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

• .Et2O in MeOH gave the expected dithioketal 154, whereas the reaction of tropone under similar conditions presented complications from rapid [1][7] sigmatropic shifts of unhindered alkylthio groups to give bicyclic 1,7-disubstituted cycloheptatrienes like 156 (Scheme 27). Leitich’s group reported the

• underwent di-π-methane photo-rearrangement to 210–212 exclusively (Scheme 35). Moreover, Dastan’s group prepared bicyclic endoperoxide 213 in 74% yield from 2,3-benzotropone (12) via tetraphenylporphyrine (TPP)-sensitized photo-oxygenation (Scheme 35) [149]. 3.2.4. Miscellaneous transformations: Machiguchi

• -benzotropone (12) was also performed (Scheme 36). This condensation followed by incipient oxidation gave the quinone 223 (15%), the bridged bicyclic product 224 (7%), and 225 (28%) [152]. 4. Chemistry of 3,4-benzotropone (13) 4.1. Generation, characterization, and reaction 3,4-Benzotropone (13) is of

Preparation, structure, and reactivity of bicyclic benziodazole: a new hypervalent iodine heterocycle

• Akira Yoshimura,
• Michael T. Shea,
• Cody L. Makitalo,
• Melissa E. Jarvi,
• Gregory T. Rohde,
• Akio Saito,
• Mekhman S. Yusubov and
• Viktor V. Zhdankin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1016–1020, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.87

• , Duluth, MN 55811, USA, Division of Applied Chemistry, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8588, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.14.87 Abstract A new bicyclic organohypervalent iodine heterocycle derivative of benziodazole was prepared by

• preparation of several bicyclic benziodoxoles 3 starting from 2-iodoisophthalic acid (2, Scheme 1b). These bicyclic benziodoxoles 3 can be used as efficient coupling reagents for the direct condensation reaction between carboxylic acids and alcohols or amines to provide esters, macrocyclic lactones, or amides

• knowledge, all known benziodazoles have a mono-heterocyclic structure, and bi-heterocyclic benziodazole derivatives similar to the bicyclic benziodoxole 3 have never been reported. In this paper, we report the synthesis, structural characterization, and reactivity of a novel bicyclic benziodazole derivative

An efficient and facile access to highly functionalized pyrrole derivatives

• Meng Gao,
• Wenting Zhao,
• Hongyi Zhao,
• Ziyun Lin,
• Dongfeng Zhang and
• Haihong Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 884–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.75

• decomposition pathways, we increased the amount of 9a up to 1.5 equivalents, which delivered the bicyclic pyrrolidine 11a in excellent yield (82%, Table 2, entry 5). Prolonging the reaction time from 3 h to 6 h had no influence on the yield (Table 2, entry 6), which demonstrated that appropriate increase on the

Diastereoselective auxiliary- and catalyst-controlled intramolecular aza-Michael reaction for the elaboration of enantioenriched 3-substituted isoindolinones. Application to the synthesis of a new pazinaclone analogue

• Romain Sallio,
• Stéphane Lebrun,
• Frédéric Capet,
• Francine Agbossou-Niedercorn,
• Christophe Michon and
• Eric Deniau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 593–602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.46

• -transfer catalyst; 3-substituted isoindolinones; Introduction Isoindolinones I (Figure 1), e.g., 2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-1-ones, also called phthalimidines are bicyclic lactams whose molecular structure is the basis of a wide range of alkaloids and biologically active compounds [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9

• -substituted isoindolinones 1 and 2 could be obtained in high enantioselectivities from the intermediates (2R,3S)-3–5 after removal of the chiral auxiliary (Scheme 1). (2R,3S)-bicyclic lactams 3–5 could be prepared by the asymmetric intramolecular organo-catalyzed aza-Michael reaction of (R)-benzamides 6–8

Synthesis and biological evaluation of RGD and isoDGR peptidomimetic-α-amanitin conjugates for tumor-targeting

