Complexes of resorcin[4]arene with secondary amines: synthesis, solvent influence on “in-out” structure, and theoretical calculations of non-covalent interactions

• Waldemar Iwanek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1525–1536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.109

• ; Introduction Resorcin[4]arenes are macrocyclic compounds with a cavity structure formed from resorcinol and aldehydes [1]. Of particular significance is their crown conformation, which stems from the presence of 8 hydroxy groups on the upper rim and a hydrophobic cavity [2]. This property plays an important

N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

• Fatemeh Doraghi,
• Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
• Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
• Bagher Larijani and
• Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

• pyrroles 83 contained higher HOMO orbital energies, and lower band gaps compared to the unsubstituted parent 2,5-diphenylpyrrole. Organocatalyzed sulfenylation by N-(sulfenyl)succinimides/phthalimides In 2004, direct sulfenylation of a series of aldehydes and ketones 84 with N-(phenylthio)phthalimide (14

• acylation and acylthiolation. AlCl3-catalyzed synthesis of 3,4-bisthiolated pyrroles. α-Sulfenylation of aldehydes and ketones. Acid-catalyzed sulfetherification of unsaturated alcohols. Enantioselective sulfenylation of β-keto phosphonates. Organocatalyzed sulfenylation of 3‑substituted oxindoles

α-(Aminomethyl)acrylates as acceptors in radical–polar crossover 1,4-additions of dialkylzincs: insights into enolate formation and trapping

• Angel Palillero-Cisneros,
• Paola G. Gordillo-Guerra,
• Fernando García-Alvarez,
• Olivier Jackowski,
• Franck Ferreira,
• Fabrice Chemla,
• Joel L. Terán and
• Alejandro Perez-Luna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.103

• interesting to note that the levels of induction for the 1,4-addition–aldol condensations are somewhat higher than those obtained for the 1,4-additions. Aldehydes also proved competent terminal electrophiles for the tandem sequence. Illustratively, adducts 23 and 24 were obtained from α-(aminomethyl)acrylates

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

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

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

• less-encumbered NHC–CuSiMe2Ph complexes for the silylation of aldehydes and unsaturated ketones with silylboranes were investigated in a case study. The complexes (It-Bu)CuOt-Bu (105b) and (Me2IMe)CuOt-Bu (105c) were found to be effective (pre)catalysts for the 1,2-silylation of tolualdehyde and the

• (Scheme 55). A wide range of combinations of aldehydes, alkynes, and secondary amines including aromatic as well as aliphatic substrates were used and the products were obtained in up to 95% yield. The effects of solvents and temperature were also investigated. Polar solvents such as acetone or

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

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

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

• acyloins (Scheme 1a). Anand’s group [25] demonstrated that a NHC-catalyzed selective acyloin condensation between aromatic aldehydes and trifluoroacetaldehyde ethyl hemiacetal afforded the analogous products (Scheme 1b). In comparison, the synthesis of trifluoromethyl aliphatic acyloins is still

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• triggers the whole coupling reaction. The potential application of NHIP as a catalyst for oxidative coupling reactions with oxygen as a terminal oxidant was explored. In 2011, Garcia-Mancheño et al. developed a Cu-catalyzed CDC of cyclic benzyl ethers 10 with aliphatic or α,β-unsaturated aldehydes 13 or 14

• terminal alkynyl aldehydes with ethers in the presence of CuCl2 and TBHP (Scheme 15b) [68]. The reaction is compatible with various functional groups including cyclic ethers and open chain ethers. Studies on the reaction mechanism showed that the reaction is a catalytic cycle involving a radical process

• dihydropyrans (DHPs) and aldehydes in the presence of Zn(II) (Scheme 37) [102]. The method has good enantioselectivity and functional group tolerance and provides a practical and economical route towards a series of enantiopure α-substituted DHPs through CDC, through an in situ NaBH4 reduction two-step sequence

Acetaldehyde in the Enders triple cascade reaction via acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal

