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Atom-economical group-transfer reactions with hypervalent iodine compounds

  • Andreas Boelke,
  • Peter Finkbeiner and
  • Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1263–1280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.108

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  • only one equivalent of the iodane 1a would have been sufficient. In recent years a variety of domino C–H and/or N–H arylations as powerful tools towards selective diarylations of (hetero)arenes was employed by Greaney and co-workers, who were among the first to establish more atom-economical procedures
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Published 30 May 2018

A selective removal of the secondary hydroxy group from ortho-dithioacetal-substituted diarylmethanols

  • Anna Czarnecka,
  • Emilia Kowalska,
  • Agnieszka Bodzioch,
  • Joanna Skalik,
  • Marek Koprowski,
  • Krzysztof Owsianik and
  • Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1229–1237, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.105

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  • was observed instead [23]. Diarylmethanes were also obtained in the Friedel–Crafts reactions of arenes with primary benzyl alcohols, aryl acetals, and benzyl esters [1]. Benzyl fluorides (in 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of trifluoroacetic acid [24]) as well
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Published 29 May 2018

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

  • Arif Dastan,
  • Haydar Kilic and
  • Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

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Published 23 May 2018

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

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  • peptidocalix[4]arenes with arginine-rich short narrow groove binding residues on the lower rim of the calix[4]arene scaffold were reported by Soltani et al. in order to study the binding between well-matched and mismatched DNA duplexes [107]. Fluorescent titrations, ethidium bromide (EB) displacement assays
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Published 16 May 2018

Polysubstituted ferrocenes as tunable redox mediators

  • Sven D. Waniek,
  • Jan Klett,
  • Christoph Förster and
  • Katja Heinze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1004–1015, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.86

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  • reactions [29], borylations of arenediazonium salts [30] and in C–H imidation reactions of (hetero)arenes [31] (Scheme 1b,c). Ferrocene has been used as redox mediator for the electrochemical modification of carbon surfaces via electrochemical oxidation of carboxylates [32][33], as mediator for
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Published 07 May 2018

One-pot synthesis of diaryliodonium salts from arenes and aryl iodides with Oxone–sulfuric acid

  • Natalia Soldatova,
  • Pavel Postnikov,
  • Olga Kukurina,
  • Viktor V. Zhdankin,
  • Akira Yoshimura,
  • Thomas Wirth and
  • Mekhman S. Yusubov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 849–855, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.70

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  • -donating or electron-withdrawing groups in good yields. In addition, this procedure can be applied to the preparation of symmetric iodonium salts directly from arenes via a one-pot iodination–oxidation sequence. Keywords: diaryliodonium salts; iodine; iodonium; oxidation; Oxone; Introduction
  • based on the use of inexpensive, commercially available oxidants is an important and challenging goal. A vast majority of existing procedures involve the interaction of electrophilic hypervalent iodine(III) species with suitable arenes through ligand exchange processes [16][17][18][19][20]. The reactive
  • hypervalent iodine(III) species can be used as stable reagents or can be generated in situ [21][22][23][24][25]. In particular, Olofsson and co-workers reported procedures based on the in situ generation of reactive λ3-iodane species directly from arenes, which was a significant achievement in this field [26
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Published 12 Apr 2018

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

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  • groups into the ortho position of functionalized arenes has attracted significant attention because of the synthetic versatility of alkenyl groups. The C–H alkenylation has been achieved most extensively by way of the dehydrogenative Heck-type reaction of olefins [7][8][9]. Meanwhile, the hydroarylation
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Published 28 Mar 2018

Synthesis of fluoro-functionalized diaryl-λ3-iodonium salts and their cytotoxicity against human lymphoma U937 cells

  • Prajwalita Das,
  • Etsuko Tokunaga,
  • Hidehiko Akiyama,
  • Hiroki Doi,
  • Norimichi Saito and
  • Norio Shibata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 364–372, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.24

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  • ylides, and (diacyloxyiodo)arenes were also examined for their antibacterial activities against ice nucleation active Pseudomonas syringae, and aryliodonium salts, especially those with electron-withdrawing groups, exhibit higher antibacterial activities [49]. Despite the long history of diaryliodonium
  • proceed with a further investigation of the synthesis of ortho-SF5 phenyl aryliodonium salts. Four ortho-SF5-substituted diaryliodonium salts were designed with different arenes as auxiliary groups, namely, electron-rich with sterically demanding mesitylene type 3p and triisopropylphenyl type 4b, electron
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Diels–Alder cycloadditions of N-arylpyrroles via aryne intermediates using diaryliodonium salts

