The hydrolysis of geminal ethers: a kinetic appraisal of orthoesters and ketals

• Sonia L. Repetto,
• James F. Costello,
• Craig P. Butts,
• Joseph K. W. Lam and
• Norman M. Ratcliffe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1467–1475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.143

• . Exclusion of O(1/3)─C(5/4) cleavage It has been noted that annular strain in trans-2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofurans invokes sufficient charge separation to switch the mechanism of ring cleavage from SN2 → SN1 [34]. We therefore sought to exclude the possibility of mechanistic partitioning via some strain

NeoPHOX – a structurally tunable ligand system for asymmetric catalysis

• Jaroslav Padevět,
• Marcus G. Schrems,
• Robin Scheil and
• Andreas Pfaltz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1185–1195, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.114

• reaction indeed took place. While for iodides evidence for a radical single electron transfer process as the major pathway was found, the corresponding bromides and chlorides seemed to prefer an SN2 mechanism. Rossi et al. [21] showed that substitution products can be obtained in good yields from neopentyl

Unusual traits of cis and trans-2,3-dibromo-1,1-dimethylindane on the way from 1,1-dimethylindene to 2-bromo-, 3-bromo-, and 2,3-dibromo-1,1-dimethylindene

• Rudolf Knorr,
• David S. Stephenson,
• Ernst Lattke,
• Petra Böhrer and
• Jakob Ruhdorfer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1178–1184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.113

• of solid KOt-Bu, which consumed 6 within less than 2 hours at rt. Aqueous work-up with Et2O afforded the dibromide 7 (29 mg, 87%) as the only product (hence, no SN2 reaction by KOt-Bu). NEt3 as the base in place of KOt-Bu required 12 days at rt. c) From 1,1-dimethylindane (9): A mixture of N

Chiral cyclopentadienylruthenium sulfoxide catalysts for asymmetric redox bicycloisomerization

• Barry M. Trost,
• Michael C. Ryan and
• Meera Rao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1136–1152, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.110

• bicycloisomerization reaction can be readily accessed in two steps. Alkylation of a secondary propargylamide can be achieved by sodium hydride deprotonation of its acidic proton and SN2 substitution of a substituted propargyl bromide (Scheme 5a). Alternatively, the same propargylamide can be alkylated under Mitsunobu

Efficient syntheses of climate relevant isoprene nitrates and (1R,5S)-(−)-myrtenol nitrate

• Sean P. Bew,
• Glyn D. Hiatt-Gipson,
• Graham P. Mills and
• Claire E. Reeves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1081–1095, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.103

• ] demonstrated tetra-n-butylammonium nitrate [17] to be a source of nitrate that was capable of efficiently mediating an SN2 ‘1° mesylate for nitrate’ substitution, i.e., 72 to 73 (Scheme 12). Generating the 1° mesylate of rac-70 using methanesulfonyl chloride and pyridine afforded rac-71 in a 77% yield after 16

Scope and mechanism of the highly stereoselective metal-mediated domino aldol reactions of enolates with aldehydes

• M. Emin Cinar,
• Bernward Engelen,
• Martin Panthöfer,
• Hans-Jörg Deiseroth,
• Jens Schlirf and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 813–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.80

• radius of the B3+ ion is very small (25 pm). In the case of tin(II), a high yield of 6a (up to 90%) was observed but formation of 5a was not detected which indicates a hindrance for the second aldol addition. Presumably due to the low charge density of the Sn2+ ions the second carbonyl function is not

Synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity of acetylated 3-fluoro, 4-fluoro and 3,4-difluoro analogs of D-glucosamine and D-galactosamine

• Štěpán Horník,
• Lucie Červenková Šťastná,
• Petra Cuřínová,
• Jan Sýkora,
• Kateřina Káňová,
• Roman Hrstka,
• Ivana Císařová,
• Martin Dračínský and
• Jindřich Karban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 750–759, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.75

• groups at C-2 or C-4, or by an internal fluorine attack as in SNi substitution. A simple SN2 displacement leading to configurational inversion is probably suppressed by the steric effects of the axially positioned groups at C-2 and C-4, and repulsive effects of their aligned dipoles [51]. Compounds 11

A practical way to synthesize chiral fluoro-containing polyhydro-2H-chromenes from monoterpenoids

• Oksana S. Mikhalchenko,
• Dina V. Korchagina,
• Konstantin P. Volcho and
• Nariman F. Salakhutdinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 648–653, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.64

• may undergo stereoselective trap by H2O to form alcohol epimers 2; these may then undergo a stereospecific SN2 reaction to form fluoride epimers 8; c) the fluorination and/or hydroxylation of cation 10, forming fluoride epimers 8 and alcohol epimers 2, respectively, may be reversible. This has several

The aminoindanol core as a key scaffold in bifunctional organocatalysts

• Isaac G. Sonsona,
• Eugenia Marqués-López and
• Raquel P. Herrera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 505–523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.50

• activated. This triggers an SN2-type attack/Ciamician–Plancher rearrangement [35]/rearomatization cascade process, affording the final products 14 (Scheme 7). More recently, the same authors also provided an elegant and efficient solution to give direct access to cis-vicinal-substituted indane scaffolds

