β-Hydroxy sulfides and their syntheses

• Mokgethwa B. Marakalala,
• Edwin M. Mmutlane and
• Henok H. Kinfe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1668–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.143

• . Carrying out the one-pot thiolysis then oxidation with hydrogen peroxide proceeded uneventfully to give the corresponding β-hydroxy sulfoxides 35 and 36 in good to excellent yields (Scheme 7). Moreover, the reaction was found to be compatible with the less nucleophilic thiols such as p-fluorothiophenol and

A survey of chiral hypervalent iodine reagents in asymmetric synthesis

• Soumen Ghosh,
• Suman Pradhan and
• Indranil Chatterjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1244–1262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.107

• -symmetric I(III) reagent 8b was used to obtain high enantioselectivity. Ishihara et al. appealingly reported an oxidative cycloetherification of ketophenols 92 in the presence of an in situ generated chiral quaternary ammonium (hypo)iodite salt 94, with hydrogen peroxide as an oxidant to deliver chiral

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

• structures for both pairs (271 or 272) are not clear. However, the oxidation of both 239 and 264 to o-carboxycinnamic acid (273) was also reported under alkaline hydrogen peroxide conditions (Scheme 42) [163][164]. Furthermore, bromination of 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239) and corresponding transformations

• ) [174]. Catalytic hydrogenation of 241 over Adams's catalyst (PtO2.H2) gave the diol 295 (Scheme 49) [162][165][174]. Treatment of 241 with alkaline hydrogen peroxide caused degradative fission to give o-carboxycinnamic acid (296) [165], while nitration of 241 with nitric acid in an acetic acid solution

Selective carboxylation of reactive benzylic C–H bonds by a hypervalent iodine(III)/inorganic bromide oxidation system

• Toshifumi Dohi,
• Shohei Ueda,
• Kosuke Iwasaki,
• Yusuke Tsunoda,
• Koji Morimoto and
• Yasuyuki Kita

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1087–1094, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.94

• benzylmethyl groups, and the use of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) [58] or catalytic tetrabutylammonium iodide with tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide for reactions with a large excess of aromatic hydrocarbons [59]. Other than these excellent examples of metal-free methods, two protocols using a

An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

• Sayantan Bhaduri,
• Nihar Ranjan and
• Dev P. Arya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93

• groove binders, whereas the third complex prefers an intercalative mode of binding to DNA. All these complexes show nuclease activity in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and induce apoptosis to human A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells. A series of novel glyco-oligoamides (Figure 9) has been designed and

An uracil-linked hydroxyflavone probe for the recognition of ATP

• Márton Bojtár,
• Péter Zoltán Janzsó-Berend,
• Dávid Mester,
• Dóra Hessz,
• Mihály Kállay,
• Miklós Kubinyi and
• István Bitter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 747–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.63

• alkaline hydrogen peroxide to obtain the clickable fluorophore. All new compounds were characterized by NMR and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Optical spectroscopy The solubility of the UHF probe was very poor in water which resulted in the decrease of fluorescence over time upon dilution from the

• -hydroxy-7-propargyloxy-4H-chromen-4-one (3): Chalcone 2 (500 mg, 1.56 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (25 mL) and sodium hydroxide (700 mg, 17.6 mmol, 11 equiv), dissolved in water (12.5 mL), was added. To the deep red solution was added 0.75 mL 30% hydrogen peroxide and the mixture was stirred at room

• analytes were added in 0.3 mM concentration. Ratio of the fluorescence intensities at 540 nm, the samples were excited at 470 and 400 nm. The red curve represents the result of a non-linear fitting. Synthesis of UHF. (i) 4-Dimethylaminobenzaldehyde, DMF, NaOMe, rt, 17 h, (ii) hydrogen peroxide, NaOH

Nanoreactors for green catalysis

• M. Teresa De Martino,
• Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
• Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
• Jan C. M. van Hest

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61

• of glucose oxidase (GOx) to convert glucose into D-glucono-δ-lactone and hydrogen peroxide was the first step of the reaction (Scheme 3A); subsequently, myoglobin (Myo) employed the hydrogen peroxide produced to oxidize guaiacol to quinone and water (Scheme 3B). When the pH was below 7, the

