A versatile route to polythiophenes with functional pendant groups using alkyne chemistry

• Xiao Huang,
• Li Yang,
• Rikard Emanuelsson,
• Jonas Bergquist,
• Maria Strømme,
• Martin Sjödin and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2682–2688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.265

• ether linkage. Furthermore, substantial differences between ProDOT and EDOT polymers regarding their electrochemical properties have been described [29]. Scheme 2 shows the synthesis of pyEDOT 3. It starts with glycidol that can be economically prepared by the epoxidation of allyl alcohol [30]. The

Radical polymerization by a supramolecular catalyst: cyclodextrin with a RAFT reagent

• Kohei Koyanagi,
• Yoshinori Takashima,
• Takashi Nakamura,
• Hiroyasu Yamaguchi and
• Akira Harada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2495–2502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.244

• , including hydrolysis reactions [10][11][12][13][14][15], C–H bond activation [34][35][36], olefin epoxidation [37][38][39], Diels–Alder reactions [40][41][42], 1,3-dipole cycloadditions [43][44], and polymerizations [45][46][47], among others. Selective substrate recognition and activation are essential

Useful access to enantiomerically pure protected inositols from carbohydrates: the aldohexos-5-uloses route

• Felicia D’Andrea,
• Giorgio Catelani,
• Lorenzo Guazzelli and
• Venerando Pistarà

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2343–2350, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.227

• [8][9][10][11][12][13]; 2) elaboration of the six carbon atom skeleton of either a) tetrahydroxycyclohexene derivatives [14][15] (synthetic or natural conduritols) through stereoselective cis-hydroxylation or epoxidation–hydrolysis of the double bond or b) benzene [16][17] or halo-benzenes [18][19

The direct oxidative diene cyclization and related reactions in natural product synthesis

• Juliane Adrian,
• Leona J. Gross and
• Christian B. W. Stark

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2104–2123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.200

• . Likewise, syntheses of fragments of natural products applying an oxidative cyclization protocol [1][2] and sequential epoxidation/cyclization procedures [3] are not in the scope of this article and are therefore not covered. Previous review articles concerning oxidative diene cyclization chemistry can be

• diastereoisomeric lactone 52 in 76% yield. This lactone (52) was converted to enediol 53 in a further few steps. The second THF ring was then established using an epoxidation–cyclization sequence. Thus, asymmetric Sharpless epoxidation (SAE) [103][104] yielded an intermediary oxirane (not shown in Scheme 12) which

• Laurentia venustra and exhibited antiviral activity against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) and herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) [157]. Hashimoto et al. reported a total synthesis of the natural product in 1988 [158][159] employing a vanadium-catalyzed epoxidation as a key step in the stereoselective

Synthesis of the C8’-epimeric thymine pyranosyl amino acid core of amipurimycin

• Pramod R. Markad,
• Navanath Kumbhar and
• Dilip D. Dhavale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1765–1771, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.165

• -glucose derived alcohol 3 in 13 steps and 14% overall yield. Thus, the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation of allyl alcohol 7 followed by trimethyl borate mediated regio-selective oxirane ring opening with azide, afforded azido diol 10. The acid-catalyzed 1,2-acetonide ring opening in 10 concomitantly led to

• oxocarbenium ion at C1 to which concomitant addition of a hydroxy group (present in the side chain at C3) will give the requisite pyranose ring skeleton. Intermediate B could be derived from the allyl alcohol C by using the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation followed by regioselective epoxide ring opening with

• Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation (SAE) [16][17]. Thus, allyl alcohol 7 was subjected for SAE first using (+)-DET that afforded a diastereomeric mixture of epoxy alcohols 8 and 9 in the ratio of 88:12 (based on the 1H NMR analysis) in 85% yield. Similarly, use of (–)-DET in SAE afforded epoxide 8 and 9 in

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

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

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

• rearrangements and related processes play an important role in the chemistry of oxidation processes. Thus, the key reagent in the Sharpless epoxidation of allylic alcohols [48] and in the manufacture of propylene oxide via the Prilezhaev reaction [49][50][51] is tert-butyl hydroperoxide. In industry, phenol and

• (Table 6). These γ-lactone acids are valuable substrates for the synthesis of compounds with potentially useful pharmacological properties, such as homocitrates, alkyl- and aryl-substituted nucleosides [270][271][272]. The reaction starts with an asymmetric epoxidation of the substituted cyclopentane-1,2

Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides

• Franziska Hemmerling and
• Frank Hahn

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

• experiments. The process starts by oxidoreductase domain MmpE-catalysed epoxidation of the double bond between C10 and C11. Olefin 53 is thus a branching point from which two series of analogous C10–C11 epoxides (53–61) and C10–C11 (not shown) olefins arise (Scheme 9). The fact that the wild-type titers of

• the respective olefins are much lower than the analogous epoxides 53–61 suggests that epoxidation has a strong influence on the performance of the downstream enzymes. The dioxygenase MupW together with its associated ferredoxin dioxygenase MupT then catalyse dehydrogenation and epoxidation on C8 and

• epoxidation) are not known in biosynthetic pathways. Epoxides are abundant as biosynthetic intermediates that are further processed in downstream processes. Examples are discussed in the respective chapters 1.1.3 and 1.2.4. 1.6 Pyranones 1.6.1 TE-catalysed lactonisation: Most pyranones occurring in

Selective bromochlorination of a homoallylic alcohol for the total synthesis of (−)-anverene

• Frederick J. Seidl and
• Noah Z. Burns

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1361–1365, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.129

• ; total synthesis; Introduction The directed enantioselective functionalization of olefins is an extremely powerful tool in synthesis. A preeminent example is the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation (SAE), which has been featured in countless syntheses of enantioenriched small molecules [1][2]. While the

• generality and scope of such catalytic enantioselective methods may be large, limitations often exist. In the case of the SAE, allylic alcohols are viable substrates, but homoallylic alcohols undergo epoxidation at slower rates and with diminished yields and enantioselectivities [3]. This particular

• limitation has inspired the development of several remote epoxidation methods for homoallylic and bishomoallylic alcohols [4][5], now allowing chemists to directly access a greater variety of enantioenriched epoxides. Several years ago our laboratory developed the first catalytic enantioselective

Efficient syntheses of climate relevant isoprene nitrates and (1R,5S)-(−)-myrtenol nitrate

• Sean P. Bew,
• Glyn D. Hiatt-Gipson,
• Graham P. Mills and
• Claire E. Reeves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1081–1095, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.103

• the diols or execute a regioselective 1° or 2° mono-O-nitration was not. Eliminating the former problem Hodgson et al. [26] reported rac-17 could be generated from cheap, commercially available 2,5-dihydrofuran which, after epoxidation with meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (mCPBA), afforded epoxide 21 in a

Cupreines and cupreidines: an established class of bifunctional cinchona organocatalysts

• Laura A. Bryant,
• Rossana Fanelli and
• Alexander J. A. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 429–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.46

• -azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane system 61 and the δ3-amino acid precursor 62 [50]. Epoxidations and oxaziridinations A variety of cinchona-derived phase transfer catalysts have been employed in the asymmetric epoxidation [51][52], but only one utilizes the free 6’-OH. In this report by Berkessel and co-workers

• , cupreine and cupreidine PTCs HCPN-65 and HCPD-67 were used in the epoxidation of the cis-α,β-unsaturated ketone 63 with sodium hypochlorite [53][54]. Interestingly, the use of these pseudoenantiomers did not lead to similar magnitudes of stereoselection in the opposite enantiomers of epoxide 64 that they

Synthesis of bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles by copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition: A family of valuable products by click chemistry

• Zhan-Jiang Zheng,
• Ding Wang,
• Zheng Xu and
• Li-Wen Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2557–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.276

• tetradentate ligands that were prepared by two CuAAC reactions in a one-pot procedure [39]. As shown in Scheme 19, these ligands exhibited good coordination properties to various metals, and the corresponding Mn(II) complexes showed good catalytic activity for the epoxidation of various aliphatic terminal

Iron complexes of tetramine ligands catalyse allylic hydroxyamination via a nitroso–ene mechanism

• David Porter,
• Belinda M.-L. Poon and
• Peter J. Rutledge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2549–2556, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.275

• ) are established catalysts of C–O bond formation, oxidising hydrocarbon substrates via hydroxylation, epoxidation and dihydroxylation pathways. Herein we report the capacity of these catalysts to promote C–N bond formation, via allylic amination of alkenes. The combination of N-Boc-hydroxylamine with

• intermediate. Conclusion FeTPA (4) and FeBPMEN (5) are established catalysts for the hydroxylation, dihydroxylation and epoxidation of hydrocarbon substrates [48][58][59][60]. In this study we have shown that they can also catalyse the allylic hydroxyamination of alkenes with N-Boc-hydroxylamine. Mechanistic

