Recent developments in photoredox-catalyzed remote ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations

• Rafia Siddiqui and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26

• photolysis. The mechanism involved in this transformation is shown in Figure 20. Aryl C–H halogenation Aerobic bromination of arenes: In another experiment, Ohkubo et al. reported that for aerobic aryl C–H brominations, HBr can be utilized with photoredox catalyst 2 in the presence of molecular oxygen to

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

• 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

Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups

• Xiaowei Li,
• Xiaolin Shi,
• Xiangqian Li and
• Dayong Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218

• fluorination methods to these building blocks, such as Friedel–Crafts-type electrophilic halogenation [10][11], Sandmeyer-type reactions of diazonium salts [12], and halogenations of preformed organometallic reagents [13], commonly involve multiple steps, harsh reaction conditions, and the use of

Pd-Catalyzed microwave-assisted synthesis of phosphonated 13α-estrones as potential OATP2B1, 17β-HSD1 and/or STS inhibitors

• Rebeka Jójárt,
• Szabolcs Pécsy,
• György Keglevich,
• Mihály Szécsi,
• Réka Rigó,
• Csilla Özvegy-Laczka,
• Gábor Kecskeméti and
• Erzsébet Mernyák

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2838–2845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.262

• , only 2-regioisomers displayed substantial inhibitory action, which did not depend on the hybrid state of carbon attached to C-2 [22]. Phan et al. described that halogenation of ring A of estrone is a powerful strategy in the synthesis of effective STS inhibitors [25]. Certain 4-halogenated estrone

Synthesis of 1,4-imino-L-lyxitols modified at C-5 and their evaluation as inhibitors of GH38 α-mannosidases

• Maroš Bella,
• Sergej Šesták,
• Ján Moncoľ,
• Miroslav Koóš and
• Monika Poláková

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2156–2162, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.189

• was decreasing with increasing size of this functional group, suggesting a certain role of steric effect. An even smaller effect was found for 4-halogenation of the N-benzyl substituent, arguing against a steric or electron effect at this position of the phenyl ring. Nevertheless, the synthesis of

Anomeric modification of carbohydrates using the Mitsunobu reaction

• Julia Hain,
• Patrick Rollin,
• Werner Klaffke and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1619–1636, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.138

• applications of the Mitsunobu reaction in glycochemistry have mostly dealt with the functionalization of the primary hydroxy group of sugars and, to a lesser extent, with modifications of the secondary alcohol array in carbohydrate rings [2][3][4][5][6], for example for halogenation [20]. However, the

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

• Arif Dastan,
• Haydar Kilic and
• Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

Iodine(III)-mediated halogenations of acyclic monoterpenoids

• Laure Peilleron,
• Tatyana D. Grayfer,
• Joëlle Dubois,
• Robert H. Dodd and
• Kevin Cariou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1103–1111, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.96

• trisubstituted double bond occurred with excellent selectivity and moderate to good yields. Keywords: halogenation; hypervalent iodine; monoterpenes; Introduction In nature, mostly in marine environments, halogenated compounds are produced by means of various enzymes that rely on widely available halides as

• . Regardless of the actual halogenation species involved, regioselective halogenation of the terminal double bond of 1 would then give bridged halonium 9. From there three manifolds can be at play. Pathway a involves the addition of an oxygenated nucleophile. For X = Br, this is the case when the bromide is

• formation of allylic chloride 6. Conclusion Overall, we have further extended the scope of the iodine(III)-mediated oxidative halogenation of terpenoids which now includes dibromination, bromo(trifluoro)acetoxylation, bromohydroxylation, iodo(trifluoro)acetoxylation and allylic ene-chlorination. The

Palladium-catalyzed ortho-halogenations of acetanilides with N-halosuccinimides via direct sp² C–H bond activation in ball mills

• Zi Liu,
• Hui Xu and
• Guan-Wu Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 430–435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.31

• corresponding N-halosuccinimides. Keywords: acetanilide; ball milling; C–H activation; halogenation; mechanochemistry; N-halosuccinimide; palladium catalysis; Introduction Aryl halides have been widely utilized in organic syntheses, which give access to a range of complex natural products [1][2]. However

• , traditional halogenations of aromatic compounds by direct electrophilic halogenation [3] and Sandmeyer reaction [4] have several drawbacks such as low regioselectivities, complicated reaction procedures and even a risk of danger. Thus, it is necessary to discover new approaches to the regioselective

• -bromosuccinimide (NBS) and N-iodosuccinimide (NIS), respectively, as the halogen source [30]. However, the mechanochemical ortho-halogenation using the cheaper palladium catalysts has not been reported yet. In continuing our interest in mechanochemistry [21][22][39][40][41] and C–H activation reactions [42][43][44

Conformational preferences of α-fluoroketones may influence their reactivity

• Graham Pattison

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2915–2921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.284

• performed previously to quantify the effects that different α-halogen atoms have on carbonyl reactivity. This paper aims to examine some of the effects that α-halogenation can impart on carbonyl reactivity with a particular emphasis on the effects of α-fluorination. As the most electronegative element

