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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1194–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.116
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Figure 1: Squalestatin S1/zaragozic acid A (1) and DDSQ (2).
Scheme 1: Carbonyl ylide cycloaddition–rearrangement to the squalestatin core [12,13].
Scheme 2: Tartrate alkylation strategy to cycloaddition substrate.
Scheme 3: Conversion of α-ketoester to α-diazoester.
Scheme 4: Seebach’s tartrate alkylation and rationalisation of stereoselectivity [17-19].
Scheme 5: Tartrate alkylation with a non-activated alkyl iodide.
Scheme 6: Alkylated tartrate to diazoester sequence.
Scheme 7: TES protection approach to the squalestatin core.
Scheme 8: Tartrate acetonide methylation.
Scheme 9: Tartrate alkylation with various alkyl halides.
Scheme 10: Rationalisation of dialkylation observations.
Scheme 11: Tartrate alkylation chemistry with more complex alkyl iodides [12,13].
Figure 2: Natural product examples containing the monoalkylated tartaric acid motif.
Scheme 12: Epimerisation of monoalkylated tartrates.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 901–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.87
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Scheme 1: Reaction scheme for the one-pot reaction of C60Cl6 to produce Janus-type fullerenols (OH)19+/−3C60(...
Figure 1: Characterization of fullerenol amphiphile with substituent 1. a) ESIMS in positive mode, molecular ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 602–609, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.55
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Figure 1: Catalyst optimization for the monooxidation of n-butylbenzene mediated by the iodate anion.
Figure 2: NHPI-catalyzed oxidation of secondary benzylic C–H bonds mediated by iodine(V). a100 °C for 18 h; b...
Figure 3: NHPI-catalyzed oxidation of di-benzylic C–H bonds mediated by iodate.
Figure 4: NHPI-catalyzed oxidation of substrates containing primary and tertiary benzylic C–H bonds. aReactio...
Figure 5: Competitive deuterium KIE for the oxidation of ethyl benzene by the NHPI-iodate system.
Figure 6: Pyrolysis of an acyl perester in the presence of molecular iodine.
Figure 7: Proposed mechanism for the selective monooxygenation of benzylic C–H bonds.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22
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Figure 1: Structure of L-glutamic acid.
Figure 2: 3-Hydroxy- (2), 4-hydroxy- (3) and 3,4-dihydroxyglutamic acids (4).
Figure 3: Enantiomers of 3-hydroxyglutamic acid (2).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 from (R)-Garner's aldehyde. Reagents and conditions: a) MeOCH=CH–CH(OTMS)=CH2...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 and (2S,3S)-2 from (R)-Garner’s aldehyde. Reagents and conditions: a) H2C=CH...
Scheme 3: Two-carbon homologation of the protected L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) Fmoc-succinimide, Na2...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of di-tert-butyl ester of (2R,3S)-2 from L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) PhSO2Cl, K2...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (2R,3S)-2 from O-benzyl-L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) (CF3CH2O)2P(O)CH2COOMe, ...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 employing a one-pot cis-olefination–conjugate addition sequence. Reagents an...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the orthogonally protected (2S,3R)-2 from a chiral aziridine. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected (2S,3R)-2 from D-phenylglycine. Reagents and conditions: a) BnMgCl, et...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 employing ketopinic acid as chiral auxiliary. Reagents and conditions: a) Br2...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 employing (1S)-2-exo-methoxyethoxyapocamphane-1-carboxylic...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 from (S)-N-(1-phenylethyl)thioacetamide. R...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 via Sharpless epoxidation. Reagents and co...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (2S,3S)-2 from the imide 51. Reagents and conditions: a) NaBH4, MeOH/CH2Cl2; b) Ac2O, ...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (2R,3S)-2 and (2S,3S)-2 from the acetolactam 55 (PMB = p-methoxybenzyl). Reagents and ...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 from D-glucose. Reagents and conditions: a) NaClO2, 30% H2O2, NaH2PO4, MeCN;...
Figure 4: Enantiomers of 3-hydroxyglutamic acid (3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (4S)-4-hydroxy-L-glutamic acid [(2S,4S)-3] by electrophilic hydroxylation. Reagents an...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of all stereoisomers of 4-hydroxyglutamic acid (3). Reagents and conditions: a) Br2, PBr5...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the orthogonally protected 4-hydroxyglutamic acid (2S,4S)-73. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of (2S,4R)-4-acetyloxyglutamic acid as a component of a dipeptide. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl esters of (2S,4R)- and (2S,4S)-3 from (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyprolin...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of orthogonally protected (2S,4S)-3 from (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyproline. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of the protected (4R)-4-hydroxy-L-pyroglutamic acid (2S,4R)-87 by electrophilic hydroxyla...
Figure 5: Enantiomers of 3,4-dihydroxy-L-glutamic acid (4).
Scheme 23: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-4 from the epoxypyrrolidinone 88. Reagents and conditions: a) MeOH, THF, KC...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of (2S,3R,4R)-4 from the orthoester 92. Reagents and conditions: a) OsO4, NMO, acetone/wa...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from the aziridinolactone 95. Reagents and conditions: a) BnOH, BF3·OEt2,...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-4 and (2R,3S,4R)-4 from cyclic imides 106. Reagents and conditions: a) NaBH4...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of (2R,3R,4R)-4 and (2S,3R,4R)-4 from the cyclic meso-imide 110. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from the protected serinal (R)-23. Reagents and conditions: a) Ph3P=CHCOO...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from O-benzyl-N-Boc-D-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) ClCOOiBu, TEA, ...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-127 by enantioselective conjugate addition and asymmetric dihydroxylation. ...
Figure 6: Structures of selected compounds containing hydroxyglutamic motives (in blue).
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2771–2778, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.254
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Figure 1: Drugs and agrochemicals having a nicotinic acid derivative.
Scheme 1: One-pot access to (2-hydroxyaryl)pyridines.
Scheme 2: A possible mechanism for this sequential reaction.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope for (2-hydroxyaryl)nicotinates syntheses. The reaction was performed with 1a–e (0.2...
Scheme 4: One-pot synthesis of (2-hydroxyaryl)nicotinonitriles 5ak–5am.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2627–2645, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.241
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Figure 1: The four quorum sensing systems in P. aeruginosa las, iqs, rhl, and pqs. Abbreviations: OdDHL, N-(3...
Figure 2: Schematic overview of the PQS biosynthesis and involvement of related metabolites and PqsE in virul...
Figure 3: Anthranilic acid (1) and derivatives thereof (2–4).
Figure 4: Crystal structure of 6-FABA-AMP in complex with PqsA.
Figure 5: Structures of substrate mimetic PqsA inhibitors.
Figure 6: Structures and characteristics of prominent classes of PqsD inhibitors.
Figure 7: Comparison of docking poses of three prototypic PqsD inhibitors: benzamidobenzoic acid derivative 12...
Figure 8: Structures and characteristics of hits against PqsD identified through different methods.
Figure 9: HHQ and PQS analogues as PqsD inhibitors and chemical probe used for screening.
Figure 10: Structure of PqsD-targeting biofilm inhibitor derived from linezolid.
Figure 11: Fragment-based PqsE-inhibitors 24–26.
Figure 12: PqsE co-crystal structures. (A) native product 2-ABA; (B–D) hit fragments 24–26.
Figure 13: Structurally diverse PqsBC-inhibitors 27–30.
Figure 14: Native PqsR ligand HHQ (31) which is converted into PQS (32) by PqsH and synthetic inhibitors 33 an...
Figure 15: Quinazolinone inhibitor 36 (QZN).
Figure 16: Crystal structure of QZN (36) in complex with PqsRCBD.
Figure 17: Structures of best fitting compounds 37–40 obtained from docking studies.
Figure 18: Initial hit 21 and optimized compound 42 (M64).
Figure 19: Co-crystal structure of M64 (42) with PqsRLBD.
Figure 20: M64 (42) as the starting point for further optimization leading to 43, which was further modified a...
Figure 21: Hit fragments from the benzamide (47–48) and oxadiazole class (49–51).