  • Huangguan Chen,
  • Jianwei Han and
  • Limin Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 354–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.23

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  • coupling products were obtained in moderate to good yields (Scheme 1a) [6]. Later in 2013, Xue and Xiao et al. developed a method of photoredox catalysis in the presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ with visible light for the coupling reaction of arenes with unprotected or N-substituted pyrroles, pyrrole substrates
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Published 06 Feb 2018

One-pot sequential synthesis of tetrasubstituted thiophenes via sulfur ylide-like intermediates

  • Jun Ki Kim,
  • Hwan Jung Lim,
  • Kyung Chae Jeong and
  • Seong Jun Park

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 243–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.16

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  • compounds 7f and 7g, the low reactivity resulted from the decreased mesomeric effect of the furan structure: the higher electronegativity of oxygen facilitated the polarized form [71]. Among various arenes, the 4-nitrophenyl substituent 7p only afforded the desired thiophene 8p in a moderated yield (42
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Published 26 Jan 2018

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

  • Guan-bao Li,
  • Chao Zhang,
  • Chun Song and
  • Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

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  • target functional groups. Recently, several examples of conversion of anilines into trifluoromethylated arenes, named Sandmeyer type trifluoromethylation, were disclosed. This protocol offered a complementary method for the synthesis of trifluoromethylated arenes from the corresponding aromatic amines
  • . In 2013, Fu [43], Gooßen [44] and Wang [45] almost simultaneously reported Sandmeyer type trifluoromethylations. The group of Fu [43] accomplished a copper-mediated Sandmeyer trifluoromethylation reaction for the conversion of aromatic amines into trifluoromethylated arenes (Scheme 24). This reaction
  • compound were based on the use of prefunctionalized substrates. Instead, the direct trifluoromethylation of C–H bonds of arenes and heteroarenes was a more efficient and ideal protocol due to its atom and step economy. However, the direct trifluoromethylation of C–H bonds was not simple. And only in recent
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  • , the unsatisfactory separation of 1-methylisoquinoline intermediate 4 from its unmethylated precursor 3 rendered this protocol unattractive. This is a problem that is common to numerous methylation protocols, including methylation of metalated arenes [16], methylation of arenes bearing directing groups
  • alkaloid 7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-1-methylisoquinoline (1), but should also be of value for the synthesis of other 1-methylisoquinolines. We could demonstrate that the aminomethylation of metalated arenes with Eschenmoser’s salt followed by hydrogenolytic cleavage is a highly attractive alternative to direct
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Published 11 Jan 2018

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

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  • the preparation of sulfoxides was recently reported by our laboratory (Scheme 49) [86]. Sulfinamides were applied as sulfinylation reagents for a diversified scope of arenes and heteroarenes with ammonium persulfate ((NH4)2S2O8) as oxidant under irradiation with visible light. Although none of the
  • arenes react well and substituted pyrroles and indoles give the corresponding sulfoxides in high yields. Less electron-rich thiophene or benzene derivatives gave low yields. Nevertheless, carbocyclic azulene afforded the respective sulfoxide in 88% yield. We propose an electrophilic aromatic substitution
  • two arenes with different nucleophilicity, which were reacted with one sulfinamide. The respective product with the stronger nucleophile is formed exclusively. In reactions with two arenes having similar nucleophilicity a mixture of the respective products was obtained. Sulfonyl halides and
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Published 05 Jan 2018

CF3SO2X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation and chlorination. Part 2: Use of CF3SO2Cl

  • Hélène Chachignon,
  • Hélène Guyon and
  • Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2800–2818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.273

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  • additional step of intramolecular cyclisation. An alternative radical chain process was also considered this time, involving notably the reaction of radical 28 with CF3SO2Cl to produce CF3• and intermediate 29. Csp2–CF3 bond-forming reactions Trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes: The pioneering
  • example of such transformation was reported in 1990 by Kamigata and co-workers, and described the introduction of the CF3 moiety onto arenes in the presence of a catalytic amount of RuCl2(PPh3)3 (Scheme 24) [6][7]. This reaction, however, suffered from limitations, such as its poor regioselectivity in the
  • case of monosubstituted arenes, and its incompatibility with aromatics bearing strong electron-withdrawing groups. The authors proposed the mechanism represented in Scheme 24. A redox-transfer reaction occurred between CF3SO2Cl and the Ru(II) catalyst producing radical anion 30, which then furnished
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CF3SO2X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF3SO2Na

  • Hélène Guyon,
  • Hélène Chachignon and
  • Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

