Circularly polarized luminescent systems fabricated by Tröger's base derivatives through two different strategies

• Cheng Qian,
• Yuan Chen,
• Qian Zhao,
• Ming Cheng,
• Chen Lin,
• Juli Jiang and
• Leyong Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 52–57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.6

• ]. Then, by Suzuki coupling reaction between 2,8-dibromo-6H,12H-5,11-methanodibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocine and 4-vinylpyridine, rac-TBPP was successfully obtained in 51.8% yield. Detailed experiments and characterization were described in Supporting Information File 1 (Figures S1–S3). Firstly, rac-TBPP was

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

• Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
• Anna V. Gulevskaya,
• Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
• Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

• catalytic systems Pd(PPh3)4/K3PO4/THF (method A) and Pd(PPh3)4/K3PO4/1,4-dioxane (method B) were less effective. 3-Alkynyl-2-carbazolylazines can also be prepared using an alternative synthetic sequence, i.e., the Suzuki–Miyaura arylation–Sonogashira reaction. It should be noted that in the case of 2,3

• , iPr2NH, DMSO, 80 °C, 24 h, argon. Suzuki coupling of compounds 1a,b with 9-ethyl-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-9H-carbazole. Suzuki coupling of compounds 3 with 9-ethyl-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)-9H-carbazole. ICl-induced cyclyzation of compounds 2 and 6

Naphthalonitriles featuring efficient emission in solution and in the solid state

• Sidharth Thulaseedharan Nair Sailaja,
• Iván Maisuls,
• Jutta Kösters,
• Alexander Hepp,
• Andreas Faust,
• Jens Voskuhl and
• Cristian A. Strassert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2960–2970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.246

• exhibit weak emission in the inner cell, and ACQgens show weak emission in the outer cell [44]. Results and Discussion Synthesis and structural characterization In this contribution, six different p-phenyl-2,3-disubstituted-6,7-diphenylnaphthalenes with variable moieties were synthesized by the Suzuki

Synthesis of 4-substituted azopyridine-functionalized Ni(II)-porphyrins as molecular spin switches

• Jannis Ludwig,
• Tobias Moje,
• Fynn Röhricht and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2589–2597, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.210

• molecules 1f–j (Figure 1) were synthesized by a modular approach described by Heitmann et al. [15]. The boronic ester 22 was prepared according to a mixed aldehyde procedure [16][17] and the substituted azopyridines 14, 18, 20, and 21 were attached using Suzuki conditions. Synthesis of azopyridines 10–12

• -iodophenylazo)-4-chloropyridine (17) with LiSSiMe3 (8) [28], t-BuSH (13) and HSCH2CH2CO2CH3 (15) [29]. Electron-deficient aromatic, silylated thiols exhibit very labile Si–S bonds [30]. Thus, even bulky silyl protection groups are not suitable as protecting groups for the subsequent Suzuki reaction

• described by Sato et al. [31] of 20 yielded 3-(3-bromophenylazo)-4-pyridinecarboxylic acid (21, Scheme 3). Synthesis of the Ni(II)-porphyrins The phenylboronic acid pinacol ester 22 was used as a component for the Suzuki reaction (Scheme 4). No conversion was observed for the Suzuki reaction of the

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

• Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of bromosumanene 82 under microwave reaction conditions. Whereas another route involves the Ni-catalyzed aryl–aryl homo-coupling between the two molecules of iodosumanene 79 [51][52]. Moreover, the bissumanenyl 92, which is thought to be chiral because of the two

• monoiodosumanene 79, which was prepared via an alternate route using 6,6’-diiodo-2,2’-dimethoxy-1,1’-binaphthol in the presence of Sc(OTf)3. The Suzuki-coupling reaction between 1-pyreneboronic acid and iodosumanene 79 furnished the desired compound 93 in 84% yield (Scheme 22). Among the bowl-shaped π-conjugated

• , very few reports could be found for selective functionalization at the peripheral carbons because of difficulties arose during their synthesis. In this regard, Toda et al. in 2017 have successfully synthesized 2,3,5,6,8,9-hexaarylsumanene derivatives 95a–h utilizing a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

Synthesis of 6,13-difluoropentacene

• Matthias W. Tripp and
• Ulrich Koert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2136–2140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.181