Figure 22: Structures of dual inhibitors 52–55.
Figure 23: Sulfonyl pyrimidines 56–58 acting as dual PqsD/PqsR inhibitors.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2295–2307, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.204
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Scheme 1: Nicotine catabolism in A. nicotinovorans. The respective gene names are given in parentheses.
Scheme 2: Hydroxylation of nicotine by the molybdopterin cofactor of nicotine dehydrogenase.
Figure 1: Overlay of the structure of LHNO (blue, pdb file 3NG7) with that of human MAO B (orange, pdb file 2...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism of LHNO [21].
Scheme 4: Mechanism of LHNO.
Figure 2: Overlay of the structures of DHNO (blue, pdb file 2bvf) and tirandamycin oxidase (orange, pdb file ...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for DHNO [27].
Scheme 6: Mechanism of 2,6-dihydroxypseudooxynicotine hydrolase [37].
Figure 3: Overlay of structures of salicylate hydroxylase (orange, pdb file 5evy) and 2,3-dihydroxypyridine 3...
Scheme 7: Mechanism of 2,3-dihydroxypyridine 3-hydroxylase [42].
Scheme 8: The pyrrolidine pathway for nicotine degradation by pseudomonads. The gene names for P. putida S16 ...
Figure 4: Overlay of the structure of LHNO (magenta, pdb file 3NG7) with that of NicA2 (magenta, pdb file 5tt...
Scheme 9: The pseudooxynicotine amine oxidase reaction.
Scheme 10: Mechanism of HspB [59].
Scheme 11: Hybrid pyridine/pyrrolidine pathway for nicotine metabolism in Agrobacter tumefaciens S33 (black), ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2090–2097, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.183
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Figure 1: Strategies for cobalt-catalyzed alkoxylation.
Scheme 1: Reaction scope with respect to N-(naphthalen-1-yl)picolinamide derivatives. Reaction conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 2: Reaction scope with respect to alcohols. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.2 mmol), 2 (1.0 mL), CoF2 (20 m...
Scheme 3: Control experiments and mechanistic studies.
Scheme 4: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 5: Removal of the directing group.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1244–1262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.107
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Scheme 1: An overview of different chiral iodine reagents or precursors thereof.
Scheme 2: Asymmetric oxidation of sulfides by chiral hypervalent iodine reagents.
Scheme 3: Oxidative dearomatization of naphthol derivatives by Kita et al.
Scheme 4: [4 + 2] Diels–Alder dimerization reported by Birman et al.
Scheme 5: m-CPBA guided catalytic oxidative naphthol dearomatization.
Scheme 6: Oxidative dearomatization of phenolic derivatives by Ishihara et al.
Scheme 7: Oxidative spirocyclization applying precatalyst 11 developed by Ciufolini et al.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric hydroxylative dearomatization.
Scheme 9: Enantioselective oxylactonization reported by Fujita et al.
Scheme 10: Dioxytosylation of styrene (47) by Wirth et al.
Scheme 11: Oxyarylation and aminoarylation of alkenes.
Scheme 12: Asymmetric diamination of alkenes.
Scheme 13: Stereoselective oxyamination of alkenes reported by Wirth et al.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective and regioselective aminofluorination by Nevado et al.
Scheme 15: Fluorinated difunctionalization reported by Jacobsen et al.
Scheme 16: Aryl rearrangement reported by Wirth et al.
Scheme 17: α-Arylation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 18: Asymmetric α-oxytosylation of carbonyls.
Scheme 19: Asymmetric α-oxygenation and α-amination of carbonyls reported by Wirth et al.
Scheme 20: Asymmetric α-functionalization of ketophenols using chiral quaternary ammonium (hypo)iodite salt re...
Scheme 21: Oxidative Intramolecular coupling by Gong et al.
Scheme 22: α-Sulfonyl and α-phosphoryl oxylation of ketones reported by Masson et al.
Scheme 23: α-Fluorination of β-keto esters.
Scheme 24: Alkynylation of β-ketoesters and amides catalyzed by phase-transfer catalyst.
Scheme 25: Alkynylation of β-ketoesters and dearomative alkynylation of phenols.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93
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Figure 1: A figure showing the hydrogen bonding patterns observed in (a) duplex (b) triplex and (c) quadruple...
Figure 2: (a) Portions of MATα1–MATα2 are shown contacting the minor groove of the DNA substrate. Key arginin...
Figure 3: Chemical structures of naturally occurring and synthetic hybrid minor groove binders.
Figure 4: Synthetic structural analogs of distamycin A by replacing one or more pyrrole rings with other hete...
Figure 5: Pictorial representation of the binding model of pyrrole–imidazole (Py/Im) polyamides based on the ...
Figure 6: Chemical structures of synthetic “hairpin” pyrrole–imidazole (Py/Im) conjugates.
Figure 7: (a) Minor groove complex formation between DNA duplex and 8-ring cyclic Py/Im polyamide (conjugate ...
Figure 8: Telomere-targeting tandem hairpin Py/Im polyamides 23 and 24 capable of recognizing >10 base pairs; ...
Figure 9: Representative examples of recently developed DNA minor groove binders.
Figure 10: Chemical structures of bisbenzamidazoles Hoechst 33258 and 33342 and their synthetic structural ana...
Figure 11: Chemical structures of bisamidines such as diminazene, DAPI, pentamidine and their synthetic struct...
Figure 12: Representative examples of recently developed bisamidine derivatives.
Figure 13: Chemical structures of chromomycin, mithramycin and their synthetic structural analogs 91 and 92.
Figure 14: Chemical structures of well-known naturally occurring DNA binding intercalators.
Figure 15: Naturally occurring indolocarbazole rebeccamycin and its synthetic analogs.
Figure 16: Representative examples of naturally occurring and synthetic derivatives of DNA intercalating agent...
Figure 17: Several recent synthetic varieties of DNA intercalators.
Figure 18: Aminoglycoside (neomycin)–Hoechst 33258/intercalator conjugates.
Figure 19: Chemical structures of triazole linked neomycin dimers and neomycin–bisbenzimidazole conjugates.
Figure 20: Representative examples of naturally occurring and synthetic analogs of DNA binding alkylating agen...
Figure 21: Chemical structures of naturally occurring and synthetic analogs of pyrrolobenzodiazepines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1046–1050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.92
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Scheme 1: Decarboxylative functionalization using PhI(OAc)2/I2 system.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Reactions were conducted on a 0.5 mmol scale at a 0.2 or 0.4 M concentration on th...
Scheme 3: Hydrolysis of acetates.
Scheme 4: Mechanistic investigations.
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction pathway.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 861–868, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.72
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Scheme 1: Anodic oxidation of amides.
Scheme 2: Anodic oxidation of an amide in the presence of alkene.
Scheme 3: Intramolecular cyclization via anodic oxidation of an eneamide.
Scheme 4: Anodic bond cleavages in amides of type Ph2CHCONHAr.
Scheme 5: Type of products obtained (n = 0, 1, 2).
Scheme 6: Synthesized cyclic N-acyl and N-sulfonyl piperidines for electrolysis.
Scheme 7: Type of bisamides (derived from diamines) studied (n = 2, 3, 4).
Scheme 8: Type of products obtained from anodic oxidation of II-3.
Scheme 9: Anodic splitting of C–C bond in bisamides in the presence of LiClO4 electrolyte.
Scheme 10: Anodic splitting of C–C bond in bisamides in the presence of Et4NBF4 electrolyte.
Scheme 11: A suggested mechanism for anodic methoxylation of amides.
Scheme 12: Mechanisms of formation of fragmentation products.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 470–483, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.33
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of UDCA.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of bile acids and salts.
Figure 3: Comparison between Wolff–Kishner and Mozingo reduction. Notably the overall chemical reaction is th...
Figure 4: Reaction catalysed by the 12α-HSDH; the 12-OH group of CA or UCA is oxidized yielding 12-oxo-CDCA o...
Figure 5: Epimerization reaction catalysed by the 7α-HSDH and 7β-HSDH; the 7α-OH group of CA (R = OH) or CDCA...
