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

•  20) [65]. The scope of the substrates demonstrated is quite broad, with substituted aromatic and aliphatic alkynes being used and a variety of substituents tolerated on the diazonium salt starting material. Terminal alkynes selectively formed 2-substituted benzothiophenes, whereas the

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

• –I motif (Scheme 22) [62]. Hence aryl- and alkyl-substituted terminal alkynes can be coupled via a Sonogashira reaction when PPh3 is used as ligand, while the use of diphenylphosphinoferrocenyl ligand (dppf) allows the Heck-type coupling of acrylates, vinyl ketones and electron-poor styrene

[3 + 2]-Cycloaddition reaction of sydnones with alkynes

• Veronika Hladíková,
• Jiří Váňa and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1317–1348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.113

• irradiation to give only 29% of dimethyl 1,3-diphenylpyrazole-4,5-dicarboxylate while in a wetted-wall photo reactor (Normag) the yield is increased up to 84% (at 17 °C in DCM). Thermal reaction of sydnones with terminal alkynes As early as in his first work [1] dealing with sydnone–alkyne cycloaddition

• with alkyl propiolates (cf. Table 4, entries 6, 7, 23–29, 33, 34, 50–55, 58, 118, 141) and acylalkynes (Table 4, entry 142). Other terminal alkynes, for which the calculated lower HOMO–LUMO energy gaps correspond to the type III mechanism (especially phenylacetylenes, alkylacetylenes

• °C) can contribute to a substantial drop of selectivity. It is also known that some sydnones start to decompose at temperatures exceeding 180 °C [74] which can cause lowering of the pyrazole yield. From a synthetic point of view, the cycloaddition with terminal alkynes represents a very good strategy

Electrochemically modified Corey–Fuchs reaction for the synthesis of arylalkynes. The case of 2-(2,2-dibromovinyl)naphthalene

• Fabiana Pandolfi,
• Isabella Chiarotto and
• Marta Feroci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 891–899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.76

• ; Introduction Terminal alkynes, due to the considerable triple-bond strength (839 kJ mol−1), are characterized by a moderate thermodynamic reactivity [1]. Nevertheless, both the C–C triple bond and the terminal C–H bond can be efficiently and selectively activated by metal or metal-free catalysts. Therefore

• , terminal alkynes can be considered as raw material (thus an important resource). The use of terminal alkynes, activated by catalysts, as building blocks or intermediates in the synthesis of a large number of chemicals is extensively summarized in recent reviews [1][2][3]. The recently published papers

• confirm the present interest in the chemistry of terminal alkynes, e.g., in the synthesis of sulfinamides and isothiazoles [4], 1,3-enynes [5], α-monosubstituted propargylamines [6], 2-substituted pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines [7], etc. Terminal alkynes can be prepared by dehydrohalogenation of vicinal

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• Trifluoromethylated acetylenes were widely used in medicinal, agrochemical, and material science. In 2010, Qing and coworkers [60] firstly reported a copper-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes using TMSCF3 as a trifluoromethyl source. (Scheme 39). At the beginning of the experiment, undesired diyne

• same group [61] developed an improved procedure for the efficient copper-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes (Scheme 40). This reaction was conducted at room temperature with a smaller amount of TMSCF3. However, the above-mentioned reaction still required stoichiometric amounts of copper

• TMSCF3 (2 equiv) to the mixture afforded CuCF3. And both terminal alkynes and the rest of TMSCF3 were added to the reaction mixture slowly using a syringe pump. Various arylalkynes bearing electron-donating or -withdrawing groups were converted to the desirable products in good to high yields (Scheme 41

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

• (Scheme 46) [83]. By using Eosin Y as organic dye, aryl sulfinic acids could efficiently be cross-coupled with terminal alkynes. The Markovnikov regioselectivity is rationalized by a radical/radical cross-coupling pathway, instead of radical addition to an unsaturated system. The authors propose that