• significant effect on the molecular shape, is fluorination [5]. Suzuki et al. showed in 2004 the strong effect of perfluorination on the electronic properties [6]. While unsubstituted pentacene (1, PEN, Figure 1) is known to be a p-type semiconductor, the perfluorinated counterpart perfluoropentacene (2, PFP

Azo-dimethylaminopyridine-functionalized Ni(II)-porphyrin as a photoswitchable nucleophilic catalyst

• Jannis Ludwig,
• Julian Helberg,
• Hendrik Zipse and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2119–2126, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.179

• the Suzuki cross-coupling reaction published for a similar system [30], decomposition products and only 25% yield were obtained. Optimization by lowering the reaction temperature increased the yield to 91% (Scheme 1). Switching properties of porphyrin 1 Preliminary investigations on the photochemical

• -1, blue), and 1 at PSS530nm (predominantly cis-1, green). The background reaction was determined with porphyrin 8 (cyan dots) and for a sample without catalyst or reference compounds (red stars). Synthesis of 4-N,N-dimethylamino record player molecule 1 by Suzuki reaction between Ni-porphyrin

The biomimetic synthesis of balsaminone A and ellagic acid via oxidative dimerization

• Sharna-kay Daley and
• Nadale Downer-Riley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2026–2031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.169

• Ullman coupling, Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and Stille coupling have dominated the field for the synthesis of biaryls [1][4]. Throughout the years, the exploration of oxidative dimerization reactions of electron-rich aromatic compounds, such as thiophenes, anilines and alkoxyarenes, in an attempt to

Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review

• William A. Donaldson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166

• . The removal of the silyl protecting group and hydrolysis of the methyl ester afforded the carboxylic acid 108. A subsequently attempted Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 108 with vinyl boronates was described as “capricious”, and thus the acid was esterified with the tert-butyl donor reagent 109 to afford

• utilized the sequential application of a cross-metathesis and a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in the syntheses of thailanstatin A and B (7 and 5) and spliceostatin D (9, Scheme 24) [24][25]. To this end, the methylhydrazinolysis of the phthalimide 39 and the amide formation with 12c yielded 121. The cross

• -metathesis of 121 with a five-fold excess of isopropenylboronic acid pinacol ester afforded the lynchpin vinylborane 130. A Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 130 with the vinyl iodide 110, 111, or 112 gave the tert-butyl ester 131, 132, or 133 in a moderate yield (42–63%). The hydrolysis of the tert

Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents

• Paola Vitale,
• Luciana Cicco,
• Ilaria Cellamare,
• Filippo M. Perna,
• Antonio Salomone and
• Vito Capriati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158

• ], (c) carbon–sulfur bond-forming reactions [9], (d) directed ortho-metalation and nucleophilic acyl substitution strategies [10], (e) Pd-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of aryl iodides, Suzuki–Miyaura and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions [11][12][13], (f) Cu-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions [14], and

One-pot and metal-free synthesis of 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols via polyfunctionalized cyclohexanones from β-nitrostyrenes

• Haruyasu Asahara,
• Minami Hiraishi and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1830–1836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.150

• group hinder the electrophilic modification at the 3-position. Generally, the aryl group is introduced by a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction [4][5], for which 3-bromo-4-nitrophenol must be prepared by the nitration of 3-bromophenol [6][7]. An alternative approach is the nitration of 3-arylphenol

Palladium-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective synthesis of aryl and 3-indolyl-substituted 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones

• Valeria Nori,
• Antonio Arcadi,
• Armando Carlone,
• Fabio Marinelli and
• Marco Chiarini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1084–1091, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.95

• (Te), Italy 10.3762/bjoc.16.95 Abstract Cascade cyclocarbopalladation of the readily available aryl/alkyl-substituted propargylic amides containing an aryl iodide moiety, followed by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with arylboronic acids, allowed an efficient regio- and stereoselective synthesis of

• 4 and 6 was unambiguously confirmed by NMR spectroscopy [43]. Conclusion In conclusion, we have demonstrated that cascade cyclocarbopalladations of the readily available aryl/alkyl-substituted N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamides 2 followed by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions with arylboronic acids, in the

