Direct alkenylation of indolin-2-ones by 6-aryl-4-methylthio-2H-pyran-2-one-3-carbonitriles: a novel approach

• Sandeep Kumar,
• Ramendra Pratap,
• Abhinav Kumar,
• Brijesh Kumar,
• Vishnu K. Tandon and
• Vishnu Ji Ram

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.92

• ][28][29][30][31]. More recently, Kamijo, Yamamoto and co-workers [32] have developed a palladium-catalyzed cyclization of acetylenic aryl isocyanates in the presence of terminal alkynes. Halogenated arylpropionamides are commonly employed for the preparation of 3-alkenylindolin-2-ones involving tin

Some aspects of radical chemistry in the assembly of complex molecular architectures

• Béatrice Quiclet-Sire and
• Samir Z. Zard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 557–576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.61

• [19]. Another solution is the tin-free degenerative radical transfer of xanthates and related derivatives we discovered a quarter of a century ago [20]. The simplified mechanism for the addition to an alkene is depicted in Scheme 6. The many subtle aspects embodied in the mechanism will not be

Thermotropic and lyotropic behaviour of new liquid-crystalline materials with different hydrophilic groups: synthesis and mesomorphic properties

• Alexej Bubnov,
• Miroslav Kašpar,
• Věra Hamplová,
• Ute Dawin and
• Frank Giesselmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 425–436, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.45

• of the glass plates are covered by indium-tin-oxide electrodes and polyimide layers unidirectionally rubbed, which ensures planar alignment of the molecules, e.g., bookshelf geometry in the smectic phase. In addition, for texture observation on samples with homeotropic alignment, free-standing films

Inter- and intramolecular enantioselective carbolithiation reactions

• Asier Gómez-SanJuan,
• Nuria Sotomayor and
• Esther Lete

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 313–322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.36

• , such as halogen–lithium exchange, tin–lithium exchange, selenium–lithium exchange or reductive lithiation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Once the organolithium has been generated, the intramolecular carbolithiation reaction usually takes place with high stereochemical control, as a consequence of a rigid

• enantioselective deprotonation to generate a nonracemic organolithium, which adds diastereoselectively to the carbon–carbon double bond. In this context, configurationally stable secondary α-amino alkyllithiums have also been obtained by tin–lithium exchange (Scheme 12). Addition to the double bond with complete

Synthesis of diverse indole libraries on polystyrene resin – Scope and limitations of an organometallic reaction on solid supports

• Kerstin Knepper,
• Sylvia Vanderheiden and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1191–1199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.132

• reactions have been used to expand the utility of the Bartoli solid-phase reaction. The reaction with tributyl(vinyl)tin proceeded smoothly and gave the vinylindoles in moderate yields but good purity, in four steps (Scheme 2). We also performed a couple of Suzuki reactions on solid supports. The details

• , one equiv of the respective 7-bromo-1H-indole-6-carboxymethyl-polystyrene is suspended in DMF (0.1 mmol/mL) together with 10.0 mol % bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride, 15.0 equiv of lithium chloride and one equiv of triphenylphosphine. Then, three equiv of tributyl(vinyl)tin are added and

Multistep organic synthesis of modular photosystems

• Naomi Sakai and
• Stefan Matile

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 897–904, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.102

• sophisticated, probably as sophisticated as it gets with photosystems today (Figure 1) [1]. It is composed of three co-axial π-stacks that are grown from an indium tin oxide (ITO) surface. With lower frontier molecular orbital (FMO) levels, the “yellow” stacks can transport photogenerated electrons toward the

• occasional contributions to improve or innovate in the field of organic synthesis. Schematic structure of photosystem 1 on indium tin oxide (ITO, grey) with antiparallel gradients in hole (p, h+) and electron (n, e−) transporting coaxial channels. HOMO (solid) and LUMO levels (dashed) of all components

Synthesis and characterization of a novel carboxyl group containing (co)polyimide with sulfur in the polymer backbone