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  • arenes and heteroarenes: In 1991, Langlois and co-workers reported the first trifluoromethylation of aromatic compounds with sodium trifluoromethanesulfinate under oxidative conditions (Scheme 34) [16]. The scope was quite narrow with electron-rich aromatics and mixtures of regioisomers were often
  • -position of pyridinones facilitated the trifluoromethyl radical attack [63]. Catalytic amounts of phosphovanadomolybdic acid, a heteropolyacid catalyst (HPA), was used by Mizuno, Yamaguchi and co-workers for the oxidative C−H trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes in the presence of CF3SO2Na and
  • O2 as the terminal oxidant. This method allowed the trifluoromethylation of arenes bearing electron-donating as well as electron-withdrawing groups in moderate to good yields (Scheme 41) [64]. It has to be noted that bis-CF3 products as well as regioisomers were also characterised or detected in
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Binding abilities of a chiral calix[4]resorcinarene: a polarimetric investigation on a complex case of study

  • Marco Russo and
  • Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2698–2709, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.268

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  • : calix[4]resorcinarene; host–guest complexes; p-nitroanilines; polarimetry; supramolecular chemistry; Introduction During the last decades calix[n]arenes and calix[n]resorcinarenes (CAs) have emerged as versatile supramolecular host systems for various applications [1][2][3][4][5], spanning from sensors
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Published 15 Dec 2017

Syntheses, structures, and stabilities of aliphatic and aromatic fluorous iodine(I) and iodine(III) compounds: the role of iodine Lewis basicity

  • Tathagata Mukherjee,
  • Soumik Biswas,
  • Andreas Ehnbom,
  • Subrata K. Ghosh,
  • Ibrahim El-Zoghbi,
  • Nattamai Bhuvanesh,
  • Hassan S. Bazzi and
  • John A. Gladysz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2486–2501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.246

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  • chronological order, focusing first on arenes with one Rfn substituent. As shown in Scheme 5 (top), the commercially available meta diiodide 1,3-C6H4I2 was treated with copper (1.0 equiv) and Rf6I (0.5 equiv; a deficiency to help suppress dialkylation) in DMSO at 110 °C. Similar recipes have previously been
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Published 23 Nov 2017

Conjugated nitrosoalkenes as Michael acceptors in carbon–carbon bond forming reactions: a review and perspective

  • Yaroslav D. Boyko,
  • Valentin S. Dorokhov,
  • Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov and
  • Sema L. Ioffe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2214–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.220

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  • ethers of α-halooximes 2) in the reaction with organometallic compounds may lead to further developments in this promising methodology. Addition of arenes to conjugated nitrosoalkenes Besides common C-nucleophiles, nitrosoalkenes can react with nucleophilic arenes and heteroarenes. Gilchrist and Roberts
  • NSA14 to electron-rich arenes. Addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to pyrroles and indoles. Reaction of phosphinyl nitrosoalkenes NSA15 with indole. Reaction of pyrrole with α,α’-dihalooximes 70. Synthesis of indole-derived psammaplin A analogue 72. Synthesis of tryptophanes by reduction of
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Published 23 Oct 2017

p-tert-Butylthiacalix[4]arenes functionalized by N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide and N,N-diethylacetamide fragments: synthesis and binding of anionic guests

  • Alena A. Vavilova and
  • Ivan I. Stoikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1940–1949, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.188

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  • Alena A. Vavilova Ivan I. Stoikov Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya, 18, Kazan 420008, Russian Federation 10.3762/bjoc.13.188 Abstract New p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arenes, which are mono-, 1,2-di- and tetrasubstituted at the lower rim containing N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide and N,N
  • receptors for F−, CH3CO2− and H2PO4− ions, which based on the synthesized thiacalix[4]arenes, have been obtained. It was shown that p-tert-butylthiacalix[4]arene tetrasubstituted at the lower rim by N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide moieties bonded to the anions studied with association constants within the range
  • ,N-diethylacetamide fragment and its further functionalization with the N-(4’-nitrophenyl)acetamide moiety. We also calculated the proposed model of anion binding for the new and previously synthesized thiacalix[4]arenes and compared their complexation properties toward number of singly charged
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Published 13 Sep 2017

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

  • Tapas Kumar Achar,
  • Anima Bose and
  • Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

