DABCO- and DBU-promoted one-pot reaction of N-sulfonyl ketimines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates: a sequential approach to (2-hydroxyaryl)nicotinate derivatives

• Soumitra Guin,
• Raman Gupta,
• Debashis Majee and
• Sampak Samanta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2771–2778, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.254

• construction of pyridines bearing a carboxylate or CN group at C3 position has been a lucrative target for chemists due to the pharmaceutically privileged status (Figure 1). In this context, Rodriguez’s group successfully established a one-pot three-component reaction between β,γ-unsaturated α-ketoesters, 1,3

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

• , catalyst 53 was utilized for the synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-1,6,11(13H)-trione derivatives 55 via a one-pot, three-component reaction of phthalhydrazide (54), aldehydes 7, and dimedone (20) or cyclohexane-1,3-dione (for R3 = H, 20) under solvent-free conditions (Scheme 9). To check the

• thermal solvent-free conditions with good to excellent yields (75–97%) for short reaction times (11–70 min, Scheme 22). The three-component reaction tolerated one-substituted arylaldehydes including p-Cl, o-Cl, o-NO2, m-NO2, p-NO2, o-OMe, p-OMe, p-OH, and p-F as well as two- or three-substituted

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

• substituents on the chromene core and 1,2,3-triazole offer a lot of possibilities for further derivatization and optimization towards biologically relevant structures such as flavonoid structures. Our group developed a Knoevenagel-assisted three-component reaction of (protected) salicylaldehyde, ethyl

• assembly of triazole-fused (hetero)cycles [24][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42], we opted to develop a new one-pot two-step three-component reaction starting from salicylaldehydes, nitroalkenes and organic azides, without isolation of the intermediate 3-nitrochromenes, in a regioselective manner and

• the development of a metal-free sequential one-pot three-component reaction and the mechanochemically assisted 3-nitrochromene synthesis towards fully substituted triazolochromenes, without the isolation of the intermediate 3-nitrochromenes, have not been reported until now. Results and Discussion To

Mannich base-connected syntheses mediated by ortho-quinone methides

• Petra Barta,
• Ferenc Fülöp and
• István Szatmári

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 560–575, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.43

• reaction is an important, one-pot, multicomponent, C–C bond forming reaction that is widely used in the syntheses of many biologically active and natural compounds [1][2][3][4][5]. Originally, the Mannich product is formed through a three-component reaction containing a C–H acid, formaldehyde and a

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

• TFA as promoter at 80 °C to 140 °C. A three-component reaction of 5-aminopyrazole 16, 4-hydroxycoumarin (50) and aldehydes 47 was studied by Liu et al. [55] in various solvents like acetonitrile, dichloromethane, toluene and DMSO in the presence of catalysts like ZrCl4, InCl3, FeCl3, L-proline etc

• -b]pyridine-spiroindolinone nucleus 59 with a high degree of regioselectivity without formation of the regioisomeric pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine 60 involving three-component reaction of 5-aminopyrazole 16, isatin 54 and cyclic β-diketones 58 in aqueous ethanol with p-TSA as catalyst (Scheme 13

• reaction of 5-aminopyrazole 16, isatin 54 and 3-oxo-3-phenylpropanenitriles 15 in acetic acid under microwave irradiation at 80 °C in just 20 minutes (Scheme 14). Hao et al. [62] described the unexpected synthesis of naphthoic acid substituted pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives 70 via a three-component

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

Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

• Anna Kuźnik,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz and
• Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

• . The further attack of the exocyclic sulfur atom of the triazolethione anion on the β-position of the vinylphosphonium salt led to the final phosphorus ylide 84 (Scheme 52). The above-mentioned three-component reaction was completed in a short period of time and allowed to obtain the final product in

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

• Discussion We started our investigation with a one-pot, three-component reaction of piperidine, CS2, and a cyclic hypervalent iodane (Togni's reagent I) as a model reaction to find the optimal reaction conditions for the preparation of S-trifluoromethyl dithiocarbamates (Table 1). In the first run, we

• dithiocarbamate in THF, water or DMF the product ratio increased to 5:1 (Table 1, entries 13–15), the yield of 4a remained low compared to our one-pot three-component reaction in THF. In summary, stirring piperidine (1.5 equiv) and CS2 (1.5 equiv) in THF at room temperature for 10 min, followed by cooling to −78

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

• component reaction is recently reported by Su and co-workers in the synthesis of propargyl amines using aldehyde, alkyne and amine under high vibration ball milling (HVBM) condition. Using 10 mol % of Cu(OTf)2 as catalyst, 10 mol % of Ph-PyBox ligand C and silica gel as milling auxiliary they could achieve

• groups, heteroaromatic aldehydes, N-methyl urea and thio urea also resulted in good to excellent yield with high regioselectivity. It is interesting to note that the reaction was irreproducible in the solution of ethyl acetate at room temperature even after 24 h [133]. A mechanochemical asymmetric three

Photocatalyzed synthesis of isochromanones and isobenzofuranones under batch and flow conditions

• Manuel Anselmo,
• Lisa Moni,
• Hossny Ismail,
• Davide Comoretto,
• Renata Riva and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1456–1462, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.143

