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N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations
- Fatemeh Doraghi,
- Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
- Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
- Bagher Larijani and
- Mohammad Mahdavi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106
- pyrazolone derivatives with N-thiophthalimides catalyzed by 1 mol % of chiral iminophosphorane organocatalyst was carried out under mild conditions [103]. Solvent control in the procedure can affect the yield of products due to the solubility of the catalysts. Various solvents, such as acetone, ethyl acetate
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Scheme 1: Sulfur-containing bioactive molecules.
Scheme 2: Scandium-catalyzed synthesis of thiosulfonates.
Scheme 3: Palladium-catalyzed aryl(alkyl)thiolation of unactivated arenes.
Scheme 4: Catalytic cycle for Pd-catalyzed aryl(alkyl)thiolation of unactivated arenes.
Scheme 5: Iron- or boron-catalyzed C–H arylthiation of substituted phenols.
Scheme 6: Iron-catalyzed azidoalkylthiation of alkenes.
Scheme 7: Plausible mechanism for iron-catalyzed azidoalkylthiation of alkenes.
Scheme 8: BF3·Et2O‑mediated electrophilic cyclization of aryl alkynoates.
Scheme 9: Tentative mechanism for BF3·Et2O‑mediated electrophilic cyclization of aryl alkynoates.
Scheme 10: Construction of 6-substituted benzo[b]thiophenes.
Scheme 11: Plausible mechanism for construction of 6-substituted benzo[b]thiophenes.
Scheme 12: AlCl3‑catalyzed cyclization of N‑arylpropynamides with N‑sulfanylsuccinimides.
Scheme 13: Synthetic utility of AlCl3‑catalyzed cyclization of N‑arylpropynamides with N‑sulfanylsuccinimides.
Scheme 14: Sulfenoamination of alkenes with sulfonamides and N-sulfanylsuccinimides.
Scheme 15: Lewis acid/Brønsted acid controlled Pd-catalyzed functionalization of aryl C(sp2)–H bonds.
Scheme 16: Possible mechanism for Lewis acid/Brønsted acid controlled Pd-catalyzed functionalization of aryl C...
Scheme 17: FeCl3-catalyzed carbosulfenylation of unactivated alkenes.
Scheme 18: Copper-catalyzed electrophilic thiolation of organozinc halides.
Scheme 19: h-BN@Copper(II) nanomaterial catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of sulfoximines and N‑(arylthio)succ...
Scheme 20: AlCl3‑mediated cyclization and sulfenylation of 2‑alkyn-1-one O‑methyloximes.
Scheme 21: Lewis acid-promoted 2-substituted cyclopropane 1,1-dicarboxylates with sulfonamides and N-(arylthio...
Scheme 22: Lewis acid-mediated cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes and hydrazones with N-(arylthio/seleno)su...
Scheme 23: Credible pathway for Lewis acid-mediated cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with N-(arylthio)suc...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 4-chalcogenyl pyrazoles via chalcogenation/cyclization of α,β-alkynic hydrazones.
Scheme 25: Controllable synthesis of 3-thiolated pyrroles and pyrrolines.
Scheme 26: Possible mechanism for controllable synthesis of 3-thiolated pyrroles and pyrrolines.
Scheme 27: Co-catalyzed C2-sulfenylation and C2,C3-disulfenylation of indole derivatives.
Scheme 28: Plausible catalytic cycle for Co-catalyzed C2-sulfenylation and C2,C3-disulfenylation of indoles.
Scheme 29: C–H thioarylation of electron-rich arenes by iron(III) triflimide catalysis.
Scheme 30: Difunctionalization of alkynyl bromides with thiosulfonates and N-arylthio succinimides.·
Scheme 31: Suggested mechanism for difunctionalization of alkynyl bromides with thiosulfonates and N-arylthio ...
Scheme 32: Synthesis of thioesters, acyl disulfides, ketones, and amides by N-thiohydroxy succinimide esters.
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for metal-catalyzed selective acylation and acylthiolation.
Scheme 34: AlCl3-catalyzed synthesis of 3,4-bisthiolated pyrroles.
Scheme 35: α-Sulfenylation of aldehydes and ketones.
Scheme 36: Acid-catalyzed sulfetherification of unsaturated alcohols.
Scheme 37: Enantioselective sulfenylation of β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 38: Organocatalyzed sulfenylation of 3‑substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 39: Sulfenylation and chlorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 40: Intramolecular sulfenoamination of olefins.
Scheme 41: Plausible mechanism for intramolecular sulfenoamination of olefins.
Scheme 42: α-Sulfenylation of 5H-oxazol-4-ones.
Scheme 43: Metal-free C–H sulfenylation of electron-rich arenes.
Scheme 44: TFA-promoted C–H sulfenylation indoles.
Scheme 45: Proposed mechanism for TFA-promoted C–H sulfenylation indoles.
Scheme 46: Organocatalyzed sulfenylation and selenenylation of 3-pyrrolyloxindoles.
Scheme 47: Organocatalyzed sulfenylation of S-based nucleophiles.
Scheme 48: Conjugate Lewis base Brønsted acid-catalyzed sulfenylation of N-heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Mechanism for activation of N-sulfanylsuccinimide by conjugate Lewis base Brønsted acid catalyst.
Scheme 50: Sulfenylation of deconjugated butyrolactams.
Scheme 51: Intramolecular sulfenofunctionalization of alkenes with phenols.
Scheme 52: Organocatalytic 1,3-difunctionalizations of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates.
Scheme 53: Organocatalytic sulfenylation of β‑naphthols.
Scheme 54: Acid-promoted oxychalcogenation of o‑vinylanilides with N‑(arylthio/arylseleno)succinimides.
Scheme 55: Lewis base/Brønsted acid dual-catalytic C–H sulfenylation of aryls.
Scheme 56: Lewis base-catalyzed sulfenoamidation of alkenes.
Scheme 57: Cyclization of allylic amide using a Brønsted acid and tetrabutylammonium chloride.
Scheme 58: Catalytic electrophilic thiocarbocyclization of allenes with N-thiosuccinimides.
Scheme 59: Suggested mechanism for electrophilic thiocarbocyclization of allenes with N-thiosuccinimides.
