Generation of multimillion chemical space based on the parallel Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction

• Evgen V. Govor,
• Vasyl Naumchyk,
• Ihor Nestorak,
• Dmytro S. Radchenko,
• Dmytro Dudenko,
• Yurii S. Moroz,
• Olexiy D. Kachkovsky and
• Oleksandr O. Grygorenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1604–1613, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.143

• reaction is a three-component condensation of an α-amino heterocycle (e.g., 2-aminopyridine) 1, an aldehyde 2, and an isonitrile 3 providing the corresponding fused imidazoles (e.g., imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines) of general formula 4 (Scheme 1) [18][19][20][21]. Imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and related heterocycles

• }). Some of these results (e.g., on the reactivity of aminopyrimidine derivatives) were in accordance with the previous literature data [21][29]. Meanwhile, electronic effects of the substituents in the amino heterocycle reported in the previous works were somewhat contradictory. Whereas for the NO2 group

Benzylic C(sp³)–H fluorination

• Alexander P. Atkins,
• Alice C. Dean and
• Alastair J. J. Lennox

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1527–1547, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.137

• ]. The authors proposed the formation of a charge-transfer complex between the heterocycle and Selectfluor, capable of promoting an ET/PT or PCET pathway to furnish the carbon-centred radical at the heterobenzylic position. Fluorine-atom-transfer with Selectfluor then afforded the desired product

Primary amine-catalyzed enantioselective 1,4-Michael addition reaction of pyrazolin-5-ones to α,β-unsaturated ketones

• Pooja Goyal,
• Akhil K. Dubey,
• Raghunath Chowdhury and
• Amey Wadawale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1518–1526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.136

• (Scheme 2) were obtained in good to excellent yields (71–97%) and enantioselectivities (83.5–98% ee). Molecules containing two or more biologically relevant heterocycle motifs are receiving attention in drug discovery research [31][32][33]. The enantioselective synthesis of such hybrid molecules is

Oxidative hydrolysis of aliphatic bromoalkenes: scope study and reactivity insights

• Amol P. Jadhav and
• Claude Y. Legault

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1286–1291, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.111

• bromoalkenes as substrates delivering dialkyl α-bromoketones which are highly sought-after synthons in heterocycle synthesis and medicinal chemistry, thus overcoming the limitations of previous methods. The reaction accommodates sterically hindered bromoalkenes as substrates, leading to the corresponding α

The Ugi4CR as effective tool to access promising anticancer isatin-based α-acetamide carboxamide oxindole hybrids

• Carolina S. Marques,
• Aday González-Bakker and
• José M. Padrón

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1213–1220, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.104

• , 72, 74 and 84% yield, respectively. An exception was noticed for N-heterocycle units (pyridine and 1H-pyrrole) substituted in the same position, since compounds 8g, 8l and 8i were obtained in 56, 51 and 36% yield, respectively. The 1,2,3-triazole hybrid isatin compound 8n was obtained in 56% yield

• . Compounds 5ib and 5hb, with N-Boc protected-heterocycle units in the 5-amide position of the oxindole ring (Scheme 2) failed to afford the corresponding 3-deprotected isatin hybrids, since only decomposition byproducts (not identified) were obtained. Antiproliferative activity Considering the potential

Manganese-catalyzed C–C and C–N bond formation with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen or hydrogen auto-transfer

• Mohd Farhan Ansari,
• Atul Kumar Maurya,
• Abhishek Kumar and
• Saravanakumar Elangovan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1111–1166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.98

One-pot Ugi-azide and Heck reactions for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems containing tetrazole and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline

• Jiawei Niu,
• Yuhui Wang,
• Shenghu Yan,
• Yue Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma,
• Qiang Zhang and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 912–920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.81

• ; Introduction Tetrazole is a privileged heterocycle existing in a range of biological and medicinally interesting compounds [1][2] with antifungal [3][4], antibacterial [5], anticancer [6][7], antiparasitic [8], and antihypertensive properties [9] including FDA approved drugs such as valsartan and cefmetazole

• [10][11] (Figure 1). The tetrazole ring can also be found in functional materials for photography, imaging, and military applications [12][13][14][15][16][17]. The hydroisoquinoline core, such as 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline and pyrazino[2,1-a]isoquinolinone, is also a privileged heterocycle which

Three-component N-alkenylation of azoles with alkynes and iodine(III) electrophile: synthesis of multisubstituted N-vinylazoles

• Jun Kikuchi,
• Roi Nakajima and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 891–897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.79

• , producing the vicinal N-heterocycle-substituted olefin 9 as a mixture of stereoisomers in 65% yield. Finally, 4aa proved to be a viable nucleophilic VBX for the carboiodanation of 3-methoxybenzyne [35], furnishing the new ortho-alkenylated arylbenziodoxole 10 with exclusive C–C bond formation at the distal

(Bio)isosteres of ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes

• H. Erik Diepers and
• Johannes C. L. Walker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 859–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.78