Synthesis of Xenia diterpenoids and related metabolites isolated from marine organisms

• Tatjana Huber,
• Lara Weisheit and
• Thomas Magauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273

• rearrangement [41] to afford an aldehyde that was converted to dimethylacetal 60. The following epoxidation proceeded with good stereoselectivity (α/β ≈ 11:1) and the regioselective opening of the epoxide moiety using lithium cyanide afforded a β-hydroxy nitrile in a trans-diaxial arrangement. Under basic

Recent highlights in biosynthesis research using stable isotopes

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2493–2508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.271

• sesterfisherol (59, Scheme 10), the product of a bifunctional sesterterpene cyclase (C25) from Neosartorya fischeri [69]. In this case, [1-13C,2H3]acetate was fed and the resulting labeling pattern of an epoxidation product was analyzed by 13C NMR, revealing a loss of deuterium from carbons C-2, C-6 and C-10 by

Stereoselective synthesis of hernandulcin, peroxylippidulcine A, lippidulcines A, B and C and taste evaluation

• Marco G. Rigamonti and
• Francesco G. Gatti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2117–2124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.228

• chromatographic separation of the diastereomeric mixtures. In contrast, we have shown that the Katsuki–Sharpless epoxidation of (+)-neoisopulegol (4) is much more selective [9]. In the following we describe an improved version of our previously reported synthesis of 1. First we have focused our initial efforts on

• epoxidation of 5 with tert-butylhydroperoxide (TBHP) in toluene gave 6 ([α]D +34.2° (c 1.3, CHCl3)) in 95% yield [9][22]. Then, the diol 7 was obtained in 85% yield from the reduction of epoxide 6 with LiAlH4 in THF at 0 °C. The diol 7 was easily purified by crystallization (85% yield, n-hexane at −50 °C up

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

• step sequence of a Weinreb amide formation 228, epoxidation, and double addition of the vinyl Grignard 229 to generate the advanced intermediate 230. Finally, RCM of diolefin 230 under high dilution conditions afforded muscopyridine (73) (Scheme 37). Hagiwara and co-workers [173] have synthesized

The chemical behavior of terminally tert-butylated polyolefins

• Dagmar Klein,
• Henning Hopf,
• Peter G. Jones,
• Ina Dix and
• Ralf Hänel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1246–1258, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.139

• employed. Treatment of tetraene 19 with excess bromine provided tetrabromide 25. In epoxidation reactions, both with meta-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) and dimethyldioxirane (DMDO) two model oligoenes were studied: triene 7 and tetraene 19. Whereas 7 furnished the rearrangement product 31 with MCPBA, it

• . Exploratory photochemical studies were carried out with tetraene 19 as the model compound. On irradiation this reacted with oxygen to the stable endo-peroxide 52. Keywords: bromination; Diels–Alder reactions; epoxidation; photochemistry; polyolefins; reactivity; hydrogenation; Introduction Several years ago

• , resulting in the overall formation of 1,x-bromine adducts. Epoxidations Epoxidation reactions of highly substituted dienes have been carried out by us and by others, and it has been demonstrated that whenever competing reaction pathways exist, it is usually the more highly substituted double bond that is

Attempts to prepare an all-carbon indigoid system

• Şeref Yildizhan,
• Henning Hopf and
• Peter G. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 363–372, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.42

• . Results and Discussion Our first attempt to prepare hydrocarbon 4 started from indene (6, Scheme 2). Epoxidation with m-chloroperbenzoic acid (MCPBA) according to a literature method [15] yielded the epoxide 7 in meager yields (Scheme 2). The methylation of 7 to 8 was achieved by the treatment with

Switching the reaction pathways of electrochemically generated β-haloalkoxysulfonium ions – synthesis of halohydrins and epoxides

• Akihiro Shimizu,
• Ryutaro Hayashi,
• Yosuke Ashikari,
• Toshiki Nokami and
• Jun-ichi Yoshida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 242–248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.27

• epoxidation using conventional reagents such as m-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) which epoxidizes alkenes from the less hindered face [33][34]. In this reaction, Br+ adds to the C–C double bond of 2g from the less hindered face to form the corresponding three-membered ring bromonium ion intermediate

Electrochemical selenium- and iodonium-initiated cyclisation of hydroxy-functionalised 1,4-dienes

