Easy access to a carbohydrate-based template for stimuli-responsive surfactants

• Thomas Holmstrøm,
• Daniel Raydan and
• Christian Marcus Pedersen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2788–2794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.229

• steps [20]. Subjecting the Černý epoxide to sodium azide at an elevated temperature in a mixture of DMF and water afforded the diazide 3 in a 76% yield [21][22]. The presence of the azido groups was supported by a band at ≈2100 cm−1 in the FTIR spectrum of the diazide 3. The 1,6-anydro functionality

• ]. Furthermore, starting from the azide 8, it was possible to achieve ester functionalities by a CuAAC reaction [23][24] in the presence of the two different alkynes 14 and 15, giving rise to the diester derivative 12 and the tetraester derivative 13 (Scheme 2). Subsequently, the esters could be hydrolyzed by

Optical detection of di- and triphosphate anions with mixed monolayer-protected gold nanoparticles containing zinc(II)–dipicolylamine complexes

• Lena Reinke,
• Julia Bartl,
• Marcus Koch and
• Stefan Kubik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2687–2700, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.219

• synthesized in the racemic and the enantiomerically pure form. The racemate rac-1 was obtained in four steps from triethylene glycol monomethyl ether by tosylation, substitution of the tosyl by an azide group, and reduction to obtain the corresponding amine (Scheme 1). This amine was coupled to racemic lipoic

Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

• Astrid Vogt,
• Florian Henne,
• Christoph Wetzel,
• Elena Mena-Osteritz and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

• nitrogen heteroatoms were synthesized in multistep synthetic routes. A Buchwald–Hartwig amination of brominated precursors, thermolysis of azide precursors, and a Cadogan reaction of nitro-substituted precursors were successfully applied to eventually build-up pyrrole rings to stable and soluble fused

• of azide precursors, and a Cadogan cyclization of nitro-substituted precursors were applied to prepare various unknown derivatives. These represent novel core molecules, which by further derivatisation, for example with terminal acceptor groups, would lead to interesting π-conjugated materials for

• (Scheme 1). Synthesis of S,N-heterotetracene H-SN4 13 by thermolysis of azide precursors. Smaller parent heterotriacene dithienopyrrole (H-DTP) was first synthesized by Zanirato et al. by thermolysis of 3-azido-2,2’-bithiophene as the key step [9]. We therefore tried to build up tetracyclic H-SN4 13 via

Design and synthesis of a bis-macrocyclic host and guests as building blocks for small molecular knots

• Elizabeth A. Margolis,
• Rebecca J. Keyes,
• Stephen D. Lockey IV and
• Edward E. Fenlon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2314–2321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.192

• alkyne–azide click cycloaddition as the linking step, and ester saponification as the cutting step [13][21] (Supporting Information File 1). The target trefoil knot using host 1 and guest 2 is shown in Figure 2c. The binding event during the double-threading step was modeled after previous literature

• ), whereas host 1 and guest 3 would lead to a 75 backbone-atom trefoil (and unknotted macrocycle). Results and Discussion The synthesis of bis-macrocyclic host 1 began by breaking the symmetry of naphthalene-1,5-diol (4) by alkylation of one of the alcohols with 2-azidoethyl mesylate to yield azide 5 in 27

• reaction with ethylene carbonate using a modified literature procedure (see Supporting Information File 1). Conversion of 7 to bismesylate 8 proceeded smoothly in 92% yield under standard conditions. The symmetry-breaking step in this route involved treatment of 8 with one equivalent of sodium azide in

Access to highly substituted oxazoles by the reaction of α-azidochalcone with potassium thiocyanate

• Mysore Bhyrappa Harisha,
• Pandi Dhanalakshmi,
• Rajendran Suresh,
• Raju Ranjith Kumar and
• Shanmugam Muthusubramanian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2108–2118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.178

