharide lipid A precursor (“disaccharide lipid X”). Enantioselective synthesis of Nap
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Published 10 Aug 2020

NHC-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxyamides

  • Alyn T. Davies,
  • Mark D. Greenhalgh,
  • Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
  • Andrew D. Smith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1572–1578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.129

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Published 30 Jun 2020

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

  • Yeersen Patehebieke

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

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  • disulfide-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of ophirin B. Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the total synthesis of (+)-hitachimycin. Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the synthesis of (−)-gloeosporone. Acknowledgements I thank Prof. Xiao Wang (Nanjing University) for helpful discussions. Funding I
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Published 23 Jun 2020

Copper-catalysed alkylation of heterocyclic acceptors with organometallic reagents

  • Yafei Guo and
  • Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1006–1021, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.90

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  • in recent years, many strategies have been reported for their highly enantioselective synthesis. However, while catalytic asymmetric C–C bond formations by ACAs of organometallics is a routine procedure for additions to common Michael acceptors, such as enones and enoates, examples of catalytic
  • ). Meldrum’s acid and its derivatives are versatile reagents in organic synthesis that can be transformed into a wide range of compounds. In 2006, the group of Fillion described the highly enantioselective synthesis of all-carbon benzylic quaternary stereocentres via a conjugate addition of dialkylzinc
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Published 14 May 2020

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

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

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

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  • ) as the final product. Kempene diterpenes The first enantioselective synthesis of kempene diterpenes 14a–c, natural compounds exhibiting a significant antibiotic activity against B. subtilis, relying on the domino enyne metathesis of the adequate dienyne precursors as a key step, was disclosed by Metz
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Published 16 Apr 2020

Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands

  • Wisdom A. Munzeiwa,
  • Bernard Omondi and
  • Vincent O. Nyamori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 362–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.35

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  • attributed this to a stabilization of the NH proton by hydrogen bonds to the triazole nitrogen and methoxy oxygen atoms. The initial step in the synthesis of 120 is the enantioselective synthesis of the propargylamine 118 through the reaction of propargyl acetate 117 with the corresponding amine. This
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Published 12 Mar 2020

Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of organometallic reagents to challenging Michael acceptors

  • Delphine Pichon,
  • Jennifer Morvan,
  • Christophe Crévisy and
  • Marc Mauduit

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 212–232, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.24

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  • enantioselective synthesis of valnoctamide, a commercialized mild tranquilizer. Finally, this methodology was extended to the sequential Michael/halogenation reaction using NFSI or NCS as electrophiles, with similar efficiency. Similarly, a cocatalyzed enantioselective β-functionalization of enals was developed by
  • Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters and their application in the asymmetric total synthesis of (–)-lardolure. Improved Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters, and their application in the asymmetric total synthesis of (−)-mintlactone. Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of
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Published 17 Feb 2020

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

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  • method for the enantioselective synthesis of 4,5,5-trisubstituted γ-butyrolactones 193 using an electroreductive coupling of diaryl ketones 191 with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds 190 bearing chiral auxiliaries derived from imidazolidin-2-one and oxazolidine-2-ones (Scheme 60). Compound 191 underwent
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Published 13 Nov 2019

1,2,3-Triazolium macrocycles in supramolecular chemistry

  • Mastaneh Safarnejad Shad,
  • Pulikkal Veettil Santhini and
  • Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2142–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.211

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  • binaphthyl system and the Lewis acidic metal center facilitated the enantioselective synthesis of cyclic carbonates from epoxides. Various catalyst was screened by changing the linker length (n = 4 to 8) and nucleophilic counter anion (X = I, Cl, Br), and 16c was found to be the best catalyst for the
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Published 12 Sep 2019

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

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  • separated by column chromatography. Photooxygenation of 3,4-diphenylbutanal (1) with chiral organocatalysts The highly enantioselective synthesis of 3,4-diphenylbutanal (1), according to the procedure developed by Melchiorre, requires the use of noncommercially available sterically bulky silyl ethers [16
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Published 30 Aug 2019

A review of the total syntheses of triptolide

  • Xiang Zhang,
  • Zaozao Xiao and
  • Hongtao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194

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  • 12 steps with 15% yield. Interestingly, in this synthesis only four intermediates needed to be purified. In 1999, Yang and co-workers reported an elegant chiral auxiliary-assisted, lanthanide triflate-catalyzed oxidative radical polycyclization of olefin-cation-based enantioselective synthesis of
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Published 22 Aug 2019

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

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  • (2S,1'S)-6 correspond to (S)- or ʟ-serinal (Figure 3) [13]. Furthermore, since the aziridine ring openings can be accomplished with other nucleophiles and the reductive cleavage is also known [14][15] the aziridines 5–8 offer a plethora of opportunities for enantioselective synthesis of structurally
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Published 23 Jul 2019