Synthesis of novel multifunctional carbazole-based molecules and their thermal, electrochemical and optical properties

• Nuray Altinolcek,
• Ahmet Battal,
• Mustafa Tavasli,
• William J. Peveler,
• Holly A. Yu and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1066–1074, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.93

• potassium acetate (KOAc) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) in 1,4-dioxane [36][37]. Upon chromatography (9-hexylcarbazole-3-yl)boronic acid pinacol ester (5) was obtained as a liquid in good yield. (9-Hexylcarbazole-3-yl)boronic acid pinacol ester (5) was subjected to Suzuki–Miyaura reaction

Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling is not an informative reaction to demonstrate the performance of new solvents

• James Sherwood

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1001–1005, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.89

• conventional solvents. In this work, the suitability of the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction to demonstrate the usefulness of new solvents was evaluated, including Cyrene™, dimethyl isosorbide, ethyl lactate, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (2-MeTHF), propylene carbonate, and γ-valerolactone (GVL). It was found that the cross

• coupling is often unaffected by the choice of solvent, and therefore the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction provides limited information regarding the usefulness of any particular solvent for organic synthesis. Keywords: cross coupling; green solvents; palladium; solvent selection; Suzuki reaction; Findings The

• objective of this work was to reveal if there is a relationship between the productivity of Suzuki–Miyaura cross couplings and the properties of the solvent, and whether this could be used to justify solvent selection. The choice of solvent is one variable that dictates reaction rate, selectivity

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

• Naveen Masimukku,
• Dalius Gudeika,
• Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
• Ihor Syvorotka,
• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

• according to the reported procedure [28]. The subsequent alkylation of 1 using bromoethane afforded the N-ethylated dibromo compound 2 in 80% yield. The target compounds 3–6 were then obtained by Suzuki cross-coupling reactions between brominated acridan 2 and the respective phenylboronic acids in the

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions for the synthesis of chiral biaryl compounds with a large steric substituent at the 2-position

• Yongsu Li,
• Bendu Pan,
• Xuefeng He,
• Wang Xia,
• Yaqi Zhang,
• Hao Liang,
• Chitreddy V. Subba Reddy,
• Rihui Cao and
• Liqin Qiu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 966–973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.85

• Abstract Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura couplings of 3-methyl-2-bromophenylamides, 3-methyl-2-bromo-1-nitrobenzene and 1-naphthaleneboronic acids have been successfully developed and the corresponding axially chiral biaryl compounds were obtained in very high yields (up to 99%) with good

• bromobenzene substrates and the Pd···O interaction between carbonyl and palladium seem essential to achieve high enantioselectivity. Keywords: asymmetric catalysis; biaryls; monophosphine ligand; palladium catalyst; Suzuki–Miyaura couplings; Introduction Axially chiral molecules have received much attention

• efficient synthesis of this scaffold [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22], like Hiyama [23][24], Negishi [25][26] or Suzuki–Miyaura couplings [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. In these synthetic strategies, the reaction system of palladium with chiral phosphine ligands was

One-pot synthesis of dicyclopenta-fused peropyrene via a fourfold alkyne annulation

• Ji Ma,
• Yubin Fu,
• Junzhi Liu and
• Xinliang Feng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 791–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.72

• and Discussion The synthesis of compound 1 is depicted in Scheme 2. Firstly, 2,7-bis(Bpin)pyrene (3) was prepared using an iridium-catalyzed borylation of pyrene (67% yield). Then, 2,7-diphenylpyrene (4) was obtained by Suzuki cross-coupling of 3 and bromobenzene in 77% yield. After that, the

Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays

• Gemma M. Locke,
• Keith J. Flanagan and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70

• complexes such as 2 were synthesized by us with the purpose of conducting electron transfer studies [25]. Both Suzuki and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions were employed to realize this new class of triptycene-linked trimeric porphyrins. The three porphyrins, or three BODIPYs in 2 were either linked

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

• to build the desired 1,3-dienic units. The advantageous association of this approach with name reactions like Grignard, Wittig, Diels–Alder, Suzuki–Miyaura, Heck cross-coupling, etc. is illustrated. Examples unveil the generality of such tandem reactions in providing not only the intricate structures