• ; potassium persulfate; thiazole; vinyl azide; Introduction Vinyl azide is one of the most versatile and potent building blocks explored in the synthesis of several heterocycles [1][2][3][4][5]. It can undergo photolysis or thermolysis to afford highly strained three-membered 2H-azirine, which can act as the

• -trisubstituted oxazoles 3. Reaction of vinyl azide 1 and 3 with ferric nitrate. Reactions were carried out at reflux temperature, using 1 (1 mmol), 2 (3 mmol), ferric nitrate (0.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (2 mL) for 6 h. Yields refer to the pure products after column chromatography. Optimisation studies.a Screening

Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review

• William A. Donaldson

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

• produced 46. The hydrozirconation of 46 with Schwartz’s reagent under equilibrating conditions, followed by the reaction with I2 gave the vinyl iodide 47. Finally, the activation of the C-14 hydroxy group and the SN2 displacement with azide gave the C-8–C-16 fragment 48. Ghosh relied on a reductive

• , followed by a transmetalation provided a vinylzinc reagent that was coupled with 48 to afford 128, for which only the E-stereoisomer was observed. Notably, the Negishi conditions were tolerant to the azide present in 48 and the oxirane and 1° iodoalkane present in 91. The subsequent reduction of the azide

Selective preparation of tetrasubstituted fluoroalkenes by fluorine-directed oxetane ring-opening reactions

• Clément Q. Fontenelle,
• Thibault Thierry,
• Romain Laporte,
• Emmanuel Pfund and
• Thierry Lequeux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1936–1946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.160

• phthalimidoyl substituents affording preferentially the Z-isomer of 1c. However, heteronucleophiles such as sodium azide, secondary amine and cesium fluoride were unsuccessfully tested. Finally, using the conditions developed by Burkhard and Carreira [26], the opening of the fluoroalkylidene-oxetane ring was

• alkenes E-1d and E-9, was studied either on the bromomethyl (CH2Br) or on the hydroxymethyl (CH2OH) arm, when applicable. First, from a mixture of lactones 15 and 19 substitution on the bromomethyl arm was performed using sodium azide (Scheme 7). The reaction proceeded smoothly in DMF but it proved

• corresponding chloride (not shown). An Arbuzov reaction was performed directly on the allylic bromide obtained by treatment of 27 with LiBr (5 equiv), to give the phosphonate 29 in 76% overall yield. Finally, azide 28 was obtained in 89% yield in two steps from the non-isolated intermediate mesylate 27. After

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

• prepared from the same phenacyl azide as starting material by properly selecting the nature of the eutectic mixture and the temperature, in the presence or absence of bases. To the best of our knowledge, while there are a few reports for the synthesis of 2-aroylimidazoles (a) through the condensation of α

• symmetrical pyrazines, we observed that phenacyl bromide (1a, 1.5 mmol) could be almost quantitatively converted into phenacyl azide (2a, 97% yield), within 4 h, when treated with NaN3 (1.65 mmol) as the azide source in a choline chloride (ChCl)/glycerol (Gly) (1:2 mol/mol) eutectic mixture at room

• reaction, and thus they could be isolated by simple decantation or centrifugation and washing with a few drops of EtOAc or Et2O. This procedure left azide 2a in solution. The latter could be quantified (10% yield) by simple dilution with an equal volume mixture of water and EtOAc, followed by the

Nonenzymatic synthesis of anomerically pure, mannosyl-based molecular probes for scramblase identification studies

• Giovanni Picca,
• Markus Probst,
• Simon M. Langenegger,
• Oleg Khorev,
• Peter Bütikofer,
• Anant K. Menon and
• Robert Häner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1732–1739, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.145

• moiety for photocrosslinking to MPD-recognizing proteins. The presence of an additional propargyl group provides a way to further derivatize the probe with biotin azide via click-type chemistry [16] for the isolation of protein–lipid adducts using streptavidin resins [10]. To synthesize such molecular

Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 9V oligosaccharide antigens

• Sharavathi G. Parameswarappa,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1693–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.140