Scheme 60: Chiral chalcogenide-catalyzed enantioselective hydrothiolation of alkenes.
Scheme 61: Proposed mechanism for chalcogenide-catalyzed enantioselective hydrothiolation of alkenes.
Scheme 62: Organocatalytic sulfenylation for synthesis a diheteroatom-bearing tetrasubstituted carbon centre.
Scheme 63: Thiolative cyclization of yne-ynamides.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of alkynyl and acyl disulfides from reaction of thiols with N-alkynylthio phthalimides.
Scheme 65: Oxysulfenylation of alkenes with 1-(arylthio)pyrrolidine-2,5-diones and alcohols.
Scheme 66: Arylthiolation of arylamines with (arylthio)-pyrrolidine-2,5-diones.
Scheme 67: Catalyst-free isothiocyanatoalkylthiation of styrenes.
Scheme 68: Sulfenylation of (E)-β-chlorovinyl ketones toward 3,4-dimercaptofurans.
Scheme 69: HCl-promoted intermolecular 1, 2-thiofunctionalization of aromatic alkenes.
Scheme 70: Possible mechanism for HCl-promoted 1,2-thiofunctionalization of aromatic alkenes.
Scheme 71: Coupling reaction of diazo compounds with N-sulfenylsuccinimides.
Scheme 72: Multicomponent reactions of disulfides with isocyanides and other nucleophiles.
Scheme 73: α-Sulfenylation and β-sulfenylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
α-(Aminomethyl)acrylates as acceptors in radical–polar crossover 1,4-additions of dialkylzincs: insights into enolate formation and trapping
- Angel Palillero-Cisneros,
- Paola G. Gordillo-Guerra,
- Fernando García-Alvarez,
- Olivier Jackowski,
- Franck Ferreira,
- Fabrice Chemla,
- Joel L. Terán and
- Alejandro Perez-Luna
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.103
- carbonyl compounds to provide the corresponding zinc enolates (Scheme 1) [1][2]. While simple, this reaction offers attractive features: 1) it proceeds under mild conditions in the absence of any transition-metal catalyst; 2) the 1,4-addition step can be combined with condensation reactions of the zinc
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Scheme 1: Air-promoted radical chain reaction of dialkylzinc reagents with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds....
Scheme 2: Enolate formation by zinc radical transfer (SH2 on dialkylzinc reagents).
Scheme 3: Preparation of α-(aminomethyl)acrylate 10.
Scheme 4: Reaction of α-(aminomethyl)acrylate 10 with Et2Zn in the presence of air.
Scheme 5: Chemical correlation to determine the configuration of the major diastereomer of (RS)-14b.
Scheme 6: Air-promoted tandem 1,4-addition–aldol condensation reactions of Et2Zn with α-(aminomethyl)acrylate...
Scheme 7: Diagnostic experiments for a radical mechanism and for enolate formation.
Scheme 8: Diagnostic experiments with N-benzyl enoate 10.
Scheme 9: Reactivity manifolds for the air-promoted tandem 1,4-addition–electrophilic substitution reaction b...
Visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxytrifluoroethylation of alkyl carboxylic acids: Access to trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins
- Feng Chen,
- Xiu-Hua Xu,
- Zeng-Hao Chen,
- Yue Chen and
- Feng-Ling Qing
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1372–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.98
- might be feasible. Herein, we disclose a visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling of alkyl carboxylic acids with N-trifluoroethoxyphthalimide to deliver trifluoromethyl aliphatic acyloins under mild conditions (Scheme 1d). Furthermore, this platform bypasses the need for exogenous
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Figure 1: Selected natural products and pharmaceuticals bearing acyloins.
Scheme 1: Strategies for the synthesis of α-trifluoromethyl acyloins.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Standard conditions: a solution of alkyl carboxylic acid 1 (0.4 mmol), 2 (0.6 mmol...
Figure 2: Proposed reaction mechanism.
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
- mild conditions the benzylation of the alcohol function to yield 7.3. Then, the removing of the tosyl group required a two-step sequence. First, 7.3 reacted with cesium acetate and then the resulting ester was reduced with LiAlH4 to produce 7.4 with control of its stereochemistry. Very recently, a new
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp3)–H to construct C–C bonds
- Hui Yu and
- Feng Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94
- ether α-C–H bond. In the presence of Cu(II), the C(sp2)–C(sp3) coupling of pyridine N-oxides and coumarins with cyclic ethers could be achieved under mild conditions (Scheme 13) [63][64]. These reactions do not all follow the reaction mechanism of the oxidative olefination of simple ethers. The role of
- -chain alkyl ethers in the presence of DBU under relatively mild conditions (Scheme 29b) [92]. In 2018, Wang et al. developed the cobalt-catalyzed oxidative CDC reaction of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with isochroman using molecular oxygen as an oxidant (Scheme 30) [93]. These reactions involved a
- oxidant (Scheme 38a) [103]. Subsequently, Li et al. developed the CDC of heterocyclic aromatics with simple ethers mediated by AgOTFA to construct C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions (room temperature) with a wide range of substrates (Scheme 38b) [104]. The reaction mechanism
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Scheme 1: Research progress of coupling reactions and active compounds containing α-C(sp3)-functionalized eth...
Scheme 2: Transition-metal-catalyzed CDC pathways.
Scheme 3: CDC of active methylene compounds in the α-C(sp3) position of ethers.
Scheme 4: InCl3/Cu(OTf)2/NHPI co-catalyzed CDC reaction.
Scheme 5: CDC of cyclic benzyl ethers with aldehydes.
Scheme 6: Cu-catalyzed CDC of (a) unactivated C(sp3)–H ethers with simple ketones and (b) double C(sp3)−H fun...
Scheme 7: Cu-catalyzed CDC of C(sp3)–H/C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of chiral 2-substituted tetrahydropyrans.
Scheme 9: CDC of thiazole with cyclic ethers.
Scheme 10: Cu(I)-catalyzed oxidative alkenylation of simple ethers.
Scheme 11: Cross-dehydrogenation coupling of isochroman C(sp3)–H bonds with anisole C(sp2)–H bonds.
