Synthesis of functionalised β-keto amides by aminoacylation/domino fragmentation of β-enamino amides

• Pavel Yanev and
• Plamen Angelov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2602–2606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.238

• reactions, maybe most important among these are some nitriles, which can be successfully acylated at the alpha position [13][14][15] and then hydrated [13][16][17][18][19][20] to reveal a primary amide functionality. The dianion of silylated acetamide is another such example, although with very limited

Synthesis of dihydroquinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine: N³-aryl derivatives with electron-withdrawing groups

• Nadia Gruber,
• Jimena E. Díaz and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2510–2519, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.227

• generated by Lewis acid-promoted halide abstraction from imidoyl chlorides or by alkylation of nitriles. A nucleophilic attack on such species followed by cyclization provides access to a variety of heterocycles. Intramolecular reactions of in situ generated nitrilium ions leading to heterocyclic compounds

• primary and secondary amines [98]. On the other hand, it is known that N-unsubstituted amides react with PPSE affording nitriles [99]. In this context, the cyclodehydration of N-monosubstituted amides 3 could in principle involve an initial PPSE-mediated elimination generating a reactive nitrilium ion in

Cobalt- and rhodium-catalyzed carboxylation using carbon dioxide as the C1 source

• Tetsuaki Fujihara and
• Yasushi Tsuji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2435–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.221

• using cobalt complexes as well as the cobalt-catalyzed reductive carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles and carboxyamides in the presence of Et2Zn proceed. A Co complex has been demonstrated to act as an efficient catalyst in the carboxylation of allylic C(sp3)–H bonds. Employing zinc as the

• summarized. First, we describe Co-catalyzed carboxylation reactions, including the carboxylation of propargyl acetates and alkenyl triflates. Then, the Co-catalyzed reductive carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles and carboxyamides is addressed. In addition, a Co catalyst can catalyze the allylic C(sp3)–H

• carboxylation of mesityl triflate (5) at 40 °C proceeded successfully, affording 6 in 77% yield (Scheme 6) Carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles and esters α,β-Unsaturated carbonyl compounds are good substrates for conjugate additions that use a catalytic amount of a metal complex and a stoichiometric

D-Fructose-based spiro-fused PHOX ligands: synthesis and application in enantioselective allylic alkylation

• Michael R. Imrich,
• Jochen Kraft,
• Cäcilia Maichle-Mössmer and
• Thomas Ziegler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2082–2089, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.182

• is the Ritter reaction of suitable carbohydrate derivatives with nitriles under Lewis-acidic conditions [29][30][31]. Recently, Vangala and Shinde reported the synthesis of spirocyclic 2-substituted 2-oxazoline ribosides from 1,2-isopropylidene-protected furanosides [32]. In our case, however, only

• small yields were obtained by the application of the Vangala protocol (activation of the carbohydrate with TMSOTf in toluene and different nitriles as nucleophiles; see Supporting Information File 1 for details). With slight modifications, however, (BF3·OEt2 as Lewis acid instead of TMSOTf and CH2Cl2 as

• is hindered. In the literature this fact is used to explain the different reactivities between “armed” and “disarmed” glycosyl donors in glycosylation reactions [33]. Due to the fact that 9 can be attacked from two sides by nitriles, the oxazolines occur in two isomeric forms, the β-anomers (10) and

Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry

• Michael K. Bogdos,
• Emmanuel Pinard and
• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179

• , heteroaromatics and aliphatics all seen. However, the variation in the alkyne partner is limited, with only examples of esters and nitriles shown. The yields are variable (15–98%), with no general explanation being offered to rationalise this by the authors. An example of the reaction of two asymmetric substrates

Synthesis of new tricyclic 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-d][1,4]diazepine derivatives by [3⁺ + 2]-cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions

• Lin-bo Luan,
• Zi-jie Song,
• Zhi-ming Li and
• Quan-rui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1826–1833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.155

• ][1,4]diazepinium salts 10 and the related neutral, free bases 13 were synthesized from 4-acetoxy-1-acetyl-4-phenylazo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines 8 and nitriles 9 in the presence of aluminium chloride by the [3+ + 2]-cycloaddition reaction of the in situ generated azocarbenium intermediates 14

• ][26][27][28][29][30]. Over the past years, we have been engaged in the synthesis of novel 1,2,4-triazolo heterocycles annulated to benzoazepine or heteroazepine derivatives by a tandem [3+ + 2]-cycloaddition/rearrangement between 1-aza-2-azoniaallenium ions with nitriles [31][32][33][34]. In the [3

• product had been changed from anion AlCl3(OAc)− to picrate anion. This variation proved to be quite beneficial for the formation of stable salts. Encouraged by the above success, we then examined the protocol’s efficacy by applying different kinds of nitriles. As can be seen from Scheme 3, most of the