• Miroslav Mrsevic,
• David Düsselberg and
• Claudia Staudt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 776–786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.88

• groups to attach inorganic, high-refractive-index materials, such as ITO (indium tin oxide) or TiO2, to the polymer backbone to further improve the refractive index of such a (co)polyimide [20][21][22]. In this work, we report on the synthesis and characterization of fluorinated, DABA- and sulfur

Formation of carbohydrate-functionalised polystyrene and glass slides and their analysis by MALDI-TOF MS

• Martin J. Weissenborn,
• Johannes W. Wehner,
• Christopher J. Gray,
• Robert Šardzík,
• Claire E. Eyers,
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst and
• Sabine L. Flitsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 753–762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.86

• in the mass-to-charge ratio [14]. Previous attempts to get around this issue have involved coating polymer or glass surfaces with a thin membrane of conductive material, such as gold, carbon or indium-tin oxide [15][16][17], or the addition of electron-accepting additives, such as methyl viologen

Synthesis of functionalized macrocyclic derivatives of trioxabicyclo[3.3.0]nonadiene

• Sabine Leber,
• Gert Kollenz and
• Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 738–743, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.83

• (KBr): 3000–2800, 1720, 1619, 1535 cm−1; LC–MS m/z: 1347.8 [M + H]+; Anal. calcd for C72H102N2O22: C, 64.16; H, 7.63; N, 2.08; found: C, 63.77; H, 7.68; N, 1.95. Bis(2-amino-1,4-phenylene)macrocycle 9: A mixture of 100 mg (0.07 mmol) of 8 and 40 mg (2.4 mmol) of tin granules in 10 mL of THF was heated

• C72H102N2O22: C, 64.16; H, 7.63; N, 2.08; found: C, 64.32; H, 7.82; N, 2.07. Bis(2-amino-1,3-phenylene)macrocycle 13: The dinitro compound 11 (44 mg; 0.03 mmol) was reduced with 20 mg (1.69 mmol) of tin granules in 5 mL of THF and 150 µL of conc. HCl, as described for the reduction of 8 above. It took 3 h for

Facile synthesis of nitrophenyl 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-α-D-mannopyranosides from ManNAc-oxazoline

• Karel Křenek,
• Petr Šimon,
• Lenka Weignerová,
• Barbora Fliedrová,
• Marek Kuzma and
• Vladimír Křen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 428–432, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.48

• ] affording oxazoline 3 in 75% yield. The glycosylation of phenol and p-nitrophenol with oxazoline 3 was extensively tested. We tested a large array of reaction conditions, including variation of catalyst (copper(II) chloride [12][15], 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl, zinc chloride, tin(IV) chloride) and

Continuous-flow enantioselective α-aminoxylation of aldehydes catalyzed by a polystyrene-immobilized hydroxyproline

• Xacobe C. Cambeiro,
• Rafael Martín-Rapún,
• Pedro O. Miranda,
• Sonia Sayalero,
• Esther Alza,
• Patricia Llanes and
• Miquel A. Pericàs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1486–1493, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.172

• chiral enantiopure Lewis acids as catalysts [6][7][8][9][10][11]. Worth noting is the contribution made by Yamamoto et al., who introduced the use of nitrosobenzene as an electrophilic source of oxygen in the aminoxylation of preformed tin enolates catalyzed by a chiral, silver-based Lewis acid [12

Carbamate-directed benzylic lithiation for the diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of diaryl ether atropisomers

• Abigail Page and
• Jonathan Clayden

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1327–1333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.156

• ratios with n-BuLi in ether at −78 °C to induce tin–lithium exchange, quenching the products with either acetone or Me3SiCl (Scheme 6). The major product diastereoisomers were the same as those formed by direct deprotonation quench (Scheme 2). Importantly, in Table 3, entries 1 and 3 show that the

