Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

• DMSO. However, the Cu(I) complex 54 was obtained in trace amounts only (Scheme 18) [31]. This complex could be obtained in good yield through transmetallation of the corresponding Ag complex as discussed later in Scheme 24. Douthwaite and co-workers reported the synthesis of Cu(I) bromide complexes 56a

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

• Nadia Ledermann,
• Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

• nitrogen protection or activation using KOt-Bu in DMSO as a base. Under these conditions, the formation of the terminal (aza)indole anion is the driving force (Scheme 1) [34]. As a consequence, the electrophilic trapping of this intermediate with alkyl halides provides as concise access to N-substituted

• , 122 mg, 1.20 mmol), DBU (457 mg, 3.00 mmol), and DMSO (1.50 mL) were added under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was heated at 100 °C (oil bath) for 2 h. After cooling to room temperature, potassium tert-butoxide (505 mg, 4.50 mmol) and DMSO (1.50 mL) were added to the reaction mixture and heated to

• 100 °C (oil bath) for 15 min. After cooling to room temperature, N-iodosuccinimide (3, 338 mg, 1.50 mmol) and DMSO (1.00 mL) were added and the mixture stirred at room temperature for a further 2 to 5 h (monitored by TLC). Then, methyl iodide (4a, 639 mg, 4.50 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

• Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
• Alicia Bauduin,
• Chloé Le Roux,
• Romain Fouinneteau,
• Wilfried Berthe,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

• chromatography. Because 4.6 was obtained in better yields and in only 3 steps, the epimerization of 4.6 to 4.10 was also reported (Figure 4B). This epimerization is achieved in three-step sequence that starts with the double tosylation of 4.6 to produce 4.11. Then, the SN2 reaction with potassium acetate in DMSO

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence material with strained benzoguanidine donor

• Alexander C. Brannan,
• Elvie F. P. Beaumont,
• Nguyen Le Phuoc,
• George F. S. Whitehead,
• Mikko Linnolahti and
• Alexander S. Romanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1289–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.95

• deprotonation the latter with sodium hydride base. The compound shows poor solubility in most common organic solvents with moderate solubility in dichloromethane, 1,2-dichlorobenzene and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Compound 4BGIPN was characterized by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS), elemental analysis

• Supporting Information File 1 for NMR). In DMSO-d6 solution, 4BGIPN isomers do not show interconversion even upon warming to 120 °C, resulting in a similar set of signals. Excellent fit between HRMS and elemental analysis further supports the formation of the isomeric mixture of 4BGIPN as evidenced by the

• benzonitrile acceptor core. We found that the material is formed as a mixture of the rotational isomers that do not experience interconversion upon heating the 4BGIPN solution in DMSO to 120 °C. Two rotational isomers were successfully crystallized to show different up and down orientations of the

New one-pot synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones based on 5-aminopyrazoles and azlactones

• Vladislav Yu. Shuvalov,
• Ekaterina Yu. Vlasova,
• Tatyana Yu. Zheleznova and
• Alexander S. Fisyuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1155–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.83

• ) under solvent-free conditions, through subsequent elimination of a benzamide molecule in a superbasic medium (t-BuOK/DMSO). The fluorescent properties of the synthesized compounds were studied. 4-Arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones luminesce in the region of 409–440 nm with a quantum yield of 0.09–0.23

• (Table 1). For compound 3a, the possibility of benzamide elimination was studied. The benzamide fragment is a poor leaving group; however, in a superbasic medium, we were able to eliminate this group in compound 3a. In order to select optimal synthesis conditions, we heated compound 3a in DMSO at

• temperatures from 90 to 150 °C for 1.5, 3.5 and 6 h in the presence of KOH or t-BuOK (Table 1). The best yield of 4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-one 4а (81%) was achieved at 150 °C in DMSO containing 1.5 equiv of t-BuOK for 1.5 h. Obviously, the preparation of 4-phenylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-one 4а could be

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

• halides and the coupling products were obtained in good yields (52–74%) (Figure 4B). To suppress the rapid HAT with solvent DMF that yields the dehalogenated product, DMSO was chosen as solvent for the C–H arylation. When applying the catalytic protocol to 2-allyloxy-1,3,5-tribromobenzene, the 5-exo-trig

• a two-photon process. DBU was found to quench the steady-state fluorescence of *PC1 with a quenching rate constant two orders of magnitude smaller than the diffusion rate constant in DMSO at 298 K and one order of magnitude greater under the borylation reaction conditions (i.e., 0.20 M DBU) than the