• Alessandro Brusa,
• Debora Iapadre,
• Maria Edith Casacchia,
• Alessio Carioscia,
• Giuliana Giorgianni,
• Giandomenico Magagnano,
• Fabio Pesciaioli and
• Armando Carlone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1243–1250, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.92

• increasing structural and stereochemical complexity starting from readily available substrates. The scope of the process was shown to be successful with aliphatic aldehydes 2, aromatic nitroalkenes 3, and both aromatic and aliphatic unsaturated aldehydes 4. Given our recent interest in the use of a surrogate

• aldehydes other than acetaldehyde generates higher control [11]. It was previously shown that the first stereogenic center formed in the presented cascade process is formed with high control [17]. Therefore, the second carbon–carbon bond forming step, i.e., the organocatalyzed Michael addition of the

Unravelling a trichloroacetic acid-catalyzed cascade access to benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins

• Chandra Sekhar Tekuri,
• Pargat Singh and
• Mahendra Nath

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1216–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.89

• ]quinoxalinoporphyrins in good yields via a sequential reaction of copper(II) 2,3-diamino-5,10,15,20-tetraarylporphyrins, 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione, aromatic aldehydes, and dimedone in the presence of a catalytic amount of trichloroacetic acid in chloroform at 65 °C. Further, the newly prepared copper(II

• aldehydes and dimedone in chloroform at 65 °C. The optical properties of the newly prepared porphyrins have been investigated by using UV–vis and emission spectroscopy and the results are presented in this paper. Results and Discussion Synthesis The required precursors, copper(II) 2,3-diamino-5,10,15,20

• condensation of intermediate 17 with 2-arylidene-5,5-dimethylcyclohexane-1,3-dione 18 (formed in situ through an Aldol condensation of aldehydes with dimedone), to generate copper(II) benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]dihydroquinoxalinoporphyrins which on dehydration produce the desired copper(II) benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h

New one-pot synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones based on 5-aminopyrazoles and azlactones

• Vladislav Yu. Shuvalov,
• Ekaterina Yu. Vlasova,
• Tatyana Yu. Zheleznova and
• Alexander S. Fisyuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1155–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.83

• are also low in two-stage synthesis methods. The first of them is based on the three-component condensation of aminopyrazoles, Meldrum's acid, and aromatic aldehydes, followed by the oxidation of the intermediate with DDQ [13][16][19] (method B). The second one includes the reaction of an aromatic

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

Synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines via Pictet–Spengler reaction

• Elena Y. Mendogralo and
• Maxim G. Uchuskin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 991–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.74

• the condensation of easily accessibly 2-(5-methylfuran-2-yl)ethanamine with commercially available aromatic aldehydes followed by acid-catalyzed Pictet–Spengler cyclization. Using this approach, we synthesized a range of 4-substituted tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines in reasonable yields. The reactivity

• -c]pyridines. From the analysis of the literature data [2][40][41][42][43], we suggested that the interaction of furanic amines with various aldehydes in an acidic media should be accompanied by the formation of the corresponding imine, the generation of the iminium cation, and subsequent Pictet

• processes and tarring of the reaction mixture should be minimized; 4) the possibility for the synthesis of a wide range of desired products should be realized. We have found that all requirements are met for the reaction of 2-(5-methylfuran-2-yl)ethanamine with a set of aromatic aldehydes. Herein, we report

The unique reactivity of 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine in the Huisgen 1,4-diploar cycloaddition and formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition

• Xiu-Yu Chen,
• Hui Zheng,
• Ying Han,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 982–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.73

• Povarov reaction of 3-aminocoumarins, aldehydes, and 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives for the construction of exo-hexahydrochromeno[3,4-h][1,6]naphthyridine-3-carboxylate derivatives (reaction 3 in Scheme 1) [44]. In these reactions, the 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines usually

Asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and reaction with carbocations on acylimidazole Michael acceptors

• Brigita Mudráková,
• Renata Marcia de Figueiredo,
• Jean-Marc Campagne and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.65

