Sulfate radical anion-induced benzylic oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines

• Joydev K. Laha,
• Pankaj Gupta and
• Amitava Hazra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57

• -aryl(benzyl)amines to N-arylimines using K2S2O8 is reported to be problematic, the oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines using K2S2O8 has been achieved for the first time. The dual role of the sulfate radical anion (SO4·−), including hydrogen atom abstraction (HAT) and

• single electron transfer (SET), is proposed to be involved in the plausible reaction mechanism. Keywords: arylsulfonylimine; benzylic oxidation; benzyl sulfonamide; K2S2O8; sulfate radical anion; Introduction Among various imine compounds [1], N-arylsulfonylimines are perhaps the most prominent due to

• deliver N-arylsulfonylimines under mild reaction conditions is highly desirable. Previously, we reported a tandem oxidative intramolecular cyclization of N-aryl(benzyl)amines, having an internal nucleophile substituted at the ortho-position in the aniline ring, to nitrogen heterocycles using potassium

Honeycomb reactor: a promising device for streamlining aerobic oxidation under continuous-flow conditions

• Masahiro Hosoya,
• Yusuke Saito and
• Yousuke Horiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 752–763, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.55

• structure raised the mixing efficiency of a gas–liquid reaction system, and it effectively accelerated the aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes under continuous-flow conditions. This reactor is a promising device for streamlining aerobic oxidation with high process safety because it is a

• closed system. Keywords: aerobic oxidation; benzaldehydes; benzyl alcohols; homogeneous catalyst; honeycomb reactor; Introduction Oxidation plays a key role in synthesizing highly functionalized molecules [1][2]. While Jones oxidation [3] and oxidation using KMnO4 [4] are classical and powerful methods

• ], and its screening results can be transferred to obtain a wide variety of benzaldehydes from benzyl alcohols. The screening was conducted under batch conditions. Toward its application to continuous-flow synthesis, we considered the description of the reaction mixture as well as the reaction rate

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

• David I. H. Maier,
• Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
• Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

• , whereafter Buchwald–Hartwig amination afford the various diarylazepines. A three-component one-pot process allowed for a second in situ Buchwald–Hartwig amination of the diarylazepine with aryl or benzyl halides to give the respective N-aryl and N-benzylazepine derivatives 83 and 84 (Scheme 16). 3.2 Mizoroki

• ]oxepine in good yield (65%). Subsequent deprotection of the isopropyloxy group with BCl3 gave 13 in good yield. Bergmann et al. [71] described an early method of synthesising dihydrodibenzo[b,f] oxepine 2b and -azepine 136 via a C–C intramolecular Wurtz reaction of tethered benzyl bromides 134 and 135

Synthesis of medium and large phostams, phostones, and phostines

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 687–699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.50

• prepared in good yields following the same procedure (Scheme 4) [28]. To prepare new inhibitors and therapeutical agents of relevant protease enzymes, (4-allyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)methyl benzyl allylphosphonate (25) was prepared in 90% yield from (4-allyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)benzo[b

• ]thiophen-3-yl)methanol (23) and benzyl allylphosphonochlordiate (24) in the presence of triethylamine in diethyl ether via phosphonylation. It underwent a RCM reaction under the catalysis of Grubbs first generation catalyst in DCM, affording 2-(4-methylphenyl)benzothiophene-fused 2-(benzyloxy)-3,6,7,8,9,10

• . Allyl benzyl ((4-allyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)methyl)phosphonate (30) was prepared in 75% yield from benzyl hydrogen ((4-allyl-2-(4-methylphenyl)benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl)methyl)phosphonate (29) and allyl bromide in the presence of Cs2CO3 in acetonitrile at 80 °C for 2.5–3 h via alkylation

Nucleophile-induced ring contraction in pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazines: access to pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazoles

• Ekaterina A. Lystsova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Andrey N. Maslivets and
• Ekaterina E. Khramtsova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 646–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.46

• , benzylamine, and arylamines 11, while alkylamines are unsuitable for it. Notable, the use of bulky nucleophiles (tert-butyl alcohol (16a), benzyl alcohol (16b), benzhydrol (16c), 2-aminobenzothiazole (16d), HCl) makes it possible to obtain pyrrolobenzothiazoles 17 from compounds 1, but their formation

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

• Péter Kisszékelyi and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

• enolate-trapping tandem sequence using various vinylsilanes 33 (Scheme 8B), allyl halides 35, and benzyl bromide (37) (Scheme 8C) [36]. Although the asymmetric conjugate addition step routinely provided excellent selectivity (93–96% ee), only a moderate to good diastereomeric ratio was achieved