• enantioenriched stannane yields, after tin–lithium exchange and quench, products with conserved e.r. (Table 3, entry 4). The e.r. of the products formed by deprotonation with an alkyllithium-(−)-sparteine complex must therefore be determined during the deprotonation step, in which the alkyllithium-(−)-sparteine

• electrophilic quench step. Precedent studies suggest that electrophilic quench of benzylcarbamates is typically invertive [24]: All documented stannylations of benzyllithiums are invertive [23], and all documented tin–lithium exchanges (except one, where there is no adjacent heteroatom [31]) are retentive [23

Homoallylic amines by reductive inter- and intramolecular coupling of allenes and nitriles

• Peter Wipf and
• Marija D. Manojlovic

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 824–830, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.94

• reagent to allylzirconocenes, transient allylzinc intermediates can be successfully added to phosphoryl- and sulfonylimines to provide homoallylic amines in good yields and diastereoselectivities [15]. Of particular interest was the reaction of tin- or silicon-substituted allenes that furnish bis-metallic

Synthesis, reactivity and biological activity of 5-alkoxymethyluracil analogues

• Lucie Brulikova and
• Jan Hlavac

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 678–698, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.80

• '-deoxyuridine 128 was subjected to a Stille coupling reaction with tributyl(vinyl)tin using Pd(MeCN)2Cl2 as a catalyst (Scheme 23, reaction conditions 2). This coupling reaction was followed by the oxidation of the vinyl group of nucleoside 129 by OsO4 and acetylation of vicinal diol 130. After deprotection of

• (vinyl)tin using Pd(CH3CN)2Cl2 as a catalyst followed by oxidation with OsO4/NMO to afford the dihydroxy derivative 141 in 77% yield after two steps. The desired phosphoramidite 145 was obtained in 90% yield after acetylation of the vicinal diol 141, selective deprotection of 3',5'-hydroxyl groups (143

An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

• Marcus Baumann,
• Ian R. Baxendale,
• Steven V. Ley and
• Nikzad Nikbin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57

• pain relief. Two general routes have been described for the preparation of this drug. In the first route the hydrazine 149 is prepared via the reduction of diazonium salt 148 with tin(II) chloride and subjected to a Fischer indole reaction with aldehyde 150. The resulting indole is then condensed with

• antagonist candesartan (204, Atacand) is formed from an advanced diaminobenzene derivative, which in turn is prepared by a tin-mediated nitro reduction to form a highly substituted diaminobenzene (Scheme 41). This general strategy involving initial alkylation of 207 is often employed to control the

• up via diazotisation and spontaneous cyclisation of 2-ethyl-5-nitroaniline (247) using tert-butyl nitrite. The resulting indazole structure 249 can be methylated entirely regioselectively with either Meerwein’s salt, trimethyl orthoformate or dimethyl sulfate. A tin-mediated reduction of the nitro

Reciprocal polyhedra and the Euler relationship: cage hydrocarbons, C_nH_n and closo-boranes [B_xH_x]²⁻

• Michael J. McGlinchey and
• Henning Hopf

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 222–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.30

• investigated structurally and spectroscopically, and their reactivity has also been extensively investigated [42][43][44][45]. Furthermore, as shown in Scheme 16, the octastannacubane, 75, and the per-arylated decastannane, 76, a tin analogue of pentaprismane (11) have been prepared by thermolysis of hexakis

Carbasugar analogues of galactofuranosides: α-O-linked derivatives

• Jens Frigell and
• Ian Cumpstey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1127–1131, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.129

• intramolecular displacement by O-1. The OH-1 hydroxyl group appears to be more nucleophilic than OH-2 in 5 [9]; a benzoate protecting group was introduced at O-1 using a tin acetal method [23] to give the monobenzoate 6 with enhanced regioselectivity (Scheme 1). Only very small amounts (<5%) of the regioisomer

Formation of epoxide-amine oligo-adducts as OH-functionalized initiators for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone

• Julia Theis and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 938–944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.105