Scheme 12: Pd(OAc)2/Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed arylation of α-C(sp3)–H bonds of ethers.
Scheme 13: Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–H/C(sp2)–H activation strategies to construct C(sp3)–C(sp2) bonds.
Scheme 14: Cu(I)-catalyzed C(sp2)–H alkylation.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–H/C(sp)–H activation to construct C(sp3)–C(sp) bonds (H2BIP: 2,6-bis(benzimidaz...
Scheme 16: Fe-catalyzed CDC reaction pathways.
Scheme 17: Fe2(CO)9-catalyzed functionalization of C–H bonds.
Scheme 18: Ligand-promoted Fe-catalyzed CDC reaction of N-methylaniline with ethers.
Scheme 19: Fe-catalyzed CDC of C(sp3)–H/C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 20: Fe-catalyzed hydroalkylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones with ethers.
Scheme 21: Solvent-free Fe(NO3)3-catalyzed CDC of C(sp3)–H/C(sp2)–H bonds.
Scheme 22: Alkylation of disulfide compounds to afford tetrasubstituted alkenes.
Scheme 23: Fe-catalyzed formation of 1,1-bis-indolylmethane derivatives.
Scheme 24: Alkylation of coumarins and flavonoids.
Scheme 25: Direct CDC α-arylation of azoles with ethers.
Scheme 26: CDC of terminal alkynes with C(sp3)–H bonds adjacent to oxygen, sulfur or nitrogen atoms.
Scheme 27: Alkylation of terminal alkynes.
Scheme 28: Co-catalyzed functionalization of glycine esters.
Scheme 29: Co-catalyzed construction of C(sp2)–C(sp3) bonds.
Scheme 30: Co-catalyzed CDC of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with isochroman.
Scheme 31: Co-catalyzed C–H alkylation of (benz)oxazoles with ethers.
Scheme 32: Cobalt-catalyzed CDC between unactivated C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 33: MnO2-catalyzed CDC of the inactive C(sp3)-H.
Scheme 34: Oxidative cross-coupling of ethers with enamides.
Scheme 35: Ni(II)-catalyzed CDC of indoles with 1,4-dioxane.
Scheme 36: Chemo- and regioselective ortho- or para-alkylation of pyridines.
Scheme 37: Asymmetric CDC of 3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans with aldehydes.
Scheme 38: CDC of heterocyclic aromatics with ethers.
Scheme 39: Indium-catalyzed alkylation of DHPs with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 40: Rare earth-metal-catalyzed CDC reaction.
Scheme 41: Visible-light-driven CDC of cycloalkanes with benzazoles.
Scheme 42: Photoinduced alkylation of quinoline with cyclic ethers.
Scheme 43: Photocatalyzed CDC reactions between α-C(sp3)–H bonds of ethers and C(sp2)–H bonds of aromatics.
Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control
- Carlee A. Montgomery and
- Graham K. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86
- reported by Hadjiarapoglou, Varvoglis and co-workers [107][108][109][110][111][112] and Moriarty et al. [113][114][115], who observed metal-free cycloadditions between iodonium ylides and olefins in the absence of a transition metal catalyst. These reactions proceeded under mild conditions without catalyst
- produced in 74% yield after six days at room temperature in the absence of catalyst (Scheme 2a) [107]. At that time, the authors did not articulate any theory as to how the reaction might initiate under such mild conditions, though they recognized that the decomposition of 8 into a free carbene would not
- intermediate was not viable under such mild conditions. The initially proposed ionic pathway (Figure 5, left) was abandoned as solvent effects had little influence on the reaction rate, and since no Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement products were detected with bicyclic olefin precursors. Radical-based pathways
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Figure 1: Generic representation of halogen bonding.
Figure 2: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in monovalent iodine-containing compounds; and, qualitative mole...
Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in hypervalent iodine-containing molecules; and, qualitative MEP...
Figure 4: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in iodonium ylides; and, qualitative MEP map of I-12 from −0.083...
Scheme 1: Outline of possible reaction pathways between iodonium ylides and Lewis basic nucleophiles (top); a...
Scheme 2: Metal-free cyclopropanations of iodonium ylides, either as intermolecular (a) or intramolecular pro...
Figure 5: Zwitterionic mechanism for intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides (left); and, stepwise...
Scheme 3: Metal-free intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides.
Figure 6: Concerted cycloaddition pathway for the metal-free, intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium yli...
Scheme 4: Reaction of ylide 6 with diphenylketene to form lactone 24 and 25.
Figure 7: Nucleophilic (top) and electrophilic (bottom) addition pathways proposed by Koser and Hadjiarapoglo...
Scheme 5: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and tertiary amines.
Scheme 6: N-Heterocycle synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and secondary amines.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 33a from iodonium ylides and amines, involving an initial h...
Scheme 7: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylides 39 and tertiary amines under blue light photocataly...
Scheme 8: Metal-free cycloproponation of iodonium ylides under blue LED irradiation. aUsing trans-β-methylsty...
Figure 9: Proposed mechanism of the cyclopropanation between iodonium ylides and alkenes under blue LED irrad...
Scheme 9: Formal C–H alkylation of iodonium ylides by nucleophilic heterocycles under blue LED irradiation.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism of the formal C–H insertion of pyrrole under blue LED irradiation.
Scheme 10: X–H insertions between iodonium ylides and carboxylic acids, phenols and thiophenols.
Figure 11: Mechanistic proposal for the X–H insertion reactions of iodonium ylides.
Scheme 11: Radiofluorination of biphenyl using iodonium ylides 54a–e derived from various β-dicarbonyl auxilia...
Scheme 12: Radiofluorination of arenes using spirocycle-derived iodonium ylides 56.
Scheme 13: Radiofluorination of arenes using SPIAd-derived iodonium ylides 58.
Figure 12: Calculated reaction coordinate for the radiofluorination of iodonium ylide 60.
Scheme 14: Radiofluorination of iodonium ylides possessing various ortho- and para-substituents on the iodoare...
Figure 13: Difference in Gibbs activation energy for ortho- or para-anisyl derived iodonium ylides 63a and 63b....