Synthesis of pyrimido[1,6-a]quinoxalines via intermolecular trapping of thermally generated acyl(quinoxalin-2-yl)ketenes by Schiff bases

• Svetlana O. Kasatkina,
• Ekaterina E. Stepanova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Ivan G. Mokrushin and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1734–1742, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.147

• quinoxalin-2-ylideneacetates [9], multicomponent Mannich–Ritter transformations of quinoxalin-2(1H)-ones under the action of nitriles and 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran [10] and a microwave-assisted cascade strategy via in situ-generated N-acyliminium ion precursors and amines [11] (Figure 2). To develop a new

β-Hydroxy sulfides and their syntheses

• Mokgethwa B. Marakalala,
• Edwin M. Mmutlane and
• Henok H. Kinfe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1668–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.143

• synthesis of β-hydroxy sulfides, with a catalytic amount of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an initiator (Scheme 28) [66]. Even styrenes bearing powerful electron withdrawing groups such as nitriles (CN), trifluoromethyl (CF3) and ester groups (COOCH3) gave the corresponding β-hydroxy sulfides, albeit in

Cobalt-catalyzed C–H cyanations: Insights into the reaction mechanism and the role of London dispersion

• Eric Detmar,
• Valentin Müller,
• Daniel Zell,
• Lutz Ackermann and
• Martin Breugst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1537–1545, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.130

• Abstract Carboxylate-assisted cobalt(III)-catalyzed C–H cyanations are highly efficient processes for the synthesis of (hetero)aromatic nitriles. We have now analyzed the cyanation of differently substituted 2-phenylpyridines in detail computationally by density functional theory and also experimentally

Synthesis of chiral 3-substituted 3-amino-2-oxindoles through enantioselective catalytic nucleophilic additions to isatin imines

• Hélène Pellissier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1349–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.114

• N-Boc-isatin imines 3 with silyl ketene imines 27 catalyzed using a combination of Zn(OTf)2 and chiral N,N’-dioxide ligand 28 [48]. As shown in Scheme 9, this remarkable process afforded a wide range of chiral β-amino nitriles 29 exhibiting two vicinal tetrasubstituted stereocenters as almost single

Cobalt-catalyzed directed C–H alkenylation of pivalophenone N–H imine with alkenyl phosphates

• Wengang Xu and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 709–715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.60

• readily prepared from the corresponding aryl nitriles and organolithium or Grignard reagents, while analogous N-substituted imines are nontrivial to synthesize because of sluggish ketone/amine condensation. As such, the present reaction would complement the N-arylimine-directed alkenylation. Results and

Continuous multistep synthesis of 2-(azidomethyl)oxazoles

• Thaís A. Rossa,
• Nícolas S. Suveges,
• Marcus M. Sá,
• David Cantillo and
• C. Oliver Kappe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 506–514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.36

• preparation of oxazoles described in the literature. These include ring-closure reactions of diazocarbonyl compounds with amides or nitriles [16], α-haloketones and amides [17][18][19], cyanohydrins and aldehydes (Fischer synthesis) [20][21], or oxidative additions of α-methylene ketones to nitriles [22][23

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

• treat schizophrenia. In an interesting report Aggarwal et al. [74] described the synthesis of 4,7-dihydropyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-nitriles 92 from the reaction of β-ketonitriles 15 with several aryl/heteroaryl hydrazines 14 in ethanol with a catalytic amount of conc. HNO3 (Scheme 26). The authors

• spectroscopic studies. However, X-ray crystallographic studies indicated that the 4,7-dihydropyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-nitriles 92 underwent aerial oxidation to its aromatic counterpart pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine 93 during crystallization and is propeller in shape. Additionally, non-planar rings due to propeller

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• cation. Methyl-transfer affords the desired aryl methyl sulfoxide. The scope of this reaction included various electron-rich and poor aryl and heteroaryl diazonium salts. Diverse functional groups, like nitriles, thiocyanates ketones or esters were tolerated. Sulfinic acids and sulfinate salts Formation

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• , scalable, achieved at room temperature, working with a variety of electron-deficient and -rich heteroaromatic systems tolerating various functional groups such as unprotected alcohols, amines, ketones, esters, halides and nitriles. Importantly, the trifluoromethylation proceeded at the innate reactive

Conjugated nitrosoalkenes as Michael acceptors in carbon–carbon bond forming reactions: a review and perspective

• Yaroslav D. Boyko,
• Valentin S. Dorokhov,
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov and
• Sema L. Ioffe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2214–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.220

• intermediate NSA. However, still two equivalents of the organometallic compound were needed to ensure reaction completion. The resulting α-aryl-substituted aldooximes 56 were without isolation converted into the corresponding nitriles 57 by treatment with DCC in the presence of a py/Et3N mixture. The use of

Novel approach to hydroxy-group-containing porous organic polymers from bisphenol A

• Tao Wang,
• Yan-Chao Zhao,
• Li-Min Zhang,
• Yi Cui,
• Chang-Shan Zhang and
• Bao-Hang Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2131–2137, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.211

