Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• important role in the catalytic activity and the selectivity. In addition, the catalytic performance of 7 was found sensitive to the cation of the base. Because, when aqueous NaOH was used instead of KOH, a higher yield and ee were obtained. It is proposed that a better chelating ability of 7 toward the

• product 5a in 86% yield up to 35% ee (Scheme 4). In order to assess the effect of the calixarene backbone on the catalytic activity and enantioselectivity, they also performed the reaction in the presence of a chiral monoamide and an achiral calix[4]arene-tetramide. The results obtained in the presence of

• asymmetric Tsuji–Trost allylic alkylation of 1,3-diphenylprop-2-enyl acetate (33) with dimethyl malonate (34, Scheme 9). Both, good catalytic activity and enantioselectivity (ee values up to 86%) were obtained with the potassium cation. This was due to the more strongly interaction of the dimethyl malonate

An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

• Sayantan Bhaduri,
• Nihar Ranjan and
• Dev P. Arya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93

Phosphodiester models for cleavage of nucleic acids

• Satu Mikkola,
• Tuomas Lönnberg and
• Harri Lönnberg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 803–837, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.68

• guanidinium compound. This low basicity was suggested to be a central factor behind the catalytic activity. A clarification of the mechanism of guanidine-based catalysis has more recently been attempted by anchoring a 2,4-diamino-1,3,5-triazine core to the N3 of uracil bases of UpU by two side arms, each

• hydroxy function on phosphorus (Scheme 8). Similar results were obtained on using diphenylmethane as a scaffold 8 (Figure 8) [81]. A cyclohexylidene or adamantylidene substituent on the methylene carbon moderately enhanced the catalytic activity. Interestingly, the calix[4]arene-based agent 7 catalyzed

Nanoreactors for green catalysis

• M. Teresa De Martino,
• Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
• Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
• Jan C. M. van Hest

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61

• is occurring in the lipophilic pocket and not in water. The authors also demonstrated the ability of the PQS system to be recycled up to 10 times without loss in its catalytic activity. Catalytic micelles were also prepared by O’Reilly et al. when a novel amphiphilic Sulfur–Carbon–Sulfur (SCS) pincer

• Pd catalyst together with a PAA (poly(acrylic acid)) based polymer self-assembled in water [32]. The catalytic activity of the nanostructures was compared to the results achieved with the small molecule analogues of the pincer Pd complex, in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. When the reaction of vinyl

• -coupling reactions. Catalytic activity was compared to the activity of the freshly prepared free catalyst, and the palladium entrapment did not affect either the conversion or the yields of the reaction [28]. The catalyst immobilization also allowed facile Pd removal from the final product and catalyst

Cobalt-catalyzed directed C–H alkenylation of pivalophenone N–H imine with alkenyl phosphates

• Wengang Xu and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 709–715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.60

• Grignard reagent would furnish the alkenylation product 3·MgX and regenerate the species A. While the relationship between the ligand and the catalytic activity remains unclear, we speculate that a strong σ-donating ability of NHC ligands would facilitate the SET step among others. Conclusion In summary

Heterogeneous Pd catalysts as emulsifiers in Pickering emulsions for integrated multistep synthesis in flow chemistry

• Katharina Hiebler,
• Georg J. Lichtenegger,
• Manuel C. Maier,
• Eun Sung Park,
• Renie Gonzales-Groom,
• Bernard P. Binks and
• Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 648–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.52

• for catalysts rich in tin. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions Batch reactions The catalytic activity of the synthesised catalysts in the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction was investigated using phenylboronic acid 3 in combination with various bromoarenes 4a–e, featuring ortho- and para-substitution of electron

• reach full conversion. p-Bromobenzenes containing electron-withdrawing substituents showed higher reactivity than bromobenzenes containing electron-donating groups. When Ce0.495Sn0.495Pd0.01O2–δ was employed as catalyst, however, the catalytic activity was found to be significantly lower and the binary

• connected to their catalytic activity. Nevertheless, there are indications that the surface area and the particle size distribution play a role in the catalytic performance of the palladium substituted metal oxides. In view of the aimed application of the Pd metal oxides for targeted API synthesis, the

An air-stable bisboron complex: a practical bidentate Lewis acid catalyst

• Longcheng Hong,
• Sebastian Ahles,
• Andreas H. Heindl,
• Gastelle Tiétcha,
• Andrey Petrov,
• Zhenpin Lu,
• Christian Logemann and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 618–625, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.48