Figure 14: Proposed equilibration of intermediates to transit between 64a (the initial adduct formed between 6...
Scheme 15: Comparison of 31 and ortho-methoxy iodonium ylide 39 in rhodium-catalyzed cyclopropanation and cycl...
Figure 15: X-ray crystal structure of dimeric 39 [6], (CCDC# 893474) [143,144].
Scheme 16: Enaminone synthesis using diazonium and iodonium ylides.
Figure 16: Transition state calculations for enaminone synthesis from iodonium ylides and thioamides.
Scheme 17: The reaction between ylides 73a–f and N-methylpyrrole under 365 nm UV irradiation.
Figure 17: Crystal structures of 76c (top) and 76e (bottom) [101], (CCDC# 2104180 & 2104181) [143,144].
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
- intermediates under mild conditions for both oxidative and reductive reactions and ii) to use photons as traceless reagents to drive reactions in a “greener” manner [1][2][3][4][5][6]. As depicted in Figure 1, for an oxidative PRC cycle, the excited photocatalyst (*PC) firstly undergoes oxidative quenching by
- 2.1.1 C(sp2)–X activation: In the rise of visible light-mediated PRC, the generation of aryl radicals for C(sp2)–C(sp2/3) couplings under mild conditions (room temperature, visible light activation of a catalyst) was heavily investigated [34][35][36]. However, initially the procedures were generally
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine
- Alessio Regni,
- Francesca Bartoccini and
- Giovanni Piersanti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70
- -aminoalkyl radicals from free carboxylic acids of 8 and 10 under mild conditions would make the approach even more efficient and more biosimilar; nevertheless, issues regarding the regioselectivity of the ring formation could be raised, since both the 6-exo-trig and 7-endo-trig cyclization are both favorable
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Transformations of DMAT to different classes of ergot alkaloids. (b) and (c) Strategies for the...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compound 5.
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization of 5.
Figure 2: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of tryptophan derivatives 8 and 10.
Figure 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 4: Methylation of 11 and the formal total synthesis of (±)-6,7-secoagroclavine.
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
- the construction of a range of δ-olefin-containing aliphatic nitriles with (E)-configuration selectivity. This new method features wide substrate scope, mild conditions, and direct N–O activation. Keywords: direct N–O activation; E-selectivity; nitrile synthesis; ring-opening cross-coupling; sulfuryl
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Scheme 1: Representative nitrile-containing functional materials, drug carriers, and medicines.
Scheme 2: Activating protocol of cyclobutanone oximes.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of δ-olefin-containing aliphatic nitriles. Reaction conditions: A mixture of cyclob...
Scheme 4: Competition between two reactions caused by the reduction of base equivalent.
Scheme 5: Mechanistic investigations.
Scheme 6: A proposed plausible mechanism.
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
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative examples of bioactive natural products and FDA-approved drugs containing a pyridine ...
Scheme 1: Classical and traditional methods for the synthesis of functionalized pyridines.
Scheme 2: Rare earth metal (Ln)-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 3: Pd-catalyzed C–H alkylation of pyridine N-oxide.
Scheme 4: CuI-catalyzed C–H alkylation of N-iminopyridinium ylides with tosylhydrazones (A) and a plausible r...
Scheme 5: Zirconium complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 6: Rare earth metal-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with nonpolar unsaturated substrates.
Scheme 7: Heterobimetallic Rh–Al complex-catalyzed ortho-C–H monoalkylation of pyridines.
Scheme 8: Mono(phosphinoamido)-rare earth complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 9: Rhodium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with acrylates and acrylamides.
Scheme 10: Ni–Al bimetallic system-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 11: Iridium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 12: para-C(sp2)–H Alkylation of pyridines with alkenes.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 14: Pd-catalyzed C2-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 15: Ru-catalyzed C-6 (C-2)-propenylation of 2-arylated pyridines.
Scheme 16: C–H addition of allenes to pyridines catalyzed by half-sandwich Sc metal complex.
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed stereodivergent synthesis of alkenylated pyridines.
Scheme 18: Pd-catalyzed ligand-promoted selective C3-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 19: Mono-N-protected amino acids in Pd-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 20: Amide-directed and rhodium-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 21: Bimetallic Ni–Al-catalyzed para-selective alkenylation of pyridine.
Scheme 22: Arylboronic ester-assisted pyridine direct C–H arylation.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalyzed C–H arylation/benzylation with toluene.
Scheme 24: Pd-catalyzed pyridine C–H arylation with potassium aryl- and heteroaryltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 25: Transient activator strategy in pyridine C–H biarylation.
Scheme 26: Ligand-promoted C3-arylation of pyridine.
Scheme 27: Pd-catalyzed arylation of nicotinic and isonicotinic acids.
Scheme 28: Iron-catalyzed and imine-directed C–H arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 29: Pd–(bipy-6-OH) cooperative system-mediated direct pyridine C3-arylation.
Scheme 30: Pd-catalyzed pyridine N-oxide C–H arylation with heteroarylcarboxylic acids.
Scheme 31: Pd-catalyzed C–H cross-coupling of pyridine N-oxides with five-membered heterocycles.
Scheme 32: Cu-catalyzed dehydrative biaryl coupling of azine(pyridine) N-oxides and oxazoles.
Scheme 33: Rh(III)-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative C3-heteroarylation of pyridines.
Scheme 34: Pd-catalyzed C3-selective arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 35: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative C–H annulation of pyridines to quinolines.
Scheme 36: Rhodium-catalyzed and NHC-directed C–H annulation of pyridine.
Scheme 37: Ni/NHC-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective C–H cyclization of pyridines.
Scheme 38: Rare earth metal-catalyzed intramolecular C–H cyclization of pyridine to azaindolines.
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed alkenylation of bipyridine with terminal silylacetylenes.
Scheme 40: Rollover cyclometallation in Rh-catalyzed pyridine C–H functionalization.
Scheme 41: Rollover pathway in Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of N,N,N-tridentate chelating compounds.
Scheme 42: Pd-catalyzed rollover pathway in bipyridine-6-carboxamides C–H arylation.
