Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• peroxide bridge, has been subject of extensive scientific investigations during the last decade [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63]. In this context, Seeberger and co-workers successfully developed an ingenious continuous-flow process for the hemisynthesis of pure artemisinin from

• peroxide groups in the corresponding artemisinin analog was eventually achieved by applying further oxidation. In a similar way to the above Oguri protocol, Li et al. prepared nanolobatolide (2), a potent neuroprotective agent, by successfully applying a tandem ring-closing metathesis of dienynes and

Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp³)–Si and C(sp³)–B bond formation

• Balaram S. Takale,
• Ruchita R. Thakore,
• Elham Etemadi-Davan and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67

• products (Scheme 26). From the different radical generators screened, dicumyl peroxide (DCP) was found to be very effective in leading to the corresponding products 144–148. Along with different acrylamides, different hydrosilanes were used as silyl source and the reaction could be applied to a wide

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

• carbon dioxide and phenyllithium gives the phosphine ferrocene carboxylic acid 152 as the major reagent. Oxidation of the phosphine using hydrogen peroxide generated the phosphine oxide 153. In situ chlorination of the carboxylic acid followed by addition of the chiral amino alcohols gave the phosphoryl

Why do thioureas and squaramides slow down the Ireland–Claisen rearrangement?

• Dominika Krištofíková,
• Juraj Filo,
• Mária Mečiarová and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2948–2957, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.290

• rearrangement proceeded in 2-MeTHF with slightly lower yield and very similar diastereoselectivity as in DCM (Table 5, entries 1 and 2). A low tendency to peroxide formation, stability under acidic and basic conditions, high boiling point, and low heat of vaporization are also positive features of cyclopentyl

Chiral terpene auxiliaries V: Synthesis of new chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine oxides derived from α-pinene

• Anna Kmieciak and
• Marek P. Krzemiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.242

• % yield) allowed to upgrade the enantiomeric purity of dIpc2BH [25]. Oxidation of the resulting dialkylborane with hydrogen peroxide provided enantiomerically pure (−)-isopinocampheol (7) in 78% yield. The Brown–Garg protocol [26] was employed to oxidize 7 with an aqueous solution of sodium dichromate and

• selenium dioxide in methanol [28]. The obtained phenyl selenide 14 was oxidized with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of pyridine to selenoxide, which readily undergoes intramolecular syn-elimination to produce α,β-unsaturated (+)-apoverbenone (15) [28][29]. In the next step, Luche reduction of 15

• sodium hydroxide (2.7 mL, 8.1 mmol) were carefully added. After cooling to 0 °C, a 30% solution of hydrogen peroxide (1.2 mL, 12 mmol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture. The solution was stirred for 30 minutes at rt and 1 h at 50 °C. After this time, potassium carbonate was added to saturate the

Functionalization of 4-bromobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine via regioselective direct ring metalation. A novel approach to analogues of pyridoacridine alkaloids

• Benedikt C. Melzer,
• Alois Plodek and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2304–2310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.222

• [12]. Our group demonstrated that nucleophilic radicals (1,3,5-trioxanyl, ethoxycarbonyl, methyl [14], but not benzoyl [15]) generated with peroxide under Minisci conditions, readily add to C-5 of 4-bromo- (9d) and 4-acetylbenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine (9e) to give 5-substituted-5,6-dihydro derivatives

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

An overview of the cycloaddition chemistry of fulvenes and emerging applications

• Ellen Swan,
• Kirsten Platts and
• Anton Blencowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2113–2132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.209

• singlet state oxygen to form similar peroxide, epoxide or epidioxide [16] derivatives, which can be isolated at room temperature (Scheme 4). An interesting physical characteristic of pentafulvene derivatives is their bright colour, which results from their cross conjugation, and varies with substitution

α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes with singlet oxygen

• Dominika J. Walaszek,
• Magdalena Jawiczuk,
• Jakub Durka,
• Olga Drapała and
• Dorota Gryko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2076–2084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.205

• ], TEMPO [4], or benzoyl peroxide [5][6][7][8]. Therefore, the use of environmentally friendly reagents instead is highly desirable. Along this line, singlet oxygen by being easily photochemically generated from triplet oxygen in the presence of organic dyes seems promising. Despite its high reactivity and

A review of the total syntheses of triptolide

• Xiang Zhang,
• Zaozao Xiao and
• Hongtao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194

• the desired stereochemistry of the C-7 benzylic hydroxy group. Compound 46 was converted to triptonide 2 by Alder periodate reaction (NaIO4, 74%), and a sequencing m-CPBA epoxidation and basic hydrogen peroxide oxidation (H2O2/OH−) procedure (two steps, 28%). Finally, sodium borohydride reduction of 2

Insertion of [1.1.1]propellane into aromatic disulfides

• Robin M. Bär,
• Gregor Heinrich,
• Martin Nieger,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1172–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.114

• internal standard was added. In the dark, no conversion could be observed at all. The exposure to daylight led to a conversion of less than 10% after 1 h. With a 500 W halogen lamp, 90% of the starting material was consumed after 1 h. By the addition of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) as a radical initiator