• derived from acceptor 19. To circumvent the challenging β-mannosylation, the mannosamine unit was installed via the C-2 inversion of glucose at the trisaccharide stage. For that purpose, the C-2 levulinate ester in compound 22 was removed and the resulting secondary alcohol 23 was converted to the azide

• via a two-step process of triflation and azide substitution to produce the desired trisaccharide 24 [29]. Removal of the allyl group using iridium-catalyzed isomerization and subsequent treatment with iodine in the presence of water yielded trisaccharide acceptor 25 for the late stage [2 + 3

• + 3] glycosylation of 25 with 29 furnished exclusively the α-anomer of the pentasaccharide 30 in 73% yield (Scheme 4). The subsequent conversion of the azide to acetamide was achieved in one step using thioacetic acid to afford the protected pentasaccharide 31. The final transformation included the

Clickable azide-functionalized bromoarylaldehydes – synthesis and photophysical characterization

• Dominik Göbel,
• Marius Friedrich,
• Enno Lork and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1683–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.139

• , Germany Institute for Inorganic and Crystallographic Chemistry, University of Bremen, Leobener Straße NW2, 28359 Bremen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.16.139 Abstract Herein, we present a facile synthesis of three azide-functionalized fluorophores and their covalent attachment as triazoles in Huisgen-type

• cycloadditions with model alkynes. Besides two ortho- and para-bromo-substituted benzaldehydes, the azide functionalization of a fluorene-based structure will be presented. The copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) of the so-synthesized azide-functionalized bromocarbaldehydes with terminal

• alkynes, exhibiting different degrees of steric demand, was performed in high efficiency. Finally, we investigated the photophysical properties of the azide-functionalized arenes and their covalently linked triazole derivatives to gain deeper insight towards the effect of these covalent linkers on the

Azidophosphonium salt-directed chemoselective synthesis of (E)/(Z)-cinnamyl-1H-triazoles and regiospecific access to bromomethylcoumarins from Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts

• Soundararajan Karthikeyan,
• Radha Krishnan Shobana,
• Kamarajapurathu Raju Subimol,
• J. Helen Ratna Monica and
• Ayyanoth Karthik Krishna Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1579–1587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.130

• attack on the AzPS by the allylic alcohol of the MBH adduct Ia. Subsequently, the azide ion undergoes a nucleophilic attack on the allylic carbon atom of the oxyphosphonium intermediate IIa and generates the 2-azidoalkene IIIa. Interestingly, the consecutive nucleophilic attack by the azido ion smoothly

• the presence of CuI (5 mol %), triphenylphosphine (1 equiv), bromomethane (1.1 equiv), and sodium azide (2 equiv). Unexpectedly, the reaction yielded (Z)-methyl-2-(bromomethyl)-3-phenylacrylate (58%) over the expected triazole. Similarly, the MBH adduct derived from furan, 1i, and phenylacetylene (2b

• phosphonium salts As described in [49]. Typically, triphenylphosphine, bromomethane, and sodium azide at a molar ratio of 1.1:1.1:5 were utilized for synthesising the quaternary phosphonium salt. Initially, triphenylphosphine and sodium azide were stirred at 0 °C in dimethylformamide (5 mL) for 30 minutes. To

Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review

• Alessandra Del Tito,
• Havall Othman Abdulla,
• Davide Ravelli,
• Stefano Protti and
• Maurizio Fagnoni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123

• onto a vinyl azide (see the case of 16.1 in Scheme 16). Different radicals were used for this purpose. As an example, an α-carboxyethyl alkyl radical was formed from the corresponding α-bromoester under white LED irradiation in the presence of an IrIII-based photocatalyst. The addition of this

• intermediate onto the C–C double bond of 16.1 gave radical 16.2·a upon nitrogen loss, which underwent an intramolecular cyclization and finally afforded the substituted phenanthridine 16.3a in a satisfactory yield (Scheme 16, path a) [81]. The same azide 16.1 underwent trifluoromethyl radical addition to give