• , fluorine is often involved in introducing unusual properties to organic molecules, whether by its strong inductive effect, interactions of its tightly-held lone pairs or through the strong dipole moment it can induce in molecules [7]. To begin to quantify the effects of α-halogenation on carbonyl

Reagent-controlled regiodivergent intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides

• Irwan Iskandar Roslan,
• Kian-Hong Ng,
• Gaik-Khuan Chuah and
• Stephan Jaenicke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2739–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.270

• bromination of the α-carbon using CBrCl3 as the Br source. This in situ halogenation strategy has been employed for the synthesis of quinoxalines [23], oxazoles [24][25], pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles [26], imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines [27][28][29][30], thiazoles [31][32] and benzothiazoles [33][34]. With weak

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

• agent oxone (Scheme 24) [97]. Carbon–carbon double (C=C) and triple (C≡C) bonds-containing compounds are also reported to undergo dihalogenation reactions under mechanochemical conditions. In 2014, Mal and co-workers reported a mild aryl halogenation reaction using respective N-halosuccinimide (NXS

• dialkyl carbonates [90]. Mechanochemical transesterification reaction using basic Al2O3 [91]. Mechanochemical carbamate synthesis [92]. Mechanochemical bromination reaction using NaBr and oxone [96]. Mechanochemical aryl halogenation reactions using NaX and oxone [97]. Mechanochemical halogenation

• reaction of electron-rich arenes [88][98]. Mechanochemical aryl halogenation reaction using trihaloisocyanuric acids [100]. Mechanochemical fluorination reaction by LAG method [102]. Mechanochemical Ugi reaction [116]. Mechanochemical Passerine reaction [116]. Mechanochemical synthesis of α-aminonitriles

Chiral phase-transfer catalysis in the asymmetric α-heterofunctionalization of prochiral nucleophiles

• Johannes Schörgenhumer,
• Maximilian Tiffner and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1753–1769, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.170

• nucleophiles will be discussed herein. Review α-Halogenations Asymmetric α-halogenation reactions of prochiral nucleophiles became a very important topic and a variety of complementary C–X bond forming strategies have been introduced over the course of the last years [49][50][51][52][53][54]. On the one hand

• investigated the phase-transfer catalysed α-cyanation of ketoesters 1 using hypervalent iodine-based cyanide transfer reagents [97]. Hereby we observed the in situ oxidation of the PTC counter anions (Br− or I−) and subsequent α-halogenation of 1. We tried to employ and optimise this procedure, but without any

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

• 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

Synthesis of tetrasubstituted pyrazoles containing pyridinyl substituents

• Josef Jansa,
• Ramona Schmidt,
• Ashenafi Damtew Mamuye,
• Laura Castoldi,
• Alexander Roller,
• Vittorio Pace and
• Wolfgang Holzer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 895–902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.90

• -diketones with arylhydrazines, halogenation of the resulting 1,3,5-triarylpyrazoles in the 4-position and further functionalization via Negishi cross-coupling [23][24] or halogen–lithium exchange reaction (Scheme 1). The resulting compounds amongst others seem to be interesting as potential complexing

Iodination of carbohydrate-derived 1,2-oxazines to enantiopure 5-iodo-3,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazines and subsequent palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

• Michal Medvecký,
• Igor Linder,
• Luise Schefzig,
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
• Reinhold Zimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2898–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.289

• investigated the synthesis of 4-halogen- and 4,5-bis(halogen)-substituted 6H-1,2-oxazines by halogenation of 6H-1,2-oxazines and subsequent palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions such as Sonogashira or Suzuki–Miyaura reactions [24] leading to aryl- and alkynyl-functionalized products. The synthetic potential

Enduracididine, a rare amino acid component of peptide antibiotics: Natural products and synthesis

• Darcy J. Atkinson,
• Briar J. Naysmith,
• Daniel P. Furkert and
• Margaret A. Brimble

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2325–2342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.226

• been published [1][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Enduracidin A (7) and B (8) have also been isolated from Streptomyces sp. NJWGY366516 [16], Streptomyces atrovirens MGR140 [17] and along with five analogues with various halogenation patterns, from a genetically altered strain of Streptomyces

One-pot synthesis of 4′-alkyl-4-cyanobiaryls on the basis of the terephthalonitrile dianion and neutral aromatic nitrile cross-coupling

• Roman Yu. Peshkov,
• Elena V. Panteleeva,
• Wang Chunyan,
• Evgeny V. Tretyakov and
• Vitalij D. Shteingarts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1577–1584, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.153

• acylation–reduction–halogenation–cyanodehalogenation (Scheme 1) [15], are currently being replaced with methods based on transition-metal-catalyzed biaryl cross-coupling [16][17][18][19][20][21]. This methodology is well developed, compatible with different substituents in the substrate and opens up a new

Selective bromochlorination of a homoallylic alcohol for the total synthesis of (−)-anverene

• Frederick J. Seidl and
• Noah Z. Burns

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1361–1365, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.129

• homoallylic alcohol. Critical factors for optimization of this reaction are highlighted. The utility of the product bromochloride is demonstrated by the first total synthesis of an antibacterial polyhalogenated monoterpene, (−)-anverene. Keywords: enantioselective catalysis; halogenation; natural products