Enabling technologies and green processes in cyclodextrin chemistry

• Giancarlo Cravotto,
• Marina Caporaso,
• Laszlo Jicsinszky and
• Katia Martina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 278–294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.30

• only recently [86]. Solventless mechanochemical reactions are usually highly efficient and selective, valuable properties exploitable in CD derivatization. Nucleophilic substitutions (SN2 reaction) may occur without solvent stabilization because charged species do not need to be formed in the

• transition state [87]. Solvent effects and ion pair formation are critical to the mechanism of SN1 reactions meaning that this mechanism is usually restricted in HSBM reactions. While solid-state intermolecular SN2 reactions depend on contact between interacting particles only, SN1 reactions may show more

• milling conditions favours SN2 reactions; however it is also true that a solventless environment does not necessarily mean that there is a lack of solution in a liquid phase. Some reaction mixture components can often be liquid, while solvent effects or mixed SN2 and SN1-type reaction mechanisms cannot be

Copper-catalyzed aminooxygenation of styrenes with N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide and N-hydroxyphthalimide derivatives

• Yan Li,
• Xue Zhou,
• Guangfan Zheng and
• Qian Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2721–2726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.293

• aminooxygenation reaction of alkenes with phthalimide and (diacetoxyiodo)benzene through cis-aminopalladation and SN2 C–O bond formation [34]. In 2013, Zhu and co-workers described an n-Bu4NI-catalyzed aminooxygenation of inactive alkenes with benzotriazole and water which underwent a nitrogen-centred radical

Recent advances in copper-catalyzed asymmetric coupling reactions

• Fengtao Zhou and
• Qian Cai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2600–2615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.280

• different products: the SN2-product or the SN2’-product (Scheme 24). Usually, SN2’ regioselective allylic substitutions, which create a new stereogenic center, are more valuable. Methods that allow the SN2’ regioselective C–C bond formation have been extensively studied over the past years. In contrast to

• other metals (Pd, Mo, and Ir), copper-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions allow the use of nonstabilized nucleophiles including organomagnesium, organoaluminum, organozinc and organoborane reagents. Moreover, copper-catalyzed allylic substitution reactions usually proceed with high SN2

Synthesis of Xenia diterpenoids and related metabolites isolated from marine organisms

• Tatjana Huber,
• Lara Weisheit and
• Thomas Magauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273

• nine-membered carbocyclic ring. Treatment of this intermediate with potassium tert-butoxide led to the cleavage of the 2-cyanoethylsulfide moiety and the generation of a thiolate anion, which underwent SN2 displacement of the primary mesylate, affording the 13-membered lactam 56. The stage was now set

Copper-catalyzed arylation of alkyl halides with arylaluminum reagents

• Bijay Shrestha and
• Ramesh Giri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2400–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.261

• -catalyzed couplings of organometallic reagents with alkyl electrophiles have previously been shown to proceed via an SN2 process [34][35]. Therefore, we believe that a similar mechanistic scenario can also be envisioned in the current Cu-catalyzed cross-coupling of triarylaluminum reagents with primary

Synthesis, antimicrobial and cytotoxicity evaluation of new cholesterol congeners

• Mohamed Ramadan El Sayed Aly,
• Hosam Ali Saad and
• Shams Hashim Abdel-Hafez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1922–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.208

• with CBr4/PPh3 to afford 3α-bromocholest-5-ene 2 due to inversion of the configuration at the C-3 carbon (Scheme 1). The O–Hstr band of 1 disappeared upon this step. An SN2 substitution of the bromine atom of compound 2 with the N3 group was ensued by refluxing with NaN3 in dry DMF to afford 3β

Synthesis of a tricyclic lactam via Beckmann rearrangement and ring-rearrangement metathesis as key steps

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Ongolu Ravikumar and
• Jadab Majhi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1503–1508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.163

• -caprolactam from cyclohexanone oxime involving the BR. The activation energy for the BR is almost the same as that of the nucleophilic substitution at sp2 nitrogen. To synthesize various aza-arenes and cyclic imines, such as quinolines, aza-spiro compounds and dihydropyrroles, the intramolecular SN2-type

Structure and conformational analysis of spiroketals from 6-O-methyl-9(E)-hydroxyiminoerythronolide A

• Ana Čikoš,
• Irena Ćaleta,
• Dinko Žiher,
• Mark B. Vine,
• Ivaylo J. Elenkov,
• Marko Dukši,
• Dubravka Gembarovski,
• Marina Ilijaš,
• Snježana Dragojević,
• Ivica Malnar and
• Sulejman Alihodžić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1447–1457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.157

• equatorial position on the tetrahydropyran ring. Prolonged acidic treatment of 2 leads either back to C1 or to its isomer C2. The latter loses a molecule of water via an intramolecular SN2’ mechanism forming the unsaturated spiroketal 3. Repeated spiroketal opening leads to the conjugated enol ether E with

Surprisingly facile CO₂ insertion into cobalt alkoxide bonds: A theoretical investigation