Scheme 43: Rh-catalyzed C3-acylmethylation of bipyridine-6-carboxamides with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 44: Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of bipyridines with alkynes.
Scheme 45: Rh-catalyzed C–H acylmethylation and annulation of bipyridine with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed C4-borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 47: C3-Borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of silylated dihydropyridines.
Photocatalytic sequential C–H functionalization expediting acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles
- Deepak Singh,
- Shyamal Pramanik and
- Soumitra Maity
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 666–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.48
- and related heterocycles with active bromomethylenes under mild conditions (Scheme 1B). Importantly, using simple Zn(OAc)2 as the additive, the first photocatalytic direct acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles was developed under aerobic conditions. Here, the additive Zn(OAc)2 plays a crucial
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Scheme 1: Strategies of C-3 functionalizations of IPs and present work.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Conditions: unless otherwise noted, all reactions were carried out with 1 (0.2 mmo...
Scheme 3: Mechanistic investigations.
Scheme 4: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Direct C2–H alkylation of indoles driven by the photochemical activity of halogen-bonded complexes
- Martina Mamone,
- Giuseppe Gentile,
- Jacopo Dosso,
- Maurizio Prato and
- Giacomo Filippini
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 575–581, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.42
- and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Paseo de Miramón 194, 20014, Donostia San Sebastián, Spain Basque Fdn Sci, Ikerbasque, 48013 Bilbao, Spain 10.3762/bjoc.19.42 Abstract A light-driven metal-free protocol for the synthesis of sulfone-containing indoles under mild conditions is reported. Specifically
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Figure 1: (a) Exploitation of an EDA complex in organic synthesis. (b) This work: use of halogen-bonded compl...
Figure 2: Optical absorption spectra recorded in acetonitrile in 1 cm path quartz cuvettes. [DABCO]: 0.5 M; [...
Figure 3: 1H NMR titration of DABCO in a solution of 2a in ACN-d3 to detect their halogen-bonding association...
Figure 4: Proposed reaction mechanism for the photochemical alkylation of 1a with the α-iodosulfone 2a in the...
Scheme 1: Study of scope of the HAS reaction between indoles 1 and α-iodosulfones 2. Yields in parentheses we...
A new oxidatively stable ligand for the chiral functionalization of amino acids in Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes
- Alena V. Dmitrieva,
- Oleg A. Levitskiy,
- Yuri K. Grishin and
- Tatiana V. Magdesieva
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 566–574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.41
- derived from glycine Schiff bases containing a source of chirality is the most convenient and widely used template for modification of the glycine fragment under mild conditions. The template can be easily obtained via self-assembly of the starting components in the presence of metal ions (commonly Ni(II
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Selected examples of the chiral ligands used for synthesis of the Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the chiral ligand L7 and its Ni(II) complexes with glycine, serine, dehydroalanine, an...
Figure 1: Fragment of the NOESY spectrum of the ʟ-(oBrCysNi)L7 complex indicating the correlation between the...
Figure 2: Low-gradient isosurfaces with low densities (blue color of the isosurface corresponds to the hydrog...
Figure 3: Saturated solutions of (GlyNi)L1 (left) and (GlyNi)L7 (right) in diethyl ether.
Figure 4: The CV curves observed for (GlyNi)L7 and (ΔAlaNi)L7 in the anodic and cathodic regions (Pt, CH3CN, ...
Access to cyclopropanes with geminal trifluoromethyl and difluoromethylphosphonate groups
- Ita Hajdin,
- Romana Pajkert,
- Mira Keßler,
- Jianlin Han,
- Haibo Mei and
- Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 541–549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.39
- difluoromethylphosphonate-containing cyclopropanes in reactions with selected olefins, carried out under mild conditions with good to very good yields, in the presence of CuI, an inexpensive catalyst. As confirmed by quantum mechanical calculations and experimental results, the cyclopropane formation occurs always with a
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Scheme 1: Previous works (A–D) and the extension (this work).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of diethyl 2-diazo-1,1,3,3,3-pentafluoropropylphosphonate (5).
Scheme 3: Scope of the cyclopropanation. Reaction conditions: alkene (0.15 mmol), diazo compound 5 (0.1 mmol)...
Figure 1: 19F,1H-HOESY spectrum of compound 6c.
Scheme 4: Scope of the cyclopropanation. Reaction conditions: alkene (0.15 mmol), diazo compound 5 (0.1 mmol)...
Scheme 5: Addition of CuI to the diazo compound 5.
Scheme 6: Possible addition of styrene to Int2 yielding Int4_1 and Int4_2 through Int3_1 and Int3_2.
Scheme 7: Possible addition of styrene to Int2 yielding Int4_3 and Int4_4 without further intermediates.
Scheme 8: Formation of the products Pr1 to Pr4.
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
- the reagent IX and a catalytic amount of PdCl2, they succeeded in the functionalization of acrylamides 33 derived from 8-aminoquinoline. Within these mild conditions, α-arylacrylamides substituted at para-, meta-, and ortho-positions were readily difluoromethylthiolated (34a–g, 81–95% yields). This
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Scheme 1: Transition-metal-catalyzed C–XRF bond formation by C–H bond activation: an overview.
Scheme 2: Cu(OAc)2-promoted mono- and ditrifluoromethylthiolation of benzamide derivatives derived from 8-ami...
Scheme 3: Trifluoromethylthiolation of azacalix[1]arene[3]pyridines using copper salts and a nucleophilic SCF3...
Scheme 4: Working hypothesis for the palladium-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylthiolation reaction.
Scheme 5: Trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine derivatives and analogs by means of palladium-catalyzed...
Scheme 6: C(sp2)–SCF3 bond formation by Pd-catalyzed C–H bond activation using AgSCF3 and Selectfluor® as rep...
Scheme 7: Palladium-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine derivatives reported by the g...
Scheme 8: Palladium-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-arylpyridine and analogs reported by Anbar...
Scheme 9: Mono- and ditrifluoromethylthiolation of benzamide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinoline using ...
Scheme 10: Regioselective Cp*Rh(III)-catalyzed directed trifluoromethylthiolation reported by the group of Li [123]...
Scheme 11: Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-phenylpyridine and 2-phenylpyrimidine der...