• Lizeth Bodero,
• Paula López Rivas,
• Barbara Korsak,
• Torsten Hechler,
• Andreas Pahl,
• Christoph Müller,
• Daniela Arosio,
• Luca Pignataro,
• Cesare Gennari and
• Umberto Piarulli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 407–415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.29

• bicyclic octapeptide toxin belonging to the amatoxin family, found in Amanita Phalloides (death cap mushroom), see Figure 1 [1]. Its mechanism of action consists in the inhibition of cellular transcription by an effective blocking of RNA polymerase II, which is present in the nuclei of eukaryotic cells and

Novel amide-functionalized chloramphenicol base bifunctional organocatalysts for enantioselective alcoholysis of meso-cyclic anhydrides

• Lingjun Xu,
• Shuwen Han,
• Linjie Yan,
• Haifeng Wang,
• Haihui Peng and
• Fener Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 309–317, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.19

• conveniently converted into the corresponding monoester products in high yields and enantioselectivities. Notably, bicyclic anhydrides (Table 2, entries 1 and 2) and tricyclic anhydrides (Table 2, entries 3 and 4) were more reactive than mono-cyclic anhydrides (Table 2, entries 5–12). In the case of mono

Fluorogenic PNA probes

• Tirayut Vilaivan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 253–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.17

• applications, it means that tC–PNA alone is not useful as a fluorogenic probe. The related tri- or bicyclic thymine analogues tT and bT (without the additional aromatic ring) pair specifically with dA when incorporated into aegPNA, but their fluorescence properties have not been reported [184]. PNA carrying

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

Transition-metal-free [3 + 3] annulation of indol-2-ylmethyl carbanions to nitroarenes. A novel synthesis of indolo[3,2-b]quinolines (quindolines)

• Michał Nowacki and
• Krzysztof Wojciechowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 194–202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.14

• unprotected indoloquinoline 12 and its N-oxide 13 in 26 and 12% yields, respectively (Scheme 4). To extend the scope of the reaction to more active nitroarenes, we used slightly modified reaction conditions using DBU as a base. Earlier we have found that in the reactions of bicyclic nitroarenes this base was

Reagent-controlled regiodivergent intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides

• Irwan Iskandar Roslan,
• Kian-Hong Ng,
• Gaik-Khuan Chuah and
• Stephan Jaenicke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2739–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.270

• -aminobenzothiazole with acetophenones [55] or aldehydes and nitroalkanes [56]. Because the bicyclic structure of 2-aminobenzothiazole is more stable than aminopyridines and thioureas, the nucleophilicity of the aromatic N atom is reduced. A stronger base, KOt-Bu, is therefore needed for in situ bromination to form

Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

• Anna Kuźnik,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz and
• Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

• intramolecular Wittig reaction. The yields of the product ranged between 6 and 95% [13]. 2.2.3. Reactions with nitrogen nucleophiles: The reaction of vinylphosphonium salt with 2-pyrrolocarbaldehyde in the presence of sodium hydride as described by Schweizer et al. provided bicyclic pyrrole derivatives 47 in 25

• –87% yields (Scheme 32) [2][42]. Similarly, Hewson and co-workers synthesized bicyclic 2-pyrrolidinone derivatives 48 from 5-acetyl-2-pyrrolidinone in a yield of 40–68% (Scheme 33) [48]. In 1994 Burley and Hewson reported a reaction of vinylphosphonium salt with nitrogen nucleophiles, obtained by

• synthesis of resonance-stabilized phosphorus ylides 81 (Scheme 51). The obtained ylides underwent further cyclization by the intramolecular acylation of the primary amino group to give the final bicyclic products 82 in 85–90% yields [67]. The synthesis of resonance-stabilized phosphorus ylides via the

A novel synthetic approach to hydroimidazo[1,5-b]pyridazines by the recyclization of itaconimides and HPLC–HRMS monitoring of the reaction pathway