• a temperature range between −40 and 120 °C at a heating rate of 10 K min−1. For calibration, standard tin, indium and zinc samples were used. Three heating cycles were conducted. The glass-transition temperature (Tg) values are reported as the average of the second and the third heating cycle using

Aromatic and heterocyclic perfluoroalkyl sulfides. Methods of preparation

• Vladimir N. Boiko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 880–921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.88

Recent advances in carbocupration of α-heterosubstituted alkynes

• Ahmad Basheer and
• Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.77

• wide range of electrophiles to afford regio- and stereodefined vic- and gem-silyl (and tin) trisubstituted alkenes (Scheme 24). Even the deactivated bis-trimethylsilylacetylene reacted the dimethylphenylsilylcuprate reagent in presence of TMEDA to afford the trisilylalkene in moderate yield [60

Poly(glycolide) multi-arm star polymers: Improved solubility via limited arm length

• Florian K. Wolf,
• Anna M. Fischer and
• Holger Frey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 67, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.67

• which significantly exceed the molecular weight of processable oligomeric linear PGA (<1000 g/mol). This was achieved by the use of a multifunctional hyperbranched polyglycerol (PG) macroinitiator and the tin(II)-2-ethylhexanoate catalyzed ring-opening polymerization of glycolide in the melt. With this

• purified by vacuum distillation over CaH2 directly prior to use. Tetrahydrofuran (THF) was refluxed with sodium/benzophenone before distillation. Glycolide was purchased from Purac®/Gorinchem (Netherlands) and used as received. Tin(II)-2-ethylhexanoate (Sn(Oct)2), 97% was obtained from Acros and used as

Self-assembled ordered structures in thin films of HAT5 discotic liquid crystal

• Piero Morales,
• Jan Lagerwall,
• Paolo Vacca,
• Sabine Laschat and
• Giusy Scalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.51

• between indium tin oxide (ITO)-coated glass plates at micrometer distance, very little is known about the organization of HAT5 in films of submicrometer thickness and their characteristics. Such films, produced by drop-casting and spin-coating, are the focus of this study. Results and Discussion Different

• on square glass substrates of 2.5 cm side length, coated with indium tin oxide (ITO). The deposition of the solution was performed by drop-casting or spin-coating, the latter at a speed of 500 rpm for 10 s. A starting concentration of 7.2 mg/ml was initially chosen to ensure a macroscopic coverage of

Synthesis and Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction of norbornadiene and benzonorbornadiene dimers

• Bilal Nişancı,
• Erdin Dalkılıç,
• Murat Güney and
• Arif Daştan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 39, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.39

• 7 and 8 with PTAD (9) and TCNE (10) resulted in the formation of the corresponding products 11–14 in high yields (Scheme 2). Similarly, tin compound 15 was synthesized by the reaction of monobromide 5 with n-BuLi followed by reaction with trimethyltin chloride. Reaction of 15 with Cu(NO3)2·3H2O

Radical carbonylations using a continuous microflow system

• Takahide Fukuyama,
• Md. Taifur Rahman,
• Naoya Kamata and
• Ilhyong Ryu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 34, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.34

• demonstrated by our group [4][5][6] as well as others [7][8][9][10][11]. In our recent report, we demonstrated that excellent thermal efficiency of the microflow system would lead to effective execution of tin hydride and TTMSS (tris(trimethylsilyl)silane)-mediated radical reduction and cyclization reactions

• yields of the desired products. Carbon monoxide is an important feedstock and our group has actively pursued carbonylation reactions [14][15][16][17]. Thermally induced radical carbonylations using tin hydride usually require pressurized CO conditions to ensure that the concentration of CO around the

• radical centers is high enough to compete with the premature quenching by tin hydride (Scheme 1). Encouraged by our previous successes with both radical reactions [12] and metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions using microflow devices [18][19][20], we decided to examine a continuous microreaction system

Recent progress on the total synthesis of acetogenins from Annonaceae

• Nianguang Li,
• Zhihao Shi,
• Yuping Tang,
• Jianwei Chen and
• Xiang Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 48, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.48