Scheme 12: Cp*Co(III)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylthiolation of 2-phenylpyridine and 6-phenylpurine derivat...
Scheme 13: Diastereoselective trifluoromethylthiolation of acrylamide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinolin...
Scheme 14: C(sp3)–SCF3 bond formation on aliphatic amide derivatives derived from 8-aminoquinoline by palladiu...
Scheme 15: Regio- and diastereoselective difluoromethylthiolation of acrylamides under palladium catalysis rep...
Scheme 16: Palladium-catalyzed (ethoxycarbonyl)difluoromethylthiolation reaction of 2-(hetero)aryl and 2-(α-ar...
Scheme 17: Pd(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation of benzamides derived from 5-methoxy-8-aminoquinoline ...
Scheme 18: Pd(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation of acrylamide derivatives derived from 5-methoxy-8-ami...
Scheme 19: Transition-metal-catalyzed dehydrogenative 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of (hetero)aromatic derivati...
Scheme 20: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of N-sulfonylbenzamides reported by the group of...
Scheme 21: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation and other fluoroalkoxylations of naphthalene...
Scheme 22: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of benzaldehyde derivatives by means o...
Scheme 23: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation (and other fluoroalkoxylations) of ben...
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed selective 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of aliphatic amides using a bidentate direct...
Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series
- Cécile Alleman,
- Charlène Gadais,
- Laurent Legentil and
- François-Hugues Porée
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of terpenes containing a bicyclo[3.6.0]undecane motif.
Figure 2: Commercially available first and second generation Grubbs and Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts.
Figure 3: Examples of strategies to access the fusicoccan and ophiobolin tricyclic core structure by RCM.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bicyclic core structure 12 of ophiobolin M (13) and cycloaraneosene (14).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the core structure 21 of ophiobolins and fusicoccanes.
Scheme 3: Ring-closing metathesis attempts starting from thioester 22.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of ent-fusicoauritone (28).
Figure 4: General structure of ophiobolins and congeners.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 6: Investigation of RCM for the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8). Path A) RCM with TBDPS-protected alcoho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the core structure of cotylenin A aglycon, cotylenol (50).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tricyclic core structure of fusicoccans.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (−)-teubrevin G (59).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the core skeleton 63 of the basmane family.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-schindilactone A (68).
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of dactylol (72).
Scheme 13: Ring-closing metathesis for the total synthesis of (±)-asteriscanolide (2).
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the simplified skeleton of pleuromutilin (1).
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) using a ring-closing metathesis to construct the eight-member...
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-naupliolide (97).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of the A-B ring structure of fusicoccane (101).
Scheme 18: First attempts of TRCM of dienyne substrates.
Scheme 19: TRCM on optimized substrates towards the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 20: Tandem ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of variecolin intermediates 114 and 115.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of poitediol (118) using the allylsilane ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 22: Access to scaffold 122 by a NHK coupling reaction.
Scheme 23: Key step to construct the [5-8] bicyclooctanone core of aquatolide (4).
Scheme 24: Initial strategy to access aquatolide (4).
Scheme 25: Synthetic plan to cotylenin A (130).
Scheme 26: [5-8] Bicyclic structure of brachialactone (7) constructed by a Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 27: Influence of the replacement of the allylic alcohol moiety.
Scheme 28: Formation of variecolin intermediate 140 through a SmI2-mediated Barbier-type reaction.
Scheme 29: SmI2-mediated ketyl addition. Pleuromutilin (1) eight-membered ring closure via C5–C14 bond formati...
Scheme 30: SmI2-mediated dialdehyde cyclization cascade of [5-8-6] pleuromutilin scaffold 149.
Scheme 31: A) Modular synthetic route to mutilin and pleuromutilin family members by Herzon’s group. B) Scaffo...
Scheme 32: Photocatalyzed oxidative ring expansion in pleuromutilin (1) total synthesis.
Scheme 33: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (−)-6-epi-ophiobolin N (168).
Scheme 34: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (+)-6-epi-ophiobolin A (173).
Scheme 35: Radical 8-endo-trig-cyclization of a xanthate precursor.
Figure 5: Structural representations of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179) beari...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of the common [5-8-5] tricyclic intermediate of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), an...
Scheme 37: Asymmetric synthesis of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179).
Figure 6: Scope of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 38: Nazarov cyclization revealing the fusicoauritone core structure 192.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fusicoauritone (28) through Nazarov cyclization.
Scheme 40: (+)-Epoxydictymene (5) synthesis through a Nicholas cyclization followed by a Pauson–Khand reaction...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of aquatolide (4) by a Mukaiyama-type aldolisation.
Scheme 42: Tandem Wolff/Cope rearrangement furnishing the A-B bicyclic moiety 204 of variecolin.
Scheme 43: Asymmetric synthesis of the A-B bicyclic core 205 and 206 of variecolin.
Scheme 44: Formation of [5-8]-fused rings by cyclization under thermal activation.
Scheme 45: Construction of the [5-8-6] tricyclic core structure of variecolin (3) by Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of the [6-4-8-5]-tetracyclic skeleton by palladium-mediated cyclization.
Scheme 47: Access to the [5-8] bicyclic core structure of asteriscanolide (227) through rhodium-catalyzed cycl...
Scheme 48: Total syntheses of asterisca-3(15),6-diene (230) and asteriscanolide (2) with a Rh-catalyzed cycliz...
Scheme 49: Photocyclization of 2-pyridones to access the [5-8-5] backbone of fusicoccanes.
Scheme 50: Total synthesis of (+)-asteriscunolide D (245) and (+)-aquatolide (4) through photocyclization.
Scheme 51: Biocatalysis pathway to construct the [5-8-5] tricyclic scaffold of brassicicenes.
Scheme 52: Influence of the CotB2 mutant over the cyclization’s outcome of GGDP.
Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones
- Benedikt Kolb,
- Daniela Silva dos Santos,
- Sanja Krause,
- Anna Zens and
- Sabine Laschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17
- substituents in the one-pot reaction and showed that regardless of the substitution pattern, the reactions lead to the stereoselective formation (≥95% (2E,4E)) of the respective dienones under mild conditions. It was found that enynes with alkyl chains gave higher yields than the corresponding aryl-substituted
- mild conditions, as the acetylene moiety in substrates 25 only reacted to the (E)-olefin while the internal double bond stayed unaffected. Compared to the reaction with benzoyl chloride (26a), which led to the desired dienone 27aa in 55% yield, aliphatic or conjugated acyl chlorides did not affect the
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Scheme 1: Examples of biologically active compounds with (2Ε,4E)-unsaturated ketone units.
Scheme 2: Selected examples for the synthesis of conjugated dienones from the literature [6-21].
Scheme 3: Previous work of hydrozirconations with Schwartz's reagent and our work [54,55,57,58,61,62].
Scheme 4: Synthesis of substituted enynes 25f–o via Corey–Fuchs reaction and Hunsdiecker reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of non-natural (a) and natural (b) dienone-containing terpenes: synthesis of β-ionone (3)....
NaI/PPh3-catalyzed visible-light-mediated decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides for the efficient synthesis of quaternary oxindoles
- Dan Liu,
- Yue Zhao and
- Frederic W. Patureau
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 57–65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.5
- decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with various redox-active esters derived from common and/or important carboxylic acids under mild conditions. Complementary to traditional transition metal photocatalysis and organo-photocatalysis [85], the readily available and inexpensive NaI/PPh3
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Figure 1: Representative natural products and biologically active molecules containing an oxindole moiety [7-13].
Scheme 1: Selected photocatalytic decarboxylative radical cascade reactions of N-arylamides.
Scheme 2: Arylamide substrate scope with isolated yields of products.
Scheme 3: Alkyl radical precursor scope with isolated yields of products.
Scheme 4: Selected mechanistic experiments.
Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field
- Elena R. Lopat’eva,
- Igor B. Krylov,
- Dmitry A. Lapshin and
- Alexander O. Terent’ev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179
- homogeneous process, which once initiated on the TiO2 surface, can produce multiple molecules of product without additional light absorption. Another approach to the generation of imide-N-oxyl radicals under mild conditions without transition metal salts as co-catalysts employs electric current as the oxidant
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Scheme 1: Organocatalysis classification used in the present perspective.
Scheme 2: Oxidative processes catalyzed by amines.
Scheme 3: N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in oxidative functionalization of aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Examples of asymmetric oxidative processes catalyzed by chiral Brønsted acids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric aerobic α-hydroxylation of lactams under phase-transfer organocatalysis conditions emplo...
Scheme 6: Selective CH-oxidation of methylarenes to aldehydes or carboxylic acids.
Scheme 7: An example of the regioselective CH-amination by a sterically hindered imide-N-oxyl radical precurs...
Scheme 8: CH-amination of ethylbenzene and CH-fluorination of aldehydes catalyzed by N-hydroxybenzimidazoles,...
Scheme 9: Mixed hetero-/homogeneous TiO2/N-hydroxyimide photocatalysis in the selective benzylic oxidation.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical benzylic iodination and benzylation of pyridine by benzyl iodides generated in situ...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical oxidative C–O/C–N coupling of alkylarenes with NHPI. Electrolysis conditions: Const...
Scheme 12: Chemoselective alcohol oxidation catalyzed by TEMPO.
Scheme 13: ABNO-catalyzed oxidative C–N coupling of primary alcohols with primary amines.
Scheme 14: ACT-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
Scheme 15: Electrocatalytic oxidation of benzylic alcohols by a TEMPO derivative immobilized on a graphite ano...
Scheme 16: Electrochemical oxidation of carbamates of cyclic amines to lactams and oxidative cyanation of amin...
Scheme 17: Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and single-electron transfer (SET) as basic principles of amine cation...
Scheme 18: Electrochemical quinuclidine-catalyzed oxidation involving unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 19: DABCO-mediated photocatalytic C–C cross-coupling involving aldehyde C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 20: DABCO-derived cationic catalysts in inactivated C–H bond cleavage for alkyl radical addition to ele...
Scheme 21: Electrochemical diamination and dioxygenation of vinylarenes catalyzed by triarylamines.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation mediated by triarylimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Thiyl radical-catalyzed CH-arylation of allylic substrates by aryl cyanides.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of redox-active alkyl tetrafluoropyridinyl sulfides by unactivated C–H bond cleavage by t...
Scheme 25: Main intermediates in quinone oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical DDQ-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative aryl–aryl coupling.
Scheme 27: DDQ-mediated cross-dehydrogenative C–N coupling of benzylic substrates with azoles.
Scheme 28: Biomimetic o-quinone-catalyzed benzylic alcohol oxidation.
Scheme 29: Electrochemical synthesis of secondary amines by oxidative coupling of primary amines and benzylic ...
Scheme 30: General scheme of dioxirane and oxaziridine oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 31: Dioxirane organocatalyzed CH-hydroxylation involving aliphatic C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective hydroxylation of CH-acids catalyzed by chiral oxaziridines.
Scheme 33: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed vinylarene diamination.
Scheme 34: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric CH-hydroxylation of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 35: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric difluorination of alkenes with migration of aryl or methyl gro...
Scheme 36: Examples of 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxybenzene-catalyzed electrochemical oxidative heterocyclizations.
Scheme 37: Electrochemical N-ammonium ylide-catalyzed CH-oxidation.
Scheme 38: Oxidative dimerization of aryl- and alkenylmagnesium compounds catalyzed by quinonediimines.
Scheme 39: FLP-catalyzed dehydrogenation of N-substituted indolines.
Functionalization of imidazole N-oxide: a recent discovery in organic transformations
- Koustav Singha,
- Imran Habib and
- Mossaraf Hossain
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1575–1588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.168
- containing both imidazole and phenolic moieties under mild conditions with two successive steps. The final products were obtained in good to excellent yields (70–95%). However, this methodology can be successfully used only for the polyphenols with at least two OH groups in one ring and is not applicable for
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Figure 1: Selected imidazole-based bioactive molecules.
Scheme 1: Formation of ethyl 2-cyano-2-(1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazole-2-ylidene)acetate derivatives via [3 + 2] cy...