• Dmitry Yu. Vandyshev,
• Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
• Andrey Yu. Potapov,
• Michael Yu. Krysin,
• Fedor I. Zubkov and
• Lyudmila V. Sapronova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2561–2568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.252

• -addition by the activated C=C double bond and subsequent intramolecular recyclization of the intermediate with the amino group involved. Keywords: cascade reaction; diaminoimidazoles; HPLC–HRESIMS; imidazo[1,5-b]pyridazines; itaconimides; Introduction Among the numerous bicyclic fused imidazole

¹⁵N-Labelling and structure determination of adamantylated azolo-azines in solution

• Sergey L. Deev,
• Alexander S. Paramonov,
• Tatyana S. Shestakova,
• Igor A. Khalymbadzha,
• Oleg N. Chupakhin,
• Julia O. Subbotina,
• Oleg S. Eltsov,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin,
• Vladimir L. Rusinov,
• Alexander S. Arseniev and
• Zakhar O. Shenkarev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2535–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.250

• between them. The rotation of the N-adamantyl substituents around the N–C1' bond in the bulky bicyclic heterocycles is likely hindered, and the observed conformational heterogeneity corresponds to the different rotameric configurations of the substituent. To test this hypothesis, additional NMR

• JCN) to provide structural information about the N-adamantylation sites in bicyclic heterocycles. The previous studies of azolo[5,1-c][1,2,4]triazin-7-ones, 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-7-ones and tetrazolo-azines revealed that the 13C chemical shifts of the nearest carbon atoms to N-alkyl fragments

Herpetopanone, a diterpene from Herpetosiphon aurantiacus discovered by isotope labeling

• Xinli Pan,
• Nicole Domin,
• Sebastian Schieferdecker,
• Hirokazu Kage,
• Martin Roth and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2458–2465, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.242

• NMR data for 2 [22] confirmed our assignment of the octahydro-1H-indene skeleton. The biosynthesis of the bicyclic ring system in 2 was previously proposed to occur via an α-cadinol intermediate, which undergoes a ring contraction reaction [19]. The cadinane family of sesquiterpenes, which also

Structure–property relationships and third-order nonlinearities in diketopyrrolopyrrole based D–π–A–π–D molecules

• Jan Podlesný,
• Lenka Dokládalová,
• Oldřich Pytela,
• Adam Urbanec,
• Milan Klikar,
• Numan Almonasy,
• Tomáš Mikysek,
• Jaroslav Jedryka,
• Iwan V. Kityk and
• Filip Bureš

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2374–2384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.235

• , diketopyrrolopyrroles (DPP) represent an unique class of organic molecules based on central, fused, and conjugated bicyclic lactams of 2,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,4-dione. After its serendipitous discovery by Farnum et al. in 1974 [1] and subsequent first applications as organic, insoluble, and high-performance

• -photon absorbers (2PA). In this respect, the central DPP bicyclic lactam is often decorated with electron donors such as alkoxy- or dialkylamino groups [11][12], triphenylamine [13][14], heterocyclic carbazole [15], thiophene [16][17], furan [18], and organometallic ferrocene [19]. 2PA-active DPPs were

Structural diversity in the host–guest complexes of the antifolate pemetrexed with native cyclodextrins: gas phase, solution and solid state studies

• Magdalena Ceborska,
• Magdalena Zimnicka,
• Aneta Aniela Kowalska,
• Kajetan Dąbrowa and
• Barbara Repeć

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2252–2263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.222

• changes of chemical shifts for the guest molecule in regard to FA appear only for three protons (aliphatic FA#H4 protons and phenolic FA#H6 and FA#H7) while changes for PTX appear in the same region but additionally for the belonging to the bicyclic heteroaromatic proton PTX#H4. It means that either this

• obtained results strongly support the assumption that not a whole PTX molecule is encapsulated inside the β-CD cavity, and, instead, the complex is formed through inclusion of a major part of aromatic parts of the molecule (both bicyclic heteroaromatic ring and phenolic ring), whereas aliphatic chain with

