Synthesis and herbicidal activities of aryloxyacetic acid derivatives as HPPD inhibitors

• Man-Man Wang,
• Hao Huang,
• Lei Shu,
• Jian-Min Liu,
• Jian-Qiu Zhang,
• Yi-Le Yan and
• Da-Yong Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 233–247, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.25

• shown in Scheme 2, Scheme 3 and Scheme 4. The synthesis of compounds I and III was depicted in Scheme 2 and Scheme 3. The commercially available starting materials reacted with methyl chloroacetate in CH3CN and anhydrous potassium carbonate (K2CO3) as the base, and the corresponding products C and K

Allylic cross-coupling using aromatic aldehydes as α-alkoxyalkyl anions

• Akihiro Yuasa,
• Kazunori Nagao and
• Hirohisa Ohmiya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 185–189, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.21

• rearrangement and then successfully trapped with aryl bromides under palladium catalysis (Scheme 1). This system was extended to an asymmetric version using the chiral α-silyloxybenzylcopper(I) species having a chiral NHC ligand. In the asymmetric system, one example of allylic carbonate was used as the carbon

• homoallylic alcohol derivatives [12][13][14]. Results and Discussion Specifically, the three-component allylic cross-coupling reaction of benzaldehyde (1a, 0.4 mmol), tert-butyl cinnamyl carbonate (2a, 0.2 mmol) and (dimethylphenylsilyl)boronic acid pinacol ester [PhMe2SiB(pin)] (0.4 mmol) occurred in the

• and allylic carbonates 2. Methyl, tert-butyl and fluoro substituents were tolerated at the ortho- or para-positions of the aromatic aldehyde (3ba–da). 2,6-Dimethylphenyl- or 1-naphthyl moieties as the γ-substituent of the primary allylic carbonate were tolerated in the reaction (3ab and 3ac). Cinnamyl

Synthesis and characterization of bis(4-amino-2-bromo-6-methoxy)azobenzene derivatives

• David Martínez-López,
• Amirhossein Babalhavaeji,
• Diego Sampedro and
• G. Andrew Woolley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 3000–3008, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.296

• cm × 8 mm). Then, morpholine (84 mg, 0.96 mmol), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (29.3 mg, 0.032 mmol), RuPhos (29.8 mg, 0.064 mmol), and cesium carbonate (302.4 mg, 0.96 mmol) were added. The mixture was heated at 100 ºC in the pressure tube for 24 hours. The reaction progress was monitored

• cesium carbonate (302.4 mg, 0.96 mmol) were added. The mixture was heated at 100 ºC in a pressure tube for 36 hours. The reaction progress was monitored by TLC until the starting reagent was consumed. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the resulting oil was extracted with DCM three

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

•  1, entries 3 and 4). Using anhydrous sodium carbonate α-pyrone 6a is again formed as the main product in 41% yield, but the yield of 1H-pyridine 5a drops to 3% (Table 1, entry 5). By the addition of water, the yield of 6a could be increased (Table 1, entries 6 and 7). Next we evaluated the use of a

• mixture of two bases, sodium carbonate and sodium acetate, and water (Table 2). With 0.80 equiv of sodium carbonate, 0.60 equiv of sodium acetate and 5.6 equiv of water 1H-pyridine 5a could be isolated in 56% yield. Decreasing the amount of ethyl cyanoacetate (4) the yields drops (Table 2, entry 2

• carbonate (Table 2, entry 10) nor sodium acetate (Table 2, entry 11) caused an increase in yields. Only lowering the reaction temperature to 20 °C α-pyrone 6a was isolated as the main product in 78% yield and 1H-pyridine 5a was obtained in only 7% yield (Scheme 5). Since base(s) and reaction temperature

Unexpected one-pot formation of the 1H-6a,8a-epiminotricyclopenta[a,c,e][8]annulene system from cyclopentanone, ammonia and dimethyl fumarate. Synthesis of highly strained polycyclic nitroxide and EPR study

• Sergey A. Dobrynin,
• Igor A. Kirilyuk,
• Yuri V. Gatilov,
• Andrey A. Kuzhelev,
• Olesya A. Krumkacheva,
• Matvey V. Fedin,
• Michael K. Bowman and
• Elena G. Bagryanskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2664–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.259

• ), cyclopentanone (1.3 mL, 15 mmol), dimethyl fumarate (576 mg, 4 mmol) and benzene (10 mL) was placed in a Dean–Stark apparatus and stirred under reflux for 48 h. The solvent was distilled off in vacuum and the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 5% sodium hydrogen carbonate

A new approach to silicon rhodamines by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling – scope and limitations

• Thines Kanagasundaram,
• Antje Timmermann,
• Carsten S. Kramer and
• Klaus Kopka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2569–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.250