• obtained by transient absorption spectroscopy with femtosecond pulsed laser excitation and were 2–3 orders of magnitude greater (e.g., keT (*PC1•−) = 6.8 × 1010 s−1) than the diffusion rate in DMSO (kdiff = 4.0 × 108 s−1 of 0.12 M 1d) confirming a preassociation of PC1•− and the substrate prior to PET

Synthesis of imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]thiazino[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines via a base-induced rearrangement of functionalized imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines

• Dmitry B. Vinogradov,
• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko,
• Yuri A. Strelenko and
• Galina A. Gazieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1047–1054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.80

• synthetic bioactive 1,3-thiazine and imidazothiazolotriazine derivatives with high antiproliferative activity. 1H NMR spectra of the starting compound 1d (a) and the reaction mixture after 1.5 (b) and 4 (c) hours in DMSO-d6 (the colored signals correspond to the protons shown in red in Scheme 4). 1H NMR

• spectra of compounds 4a and 5a in DMSO-d6 in the region of 4.3–9.0 ppm. 13C NMR GATED spectra of compounds 4a and 5a in DMSO-d6 in the region of 156.0–168.0 ppm. General view of 5a in the crystal in thermal ellipsoid representation (p = 80%). Base-induced transformations and rearrangements of

CO₂ complexation with cyclodextrins

• Cecilie Høgfeldt Jessen,
• Jesper Bendix,
• Theis Brock Nannestad,
• Heloisa Bordallo,
• Martin Jæger Pedersen,
• Christian Marcus Pedersen and
• Mikael Bols

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1021–1027, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.78

• such as 2 and 3 and did not. Recently the solid complex of CO2 and 1 have been studied as a food product additive [9][10][11]. Anions of 1 in DMSO have been found to have a high capacity for capturing of CO2 [12]. Being cheap, biodegradable and eco-friendly these carbohydrates might form the basis in

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• -free and greener synthesis of various N-substituted pyrroles 43 under solvent-free conditions (Scheme 20a). For the optimizations of the reaction conditions, various catalysts (Ca(NO3)2∙4H2O, UO2(NO3)2∙6H2O, Bi(NO3)2∙5H2O) and solvents (H2O, CH3CN, EtOH, DMSO, DMF, MeOH, CH2Cl2, no solvent) were

Intermediates and shunt products of massiliachelin biosynthesis in Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Till Steinmetz,
• Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 909–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.69

• spectra were recorded on a Bruker 600 MHz Avance III HD system with DMSO-d6 as solvent and internal standard. The solvent signal was referenced to δH 2.50 ppm and δC 39.52 ppm, respectively. Optical rotation was measured at 20 °C on a PerkinElmer polarimeter 341 with a sodium lamp (wavelength = 589 nm

• conversion of a thiazoline into a thiazolidine ring. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopic data for 1–6 in DMSO-d6. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 90: UV and total ion chromatograms of culture extracts from Massilia sp. NR 4-1. Copies of MS/MS and NMR spectra for new compounds. Acknowledgements

Synthesis of aliphatic nitriles from cyclobutanone oxime mediated by sulfuryl fluoride (SO₂F₂)

• Xian-Lin Chen and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 901–908, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.68

• cyclobutanone oximes. Substrate scope of δ-olefin-containing aliphatic nitriles. Reaction conditions: A mixture of cyclobutanone oxime derivative 1 (3.0 mmol, 3.0 equiv), alkene 2 (1.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv), Cu2O (1.0 mmol, 1.0 equiv) and potassium acetate (10.0 mmol, 10.0 equiv) in extra dry dioxane or DMSO (0.1 M

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

Eschenmoser coupling reactions starting from primary thioamides. When do they work and when not?

• Lukáš Marek,
• Jiří Váňa,
• Jan Svoboda and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 808–819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.61

• 70–95%). The presence of a base and the type of solvent seems to be an important factor for the reaction course. In toluene, ionic liquid or in refluxing ethanol without a base [16][19][20] or in the presence of weakly basic pyridine [17][18][21] (pKa = 5.23 in water, 3.4 in DMSO, 3.3 in DMF, and

• . recommended [24] a polar aprotic solvent such as DMSO that facilitates the formation of both α-thioiminium salt (III) as well as Eschenmoser contraction involving the attack of the exposed carbanion towards the imine/iminium group (V). Based on our previous experience [3][4] we favor dimethylformamide (DMF

• solutions (DMSO-d6, MeOD-d4, D2O), it was impossible to measure its NMR spectra and the only characterization involves MALDI–MS, IR, and melting point. The salt 6a was then treated in various solvents with or without additive (thiophile, base/acid) to give diverse products of cyclization (8a or 8a-Me), ECR