• Philipp Röse,
• Steffen Emge,
• Jun-ichi Yoshida and
• Gerhard Hilt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 174–183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.18

• in electrochemical reactions using selenium cations. Several methods applying electrochemically generated selenium cations with alkenes or alkynes including seleno-etherification and lactonisation, epoxidation and oxoselenylation sequences have been reported in the last decades [20][21][22][23][24

Regio- and stereoselective synthesis of new diaminocyclopentanols

• Evgeni A. Larin,
• Valeri S. Kochubei and
• Yuri M. Atroshchenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2513–2520, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.262

• - and stereoisomeric aminocyclitol derivatives remains in demand. One of the optimal routes involves the stereoselective ring opening of epoxides by different nucleophiles in the presence of a variety of activators [15][16][17][18][19]. In this context, epoxidation of cyclic allylic amines and

• aminoglycosides [7], and nucleosides containing 9H-purin-6-amine as a nucleobase portion. High levels of stereoselectivity have been observed in substrate-controlled diastereoselective epoxidation of cyclic alkenes with O- and N-allylic directing groups [20][21]. Several 3-substituted diastereomeric epoxides have

• starting epoxides Epoxides 3a,b (Scheme 1) were obtained by the addition of benzyl(methyl)amine or dibenzylamine to cyclopent-2-en-1-yl acetate (1) followed by epoxidation [28]. Epoxides 6a,b were synthesized from 3a,b through epoxide ring inversion using glacial acetic acid as the oxirane-cleaving agent

Indium-mediated allylation in carbohydrate synthesis: A short and efficient approach towards higher 2-acetamido-2-deoxy sugars

• Christopher Albler,
• Ralph Hollaus,
• Hanspeter Kählig and
• Walther Schmid

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2230–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.231

• azide reduction followed by final deacetylation using methanolic sodium methoxide furnishes the title compounds. Keywords: allylation; carbohydrates; epoxidation; indium; multivalent glycosystems; organocatalysis; Introduction The indium-mediated allylation of carbonyl compounds has proven to be a

• valuable tool for carbon chain elongation [1][2][3] in order to access rare, biologically active carbohydrates [4][5][6][7][8]. Herein we report the extension of this method towards the field of higher aminosugars by additionally applying a stereoselective epoxidation–azide opening strategy. The resulting

• the use of a chiral L-proline derived epoxidation catalyst. The introduction of nitrogen was achieved via a Tsuji–Trost-like azide opening of allylic epoxides. Although global deprotection proved to be cumbersome, we were able to develop a versatile reaction sequence to overcome this problem. The

Palladium-catalysed cyclisation of alkenols: Synthesis of oxaheterocycles as core intermediates of natural compounds

• Miroslav Palík,
• Jozef Kožíšek,
• Peter Koóš and
• Tibor Gracza

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2077–2086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.216

• [26] and threo-10 [27] were prepared from divinylcarbinol using asymmetric epoxidation [28][29]. Diastereomeric mixtures of 3-O-benzyl 11, 3-O-silyl-protected 12 and fully unprotected triol 13 was prepared starting from 1,2-O-isopropylidene-D-glyceraldehyde using described procedures [30]. The

• compound 37 in good yield (77%). Synthesis of the similar substrate rac-42 having two conjugated double bonds is shown in Scheme 5. The synthesis started from the known acetate 38, which was obtained by acetylation of commercially available non-3-ene-1-ol [34]. Epoxidation of acetate 38 with MCPBA in

Expeditive synthesis of trithiotriazine-cored glycoclusters and inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation

• Meriem Smadhi,
• Sophie de Bentzmann,
• Anne Imberty,
• Marc Gingras,
• Raoudha Abderrahim and
• Peter G. Goekjian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1981–1990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.206

• carbohydrate units proved to be problematic, as a result of the instability of the triazine system under either forcing or mild Zemplén deprotection conditions. The tert-butyldimethylsilyl-protected galactopyranosyl azide 5 was therefore prepared via the epoxidation of silylated D-galactal with

Application of cyclic phosphonamide reagents in the total synthesis of natural products and biologically active molecules

• Thilo Focken and
• Stephen Hanessian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1848–1877, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.195

• chiral auxiliary through ozonolysis followed by protection of the side chain as TBDPS ether afforded cyclopentanone 155. Saegusa–Ito oxidation followed by epoxidation of the formed enone gave 156 as the major isomer (dr 9:1). Regioselective reductive opening of the epoxide with Na[PhSeB(OEt)3] produced