Metal-free double azide addition to strained alkynes of an octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivative with electron-withdrawing substituents

• Naoki Takeda,
• Shuichi Akasaka,
• Susumu Kawauchi and
• Tsuyoshi Michinobu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2234–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.191

• apparently smaller than those previously reported for the reaction between DBA-OHex and benzyl azide (Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1). However, the Ea values were previously measured in DMSO-d6 and C6D6, and it is known that there is a solvent polarity effect on the reactivity of SpAACs. In order

• to quantitatively compare the reactivity of DBAs with different substituents, the reaction between DBA-OHex and benzyl azide was also monitored in CDCl3. The Ea in CDCl3 was 71.1 kJ mol−1 (Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1). This result clearly suggests that DBA 5 with electron-withdrawing

• ) is more energetically demanding than the counter monoadduct (out) due to steric factors. The second azide addition follows this step. The alkyne, which is diagonally positioned relative to the triazole group, shows the highest reactivity due to its significant distortion. This finding correlates with

Heterocycle-guided synthesis of m-hetarylanilines via three-component benzannulation

• Andrey R. Galeev,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Alexander S. Novikov and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2208–2216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.188

• the possible substitution patterns, meta-substituted anilines hold a special place. These compounds are difficult to access due to the inherent ortho-/para-directional reactivity of the amino group, at the same time they are widely used in medicinal chemistry, resulting in several marketed drugs

• /chemoinformatics calculations were also performed to correlate the observed reactivity with the charges on the carbonyl group of 1,3-diketones. Unfortunately, no reliable correlation was found between the charges and the reactivity of the 1,3-diketones with the present set of heterocyclic substituents or with the

O,S,Se-containing Biginelli products based on cyclic β-ketosulfone and their postfunctionalization

• Kateryna V. Dil and
• Vitalii A. Palchykov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2143–2151, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.184

• regioselectivity to give diverse DHPMs in reasonable yields up to 95%. Moreover, an SO2-containing analogue of anticancer drug-candidate enastron (SO2 vs C=O) was obtained by using the here reported method in gram scale. We also demonstrate the reactivity of the Biginelli product in various directions – synthesis

• synthesis of new S-heterocyclic systems we tried to combine the broad synthetic potential of Biginelli condensation and high reactivity β-ketosulfone 1 (dihydro-2H-thiopyran-3(4H)-one-1,1-dioxide) in various condensation reactions [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. It was also worth mentioning that the thiopyran

Efficacy of radical reactions of isocyanides with heteroatom radicals in organic synthesis

• Akiya Ogawa and
• Yuki Yamamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2114–2128, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.182

• nitrogen-containing compounds [3][4][5][6][7]. Furthermore, by adjusting the substituents on the nitrogen, reactivity can be controlled and solubility in various solvents can be tuned (Figure 2). However, the use of isocyanide as a C1 resource is somewhat limited compared to that of carbon monoxide [8

• on molecular transformations by the reactions of heteroatom radicals with isocyanides using methods 1 and 2. Thus, in this perspective, we mainly focused on the use of method 1 and method 2 for the generation of heteroatom radicals and the reactivity of them with isocyanides. Among these three

• can add to isocyanides to form the imidoyl radicals. In this reaction, telluro radicals (ArTe•) also forms in situ, but the relative reactivity of them toward isocyanides might be very low. In addition, dimerization of ArTe• to (ArTe)2 is very fast, and therefore, the ArTe-substituted imidoyl radical

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

• approach this ideal, representing a reactivity-based concept where reactive functionalities are generated and consumed in each step [24]. MCR can be conducted in a domino, sequential, or consecutive fashion, offering a versatile approach to synthetic design by creating countless new sequences by

• ) [69] approach without reducing the reactivity of the Michael system. In this one-pot procedure, the borylation of aryl halides with pinacolborane gives aryl pinacolyl boronates 53, which are then coupled with bromoenal 51 to generate the intermediary enal 54. Subsequent cyclization with tosylhydrazine