Biocatalytic synthesis of the Green Note trans-2-hexenal in a continuous-flow microreactor

• Morten M. C. H. van Schie,
• Tiago Pedroso de Almeida,
• Gabriele Laudadio,
• Florian Tieves,
• Elena Fernández-Fueyo,
• Timothy Noël,
• Isabel W. C. E. Arends and
• Frank Hollmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 697–703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.58

• spectrophotometer, following the oxidation of ABTS (ε405 = 36,800 M−1 cm−1) by horseradish peroxidase (POD) at the expense of hydrogen peroxide. In general, 0.044 µM PeAAOx was used to convert 3 mM of trans-2-hex-2-enol. The hydrogen peroxide formed in this reaction was subsequently used to convert 2 mM of ABTS to

One-pot preparation of 4-aryl-3-bromocoumarins from 4-aryl-2-propynoic acids with diaryliodonium salts, TBAB, and Na₂S₂O₈

• Teppei Sasaki,
• Katsuhiko Moriyama and
• Hideo Togo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 345–353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.22

• [27], with R-CH=O/(n-Bu)4NBr (TBAB, cat.)/K2S2O8 at 90 °C [28], with ArSO2H/Eosin Y(cat.)/tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide (TBHP) at rt [29], and with ArSO2NHNH2/n-Bu4NI(cat.)/TBHP at 80 °C [30]. In addition, the formation of coumarins via the bromine-radical-mediated reaction of aryl 2-alkynoates with

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

• pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives starting from 5-amino-4-cyanopyrazoles 208 (Scheme 57). 5-Amino-4-cyanopyrazole 208 was benzoylated with p-nitrobenzoyl chloride (209) and subsequently cyclized to pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivative 211 by refluxing in sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• radical anion then deprotonates the thiyl radical cation. Subsequent addition to the alkene yields the anti-Markovnikov radical intermediate. Radical addition to dioxygen leads finally to the β-ketosulfide, which subsequently is oxidized by the in situ generated hydrogen peroxide radical to the respective

• β-ketosulfoxide. No additional sacrificial substrates are needed in order to regenerate the photocatalyst or for the oxidation of the sulfenyl intermediate to the respective sulfoxide moiety. Hydrogen peroxide, which is generated as a byproduct, directly is consumed by oxidizing the sulfide to the

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel benzophospholo[3,2-b]indole derivatives

• Mio Matsumura,
• Mizuki Yamada,
• Atsuya Muranaka,
• Misae Kanai,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Daisuke Hashizume,
• Masanobu Uchiyama and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2304–2309, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.226

• ]indole 3 in 66% yield. Then, the chemical modification of the phosphorus atom of 3 was carried out and the results are shown in Scheme 2. The treatment of 3 with hydrogen peroxide, elemental sulfur, and elemental selenium afforded the corresponding phosphine oxide 4, sulfide 5, and selenide 6

New bio-nanocomposites based on iron oxides and polysaccharides applied to oxidation and alkylation reactions

• Daily Rodríguez-Padrón,
• Alina M. Balu,
• Antonio A. Romero and
• Rafael Luque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1982–1993, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.194

• supported iron oxide based catalytic systems [46] have been extensity reported to be active, stable and selective catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide. Specifically, the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde has generated great interest in order to study the oxidation of

• was measured at room temperature at low frequency (470 Hz) using a Bartington MS-2 instrument. Catalytic experiments The oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde was performed using 25 mg of catalyst, 0.2 mL of benzyl alcohol, 0.3 mL of hydrogen peroxide, and 2 mL of acetonitrile as the solvent

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

• -transfer reactions is hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Unfortunately, the direct use of this base-chemical under asymmetric organocatalysis turned out to be rather tricky for α-hydroxylation reactions. One recent report by the Ooi group overcame some of the limitations by using H2O2 in combination with

The chemistry and biology of mycolactones

• Matthias Gehringer and
• Karl-Heinz Altmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159