An efficient synthesis of the guaiane sesquiterpene (−)-isoguaiene by domino metathesis

  • Yuzhou Wang,
  • Ahmed F. Darweesh,
  • Patrick Zimdars and
  • Peter Metz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 858–862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.83

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  • roots of Parthenium hysterophorus [5]. A recent enantioselective synthesis of (−)-isoguaiene (1) from (+)-dihydrocarvone [6] enabled an unambiguous assignment of its absolute configuration as depicted in Figure 1. Due to the structural similarity of 1 and the trisnorsesquiterpene clavukerin A (2), we
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Published 09 Apr 2019

Diastereo- and enantioselective preparation of cyclopropanol derivatives

  • Marwan Simaan and
  • Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 752–760, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.71

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  • when the same sequence of diastereoselective carbometalation/oxidation was performed on cyclopropenyl ester 1, the in situ-formed donor–acceptor cyclopropanol undergoes a selective ring-opening to provide the acyclic product possessing a quaternary carbon stereocenter [57]. As the enantioselective
  • synthesis of the cyclopropenylmethyl ether 3 was easily achieved in high enantiomeric ratio (er 93:7, Scheme 5 [78][81][82]), the subsequent combined diastereoselective carbometalation reaction and oxidation gave the enantiomerically enriched cyclopropanols 5 as unique diastereoisomer with the same
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Published 21 Mar 2019

A chemoenzymatic synthesis of ceramide trafficking inhibitor HPA-12

  • Seema V. Kanojia,
  • Sucheta Chatterjee,
  • Subrata Chattopadhyay and
  • Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 490–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.42

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  • and inexpensive synthesis of HPA-12 was felt. Our own interest in developing anticancer agents also prompted us to develop a new and practical enantioselective synthesis of 2 [26][27][28][29]. To realize our objective, we paid particular attention to obtain 2 using reactions that are high-yielding and
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Published 18 Feb 2019

Practical tetrafluoroethylene fragment installation through a coupling reaction of (1,1,2,2-tetrafluorobut-3-en-1-yl)zinc bromide with various electrophiles

  • Ken Tamamoto,
  • Shigeyuki Yamada and
  • Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2375–2383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.213

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  • ][6]. Notably, organofluorine compounds bearing a tetrafluoroethylene (–CF2CF2–) unit have attracted significant interest as a promising framework for various functional molecules. In the medicinal field, for example, Linclau and co-workers reported the first enantioselective synthesis and the
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Published 11 Sep 2018

Synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents

  • Fateh V. Singh,
  • Priyanka B. Kole,
  • Saeesh R. Mangaonkar and
  • Samata E. Shetgaonkar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1778–1805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.152

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  • precatalyst in iodine(III)-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of spiroketals with high selectivities. In this report, substrates 128 were reacted with 10 mol % of chiral iodoarene 129a and 129b in the presence of mCPBA oxidant in chloroform at 0 °C. The desired ortho-spirocyclic ketals 130 were obtained in
  • chiral auxiliaries 129a or 129b under similar reaction conditions mentioned in Scheme 48. Furthermore, the synthesized spiroketal 159 (R2 = iPr; R4 = SiMe3) was used as synthetic intermediate for enantioselective synthesis of natural product (−)-biscarvacrol [8] (Scheme 59). Additionally, Parra and
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Published 17 Jul 2018

Enantioselective phase-transfer catalyzed alkylation of 1-methyl-7-methoxy-2-tetralone: an effective route to dezocine

  • Ruipeng Li,
  • Zhenren Liu,
  • Liang Chen,
  • Jing Pan and
  • Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.119

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  • the organic phase. Due to the sterical hindrance from the benzyl group, the alkylation by 1,5-dibromopentane takes place at the opposite side of the benzyl group of C7 to afford 3a. Conclusion In summary, an enantioselective synthesis of (R)-(+)-1-(5-bromopentyl)-1-methyl-7-methoxy-2-tetralone (3a), a
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Published 11 Jun 2018

Enantioselective dioxytosylation of styrenes using lactate-based chiral hypervalent iodine(III)

  • Morifumi Fujita,
  • Koki Miura and
  • Takashi Sugimura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 659–663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.53

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  • )-isomer. Keywords: 1,2-difunctionalization of alkenes; enantioselective synthesis; hypervalent iodine; oxidation; Findings Hypervalent aryl-λ3-iodanes have been widely used for metal-free oxidation with high selectivity in organic synthesis [1][2][3]. The reactivity of an aryl-λ3-iodane is controlled by
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Published 20 Mar 2018