• be an effective catalyst for the synthesis of rhodamine and rosamine dyes as well as for their selenium or tellurium analogous [29], the usage of that Pd(0) catalyst showed yields comparable with those obtained with PdCl2(PPh3)2 (Table 1, entry 4). The exchange of sodium carbonate with cesium

• carbonate resulted in no reaction at all (Table 1, entry 5). Whereby usage of potassium phenyltrifluoroborate (19) resulted in a yield comparable to boroxine 18b (Table 1, entry 6), usage of pinacol ester 20 showed no reaction in the cross-coupling reaction (Table 1, entry 7). Although described

Chiral terpene auxiliaries V: Synthesis of new chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine oxides derived from α-pinene

• Anna Kmieciak and
• Marek P. Krzemiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.242

• sodium carbonate to give (+)-3-methyleneverbanone (5) in 57% yield from 3. α,β-Unsaturated ketone 5 was exclusively reduced to allylic alcohol (1R,2R,4S,5R)-3-methyleneneoisoverbanol (6), using the Luche method [24]. 1,2-Reduction of enone 5 was achieved with sodium borohydride in the presence of cerium

• sodium hydroxide (2.7 mL, 8.1 mmol) were carefully added. After cooling to 0 °C, a 30% solution of hydrogen peroxide (1.2 mL, 12 mmol) was added dropwise to the reaction mixture. The solution was stirred for 30 minutes at rt and 1 h at 50 °C. After this time, potassium carbonate was added to saturate the

Functionalization of 4-bromobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine via regioselective direct ring metalation. A novel approach to analogues of pyridoacridine alkaloids

• Benedikt C. Melzer,
• Alois Plodek and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2304–2310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.222

• cross-coupling reactions, 4-bromo-5 iodobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine (13) is regarded as an interesting building block for synthetic chemists. Another interesting building block is ester 14, which was obtained in 37% yield by quenching 5-metalated 9d with diethyl carbonate. The quenching of 9d after

Regioselective Pd-catalyzed direct C1- and C2-arylations of lilolidine for the access to 5,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline derivatives

• Hai-Yun Huang,
• Haoran Li,
• Thierry Roisnel,
• Jean-François Soulé and
• Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2069–2075, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.204

• % affording 1a in 83% yield. The use of KOAc associated to PdCl(C3H5)(dppb) catalyst also afforded the regioisomer 1a in a quite good regioselectivity and yield (Table 1, entry 11). The higher conversions observed in the presence of acetate bases compared to carbonate bases (Table 1, entries 4–6 and 8–11

1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,4,5,8-tetraazaanthracene revisited: properties and structural evidence of aromaticity loss

• Arnault Heynderickx,
• Sébastien Nénon,
• Olivier Siri,
• Vladimir Lokshin and
• Vladimir Khodorkovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2059–2068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.203

• was stirred at reflux for 48 h. After cooling, the excess of acetic anhydride was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was triturated with dichloromethane (20 mL) and H2O (20 mL). The aqueous layer was neutralized by adding solid sodium carbonate and extracted with dichloromethane (2 × 20 mL

Synthesis of benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]benzoselenoazoles: Cs₂CO₃-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)benzimidazoles with selenium

• Mio Matsumura,
• Yuki Kitamura,
• Arisa Yamauchi,
• Yoshitaka Kanazawa,
• Yuki Murata,
• Tadashi Hyodo,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2029–2035, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.199

• . Keywords: benzimidazole; cesium carbonate; cyclization; selenium; selenoazole; Introduction Selenium-containing heterocyclic ring systems have attracted attention not only because of their chemical properties and reactivities, but also for their wide biological activities [1][2][3][4]. For example

• . Experimental General procedure for the synthesis of benzoimidazo[2,1-b]benzoselenoazoles: 1-(2-Bromoaryl)benzimidazoles 1 (0.5 mmol), selenium powder (79 mg, 1.0 mmol, 2 equiv), and cesium carbonate (326 mg, 1.0 mmol, 2 equiv) were dissolved in DMF (1 mL) under Ar atmosphere. The mixture was stirred at 150 °C

Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of immunostimulating mannosylated desmuramyl peptides

• Rosana Ribić,
• Ranko Stojković,
• Lidija Milković,
• Mariastefania Antica,
• Marko Cigler and
• Srđanka Tomić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1805–1814, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.174

• substitution of bromine from tert-butyl bromoacetate with 2,3,4,6-tetra-O-acetyl-α-ᴅ-mannopyranose (9) in the presence of potassium carbonate followed. Chemoselective removal of the tert-butyl ester group from compound 10 resulted with O-mannoside 11 with a free carboxy group available for coupling of the

