Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review

• Alessandra Del Tito,
• Havall Othman Abdulla,
• Davide Ravelli,
• Stefano Protti and
• Maurizio Fagnoni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123

• -obtained α-oxyalkyl radical intermediates were then trapped by biphenyl (or vinyl) isocyanides to afford functionalized phenanthridines, such as 9.3a (or quinolines) (Scheme 9, path a) [70]. A photogenerated nitrogen-based radical was likewise used to cleave the C–H bond α-to-nitrogen in amides to form the

• ) radicals to isonitriles. Synthesis of 6-(trifluoromethyl)-7,8-dihydrobenzo[k]phenanthridine. Phenanthridine syntheses by using photogenerated radicals formed through a C–H bond homolytic cleavage in THF (path a) and N,N-dimethylacetamide (path b). Trifluoroacetimidoyl chlorides as starting substrates for

In silico rationalisation of selectivity and reactivity in Pd-catalysed C–H activation reactions

• Liwei Cao,
• Mikhail Kabeshov,
• Steven V. Ley and
• Alexei A. Lapkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1465–1475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.122

• -addition, respectively [15]. Even though the mechanisms are inherently different, three most important aspects should be primarily taken into account when classifying and rationalising C–H activation reactions: the proximity of C–H bond to the transition metal; the energy of C–H bond cleavage within the

• : https://github.com/sustainable-processes/Pd-catalysed_C-H_activation_reaction_prediction. Results and Discussion Computational approach to rationalise reactivity in Pd-catalysed C–H bond activation reactions Chemical reactivity is simultaneously influenced by many factors including catalysts, reactants

• feature of the proton abstraction (PA) mechanism [25] is that the formation of the metal–carbon bond (M–C) occurs simultaneously with the cleavage of the carbon–hydrogen (C–H) bond, while the hydrogen is being transferred to a basic centre, Scheme 1. Assuming the reaction proceeds through the formation of

Highly selective Diels–Alder and Heck arylation reactions in a divergent synthesis of isoindolo- and pyrrolo-fused polycyclic indoles from 2-formylpyrrole

• Carlos H. Escalante,
• Eder I. Martínez-Mora,
• Carlos Espinoza-Hicks,
• Alejandro A. Camacho-Dávila,
• Fernando R. Ramos-Morales,
• Francisco Delgado and
• Joaquín Tamariz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113

• similar chemoselectivity has been previously observed, being explained as a consequence of the acidity of the C–H bond being cleaved [6][44]. Additional intramolecular cross-coupling reactions were carried out by utilizing dimethyl malonates 8k and 8l, which were prepared through the N-benzylation of 16c

Photocatalytic trifluoromethoxylation of arenes and heteroarenes in continuous-flow

• Alexander V. Nyuchev,
• Ting Wan,
• Borja Cendón,
• Carlo Sambiagio,
• Job J. C. Struijs,
• Michelle Ho,
• Moisés Gulías,
• Ying Wang and
• Timothy Noël

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1305–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.111

• recently reported [8][9][11], for example the trifluoromethylation of hydroxyaryls [12][13][14], and the direct introduction of the -OCF3 moiety into an organometallic species [15], a diazo compound [16][17], or an unfunctionalized C–H bond (Scheme 1B). The latter method is particularly interesting

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• reactions of oxime radicals. These reactions are classified into cyclizations involving C–H bond cleavage and cyclizations involving a double C=C bond cleavage. Keywords: iminoxyl radicals; isoxazolines; oxidative cyclization; oxime radicals; oximes; Introduction Free radicals in which an unpaired

• abstraction with cleavage of the C–H bond [12][13][14][15][16][17][18] and in the processes of functionalization of С=С double bonds [19][20]. Amidoxyl radicals (Figure 1, III) are applied in the functionalization of the double bonds [21][22][23][24][25][26] and in mild oxidations [27]. In contrast to the

• oximes reacted with esters and ketones to give oxidative coupling products in moderate to good yields (products 55a–e and 56a–e, respectively). In the case of asymmetric ketones, the C–H bond at the more substituted carbon was cleaved (products 56d,e). Recently, the copper-catalyzed addition of oximes to

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• Photocatalytic hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) represents a valuable strategy for accessing C(sp3) radicals. This method allows the direct cleavage of a C–H bond and the consequent generation of alkyl radicals without relying on the presence of redox-active functional groups. This results in a superior atom economy

• /desulfonylation of the arylsulfonyl chlorides 14.1 (Scheme 14) [85][86]. The ensuing aryl radical is trapped by an aryl isonitrile 14.2, affording the bisarylation product 14.3. The direct organophotocatalytic activation of the C–H bond of an arene represents an atom-economical and attractive strategy for the