• peroxide, DTBP) led to increased amounts of insoluble polymer. Molecular structure of 6a (displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level), distance C1–C3 1.844(3) Å. NMR spectra of pure 6a (green) and 6d (red) and the obtained mixture with the new compound 15 (blue). Summary of the most recent

Stereo- and regioselective hydroboration of 1-exo-methylene pyranoses: discovery of aryltriazolylmethyl C-galactopyranosides as selective galectin-1 inhibitors

• Alexander Dahlqvist,
• Axel Furevi,
• Niklas Warlin,
• Hakon Leffler and
• Ulf J. Nilsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1046–1060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.102

• route to 2-deoxyhepuloses 3, 5 and 7 [27][28][29][30]. The hydroboration of enol ethers 2, 4, and 6 with borane dimethyl sulfide in THF, followed by oxidation using hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide gave 2-deoxygalactoheptulose 3 and 2-deoxymannoheptulose 5 in good yields (89% and 78%) and with

• , 14.00 mmol, 1 M) and hydrogen peroxide (33%, 2 mL, 20.5 mmol) were added, and the reaction mixture left for 2 h. Upon completion of the reaction, 1 M hydrochloric acid was added to the reaction mixture until the pH was approximately 7. The reaction mixture was poured into brine (150 mL), extracted with

• observed. After completion of the gas evolution, sodium hydroxide (131 µL, 0.131 mmol, 1 M) and hydrogen peroxide (33%, 13 µL, 0.131 mmol) were added, and the reaction mixture left for 2 h. Upon completion of the reaction, 1 M hydrochloric acid was added to the reaction mixture until the pH was

Towards the preparation of synthetic outer membrane vesicle models with micromolar affinity to wheat germ agglutinin using a dialkyl thioglycoside

• Dimitri Fayolle,
• Nathalie Berthet,
• Bastien Doumeche,
• Olivier Renaudet,
• Peter Strazewski and
• Michele Fiore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 937–946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.90

• color was developed using OPD (100 μL per well, 0.4 mg mL−1 in 0.05 M phosphate-citrate buffer) and urea hydrogen peroxide (0.4 mg mL−1). The reaction was stopped after 10 min by adding H2SO4 (30% v/v, 50 μL per well) and the absorbance was measured at 490 nm. The percentage of inhibition was determined

Azologization of serotonin 5-HT₃ receptor antagonists

• Karin Rustler,
• Galyna Maleeva,
• Piotr Bregestovski and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 780–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.74

• reacted with the 2-chloroacetylacetone ester derivative 7 providing hydrazine 8 [66]. Upon reaction of the chloro-ester 8 with phenylenediamine (9) in the presence of triethylamine the quinoxaline moiety was formed [67]. Oxidation of the hydrazine derivative 10 using hydrogen peroxide under an oxygen

Synthesis of polydicyclopentadiene using the Cp₂TiCl₂/Et₂AlCl catalytic system and thin-layer oxidation of the polymer in air

• Zhargolma B. Bazarova,
• Ludmila S. Soroka,
• Alex A. Lyapkov,
• Мekhman S. Yusubov and
• Francis Verpoort

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 733–745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.69

• time of a layer in air at ambient temperature (Figure 13). According to the classical theory of oxidation of polymers, the formation of primary radicals occurs predominantly, and only when they are formed, further oxidation of the -C=C- bonds occurs with the aid of the peroxide radicals formed. However

• adsorption of oxygen and its transport through the polymer layer becomes the slowest process, which leads to a change in shape of the kinetic curve of the accumulation of peroxide radicals (Figure 13). The curve in Figure 13 averages the experimental points of the oxidation process and is a result of two

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• hexachloroacetone [28][71] or cobalt(II) acetate in the presence of hydrogen peroxide followed by removal of the cobalt cations with QuadraSil AP resin [60]. The nature of the counter anion vary as a function of the conditions applied. Reduction of N1-substituted 3-nicotinamide salts to the corresponding 1,4

• cobalt acetate in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. This approach required the subsequent removal of metal ions by Quadrasil resin. The oxidized acetonides 45 were subsequently deprotected using

Oxidative radical ring-opening/cyclization of cyclopropane derivatives

• Yu Liu,
• Qiao-Lin Wang,
• Zan Chen,
• Cong-Shan Zhou,
• Bi-Quan Xiong,
• Pan-Liang Zhang,
• Chang-An Yang and
• Quan Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 256–278, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.23

• and aldehydes 48 to provide 2-acyl-3,4-dihydronaphthalenes 49 in moderate to excellent yields via a series of radical addition, ring-opening and cyclization in the presence of DTBP (di-tert-butyl peroxide) and Lewis acids (Scheme 12) [73]. Moreover, the experimental results showed MCPs 1 with electron

Catalysis of linear alkene metathesis by Grubbs-type ruthenium alkylidene complexes containing hemilabile α,α-diphenyl-(monosubstituted-pyridin-2-yl)methanolato ligands

• Tegene T. Tole,
• Johan H. L. Jordaan and
• Hermanus C. M. Vosloo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 194–209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.19