• potential explanation for these observations is an increase in heterocycle basicity on bioisosteric switch of a neighbouring aromatic group. However, the drug-specific half-maximal rescue concentration (RC50 CFTR, lower indicates higher biological activity), indicative of the biological activity, increased

• was also employed for the synthesis of 1,2,4-BCHs [35]. Heterocycle-substituted BCHs were accessed by [2π + 2σ] photocycloaddition by Glorius and co-workers [79] and Houk, Glorius and co-workers [80]. This reactivity was enabled by triplet energy transfer catalysis activating the heterocyclic

Evaluation of the enantioselectivity of new chiral ligands based on imidazolidin-4-one derivatives

• Jan Bartáček,
• Karel Chlumský,
• Jan Mrkvička,
• Lucie Paloušová,
• Miloš Sedlák and
• Pavel Drabina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 684–691, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.62

• with reduced efficiency in the absence of a second stereogenic centre at position 5. Nonetheless, IV proved to be an effective enantioselective organocatalyst in the asymmetric aldol reaction, matching the enantioselectivity levels of other proline-heterocycle derivatives [25]. Overall, our findings

Palladium-catalyzed three-component radical-polar crossover carboamination of 1,3-dienes or allenes with diazo esters and amines

• Geng-Xin Liu,
• Xiao-Ting Jie,
• Ge-Jun Niu,
• Li-Sheng Yang,
• Xing-Lin Li,
• Jian Luo and
• Wen-Hao Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 661–671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.59

• , amoxapine, an ibrutinib derivative, N-desmethyl sildenafil, silodosin, and lapatinib (4d–k, 35–67%). The late-stage modification of these drug agents and their derivatives in this MCR underlined the synthetic value and high functional group tolerance (e.g., aromatic amine, amide, alcohol, heterocycle). We

Synthesis and biological profile of 2,3-dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[4,5-b]pyridines, a novel class of acyl-ACP thioesterase inhibitors

• Jens Frackenpohl,
• David M. Barber,
• Guido Bojack,
• Birgit Bollenbach-Wahl,
• Ralf Braun,
• Rahel Getachew,
• Sabine Hohmann,
• Kwang-Yoon Ko,
• Karoline Kurowski,
• Bernd Laber,
• Rebecca L. Mattison,
• Thomas Müller,
• Anna M. Reingruber,
• Dirk Schmutzler and
• Andrea Svejda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 540–551, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.46

• -dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[4,5-b]pyridine; acyl-ACP thioesterase; bioisostere; herbicide; heterocycle; Introduction The presence of weed infestations exerts a high strain on food production around the globe by depleting resources for the crops and facilitating the transmission of diseases [1]. Although

Mechanisms for radical reactions initiating from N-hydroxyphthalimide esters

• Carlos R. Azpilcueta-Nicolas and
• Jean-Philip Lumb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 346–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.35

• . Finally, single electron oxidation of 169 at the anode, followed by rearomatization via proton-transfer forms the alkylated heterocycle 170. As discussed in Scheme 25, the Ni-catalyzed cross-electrophile coupling between redox-active esters and aryl halides requires the addition of a stoichiometric

Facile approach to N,O,S-heteropentacycles via condensation of sterically crowded 3H-phenoxazin-3-one with ortho-substituted anilines

• Eugeny Ivakhnenko,
• Vasily Malay,
• Pavel Knyazev,
• Nikita Merezhko,
• Nadezhda Makarova,
• Oleg Demidov,
• Gennady Borodkin,
• Andrey Starikov and
• Vladimir Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 336–345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.34

• amines, the direction of which is controlled by the large positive charge at the C(2) center of the p-quinone imine moiety of the heterocycle. With this in mind, we turned our attention to solid-state organic reactions. Numerous examples of nucleophilic substitutions at carbon centers are discussed in

Substitution reactions in the acenaphthene analog of quino[7,8-h]quinoline and an unusual synthesis of the corresponding acenaphthylenes by tele-elimination

• Ekaterina V. Kolupaeva,
• Narek A. Dzhangiryan,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Oleg P. Demidov and
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 243–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.24

• ), the basicity of which must obviously be higher than that of the starting heterocycle 5. To this end, we conducted a series of experiments on its oxidative amination by varying the reaction conditions (time, temperature, addition of n-butyllithium to increase the nucleophilicity of amines), and

• the effect of nitro groups on the success of dehydrogenation here is associated with three circumstances: 1) a decrease in the basicity of the initial heterocycle 5 and, accordingly, a decrease in the degree of base-induced degradation of chloranil, 2) difficulties in the formation of molecular

Metal-catalyzed coupling/carbonylative cyclizations for accessing dibenzodiazepinones: an expedient route to clozapine and other drugs

• Amina Moutayakine and
• Anthony J. Burke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 193–204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.19

• ; carbonylative cyclization; Chan–Lam; nitrogen heterocycle; one-pot; Introduction Dibenzodiazepine units are without doubt highly privileged structures, endowed with numerous medicinally relevant properties, and notably include anti-anxiolytic and antidepressant activities. These scaffolds have received much

Perspectives on push–pull chromophores derived from click-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization reactions of electron-rich alkynes and electron-deficient alkenes

