Efficient synthesis of pyrazolopyridines containing a chromane backbone through domino reaction

• Razieh Navari,
• Saeed Balalaie,
• Saber Mehrparvar,
• Fatemeh Darvish,
• Frank Rominger,
• Fatima Hamdan and
• Sattar Mirzaie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 874–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.85

• (1.2 mmol), malononitile (1.2 mmol), Et3N (40 mmol %) in 3 mL ethanol at room temperature for 8–12 h. Structures of synthesized compounds 5a–d. Synthesis of pyrazolopyridines containing chromone 4a–m through a multicomponent reaction. The proposed mechanism for the synthesis of pyrazolopyridines

Thiol-free chemoenzymatic synthesis of β-ketosulfides

• Adrián A. Heredia,
• Martín G. López-Vidal,
• Marcela Kurina-Sanz,
• Fabricio R. Bisogno and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 378–387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.34

• Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, UNSL. Chacabuco y Pedernera, San Luis, 5700, Argentina 10.3762/bjoc.15.34 Abstract A preparation of β-ketosulfides avoiding the use of thiols is described. The combination of a multicomponent reaction and a lipase-catalysed hydrolysis has been

Mn-mediated sequential three-component domino Knoevenagel/cyclization/Michael addition/oxidative cyclization reaction towards annulated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines

• Olga A. Storozhenko,
• Alexey A. Festa,
• Delphine R. Bella Ndoutoume,
• Alexander V. Aksenov,
• Alexey V. Varlamov and
• Leonid G. Voskressensky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3078–3087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.287

• proceeds through a domino Knoevenagel/cyclization/Michael addition/oxidative cyclization reaction sequence. Keywords: 2-aminochromene; domino reaction; imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine; 2-iminochromene; Michael addition; multicomponent reaction; oxidation; pyridine amination; Introduction Domino reactions are well

Molecular iodine-catalyzed one-pot multicomponent synthesis of 5-amino-4-(arylselanyl)-1H-pyrazoles

• Camila S. Pires,
• Daniela H. de Oliveira,
• Maria R. B. Pontel,
• Jean C. Kazmierczak,
• Roberta Cargnelutti,
• Diego Alves,
• Raquel G. Jacob and
• Ricardo F. Schumacher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2789–2798, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.256

• de Santa Maria – UFSM, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil 10.3762/bjoc.14.256 Abstract A one-pot iodine-catalyzed multicomponent reaction has been developed for the selective preparation of 5-amino-4-(arylselanyl)-1H-pyrazoles from a diverse array of benzoylacetonitriles, arylhydrazines and diaryl

• -(phenylselanyl)-1H-pyrazol-5-amine was submitted to an oxidative dehydrogenative coupling to produce a diazo compound confirmed by X-ray analysis. Keywords: diaryl diselenide; diazo compound; 1H-pyrazole; molecular iodine; multicomponent reaction; Introduction Selenium-containing compounds are of great

• . Molecular structure of compound 6. The hydrogen atoms are omitted for clarity [27]. Synthesis of selanyl-pyrazoles and their derivatives previously described. Multicomponent reaction proposed in this work. Direct selanylation reaction of 5-amino-pyrazole 5a with diphenyl diselenide (3a) under the optimized

An overview on recent advances in the synthesis of sulfonated organic materials, sulfonated silica materials, and sulfonated carbon materials and their catalytic applications in chemical processes

• Hashem Sharghi,
• Pezhman Shiri and
• Mahdi Aberi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2745–2770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.253

• homogeneous conditions (Scheme 5). After this successful application, catalyst 31 was tested in the synthesis of bis(2-amino-4H-pyran) derivatives 39–44 via a one-pot multicomponent reaction of dialdehydes 38 (instead of isatin and acenaphthenequinone substrates), a variety of C–H activated acids 20a,b, 23

Assembly of fully substituted triazolochromenes via a novel multicomponent reaction or mechanochemical synthesis

• Robby Vroemans,
• Yenthel Verhaegen,
• My Tran Thi Dieu and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2689–2697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.246

• was carried out for several salicylaldehydes and gave a clear improvement in the yield of the corresponding triazolochromenes and consequently showed to be a viable alternative for solid salicylaldehydes. Keywords: ball milling; multicomponent reaction; 3-nitro-2H-chromene; one-pot synthesis; 1,2,3

Design, synthesis and structure of novel G-2 melamine-based dendrimers incorporating 4-(n-octyloxy)aniline as a peripheral unit