• Eosin Y as photoredox catalyst generates both, the sulfur-centred radical of the sulfinic acid as well as the α-vinyl carbon-centred radical. Radical/radical cross-coupling leads to the desired vinyl sulfone in Markovnikov orientation. The reaction is applicable to diverse functionalized terminal

• alkynes, bearing electron-donating (methyl, methoxy, amine or hydroxy) and withdrawing substituents (halides, carbonyls or sulfonamides) and also heterocyclic substrates. Various aromatic sulfinic acids could be applied, including methoxy, halogen, trifluoromethyl or acetylamino-substituted benzenes, as

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation and chlorination. Part 2: Use of CF₃SO₂Cl

• Hélène Chachignon,
• Hélène Guyon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2800–2818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.273

• . Terminal alkynes could also be submitted to these conditions successfully, albeit in lower yields. 2 Trifluoromethylsulfenylation In 2016, CF3SO2Cl was proposed for the first time as a new electrophilic trifluoromethylsulfenylation reagent by our research group [42]. To achieve that kind of transformation

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

• , pyrimidine, thiophene, etc. the Maiti group reported an alternative approach toward α-trifluoromethyl ketones starting from (hetero)arylacetylenes 7 and also aliphatic terminal alkynes 8 (Scheme 5) [24]. The trifluoromethyl radical was generated from CF3SO2Na as indicated earlier, oxygen from air was the

Electrophilic trifluoromethylselenolation of terminal alkynes with Se-(trifluoromethyl) 4-methylbenzenesulfonoselenoate

• Clément Ghiazza,
• Anis Tlili and
• Thierry Billard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2626–2630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.260

Asymmetric synthesis of propargylamines as amino acid surrogates in peptidomimetics

• Matthias Wünsch,
• David Schröder,
• Tanja Fröhr,
• Lisa Teichmann,
• Sebastian Hedwig,
• Nils Janson,
• Clara Belu,
• Jasmin Simon,
• Shari Heidemeyer,
• Philipp Holtkamp,
• Jens Rudlof,
• Lennard Klemme,
• Alessa Hinzmann,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2428–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.240

• groups is accessible for the use as precursors of peptidomimetics. Keywords: amino acid analogous side chains; desilylation; Ellman’s chiral sulfinamide; intramolecular Huisgen reaction; peptidomimetics; propargylamines; rearrangement to α,β-unsaturated imines; Introduction Terminal alkynes display an

• rearrangement of 11 were investigated (Figure 9). The ester substituted compounds 11i and 11k were obtained by Sonogashira cross-coupling of the terminal alkynes 7i and 7k with methyl 4- and 3-iodobenzoate, respectively. As the tert-butylsulfinyl group can be cleaved off under mild, acidic conditions [1][25][26

Synthesis, effect of substituents on the regiochemistry and equilibrium studies of tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine/2-azidopyrimidines

• Elisandra Scapin,
• Paulo R. S. Salbego,
• Caroline R. Bender,
• Alexandre R. Meyer,
• Anderson B. Pagliari,
• Tainára Orlando,
• Geórgia C. Zimmer,
• Clarissa P. Frizzo,
• Helio G. Bonacorso,
• Nilo Zanatta and
• Marcos A. P. Martins

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2396–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.237

• reactions were planned between phenylacetylene and compounds 6a–c. The 1,2,3-triazole synthesis from the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between 6a–c and terminal alkynes catalyzed by copper salts (CuAAC) [41][42][43] confirms that the reaction passes through an azide intermediate. In addition to mild

Is the tungsten(IV) complex (NEt₄)₂[WO(mnt)₂] a functional analogue of acetylene hydratase?