• reagents required the presence of 1,3-dimethyltetrahydropyrimidine-2(1H)-one (DMPU) (Scheme 21). Reactive alkylating reagents such as iodomethane, benzyl bromide, allyl iodide, propargyl bromide, or bromoacetate reacted well and afforded the products 80 in good yields. In an attempt to expand the available

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

• -Cl [21], 3,4-di-Cl [21][22], 2/3/4-F [23]) were inserted in the N-benzyl moiety as well as in the aromatic rings of the benzophenone fragment [24][25][26] (selected examples are given in Scheme 1). Insertion of halogen atoms increased enantioselectivity, e.g., in alkylation reactions [27][28

• benzyl fragment was observed. This indicated that H-2 is located on the same side of the nickel coordination plane as the benzyl substituent at the proline nitrogen atom, leading to the ʟ-configuration of the α-amino acid stereocenter. Notably, the major stereoisomer of all thiolated compounds (RCysNi)L7

• between the o-phenylene fragment and the benzyl moiety in the proline. The stronger the π-stacking interactions are, the more rigid are the complexes and the higher is the difference in the relative energies of the amino acid derivatives with different configuration of the α-stereocenter. As it has been

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

• Austin Pounder,
• Eric Neufeld,
• Peter Myler and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

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

• -C(sp3)–H bond (21 examples, up to 53% yield). The methodology was applied to the functionalization of a series of amides having an α-quaternary center (α,α-dialkyl (31a), α-alkyl,α-benzyl derivatives 31c–f) as well as to an amide with an α-tertiary center (31b) and pleasingly, the presence of α-C–H

Mechanochemical solid state synthesis of copper(I)/NHC complexes with K₃PO₄

• Ina Remy-Speckmann,
• Birte M. Zimmermann,
• Mahadeb Gorai,
• Martin Lerch and
• Johannes F. Teichert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 440–447, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.34

• benzoate (8) lower overall conversion to benzyl alcohol (9) and lower yield was found with 5bm (65% conv. and 53% yield with 5bm, in comparison to 100% conv. and 80% yield with 5ls; Scheme 3a). We hypothesize that the higher amount of CH2Cl2 as part of the prepared complex, which is not a suitable solvent

Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities

• Jorge de Lima Neto and
• Paulo Henrique Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31

• group followed by protection of the obtained alcohol with benzyl bromide provided compound 55, which was subjected to an epoxidation using m-CPBA followed by ring opening using DIBAL [46]. The obtained alcohol was then protected with TBSCl to give fragment 57 (Scheme 10). Using similar conditions to

• Boger´s protocol, compound 58 was then subjected to an Ullmann coupling reaction in the presence of ester 59 to yield the corresponding diaryl ether 60. The hydrolysis of the ester followed by the removal of the benzyl group led to the corresponding seco-acid 62. The obtained compound showed high

• benzyl ether. Further double bond formation in compound 78 employing triiodoimidazole and PPh3 led to 2 (route A, 32% overall yield from 52). The synthesis of combretastatin D-1 (1) was achieved from the cyclodehydration of compound 77, followed by the hydrogenolysis of the benzyl ether 79 (route B

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• 124 in the presence of copper bromide and tris((1-benzyl-4-triazolyl)methyl)amine (TBTA) in DMSO/H2O to give a porphyrin-lantern (PL)-DNA sequence in 45% yield after cleavage and deprotection. These PL-DNA sequences were further used to construct strong and fluorescent G-wires that could be useful for

• and benzyl azides 150a–c. Furthermore, the metal-porphyrin conjugates 152a–c and 153a,b were obtained in good yields from the corresponding free-base porphyrins 151a–c by the reaction with zinc acetate and copper acetate, respectively. The authors revealed that these compounds can self-assemble into

• 50. Synthesis of meso-linked porphyrin-triazole conjugates 53 and 57. Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-corrole conjugate 60. Synthesis of porphyrin conjugates 64a,b and 67a,b. Reaction conditions: (i) CuSO4, sodium ascorbate, MW, 50 °C (ii) CuSO4, sodium ascorbate, tris[(1-benzyl-1H-1,2,3

Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis

• Dominic R. Willcox and
• Stephen P. Thomas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28