• Cristina Morar,
• Pedro Lameiras,
• Attila Bende,
• Gabriel Katona,
• Emese Gál and
• Mircea Darabantu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1704–1722, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.145

• disappointment, the attempted O,O’-bis-alkylation of 1 with 1-iodooctane (Williamson etherification, Table 1, entry 1), afforded a multicomponent reaction mixture (TLC monitoring, 100% conversion of 1), from which we succeeded in isolating only G-0 chloro-dendron 2a and the O,O’,N-tris-alkylated side product 2b

Hypervalent organoiodine compounds: from reagents to valuable building blocks in synthesis

• Gwendal Grelier,
• Benjamin Darses and
• Philippe Dauban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1508–1528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.128

• ligands, and tolerates a variety of substituents on both the indole and the iodonium salt. However, the atom-economy of the reaction is limited by the need to use the iodonium salts in slight excess (1.5 equivalents). Another multicomponent reaction has been designed for the preparation of

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

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

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

• described the construction of spiro[indoline-3,4'-pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine] derivatives 57 from the multicomponent reaction of 5-amino-3-hydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole (46), ketones 56 and isatin 54 in water/acetic acid (3:1) at 90 °C (Scheme 12). Quiroga et al. [58] reported the synthesis of the pyrazolo[3,4

• first direct conversion of acenaphthenequinone to a naphthoic acid fragment via C–C bond cleavage in a single step. Recently, D. Anand et al. [63] have reported the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives 71 and 72 through the multicomponent reaction of 1-aryl-3-indolyl-5-aminopyrazoles 16

• -aminopyrazole 16, arylaldehyde 47, and 2H-thiopyran-3,5(4H,6H)-dione (79) in glacial acetic acid in presence of ammonium acetate (Scheme 20). The multicomponent reaction of 5-amino-3-hydroxypyrazoles 82, substituted salicylic aldehydes 83 and acetylacetic ester 81 in acetic acid with few drops of piperidine was

Consecutive hydrazino-Ugi-azide reactions: synthesis of acylhydrazines bearing 1,5-disubstituted tetrazoles

• Angélica de Fátima S. Barreto,
• Veronica Alves dos Santos and
• Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2596–2602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.256

• tetrazoles are intermolecular cycloaddition reactions and isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions (IMCRs). Indeed, the Ugi-multicomponent reaction using TMSN3 (trimethylsilyl azide) as acid component, originally reported by Ugi in 1961 [10], is one of the best and most general methods for the synthesis of

• and 6 with hydrazine monohydrate, following a known procedure (Scheme 2) [31]. To access the acylhydrazino-tetrazoles, the hydrazides 2a–c were subjected to a multicomponent reaction comprising an aldehyde or ketone 7a–h, trimethylsilyl azide (TMSN3, 8), methyl isocyanoacetate (9) and ZnCl2 (10 mol

One-pot three-component route for the synthesis of S-trifluoromethyl dithiocarbamates using Togni’s reagent

• Azim Ziyaei Halimehjani,
• Martin Dračínský and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2502–2508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.247

• reported a novel multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of S-trifluoromethyl dithiocarbamates from secondary amines, CS2 and Togni's reagent in moderate to good yields. Under similar conditions, a primary amine afforded the corresponding isothiocyanate in excellent yield. The presence of dithiocarbamate

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• [120]. Mechanochemical Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis [121]. Mechanochemical Biginelli reaction by subcomponent synthesis approach [133]. Mechanochemical asymmetric multicomponent reaction[134]. Mechanochemical Paal–Knorr pyrrole synthesis [142]. Mechanochemical synthesis of benzothiazole using ZnO nano

NHC-catalyzed cleavage of vicinal diketones and triketones followed by insertion of enones and ynones

• Ken Takaki,
• Makoto Hino,
• Akira Ohno,
• Kimihiro Komeyama,
• Hiroto Yoshida and
• Hiroshi Fukuoka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1816–1822, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.176

• study on the multicomponent reaction of thiazolium carbenes, benzils and water to yield 1,4-thiazin-3-ones [22]. Although the initial process producing the salt 12 was similar, the total mode of the two reactions was quite different, that is, stoichiometric vs catalytic reaction with respect to the

A practical and efficient approach to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-fused isoquinolines through the post-GBB transformation strategy