• organic polymers (POPs) have been reported via Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling reaction [16], Suzuki–Miyaura chemistry [17], Yamato reaction [18], and self condensation of aromatic nitriles[19]. Although these methods can be used to construct POPs with high specific surface area values, these reactions are

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

• in good yields within 30 min of reaction time (Scheme 19) [87]. Various aromatic and aliphatic nitriles including acetonitrile, alcohols like tert-butanol and other secondary alcohols were used for this reaction. In case of solid nitriles 1.0 equiv of nitromethane was added during the grinding

Development of a method for the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles composed of carboxylic acid, amino acid, and boronic acid

• Kohei Yamada,
• Naoto Kamimura and
• Munetaka Kunishima

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1478–1485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.146

• materials, such as α-haloketones and primary amides [8], alkynes and nitriles [9], amines and α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [10], etc. [11] have been reported. However, these reactions are often conducted under harsh reaction conditions and multistep syntheses of the starting materials are needed. ii

Syntheses of 3,4- and 1,4-dihydroquinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine

• Jimena E. Díaz,
• Silvia Ranieri,
• Nadia Gruber and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1470–1477, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.145

• transformations like conversion of amides into nitriles [52][53] or the Beckmann rearrangement [52][54]. They have also been widely employed in heterocyclic synthesis, including microwave-assisted reactions. The recognized wide functional group tolerance, stability and low environmental impact are additional

Phosphorus pentasulfide mediated conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols

• Chandra Kant Maurya,
• Avik Mazumder and
• Pradeep Kumar Gupta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1184–1188, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.117

• the tolerance of reducible functional groups like a nitro group and a triple bond in the reaction which cannot be used in the reported methods. A hypothetical mechanism (Scheme 2) for this conversion was believed to involve, in analogy with the thionation of nitriles to thioamides [20], initial

Regioselective (thio)carbamoylation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene at the 1-position with iso(thio)cyanates

• Anna Wrona-Piotrowicz,
• Marzena Witalewska,
• Janusz Zakrzewski and
• Anna Makal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1032–1038, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.102

• into 5, but to our knowledge this reaction, which must involve cleavage of the C–N bond, has no precedent in the literature (in contrast to the well-known formation of nitriles from primary thioamides, involving formal elimination of H2S [24]). Encouraged by the above results, we decided to check

New approach toward the synthesis of deuterated pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridines and 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines

• Aleksey Yu. Vorob’ev,
• Vyacheslav I. Supranovich,
• Gennady I. Borodkin and
• Vyacheslav G. Shubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 800–805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.80

• An efficient and operationally simple synthesis of 7-deuteropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine and 7-deutero-1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives using α-H/D exchange of 1-aminopyridinium cations in basic D2O followed by a 1,3-cycloaddition of acetylenes and nitriles is presented. A high regioselectivity

• -1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives by H/D exchange of 1-aminopyridinium cations followed by the reaction with acetylenes and nitriles. Results and Discussion N-Aminopyridinium salts are easily available via direct N-amination of parent pyridines. Salt 1a was prepared by N-amination of pyridine

• reaction yielded the corresponding 7-D-triazolo[1,5-a]pyridines with high D content at position 7. However, an H/D exchange at the methyl group was also observed with only moderate DD. The use of MeCN-d3 in place of MeCN resulted in the same yield of triazolopyridine-d4 15. Other nitriles such as PhCN and

Ultrasound-promoted organocatalytic enamine–azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of ((arylselanyl)phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)ketones

• Gabriel P. Costa,
• Natália Seus,
• Juliano A. Roehrs,
• Raquel G. Jacob,
• Ricardo F. Schumacher,
• Thiago Barcellos,
• Rafael Luque and
• Diego Alves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 694–702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.68

• independently using as substrates ethyl acetoacetate (2f), ethyl benzoylacetate (2g), 3-oxo-N-phenylbutanamide (2h), 3-oxo-N-(p-tolyl)butanamide (2i), benzoylacetonitrile (2j) and 4-toluoylacetonitrile (2k). The corresponding esters 3k,l [33], amides 3m,n [34] and nitriles 3o,p [36] were obtained in good yields

Isoxazole derivatives as new nitric oxide elicitors in plants

• Anca Oancea,
• Emilian Georgescu,
• Florentina Georgescu,
• Alina Nicolescu,
• Elena Iulia Oprita,
• Catalina Tudora,
• Lucian Vladulescu,
• Marius-Constantin Vladulescu,
• Florin Oancea and
• Calin Deleanu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.65

• synthetic approaches towards the isoxazole core include the reactions of hydroxylamine with aryl-β-diketones [20], α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [21], or α,β-unsaturated nitriles [22], and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between alkenes or alkynes and nitrile oxides [23][24][25]. Nitrile oxides are