• guest compounds with the changes being larger for the PTX molecule. Moreover, a quite substantial change in chemical shift upon complexation is observed for the PTX#H4 proton of the bicyclic part of the PTX molecule (0.09 ppm), whereas for FA the corresponding change of the FA#H3 proton equals only 0.05

Dialkyl dicyanofumarates and dicyanomaleates as versatile building blocks for synthetic organic chemistry and mechanistic studies

• Grzegorz Mlostoń and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2235–2251, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.221

• ) to avoid the formation of complex product mixtures. Based on the 1H NMR analysis, only one product, identical in reactions with E- and with Z-1b, was formed [47]. Also bis(dimethylamino)-substituted 1,3-dienes including bicyclic representatives were used for reactions with E- and Z-1b [48][49

• bicyclic piperazine (quinoxaline) derivative 73 in 61% yield [68] (Scheme 23). The analogous reaction with [(S)-pyrrolidin-2-yl]methylamine ((S)-prolinamine) with E-1a–c occurred smoothly in CH2Cl2 at room temperature yielding optically active (4-oxohexahydropyrrolo[1,2-a]pyrazin-3-ylidene)-2-cyanoacetates

• nucleophiles. The type of the products obtained depended on the reaction conditions. Whereas heating in 1,2-dichloroethane (85 °C) or stirring in DMF at room temperature afforded mixtures of hetero-bicyclic products 82 and 83 in favor of 82, reactions performed in DMF at 100 °C led to 82 as the sole product [6

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

• the action of fluoride anion at −78 °C. It is worth paying attention that the malonate anion is generated prior the addition of TBAF, because of a high instability of the intermediate nitroso compound NSA2. Using this procedure, bicyclic oxime 13 was prepared in quantitative yield from precursor 12

• . Modification of this strategy allows accessing various bicyclic systems comprising of five-, six- and seven-membered carbo- and heterocycles. Not only malonates, but also other CH-acidic fragments such as dicyanomethane and sulfonyl-, nitro- and phosphorylacetic acid residues can be successfully used in the

Enzymatic separation of epimeric 4-C-hydroxymethylated furanosugars: Synthesis of bicyclic nucleosides

• Neha Rana,
• Manish Kumar,
• Vinod Khatri,
• Jyotirmoy Maity and
• Ashok K. Prasad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2078–2086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.205

• , which is a key precursor for the synthesis of different types of bicyclic/spiro nucleosides, led to the formation of an inseparable 1:1 mixture of the desired product and 4-C-hydroxymethyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-xylofuranose. A convenient environment friendly Novozyme®-435 catalyzed selective

• acetylation, has been confirmed by an X-ray study on their corresponding 4-C-p-toluenesulfonyloxymethyl derivatives. Furthermore, the two separated epimers were used for the convergent synthesis of two different types of bicyclic nucleosides, which confirms their synthetic utility. Keywords

• : bicyclonucleosides; biocatalysis; lipase; Novozyme®-435; separation of epimers; Introduction Sugar-modified bicyclic nucleosides have drawn the attention of synthetic chemists because of their effect on the conformational restriction of the furanose moiety of the nucleoside [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. The

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

• the structure of a bicyclic diterpene alcohol. The 1H,1H-COSY spectrum revealed three contiguous spin systems for C2–C3, C5–C6–C7, and C9–C10–C11–C12–C13–C14 (Scheme 2). Key HMBC correlations from H19 and H20 to C12 and C18 placed the 2-hydroxyisopropyl group at C12, while HMBC correlations from H17

Base-promoted isomerization of CF₃-containing allylic alcohols to the corresponding saturated ketones under metal-free conditions

• Yoko Hamada,
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka and
• Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1507–1512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.149

• proton shift was published by using the bicyclic guanidine-type base, 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD), as a catalyst. In spite of these two preceding studies, we have also succeeded in attaining a similar level of chemical yields as well as stereoselectivity to the latter process by using far