• enhancing its practicality. Comparative reactions were carried out to evaluate its catalytic activity in IEDDA reactions of diazine including phthalazine as well as 1,2,4,5-tetrazine. Keywords: air-stable catalyst; bidentate; bisboron; diazine; Diels–Alder; Lewis acid; Introduction The development of

• reactions were carried out and the results showed that the catalytic activity of the complex in IEDDA reactions depended on its performance in ligand exchange with the diazine substrates. Experimental Complexation of 5,10-dimethyl-5,10-dihydroboranthrene with Lewis bases: In the glovebox, 5,10-dimethyl-5,10

Addition of dithi(ol)anylium tetrafluoroborates to α,β-unsaturated ketones

• Yu-Chieh Huang,
• An Nguyen,
• Simone Gräßle,
• Sylvia Vanderheiden,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 515–522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.37

• completion within 3 hours if 10% of HBF4 remains in the reaction mixture (see table for comparative experiments in the Supporting Information File 1). This result indicates the catalytic activity of HBF4 in the reaction. The same product 4c can be obtained if an isolated ketene dithi(ol)ane is subjected to

Carbohydrate inhibitors of cholera toxin

• Vajinder Kumar and
• W. Bruce Turnbull

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 484–498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.34

• pentamer of B-subunits [5]. The catalytic activity of the toxins is due to the A-subunit, while the B-subunit enables binding of the complex to the cell surface and its delivery into the target cells, hence the complete AB5 holotoxin is required for their toxic effects. Because of the difference in the

• sequence homology and catalytic activity, the classes of AB5 toxins are subdivided into three families (Figure 3): the cholera toxin (CT) family, the shiga toxin (ST) family and the pertussis toxin (PT) family [6]. The CT family contains CT, and heat-labile toxins LT-I and LT-II [7][8]. The ST family

Stimuli-responsive oligonucleotides in prodrug-based approaches for gene silencing

• Françoise Debart,
• Christelle Dupouy and
• Jean-Jacques Vasseur

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 436–469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.32

• ][75][76], and occasionally for RNA-cleaving activity with DNAzymes [77]. It is expected that phosphate-modified siRNAs sterically block the interaction of siRNA with the RISC complex and that the process is turned on upon photoirradiation [72]. Considering DNAzymes, their catalytic activity is

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• (Scheme 42b) [79]. The catalyst was recycled and reused after centrifugation and washing with ethanol. High catalytic activity was preserved for at least 3 cycles. Very recently, the group of Zhang published a photocatalyzed procedure for the preparation of β-acetylaminoacrylsulfones from the respective

Synthetic mRNA capping

• Fabian Muttach,
• Nils Muthmann and
• Andrea Rentmeister

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2819–2832, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.274

• -terminal half and the methyltransferase in the C-terminal half of the large D1 protein, whereas the small D12 protein has no catalytic activity but activates D1 [36][37][38]. Originally, the RNA capping with the Vaccinia capping apparatus was reported to be inefficient [35][37][39][40]. To date, the enzyme

Sulfation and amidinohydrolysis in the biosynthesis of giant linear polyenes

• Hui Hong,
• Markiyan Samborskyy,
• Katsiaryna Usachova,
• Katharina Schnatz and
• Peter F. Leadlay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2408–2415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.238

• of the assembly-line PKS in both clethramycin and mediomycin biosynthesis. The sulfotransferases from the cle and med clusters appear essentially identical in their catalytic activity. The co-location of the slf gene with the gigantic 27-extension module PKS of clethramycin or mediomycin suggested

Is the tungsten(IV) complex (NEt₄)₂[WO(mnt)₂] a functional analogue of acetylene hydratase?

• Matthias Schreyer and
• Lukas Hintermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2332–2339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.230

• , ionization is brought about without an added reagent, and catalytic activity towards Markovnikov product 5 revealed, even if the conversion is low (Table 1, entry 1). A cyclopentadienylruthenium(II) catalyst with the ambifunctional steering ligand ISIPHOS (2-(diphenylphosphino)-6-(2,4,6-triisopropylphenyl

• catalytic activity by increasing conversion to higher levels through increasing the catalyst loading [36]. Tests of complex 1 with purified 4 in acetone–water or acetonitrile–water failed to show catalytic activity (Table 1, entries 6 and 7). The recovery of 4 was excellent (97–98%) and the side products