• halogenation than the same reaction with allylic alcohols. Consistent results were obtained when bromochlorination reactions were run in round-bottomed flasks, using rod-shaped magnetic stir bars roughly the length of the flask radius, and with stirring at no less than 1500 rpm (see Supporting Information File

Synthesis of 2-substituted tetraphenylenes via transition-metal-catalyzed derivatization of tetraphenylene

• Shulei Pan,
• Hang Jiang,
• Yanghui Zhang,
• Yu Zhang and
• Dushen Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1302–1308, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.122

• research on the properties and application of tetraphenylene derivatives. Keywords: acetoxylation; carbonylation; halogenation; tetraphenylene; transition metal; Introduction Tetraphenylene (1) is one of the simplest motifs in the eight-membered ring aromatic compounds (Figure 1) [1][2]. Based on its

• halogenation of tetraphenylene attracted our attention. The Wang group reported an efficient and mild protocol for a gold-catalyzed direct C–H halogenation of arenes with N-halosuccinimides [56][57]. Therefore, we initially investigated the chlorination of tetraphenylene by subjecting it to Wang’s conditions

• that aliphatic nitriles 4j,k were also found to be reactive under the conditions. Conclusion In conclusion, three reactions for halogenation, acetoxylation, and carbonylation of tetraphenylene (1) have been developed via a transition-metal-catalyzed direct derivatization. The reactions provide new

Palladium-catalyzed picolinamide-directed iodination of remote ortho-C−H bonds of arenes: Synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines

• William A. Nack,
• Xinmou Wang,
• Bo Wang,
• Gang He and
• Gong Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1243–1249, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.119

• and Discussion Methods for metal-catalyzed halogenation of ortho C−H bonds at the more remote ε position are scarce, in contrast to the large number of ortho C−H halogenation reactions of arenes effected by more proximal directing groups [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. Fundamentally, it

• is challenging to achieve efficient reactions through kinetically unfavorable seven-membered palladacycle intermediates. Furthermore, the electrophilic reagents used for C–H halogenation can often react with arenes through undirected SEAr pathways, which need to be suppressed for regioselectivity. To

• address this issue upfront, we commenced our study of Pd-catalyzed ε-C−H halogenation with 3-arylpropylpicolinamide 5 bearing a strongly electron-donating OMe group (Table 1, see Supporting Information File 1 for the preparation of 5). Iodination of 5 under our previous SEAr protocol gave undirected

Iodine-mediated synthesis of 3-acylbenzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides

• Long-Yi Xi,
• Ruo-Yi Zhang,
• Lei Shi,
• Shan-Yong Chen and
• Xiao-Qi Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1072–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.101

• ). To shed light on the mechanism of this reaction, a control experiment was conducted. It is known that acetophenones can undergo halogenation and further Kornblum oxidation to give phenylglyoxal in a I2/DMSO system [33][34]. We isolated the product in 85% yield by heating phenylglyoxal and 2a in DMSO

• isolated after stirring 12 h at 80 °C. On the basis of this experiment described above and literature [13][35][36], a possible mechanism was proposed in Scheme 7. The halogenation of 1a with iodine results in the formation of compound A, which, via Kornblum oxidation, provides phenylglyoxal B. The

C–H bond halogenation catalyzed or mediated by copper: an overview

• Wenyan Hao and
• Yunyun Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2132–2144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.230

• via direct C–H bond transformation is reviewed. Keywords: C(sp2)–H bond; C(sp3)–H bond; copper; halogenation; Introduction Organohalides are inarguably a class of most useful chemicals owing to their prevalent application in the synthesis of organic products. The versatile reactivity of C–X bonds

• allowed them to be used as precursors in the construction of natural products, medicinal, functional materials and agricultural chemicals [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Therefore, the research toward catalytic generation of C–X bonds constitutes a significant issue in organic synthesis. Electrophilic halogenation of

• , significant advances have also occurred in the C–H halogenation catalyzed by different transition metals as Pd [19][20][21][22][23], Rh [24][25], Ru [26], Au [27], Co [28], etc. As a class of readily available and ubiquitously employed transition metal catalysts, copper catalysts have exhibited tremendous

Cross-metathesis reaction of α- and β-vinyl C-glycosides with alkenes

• Ivan Šnajdr,
• Kamil Parkan,
• Filip Hessler and
• Martin Kotora

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1392–1397, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.150

• vinyl β-C-deoxyribofuranoside was based on transformation of 6-O-tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-3,5-dideoxy-5-iodo-L-lyxo-hexofuranose [14]. A reaction sequence relying on Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons/ring closure–halogenation/Ramberg–Bäcklund/Wittig reaction gave rise to the equimolar mixture of styryl α- and β-C

Electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol

• Jacek W. Morzycki and
• Andrzej Sobkowiak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 392–402, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.45

• affords different products depending on the reaction conditions. Keywords: allylic oxidation; cholesterol; electrochemical halogenation; electrochemical oxidation; Introduction Cholesterol is the most common steroid in the mammalian body. It is necessary to ensure a proper membrane permeability and