N-(1-Phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate esters in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds

• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Aleksandra Trocha,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Dorota G. Piotrowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1722–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.168

• hydrogenation followed by saponification converted 178 into (2S,3S)-N-Boc-3-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine (2S,3S)-179, one of the simplest members of the iminosugar family. Reaction of aziridine 4-methoxyphenyl esters either (2R,1′S)-5e or (2S,1′S)-5e with vinylene carbonate at 280 °C gave a mixture of

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

• carbonate as a base under aerobic conditions. Along with the synthesis of pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles 78, they have reported the synthesis of benzimidazo[1,2-a]quinoline 79 and benzimidazo[1,2-a]isoquinoline 80 in good to excellent yields. They have used differently substituted arylboronic acids 77 as one

Synthesis of ([1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-a]pyridin-3-ylmethyl)phosphonates and their benzo derivatives via 5-exo-dig cyclization

• Aleksandr S. Krylov,
• Artem A. Petrosian,
• Julia L. Piterskaya,
• Nataly I. Svintsitskaya and
• Albina V. Dogadina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1563–1568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.159

• ring of the starting 2-hydrazinylpyridines 1i and 1j significantly violates the reaction selectivity, leading to a rapid resinification of the reaction mixture. However, the exclusion of potassium carbonate allows the reaction to proceed selectively within 150 hours at a temperature of 60 °C. The

• . The ease of the formation of isomers 11 in this case and 12 in other similar synthesis, is caused not only by the presence of a nitro group in the pyridine ring, but also by the presence of hydrogen chloride, which is eliminated by potassium carbonate in the former experiments (Scheme 2). The acid

An azobenzene container showing a definite folding – synthesis and structural investigation

• Abdulselam Adam,
• Saber Mehrparvar and
• Gebhard Haberhauer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1534–1544, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.156

• strategy and we tried to synthesize the chiral foldable container 10 in a one pot reaction. For this purpose, the platforms 2a and 3a and the dibromide 9 were dissolved in acetonitrile in the ratio 1:1:2.2. To this solution potassium carbonate as base was added and the whole mixture was refluxed for one

• , 0.391 mmol) in acetonitrile (225 mL), potassium carbonate (491 mg, 3.554 mmol) was added and the mixture was refluxed at 85 °C for 25 h under an argon atmosphere. After cooling to room temperature, the solvent was evaporated to dryness, the residue was dissolved in DCM and washed with water. The aqueous

A novel three-component reaction between isocyanides, alcohols or thiols and elemental sulfur: a mild, catalyst-free approach towards O-thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates

• András György Németh,
• György Miklós Keserű and
• Péter Ábrányi-Balogh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1523–1533, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.155

• isocyanide component under air. In the case of using other bases, such as caesium carbonate (Cs2CO3), diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) or sodium ethoxide (NaOEt), only the isothiocyanate intermediate of the reaction was isolated (Table 1, entries 17, 18, and 20). However, using diazabicycloundecene (DBU) as the

Synthesis of aryl cyclopropyl sulfides through copper-promoted S-cyclopropylation of thiophenols using cyclopropylboronic acid

• Emeline Benoit,
• Ahmed Fnaiche and
• Alexandre Gagnon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1162–1171, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.113

• equivalent of copper(II) acetate, 1.0 equivalent of bipyridine, and 2.0 equivalents of sodium carbonate in dichloroethane at 70 °C for 16 hours provided the desired S-cyclopropylated compound 1a in 86% yield accompanied by only 4% of the diaryl disulfide side-product 26a (Table 1, entry 1, "standard

• only viable alternative to bipyridine (Table 1, entry 7), with other ligands commonly used in copper-catalyzed reactions such as proline and 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedione giving yields under 15%. Reducing the number of equivalents of boronic acid 25 and sodium carbonate was found to be well

• tolerated, giving a comparable yield as the "standard conditions" (Table 1, entry 8). While changing the inorganic base to potassium phosphate tribasic or potassium carbonate gave yields below 75%, we found that cesium carbonate provided a net increase in the yield of the reaction (Table 1, entry 9

Electrophilic oligodeoxynucleotide synthesis using dM-Dmoc for amino protection

• Shahien Shahsavari,
• Dhananjani N. A. M. Eriyagama,
• Bhaskar Halami,
• Vagarshak Begoyan,
• Marina Tanasova,
• Jinsen Chen and
• Shiyue Fang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1116–1128, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.108

• ). Due to the steric hindrance of the side product 2 from deprotection, we found that a nucleophilic scavenger was no longer needed during deprotection, and the β-elimination step could be achieved using the non-nucleophilic weak base potassium carbonate. Results and Discussion To develop the dM-Dmoc