• organoboron reagents were realized [12]. Also, in terms of suitable Michael acceptors as substrates, unsaturated ketones, aldehydes, esters, thioesters, amides, alkenyl heterocycles and enoyl heterocycles became viable for conjugate additions. The maturity and robustness of this methodology is documented by

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

• significantly affect the C–H alkylation reaction and the reaction also proceeded well with hydrazones 13 obtained from aliphatic aldehydes or ketones. Based on mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations, the reaction presumably proceeds via a Cu–carbene migratory insertion (Scheme 4b). In the presence of CuI

• iridium catalysis was achieved by Shi [61] in 2010 through an unusual meta-selectivity for the first time (Scheme 11a). To achieve meta-selectivity, the group has screened various transition metals and revealed that a silyl-iridium complex promoted the addition of meta-pyridyl C–H bonds to aldehydes 50

Sulfate radical anion-induced benzylic oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines

• Joydev K. Laha,
• Pankaj Gupta and
• Amitava Hazra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57

• condensation of aromatic aldehydes and sulfonamides (Scheme 1a) [3][5][6][7][8]. Because of the poor nucleophilicity of sulfonamides, the condensation reactions generally require harsh reaction conditions involving the use of strong acids, elevated temperature, and metal catalysts. Other methods include a non

• -dehydrative reaction of aldehydes with isocyanate analogs ([3] and references therein) (Scheme 1b) and an oxidative reaction of primary benzylic alcohols with sulfonamides or chloramine-T ([3] and references therein), and although they are elegant, they use substrates that are not readily accessible or toxic

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-containing peptidomimetics by tandem of Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé and Ugi reactions

• Oleksandr V. Kolomiiets,
• Alexander V. Tsygankov,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.53

• peptidomimetic chain was already described in 2010 [32]. Thus, the corresponding acid components were synthesized with GBB-3CR and used in Ugi and Paserini reactions with various aldehydes, amines (for Ugi) and isocyanides. Moreover, in 2016 [33], an alternative route to use GBB-3CR products in Ugi reaction as

• carbonyl component was proposed, but these aldehydes did not have the structure of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine. Interestingly, in 2019 [1], the synthesis of the amine component using GBB-3CR and the modification of the imidazo-pyrimidine scaffold by a peptidomimetic chain was carried out using the Ugi reaction

• temperature and the reaction time. After a series of experiments, it was found that stirring the isocyanides 3a–d, heterocyclic acids 4a–c, aldehydes 5a–e, and primary amines 6a–d at 50 °C in methanol for 24–48 hours (depending on the nature of the starting materials) allowed obtaining the Ugi target products

Nucleophile-induced ring contraction in pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazines: access to pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazoles

• Ekaterina A. Lystsova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Andrey N. Maslivets and
• Ekaterina E. Khramtsova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 646–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.46

• cycloadditions of N-alkylbenzothiazolium salts (Scheme 1, entry 6) [17][18][19][20][21][22], MCRs of 2-methylbenzothiazole, acetylenedicarboxylates and active methylene compounds (Scheme 1, entry 7) [23][24][25], MCRs of (1,3-benzothiazol-2-yl)acetonitrile, aldehydes and acylcyanides (Scheme 1, enry 8) [3][26

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

• Péter Kisszékelyi and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

• . presented their work on the asymmetric desymmetrization of cyclopentene-1,3-diones 5 (Scheme 3) [23]. Following the Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed conjugate addition of R2Zn, the enolate 6 was trapped by several aromatic aldehydes 7. These complex chiral cyclopentane derivatives 8 bearing all-carbon quaternary

• enolate intermediate with benzaldehyde (51) and methyl bromoacetate (181) (Scheme 46). At about the same time, Riant and co-workers investigated the chiral auxiliary-assisted Cu-catalyzed tandem silylation/aldol reaction between enoyloxazolidinones and different aromatic aldehydes [89]. In the case of

• derivatization is possible through the oxidation of the silyl motif to alcohol or the dehydration of the aldol adduct. Other tandem conjugate addition/enolate-trapping reactions In 2016, Nishiyama and co-workers have studied a three-component coupling reaction of alkynes, enones, and aldehydes via direct