• benzyl fluorides and the proposed mechanism. Borane-catalysed S‒H borylation of thiols and the proposed mechanism. Borane-catalysed hydroalumination of alkenes and allenes. a) Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of alkynes and example catalysts. b) Deprotonation mechanistic proposal. c) Hydroalumination

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

• indazole salt 5be was isolated in 30% yield and the benzyl-bridged, seven-membered salt 5bf could not be obtained under our optimized reaction conditions. Single crystal structures of selected salts were obtained to gain a better understanding of the bonding situation and the coordination states in these

Synthesis, α-mannosidase inhibition studies and molecular modeling of 1,4-imino-ᴅ-lyxitols and their C-5-altered N-arylalkyl derivatives

• Martin Kalník,
• Sergej Šesták,
• Juraj Kóňa,
• Maroš Bella and
• Monika Poláková

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 282–293, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.24

• endocyclic nitrogen with a benzyl or alkyl unit functionalized either with non-polar hydrocarbons or a polar amine, amidine and guanidine group. The ensuing assay with the model GMIIb enzyme (fruit fly Golgi α-mannosidase II) revealed that N-substitution improved both potency and selectivity, achieving

• –7 times less active toward AMAN-2 than GMIIb and had poorer selectivities (SI below 35). In contrast, imino-ᴅ-lyxitols bearing a non-polar N-arylalkyl chain (benzyl, p-iodobenzyl, 2-naphthylmethyl) showed slightly higher inhibitory activities toward AMAN-2 and good to excellent selectivities [22

• substituted at the endocyclic nitrogen by the most successful arylalkyl chains (benzyl, p-iodobenzyl, 2-naphthylmethyl) found in our previous studies [22][30][33]. The biological activity of the novel synthesized compounds was evaluated toward the GH38 family enzymes (AMAN-2, GMIIb, fruit fly lysosomal α

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

• a TBDPS substituent in compound 40 was assumed unfavorable, since this bulky residue generates a steric hindrance precluding the cyclization (Scheme 6, path A) [27]. Its replacement by a sterically less demanding benzyl protecting group (compound 44) allowed the reaction to occur (Scheme 6, path B

• -dimethyl and benzyl protecting group, did not undergo the tandem process and furnished the monocyclized product 105. To circumvent this monocyclization reaction, Gao and co-workers decided to simplify the gem-dimethyl group by a methyl residue and prepared the analogous compounds of 102 and 103, namely 106

Investigation of cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines in the “green” solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone

• Solomiia Borova and
• Robert Luxenhofer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 217–230, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.21

• NMR spectra (Figure S6), indicating no interaction between the solvent and the monomer. Polymerization of 2-ethyl-2-oxazoline Six different electrophiles, acetyl chloride (AcCl), propionyl chloride (PrCl), benzyl bromide (BnBr), MeOTf, MeOTs, and EtOxMeOTf, were examined as initiators for the EtOx

• benzyl-initiated PEtOx with Br-termini carrying Na+ (α) ion doping. Interestingly, no signals attributed to the initiator were observed in the resulting 1H NMR spectra. Signals that could be attributed to PEtOx terminated by water, carrying sodium (β) or terminated by DLG derivatives with K+ (γ) or Na

• polymerization initiated with methyl triflate (black), methyl tosylate (red), 2-ethyl-3-methyl-2-oxazolinium triflate (blue), benzyl bromide (green) after 3 h of incubation and acyl chloride (dark red), propionyl chloride (purple) after 24 h of incubation in DLG. Peaks marked with asterisks originate from

1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures

• Bram Ryckaert,
• Ellen Demeyere,
• Frederick Degroote,
• Hilde Janssens and
• Johan M. Winne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12

• dependence [95]. On the other hand, simple benzyl cations can undergo more controlled (3 + 2) annulations, as is illustrated by the long-known Friedel–Crafts-type acid-catalyzed cascade reaction of styrene leading to the cyclic styrene dimer 86 (Scheme 13c) [96][97]. This (3 + 2) cycloaddition reactivity of

• benzyl cations can also be extended to ‘mixed’ cycloadditions [98], as is illustrated by the commercially exploited synthesis of the common pentamethylindane-derived perfumes (Scheme 13d) [99][100]. The popular perfume building block 87 is readily obtained from α-methylstyrene and an excess of amylene to

Catalytic aza-Nazarov cyclization reactions to access α-methylene-γ-lactam heterocycles

• Bilge Banu Yagci,
• Selin Ezgi Donmez,
• Onur Şahin and
• Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 66–77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.6