• Matthias Schreyer and
• Lukas Hintermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2332–2339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.230

• hydration (Scheme 2a), whereas alkynol cycloisomerization proceeds via rearrangement to a tungsten vinylidene complex and addition of the alcohol hydroxy group to the vinylidene α-carbon [18]. The vinylidene mechanism is related to that of ruthenium-catalyzed anti-Markovnikov hydration of terminal alkynes

• alkynes have not been reported [13] and substrate scope tests for acetylene hydratase have so far failed with higher alkynes [6]. We wished to test the potential activity and regioselectivity of complex 1 for hydration of higher terminal alkynes, as an extension to our studies of ruthenium-catalyzed anti

• allenol 7 and alkenol 8 are impurities already present in distilled starting material. Thus, complex 1 does not show hydration activity against higher terminal alkynes. To further validate those negative results, we wished to demonstrate a positive activity of complex 1, namely the reported hydration of

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

•  11) using 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanoquinone (DDQ) as an efficient oxidant [67]. Su and co-workers have also reported an asymmetric version of the CDC reaction between terminal alkynes and sp3 C–H bonds under high speed ball milling conditions [68]. Several optically active 1-alkynyl

Synthesis of alkynyl-substituted camphor derivatives and their use in the preparation of paclitaxel-related compounds

• M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho,
• Rudolf Herrmann and
• Gabriele Wagner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1230–1238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.122

• cleaved from the bis-alkynyl compounds 4 by reaction with CuCl, but again, there are selectivity issues that prevent a general application [36]. We therefore set out to explore whether some selectivity is observed when lithium salts of terminal alkynes are reacted with the oxoimide 3 in a 1:1 ratio (Table

Transition-metal-free one-pot synthesis of alkynyl selenides from terminal alkynes under aerobic and sustainable conditions

• Adrián A. Heredia and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 910–918, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.92

• halides. Successive reaction with terminal alkynes in the presence of t-BuOK affords the corresponding alkyl alkynyl selenide in moderate to good yields. Finally, this methodology allowed the synthesis of 2-alkylselanyl-substituted benzofuran and indole derivatives starting from convenient 2-substituted

• acetylenes. Keywords: alkynyl selenide; electrophilic cyclization; nucleophilic substitution; potassium selenocyanate; terminal alkynes; Introduction Alkynyl selenides, as many other selenium compounds, have potential anti-oxidant activities, and may play a role in certain diseases such as cancer, heart

• under Cu catalysis [26][27][28][29], from terminal alkynes in the presence of bases and Cu [30][31][32][33], Fe [34][35] or In [36] catalysis, or with t-BuOK without of transition metal [37] have been reported. In general, these methodologies require selenyl halides or diselenides as starting materials

Nucleophilic and electrophilic cyclization of N-alkyne-substituted pyrrole derivatives: Synthesis of pyrrolopyrazinone, pyrrolotriazinone, and pyrrolooxazinone moieties

• Işıl Yenice,
• Sinan Basceken and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 825–834, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.83

• -nitrobenzene with trimethylsilylacetylene under the Sonogashira coupling conditions followed by hydrolysis of the trimethylsilyl groups with K2CO3 resulted in the formation of 10a and 10b [26][27][28]. Fortunately, terminal alkynes can be easily converted into bromoalkynes with N-bromosuccinimide in the

Continuous-flow processes for the catalytic partial hydrogenation reaction of alkynes

• Carmen Moreno-Marrodan,
• Francesca Liguori and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 734–754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.73

• , corresponding to 5 μL/min (for capillary reactors) up to 3 mL/min of substrate solution flow. Hydrogen flow rates (and pressures) are adjusted to have typical H2: substrate molar ratios inside the reactor in the range of 1–30. Hydrogenation of terminal alkynes Various terminal alkynes have been hydrogenated

• hours continuous runs (333 K, 1 bar H2). A perusal of Table 1 shows that identification of the most versatile partial hydrogenation flow system for terminal alkynes, either catalyst or reactor, is prevented by significant substrate specificity, lack of experimental data or choice of parameter to be

• ). However, data are not available at the same conversion level, yet not directly comparable. Comparison in terms of, e.g., productivity is limited due to the same reason. Hydrogenation of internal alkynes Compared to terminal alkynes, the partial hydrogenation reaction of internal alkynes is more