• also compound 14a in 17% yield (Scheme 6). Benzoxazepinones 14, the structure of which is unprecedented in the literature to the best of our knowledge, were the result of a three component reaction between the diazonium salt, ethoxycarbonylstyrene and acetonitrile. The postulated mechanism takes the

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

• ], 3-aminobenzofurans [12], aminoindolizines [13], 2-aminoimidazoles [14], oxazolidinones [15], and quinolines [16] (Scheme 1). Because of diverse applications of propargylamine, several methods are developed among which the three–component reaction of aldehyde, amine and terminal alkyne, commonly

• possibility for the Glaser coupling of the terminal alkyne as the byproduct [37]. Interestingly, hitherto there is no report for the A3 coupling reaction in the absence of a metal catalyst except of one example in a three-component reaction using an alkynylcarboxylic acid instead of a terminal alkyne [38]. In

Contribution of microreactor technology and flow chemistry to the development of green and sustainable synthesis

• Flavio Fanelli,
• Giovanna Parisi,
• Leonardo Degennaro and
• Renzo Luisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 520–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.51

•  1). The use of an integrated microflow system allowed the preparation of functionalized α-ketoamides by a three-component reaction between carbamoyllithium, methyl chloroformate and organolithium compounds bearing sensitive functional groups (i.e., NO2, COOR, epoxide, carbonyl) (Scheme 2). It should

Synthesis of structurally diverse 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-ones via sequential Biginelli and Passerini reactions

• Andreas C. Boukis,
• Baptiste Monney and
• Michael A. R. Meier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 54–62, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.7

• dihydropyridine synthesis (1882), the Biginelli dihydropyrimidone synthesis (1891), the Mannich reaction (1912), the Passerini three-component reaction (1921) and the Ugi four-component reaction (1959) [9]. In this work, we used Biginelli and Passerini reactions to synthesize highly functionalized compounds

• , hence both reactions will be described in detail. The Biginelli reaction The Biginelli reaction is a three-component reaction between an aldehyde (in many cases aromatic aldehydes give much better results than aliphatic ones), a β-keto ester (α-acidic compound) and urea or thiourea (some mono N

• discussed, is the Knoevenagel type reaction between the aldehyde 1 and β-ketoester 4 followed by a subsequent reaction with urea 2 [20]. The Passerini reaction The Passerini reaction was discovered in 1921 by Mario Passerini and is a three-component reaction between a carboxylic acid 8, a carbonyl compound

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

• acetate mixture. The resulting 5-bromo-N-alkyl derivatives 2 were then treated with potassium vinyltrifluoroborate and PdCl2(dppf)CH2Cl2 in DMF at 90 °C to afford the vinyl-substituted products 3 in excellent yields (Scheme 1) [21][22]. In the next step, the one-pot three component reaction was carried

Stereoselective synthesis of fused tetrahydroquinazolines through one-pot double [3 + 2] dipolar cycloadditions followed by [5 + 1] annulation

• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Kenny Pham,
• Shuai Liu,
• Marc Legris,
• Alex Muthengi,
• Jerry P. Jasinski and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2204–2210, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.211

• , and MeCN as a solvent, the three-component reaction for 2a was completed under microwave heating at 115 °C for 25 min. Without work-up, the reaction mixture was directly reacted with 1.0 equiv of N-benzylmaleimide (6a) under microwave heating at 125 °C for 25 min to give 7a as a major diastereomer of

Three-component synthesis of highly functionalized aziridines containing a peptide side chain and their one-step transformation into β-functionalized α-ketoamides

• Lena Huck,
• Juan F. González,
• Elena de la Cuesta and
• J. Carlos Menéndez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1772–1777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.166

• under the general conditions employed for the preparation of 11 from 2. Conclusion We have developed an efficient, mechanistically novel entry into polysubstituted, functionalized aziridines. Our method is based on a sequential three-component reaction initiated by bromomethoxylation of the exocyclic

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

• -component reaction has been developed to assemble biologically and pharmaceutically important tetracyclic fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines in a one-pot fashion utilizing readily available 2-aminopyridines, isatins and isocyanides. The three-component coupling proceeds through the Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé

• Bo Yang Chuanye Tao Taofeng Shao Jianxian Gong Chao Che Laboratory of Chemical Genomics, Engineering Laboratory for Chiral Drug Synthesis, School of Chemical Biology and Biotechnology, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen 518055, China 10.3762/bjoc.12.145 Abstract A novel three

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

• fully substituted 1,2,3-triazoles having group 15 (P, Bi) elements as substituents at the C-5 position was recently attempted. Li et al. reported that the cycloaddition of alkynylphosphonate with benzyl azide did not generate 1,2,3-triazolyl-5-phosphonates, but a three-component reaction of a terminal

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

• modifications The one-pot three-component reaction between aldehydes 19 (or ketones), amines 20 and dialkyl phosphonates 21 to afford α-aminophosphonates 22 is traditionally known as the Kabachnik–Fields reaction. This reaction was first reported in 1952 by Kabachnik, Medved and Fields (Scheme 6) [29][30]. Due