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  • benzylic iodination could be observed in case of alkyl benzenes. Interestingly, benzaldehyde derivatives did not lead to any over-oxidation to acids in presence of oxone. Trihaloisocyanuric acids are also used effectively for halogenations of arenes and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and double bond-containing
  • systems [99]. Moorthy and co-workers investigated the potential of tribromoisocyanuric acid (TBCA) and trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCCA) under a solvent-free mechanomilling system for halogenations of electron rich arenes. The reactions were found to have yields above 80% for most of the cases but with
  • reaction of electron-rich arenes [88][98]. Mechanochemical aryl halogenation reaction using trihaloisocyanuric acids [100]. Mechanochemical fluorination reaction by LAG method [102]. Mechanochemical Ugi reaction [116]. Mechanochemical Passerine reaction [116]. Mechanochemical synthesis of α-aminonitriles
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Oxidative dehydrogenation of C–C and C–N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds

  • Santanu Hati,
  • Ulrike Holzgrabe and
  • Subhabrata Sen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1670–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.162

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  • that enables such transformation requires special mention. Herein we indicate such an elegant report where o-aminobenzamide 43 were reacted with various methyl(hetero)arenes in the presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP, 0.9 mmol), p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.6 mmol) in DMSO at 110 °C for ≈20 hours to
  • facilitate a variety of quinazolinones 44 (Scheme 12) [47]. N-Alkyl benzamides 44´ were also synthesized with this protocol. The average yield ranged from 30 to 92%. Other than methyl(hetero)arenes dimethylamides were also used as C-synthon for such intermolecular annulation to afford unsubstituted
  • -mediated oxidative dehydrogenation. NBS-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines. One-pot synthesis of various methyl(hetero)arenes from o-aminobenzamide in presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP). Oxidative dehydrogenation of 1, 4-DHPs. Synthesis of quinazolines in the presence of
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Published 15 Aug 2017

A novel approach to oxoisoaporphine alkaloids via regioselective metalation of alkoxy isoquinolines

  • Benedikt C. Melzer and
  • Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1564–1571, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.156

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  • reaction conditions. As an alternative reagent for the acylation of arenes with esters Eaton’s reagent (phosphorus pentoxide, 7.7 wt % in methanesulfonic acid) has been described in the literature [28][29]. Eaton’s reagent has advantages over polyphosphoric acid as it is an easy to handle, non-viscous and
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1-Imidoalkylphosphonium salts with modulated Cα–P+ bond strength: synthesis and application as new active α-imidoalkylating agents

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

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

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  • arenes can be markedly facilitated using 1-imidoalkylphosphonium salts derived from triarylphosphines with electron-withdrawing substituents such as tris(m-chorophenyl)phosphine, tris(p-chlorophenyl)phosphine and tris[p-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]phosphine. Microwave irradiation also considerably
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Strategies toward protecting group-free glycosylation through selective activation of the anomeric center

  • A. Michael Downey and
  • Michal Hocek

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

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  • of the mannosyl donor in three steps and 46% overall yield [64]. 3.4.2 Stereospecific Pd-catalyzed glycosylation: In 2016, Walczak and colleagues [65] described the Pd-catalyzed glycosylation of arenes using anomeric stannanes as donors and aryl halides as the acceptors. The reaction appears to be
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Metal-free hydroarylation of the side chain carbon–carbon double bond of 5-(2-arylethenyl)-3-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles in triflic acid

  • Anna S. Zalivatskaya,
  • Dmitry S. Ryabukhin,
  • Marina V. Tarasenko,
  • Alexander Yu. Ivanov,
  • Irina A. Boyarskaya,
  • Elena V. Grinenko,
  • Ludmila V. Osetrova,
  • Eugeniy R. Kofanov and
  • Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 883–894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.89

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  • University, Universitetskaya nab., 7/9, Saint Petersburg, 199034, Russia Institute of Synthetic Rubber, Gapsalskaya str., 1, Saint Petersburg, 198035, Russia 10.3762/bjoc.13.89 Abstract The metal-free reaction of 5-(2-arylethenyl)-3-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles with arenes in neat triflic acid (TfOH, CF3SO3H
  • investigation of their properties are of ongoing interest in chemistry and medicine. Based on our previous works on reactions of cinnamides [24] and 5-styryl-2H-tetrazoles [25] with arenes under superelectrophilic activation with Brønsted or Lewis superacids, we turned our attention towards the hydroarylation
  • of the C=C double bond in 5-styryl-substituted oxadiazoles, such as (E)-5-(2-arylethenyl)-3-aryl-1,2,4-oxadiazoles 1 (Scheme 1). The main goals of the current work were to investigate the reactions of oxadiazoles 1 with different arenes under the conditions of superelectrophilic activation and to
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