C3-Alkylation of furfural derivatives by continuous flow homogeneous catalysis

• Grédy Kiala Kinkutu,
• Catherine Louis,
• Myriam Roy,
• Juliette Blanchard and
• Julie Oble

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 582–592, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.43

• product was recovered for analysis and purification. The NMR yields were calculated on the alkylated imine before purification (based on a starting concentration of furfural of 0.35 M), and the isolated yields corresponded to the C3-alkylated aldehydes after the hydrolysis step that took place during

Discrimination of β-cyclodextrin/hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) oil/flavonoid glycoside and flavonolignan ternary complexes by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with principal component analysis

• Nicoleta G. Hădărugă,
• Gabriela Popescu,
• Dina Gligor (Pane),
• Cristina L. Mitroi,
• Sorin M. Stanciu and
• Daniel Ioan Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 380–398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.30

• was demonstrated by both thermal (TG–DTG and DSC) and chromatographic (GC–MS for the degradation compounds, i.e., aldehydes, formylated carboxylic acids, or dicarboxylic acids) methods [16]. Also, vegetable oils containing unsaturated FA moieties were stabilized by CD complexation. Common bean

Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis

• Dominic R. Willcox and
• Stephen P. Thomas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28

• the aluminium-catalysed reduction of aldehydes and ketones with HBpin, using a NacNac-supported aluminium hydride catalyst (Scheme 23) [104]. Using computational analysis, the reaction was proposed to proceed through reduction of the carbonyl 91 by the aluminium hydride 92, to give an alkoxy aluminium

• /B‒H exchange [114]. Hevia reported a combination of a tris(alkyl)gallium species and bulky N-heterocyclic carbene acted as an FLP for B‒H insertion, and was used subsequently as a catalyst in the hydroboration of ketones, aldehydes, esters, and imines with HBpin [115]. Using an ONO-pincer-supported

Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

• Cécile Alleman,
• Charlène Gadais,
• Laurent Legentil and
• François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

• reported. During this study, they also looked into the asymmetric total synthesis of albolic acid (178) and ceroplastol II (179). Only one paper reported their total synthesis, using a reductive coupling of aldehydes for the synthesis of the eight-membered ring with an excellent yield of 96% [82]. However

Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones

• Benedikt Kolb,
• Daniela Silva dos Santos,
• Sanja Krause,
• Anna Zens and
• Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17

• condensation of enals 6 with aldehydes 7a or ketones 7b [6][7][8][9][10][11], isomerization of alkynones 8 [12][13][14][15], Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction of unsaturated phosphonates 9 and aldehydes 10 [16][17], and dehydrogenation of enones 11 [18]. Further, Claisen rearrangement of vinyl propargylic

Total synthesis of insect sex pheromones: recent improvements based on iron-mediated cross-coupling chemistry

• Eric Gayon,
• Guillaume Lefèvre,
• Olivier Guerret,
• Adrien Tintar and
• Pablo Chourreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 158–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.15

• derived from aldehydes were used, excellent coupling yields were obtained in THF, with no need of NMP additive (Table 1, entries 1 and 2). However, less reactive α,β-disubstituted enol phosphates required the presence of NMP (Table 1, entry 3) or even N,N′-dimethylpropyleneurea (DMPU) (Table 1, entry 4

1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures

• Bram Ryckaert,
• Ellen Demeyere,
• Frederick Degroote,
• Hilde Janssens and
• Johan M. Winne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12

• ) into cis-stilbene (62), via the dihydrodithiin intermediate 61 [58]. The addition of lithiated dihydrodithiins with aldehydes, epoxides or ketones are also all feasible, but sometimes require some more attention (Scheme 11). Palumbo and co-workers have found that substituted dithiins such as 50 can

• ][57]. Stereoselective 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-based synthesis of cis-olefins [42][58]. Addition to aldehydes and applications in stereoselective synthesis. Direct C–H functionalization methods for 1,4-dithianes [82][83]. Known cycloaddition reactivity modes of allyl cations [84][85][86][87][88][89][90