Figure 6: Overview of the chemoenzymatic process for the production of UDCA from CA: The oxidation, reduction...
Figure 7: Schematic representation of the flow reactor for the continuous conversion of CDCA to UDCA [93].
Figure 8: Chemoenzymatic pathways for the formation of UDCA from CA that profit by the C7 hydroxylation activ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4
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Scheme 1: General overview over the sulfur-based substrates and reactive intermediates that are discussed in ...
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction, applying [Ru(bpz)3](PF6)2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 3: Photoredox-catalyzed thiol–ene reaction of aliphatic thiols with alkenes enabled by aniline derivat...
Scheme 4: Photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction for the postfunctionalization of polymers (a) and n...
Scheme 5: Photoredox-catalyzed thiol–ene reaction enabled by bromotrichloromethane as redox additive.
Scheme 6: Photoredox-catalyzed preparation of β-ketosulfoxides with Eosin Y as organic dye as photoredox cata...
Scheme 7: Greaney’s photocatalytic radical thiol–ene reaction, applying TiO2 nanoparticles as photocatalyst.
Scheme 8: Fadeyi’s photocatalytic radical thiol–ene reaction, applying Bi2O3 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 9: Ananikov’s photocatalytic radical thiol-yne reaction, applying Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 10: Organocatalytic visible-light photoinitiated thiol–ene coupling, applying phenylglyoxylic acid as o...
Scheme 11: Xia’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted benzothiophenes, applying 9-mesityl-10-me...
Scheme 12: Wang’s metal-free photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction, applying 9-mesityl-10-methylacri...
Scheme 13: Visible-light benzophenone-catalyzed metal- and oxidant-free radical thiol–ene reaction.
Scheme 14: Visible-light catalyzed C-3 sulfenylation of indole derivatives using Rose Bengal as organic dye.
Scheme 15: Photocatalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction and subsequent aerobic sulfide-oxidation with Rose Bengal...
Scheme 16: Photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of diaryl sulfides.
Scheme 17: Photocatalytic cross-coupling of aryl thiols with aryl diazonium salts, using Eosin Y as photoredox...
Scheme 18: Photocatalyzed cross-coupling of aryl diazonium salts with cysteines in batch and in a microphotore...
Scheme 19: Fu’s [Ir]-catalyzed photoredox arylation of aryl thiols with aryl halides.
Scheme 20: Fu’s photoredox-catalyzed difluoromethylation of aryl thiols.
Scheme 21: C–S cross-coupling of thiols with aryl iodides via [Ir]-photoredox and [Ni]-dual-catalysis.
Scheme 22: C–S cross-coupling of thiols with aryl bromides, applying 3,7-bis-(biphenyl-4-yl)-10-(1-naphthyl)ph...
Scheme 23: Collin’s photochemical dual-catalytic cross-coupling of thiols with bromoalkynes.
Scheme 24: Visible-light-promoted C–S cross-coupling via intermolecular electron donor–acceptor complex format...
Scheme 25: Li’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation of indole derivatives with Rose Bengal as pho...
Scheme 26: Hajra’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation of imidazoheterocycles with Eosin Y as pho...
Scheme 27: Wang’s photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation reaction of indoles, applying heterogeneous TiO2/MoS2 nan...
Scheme 28: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed α-C(sp3)–H thiocyanation reaction for tertiary amines, applying Eosin ...
Scheme 29: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 5-aryl-2-imino-1,3-oxathiolanes.
Scheme 30: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thiones.
Scheme 31: Li’s photoredox catalysis for the preparation of 2-substituted benzothiazoles, applying [Ru(bpy)3](...
Scheme 32: Lei’s external oxidant-free synthesis of 2-substituted benzothiazoles by merging photoredox and tra...
Scheme 33: Metal-free photocatalyzed synthesis of 2-aminobenzothiazoles, applying Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 34: Metal-free photocatalyzed synthesis of 1,3,4-thiadiazoles, using Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 35: Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed preparation of benzothiophenes with Eosin Y.
Scheme 36: Visible-light-induced KOH/DMSO superbase-promoted preparation of benzothiophenes.
Scheme 37: Jacobi von Wangelin’s photocatalytic approach for the synthesis of aryl sulfides, applying Eosin Y ...
Scheme 38: Visible-light photosensitized α-C(sp3)–H thiolation of aliphatic ethers.
Scheme 39: Visible-light photocatalyzed cross-coupling of alkyl and aryl thiosulfates with aryl diazonium salt...
Scheme 40: Visible-light photocatalyzed, controllable sulfenylation and sulfoxidation with organic thiosulfate...
Scheme 41: Rastogi’s photoredox-catalyzed methylsulfoxidation of aryl diazonium salts, using [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as ...
Scheme 42: a) Visible-light metal-free Eosin Y-catalyzed procedure for the preparation of vinyl sulfones from ...
Scheme 43: Visible-light photocatalyzed cross-coupling of sodium sulfinates with secondary enamides.
Scheme 44: Wang’s photocatalyzed oxidative cyclization of phenyl propiolates with sulfinic acids, applying Eos...
Scheme 45: Lei’s sacrificial oxidant-free synthesis of allyl sulfones by merging photoredox and transition met...
Scheme 46: Photocatalyzed Markovnikov-selective radical/radical cross-coupling of aryl sulfinic acids and term...
Scheme 47: Visible-light Eosin Y induced cross-coupling of aryl sulfinic acids and styrene derivatives, afford...
Scheme 48: Photoredox-catalyzed bicyclization of 1,7-enynes with sulfinic acids, applying Eosin Y as photocata...
Scheme 49: Visible-light-accelerated C–H-sulfinylation of arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 50: Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed β-selenosulfonylation of electron-rich olefins, applying [Ru(bpy)...
Scheme 51: Photocatalyzed preparation of β-chlorosulfones from the respective olefins and p-toluenesulfonyl ch...
Scheme 52: a) Photocatalyzed preparation of β-amidovinyl sulfones from sulfonyl chlorides. b) Preparation of β...
Scheme 53: Visible-light photocatalyzed sulfonylation of aliphatic tertiary amines, applying [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 ...
Scheme 54: Reiser’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed preparation of β-hydroxysulfones from sulfonyl chloride...
Scheme 55: a) Sun’s visible-light-catalyzed approach for the preparation of isoquinolinonediones, applying [fac...
Scheme 56: Visible-light photocatalyzed sulfonylation/cyclization of vinyl azides, applying [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as p...
Scheme 57: Visible-light photocatalyzed procedure for the formation of β-ketosulfones from aryl sulfonyl chlor...
Scheme 58: Zheng’s method for the sulfenylation of indole derivatives, applying sulfonyl chlorides via visible...
Scheme 59: Cai’s visible-light induced synthesis of β-ketosulfones from sulfonyl hydrazines and alkynes.
Scheme 60: Photoredox-catalyzed approach for the preparation of vinyl sulfones from sulfonyl hydrazines and ci...
Scheme 61: Jacobi von Wangelin’s visible-light photocatalyzed chlorosulfonylation of anilines.
Scheme 62: Three-component photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of N-amino sulfonamides, applying PDI as organic dye....
Scheme 63: Visible-light induced preparation of complex sulfones from oximes, silyl enol ethers and SO2.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 25–53, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.3
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Figure 1: (A) Gram-negative bacterial membrane with LPS as major component of the outer membrane; (B) structu...
Figure 2: Structures of representative TLR4 ligands: TLR4 agonists (E. coli lipid A, N. meningitidis lipid A ...
Figure 3: (A) Co-crystal structure of the homodimeric E. coli Ra-LPS·hMD-2∙TLR4 complex (PDB code: 3FXI); (B)...