• 3 cannot be excluded. Continued interest in functional models of acetylene hydratase [14][15][16][42] and a theoretical study on the mechanisms of acetylene hydration by complex 1 [17] have motivated us to scrutinize the claimed biomimetic catalytic activity by performing the hydration experiment

Transition-metal-free synthesis of 3-sulfenylated chromones via KIO₃-catalyzed radical C(sp²)–H sulfenylation

• Yanhui Guo,
• Shanshan Zhong,
• Li Wei and
• Jie-Ping Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2017–2022, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.199

• as KI, I2 or KIO3 could all catalyze the domino reaction to provide product 3a, wherein KIO3 displayed the highest catalytic activity (entries 2–4, Table 1). On the other hand, in the reactions performed in different media, including DMSO, ethyl lactate (EL), EtOH, MeCN, 1,4-dioxane and toluene, DMF

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

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

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

• potential from an environmental point-of-view since it is able to reduce solvent issues in chemical syntheses. The catalytic activity of the obtained nanocatalysts was investigated in both the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and in the alkylation of toluene with benzyl chloride. The microwave

• oxide–iron oxide–polysaccharide 4 (TiO2-Fe2O3-PS4) nanocomposites. The materials were successfully obtained using the proposed solvent-free methodology, which is depicted in Figure 1. The materials were characterized by the techniques presented below. The catalytic activity of these systems has been

• material. Such values make this a material with attractive feature for magnetic separation (Table 4) [40]. Catalytic activity The catalytic activity of these materials has been investigated in two reactions: 1) the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde and the 2) alkylation of toluene with benzyl

Mechanochemical synthesis of thioureas, ureas and guanidines

• Vjekoslav Štrukil

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

• next screened as catalysts in Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction, and their performance matched the previously published catalytic activity. An analogous click-type reaction between 4-nitrophenyl isothiocyanate and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane quantitatively afforded enantiomeric (1R,2R)-10 and (1S,2S)-10

Ni nanoparticles on RGO as reusable heterogeneous catalyst: effect of Ni particle size and intermediate composite structures in C–S cross-coupling reaction

• Debasish Sengupta,
• Koushik Bhowmik,
• Goutam De and
• Basudeb Basu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1796–1806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.174

• catalyst. It is observed that the uniformly dispersed Ni NPs supported on RGO could exhibit excellent catalytic activity in C–S cross-coupling reactions and the catalytic application is generalized with diverse coupling partners. Although the electron-rich planar RGO surface helps in stabilizing the

• times for the same reaction examined consecutively without any significant drop in catalytic activity. Figure 1 shows the results of consecutive recycle runs. Characterization of the recovered catalyst To establish the reaction mechanism, we characterized the recovered catalyst by Raman, XRD, XPS and

Selective enzymatic esterification of lignin model compounds in the ball mill

• Ulla Weißbach,
• Saumya Dabral,
• Laure Konnert,
• Carsten Bolm and
• José G. Hernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1788–1795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.173

• milling, reaction time and additives was also investigated (Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1). In addition to this, the catalytic activity of a number of other lipases was studied (Table 1). Amongst the commercially available lipases, CALA (lipase A from Candida antarctica, immobilized on

• β-nitro alcohols [32], and proved to be stable under ball milling conditions [10] exhibited lower catalytic activity than CALB (Table 1, entry 3). However, in both cases the alternative biocatalysts also afforded the monoacetylated dilignol derivative erythro-3a. Finally, lipase A showed no

• , milling frequency, presence of additives and different acyl donors were studied in detail. Amongst the various biocatalysts tested, the lipase CALB proved superior in terms of catalytic activity and stability in the ball mill. The high catalytic activity of the enzyme facilitated the monoacetylation of β

18-Hydroxydolabella-3,7-diene synthase – a diterpene synthase from Chitinophaga pinensis

• Jeroen S. Dickschat,
• Jan Rinkel,
• Patrick Rabe,
• Arman Beyraghdar Kashkooli and
• Harro J. Bouwmeester

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1770–1780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.171

• test the catalytic activity of HdS in planta, its corresponding gene was transiently expressed in N. benthamiana. Since we have shown before that the mitochondria are a suitable subcellular compartment for the heterologous production of terpenes [26], and it is known that one of the multiple GGPP

An efficient Pd–NHC catalyst system in situ generated from Na₂PdCl₄ and PEG-functionalized imidazolium salts for Mizoroki–Heck reactions in water

• Nan Sun,
• Meng Chen,
• Liqun Jin,
• Wei Zhao,
• Baoxiang Hu,
• Zhenlu Shen and
• Xinquan Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1735–1744, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.168