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

• -thiofuranoside 141 was prepared from methyl 2,3-anhydro-α-D-ribofuranoside (133a), which was first reacted with sodium azide followed by the similar synthetic route as described above, affording 3,5-anhydro-2-azido-3-thiofuranoside 139. The azido derivative 139 generated the final product 2-amino-3,5-anhydro-3

• chloromethylthiirane (epithiochlorohydrin, 398a), with hard and weak nucleophiles [105][106][107][108][109], including phenoxides [105], carboxylates and dicarboxylates [106][107], potassium cyanide, sodium azide, hydroxylamine, trifluoromethanesulfonamide, and pyridine [108]. However, the method could only applied to

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• -unsaturated oxime an unusual six-membered oxazine 133h was reported as the major product [133]. A similar cyclization of oximes 134 with the introduction of an azido group was carried out using TMSN3 as an azide source (Scheme 45) [134]. The reaction is applicable for β,γ-unsaturated oximes having both aryl

Synthesis of new asparagine-based glycopeptides for future scanning tunneling microscopy investigations

• Laura Sršan and
• Thomas Ziegler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 888–894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.80

• the anticipated glycopeptides, we started from the respective fully acetylated β-ᴅ-glycosyl azides 1a–f in the gluco, galacto, manno, cello, lacto, and malto series (Scheme 1). These glycosyl azides were prepared from the corresponding halogenoses by the treatment with 1.2 equivalents of sodium azide

• NaN3 in DMF) [23], the azide 1c could be obtained in 33% yield (compared to the reported 13%). Attempts to prepare the corresponding α-ᴅ-mannosyl azide under various previously described conditions [27][28] failed in our hands though. Next, the glycosyl azides 1a–f were converted into the corresponding

Preparation and in situ use of unstable N-alkyl α-diazo-γ-butyrolactams in Rh^II-catalyzed X–H insertion reactions

• Maria Eremeyeva,
• Daniil Zhukovsky,
• Dmitry Dar’in and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 607–610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.55

• -ethoxalyl-γ-lactams 6a–c, prepared by oxalylation of the respective γ-lactams as decribed previously [1], underwent a rapid diazo transfer reaction via the conventional protocol [4][5] employing 4-nitrobenzenesulfonyl azide and DBU. A quick filtration through a plug of alumina (in lieu of silica gel, which

Regioselectively α- and β-alkynylated BODIPY dyes via gold(I)-catalyzed direct C–H functionalization and their photophysical properties

• Takahide Shimada,
• Shigeki Mori,
• Masatoshi Ishida and
• Hiroyuki Furuta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 587–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.53

• -tethered BODIPY derivatives serve as a substrate in the copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction, which is known as “click” reaction, allowing for a biological tissue labelling [35][36]. In addition, ethynyl-substituted BODIPYs yield unique π-conjugated BODIPY-based macrocycles by

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

• employed procedures for the creation of triazole products is the Huisgen azide–alkyne cycloaddition, and the reaction selectively forms one type of triazole products. Many of the alkyne and azide substrates are commercially available, many others can easily be prepared with a good range of functional

• groups. The intramolecular reaction of an alkyne as a dipolarophile with an azide as a 1,3-dipole to produce the desired 1,2,3-triazole motif is a model of “click” chemistry. The concept of “click” chemistry is an idiom that was developed by Sharpless and Meldal and later by others to describe organic

• definition and fails as a real “click” reaction. Although this cyclization reaction requires elevated temperatures and often yields both the 1,4- and 1,5-regioisomers, the Cu or Ru alkyne–azide cycloaddition falls exactly into the above definition [11]. In this respect, the copper-catalyzed cycloaddition

KOt-Bu-promoted selective ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazolines to access 2-aminoethyl acetates and N-substituted thiazolidinones

• Qiao Lin,
• Shiling Zhang and
• Bin Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 492–501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.44