• the overall results of the deprotection and cleavage procedure. Removal of the oxidized dM-Dmoc protection groups and cleavage of the oxidized Dmoc linker were achieved with a solution of the weak non-nucleophilic base potassium carbonate at pH 8 at room temperature giving the fully deprotected 5

• ammonium hydroxide deprotection and cleavage conditions. We have demonstrated that the so called UltraMild deprotection and cleavage conditions involving potassium carbonate in anhydrous methanol are incompatible with α-chloroacetamide and thioester [40]. These findings are easily understandable because

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• of 9, followed by an intramolecular cyclic amide formation, would produce isoindolinone derivatives 4. Employing benzoic acids 10 ortho-substituted with iodine along with alkynylcarboxylic acids 11 and ammonium acetate (12), in the presence of caesium carbonate and copper iodide as catalyst (10%), a

• reaction of propiolic acid and aryl halides [78]. Furthermore, the authors have been able to carry out the reaction in a sequential manner starting from propiolic acid and aryl iodides in the presence of caesium carbonate and a palladium catalyst. Next, addition of 2-iodobenzoic acid and ammonium acetate

Mechanochemical synthesis of poly(trimethylene carbonate)s: an example of rate acceleration

• Sora Park and
• Jeung Gon Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 963–970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.93

• from low reactivity. The solvent-free mechanochemical polymerization of trimethylene carbonate using the organocatalysts 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) and 1,5,7-triazabicyclo[4.4.0]dec-5-ene (TBD) are examined herein. The polymerizations under ball-milling conditions exhibited significant

• carbonate); Introduction Nowadays mechanochemical syntheses are widespread in many areas of chemistry [1][2][3][4]. The efficient mixing and energy input induced by mechanical motions have promoted many chemical reactions with superior efficiencies [5]. Sometimes, unexpected outcomes that cannot be

• mechanochemical ball milling. The organocatalytic polymerization of trimethylene carbonate to form aliphatic polycarbonates was found to be more efficient when using a mechanical ball-milling reaction than a solution polymerization (Scheme 1). The detailed findings are disclosed in this article. Results and

Towards the preparation of synthetic outer membrane vesicle models with micromolar affinity to wheat germ agglutinin using a dialkyl thioglycoside

• Dimitri Fayolle,
• Nathalie Berthet,
• Bastien Doumeche,
• Olivier Renaudet,
• Peter Strazewski and
• Michele Fiore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 937–946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.90

• microscopic observation. Enzyme-linked lectin assays: 96-well microtiter Nunc-Immuno plates (Maxi-Sorp) were coated with PAA-GlcNAc (100 μL per well, diluted from a stock solution of 5 μg mL−1 in 50 mM carbonate buffer pH 9.6) for 1 h at 37 °C. The wells were then washed with T-PBS (3 × 100 μL per well, PBS

The LANCA three-component reaction to highly substituted β-ketoenamides – versatile intermediates for the synthesis of functionalized pyridine, pyrimidine, oxazole and quinoxaline derivatives

• Tilman Lechel,
• Roopender Kumar,
• Mrinal K. Bera,
• Reinhold Zimmer and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 655–678, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.61

• -Acetoxymethyl-substituted pyrimidine derivatives offer many options for the introduction of new substituents. For example the removal of the acetyl group by treatment with potassium carbonate in methanol and oxidation with Dess–Martin periodinane (DMP) converted PM61 and PM63 into aldehydes PM69 and PM71 in

Synthesis of the aglycon of scorzodihydrostilbenes B and D

• Katja Weimann and
• Manfred Braun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 610–616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.56

• trifluoride etherate (0.4 mL, 3.12 mmol) were injected by syringe. The mixture was stirred at 25 °C for 2 d. Thereafter, saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate (10 mL) was added and the mixture was extracted five times with 15 mL portions of dichloromethane. The combined organic layers were washed with

Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering

• Jessica Hassenrück and
• Valentin Wittmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 584–601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.54

• Scheme 3. Alcohol 4 was activated with 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate, and the obtained carbonate 5 reacted with neutralized mannosamine and peracetylated as described above to give Ac4ManNCyoc(H2) in a yield of 57%. Deacetylation with N,N-ethyldimethylamine in methanol and further aldolase reaction and DMB

• for C19H27NO10, 452.1527; found, 452.1522. (2-Methylcyclopropyl)methyl (4-nitrophenyl) carbonate (5): 2-Methylcyclopropanemethanol (4, 0.57 mL, 5.81 mmol) was dissolved under nitrogen atmosphere in dry dichloromethane (80 mL) and dry pyridine (2.8 mL). The solution was cooled to 4 °C and 4-nitrophenyl