• Willem K. Offermans,
• Claudia Bizzarri,
• Walter Leitner and
• Thomas E. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1340–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.144

• theoretical study, in which the initiation and propagation steps of the copolymerisation were addressed. The initiation started with the coordination of epoxide at a penta-coordinated metal–salen complex, followed by a nucleophilic, SN2-like, back-side attack on such a coordinated epoxide. The propagation

Advances in the synthesis of functionalised pyrrolotetrathiafulvalenes

• Luke J. O’Driscoll,
• Sissel S. Andersen,
• Marta V. Solano,
• Dan Bendixen,
• Morten Jensen,
• Troels Duedal,
• Jess Lycoops,
• Cornelia van der Pol,
• Rebecca E. Sørensen,
• Karina R. Larsen,
• Kenneth Myntman,
• Christian Henriksen,
• Stinne W. Hansen and
• Jan O. Jeppesen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1112–1122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.125

• convenient than the use of CsOH·H2O. N-Arylation of MPTTFs and BPTTFs N-Alkylation of MPTTFs and BPTTFs can be easily achieved using SN2 reactions between a deprotonated pyrrole and a suitably activated aliphatic species [19][28]. N-Arylation of MPTTFs and BPTTFs, which allows an annelated TTF to be

Chiroptical properties of 1,3-diphenylallene-anchored tetrathiafulvalene and its polymer synthesis

• Masashi Hasegawa,
• Junta Endo,
• Seiya Iwata,
• Toshiaki Shimasaki and
• Yasuhiro Mazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 972–979, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.109

• reaction of 5 with 4-bromoiodobenzene gave compound 6 quantitatively. The treatment of 6 with Ac2O and a catalytic amount of N,N-dimethyl-4-aminopyridine (DMAP) gave the acetyl ester 7 in 93% yield. The formation of 1,3-bis(4-bromophenyl)-1,3-diisopropylallene (8) was achieved by an SN2’-type reaction of 7

Metal-free one-pot synthesis of 2-substituted and 2,3-disubstituted morpholines from aziridines

• Hongnan Sun,
• Binbin Huang,
• Run Lin,
• Chao Yang and
• Wujiong Xia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 524–529, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.59

• -substituted and 2,3-disubstituted morpholines through a one-pot strategy is described. A simple and inexpensive ammonium persulfate salt enables the reaction of aziridines with halogenated alcohols to proceed via an SN2-type ring opening followed by cyclization of the resulting haloalkoxy amine. Keywords

A procedure for the preparation and isolation of nucleoside-5’-diphosphates

• Heidi J. Korhonen,
• Hannah L. Bolt and
• David R. W. Hodgson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 469–472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.52

• (triphenylphosphoranylidene)ammonium] pyrophosphate (PPN pyrophosphate) was used in the SN2 displacements of the tosylate ion from 5’-tosylnucleosides to afford nucleoside-5’-diphosphates. Selective precipitation permitted the direct isolation of nucleoside-5’-diphosphates from crude reaction mixtures. Keywords: NDP

• quantities of NTP than NDP [15][16]. Nuceloside-5’-diphosphates can, however, be accessed via SN2 displacement at 5’-activated nucleosides using pyrophosphate as the nucleophile. This approach, developed by Poulter and co-workers [17], forms a cornerstone in the armoury towards the synthesis of nucleoside-5

Anionic sigmatropic-electrocyclic-Chugaev cascades: accessing 12-aryl-5-(methylthiocarbonylthio)tetracenes and a related anthra[2,3-b]thiophene

• Laurence Burroughs,
• John Ritchie,
• Mkhethwa Ngwenya,
• Dilfaraz Khan,
• William Lewis and
• Simon Woodward

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 273–279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.31

• rearrangement of 1a [14] or by SN2’ carbonate displacement in 1b by Pd0(PPh3)2 in Liu’s case [16]. To circumvent reversibility of these pericyclic annulation strategies Lin relied on PhSOH elimination while Liu relied on ubiquitous palladium β-hydride steps leading to tetracenes 3 and 4. We are interested in

First chemoenzymatic stereodivergent synthesis of both enantiomers of promethazine and ethopropazine

• Paweł Borowiecki,
• Daniel Paprocki and
• Maciej Dranka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3038–3055, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.322

Synthesis and characterization of a hyper-branched water-soluble β-cyclodextrin polymer

• Francesco Trotta,
• Fabrizio Caldera,
• Roberta Cavalli,
• Andrea Mele,
• Carlo Punta,
• Lucio Melone,
• Franca Castiglione,
• Barbara Rossi,
• Monica Ferro,
• Vincenza Crupi,
• Domenico Majolino,
• Valentina Venuti and
• Dominique Scalarone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2586–2593, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.271

• presence of Cu2+, Fe3+, Ba2+, Cd2+, Pb2+ and Sn2+, by forming metal–organic complexes. Conversely, no precipitation occurs with Ca2+, Mg2+, Fe2+, Mn2+, Ni2+ and Ce4+, showing some selectivity towards certain metal cations and indirect evidence of polyelectrolyte behavior. A gross evaluation of the