• °C and with the use of 1.3 equivalents of AgOTf. Finally, we sought to check the reactivity of other substituents on the amine component of acyclic imine substrates. With the use of benzyl-substituted aldimine, the aza-Nazarov product 19l was obtained in 49% yield and with 10:1 dr. Similarly, the aza

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

• %). Interestingly, a cyclic N-arylamide derivative was also well tolerated, furnishing polycyclic structure 3la in 67% yield. In addition, substrates with different N-substituents, such as ethyl, benzyl, and phenyl, could be converted into the expected products 3ma–oa in good yields. It should be noted that

Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of 6-membered cyclic iodonium salts via anodic oxidation

• Julian Spils,
• Thomas Wirth and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 27–32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.2

• continuous-flow procedure for the generation of six-membered diaryliodonium salts. The accompanying scalability and atom economy are significant improvements to existing batch methods. Benzyl acetates are submitted to this two-step procedure as highly available and cheap starting materials. An acid-catalyzed

• , we improved the formation of iodoarenes through a Brønsted acid-mediated Friedel–Crafts reaction followed by an oxidative cyclization to form the desired CDIS 1 (Scheme 1A). This one-pot approach is based on ortho-iodinated benzyl alcohols as starting materials. It allows access to a variety of

• further by increasing the charge (Table 2, entry 5). For a final combination of the two reaction steps, benzyl acetate 3a was chosen as a model substrate due to its high solubility and good reactivity as was previously demonstrated by us (Table 3) [28]. We determined an optimal reaction time of 20 min for

Combining the best of both worlds: radical-based divergent total synthesis

• Kyriaki Gennaiou,
• Antonios Kelesidis,
• Maria Kourgiantaki and
• Alexandros L. Zografos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1

• thermodynamic position of a Wieland−Miescher ketone derivative 68 with benzyl bromide 69. Despite the challenging O- and C7-alkylations that required suppression, the desired C9-alkylation was achieved in 72% yield under thermodynamically controlled conditions (t-BuOK in THF at −40 °C). This coupled the terpene

• , requiring only two purification steps [77]. FGI of 146 led to (−)-enantiomer 147, which serves as the radical point od divergence of this plan. HAT-initiated transannular free-radical cyclization of (−)-enantiomer 147 according to Baran’s protocols [78] provided the benzyl-protected (−)-pseudocopsinine 148

• -step sequence. The cyclization of the formed radical is 6-exo-trig and leads to the formation of a benzyl radical that is further oxidized to 188. From this common scaffold, the group managed to access several natural products of the class, majorly by utilizing the ability of conjugated alkenes to be

Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges

• Jorge García-Lacuna and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182

• group where an immobilized lipase (e.g., CALB) facilitated the derivatization of high-boiling benzyl alcohol in scaled Curtius rearrangement reactions. Ultimately, this approach negated the use of column chromatography in favor of a simple trituration process to isolate pure carbamate products [106

Total synthesis of grayanane natural products

• Nicolas Fay,
• Rémi Blieck,
• Cyrille Kouklovsky and
• Aurélien de la Torre

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1707–1719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.181

• , protection of the secondary alcohol as a benzyl ether, oxidation of the sulfur and Pummerer rearrangement (Scheme 3). A Wittig reaction gave compounds 8, as a 10:1 separable diastereomeric mixture. A diastereoselective Diels–Alder cycloaddition followed by oxidation of the resulting epimeric mixture gave

• substituted cyclohexanone 9, corresponding to the future C ring [24]. After deprotonation, the C3 position was stereoselectively alkylated using propargyl bromide, and the benzyl protecting group was cleaved with FeCl3, leading to spontaneous lactone closure. A Luche reduction stereoselectively converted

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

• benzyl iodides was observed. Besides classical NHPI/PINO-catalyzed CH-functionalization processes, there is a significant number of works in which PINO plays the role of both the catalyst for C–H bond cleavage and the reagent intercepting the resultant C-centered radical [90]. As a rule, stoichiometric

• benzyl radical on the O or N atom of the PINO radical, respectively. It should be noted that this method works well even without the excess of CH-reagent [94]. The formation of the mixture of C–O and C–N coupling products may be the main factor limiting the application of this method. The selective C–O

• different chemoselectivity: secondary and benzyl alcohols are more easily oxidized. The great diversity of catalytic systems based on amine-N-oxyl radicals for alcohol oxidation was proposed [74][76][77][95]. Amine-N-oxyl organocatalysts with enhanced catalytic activity were developed by the modification of