Effect of the ortho-hydroxy group of salicylaldehyde in the A³ coupling reaction: A metal-catalyst-free synthesis of propargylamine

• Sujit Ghosh,
• Kinkar Biswas,
• Suchandra Bhattacharya,
• Pranab Ghosh and
• Basudeb Basu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 552–557, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.53

• are straightforward and products are obtained in good to excellent yields. The metal-free approach also offers the advantages of avoiding any possible byproduct arising out from the Glaser coupling of terminal alkynes as well as contamination with metal species. The present protocol supersedes the

Investigation of the action of poly(ADP-ribose)-synthesising enzymes on NAD⁺ analogues

• Sarah Wallrodt,
• Edward L. Simpson and
• Andreas Marx

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 495–501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.49

• introducing small, terminal alkyne functionalities at common sites of the adenine base. Upon successful incorporation into PAR, these alkynes serve as handles for copper(I) catalysed azide–alkyne click reaction (CuAAC) [22] with fluorescent dyes. Terminal alkynes are the smallest possible reporter group that

Solid-phase enrichment and analysis of electrophilic natural products

• Frank Wesche,
• Yue He and
• Helge B. Bode

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 405–409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.43

• dehydroalanine [6][7], ketones, aldehydes [8][9], carboxylic acids [8][9], amines [8][9][10], thiols [8][9], alcohols [11], epoxides [12], terminal alkynes [13][14] and azides [15] can be targeted to introduce a label. Such labels might increase the visibility in UV or MS detection in liquid chromatography

Iodination of carbohydrate-derived 1,2-oxazines to enantiopure 5-iodo-3,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazines and subsequent palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

• Michal Medvecký,
• Igor Linder,
• Luise Schefzig,
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
• Reinhold Zimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2898–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.289

• -oxazines bearing the newly installed alkynyl group at C-5 are ideal candidates for efficient subsequent transformations. A very popular and widely applied reaction of terminal alkynes is the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition, also termed as click reaction, efficiently leading to 1,4-disubstituted

Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions

• Anne L. Schöffler,
• Ata Makarem,
• Frank Rominger and
• Bernd F. Straub

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566–1572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.151

• . CuAAC reaction of benzyl azide and terminal alkynes with complex 2 or CuOAc as catalyst in absence or presence of added acetic acid. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 534: Author contributions, details of the procedures for the kinetic measurements, and figures of NMR spectra

Beta-hydroxyphosphonate ribonucleoside analogues derived from 4-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles as IMP/GMP mimics: synthesis and biological evaluation

• Tai Nguyen Van,
• Audrey Hospital,
• Corinne Lionne,
• Lars P. Jordheim,
• Charles Dumontet,
• Christian Périgaud,
• Laurent Chaloin and
• Suzanne Peyrottes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1476–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.144

• and 5 demonstrates that cycloaddition of terminal alkynes catalysed by Cu(I) were highly regioselective and led to 4-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles in the β-hydroxyphosphonate series. Then, on the basis of the study reported by Hudson et al., we performed extensive 2D-NMR experiments on compounds 3h and

Copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of (phenylethynyl)di-p-tolylstibane with organic azides

• Mizuki Yamada,
• Mio Matsumura,
• Yuki Uchida,
• Masatoshi Kawahata,
• Yuki Murata,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1309–1313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.123

• -disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles. Since then, the CuAAC has been widely applied in organic synthesis [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12], molecular biology [13][14][15][16][17], and materials science [18][19][20]. There are many reports of CuAACs by using terminal alkynes (including metal acetylides) [4][5][6][7][8][9

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of biologically important 3-hydroxyoxindoles: an update

• Bin Yu,
• Hui Xing,
• De-Quan Yu and
• Hong-Min Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1000–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.98

• state for the observed stereoselectivity. Pyrrole attacked the ketone from the Si face to generate (R)-3-pyrrolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles. Very recently, Feng et al. revealed that the bifunctional guanidine (L3)/CuI catalyst can catalyze asymmetric alkynylation of isatins with terminal alkynes, affording