Synthesis of alkynyl-substituted camphor derivatives and their use in the preparation of paclitaxel-related compounds

• M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho,
• Rudolf Herrmann and
• Gabriele Wagner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1230–1238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.122

• example for such a “chiral pool” starting material is camphor. Both its substituents and its bicyclic skeleton can easily be modified and adapted to the purpose at hand, e.g., natural product synthesis [5]. The Wagner–Meerwein and Nametkin-type rearrangements are the most common reaction patterns [6] and

• (Scheme 1) [20]. A hydroxy group neighbouring an alkynyl substituent, under treatment with acids, normally leads to Rupe and Meyer–Schuster rearrangements, forming unsaturated carbonyl compounds. This was indeed observed in camphor-derived bicyclic alcohols containing a single ethinyl group [21][22

• carbocyclic five-membered ring to the 2,3-position of the bicyclic camphor-derived moiety (Scheme 2a) [20]. Reactions of 4a with halogens (e.g., bromine) or acids were even more puzzling. In addition to the annulation, an unprecedented formation of a ketone accompanied by the reduction of sulphur took place

A strategic approach to [6,6]-bicyclic lactones: application towards the CD fragment of DHβE

• Tue Heesgaard Jepsen,
• Emil Glibstrup,
• François Crestey,
• Anders A. Jensen and
• Jesper Langgaard Kristensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 988–994, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.98

• effective synthetic protocol to access [6,6]-bicyclic lactone moieties through a regio- and stereoselective intramolecular Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reaction followed by a 6π-electrocyclization. This method enabled the first synthesis of the elusive CD fragment of the Erythrina alkaloid DHβE. Preliminary

• pharmacological evaluations support the notion that the key pharmacophores of DHβE are located in the A and B rings. Keywords: DhβE; Mizoroki–Heck cross-coupling reaction; 6π-electrocyclization; [6,6]-bicyclic lactone; vinyl halide; Introduction The neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) have been

• for aromatic erythrinanes [2] whereas only four total syntheses of lactonic erythrinanes have been published so far [13][14][15][16]. Hence, for the DHβE-based CD fragments, we faced a significantly more challenging synthesis due to the complex nature of the [6,6]-bicyclic lactone moiety for which

Use of costic acid, a natural extract from Dittrichia viscosa, for the control of Varroa destructor, a parasite of the European honey bee

• Kalliopi Sofou,
• Demosthenis Isaakidis,
• Apostolos Spyros,
• Anita Büttner,
• Athanassios Giannis and
• Haralambos E. Katerinopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 952–959, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.96

• . With an unsaturation degree of five, one carbonyl and two olefinic double bonds present, we propose as a possible structure the bicyclic system of costic acid shown in Figure 4. We applied the same numbering as was used in previous publications to allow for an easier comparison. 13C NMR experiments

Opportunities and challenges for the sustainable production of structurally complex diterpenoids in recombinant microbial systems

• Katarina Kemper,
• Max Hirte,
• Markus Reinbold,
• Monika Fuchs and
• Thomas Brück

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 845–854, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.85

• naturally leads to the formation of tricyclic taxadiene [56] was achieved by exchanging a valin in position 584 with methionine. The resulting product was identified as a bicyclic diterpene of the verticillene type [51] (Scheme 2). A single residue switch in position 753 (W753H) presumably causes premature

• stereoselective synthesis of (1R,3E,7E,11S,12S)-3,7,18-dolabellatriene, a bicyclic diterpene (Scheme 2). Dollabellanes derive mostly from marine organisms and display bioactivities such as antiviral and cytotoxic effects [59]. Dolabellatriene from a reprogrammed CotB2 contribute with antimicrobial activity

• side: The natural product of wild-type cyclooctat-9-en-7-ol-synthase (CotB2) is a tricyclic diterpene whereas mutations in positions 107 and 288 yield in monocyclic cembrene A and bicyclic 3,7,18-dolabellatriene [57]. Changing the main product specificity of taxadiene synthase from Taxus brevifolia