• employed, likely due to the more electron-rich internal nitrogen atom reacting with the Michael system. When phenylhydrazine is used, an inverse reactivity is observed [73][74][75]. Remarkably, when hydroxyethylhydrazine is utilized, a mixture of regioisomers is formed, likely attributed to steric

Diastereoselective synthesis of highly substituted cyclohexanones and tetrahydrochromene-4-ones via conjugate addition of curcumins to arylidenemalonates

• Deepa Nair,
• Abhishek Tiwari,
• Banamali Laha and
• Irishi N. N. Namboothiri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2016–2023, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.177

• , curcumin showcases its Michael donor–acceptor ability in different ways, such as simple Michael addition, [4 + 2] annulation, Michael addition followed by cyclization or one-pot multicomponent reactions (MCR), etc. (Scheme 1) [25]. In 2011, our group reported the reactivity of curcumin as a Michael donor

• ]. Other groups have also investigated the Michael donor–acceptor reactivity of curcumins [25]. For instance, a quinine-thiourea catalyzed Michael addition of curcumins to nitroalkenes reported by Ye et al. stopped at the single Michael addition stage [35]. In the subsequent year, Yan et al. demonstrated a

• reported in due course. Biologically active derivatives of cyclohexanones. X-ray structure of 4a (CCDC 2351387). Origin of stereoselectivity in the double Michael addition. The Michael donor–acceptor reactivity of curcumin: previous vs present work. A plausible reaction mechanism. Scale-up reaction

Harnessing the versatility of hydrazones through electrosynthetic oxidative transformations

• Aurélie Claraz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1988–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.175

• hydrazones can act as radical acceptors for the synthesis of functionalized amines or hydrazones through reductive functionalization [21][25][26] or oxidative C(sp2)–H functionalization [27][28], respectively. Consequently, given their rich reactivity profile, exploring new synthetic transformations of

• appealing opportunities to take advantage of the versatility of this reagent. Such an approach can either ameliorate the previous methods in a more sustainable and efficient fashion or provide a mean for the discovery of new reactivity. Herein, this review aims to give an overview of the state of the art in

• reactivity profile of hydrazones, the electrooxidative transformations of such a molecular building block provides a fascinating route to valuable compounds under mild and safe reaction conditions. Alone, the electrooxidation of NH-aryl, -tosyl, and -acylhydrazones triggered the cyclization of a radical

Radical reactivity of antiaromatic Ni(II) norcorroles with azo radical initiators

• Siham Asyiqin Shafie,
• Ryo Nozawa,
• Hideaki Takano and
• Hiroshi Shinokubo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1967–1972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.172

• ) norcorrole. The radical reactivity of Ni(II) norcorroles was investigated by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Keywords: 16π; antiaromatic; norcorrole; porphyrinoid; radical; Introduction Considerable attention has been directed toward antiaromatic norcorroles [1][2][3] due to the fascinating

• the electrophile [16][17][18]. In addition, C–C double bonds of the norcorrole skeleton outside the π-delocalization pathway exhibit a reactivity similar to an alkene to afford hydrogenated norcorroles by hydrogenation [19] or reduction with hydrazine [20] and [3 + 2]-cycloadducts with 1,3-dipoles [21

• presented. We also discuss the selectivity of the radical addition to Ni(II) norcorroles using DFT calculations. Results and Discussion Reactivity with azo radical initiators We selected 2,2'-azobis(isobutyronitrile) (AIBN) as a radical source. Ni(II) dimesitylnorcorrole 1 was treated with AIBN in refluxing

1,2-Difluoroethylene (HFO-1132): synthesis and chemistry

• Liubov V. Sokolenko,
• Taras M. Sokolenko and
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1955–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.171

• higher reactivity than (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene in this reaction. The reaction of either (E)- or (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene with perfluoroaldehydes resulted in the formation of three isomeric oxetanes in a 1.0:1.7:1.3 ratio in a high yield of 78–94% (Scheme 22) [49]. All data reported for the [2 + 2

