From dipivaloylketene to tetraoxaadamantanes

• Gert Kollenz and
• Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.1

• cyclic structure as in Scheme 10, the formation of tetraoxaadamantanes requires the addition of water from the concave inside. Thus, the bisdioxine 32 did not form a tetraoxaadamantane 33 under the usual reaction conditions, but this was finally achieved in 35% yield by microwave irradiation at 170 °C

Development of a fluorogenic small substrate for dipeptidyl peptidase-4

• Futa Ogawa,
• Masanori Takeda,
• Kanae Miyanaga,
• Keita Tani,
• Ryuji Yamazawa,
• Kiyoshi Ito,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kazuyuki Sato and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2690–2697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.267

• -protected glycine was condensed with proline methyl ester under microwave irradiation. Subsequent hydrolysis of the ester gave N-protected Gly-Pro-OH (6). Condensation of dipeptide 6 with 1 was achieved using the corresponding acid chloride. Deprotection of the amino group was achieved by treatment with

• ), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. After the reaction mixture was stirred for 5 min, to the microwave vial was added L-proline methyl ester hydrochloride (4.8 mmol) and the mixture was heated by microwave irradiation for 20 min at 120 °C. The resulting mixture was quenched with water and

Recent progress in the racemic and enantioselective synthesis of monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isosteres

• Myriam Drouin and
• Jean-François Paquin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2637–2658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.262

• 36 underwent a ring-closure metathesis reaction in the presence of catalyst 37 under microwave irradiation to give lactam 38. Deprotection of the amine followed by acidic opening of the ring gave the (E)-monofluoroalkene 39 in good yield. The reaction was also performed on the racemic starting

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

• –C6H4, 4-I–C6H4, 4-CH3–C6H4, 4-OCH3–C6H4, thien-2-yl, 4-Ph–C6H4, CH3) and 5-aminotetrazole, by using conventional heating in an oil bath or microwave irradiation, was performed in IL. Here, only the 5-trifluoromethyl-substituted tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines 6a–g were obtained in all cases. Some important

Peptide synthesis: ball-milling, in solution, or on solid support, what is the best strategy?

• Ophélie Maurin,
• Pascal Verdié,
• Gilles Subra,
• Frédéric Lamaty,
• Jean Martinez and
• Thomas-Xavier Métro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2087–2093, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.206

• of Fmoc-V-OH with H-IA-resin and for the deprotection of Fmoc-IA-resin that were performed during 90 min at room temperature, the coupling steps were performed at 70 °C for 7 min under microwave irradiation. The deprotection steps were carried out with piperidine/DMF 1:4 for 3 min at 70 °C. After the

Intramolecular glycosylation

• Xiao G. Jia and
• Alexei V. Demchenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2028–2048, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.201

• application, glycosyl donor precursors were reacted with phthalic anhydride to afford the corresponding esters. The activation with thionyl chloride was used for tethering the donors to the glycosyl acceptor counterpart and the regioselectivity was controlled using tin-mediated coupling under microwave

• irradiation. The tethered compound 10 was then glycosylated in the presence of NIS/TfOH to afford compound 11 (Scheme 4). The tether was removed with NaOMe and the product was globally acetylated to afford 12 as an α-(1→3)-linked isomer. The regioselectivity in this case was driven by the phthaloyl tether

New bio-nanocomposites based on iron oxides and polysaccharides applied to oxidation and alkylation reactions

• Daily Rodríguez-Padrón,
• Alina M. Balu,
• Antonio A. Romero and
• Rafael Luque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1982–1993, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.194

• nanoparticles. Both microwave irradiation and conventional heating exhibited high conversion and selectivity to the main product of the reaction in extremely short reaction times. Moreover, reusability studies showed high stability and activity of the nanohybrids TiO2-Fe2O3-PS4 and Fe2O3-PS4-MNP, establishing

Mechanochemical synthesis of thioureas, ureas and guanidines

• Vjekoslav Štrukil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1828–1849, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.178

• in the solid-state before having been exposed to microwave irradiation for 1.5–4.5 minutes. In their paper, the authors state: "Aryl isothiocyanate (1 mmol) and aromatic primary amine (1 mmol) were mixed thoroughly in an agate mortar" [33]. Considering the established reactivity pattern of electron

An effective Pd nanocatalyst in aqueous media: stilbene synthesis by Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction under microwave irradiation

• Carolina S. García,
• Paula M. Uberman and
• Sandra E. Martín

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1717–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.166

• Mizoroki–Heck coupling reactions under microwave irradiation (MW) were carried out with a colloidal Pd nanocatalyst stabilized with poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP). Many stilbenes and novel heterostilbenes were achieved in good to excellent yields starting from aryl bromides and different olefins. The

Synthesis and metal binding properties of N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans

• Alexis Perry and
• Christina J. Kousseff

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1542–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.154