• ][39][40][41][42][43]. In ingeniously elaborated procedures, olefin metathesis has been frequently employed as such or associated with name reactions like Grignard, Wittig, Diels–Alder, Suzuki–Miyaura, Heck, etc., resulting in the assembly of diverse intricate building blocks of the targeted structures

• of the dienic compound through a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and Julia–Kocienski olefination, followed by a Yamaguchi lactonization, and an asymmetric epoxidation in the presence of (+)-diethyl tartrate, conveniently produced (−)-amphidinolide K (4, Scheme 7). In a remarkable work, Trost et al. [72

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

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• performed a Suzuki coupling reaction between boronic acid 15 with chloro compound 2 (Scheme 2). To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of a Suzuki coupling reaction using boronic acid 15 in the literature. However, we generated this required boronic acid from the corresponding methyl propiolate

• Information File 1, Figure S7) and δ 6.57 and 7.63 ppm with a J value of 15 Hz for compound 18 (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S9) as inferred by 1H NMR analysis. The resulting Suzuki-coupled products 16 and 18, were subjected to benzylic oxidation expecting the olefin functionality would facilitate

• literature procedure [39]. The intermediate 21 was then subjected to the Suzuki reaction using conditions already developed to provide the ester aldehyde 17 in overall yield of 16% for two steps. Having identified synthetically suitable conditions for compound 17, we scaled up the reaction to complete the

Direct borylation of terrylene and quaterrylene

• Haruka Kano,
• Keiji Uehara,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Hironobu Hayashi,
• Hiroko Yamada and
• Naoki Aratani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.58

• hinderance of Bpin moieties. Finally, to demonstrate the utility of the borylated oligorylenes, the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of TB4 under the standard conditions was performed (Scheme 3). Coupling of TB4 and 2-bromomesitylene with Pd(PPh3)4, Cs2CO3 and CsF in a mixture of toluene/DMF furnished

• -dioxaborolan-2-yl. Synthesis of 2,5,12,15-tetrakis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)quaterrylene (QB4): (a) (Bpin)2 (12 equiv), [Ir(OMe)cod]2 (20 mol %), di-tert-butylbipyridyl (40 mol %), 1,4-dioxane, at 105 °C, 38 h, yield 0.4%. Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of TB4 with 2-bromomesitylene

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• /mechanical stability, and good adsorption capacity. They also contain an ordered porous network that is appropriate for the free diffusion of reactants and reaction products [24]. In this regard, various functionalized SiO2 nanoparticles were employed in diverse organic reactions, including Suzuki–Miyaura

• employed in diverse organic reactions, including Suzuki reactions [64], Sonogashira reactions [65], transesterifications of triglycerides [66], hydrogenation reactions [67], N-heterocycle syntheses [68], cleavage of propargyl phenol ethers [69], etc. [70][71][72][73][74][75]. In this review article, we

• delivery [93], and cancer detection [94]. In this regard, various functionalized MNPs were employed in diverse organic reactions, including Suzuki–Miyaura reactions, Sonogashira reactions, Ullmann coupling, hydrogenation reactions, oxidation reactions, hydroformylation reactions, and “click” reactions [89

Efficient synthesis of 3,6,13,16-tetrasubstituted-tetrabenzo[a,d,j,m]coronenes by selective C–H/C–O arylations of anthraquinone derivatives

• Seiya Terai,
• Yuki Sato,
• Takuya Kochi and
• Fumitoshi Kakiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 544–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.51

• reaction, followed by dehydrogenative photocyclization, and FeCl3-mediated oxidative cyclization (Scheme 2a) [43]. Tao, Chao, and co-workers succeeded in the preparation of similar tetrasubstituted tetrabenzocoronenes by a Corey–Fuchs reaction, followed by a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling, and a two-step

Copper-catalyzed remote C–H arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

• Anping Luo,
• Min Zhang,
• Zhangyi Fu,
• Jingbo Lan,
• Di Wu and
• Jingsong You

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 530–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.49

• molecules, thus having drawn much attention. Transition metal-catalyzed C–X/C–M cross-coupling reactions such as Suzuki and Stille couplings are the main approaches to achieve the arylation of PAHs [7][8][9][10][11]. However, the selective arylation of the C7-position of 1-naphthoic acid derivatives remains