• direct activation of the ß-C–H bond [109]. However, organic dyes have not yet been broadly applied for such transformations. Charged aryl radical species Arene radical cations are valuable intermediates that enable the direct C–H functionalization of the aromatic species. They can be accessed through the

Synthesis of esters of diaminotruxillic bis-amino acids by Pd-mediated photocycloaddition of analogs of the Kaede protein chromophore

• Esteban P. Urriolabeitia,
• Pablo Sánchez,
• Alexandra Pop,
• Cristian Silvestru,
• Eduardo Laga,
• Ana I. Jiménez and
• Carlos Cativiela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1111–1123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.98

• further (for instance C–Cl, C–NO2) or a functional group of interest from the medicinal or agrochemical point of view (for instance C–CF3, C–F) [39][40][41]. However, their reactivity is still totally unexplored in terms of both [2 + 2] photocycloaddition and metallations through C–H bond activations. In

• literature [52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]. The styryl fragment bonded to an oxazolone ring has not been characterized previously by X-ray methods, but it shows internal bond distances and angles similar to those found in related 2-styrylimidazolone species [60]. C–H Bond activation processes on (Z)-4

• ], did not produce the expected cyclobutanes or gave only very low conversions (<5%) after long reaction times (96 h). As this reactivity was poor, it was decided to attempt the reaction using Pd complexes as templates [28][29][30]. The first step in this process was to study the C–H bond activation in

Bipyrrole boomerangs via Pd-mediated tandem cyclization–oxygenation. Controlling reaction selectivity and electronic properties

• Liliia Moshniaha,
• Marika Żyła-Karwowska,
• Joanna Cybińska,
• Piotr J. Chmielewski,
• Ludovic Favereau and
• Marcin Stępień

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 895–903, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.81

• Rennes, CNRS, ISCR (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes) UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France 10.3762/bjoc.16.81 Abstract Boomerang-shaped bipyrroles containing donor–acceptor units were obtained through a tandem palladium-mediated reaction consisting of a cyclization step, involving double C–H bond

• measurements show that helicene-like boomerangs may be usable as circularly polarized luminescent materials. Keywords: donor–acceptor systems; double C–H bond activation; helicenes; pyrroles; Introduction Nanographenes and other polycyclic aromatics as well as their heterocyclic analogues are typically

• disadvantage may be obviated by transition-metal-mediated double C–H bond activation [22][23], which is functionally equivalent to conventional oxidative coupling reactions, and has become a powerful synthetic tool with a rapidly growing scope of use [24][25][26]. However, in the field of π-conjugated

Photocatalytic deaminative benzylation and alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with N-alkylpyrydinium salts

• David Schönbauer,
• Carlo Sambiagio,
• Timothy Noël and
• Michael Schnürch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.74

• address a single C–H bond selectively without compromising the others. To circumvent this problem, directing groups can be installed, which guide a metal catalyst to a specific C–H bond [4][5]. In case the directing group is not needed in the final product, this strategy accounts for additional reaction

Synthesis of C₇₀-fragment buckybowls bearing alkoxy substituents

• Yumi Yakiyama,
• Shota Hishikawa and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 681–690, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.66

• equilibrium between the Pd(IV) intermediates through C–H bond activation. Keywords: buckybowl; C70; rearrangement through C–H bond activation; Introduction The study of buckybowls, the bowl-shaped π-conjugated aromatic hydrocarbons corresponding to the fragments of fullerenes, pioneered by the works on

• succeeded in synthesizing three different alkoxy-substituted C70-fragment buckybowls 5a–c. In particular, 5c was not an intended molecule, but was formed unexpectedly through the rearrangement through the Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation reaction. The X-ray crystal structure analysis of 5a–c clearly

Copper-catalyzed remote C–H arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

• Anping Luo,
• Min Zhang,
• Zhangyi Fu,
• Jingbo Lan,
• Di Wu and
• Jingsong You

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 530–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.49

• a challenging task due to the inaccessibility of the corresponding 7-halonaphthalene substrates [12]. Recently, transition metal-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization has emerged as a powerful tool to construct various biaryl skeletons [13][14][15][16][17]. The direct C7−H arylation of 1-naphthoic

• of our ongoing research on direct C–H bond functionalization [20][27][28][29], we herein represent a copper-catalyzed remote C–H arylation of PAHs with aryliodonium salts as arylating reagents (Scheme 1). This protocol is compatible with different PAH substrates including 1-naphthamides, phenanthrene

Controlling alkyne reactivity by means of a copper-catalyzed radical reaction system for the synthesis of functionalized quaternary carbons

• Goki Hirata,
• Yu Yamane,
• Naoya Tsubaki,
• Reina Hara and
• Takashi Nishikata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 502–508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.45