Volatiles from the tropical ascomycete Daldinia clavata (Hypoxylaceae, Xylariales)

  • Tao Wang,
  • Kathrin I. Mohr,
  • Marc Stadler and
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 135–147, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.9

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  • natural product is 6-nonyl-2H-pyran-2-one. The antimicrobial and cytotoxic effects of the synthetic volatiles are also reported. Keywords: enantioselective synthesis; gas chromatography; mass spectrometry; natural products; volatiles; Introduction A large variety of volatile organic compounds from
  • 11 were separable by GC on a homochiral stationary phase, one of which matched the natural product in terms of same retention times and mass spectra (Figure 3). To clarify the relative and absolute configuration of the natural stereoisomer of 11 an enantioselective synthesis was performed (Scheme 5
  • unfortunately not of 11c. However, as described above, enantiomerically pure (4R,5S,6S)-11c was obtained by enantioselective synthesis, and the peaks for the enantiomers of 11c in the GC analysis on a homochiral stationary phase could be readily assigned by comparison to synthetic (4R,5S,6S)-11c. Finally, a
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The use of 4,4,4-trifluorothreonine to stabilize extended peptide structures and mimic β-strands

  • Yaochun Xu,
  • Isabelle Correia,
  • Tap Ha-Duong,
  • Nadjib Kihal,
  • Jean-Louis Soulier,
  • Julia Kaffy,
  • Benoît Crousse,
  • Olivier Lequin and
  • Sandrine Ongeri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2842–2853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.276

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  • -threonine in the third position. Both N-Boc protected (compounds 1a–4a) and N-deprotected pentapeptides (1b–4b) were studied. Results and Discussion Synthesis. First, we synthesized the two (2S,3R)- and (2S,3S)-CF3-Thr analogues. An enantioselective synthesis of (2S,3R)-Boc-CF3-Thr was proposed in 2003 [16
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Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

  • Anna Kuźnik,
  • Roman Mazurkiewicz and
  • Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

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  • –71%, respectively (Scheme 29) [42]. An interesting example of the application of ylides derived from vinylphosphonium salts in the enantioselective synthesis of pyran derivatives was reported by Ley et al. in 2010. β-Hydroxyaldehyde 43 as the oxygen nucleophile was obtained here in the asymmetric
  • presence of sodium hydride. Synthesis of 2H-chromene and 2,5-dihydrofuran derivatives in the intramolecular Wittig reaction with the use of vinylphosphonium salts and an appropriate oxygen nucleophile containing a carbonyl group. Enantioselective synthesis of 3,6-dihydropyran derivatives from
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Published 15 Dec 2017

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

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  • incorporated into peptides, it is normally necessary to first synthesize a dipeptide where the amide bond has been replaced with a monofluoroalkene. In that context, this review will present the racemic and enantioselective synthesis of monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isosteres described since 2007. Some
  • will discuss the new developments on the racemic and enantioselective synthesis of monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isosteres from 2008 to September 2017. First, synthetic approaches to analogues in which there is no side chain or where the side chain stereochemistry is not controlled will be
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Published 12 Dec 2017

Electron-deficient pyridinium salts/thiourea cooperative catalyzed O-glycosylation via activation of O-glycosyl trichloroacetimidate donors

  • Mukta Shaw,
  • Yogesh Kumar,
  • Rima Thakur and
  • Amit Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2385–2395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.236

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  • transformations [14][15][16][17]. One of the major applications of organocatalysis lies in the field of enantioselective synthesis, where organocatalysts are considered as fundamental tools in the catalysis toolbox [18][19][20][21][22]. Moreover, the reactivity and selectivity of organocatalysts can be further
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Bifunctional organocatalysts for the asymmetric synthesis of axially chiral benzamides

  • Ryota Miyaji,
  • Yuuki Wada,
  • Akira Matsumoto,
  • Keisuke Asano and
  • Seijiro Matsubara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1518–1523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.151

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  • functional groups in a chiral molecular skeleton were applied to the enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral benzamides via aromatic electrophilic bromination. The results demonstrate the versatility of bifunctional organocatalysts for the enantioselective construction of axially chiral compounds
  • axial chirality [36][37]. Thus, we assumed that this method could be further applied to the enantioselective synthesis of a range of axially chiral compounds. In this study, we present the enantioselective synthesis of 3-hydroxybenzamides via aromatic electrophilic bromination [28][29]. The 3
  • activation involving the phenolic hydroxy group. Conclusion In summary, we demonstrated a novel enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral benzamides, using bifunctional organocatalysts, via aromatic electrophilic halogenation. Moderate to good enantioselectiveties were accomplished with various benzamide
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