Figure 4: Co-crystal structures of (A) hybrid TLR4·hMD-2 with the bound antagonist eritoran (PDB: 2Z65, TLR4 ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of E. coli and S. typhimurium lipid A and analogues with shorter acyl chains.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of N. meningitidis Kdo-lipid A.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of fluorescently labeled E. coli lipid A.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of H. pylori lipid A and Kdo-lipid A.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of tetraacylated lipid A corresponding to P. gingivalis LPS.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of pentaacylated P. gingivalis lipid A.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of monophosphoryl lipid A (MPLA) and analogues.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tetraacylated Rhizobium lipid A containing aminogluconate moiety.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of pentaacylated Rhizobium lipid A and its analogue containing ether chain.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of pentaacylated Rhizobium lipid A containing 27-hydroxyoctacosanoate lipid chain.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of zwitterionic 1,1′-glycosyl phosphodiester: a partial structure of GalN-modified Franci...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a binary 1,1′-glycosyl phosphodiester: a partial structure of β-L-Ara4N-modified Burkh...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of Burkholderia lipid A containing binary glycosyl phosphodiester linked β-L-Ara4N.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1753–1769, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.170
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Scheme 1: Generally accepted ion-pairing mechanism between the chiral cation Q+ of a PTC and an enolate and s...
Scheme 2: Reported asymmetric α-fluorination of β-ketoesters 1 using different chiral PTCs.
Scheme 3: Asymmetric α-fluorination of benzofuranones 4 with phosphonium salt PTC F1.
Scheme 4: Asymmetric α-fluorination of 1 with chiral phosphate-based catalysts.
Scheme 5: Anionic PTC-catalysed α-fluorination of enamines 7 and ketones 10.
Scheme 6: PTC-catalysed α-chlorination reactions of β-ketoesters 1.
Scheme 7: Shioiri’s seminal report of the asymmetric α-hydroxylation of 15 with chiral ammonium salt PTCs.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylation using oxygen together with a P(III)-based reduct...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-photooxygenations.
Scheme 10: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylations using organic oxygen-transfer reagents.
Scheme 11: Asymmetric triazolium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylation with in situ generated peroxy imidic acid 24.
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer-catalysed dearomatization of phenols and naphthols.
Scheme 13: Ishihara’s ammonium salt-catalysed oxidative cycloetherification.
Scheme 14: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-sulfanylation reactions.
Scheme 15: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters 1.
Scheme 16: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-amination of β-ketoesters 1 using diazocarboxylates 38.
Scheme 17: Asymmetric α-fluorination of benzofuranones 4 using diazocarboxylates 38 in the presence of phospho...
Scheme 18: Anionic phase-transfer-catalysed α-amination of β-ketoesters 1 with aryldiazonium salts 41.
Scheme 19: Triazolium salt L-catalysed α-amination of different prochiral nucleophiles with in situ activated ...
Scheme 20: Phase-transfer-catalysed Neber rearrangement.
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative bioactive heterocycles.
Scheme 1: The concept of oxidative dehydrogenation.
Scheme 2: IBX-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of various heterocycles [31-34].
Scheme 3: Potential mechanism of IBX-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles [31-34].
Scheme 4: IBX-mediated room temperature one-pot condensation–oxidative dehydrogenation of o-aminobenzylamines....
Scheme 5: Anhydrous cerium chloride-catalyzed, IBX-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of various heterocycles...
Scheme 6: Oxidative dehydrogenation of quinazolinones with I2 and DDQ [37-40].
Scheme 7: DDQ-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of thiazolidines and oxazolidines.
Scheme 8: Oxone-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of intermediates from o-phenylenediamine and o-aminobenzyl...
Scheme 9: Transition metal-free oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling.
Scheme 10: NaOCl-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation.
Scheme 11: NBS-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines.
Scheme 12: One-pot synthesis of various methyl(hetero)arenes from o-aminobenzamide in presence of di-tert-buty...
Scheme 13: Oxidative dehydrogenation of 1, 4-DHPs.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of quinazolines in the presence of MnO2.
Scheme 15: Selenium dioxide and potassium dichromate-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydro-β-carbol...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of substituted benzazoles in the presence of barium permanganate.
Scheme 17: Oxidative dehydrogenation with phenanthroline-based catalysts. PPTS = pyridinium p-toluenesulfonic ...
Scheme 18: Oxidative dehydrogenation with Flavin mimics.
Scheme 19: o-Quinone based bioinspired catalysts for the synthesis of dihydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 20: Cobalt-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of Hantzch 1,4-DHPs and pyrazolines.
Scheme 21: Mechanism of cobalt-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of Hantzch 1,4-DHPs.
Scheme 22: DABCO and TEMPO-catalyzed aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of quinazolines and 4H-3,1-benzoxazines....
Scheme 23: Putative mechanism for Cu(I)–DABCO–TEMPO catalyzed aerobic oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydroq...
Scheme 24: Potassium triphosphate modified Pd/C catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydroisoqu...
Scheme 25: Ruthenium-catalyzed polycyclic heteroarenes.
Scheme 26: Plausible mechanism of the ruthenium-catalyzed dehydrogenation.
Scheme 27: Bi-metallic platinum/iridium alloyed nanoclusters and 5,5’,6,6’-tetrahydroxy-3,3,3’,3’-tetramethyl-...
Scheme 28: Magnesium iodide-catalyzed synthesis of quinazolines.
Scheme 29: Ferrous chloride-catalyzed aerobic dehydrogenation of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines.
Scheme 30: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative aromatization of indoles.
Scheme 31: Putative mechanism of the transformation.
Scheme 32: Oxidative dehydrogenation of pyrimidinones and pyrimidines.
Scheme 33: Putative mechanisms (radical and metal-catalyzed) of the transformation.
Scheme 34: Ferric chloride-catalyzed, TBHP-oxidized synthesis of substituted quinazolinones and arylquinazolin...
Scheme 35: Iridium-catalyzed oxidative dehydrogenation of quinolines.
Scheme 36: Microwave-assisted synthesis of β-carboline with a catalytic amount of Pd/C in lithium carbonate at...
Scheme 37: 4-Methoxy-TEMPO-catalyzed aerobic oxidative synthesis of 2-substituted benzazoles.
Scheme 38: Plausible mechanism of the 4-methoxy-TEMPO-catalyzed transformation.
Scheme 39: One-pot synthesis of 2-arylquinazolines, catalyzed by 4-hydroxy-TEMPO.
Scheme 40: Oxidative dehydrogenation – a key step in the synthesis of AZD8926.
Scheme 41: Catalytic oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydroquinolines to afford bioactive molecules.
Scheme 42: Iodobenzene diacetate-mediated synthesis of β-carboline natural products.
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Figure 1: Initial proposal for the core macrolactone structure (left) and the established complete structure ...
Figure 2: Mycolactone congeners and their origins.
Figure 3: Misassigned mycolactone E structure according to Small et al. [50] (11) and the correct structure (6) f...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of Kishi’s improved mycolactone TLC detection method exploiting derivatizati...
Figure 5: Fluorescent probes derived from natural mycolactone A/B (1a,b) or its synthetic 8-desmethyl analogs...
Figure 6: Tool compounds used by Pluschke and co-workers for elucidating the molecular targets of mycolactone...
Figure 7: Synthetic strategies towards the extended mycolactone core. A) General strategies. B) Kishi’s appro...
Scheme 1: Kishi’s 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 2: Kishi’s 2nd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 3: Kishi’s 3rd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 4: Negishi’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 5: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones....
Scheme 6: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation approach towards the extended mycolactone core s...
Scheme 7: Altmann’s synthesis of alkyl iodide 91. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) PMB-trichloroacetimidate, T...
Scheme 8: Final steps of Altmann’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and con...
Scheme 9: Basic principles of the Aggarwal lithiation–borylation homologation process [185,186].
Scheme 10: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) Cl...
Scheme 11: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the linear C1–C20 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions...
Figure 8: Synthetic strategies towards the mycolactone A/B lower side chain.
Scheme 12: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the C1’–C8’ fragment of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chai...
Scheme 13: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the benzyl-protected mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reag...
Scheme 14: Kishi’s synthesis of model compounds for elucidating the stereochemistry of the C7’–C16’ fragment o...