Regioselective alkylation of a versatile indazole: Electrophile scope and mechanistic insights from density functional theory calculations

• Pengcheng Lu,
• Luis Juarez,
• Paul A. Wiget,
• Weihe Zhang,
• Krishnan Raman and
• Pravin L. Kotian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1940–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.170

• precursors of alkylating reagents presents an opportunity to find new ways to diversify indazole reactivity by simple modifications of reaction conditions. Mechanistic understanding would allow for further diversification in related systems. The indazole ring presents annular tautomerism regarding the

A new platform for the synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives via nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions

• Vitor A. S. Almodovar and
• Augusto C. Tomé

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1933–1939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.169

• pentafluorobenzyl bromide, followed by a nucleophilic aromatic substitution (SNAr) with thiols and phenols. This approach is based on the well-established reactivity of perfluoroaromatic compounds in nucleophilic aromatic substitutions [32][33][34][35]. By varying the reaction conditions and the number of

• generating new DPP derivatives through nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions with thiols and phenols. The main objective of this study was to employ the N,N’-bis(pentafluorobenzyl)-DPP 2 as an electrophile and investigate its reactivity with thiols and phenols (Scheme 1). All SNAr reactions were

• functionalized DPP derivatives. As anticipated, it displayed reactivity with thiols and phenols through nucleophilic aromatic substitution at the pentafluorobenzyl groups, yielding both symmetrical (disubstitution) and non-symmetrical (monosubstitution) derivatives in satisfactory yields (Scheme 1). Thiols are

Negishi-coupling-enabled synthesis of α-heteroaryl-α-amino acid building blocks for DNA-encoded chemical library applications

• Matteo Gasparetto,
• Balázs Fődi and
• Gellért Sipos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1922–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.168

• heteroaromatic halides. The reaction sequence utilizes a photochemically enhanced Negishi cross-coupling as a key step, followed by oximation and reduction. The prepared amino esters were validated for on-DNA reactivity via a reverse amidation–hydrolysis–reverse amidation protocol. Keywords: amino acids; DEL

• results, thiazole 2b, benzothiazole 2i and benzimidazole 2t react very well with sodium nitrite in an acidic environment (Scheme 6, red section). Among the various subclasses of compounds, pyrazole 2l exhibited a high reactivity using t-BuONO and EtONa in ethanol (Scheme 6, red section). On the other hand

Access to 2-oxoazetidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives via thermal microwave-assisted Wolff rearrangement of 3-diazotetramic acids in the presence of nucleophiles

• Ivan Lyutin,
• Vasilisa Krivovicheva,
• Grigory Kantin and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1894–1899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.164

• versatile methods for the preparation of structurally diverse β-lactam derivatives is of great importance and relevance. Continuing the investigation of the reactivity and synthetic potential of diazotetramic acids (1), we have recently shown that these diazo reagents can act as precursors of β-lactam

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

• Cristina Martini,
• Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

• and a hydrophilic corona and can serve as heterogeneous systems for solubilizing hydrophobic chemicals in water. By concentrating reactants in nanometer-sized vessels, their reactivity is altered, and reaction rates are often accelerated. As a result, mild reaction conditions can be achieved

• template, selecting the ligand building blocks with highest affinity and bringing them in proximity within the binding site. Building blocks are opportunely chosen to have complementary reactivity and therefore to react irreversibly within the binding site and assemble into the final ligand. Before the

• Almost 90 different amidines had already been tested until 2018 [1], however, room for novel building blocks or old ones with novel reactivity is still available as demonstrated for example by Dömling et al. [48]. They focused on the use of 2,4-diaminopyrimidines 41 to synthetize

A facile three-component route to powerful 5-aryldeazaalloxazine photocatalysts

• Ivana Weisheitelová,
• Radek Cibulka,
• Marek Sikorski and
• Tetiana Pavlovska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1831–1838, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.161