• Michio Yamada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 125–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.13

Synthesis of N-acyl carbazoles, phenoxazines and acridines from cyclic diaryliodonium salts

• Nils Clamor,
• Mattis Damrath,
• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Daniel Duvinage and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 12–16, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.2

• , this new method creates two C–N bonds simultaneously based on a mono-halogenated starting material, thus allowing heterocycle formation with diminished halogen waste. Keywords: carbazoles; heteroaromatics; iodanes; metal-catalyzed; one-pot reaction; Introduction N-Acyl carbazoles are effective

Aldiminium and 1,2,3-triazolium dithiocarboxylate zwitterions derived from cyclic (alkyl)(amino) and mesoionic carbenes

• Nedra Touj,
• François Mazars,
• Guillermo Zaragoza and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1947–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.145

• analysis. The analytical data recorded for all these adducts were compared with those reported previously for related NHC·CS2 betaines derived from imidazolinium or (benz)imidazolium salts. Due to the absence of electronic communication between the CS2 unit and the orthogonal heterocycle, all the CAAC·CS2

• , MIC·CS2, and NHC·CS2 zwitterions displayed similar electronic properties and featured the same bite angle. Yet, their steric properties are liable to ample modifications by varying the exact nature of their cationic heterocycle and its substituents. Keywords: betaines; carbenes; ligand effects; nitrogen

• significantly altered by the nature of the adjacent heterocycle, in line with a lack of electronic communication between these two moieties, as further discussed below. Contrastingly, the 13C NMR resonance for the carbenoid center of all the reagents and products used in this study was clearly affected by the

N-Boc-α-diazo glutarimide as efficient reagent for assembling N-heterocycle-glutarimide diads via Rh(II)-catalyzed N–H insertion reaction

• Grigory Kantin,
• Pavel Golubev,
• Alexander Sapegin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1841–1848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.136

• at the α-position have not yet been studied. Typically, two primary strategies are employed to build an N-heterocycle-glutarimide diad. The first involves assembling a heterocyclic fragment utilizing glutamic acid imide (2, Scheme 1, route A), while the second involves alkylating NH-heterocycle with

• α-bromo (α-oxysulfonyl) glutarimide (3, Scheme 1, route B). Although the first approach has readily available starting reagents, a simple synthesis process, and gives generally high yields, it is restricted in terms of the type of heterocycle that can be assembled (primarily cyclic imides and

• lactams). The second approach, which asserts its universality, frequently displays inadequate yield of target compounds. As such, the endeavour to discover novel approaches for synthesizing N-heterocycle-glutarimide ensembles of type 1 persists as imperative. Aliphatic diazocarbonyl reagents are widely

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

• reaction of the carbene 1,3-dimesitylimidazol-2-ylidene (7a) with carbon tetrachloride in THF (Scheme 4) [5]. Structure of N-heterocyclic carbenes N-Heterocyclic carbenes contain at least one nitrogen atom and there may be another nitrogen atom or a sulfur atom present in the heterocycle. A general

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

• Nadia Ledermann,
• Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

• increasingly interesting [26][27]. In addition, as one-pot processes with a huge exploratory potential and diversity-oriented character, syntheses of indoles by multicomponent reactions have aroused considerable interest [28][29][30]. As part of our program to develop heterocycle syntheses based upon

Visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxytrifluoroethylation of alkyl carboxylic acids: Access to trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins

• Feng Chen,
• Xiu-Hua Xu,
• Zeng-Hao Chen,
• Yue Chen and
• Feng-Ling Qing

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1372–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.98

• carboxylic acid and pivalic anhydride than aryl bromide. The halides provided versatile synthetic handles for further transformations. Substrates bearing thiophene (3k) furan (3j) and other heterocycle (3l,m) moieties were also applicable to this reaction. This protocol allowed for the coupling of not only

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

• Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
• Alicia Bauduin,
• Chloé Le Roux,
• Romain Fouinneteau,
• Wilfried Berthe,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

• mixture of methanol and chloroform to give 22.7. The last two steps consist in introducing the phosphocholine moiety. A first step consists in the reaction of 2-chloro-2-oxo-1,2,3-dioxaphospholane (22.8) with 22.7 to yield 22.9. Then, the heterocycle was opened by reaction with trimethylamine to produce

• 28.4 followed by the opening of the intermediate heterocycle with trimethylamine to produce 28.5. It must be noted that C. Piantadosi, S. Morris-Natschke et al. reported in 1990 [135] a series of alkyl thioethers with additional modifications in position sn-3. First, the thioether 29.1 (Figure 29A) was

• of this compound is only reported in a patent published in 1991 by P. Braquet et al. [138]. The reaction starts with the deprotonation of 30.1 to produce the alcoholate that was alkylated with iodomethane. Then, the reductive opening reaction of the 1,3-dioxane heterocycle in the presence of BH3 as

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

• Carlee A. Montgomery and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

• synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and tertiary amines. N-Heterocycle synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and secondary amines. Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylides 39 and tertiary