Scheme 15: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. (a) (i) NaH, (EtO)2P(O)CH2CO2Et, T...
Scheme 16: Feringa and Minnaard's incomplete synthesis of mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and...
Scheme 17: Altmann’s approach towards the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 18: Negishi’s access to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone A. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) n-BuLi, ...
Scheme 19: Negishi’s approach to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone B. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-...
Scheme 20: Negishi’s synthesis of the C8’–C16’ fragment of mycolactone A/B. Reagents and conditions: a) 142, BF...
Scheme 21: Negishi’s assembly of the mycolactone A and B pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 22: Blanchard’s approach to the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. a) (i) Ph3P=C(Me)COOEt, CH2Cl2,...
Scheme 23: Kishi’s approach to the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain exemplified for the 13’R,15’S-isomer 1...
Scheme 24: Altmann’s (unpublished) synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditi...
Scheme 25: Blanchard’s synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 26: Kishi’s synthesis of the tetraenoate side chain of mycolactone F exemplified by enantiomer 165. Rea...
Scheme 27: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CH2=...
Scheme 28: Wang and Dai’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (...
Scheme 29: Kishi’s synthesis of the dithiane-protected tetraenoate side chain of the minor oxo-metabolite of m...
Scheme 30: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone S1 and S2 pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a)...
Scheme 31: Kishi’s 1st generation and Altmann’s total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b) and Negishi’s select...
Scheme 32: Kishi’s 2nd generation total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b). Reagents and conditions: a) 2,4,6...
Scheme 33: Blanchard’s synthesis of the 8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TsCl, TEA...
Scheme 34: Altmann’s (partially unpublished) synthesis of the C20-hydroxylated mycolactone core. Reagents and ...
Scheme 35: Altmann’s and Blanchard’s approaches towards the 11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents...
Scheme 36: Blanchard’s synthesis of the saturated variant of the C11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Re...
Scheme 37: Structure elucidation of photo-mycolactones generated from tetraenoate 224.
Scheme 38: Kishi’s synthesis of the linear precursor of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents an...
Scheme 39: Kishi’s synthesis of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) LiTMP, ...
Scheme 40: Kishi’s synthesis of a stabilized lower mycolactone side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TBD...
Scheme 41: Blanchard’s variation of the C12’,C13’,C15’ stereocluster. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-H,...
Scheme 42: Blanchard’s synthesis of aromatic mycolactone polyenoate side chain analogs. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 43: Small’s partial synthesis of a BODIPY-labeled mycolactone derivative and Demangel’s partial synthes...
Scheme 44: Blanchard’s synthesis of the BODIPY-labeled 8-desmethylmycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i...
Scheme 45: Altmann’s synthesis of biotinylated mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CDI, THF, rt, 2 d...
Figure 9: Kishi’s elongated n-butyl carbamoyl mycolactone A/B analog.
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Scheme 1: Isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways and examples for their engineering in heterologous production syst...
Scheme 2: Mutational engineering of different classes of terpene synthases. Left side: The natural product of...
Figure 1: Implementation of a microbial cell factory. 1: Selection of enzymes from different species. P450 an...
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Figure 1: Examples of drugs bearing phenol or aryl thiol as central structural motifs.
Scheme 1: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using biphenylphosphine as ligand.
Scheme 2: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using tert-butylphosphine as ligand.
Scheme 3: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using imidazole typed phosphine ligands.
Scheme 4: [Pd(cod)(CH2SiMe3)2] catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl halides.
Scheme 5: Pd/PANI catalyzed hydroxylation of hydroxylation of aryl halides.
Scheme 6: MCM-41-dzt-Pd catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl halides.
Scheme 7: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using dibenzoylmethane as ligand.
Scheme 8: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using 2,2’-bipyridine as ligand.
Scheme 9: Hydroxylation of aryl bromides using imidazolyl pyridine as ligand.
Scheme 10: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using DMEDA as ligand.
Scheme 11: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using PAO as ligand.
Scheme 12: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using D-glucose as ligand.
Scheme 13: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using INDION-770 as ligand.
Scheme 14: PEG-400 mediated hydroxylation of aryl halides.
Scheme 15: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using glycolic acid as ligand.
Scheme 16: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using L-sodium ascorbate as ligand.
Scheme 17: Difunctionalized ethanes mediated hydroxylation of aryl iodides.
Scheme 18: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using 2-methyl-8-hydroxylquinoline as ligand.
Scheme 19: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using 8-hydroxyquinolin-N-oxide as ligand.
Scheme 20: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using lithium pipecolinate as ligand.
Scheme 21: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using L-lithium prolinate.
Scheme 22: Hydroxylation of aryl halides using triethanolamine as ligand.
Scheme 23: CuI-nanoparticle-catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl halides.
Scheme 24: Cu-g-C3N4-catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl bromides.
Scheme 25: Cu(OAc)2-mediated hydroxylation of (2-pyridyl)arenes.
Scheme 26: Removable pyridine moiety directed hydroxylation of arenes.
Scheme 27: Removable quinoline moiety directed hydroxylation of arenes.
Scheme 28: CuCl2 catalyzed hydroxylation of benzimidazoles and benzoxazoles.
Scheme 29: Disulfide-directed C–H hydroxylation.
Scheme 30: Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of diarylpyridines.
Scheme 31: PdCl2-catalyzed hydroxylation of 2-arylpyridines.
Scheme 32: PdCl2-catalyzed hydroxylation of 2-arylpyridines.
Scheme 33: Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of 2-arylpyridines.
Scheme 34: Pd(CH3CN)2Cl2-catalyzed hydroxylation of 2-arylpyridines.
Scheme 35: Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of benzothiazolylarenes.
Scheme 36: Pd(OAc)2 catalyzed hydroxylation of benzimidazolylarenes.
Scheme 37: Dioxane mediated hydroxylation of 2-heteroarylarenes.
Scheme 38: Hydroxylation of oxime methyl ester.
Scheme 39: CN-directed meta-hydroxylation.
Scheme 40: Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of benzoic acids.
Scheme 41: Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of biaryl or aryl alkyl ketones.
Scheme 42: Pd(OAc)2 and Pd(TFA)2 catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl ketones.
Scheme 43: Pd(OAc)2 catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl ketones.
Scheme 44: Pd(TFA)2-catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl phosphonates.
Scheme 45: Hydroxy group directed hydroxylation.
Scheme 46: [Ru(O2CMes)2(p-cymene)] catalyzed hydroxylation of benzamides and aryl ketones.
Scheme 47: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2-catalyzed hydroxylation of benzamides and carbamates.
Scheme 48: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 catalyzed hydroxylation of benzaldehydes.
Scheme 49: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 catalyzed hydroxylation of ethyl benzoates, benzamides and carbamates.
Scheme 50: Different regioselective ortho-hydroxylation.
Scheme 51: Ruthenium-complex-catalyzed hydroxylation of flavones.
Scheme 52: Vanadium-catalyzed hydroxylation of arenes.
Scheme 53: VOSiW-catalyzed hydroxylation of arenes.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of aryl thiols using thiourea as thiol source.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of aryl thiols using alkyl thiol as thiol source.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of 1-thionaphthol using HS-TIPS as thiol source.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of aryl thiols using sodium thiosulfate as thiol source.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of thiophenol using thiobenzoic acid as thiol source.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of aryl thiols using sulfur powder as thiol source.
Scheme 60: CuI-nanoparticles catalyzed synthesis of aryl thiols.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of aryl thiols using Na2S·5H2O as thiol source.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of aryl thiols using 1,2-ethanedithiol as thiol source.
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The structure of butyrolactol A (1).
Figure 2: Cyanobacterial polyketides bearing a tert-butyl group.
Figure 3: Actinomycete metabolites possessing a contiguous 1,2-diol system.
Figure 4: Feeding experiments of 13C-labeled precursors into 1 detected by 2D-INADEQUATE NMR experiments. (a)...
Figure 5: Organization of the biosynthesis gene cluster for 1. Blue, transcriptional regulator; pink, PKS for...