• reactivity, thus giving higher yields than those bearing electron-withdrawing groups. The best reactivity was observed for 3,4-dimethylaniline (3a) and 3,4-dimethoxyaniline (3b) with the isolation of 5-aryldeazaalloxazines 2a–h, with yields of 43–79%. Additionally, 5-aryldeazaalloxazines bearing methoxy

• substituents at positions 7 and 8 of the deazaalloxazine ring (see Figure 1 for numeration) showed the best reactivity as reductive photocatalysts. Such an outcome of MCR opens up the possibility of their production on a larger scale for commercial needs. However, the synthesis of the 7- and 8-methoxy

• the described conditions. The halogen groups on the anilines slightly decreased their reactivity, leading to the formation of products 2q–w with lower yields. However, the 8-chlorine derivative 2u with a o-tolyl aldehyde moiety was prepared with a yield of 37%. Aromatic aldehydes bearing bromine and

Oxidative fluorination with Selectfluor: A convenient procedure for preparing hypervalent iodine(V) fluorides

• Samuel M. G. Dearman,
• Xiang Li,
• Yang Li,
• Kuldip Singh and
• Alison M. Stuart

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1785–1793, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.157

• alternative approach, we reported the first application of using fluoroiodane 2 as a fluorinating reagent in 2013 [11]. The chelate sidearm makes 2 an air-stable, easy-to-handle solid with excellent fluorinating ability and it often exhibits different reactivity to that observed with fluoroaza reagents such

• disappointingly, no fluorination was observed. The disparity in reactivity between difluoroiodane 6 and trifluoroiodane 3 towards aryl Grignard reagents could be attributed to the different relationships between the fluorine ligands on the iodine(V) centre. In difluoroiodane 6 the fluorine ligands are restricted

Synthesis and characterization of 1,2,3,4-naphthalene and anthracene diimides

• Adam D. Bass,
• Daniela Castellanos,
• Xavier A. Calicdan and
• Dennis D. Cao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1767–1772, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.155

• acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD). Although this [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactivity strategy has been reported under a variety of aryne generation conditions [17][18][19], in our hands we were only able to generate practical amounts of tetraesters 3 using the method reported by Peña et al. [18]. Hydrolysis of 3 with

Harnessing unprotected deactivated amines and arylglyoxals in the Ugi reaction for the synthesis of fused complex nitrogen heterocycles

• Javier Gómez-Ayuso,
• Pablo Pertejo,
• Tomás Hermosilla,
• Israel Carreira-Barral,
• Roberto Quesada and
• María García-Valverde

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1758–1766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.154

• limited reactivity, modulated by their substitution [19]. Results and Discussion Synthesis of 3H-benzo[e][1,4]diazepin-5-ones As part of our continued interest in developing new and efficient strategies for synthesizing complex fused nitrogen heterocycles, we decided to evaluate the use of amine groups

• with a reduced reactivity in the synthesis of 3H-benzo[e][1,4]diazepin-5-ones, heterocycles previously synthesized by our research group through Ugi/Staudinger/aza-Wittig and Ugi/reduction/cyclization sequences, using 2-azidobenzoic [20] and 2-nitrobenzoic [21] acids, respectively. The first

Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

• Ryo Tanifuji and
• Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

• artificial reaction environments for precise reactivity control. The third strategy, "regio- and stereoselective scaffold construction", enabled concise access to highly functionalized complex core skeletons of natural products. From the discovery of unknown enzymes to the application of the discovered

• (Scheme 9 and Scheme 10). A major limitation of the chemo-enzymatic approach is the current difficulty of designing or evolving enzymes. The chemical synthesis of each substrate and the introduction of mutations into enzymes must be verified to increase their reactivity and selectivity. As the number of

• applications of chemo-enzymatic hybrid syntheses increases and we better understand the extent to which the structure of enzymes and the reactivity of synthetic substrates can be predicted, guidelines for the rational design of enzymes will likely be established, enabling the rapid identification of optimal