• %), 1-octene (99% GC), nonane (reagent plus 99%) and toluene (99%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. Toluene-d8 (99.5%) was purchased from MERCK and tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide (80%) from Riedel-de Haen. Diethyl ether and THF were dried over Na in the presence of benzophenone. Pentane was distilled

• min with a gastight syringe (1 mL), transferred to a GC vial (1 mL), quenched with toluene (0.3 mL) and tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide (2 drops), and then injected into a GC/FID by auto sampler. The metathesis reaction was terminated after 1440 minutes and analysed by GC/FID. Some samples were also

Repurposing the anticancer drug cisplatin with the aim of developing novel Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection control agents

• Mingjun Yuan,
• Song Lin Chua,
• Yang Liu,
• Daniela I. Drautz-Moses,
• Joey Kuok Hoong Yam,
• Thet Tun Aung,
• Roger W. Beuerman,
• May Margarette Santillan Salido,
• Stephan C. Schuster,
• Choon-Hong Tan,
• Michael Givskov,
• Liang Yang and
• Thomas E. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3059–3069, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.284

• ] and hydrogen peroxide treatments [32]. In addition, cisplatin treatment induced the expression of a series of genes involved in energy metabolism, which corroborated with previous proteomics work showing that cisplatin could interfere with stress response and energy metabolism in E. coli [33]. To

Degenerative xanthate transfer to olefins under visible-light photocatalysis

• Atsushi Kaga,
• Xiangyang Wu,
• Joel Yi Jie Lim,
• Hirohito Hayashi,
• Yunpeng Lu,
• Edwin K. L. Yeow and
• Shunsuke Chiba

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3047–3058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.283

• (Scheme 1A). Peroxide initiators such as dilauroyl peroxide (DLP) are commonly utilized [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14], while decomposition of DLP needs a high reaction temperature and inevitably generates considerable amounts of byproducts derived from DLP that sometimes require tedious

Copper(I)-catalyzed tandem reaction: synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles from alkyl diacyl peroxides, azidotrimethylsilane, and alkynes

• Muhammad Israr,
• Changqing Ye,
• Munira Taj Muhammad,
• Yajun Li and
• Hongli Bao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2916–2922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.270

• found that alkyl azide has always appeared as a side product when the reaction involved TMSN3 and alkyl diacyl peroxide, easily available compounds derived from aliphatic carboxylic acids. With this information in mind, initially, we started our investigation with phenylacetylene (1a), commercially

• available lauroyl peroxide (2a), and TMSN3 (Table 1). In a preliminary experiment, the reaction of 1a with 2a in the presence of 10 mol % of CuCl in THF at 50 °C afforded 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole 3a in 65% isolated yield (Table 1, entry 1). Surprisingly, under these conditions no CuAAC product

• . Furthermore, the scope of the alkyl diacyl peroxides was then studied (Scheme 3). The alkyl diacyl peroxides 2 were synthesized from the corresponding aliphatic carboxylic acids in a single step by DCC-mediated dehydrative condensation with hydrogen peroxide, and were used directly after simple filtration

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

• permanganate was added and stirred at 35 °C for 2 h. In the next step, the reaction mixture was cooled to 0 °C. Hydrogen peroxide (30%) in deionized water was added to the reaction mixture. The solid was gathered by centrifugation, washed with deionized water, methanol, and ether, and then dried at 40 °C under

Bioinspired cobalt cubanes with tunable redox potentials for photocatalytic water oxidation and CO₂ reduction

• Zhishan Luo,
• Yidong Hou,
• Jinshui Zhang,
• Sibo Wang and
• Xinchen Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2331–2339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.208

• g, 10 mmol) and CH3CO2Na·3H2O (2.7 g, 20 mmol) in methanol (30 mL) heated to refluxing temperature, is added pyridine (0.8 mL, 10 mmol) while stirring. Then a portion of 30% hydrogen peroxide (v/v, 5 mL, 50 mmol) is slowly added to the reaction mixture, and stirring under refluxing conditions is

The enzymes of microbial nicotine metabolism

• Paul F. Fitzpatrick

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2295–2307, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.204

• it contains covalently-bound FAD and produces hydrogen peroxide as a product in addition to 4-aminobutryate [5][38]. Mabo also catalyzes the oxidative demethylation of sarcosine. Based on these results, the mechanism of the enzyme is similar to that of sarcosine oxidase, direct oxidation of the C–N

Hypervalent iodine compounds for anti-Markovnikov-type iodo-oxyimidation of vinylarenes

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Mikhail A. Syroeshkin,
• Alexander A. Korlyukov,
• Pavel V. Dorovatovskii,
• Yan V. Zubavichus,
• Gennady I. Nikishin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2146–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.188

• %) was obtained using PhI(OAc)2 (Table 1, entry 2). Other iodine-based oxidants, such as PhI(OCOCF3)2 (Table 1, entry 10, yield 31%), IBX (Table 1, entries 11 and 12, yield 32–54%), DMP (Table 1, entries 13–14, yield 52%), showed less efficacy in this process. Peroxide oxidants, such as TBHP, TBAI/TBHP