New electroactive asymmetrical chalcones and therefrom derived 2-amino- / 2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines, containing an N-[ω-(4-methoxyphenoxy)alkyl]carbazole fragment: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties

• Daria G. Selivanova,
• Alexei A. Gorbunov,
• Olga A. Mayorova,
• Alexander N. Vasyanin,
• Igor V. Lunegov,
• Elena V. Shklyaeva and
• Georgii G. Abashev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1583–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.158

• ethanolic media resulted in the formation of 1,3-diarylsubstituted prop-2-en-1-ones 6a,b [23]. Cyclization of chalcones 6a,b with guanidine sulfate followed by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide gave rise to 2-amino-4,6-disubstituted pyrimidines 7a,b [24]. 2-(1H-Pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines 8a,b were synthesized

Urea–hydrogen peroxide prompted the selective and controlled oxidation of thioglycosides into sulfoxides and sulfones

• Adesh Kumar Singh,
• Varsha Tiwari,
• Kunj Bihari Mishra,
• Surabhi Gupta and
• Jeyakumar Kandasamy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1139–1144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.113

• thioglycosides to corresponding glycosyl sulfoxides and sulfones is reported using urea–hydrogen peroxide (UHP). A wide range of glycosyl sulfoxides are selectively achieved using 1.5 equiv of UHP at 60 °C while corresponding sulfones are achieved using 2.5 equiv of UHP at 80 °C in acetic acid. Remarkably

• , oxidation susceptible olefin functional groups were found to be stable during the oxidation of sulfide. Keywords: monosaccharides; oxidation; sulfones; sulfoxides; thioglycosides; urea–hydrogen peroxide; Introduction Organosulfur compounds such as sulfides, sulfoxides and sulfones are useful intermediates

• , intolerance of other oxidation susceptible functional groups, etc. Thus, developing a mild and efficient method for the controlled oxidation of sulfides to corresponding glycosyl sulfoxides and sulfones, is of great interest. The utility of hydrogen peroxide–solid adducts in organic synthesis is well explored

Adsorption of RNA on mineral surfaces and mineral precipitates

• Elisa Biondi,
• Yoshihiro Furukawa,
• Jun Kawai and
• Steven A. Benner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 393–404, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.42

• thousand other variables that might influence these results [32]. Mitigating this concern is the fact that the patterns of adsorbance were unchanged in these experiments whether or not the mineral was cleaned by treating with hydrogen peroxide or diluted acid. However, as a cautionary note, we point to the

• , strontianite, and witherite, respectively). The magnesite specimen was from Minas Gerias, Brazil; the calcite was a specimen of "Iceland spar". The strontianite was obtained from the Minerva Mine in Illinois , and the witherite was obtained from Cave in Rock, Illinois. The specimens were washed with hydrogen

• peroxide (30%) followed by water and then ethanol to remove potential organic surface contaminants. The samples were then dried in air while covered. To flat surfaces of the cleaned mineral were added droplets of an aqueous (unbuffered) solution of 5’-32P labeled 83-mer RNA (2 µL, 50 nM). This length was

Total synthesis of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F CPS repeating unit hexasaccharide

• Peter H. Seeberger,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Subramanian Govindan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 164–173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.19

• employing a more nucleophilic and less basic reagent such as a lithium hydroxide/hydrogen peroxide mixture did not provide relief from the problem, but instead also produced a mixture of undesired products. Adjustments in the sequence of deprotection steps by first carrying out hydrogenolysis using Pd/C in

Stereo- and regioselectivity of the hetero-Diels–Alder reaction of nitroso derivatives with conjugated dienes

• Lucie Brulíková,
• Aidan Harrison,
• Marvin J. Miller and
• Jan Hlaváč

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1949–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.184

• transformation, hydrogen peroxide and m-CPBA are the most popular (see examples in Scheme 4). In the literature, the oxidation of hydroxylamines is described most frequently using Fe(III) salts, m-CPBA or TBAPI and the reaction is performed exclusively using a solid-phase synthetic approach (see examples in