• alkene derivatives. Because an alkyne undergoes addition reaction at a C–C triple bond or cross-coupling at a terminal C–H bond. Combining those reaction patterns could realize a new reaction methodology to synthesize complex molecules including C–C multiple bonds. In this report, we found that the

Visible-light-induced addition of carboxymethanide to styrene from monochloroacetic acid

• Kaj M. van Vliet,
• Nicole S. van Leeuwen,
• Albert M. Brouwer and
• Bas de Bruin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38

• in its excited state [35]). The weak C–H bond of acetonitrile (93.0 kcal mol−1) compared to the C–H bond strength of a carbonyl α-C–H bond (94.1 kcal mol−1) resulted in formation of 2 (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyacetonitrile (compound 2; Scheme 3) [36]. Hence, to avoid the reaction with the

Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands

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

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

• from α-C–H bond activation in heterocycles The α-position to a heteroatom in a cyclic compound is activated because of the difference in electronegativity with carbon. This presents an opportunity to readily generate organometallic nucleophiles. Chelucci et al. [71] used this fact to synthesize the

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

• Rafia Siddiqui and
• Rashid Ali

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

• Rafia Siddiqui Rashid Ali Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi-110025, India 10.3762/bjoc.16.26 Abstract In recent years, the research area of direct C–H bond functionalizations was growing exponentially not only due to the ubiquity of inert C–H bonds in diverse organic

• research topic in modern synthetic organic chemistry for the constructions of challenging bonds, having the foremost scope in academia, pharmacy, and industry. Therefore, the development of green, simpler, and effective methodologies to accomplish direct C–H bond functionalization is well overdue and

• highly desirable to the scientific community. In this review, we mainly highlight the impact on, and the utility of, photoredox catalysts in inert ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations. Although a surge of research papers, including reviews, demonstrating C–H functionalizations have been published

Synthesis, liquid crystalline behaviour and structure–property relationships of 1,3-bis(5-substituted-1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)benzenes

• Afef Mabrouki,
• Malek Fouzai,
• Armand Soldera,
• Abdelkader Kriaa and
• Ahmed Hedhli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 149–158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.17

• -plane zigzag conformation [36]. Fluorine is the most electronegative element of the periodic table. This high electronegativity confers to C–F bond a large dipole moment of 1.39 D while that of C–H bond is only 0.40 D [37]. Owing to the all-trans conformation, the local dipole moments Cδ−–Hδ+ of

Synthesis of 3-alkenylindoles through regioselective C–H alkenylation of indoles by a ruthenium nanocatalyst

• Abhijit Paul,
• Debnath Chatterjee,
• Srirupa Banerjee and
• Somnath Yadav

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 140–148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.16

• . Mechanistic studies have unambiguously proven the heterogeneous nature of the catalysis. The ability of the nanocatalyst to activate the C–H bond is due to the presence of minimal stabilising groups on its surface. Studies of the surface morphology of the catalyst have revealed the presence of surface oxides

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

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

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

• intermediate B through the C–H bond-activation process. Oxidative addition of the intermediate B with Selectfluor affords the palladium(IV) species C, followed by reductive elimination and ligand dissociation to give the final product. Similar to these publications in strategy and products, in the same year

• process, an in situ-generated cationic [Pd(NO3)]+ species facilitates the C–H bond activation to give intermediate A. The Pd(II)(1a)2 complex B is formed via further C–H bond activation of another molecule 1a by the cyclopalladation(II) intermediate A. Then, intermediate B undergoes oxidative addition by

• trifluoromethylation of triflate electrophiles, while the use of TESCF3 and RbF gave better results for nonaflate electrophiles. Subsequently, the Yu [15][125] and Shi group [126] independently reported the palladium-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of an aromatic C–H bond with Umemoto’s trifluoromethylation

Regioselective Pd-catalyzed direct C1- and C2-arylations of lilolidine for the access to 5,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline derivatives

• Hai-Yun Huang,
• Haoran Li,
• Thierry Roisnel,
• Jean-François Soulé and
• Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2069–2075, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.204

• Hai-Yun Huang Haoran Li Thierry Roisnel Jean-Francois Soule Henri Doucet Univ Rennes, CNRS, ISCR-UMR 6226, F-35000 Rennes, France 10.3762/bjoc.15.204 Abstract The Pd-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization of lilolidine was investigated. The use of a palladium-diphosphine catalyst associated to

• methodology provides a straightforward access to several lilolidine derivatives from commercially available compounds via one, two or three C–H bond functionalization steps allowing to tune their biological properties. Keywords: catalysis: C–C bond formation; C–H bond activation; lilolidine; palladium

• 10 mol % of CuI as catalyst in DMF at 100 °C. The late stage C–H bond functionalization of molecules represents a powerful method for the easy screening of the biological properties of compounds containing a bioactive unit. Since the seminal work by Ohta et al. on the Pd-catalyzed C–H bond