• Taofeng Shao,
• Zhiming Gong,
• Tianyi Su,
• Wei Hao and
• Chao Che

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 817–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.82

• conditions and a broad substrate scope, allowing for the rapid construction of structurally complex and diverse heterocycles in moderate to good yields. Keywords: Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction; imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines; isoquinolines; multicomponent reaction; Ugi reaction; Introduction Imidazo[1,2-a

• discovery [22][23][24][25][26][27]. The Ugi reaction [28], an elegant pioneer of a multicomponent reaction, represents a powerful synthetic tool to assemble versatile peptide-like compounds. It has found many applications in the facile synthesis of natural products and biologically interesting molecules [29

• good yields through the GBB multicomponent reaction/Au-catalyzed cyclization strategy. The described method provides a new tool for a rapid compound library generation from readily accessible starting materials. Further, the protocol tolerates a broad substrate scope, which will make it attractive for

Brønsted acid-mediated cyclization–dehydrosulfonylation/reduction sequences: An easy access to pyrazinoisoquinolines and pyridopyrazines

• Ramana Sreenivasa Rao and
• Chinnasamy Ramaraj Ramanathan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 428–440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.46

• for the synthesis of many alkaloids (Figure 1) [16]. To synthesize pyrazinoisoquinoline and its derivatives, various approaches such as the Ugi multicomponent reaction [17] amidoalkylation [18][19], N-acyliminium ion cyclization [20] and a radical cyclization [21] have been reported. To this end

NMR reaction monitoring in flow synthesis

• M. Victoria Gomez and
• Antonio de la Hoz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 285–300, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.31

• , (iii) reaction conditions can be examined very easily by real-time monitoring and (iv) integration of small amounts of products and intermediates would be possible [45]. Harbou et al. [46] performed a kinetic study on the multicomponent reaction of acetaldehyde and water to produce poly

Regiochemistry of cyclocondensation reactions in the synthesis of polyazaheterocycles

• Patrick T. Campos,
• Leticia V. Rodrigues,
• Andrei L. Belladona,
• Caroline R. Bender,
• Juliana S. Bitencurt,
• Fernanda A. Rosa,
• Davi F. Back,
• Helio G. Bonacorso,
• Nilo Zanatta,
• Clarissa P. Frizzo and
• Marcos A. P. Martins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 257–266, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.29

• multicomponent reaction between an α-ketoacid, a diamine such as 8d, an aldehyde, and an isonitrile Nixey et al. [32] observed an amide intermediate prior to the formation of the heterocyclic quinoxalinone. An intermediate amide was also observed by Sherman et al. [33] in the reaction between an α-ketoacid

Multicomponent synthesis of spiropyrrolidine analogues derived from vinylindole/indazole by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

• Manjunatha Narayanarao,
• Lokesh Koodlur,
• Vijayakumar G. Revanasiddappa,
• Subramanya Gopal and
• Susmita Kamila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2893–2897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.288

• in the construction of functionalized spiro compounds. We report herein the facile synthesis of novel spiropyrrolidine compounds through a one-pot three-component reaction involving N-substituted vinylindole/indazole, ninhydrin and sarcosine/L-proline. The present multicomponent reaction (MCR) leads

• . Conclusion In conclusion, the present work explores the use of 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions for the regio- and stereospecific synthesis of functionalized spiropyrrolidines through a one-pot multicomponent reaction. This new route involving a vinyl framework gives rise to a wide array of novel

A new paradigm for designing ring construction strategies for green organic synthesis: implications for the discovery of multicomponent reactions to build molecules containing a single ring

• John Andraos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2420–2442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.236

• strategies. Biginelli adduct The Biginelli reaction [163][164][165] is by far the most studied multicomponent reaction since its discovery in 1891 with nearly 2000 citations in the literature. The 3,4-dihydro-1H-pyrimidin-2-one adduct has been made essentially by one [3 + 2 + 1] strategy via condensation of

One-pot synthesis of tetracyclic fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via a three-component reaction

• Bo Yang,
• Chuanye Tao,
• Taofeng Shao,
• Jianxian Gong and
• Chao Che

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1487–1492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.145

• scaffolds can be constructed in great diversity by a multicomponent reaction of amidines, aldehydes and isocyanides. This MCR, a variant of the Ugi reaction [24][25], was discovered independently by three groups and is known as the Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé (GBB) reaction [26][27][28][29]. The reaction