• , robust conditions. Reported protocols have employed chloroform [3], acetonitrile [19], acetone [20], nitromethane [21], 1,2-dichlorobenzene [22], toluene [23], reaction in the absence of solvent [24] or use of microwave irradiation [25]. We found that refluxing acetonitrile was relatively effective, if

Development of a method for the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles composed of carboxylic acid, amino acid, and boronic acid

• Kohei Yamada,
• Naoto Kamimura and
• Munetaka Kunishima

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1478–1485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.146

• temperature to 80 °C or increasing to 160 °C by microwave irradiation were not effective for improving the reaction (Table 2, entries 16 and 17). Consequently, we found that the reaction shown in entry 4 afforded the optimal result (see Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1 for further manipulation of the

Syntheses of 3,4- and 1,4-dihydroquinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine

• Jimena E. Díaz,
• Silvia Ranieri,
• Nadia Gruber and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1470–1477, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.145

• microwave irradiation at 110 ºC for 4 minutes. Due to the easier preparation and the inexpensive reagents required for its synthesis [65], PPE was chosen as cyclodehydrating agent for the preparation of compounds 1. Results and optimized experimental conditions of the MW-assisted ring-closure reaction are

• 5a with PPE/CHCl3 under microwave irradiation led to 1,4-dihydroquinazoline 2a, accompanied by a low percentage of a collateral product. This compound was identified as 2-methyl-1-propylquinazolin-4(1H)-one (6a) (Scheme 3, (a), R1 = Pr, R2 = Me), arising from spontaneous benzylic oxidation of 2a. An

1-Imidoalkylphosphonium salts with modulated C_α–P⁺ bond strength: synthesis and application as new active α-imidoalkylating agents

• Jakub Adamek,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz,
• Anna Węgrzyk and
• Karol Erfurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1446–1455, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.142

• arenes can be markedly facilitated using 1-imidoalkylphosphonium salts derived from triarylphosphines with electron-withdrawing substituents such as tris(m-chorophenyl)phosphine, tris(p-chlorophenyl)phosphine and tris[p-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]phosphine. Microwave irradiation also considerably

• does not exert an impact on the reaction rate. As expected, microwave irradiation effectively facilitates the splitting of the highly polar Cα–P+ bond. In order to reduce the Cα–P+ bond strength, and to facilitate the generation of the corresponding 1-imidocarbenium cation, 1-imidoalkylphosphonium

• (5e) and 1-phthalimido-1-phenylmethyltris[p-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]phosphonium tetrafluoroborate (5h) already react with anisole at 90 °C (Table 3, entries 5 and 10) and even at 60 °C when using microwave irradiation (Table 3, entry 7); the reaction of 5e with 1,3-dimethoxybenzene started at 80 °C

A speedy route to sterically encumbered, benzene-fused derivatives of privileged, naturally occurring hexahydropyrrolo[1,2-b]isoquinoline

• Olga Bakulina,
• Alexander Ivanov,
• Vitalii Suslonov,
• Dmitry Dar’in and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1413–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.138

• with HPA either at rt or at reflux temperature in acetonitrile or toluene. Attempts to trigger the reaction with these substrates by excluding solvent altogether [34] or applying microwave irradiation (up to 2 h at 200 °C in MeCN) were also unsuccessful. Any appreciable conversion led to predominant

Strategies toward protecting group-free glycosylation through selective activation of the anomeric center

• A. Michael Downey and
• Michal Hocek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1239–1279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.123

• -glucose in the presence of HCl to provide the methyl glycoside (pathway a, Scheme 6). The reaction proceeds chemoselective at the anomeric position. More recent examples typically use Lewis acids [29][30][31][32][33][34] or microwave irradiation [35][36] to accelerate the reaction. However, shortcomings

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

• applied, but CDCl3 was used as solvent. Within 10 hours, compound 21a converts cleanly into product 22a without the observation of intermediates or side products. Under microwave irradiation, the reaction is complete within 30 min at 80 °C, without impairing the selectivity. The structure of 22a is

Ultrasound-promoted organocatalytic enamine–azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of ((arylselanyl)phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)ketones

• Gabriel P. Costa,
• Natália Seus,
• Juliano A. Roehrs,
• Raquel G. Jacob,
• Ricardo F. Schumacher,
• Thiago Barcellos,
• Rafael Luque and
• Diego Alves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 694–702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.68

• organic synthesis (sonochemistry) is well documented and is generally considered as an environmentally sound energy source, comparatively less energy intensive to conventional heating and microwave irradiation, also able to reduce the number and quantities of side reaction products [62][63][64][65][66][67

Fluorescent carbon dots from mono- and polysaccharides: synthesis, properties and applications

• Stephen Hill and
• M. Carmen Galan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 675–693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.67

• tuneable synthesis of FCDs by selecting a different inorganic ion and carbohydrate combinations using microwave irradiation as the heating source, demonstrating that both the starting material and dehydrating agent of choice can allow tuning/manipulation of the fluorescence properties of the system [31