Attempted synthesis of a meta-metalated calix[4]arene

• Christopher D. Jurisch and
• Gareth E. Arnott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1996–2002, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.195

• ) and rhodium(III) complexes underwent spontaneous, chemoselective cyclometalation via C–H bond activation of the N-bound phenyl group (see Figure 2) [19]. Incorporation of a mesoionic carbene directing group onto the upper rim of a calix[4]arene therefore offered potential for a new route to calix[4

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

• high level of functional group compatibility, intramolecular alkylations, inter and intramolecular C–H bond activation and regio/stereoselective homocoupling of alkynes [71][72][73]. Group of Cho and Chang have unprecedentedly reported a Rh catalytic system for facile addition of heteroarenes to both

• alcohols and asymmetric sulfide oxidation [91]. Diverse reactivity, cost efficiency and variable oxidation state [Ni(0)–Ni(IV)] associated with nickel led to remarkable developments in the field of catalytic applications [68]. Nickel catalysis involved cycloaddition, cyclization, C–H bond functionalization

• ). However, the reaction was unsuccessful with aliphatic and low-boiling aldehydes (as the reaction was taking place at high temperature). The reaction mechanism involved a Cu-NPs-mediated C–H bond activation of the alkyne which further reacted with the iminium ion to form propargylamine 45 and Cu NPs were

Transient and intermediate carbocations in ruthenium tetroxide oxidation of saturated rings

• Manuel Pedrón,
• Laura Legnani,
• Maria-Assunta Chiacchio,
• Pierluigi Caramella,
• Tomás Tejero and
• Pedro Merino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1552–1562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.158

• structure. The asynchronicity of the reaction can be measured on the basis of the lapse between breaking of the C–H bond and formation of the C–O bond. Whereas H transfer takes places at similar moments (30% and 29% of the IRC, for the representative cases of cyclopentane (R1) and tetrahydrofuran (R2

• (3.24 Å) was observed for TS4b in agreement with the direct formation of P4b as mentioned above. We performed the ELF analysis for the endo oxidation reaction of R4 (see Supporting Information File 1) and, as expected, we only observed the H transfer corresponding to the concomitant breaking of the C–H

• bond and formation of the O–H bond but the resulting iminium ion was stable enough to be considered a real intermediate according to IUPAC definition of 1994, which is: “A molecular entity with a lifetime appreciably longer than a molecular vibration – corresponding to a local potential energy minimum

Mechanochemistry of supramolecules

• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 881–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.86

• , Figure 4b). Contrastingly, in solution the same synthesis took 4 h at 70 °C to isolate complex 9 in 56% yield. Ćurić and co-workers prepared cyclopalladated complexes such as 10 by a grinding method and were the first to confirm a mechanochemical C–H bond activation of an unsymmetrically substituted

• salen-type ligand followed by metal-complex formation in the same pot [55]. Otera’s solvent-free approach by which the formation of self-assembled supramolecules could be accelerated [56]. Synthesis of a Pd-based metalla-supramolecular assembly through mechanochemical activation for C–H-bond activation

Strong hyperconjugative interactions limit solvent and substituent influence on conformational equilibrium: the case of cis-2-halocyclohexylamines

• Camila B. Francisco,
• Cleverton S. Fernandes,
• Ulisses Z. de Melo,
• Roberto Rittner,
• Gisele F. Gauze and
• Ernani A. Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 818–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.79

• equatorial halogen orientation). Previous publications have already reported the C–H bond as slightly better donor than C–C bond [34][35]. Therefore, in the sum of interactions existent in the studied systems the hyperconjugation stands out, explaining the axial halogen and equatorial NH2 (ea) preference in

Selective benzylic C–H monooxygenation mediated by iodine oxides

• Kelsey B. LaMartina,
• Haley K. Kuck,
• Linda S. Oglesbee,
• Asma Al-Odaini and
• Nicholas C. Boaz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 602–609, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.55

• oxygenation of substrates containing secondary benzylic C–H bonds, yielding the corresponding benzylic acetates in good to moderate yield. Tertiary benzylic C–H bonds were shown to be unreactive under similar conditions, despite the weaker C–H bond. A preliminary mechanistic analysis suggests that this NHPI

• install C–O functionality with high selectivity into a C–H bond is a challenge to synthetic organic chemists. Importantly, this transformation allows for the creation of value-added products from hydrocarbon feedstocks. Benzylic positions are a prevalent example of a functionality whose relatively weak C

• -methylpyridine (89.7 versus 87.2 kcal/mol, respectively) [56]. Moreover, the electron withdrawing nature of the pyrimidine nitrogen atoms will affect the pKa of the adjacent secondary benzylic C–H bonds. The hydrogen atom abstraction from this position would then be influenced by the pKa of the C–H bond via a