Figure 6: Biosynthetic pathway of hydroxymalonyl-ACP. Adapted from [24].
Figure 7: Incorporation of L-valine-d8 into 1. (a) 1H NMR spectrum of natural 1 and 2H NMR spectrum of L-vali...
Figure 8: Incorporation of 13C- and 2H-labeled precursors into 1.
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Figure 1: Stereoisomeric inositols.
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic approach to inositols from aldohexos-5-uloses.
Figure 2: Hypothesis of the preferred transition state.
Figure 3: Stereoselective reduction of inosose intermediate.
Scheme 2: Intramolecular cyclization of an orthogonally protected L-lyxo-aldohexos-5-ulose derivative.
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Figure 1: The named transformations considered in this review.
Scheme 1: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 2: The general mechanism of the peracid-promoted Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 3: General mechanism of the Lewis acid-catalyzed Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement.
Scheme 4: The theoretically studied mechanism of the BV oxidation reaction promoted by H2O2 and the Lewis aci...
Scheme 5: Proton movements in the transition states of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 6: The dependence of the course of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation on the type of O–O-bond cleavage in t...
Scheme 7: The acid-catalyzed Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic epoxy ketones 22.
Scheme 8: Oxidation of isophorone oxide 29.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of acyl phosphate 32 from acyl phosphonate 31.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of aflatoxin B2 (36).
Scheme 11: The Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement of ketones 37 to lactones 38.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid (40) via Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 13: Oxone transforms α,β-unsaturated ketones 43 into vinyl acetates 44.
Scheme 14: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones 45 using diaryl diselenide and hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 15: Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of (E)-2-methylenecyclobutanones.
Scheme 16: Oxidation of β-ionone (56) by H2O2/(BnSe)2 with formation of (E)-2-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-...
Scheme 17: The mechanism of oxidation of ketones 58a–f by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of arsonated polys...
Scheme 18: Oxidation of ketone (58b) by H2O2 to 6-methylcaprolactone (59b) catalyzed by Pt complex 66·BF4.
Scheme 19: Oxidation of ketones 67 with H2O2 in the presence of [(dppb}Pt(µ-OH)]22+.
Scheme 20: The mechanism of oxidation of ketones 67 in the presence of [(dppb}Pt(µ-OH)]22+ and H2O2.
Scheme 21: Oxidation of benzaldehydes 69 in the presence of the H2O2/MeReO3 system.
Scheme 22: Oxidation of acetophenones 72 in the presence of the H2O2/MeReO3 system.
Scheme 23: Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of 2-adamantanone (45c) in the presence of Sn-containing mesoporous silic...
Scheme 24: Aerobic Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones 76 using metal-free carbon.
Scheme 25: A regioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of functionalized cyclohexenones 78 into a dihydrooxepin...
Scheme 26: The oxidation of aldehydes and ketones 80 by H2O2 catalyzed by Co4HP2Mo15V3O62.
Scheme 27: The cleavage of ketones 82 with hydrogen peroxide in alkaline solution.
Scheme 28: Oxidation of ketones 85 to esters 86 with H2O2–urea in the presence of KHCO3.
Scheme 29: Mechanism of the asymmetric oxidation of cyclopentane-1,2-dione 87a with the Ti(OiPr)4/(+)DET/t-BuO...
Scheme 30: The oxidation of cis-4-tert-butyl-2-fluorocyclohexanone (93) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid.
Scheme 31: The mechanism of the asymmetric oxidation of 3-substituted cyclobutanone 96a in the presence of chi...
Scheme 32: Enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones 98.
Scheme 33: Regio- and enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones 101.
Scheme 34: The proposed mechanism of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of acetal 105f.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of hydroxy-10H-acridin-9-one 117 from tetramethoxyanthracene 114.
Scheme 36: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of the fully substituted pyrrole 120.
Scheme 37: The Criegee rearrangement.
Scheme 38: The mechanism of the Criegee reaction of a peracid with a tertiary alcohol 122.
Scheme 39: Criegee rearrangement of decaline ethylperoxoate 127 into ketal 128.
Scheme 40: The ionic cleavage of 2-methoxy-2-propyl perester 129.
Scheme 41: The Criegee rearrangement of α-methoxy hydroperoxide 136.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of enol esters and acetals via the Criegee rearrangement.
Scheme 43: Proposed mechanism of the transformation of 1-hydroperoxy-2-oxabicycloalkanones 147a–d.
Scheme 44: Transformation of 3-hydroxy-1,2-dioxolanes 151 into diketone derivatives 152.
Scheme 45: Criegee rearrangement of peroxide 153 with the mono-, di-, and tri-O-insertion.
Scheme 46: The sequential Criegee rearrangements of adamantanes 157a,b.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of diaryl carbonates 160a–d from triarylmethanols 159a–d through successive oxygen insert...
Scheme 48: The synthesis of sesquiterpenes 162 from ketone 161 with a Criegee rearrangement as one key step.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of trans-hydrindan derivatives 164, 165.
Scheme 50: The Hock rearrangement.
Scheme 51: The general scheme of the cumene process.
Scheme 52: The Hock rearrangement of aliphatic hydroperoxides.
Scheme 53: The mechanism of solvolysis of brosylates 174a–c and spiro cyclopropyl carbinols 175a–c in THF/H2O2....
Scheme 54: The fragmentation mechanism of hydroperoxy acetals 178 to esters 179.
Scheme 55: The acid-catalyzed rearrangement of phenylcyclopentyl hydroperoxide 181.
Scheme 56: The peroxidation of tertiary alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of acid.
Scheme 57: The acid-catalyzed reaction of bicyclic secondary alcohols 192 with hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 58: The photooxidation of 5,6-disubstituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans 196.
Scheme 59: The oxidation of tertiary alcohols 200a–g, 203a,b, and 206.
Scheme 60: Transformation of functional peroxide 209 leading to 2,3-disubstitued furans 210 in one step.
Scheme 61: The synthesis of carbazoles 213 via peroxide rearrangement.
Scheme 62: The construction of C–N bonds using the Hock rearrangement.
Scheme 63: The synthesis of moiety 218 from 217 which is a structural motif in the antitumor–antibiotic of CC-...
Scheme 64: The in vivo oxidation steps of cholesterol (219) by singlet oxygen.
Scheme 65: The proposed mechanism of the rearrangement of cholesterol-5α-OOH 220.
Scheme 66: Photochemical route to artemisinin via Hock rearrangement of 223.
Scheme 67: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement.
Scheme 68: Kornblum–DeLaMare transformation of 1-phenylethyl tert-butyl peroxide (225).
Scheme 69: The synthesis 4-hydroxyenones 230 from peroxide 229.
Scheme 70: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxide 232.
Scheme 71: The reduction of peroxide 234.
Scheme 72: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of endoperoxide 236.
Scheme 73: The rearrangement of peroxide 238 under Kornblum–DeLaMare conditions.
Scheme 74: The proposed mechanism of rearrangement of peroxide 238.
Scheme 75: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxides 242a,b.
Scheme 76: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bicyclic endoperoxides having electron-withdrawing substituent...
Scheme 77: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bicyclic endoperoxides 249a,b having electron-donating substit...
Scheme 78: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bridge-head substituted bicyclic endoperoxides 251a,b.
Scheme 79: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of hydroperoxide 253.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of β-hydroxy hydroperoxide 254 from endoperoxide 253.
Scheme 81: The amine-catalyzed rearrangement of bicyclic endoperoxide 263.
Scheme 82: The base-catalyzed rearrangement of meso-endoperoxide 268 into 269.
Scheme 83: The photooxidation of 271 and subsequent Kornblum–DeLaMare reaction.
Scheme 84: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement as one step in the oxidation reaction of enamines.
Scheme 85: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of 3,5-dihydro-1,2-dioxenes 284, 1,2-dioxanes 286, and tert-but...
Scheme 86: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of epoxy dioxanes 290a–d.
Scheme 87: Rearrangement of prostaglandin H2 292.
Scheme 88: The synthesis of epicoccin G (297).
Scheme 89: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement used in the synthesis of phomactin A.