• -aminophosphonates. Unfortunately there are only a few examples of Kabachnik–Fields reactions of heterocycloalkanones in the literature. The tetra(tert-butyl)phthalocyanine–AlCl complex catalyzed three component reaction of N-Boc-piperidin-4-one (23) with (EtO)2P(O)H (24) and benzylamine (25) afforded the cyclic α

• and the structure of the dialkyl phosphite and isatin (Scheme 9) [35]. In this way a one-pot three-component reaction between 1-tosylpiperidine-4-one (34), aromatic amines 35 and diethyl phosphonate in the presence of magnesium perchlorate as a catalyst, under neat conditions at 80 °C afforded α

Synthesis, fluorescence properties and the promising cytotoxicity of pyrene–derived aminophosphonates

• Jarosław Lewkowski,
• Maria Rodriguez Moya,
• Anna Wrona-Piotrowicz,
• Janusz Zakrzewski,
• Renata Kontek and
• Gabriela Gajek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1229–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.117

• conditions to prepare N-(pyren-1-ylidene)-tert-butylamine (1j) and dimethyl N-(tert-butyl)amino(pyren-1-yl)methylphosphonate (3Aj) via the aza-Pudovik reaction, the Kabachnik–Fields reaction was used as an alternative method [23]. The three-component reaction without any catalyst was carried out first in

Synthesis of highly functionalized 2,2'-bipyridines by cyclocondensation of β-ketoenamides – scope and limitations

• Paul Hommes and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1170–1177, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.112

• led to undesired side reactions, e.g., deacylation or oligomerization processes. The development of the discussed pyridine syntheses by cyclocondensation reactions of β-ketoenamides was inspired by a serendipitously discovered three-component reaction of lithiated alkoxyallenes, nitriles and

(Thio)urea-mediated synthesis of functionalized six-membered rings with multiple chiral centers

• Giorgos Koutoulogenis,
• Nikolaos Kaplaneris and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 462–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.48

Synthesis of bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles by copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition: A family of valuable products by click chemistry

• Zhan-Jiang Zheng,
• Ding Wang,
• Zheng Xu and
• Li-Wen Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2557–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.276

• corresponding azide for the next CuAAC reaction to give the desired bistriazoles. In 2007, Wang and co-workers demonstrated that the one-pot three-component reaction of ortho- and meta-bis(chloromethyl)benzene (62), sodium azide, and terminal alkynes, catalyzed by CuX in water could provide the corresponding

• 1,4-disubstitued bistriazoles 63 in excellent yield [64] (Scheme 21). They found that the bistriazole could be formed during the Huisgen reaction, in which the reaction was efficiently promoted by the catalytic amount of the Cu(I) salts. For example, the three-component reaction could reach completion

• bistriazoles. The pyrene-appended thiacalix[4]arene-based bistriazole. The synthesis of triazole-based tetradentate ligands. The synthesis of phenanthroline-2,9-bistriazoles. The three-component reaction for the synthesis of bistriazoles. The one-pot synthesis of bistriazoles. The synthesis of polymer-bearing

Preparation of conjugated dienoates with Bestmann ylide: Towards the synthesis of zampanolide and dactylolide using a facile linchpin approach

• Jingjing Wang,
• Samuel Z. Y. Ting and
• Joanne E. Harvey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1815–1822, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.197

• uncharted. In this paper, a three-component reaction between α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, alcohols and the Bestmann ylide is described. The scope of this esterification–Wittig reaction sequence in the synthesis of α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated esters is studied, and the method is applied in an approach towards the

• Discussion Evaluation of the three-component reaction for the synthesis of α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated esters The study of the reactions between Bestmann ylide, alcohols and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes began with the investigation of the coupling between linchpin 1 [46], E-hex-2-en-1-ol (9a) and E-cinnamaldehyde (10a

• -component reaction between (triphenylphosphoranylidene)ketene (Bestmann ylide, 1), an alcohol and an unsaturated aldehyde delivers α,β,γ,δ-unsaturated esters. This methodology enabled the facile synthesis of E,Z-dienoate products 5b and 5c, which represent two-thirds of the dactylolide/zampanolide

The reactions of 2-ethoxymethylidene-3-oxo esters and their analogues with 5-aminotetrazole as a way to novel azaheterocycles

• Marina V. Goryaeva,
• Yanina V. Burgart,
• Marina A. Ezhikova,
• Mikhail I. Kodess and
• Viktor I. Saloutin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 385–391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.44

• -component reaction of ester 1f, cyanoacetic ester 12 and 5-AT in the presence of triethylamine to confirm the proposed mechanism. The product 11 was obtained in excellent yield. Moreover, we managed to isolate diethyl 2,4-dicyanopent-2-enedioate (14, Scheme 5), which was previously obtained as a sodium salt

• [М]+) (Scheme 5). It can be assumed that ethyl cyanoacetate (12), formed as a result of ethoxymethylidene group migration to 5-AT, reacts with ester 1f to give intermediate diester 14 (Scheme 5). The latter is cyclised with 5-AT into pyridine 11 via intermediates H and I. We carried out the three