• chiral alkyl N-dienylpyroglutamates 190 with acylnitroso intermediates 191 generated through a Ru(II) or Ir(I)-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide oxidation of hydroxamic acids (Scheme 38) [143]. The Ru(II) complexes A–D have previously been reported [144] as efficient catalysts for the oxidation of hydroxamic

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

• search for new synthetic methods for peroxides starting from carbonyl compounds, hydrogen peroxide, and hydroperoxides [121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136][137][138][139][140][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151][152][153][154][155][156][157

• Smith rearrangements are of interest in allyl hydroperoxide transformations. 1.1 Baeyer–Villiger oxidation The BV reaction is the oxidation of ketones or aldehydes A under the action of hydrogen peroxide, hydroperoxides, Caro’s acid (H2SO5), or organic peracids to yield esters, lactones, or carboxylic

• . The BV oxidation is one of the most important reactions in organic chemistry because it produces lactones, which are useful synthetic products in polymer, agrochemical, and pharmaceutical industry. m-Chloroperbenzoic, peracetic, and perfluoroacetic acids, as well as hydrogen peroxide/protic acid

Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides

• Franziska Hemmerling and
• Frank Hahn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148

• consumption of hydrogen peroxide. It has been shown that the AS is substrate tolerant and accepts different hydroxylation patterns as well as glycosylations on the chalcone A and B rings [154]. However, the oxidative half-reaction only occurs with chalcones and not with other aryl substrates like L-tyrosine

Automated glycan assembly of a S. pneumoniae serotype 3 CPS antigen

• Markus W. Weishaupt,
• Stefan Matthies,
• Mattan Hurevich,
• Claney L. Pereira,
• Heung Sik Hahm and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1440–1446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.139

• using a mixture of lithium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide to avoid elimination reactions which are common for uronic acid methyl esters under strongly basic conditions [30][32]. In the next step, the remaining esters were removed employing sodium hydroxide in methanol. Finally, catalytic hydrogenation

Interactions between 4-thiothymidine and water-soluble cyclodextrins: Evidence for supramolecular structures in aqueous solutions

• Vito Rizzi,
• Sergio Matera,
• Paola Semeraro,
• Paola Fini and
• Pinalysa Cosma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 549–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.54

• , ROS (namely singlet oxygen, superoxide ions and hydrogen peroxide), generated via the excited state of the PS, destroy the PS itself. Because of this, the effort to preserve the PS is one of main issues. Regarding S4TdR, as a result of its photodynamic activity, the thiobase can be destroyed by a

Aluminacyclopentanes in the synthesis of 3-substituted phospholanes and α,ω-bisphospholanes

• Vladimir A. D’yakonov,
• Alevtina L. Makhamatkhanova,
• Rina A. Agliullina,
• Leisan K. Dilmukhametova,
• Tat’yana V. Tyumkina and
• Usein M. Dzhemilev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 406–412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.43

• dichlorophosphines (R′PCl2). Hydrogen peroxide oxidation and treatment with S8 of the synthesized phospholanes and α,ω-bisphospholanes afforded the corresponding 3-alkyl(aryl)-1-alkyl(phenyl)phospholane 1-oxides, 3-alkyl(aryl)-1-alkyl(phenyl)phospholane 1-sulfides, bisphospholane 1,1'-dioxides, and bisphospholane

• regioisomers react in situ with phosphorus dihalides and hydrogen peroxide to afford 1-phenyl(alkyl)-2-arylphospholane oxides 7a–f and 1-phenyl(alkyl)-3-arylphospholane oxides 8a–f in 2:1 ratio in a 69–87% total yield (Table 2). The regioisomers were isolated by column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate

• ]+): 277.4046; found: 277.4. Preparation of 3-alkyl(aryl)phospholane-1-oxides (general procedure) A 30% solution of hydrogen peroxide (0.7 mL, 6 mmol) was slowly added dropwise with vigorous stirring to a solution of 3-alkyl(benzyl)-1-alkyl(phenyl)phospholane (5 mmol), synthesized as described above, in