Scheme 2: C–H/C–Li coupling reaction of 2H-imidazole 1-oxides with pentafluorophenyllithium.
Scheme 3: Transition-metal-free coupling reaction of 2H-imidazole 1-oxides with polyphenols. Reaction conditi...
Scheme 4: Halogenation reaction of 2-unsubstituted imidazole N-oxides using tosyl halogenides.
Scheme 5: Solvent-free chlorination reaction of imidazole N-oxides.
Scheme 6: Multicomponent reaction of imidazole N-oxides 28 with Meldrum’s acid (26) and aldehydes.
Scheme 7: Multicomponent reaction of imidazole N-oxides with CH-acids and aldehydes. Reaction conditions: aTh...
Scheme 8: Three-component condensation reaction of imidazole N-oxides, arylglyoxals, and CH-acids 38 (dimedon...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of imidazole-2-thiones containing cyclohexyl-substituents at 3-position.
Scheme 10: Preparation of optically active derivatives of 3-butoxyimidazole-2-thione.
An alternative C–P cross-coupling route for the synthesis of novel V-shaped aryldiphosphonic acids
- Stephen J. I. Shearan,
- Enrico Andreoli and
- Marco Taddei
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1518–1523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.160
- provides a reaction crude that can be then worked up to obtain the desired product. We also manage to use less catalyst than some of the other methods, except for methods F, G, and H. In keeping with the mild conditions, the temperature we use is 160 °C, which is lower than that of the other reactions
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Scheme 1: Scheme showing the transformation of the Br-substrates to phosphonate esters and then to phosphonic...
Figure 1: Experimental setup for the improved C–P cross-coupling reaction.
From amines to (form)amides: a simple and successful mechanochemical approach
- Federico Casti,
- Rita Mocci and
- Andrea Porcheddu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1210–1216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.126
- amines plays a crucial role in organic synthesis [1][2][3][4][5][6]. In one respect, it is relevant to protect the amine group straightforwardly and under mild conditions [7][8]. On the other hand, the formamide and acetamide moieties are found in many active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and natural
Heterogeneous metallaphotoredox catalysis in a continuous-flow packed-bed reactor
- Wei-Hsin Hsu,
- Susanne Reischauer,
- Peter H. Seeberger,
- Bartholomäus Pieber and
- Dario Cambié
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1123–1130, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.115
- Berlin, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.18.115 Abstract Metallaphotoredox catalysis is a powerful and versatile synthetic platform that enables cross-couplings under mild conditions without the need for noble metals. Its growing adoption in drug discovery has translated into an increased interest in sustainable
- catalytic approaches [9]. Especially the combination with other transition metal catalysts (metallaphotoredox catalysis), such as nickel complexes, resulted in a vast number of new methods to achieve cross-couplings under mild conditions [10]. However, the conditions of these methods are often hard to
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Figure 1: Different approaches to heterogeneous photochemistry in flow. a) Serial micro-batch reactors (SMBR)...
Figure 2: Light-mediated carbon–heteroatom cross-couplings. The yields reported are the NMR yields obtained i...
Figure 3: Flow diagram of the experimental setup loaded in an injection loop with the reaction mixture.
Figure 4: Flow diagram of the experimental setup adopted and time necessary to obtain steady-state conditions...
Figure 5: The production campaign of 1 for a seven day experiment.
Figure 6: Photo of the packed column with a helical static mixer (polished SS316, 10 cm length, 15 mixing ele...
Scheme 1: C–O coupling between 4-iodobenzotrifluoride and N-(Boc)-proline.
Electrochemical hydrogenation of enones using a proton-exchange membrane reactor: selectivity and utility
- Koichi Mitsudo,
- Haruka Inoue,
- Yuta Niki,
- Eisuke Sato and
- Seiji Suga
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1055–1061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.107
- proton-exchange membrane reactor is described. The reduction of enones proceeded smoothly under mild conditions to afford ketones or alcohols. The reaction occurred chemoselectively with the use of different cathode catalysts (Pd/C or Ir/C). Keywords: enone; hydrogenation; iridium; palladium; PEM
- . Interestingly, the generation of phenol was observed (7% yield), probably because 1a could serve as a hydrogen donor due to the low concentration of hydrogen [32]. Conclusion In conclusion, we have developed a system for the electroreduction of enones using a PEM reactor. The reactions proceeded under mild
- conditions, and highly chemoselective reductions were achieved with the use of appropriate cathode catalysts. The use of a Pd/C cathode gave carbonyl compounds selectively. In contrast, saturated alcohols were obtained selectively with an Ir/C cathode. The reaction with H2O as a proton source was also
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Scheme 1: Designed electrochemical hydrogenation of enones 1 with a PEM reactor.
Figure 1: Electrochemical setup of the PEM reactor: a) Electrochemical reduction system with the PEM reactor....
Figure 2: Reaction profile of the electrochemical hydrogenation of 1a with a PEM reactor using a) Pd/C and b)...
Scheme 2: Electrochemical hydrogenation of several enones 1 with a circulating PEM reactor using a Pd/C catho...
Scheme 3: Electrochemical hydrogenation of several enones 1 with a circulating PEM reactor using an Ir/C cath...
Scheme 4: Mechanistic studies.
Scheme 5: Electroreduction of 1a with the circulating PEM reactor using H2O as a proton source.
Molecular diversity of the base-promoted reaction of phenacylmalononitriles with dialkyl but-2-ynedioates
- Hui Zheng,
- Ying Han,
- Jing Sun and
- Chao-Guo Yan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 991–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.99
- , phenacylmalononitrile is also a readily available substrate, which can be easily prepared through a base-promoted substitution reaction of phenacyl bromide with malononitrile under mild conditions [11][12][13][14][15][16]. In many practical cases, phenacylmalononitriles could be conveniently generated in situ by
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Representative cycloaddition reactions of phenacylmalononitriles.
Figure 1: Single crystal structure of compound 3k.
Figure 2: Single crystal structure of compound 4a.
Figure 3: Single crystal structure of compound 4c.
Scheme 2: Proposed reaction mechanism for compounds 3, 4, and 5.
Figure 4: Single crystal structure of compound 5.
Scheme 3: Control experiment.