Scheme 90: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of 3H-quinazolin-4-one 303.
Scheme 91: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of dolabriferol (308).
Scheme 92: Sequential transformation of 3-substituted 2-pyridones 309 into 3-hydroxypyridine-2,6-diones 311 in...
Scheme 93: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxide 312 into hydroxy enone 313.
Scheme 94: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of polyfunctionalized carbonyl compounds 317.
Scheme 95: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of (Z)-β-perfluoroalkylenaminones 320.
Scheme 96: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of γ-ketoester 322.
Scheme 97: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of diterpenoids 326 and 328.
Scheme 98: The synthesis of natural products hainanolidol (331) and harringtonolide (332) from peroxide 329.
Scheme 99: The synthesis of trans-fused butyrolactones 339 and 340.
Scheme 100: The synthesis of leucosceptroid C (343) and leucosceptroid P (344) via the Kornblum–DeLaMare rearra...
Scheme 101: The Dakin oxidation of arylaldehydes or acetophenones.
Scheme 102: The mechanism of the Dakin oxidation.
Scheme 103: A solvent-free Dakin reaction of aromatic aldehydes 356.
Scheme 104: The organocatalytic Dakin oxidation of electron-rich arylaldehydes 358.
Scheme 105: The Dakin oxidation of electron-rich arylaldehydes 361.
Scheme 106: The Dakin oxidation of arylaldehydes 358 in water extract of banana (WEB).
Scheme 107: A one-pot approach towards indolo[2,1-b]quinazolines 364 from indole-3-carbaldehydes 363 through th...
Scheme 108: The synthesis of phenols 367a–c from benzaldehydes 366a-c via acid-catalyzed Dakin oxidation.
Scheme 109: Possible transformation paths of the highly polarized boric acid coordinated H2O2–aldehyde adduct 3...
Scheme 110: The Elbs oxidation of phenols 375 to hydroquinones.
Scheme 111: The mechanism of the Elbs persulfate oxidation of phenols 375 affording p-hydroquinones 376.
Scheme 112: Oxidation of 2-pyridones 380 under Elbs persulfate oxidation conditions.
Scheme 113: Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone (384) via an Elbs oxidation of 4-pyridone (382).
Scheme 114: The Schenck rearrangement.
Scheme 115: The Smith rearrangement.
Scheme 116: Three main pathways of the Schenck rearrangement.
Scheme 117: The isomerization of hydroperoxides 388 and 389.
Scheme 118: Trapping of dioxacyclopentyl radical 392 by oxygen.
Scheme 119: The hypothetical mechanism of the Schenck rearrangement of peroxide 394.
Scheme 120: The autoxidation of oleic acid (397) with the use of labeled isotope 18O2.
Scheme 121: The rearrangement of 18O-labeled hydroperoxide 400 under an atmosphere of 16O2.
Scheme 122: The rearrangement of the oleate-derived allylic hydroperoxides (S)-421 and (R)-425.
Scheme 123: Mechanisms of Schenck and Smith rearrangements.
Scheme 124: The rearrangement and cyclization of 433.
Scheme 125: The Wieland rearrangement.
Scheme 126: The rearrangement of bis(triphenylsilyl) 439 or bis(triphenylgermyl) 441 peroxides.
Scheme 127: The oxidative transformation of cyclic ketones.
Scheme 128: The hydroxylation of cyclohexene (447) in the presence of tungstic acid.
Scheme 129: The oxidation of cyclohexene (447) under the action of hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 130: The reaction of butenylacetylacetone 455 with hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 131: The oxidation of bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes.
Scheme 132: The proposed mechanism for the oxidation of bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes.
Scheme 133: The rearrangement of ozonides.
Scheme 134: The acid-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of malondialdehydes 462 under the action of H2O2.
Scheme 135: Pathways of the Lewis acid-catalyzed cleavage of dialkyl peroxides 465 and ozonides 466.
Scheme 136: The mechanism of the transformation of (tert-butyldioxy)cyclohexanedienones 472.
Scheme 137: The synthesis of Vitamin K3 from 472a.
Scheme 138: Proposed mechanism for the transformation of 478d into silylated endoperoxide 479d.
Scheme 139: The rearrangement of hydroperoxide 485 to form diketone 486.
Scheme 140: The base-catalyzed rearrangement of cyclic peroxides 488a–g.
Scheme 141: Synthesis of chiral epoxides and aldols from peroxy hemiketals 491.
Scheme 142: The multistep transformation of (R)-carvone (494) to endoperoxides 496a–e.
Scheme 143: The decomposition of anthracene endoperoxide 499.
Scheme 144: Synthesis of esters 503 from aldehydes 501 via rearrangement of peroxides 502.
Scheme 145: Two possible paths for the base-promoted decomposition of α-azidoperoxides 502.
Scheme 146: The Story decomposition of cyclic diperoxide 506a.
Scheme 147: The Story decomposition of cyclic triperoxide 506b.
Scheme 148: The thermal rearrangement of endoperoxides A into diepoxides B.
Scheme 149: The transformation of peroxide 510 in the synthesis of stemolide (511).
Scheme 150: The possible mechanism of the rearrangement of endoperoxide 261g.
Scheme 151: The photooxidation of indene 517.
Scheme 152: The isomerization of ascaridole (523).
Scheme 153: The isomerization of peroxide 525.
Scheme 154: The thermal transformation of endoperoxide 355.
Scheme 155: The photooxidation of cyclopentadiene (529) at a temperature higher than 0 °C.
Scheme 156: The thermal rearrangement of endoperoxides 538a,b.
Scheme 157: The transformation of peroxides 541.
Scheme 158: The thermal rearrangements of strained cyclic peroxides.
Scheme 159: The thermal rearrangement of diacyl peroxide 551 in the synthesis of C4-epi-lomaiviticin B core 553....
Scheme 160: The 1O2 oxidation of tryptophan (554) and rearrangement of dioxetane intermediate 555.
Scheme 161: The Fe(II)-promoted cleavage of aryl-substituted bicyclic peroxides.
Scheme 162: The proposed mechanism of the Fe(II)-promoted rearrangement of 557a–c.
Scheme 163: The reaction of dioxolane 563 with Fe(II) sulfate.
Scheme 164: Fe(II)-promoted rearrangement of 1,2-dioxane 565.
Scheme 165: Fe(II) cysteinate-promoted rearrangement of 1,2-dioxolane 568.
Scheme 166: The transformation of 1,2-dioxanes 572a–c under the action of FeCl2.
Scheme 167: Fe(II) cysteinate-promoted transformation of tetraoxane 574.
Scheme 168: The CoTPP-catalyzed transformation of bicyclic endoperoxides 600a–d.
Scheme 169: The CoTPP-catalyzed transformation of epoxy-1,2-dioxanes.
Scheme 170: The Ru(II)-catalyzed reactions of 1,4-endoperoxide 261g.
Scheme 171: The Ru(II)-catalyzed transformation as a key step in the synthesis of elyiapyrone A (610) from 1,4-...
Scheme 172: Peroxides with antimalarial activity.
Scheme 173: The interaction of iron ions with artemisinin (616).
Scheme 174: The interaction of FeCl2 with 1,2-dioxanes 623, 624.
Scheme 175: The mechanism of reaction 623 and 624 with Fe(II)Cl2.
Scheme 176: The reaction of bicyclic natural endoperoxides G3-factors 631–633 with FeSO4.
Scheme 177: The transformation of terpene cardamom peroxide 639.
Scheme 178: The different ways of the cleavage of tetraoxane 643.
Scheme 179: The LC–MS analysis of interaction of tetraoxane 646 with iron(II)heme 647.
Scheme 180: The rearrangement of 3,6-epidioxy-1,10-bisaboladiene (EDBD, 649).
Scheme 181: Easily oxidized substrates.
Scheme 182: Biopathway of synthesis of prostaglandins.
Scheme 183: The reduction and rearrangements of isoprostanes.
Scheme 184: The partial mechanism for linoleate 658 oxidation.
Scheme 185: The transformation of lipid hydroperoxide.