Non-peptide compounds from Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff) and their antitumor and iNOS inhibitory activities

• Yuan-Nan Yuan,
• Jin-Qiang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• Shao-Jun Xing,
• Yong-Ming Yan and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 789–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.59

• culture, cells were pretreated with compounds at a 20 μM concentration or DMSO for 48 h, with gemcitabine as a positive reference drug. Subsequently, Cell Count Kit-8 (CCK-8, MCE, USA) was added to each well at a 10 μL concentration for 2 h. The absorbance at 450 nm was measured using a microplate reader

• cytometry (BD, USA). CD8+ T cells and Panc02-h7-GP-GFP cells were co-cultured with the corresponding concentrations of compounds or DMSO for 18 h. Fluorescence intensity was measured using a microplate reader (emission at 476 nm, excitation at 514 nm). Anti-inflammatory assay RAW264.7 (a mouse macrophage

• /mL under the same incubation conditions. Following overnight incubation, the cells were treated with the corresponding concentration of the compound or DMSO for 24 h. CCK-8 (Beyotime, China) solution was added and incubated for 1 h. The absorbance of the solution in the 96-well plate was measured

Synthesis of substituted 8H-benzo[h]pyrano[2,3-f]quinazolin-8-ones via photochemical 6π-electrocyclization of pyrimidines containing an allomaltol fragment

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Boris V. Lichitsky,
• Mikhail E. Minyaev and
• Valeriya G. Melekhina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 778–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.58

• the model compound 10a in DMSO-d6 solution using 1H NMR monitoring (Figure 1). Thus, the NMR spectrum recorded after UV irradiation (365 nm) for 24 h contained signals of protons of two products along with signals of the starting pyrimidine 10a (Figure 1B). The complete conversion of the starting

• DMSO-d6 solution. The crystal structure of compound 11a (one of two polymorph modifications; p = 50%), CCDC 2248033. One of crystallographically unique molecules of 11g (p = 50%), CCDC 2248035. Photochemical behavior of terarylenes containing an allomaltol fragment. Synthesis of starting compounds 9

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-containing peptidomimetics by tandem of Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé and Ugi reactions

• Oleksandr V. Kolomiiets,
• Alexander V. Tsygankov,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.53

• -chlorobenzaldehyde (5b), 4-methoxyaniline (6a) and tert-butyl isocyanide (3a). It should be especially noted that the solubility of compound 8a is very low (soluble in DMSO and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (NMP), slightly soluble in methanol, 1- and 2-propanol, acetone, DMF and insoluble in water, ethanol, acetonitrile

• use DMSO, DMF and NMP as solvents for this Ugi treatment. However, we found that the application of the solvent systems based on DMF and DMSO described in the literature [35][36] did not lead to the target compound 9a (Scheme 5, Table 2). Stirring at elevated temperatures or reaction in NMP also

Synthesis, structure, and properties of switchable cross-conjugated 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes based on 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

• Semyon V. Tsybulin,
• Ekaterina A. Filatova,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii and
• Anna V. Gulevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 674–686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.49

• Supporting Information, File 1, Figure S60). The further alkynylation of compounds 7a–e was carried out using trimethylsilylacetylene and the Pd(PPh3)2Cl2/CuI/Et3N/DMSO catalytic system giving rise to dialkynyl derivatives 10a–e in high yields (Scheme 2). Column chromatography of trimethylsilyl derivatives

• aryl fragment, the less intense the long-wavelength maximum. Conjugation between the aryl substituent and the DMAN fragment in salts 11 is indirectly supported by the fact that the basicity of monomer 6b with the donor methoxy group (pKa = 8.2, measured in DMSO by the 1H NMR transprotonation approach

Cassane diterpenoids with α-glucosidase inhibitory activity from the fruits of Pterolobium macropterum

• Sarot Cheenpracha,
• Ratchanaporn Chokchaisiri,
• Lucksagoon Ganranoo,
• Sareeya Bureekaew,
• Thunwadee Limtharakul and
• Surat Laphookhieo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 658–665, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.47

• according to experimental literature with slight modification [20]. α-Glucosidase (0.05 U/mL) and substrate, p-nitrophenyl-α-ᴅ-glucopyronoside (p-NPG) (1 mM) were dissolved in 0.1 M sodium phosphate buffer (pH 6.9). Fifty μL of sample (1 mg/mL in 10% DMSO) and 50 μL of α-glucosidase were preincubated at 37

Nucleophile-induced ring contraction in pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazines: access to pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazoles

• Ekaterina A. Lystsova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Andrey N. Maslivets and
• Ekaterina E. Khramtsova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 646–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.46

• (toluene, acetonitrile, DMSO-d6) at room temperature, or when these solutions were slightly heated, the compounds 5a,b,e dissociated to form APBTTs 1 (the solutions got violet color, characteristic of compounds 1) (Scheme 10). In the presence of water (including the atmospheric moisture), hydration

Phenanthridine–pyrene conjugates as fluorescent probes for DNA/RNA and an inactive mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme

• Josipa Matić,
• Tana Tandarić,
• Marijana Radić Stojković,
• Filip Šupljika,
• Zrinka Karačić,
• Ana Tomašić Paić,
• Lucija Horvat,
• Robert Vianello and
• Lidija-Marija Tumir

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 550–565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.40

• were moderately soluble in DMSO (up to c = 1 × 10−3 mol dm−3) and their stock solutions were stable during a few months. All measurements were recorded in the Na cacodylate buffer (Ic = 0.05 mol dm−3) both at pH 5.0 and pH 7.0 for comparison, since the phenanthridine heterocyclic nitrogen becomes

• protonated in weakly acidic conditions (pH 5) [20][21]. The volume ratio of DMSO was less than 1% in all measurements. The absorbance of aqueous solutions for compounds Phen-Py-1 and Phen-Py-2 was proportional to their concentrations up to c = 1–2 × 10−5 mol dm−3. In contrast to the Lambert–Beer law, a

• : Solvents were distilled from appropriate drying agents shortly before use. TLC was carried out on DC-plastikfolien Kieselgel 60 F254 and preparative thick-layer (2 mm) chromatography was done on Merck 60 F254. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded in DMSO-d6 or CDCl3 on Bruker AV 300 and 600 MHz

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

• Louis Monsigny,
• Floriane Doche and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

• acrylamide derivatives [140]. Using the same directing group, a panel of α-arylacrylamide derivatives 39a–f was successfully functionalized with a high Z-selectivity (yields up to 98%, Scheme 18). Both, thermal reaction conditions (DMSO at 70 °C for 16 h) and microwave irradiation (100 °C using microwaves in

Dipeptide analogues of fluorinated aminophosphonic acid sodium salts as moderate competitive inhibitors of cathepsin C

• Karolina Wątroba,
• Małgorzata Pawełczak and
• Marcin Kaźmierczak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 434–439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.33

• result of the reactions carried out, the dipeptide analogues of α- and β-fluorinated aminophosphonic acids 8 and 10 were obtained. All the samples were solids, with very poor solubility in water and organic solvents such as DMSO and MeOH. The final step of the synthesis was the reaction of the resulting

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• ascorbate in DMSO (Scheme 9). According to UV–vis and circular dichroism (CD) spectrum measurements, the authors state that the formation of the dimer of porphyrin 50 can be attributed to DNA hybridization and through-space electronic interactions. In this investigation, it was found that the DNA serves as

• porphyrin subunits and was more efficient in DMSO as compared to chloroform. Also, a clear evidence of a folded conformer was found by electrostatic and CH–π interactions, which was also, confirmed by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. In another report, meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin-carborane

• 124 in the presence of copper bromide and tris((1-benzyl-4-triazolyl)methyl)amine (TBTA) in DMSO/H2O to give a porphyrin-lantern (PL)-DNA sequence in 45% yield after cleavage and deprotection. These PL-DNA sequences were further used to construct strong and fluorescent G-wires that could be useful for

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

• –O5: 2.898 Å, C8–I1–O1: 173.80°, C6–I1–O5: 167.75°, C6–I1–C8: 94.05°; for 5ax: I1–O3: 3.354 Å, I1–O5, 3.078 Å, C1–I1–O3: 154.71°, C8–I1–O5: 148.91°, C1–I1–C8: 94.53°. Derivatizations of the iodonium salt 5aa. a) Ac2O, CuSO4·5H2O, NaOAc, AcOH, 120 °C, 5 h; b) S8/Se/Te, Cs2CO3, DMSO, rt–100 °C, 2.5–24 h

Continuous flow synthesis of 6-monoamino-6-monodeoxy-β-cyclodextrin

• János Máté Orosz,
• Dóra Ujj,
• Petr Kasal,
• Gábor Benkovics and
• Erika Bálint

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 294–302, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.25

• - [16], hydroxylamino- [17], or alkylamino-CDs [18], monosubstituted at position C-6. In addition, the tosyl functional group can be oxidized to an aldehyde using a non-nucleophilic base in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) [19]. The monoaldehyde CDs can be further oxidized selectively to afford the