• stabilised. Hence a turn-on of the CD fluorescence is indicative of enzyme activity. More recently, Galan et al. reported the 3 min one-step synthesis of blue-emitting CDs from glucosamine hydrochloride in the presence of TTDDA using microwave irradiation with QYs of up to 17% (Scheme 16) [46]. While most

• selected area electron diffraction (SAED) in the TEM analysis of the CD surface. CDs from chitosan hydrogels have also been reported by Chowdhury et al. [55]. The hydrogels were synthesised from a mixture of acetic acid, glycerol and chitosan, as a more stable starting material for CDs. Microwave

N-Propargylamines: versatile building blocks in the construction of thiazole cores

• S. Arshadi,
• E. Vessally,
• L. Edjlali,
• R. Hosseinzadeh-Khanmiri and
• E. Ghorbani-Kalhor

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 625–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.61

• of p-toluenesulfonic acid (PTSA) as catalyst under microwave irradiation was developed by Castagnolo et al. Following this route, several 4-substituted 5-methylthiazol-2-amines 22 were synthesized from terminal N-propargylamines 20 and isothiocyanates 21 in DMF at 160 °C. Interestingly, when internal

• syntheses of a series of multiply substituted thiazolidines 33 via the cyclization reaction of secondary N-propargylamines 32 with blocked N-isothiocyanate precursors 31. The desired N-isocyanates A are produced in situ upon heating or treatment with a base, in acetonitrile under microwave irradiation

Transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of phenols and aryl thiols

• Yajun Liu,
• Shasha Liu and
• Yan Xiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 589–611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.58

• catalyzed protocol for converting aryl halides to phenols [45]. Aided by 200 W microwave irradiation, the conversion was accomplished within 40 minutes in the presence of (n-Bu)4NBr and KOH (Scheme 21). Using this reaction system, moderate yields of phenols could be obtained from both aryl iodides and aryl

NMR reaction monitoring in flow synthesis

• M. Victoria Gomez and
• Antonio de la Hoz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 285–300, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.31

• -deuterated solvents. This result showed how the synergistic interaction of microwave irradiation as the energy source and the rapid reaction characterization available with NMR and flow techniques can be used for rapid optimization in a single experiment in short time and with very small solvent volumes

Synthesis of spiro[isoindole-1,5’-isoxazolidin]-3(2H)-ones as potential inhibitors of the MDM2-p53 interaction

• Salvatore V. Giofrè,
• Santa Cirmi,
• Raffaella Mancuso,
• Francesco Nicolò,
• Giuseppe Lanza,
• Laura Legnani,
• Agata Campisi,
• Maria A. Chiacchio,
• Michele Navarra,
• Bartolo Gabriele and
• Roberto Romeo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2793–2807, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.278

• -dipolar cycloaddition in toluene at 110 °C for 4 h, under microwave irradiation: cycloadducts 6a–e have been isolated in 38–60% yield, as major isomers, together with isomers 7 as minor adducts and unreacted isoindolinones 2a–e mainly in E configuration (Scheme 2, Table 1). The cycloaddition reaction of

Electron-transfer-initiated benzoin- and Stetter-like reactions in packed-bed reactors for process intensification

• Anna Zaghi,
• Daniele Ragno,
• Graziano Di Carmine,
• Carmela De Risi,
• Olga Bortolini,
• Pier Paolo Giovannini,
• Giancarlo Fantin and
• Alessandro Massi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2719–2730, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.268

• further increase of temperature (100 °C) and the use of microwave irradiation at 120 °C (1 h) were not beneficial for the reaction outcome (Table 2, entries 4 and 5). The model Stetter-like reaction was finally optimized by varying the 1a/9a ratio (Table 2, entries 6 and 7) and the best yield of 10aa (68

Catalytic Wittig and aza-Wittig reactions

• Zhiqi Lao and
• Patrick H. Toy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2577–2587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.253

• reactions butylene oxide was used as a base precursor, phenylsilane was the reducing reagent, and the reactions were performed using microwave irradiation (MWI). Subsequently, Werner et al. reported the scope and limitations of such microwave-assisted catalytic Wittig reactions using tributylphosphine

Selective and eco-friendly procedures for the synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives. The role of the Er(OTf)₃ catalyst in the reaction selectivity

• Natividad Herrera Cano,
• Jorge G. Uranga,
• Mónica Nardi,
• Antonio Procopio,
• Daniel A. Wunderlin and
• Ana N. Santiago

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2410–2419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.235

• benzaldehyde (1:2 ratio) selectively afforded 1-benzyl-2-phenyl-1H-benzimidazole (1b) (72% yield), using both microwave irradiation and conventional heating for 15 minutes (Table 1, entries 1 and 3). In the absence of the catalyst, the same reaction afforded a mixture of products 1a and 1b using both

• conditions. Namely, under microwave irradiation, 41% of 1a and 51% of 1b were formed (Table 1, entry 2). While, using conventional heating, 52% of 1a and 40% of 1b were formed (Table 1, entry 4). To shorten the reaction time, the catalyzed reaction was carried out during 5 minutes at room temperature. Using