Scheme 186: The acid-catalyzed cleavage of the product from free-radical oxidation of cholesterol (667).
Scheme 187: Two pathways of catechols oxidation.
Scheme 188: Criegee-like or Hock-like rearrangement of the intermediate hydroperoxide 675 in dioxygenase enzyme...
Scheme 189: Carotinoides 679 cleavage by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases.
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic description of the cyclisation reaction catalysed by TE domains. In most cases, the nucle...
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the formation of oxygen heterocycles. The degree of substitution can differ from tha...
Scheme 3: Pyran-ring formation in pederin (24) biosynthesis. Incubation of recombinant PedPS7 with substrate ...
Scheme 4: The domain AmbDH3 from ambruticin biosynthesis catalyses the dehydration of 25 and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 5: SalBIII catalyses dehydration of 29 and subsequent cyclisation to tetrahydropyran 30 [18].
Figure 1: All pyranonaphtoquinones contain either the naphtha[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-dione (32) or the regioisomeri...
Scheme 6: Pyran-ring formation in actinorhodin (34) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H...
Scheme 7: Pyran formation in granaticin (36) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H-napht...
Scheme 8: Pyran formation in alnumycin (37) biosynthesis. Adapted from [21].
Scheme 9: Biosynthesis of pseudomonic acid A (61). The pyran ring is initially formed in 57 after dehydrogena...
Scheme 10: Epoxidation–cyclisation leads to the formation of the tetrahydropyran ring in the western part of t...
Scheme 11: a) Nonactin (70) is formed from heterodimers of (−)(+)-dimeric nonactic acid and (+)(−)-dimeric non...
Figure 2: Pamamycins (73) are macrodiolide antibiotics containing three tetrahydrofuran moieties, which are a...
Scheme 12: A PS domain homolog in oocydin A (76) biosynthesis is proposed to catalyse furan formation via an o...
Scheme 13: Mechanism of oxidation–furan cyclisation by AurH, which converts (+)-deoxyaureothin (77) into (+)-a...
Scheme 14: Leupyrrin A2 (80) and the proposed biosynthesis of its furylidene moiety [69,70].
Scheme 15: Asperfuranone (93) biosynthesis, adapted from [75].
Figure 3: The four major aflatoxins produced by Aspergilli are the types B1, B2, G1 and G2 (94–97). In the di...
Scheme 16: Overview on aflatoxin B1 (94) biosynthesis. HOMST = 11-hydroxy-O-methylsterigmatocystin [78,79,82-106].
Scheme 17: A zipper mechanism leads to the formation of oxygen heterocycles in monensin biosynthesis [109-111].
Scheme 18: Formation of the 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane (DBO) ring system in aurovertin B (118) biosynthesis ...
Figure 4: Structures of the epoxide-containing polyketides epothilone A (119) and oleandomycin (120) [123-125].
Scheme 19: Structures of phoslactomycin B (121) (a) and jerangolid A (122) (b). The heterocycle-forming steps ...
Scheme 20: a) Structures of rhizoxin (130) and cycloheximide (131). Model for the formation of δ-lactones (b) ...
Scheme 21: EncM catalyses a dual oxidation sequence and following processing of the highly reactive intermedia...
Figure 5: Mesomeric structures of tetronates [138,139].
Figure 6: Structures of tetronates for which gene clusters have been sequenced. The tetronate moiety is shown...
Scheme 22: Conserved steps for formation and processing in several 3-acyl-tetronate biosynthetic pathways were...
Scheme 23: In versipelostatin A (153) biosynthesis, VstJ is a candidate enzyme for catalysing the [4 + 2] cycl...
Scheme 24: a) Structures of some thiotetronate antibiotics. b) Biosynthesis of thiolactomycin (165) as propose...
Scheme 25: Aureusidine synthase (AS) catalyses phenolic oxidation and conjugate addition of chalcones leading ...
Scheme 26: a) Oxidative cyclisation is a key step in the biosynthesis of spirobenzofuranes 189, 192 and 193. b...
Scheme 27: A bicyclisation mechanism forms a β-lactone and a pyrrolidinone and removes the precursor from the ...
Scheme 28: Spontaneous cyclisation leads to off-loading of ebelactone A (201) from the PKS machinery [163].
Scheme 29: Mechanisms for the formation of nitrogen heterocycles.
Scheme 30: Biosynthesis of highly substituted α-pyridinones. a) Feeding experiments confirmed the polyketide o...
Scheme 31: Acridone synthase (ACS) catalyses the formation of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone (224) by condensa...
Scheme 32: A Dieckmann condensation leads to the formation of a 3-acyl-4-hydroxypyridin-2-one 227 and removes ...
Scheme 33: a) Biosynthesis of the pyridinone tenellin (234). b) A radical mechanism was proposed for the ring-...
Scheme 34: a) Oxazole-containing PKS–NRPS-derived natural products oxazolomycin (244) and conglobatin (245). b...
Scheme 35: Structure of tetramic acids 251 (a) and major tautomers of 3-acyltetramic acids 252a–d (b). Adapted...
Scheme 36: Equisetin biosynthesis. R*: terminal reductive domain. Adapted from [202].
Scheme 37: a) Polyketides for which a similar biosynthetic logic was suggested. b) Pseurotin A (256) biosynthe...
Figure 7: Representative examples of PTMs with varying ring sizes and oxidation patterns [205,206].
Scheme 38: Ikarugamycin biosynthesis. Adapted from [209-211].
Scheme 39: Tetramate formation in pyrroindomycin aglycone (279) biosynthesis [213-215].
Scheme 40: Dieckmann cyclases catalyse tetramate or 2-pyridone formation in the biosynthesis of, for example, ...
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of the naturally occurring muraymycins isolated by McDonald et al. [22].
Figure 2: Structures of selected classes of nucleoside antibiotics. Similarities to the muraymycins are highl...
Figure 3: Structure of peptidoglycan. Long chains of glycosides (alternating GlcNAc (green) and MurNAc (blue)...
Figure 4: Schematic representation of bacterial cell wall biosynthesis.
Figure 5: Translocase I (MraY) catalyses the reaction of UDP-MurNAc-pentapeptide with undecaprenyl phosphate ...
Figure 6: Proposed mechanisms for the MraY-catalysed reaction. A: Two-step mechanism postulated by Heydanek e...
Scheme 1: First synthetic access towards simplified muraymycin analogues as reported by Yamashita et al. [76].
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (+)-caprazol (19) reported by Ichikawa, Matsuda et al. [92].
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the epicapreomycidine-containing urea dipeptide via C–H activation [96,97].
Scheme 4: Synthesis of muraymycin D2 and its epimer reported by Ichikawa, Matsuda et al. [96,97].
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the urea tripeptide unit as a building block for muraymycins reported by Kurosu et al. ...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the uridine-derived core structure of naturally occuring muraymycins reported by Ducho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the epicapreomycidine-containing urea dipeptide from Garner's aldehyde reported by Duc...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of a hydroxyleucine-derived aldehyde building block reported by Ducho et al. [107].
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 5'-deoxy muraymycin C4 (65) as a closely related natural product analogue [78,109,110].
Figure 7: Summary of modifications on semisynthetic muraymycin analogues tested by Lin et al. [86]. Most active c...
Figure 8: Bioactive muraymycin analogues identified by Yamashita et al. [76].
Figure 9: Muraymycin D2 and several non-natural lipidated analogues 91a–d [77,114].
Figure 10: Non-natural muraymycin analogues with varying peptide structures [77,114].
Figure 11: SAR results for several structural variations of the muraymycin scaffold.
Figure 12: Muraymycin analogues designed for potential anti-Pseudomonas activity (most active analogues are hi...
Scheme 10: Proposed outline pathway for muraymycin biosynthesis based on the analysis of the biosynthetic gene...
Scheme 11: Biosynthesis of the nucleoside core structure of A-90289 antibiotics (which is identical to the mur...
Scheme 12: Transaldolase-catalysed formation of the key intermediate GlyU 101 in the biosynthesis of muraymyci...