• materials via a simple method. Their corresponding water soluble Pd–NHC catalysts, in situ generated from the imidazolium salts L1–L3 and Na2PdCl4 in water, showed impressive catalytic activity for aqueous Mizoroki–Heck reactions. The kinetic study revealed that the Pd catalyst derived from the imidazolium

• salt L1, bearing a pyridine-2-methyl substituent at the N3 atom of the imidazole ring, showed the best catalytic activity. Under the optimal conditions, a wide range of substituted alkenes were achieved in good to excellent yields from various aryl bromides and alkenes with the catalyst TON of up to

• presence of 0.01 mol % of Na2PdCl4/L and 2.0 equivalents of NaOEt at 100 °C in water and all the three reactions preceded for 24 h. As shown in Figure 2, the reaction using Na2PdCl4/L1 as the catalyst had a relatively shorter induction period and a higher catalytic activity than those of Na2PdCl4/L2 and

Mechanochemical enzymatic resolution of N-benzylated-β³-amino esters

• Mario Pérez-Venegas,
• Gloria Reyes-Rangel,
• Adrián Neri,
• Jaime Escalante and
• Eusebio Juaristi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1728–1734, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.167

• significant catalytic activity (yield = 38%). Finally, to test the scalability of the process, a set of reactions was carried out increasing the amount of substrate rac-1a under the optimized reaction parameters. (Table 4). Relative to the results obtained with 1 equivalent of rac-1a in the presence of LAG

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

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

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

• relatively easy to prepare and can be obtained in different size and morphology by essentially controlling the synthetic method and experimental conditions. As a result of the excellent catalytic activity of NPs, they can be used under mild and, in some cases, in environmental sustainable conditions. In

• H2PdCl4 in the presence of poly(N-vinylpirrolidone) (PVP) [46][47]. These Pd NPs exhibited highly efficient catalytic activity in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions [46][47] and nitroaromatic hydrogenations [48] in aqueous medium. Outstanding performance of these PVP-Pd NPs in the coupling reaction was

• )). In a first approach, time optimization was performed by using K2CO3 as base, at 130 °C by MW irradiation (entries 1–3, Table 1). The highest catalytic activity of PVP-Pd NPs was obtained after 10 minutes, when the yield of stilbene 3 achieved 100% (entry 3, Table 1). Reducing the catalyst loading

Encaging palladium(0) in layered double hydroxide: A sustainable catalyst for solvent-free and ligand-free Heck reaction in a ball mill

• Wei Shi,
• Jingbo Yu,
• Zhijiang Jiang,
• Qiaoling Shao and
• Weike Su

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1661–1668, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.160

• easily recovered and reused for at least five times without significant loss of catalytic activity. Keywords: ball milling; Heck reaction; layer double hydroxides; solvent-free; supported Pd catalyst; Introduction High-speed ball milling (HSBM)-assisted transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

• catalytic activity in coupling reactions than that on acidic-supported materials. In the present work, co-precipitation was used for fabricating MgAl-LDHs with nitrate anions, followed by introducing disodium tetrachloropalladate (Na2PdCl4) into the LDH interlayer by the ion exchange method. The prepared

• at least five times efficiently without significant loss in catalytic activity, resulting in almost no change in the yields. Hence, the reusability of Pd/MgAl-LDHs is one of the major advantages for Heck reactions under HSBM conditions. Conclusion In summary, a supported and recyclable Pd catalyst (Pd

Chemical systems, chemical contiguity and the emergence of life

• Terrence P. Kee and
• Pierre-Alain Monnard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1551–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.155

• characteristics of various biomolecules, e.g., the catalytic activity of RNAs and their evolution potential [9][10][11], as well as processes that were essential for their syntheses, such as Fischer–Tropsch-like reactions [12], non-enzymatic RNA [13] or peptide polymerization [14]. Moreover, it has also allowed

• of RNAs for catalytic activity, which often requires the presence of high ion concentrations that are disruptive for the formation of primitive membrane models. Membranes composed of putatively prebiotic amphiphiles, such as single hydrocarbon chain species [20][21] may have been exemplars of such

• permeability of simple membranes was sufficient to permit an internalized synthetic or catalytic activity albeit at low yield and rate levels. However, both highlighted a different aspect of the compartmentalization: The use of aqueous metal ions could jeopardize the integrity of the compartment [20], and the