• conclusion we have developed a GBB-based multicomponent reaction of isatins, 2-animopyridines and isocyanides, which provides a direct and rapid access to diverse tetracylic fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with moderate yields. To the best of our knowledge, the described chemistry represents the first example

• high efficiency and simple operation will make it have potential applications in the compound library synthesis. Experimental Typical procedure for multicomponent reaction. To a solution of isatin (3, 1.0 mmol), 2-aminopyridine (2, 1.35 mmol) and isocyanide (4, 1.35 mmol) in 4 mL of n-butyl alcohol was

Multicomponent reactions: A simple and efficient route to heterocyclic phosphonates

• Mohammad Haji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121

• ) [39]. 2.2.3 Isoindolinylphosphonates: A one-pot diastereoselective multicomponent reaction towards (isoindolin-1-one-3-yl)phosphonates has been developed by Ordóñez et al. (Scheme 14) [40]. The reaction of 2-formylbenzoic acid (55) with (S)- or (R)-amines 56 and dimethyl phosphonate under solvent and

• . Multicomponent reaction of alkanedials, acetamide and acetyl chloride in the presence of PCl3 and acetic acid. An oxidative domino three-component synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyridines. A sequential one-pot three-component synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles. Three-component decarboxylative coupling of

Diastereoselective Ugi reaction of chiral 1,3-aminoalcohols derived from an organocatalytic Mannich reaction

• Samantha Caputo,
• Andrea Basso,
• Lisa Moni,
• Renata Riva,
• Valeria Rocca and
• Luca Banfi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 139–143, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.15

• subjected to an Ugi multicomponent reaction under classical or Lewis acid-promoted conditions with diastereoselectivities ranging from moderate to good. This approach represents a step-economical path to enantiomerically pure, polyfunctionalized peptidomimetics endowed with three stereogenic centers

• point of view of atom- and step-economy, the use of chiral amines that are retained in the final products will be more valuable [27]. In this case they are not "chiral auxiliaries" and are not removed after the multicomponent reaction, and they contribute to the diversity of the final products. However

Multicomponent versus domino reactions: One-pot free-radical synthesis of β-amino-ethers and β-amino-alcohols

• Bianca Rossi,
• Nadia Pastori,
• Simona Prosperini and
• Carlo Punta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 66–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.10

• : aminoalcohols; free-radical addition; imine; multicomponent reaction; titanium salts; Introduction Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) represent a green approach towards the synthesis of polyfunctionalized molecules by promoting multiple bond-forming mechanisms in a one-pot synthesis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7

• amino derivatives, under mild conditions without requiring isolation and purification of intermediates, according to a classical multicomponent reaction. Experimental All materials were purchased from commercial suppliers and used without further purification. All reactions were performed at room

The Shono-type electroorganic oxidation of unfunctionalised amides. Carbon–carbon bond formation via electrogenerated N-acyliminium ions

• Alan M. Jones and
• Craig E. Banks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3056–3072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.323

• is attached either to the carbamate or amide (Figure 5) [69][70][71] (using a platinum anode and tungsten cathode electrochemical set-up) [69] or the use of Cu-PyBox chiral ligand systems [72]. The cation pool method can be adapted to a multicomponent reaction (MCR) when an N-acyliminium ion is

• ]. Electrooxidation to prepare a chiral oxidation mediator and application to the kinetic resolution of sec-alcohols [58]. Electrooxidation reactions on 4-membered ring systems [68]. An electrochemical multicomponent reaction where a carbon felt anode and platinum cathode were utilised and carried out at −78 °C [22

The unexpected influence of aryl substituents in N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides on the behavior of their multicomponent reactions with 5-amino-3-methylisoxazole and salicylaldehyde

• Volodymyr V. Tkachenko,
• Elena A. Muravyova,
• Sergey M. Desenko,
• Oleg V. Shishkin,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Dmytro O. Sysoiev,
• Thomas J. J. Müller and
• Valentin A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3019–3030, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.320

• ; catalysis; chemoselectivity; heterocycle; multicomponent reaction; ultrasonication; salicylaldehyde; Introduction Generally, considerable interest in heterocyclic compounds is due to their key role in biological processes in nature and biological activity. In particular, condensed heterocycles bearing a

• alia, ultrasonic activation was applied to promote this multicomponent reaction. It was established that the three-component cyclocondensation of the starting compounds under ultrasonication at room temperature for 4 h led to the selective formation of the substituted chroman-3-carboxamide 4a in 58