• TMSN3 as the azide source [10] (Scheme 1a). Coates described a Co2(CO)8-catalyzed ring-opening hydroformylation of oxazolines for the synthesis of β-amidoaldehydes [11] (Scheme 1a). However, the ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazolines to produce 2-aminoethyl acetate derivatives under basic conditions

Aerobic synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) catalysts

• Faïma Lazreg,
• Marie Vasseur,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Catherine S. J. Cazin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 482–491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.43

• between alkyne, sulfonyl azide and amine/alcohol was described as a synthetic route to generate sulfonyltriazole intermediates. However, the presence of additives and high catalyst loading (CuI 10 mol %) were required for the synthesis of N-sulfonylimidates (Scheme 1, left). Over the last two decades

• deprotonates the triazolium salt (Scheme 2). The reactivity of a series of cationic copper(I) complexes (1–6) was evaluated at 0.5 mol % loading using tosyl azide, phenylacetylene and diisopropylamine as benchmark substrates [31][32]. Various solvents were evaluated at room temperature under aerobic conditions

• conversion with respectively 96% (10a), 95% (10c) and 93% (10g) isolated yields, in reaction times of 3 to 4.5 hours. Regarding the 2,4,6-triisopropylsulfonyl azide, a slight decrease in the reactivity was observed (66%, 10f), presumably due to the steric hindrance of the substrate. Electron-withdrawing

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• loss of a DAP ligand. Then, the [Cu(II)] complex reacts with TMSN3 to form a [Cu(II)]–N3 species that gives an azide radical through a homolytic dissociation induced by light irradiation. The formed azide radical reacts with the styrene to form a benzylic radical that is then oxidized by O2. The

• vinyl azide sensitization to allow the formation of the corresponding 2,5-disubstituted pyrrole (Scheme 34) [39]. The reaction was promoted by a visible-light irradiation (450 nm) using the complex [Cu(I)(dmp)(BINAP)]BF4, and the desired pyrrole was obtained in quantitative yield. Conclusion Over the

• lactone synthesis using a copper-photocatalyzed PCET reaction. Photocatalytic Pinacol coupling reaction catalyzed by [Cu(I)(pypzs)(BINAP)]BF4. The ligands of the copper complex are omitted for clarity. Azide photosensitization using a Cu-based photocatalyst. Funding This work was partially supported by

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands

• Wisdom A. Munzeiwa,
• Bernard Omondi and
• Vincent O. Nyamori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 362–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.35

• alkyne–azide cycloaddition reaction has been applied successfully to prepare click-phosphine ligands [72]. The presence of three nitrogen atoms within the five-membered ring results in a high activation of the α-position and the highly acidic nature of the proton makes it easy for abstraction. Sharpless

• et al. [73] reported on the synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted triazoles and Liu et al. [74] used this procedure to synthesize triazolylphosphine ligands with the phosphorous substituent in the α-position (Scheme 12). For this, the aryl azide 64 was reacted with bromomagnesium acetylides 65 to generate

• reaction is catalyzed by a copper(I) complex of 2,6-bis(4R,5S)-4,5-diphenyl-4,5-dihydrooxazol-2-yl)pyridine. The triazole amine 119 is obtained in situ by the reaction with the corresponding azide, which is catalyzed by the catalyst from the prior step. Finally, lithiation of compound 119 and addition of

Combination of multicomponent KA² and Pauson–Khand reactions: short synthesis of spirocyclic pyrrolocyclopentenones

• Riccardo Innocenti,
• Elena Lenci,
• Gloria Menchi and
• Andrea Trabocchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 200–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.23

• imposed by the adjacent phenyl and cyclohexyl rings [59]. The treatment of compound 5 under Schmidt reaction conditions with sodium azide in TFA [60] resulted in the conversion to the corresponding six-membered ring lactam 39 in 41% yield, demonstrating the reactivity of the enone 5 at the carbonyl group