Oxidation of benzylic alcohols to carbonyls using N-heterocyclic stabilized λ³-iodanes

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Pim Puylaert and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1677–1683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.149

• oxidation of the alcohol. Only small amounts of benzoic acid 4a’ were observed in all reactions with additional AlCl3, suggesting that the additive inhibits the previously observed overoxidation. Surprisingly AlCl3 activated the cyclic tetrazole iodane 1a but had almost no influence on the reactivity of the

• (75%). The ortho-phenyl-substituted aldehyde 4h was isolated in 85% yield, while the ortho-methoxy substrate did not convert to 4i. The ortho-, meta- and para-permutation of a CF3 group showed lower reactivity for the ortho-substituted 4j (53%), while the meta- and para-derivatives 4k and 4l gave

Ring opening of photogenerated azetidinols as a strategy for the synthesis of aminodioxolanes

• Henning Maag,
• Daniel J. Lemcke and
• Johannes M. Wahl

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1671–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.148

• strain; Introduction Identifying efficient methods for the preparation of densely functionalized molecules is one of the central goals of modern organic chemistry. In this context, application of strained molecules has garnered increasing attention due to their intrinsic reactivity [1][2]. However

• have indicated the unique role of the benzhydryl group for azetidinol reactivity [32][33][34]. To our delight, 3l cleanly underwent ring opening via hemiketal 10 to deliver dioxolane 11 as a single diastereomer in 93% yield (Scheme 3b). With this result at hand, we tested several other carbonyls known

Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

• Maria-Paula Schröder,
• Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
• Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

• triethylsilane in TFA-CH3Cl, resulting in the N-methylated amino acid as the final product [38]. The third method for chemical N-methylation involves the use of protection groups that also enhance the reactivity of the primary amine (Figure 2). Once the amine is deprotonated, an electrophilic methylation reagent

Polymer degrading marine Microbulbifer bacteria: an un(der)utilized source of chemical and biocatalytic novelty

• Weimao Zhong and
• Vinayak Agarwal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1635–1651, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.146

• alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, and toluene) increased the reactivity of MtCh509 relative to the aqueous system, representing the first solvent‑tolerant chitinase from Microbulbifer species and its potential applications in industrial processes [50]. rChi1602 exhibited maximal activity at 60 °C and over a

pKalculator: A pK_a predictor for C–H bonds

• Rasmus M. Borup,
• Nicolai Ree and
• Jan H. Jensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1614–1622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.144

• as steric hindrance and base reactivity, ensuring even more precise predictions for reaction sites. Correlating computed values and experimental pKa values for 695 compounds. r: Pearson correlation coefficient; ρ: Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient; MAE: mean absolute error; RMSE: root mean

Generation of multimillion chemical space based on the parallel Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction

• Evgen V. Govor,
• Vasyl Naumchyk,
• Ihor Nestorak,
• Dmytro S. Radchenko,
• Dmytro Dudenko,
• Yurii S. Moroz,
• Olexiy D. Kachkovsky and
• Oleksandr O. Grygorenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1604–1613, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.143

• (compounds 1{17–21}); for pyridazine or pyrazine derivatives, even the presence of halogen atoms was sufficient to deactivate the substrate (e.g., compounds 1{22–24}); a dialkylamino or alkoxy group at the C-6 position of pyridine derivatives also hampered the substrate’s reactivity (e.g., compounds 1{25–27

• }). Some of these results (e.g., on the reactivity of aminopyrimidine derivatives) were in accordance with the previous literature data [21][29]. Meanwhile, electronic effects of the substituents in the amino heterocycle reported in the previous works were somewhat contradictory. Whereas for the NO2 group

• , lowering the reactivity has been documented, other electron-withdrawing groups were reported to be generally compatible with the GBB reaction [21]. Interference of dialkylamino or alkoxy groups at the C-6 position was also mentioned previously [29]. In addition to that, it was found that electron-poor