A complementary approach to conjugated N-acyliminium formation through photoredox-catalyzed intermolecular radical addition to allenamides and allencarbamates

• Olusesan K. Koleoso,
• Matthew Turner,
• Felix Plasser and
• Marc C. Kimber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1983–1990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.165

• conjugated N-acyliminium 14. The iminium 14 could then undergo traditional nucleophilic addition giving the addition product. Given that the iridium complex Ir[(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6 had been effective [47][48][50] in this radical/cationic pathway with enamides we would now like to report our preliminary

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

• Lucas Guillemard and
• Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

• ). Thereafter, a cationic intermediate is afforded by the radical combination between the sulfonyl radical and the 1-naphthyl derivative at the C4 position. Lastly, a proton-transfer process and dissociation result in the formation of the expected coupling product, accompanied by the regeneration of the Cu salt

• ) catalyst, followed by SET oxidation to provide an Ar–Au(III) intermediate (Figure 43). This Lewis-acidic Au species promotes the regioselective C–H auration of the electron-rich substrate, delivering a cationic intermediate that under deprotonation and subsequent reductive elimination furnishes the

• transfer generate the aryl radical together with a cationic Mn species. The addition of the aryl radical to the (hetero)aromatic substrate affords a radical biaryl intermediate that provides the expected coupling product after oxidation and deprotonation. C–H activation of heterocyclic substrates The panel

Fluorohydration of alkynes via I(I)/I(III) catalysis

• Jessica Neufeld,
• Constantin G. Daniliuc and
• Ryan Gilmour

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1627–1635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.135

• fluorinating reagents [44][45]. Developments by Hammond and Xu validated N-pyridine oxides as terminal oxidants to substitute Selectfluor® for the cationic Au(I)/Au(III) cycle, thereby enabling high functional group tolerance [46][47][48][49]. Inspired by these and other selected advances [50][51], in metal

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

• immobilisation is common with transition metal complexes as they are often inherently cationic species. Amara and co-workers recently showed that [Ru(bpy)3]2+ could be immobilised on silica particles with a dramatic increase in the efficiency of the photooxidation of terpenes [137]. Polymer networks containing

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• -substituted cation 19 favors the radical cyclization path because the stabilization by an α-substituent makes its cation center more stable and less reactive. In contrast, the non-α-substituted cation 19 prefers the cationic cyclization. However, the two cyclization processes form the intermediates 20 and 21

• regenerates for the next catalytic cycle. The other plausible reaction pathway 2 starts with a SET from the excited Hantzsch ester 44 to the acetamide 46 to form the intermediate difluoroamide radical 48 and the cationic radical 51. The subsequent addition of alkenes to the formed radical 48 and HAT from the

Highly selective Diels–Alder and Heck arylation reactions in a divergent synthesis of isoindolo- and pyrrolo-fused polycyclic indoles from 2-formylpyrrole

• Carlos H. Escalante,
• Eder I. Martínez-Mora,
• Carlos Espinoza-Hicks,
• Alejandro A. Camacho-Dávila,
• Fernando R. Ramos-Morales,
• Francisco Delgado and
• Joaquín Tamariz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113

• electronic density provided by the nitrogen lone-pair, which plausibly stabilizes the cationic or radical species formed by the oxidant reagent during the aromatization process [46], as efficiently occurred with derivatives 9. Finally, in order to obtain the aromatic indole-based pentacycles 12, the

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• alkyl group (Me in OD2) to an aryl group (Ph in OD3), they could limit the photocatalyst bleaching due to the demethylation of the organic dye. Alkene radical anions have been less exploited than their cationic equivalents. In 2017, the Lei group developed a Markovnikov-selective hydrosulfonylation

Development of fluorinated benzils and bisbenzils as room-temperature phosphorescent molecules

• Shigeyuki Yamada,
• Takuya Higashida,
• Yizhou Wang,
• Masato Morita,
• Takuya Hosokai,
• Kaveendra Maduwantha,
• Kaveenga Rasika Koswattage and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1154–1162, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.102

• oxygen atom in DMSO to construct a cationic vinylpalladium(II) species (Int-B). Further nucleophilic attack of another DMSO molecule against Int-B, followed by elimination of dimethyl sulfide, furnishes a cationic intermediate (Int-C). Finally, immediate elimination of dimethyl sulfide and the Pd(II

Cation-induced ring-opening and oxidation reaction of photoreluctant spirooxazine–quinolizinium conjugates

• Phil M. Pithan,
• Sören Steup and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 904–916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.82

• –oxidation reaction under aerobic conditions [51][52][53]. In this context, we were interested in the effect of a positively charged arylvinyl substituent on the photochromic properties of the spironaphthoxazine. For this purpose, we chose the quinolizinium ion as the cationic aryl substituent because it has

Preparation of 2-phospholene oxides by the isomerization of 3-phospholene oxides

• Péter Bagi,
• Réka Herbay,
• Nikolett Péczka,
• Zoltán Mucsi,
• István Timári and
• György Keglevich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 818–832, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.75

• (cationic) molecules [TS(1→14)]. However, this arrangement is not stable, and a stabilized homodimer with a pentavalent P atom 14 is formed immediately. This quasi-autocatalytic process decreases significantly the enthalpy demand of the TS to a reliable level, and finally it gives the corresponding 2

Copper-catalyzed remote C–H arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

• Anping Luo,
• Min Zhang,
• Zhangyi Fu,
• Jingbo Lan,
• Di Wu and
• Jingsong You

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 530–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.49

• Pd(II) species to more electrophilic high-valent cationic Pd(IV). In addition, this protocol is not compatible with other PAHs except naphthalene, such as phenanthrene, pyrene and fluoranthene, and cannot tolerate some special functional groups, such as alkenyl and alkynyl groups. As a component part

Exploring the scope of DBU-promoted amidations of 7-methoxycarbonylpterin

• Anna R. Bockman and
• Jeffrey M. Pruet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 509–514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.46

• ion pairs with the cationic DBU-activated acyl intermediate (see Figure 1). However, the α-substitution in alanine clearly abolishes any rate acceleration driven by ionic interactions, and most α-substituted amines had similar rates. Rate acceleration is recovered in serine, owing to the effect of the

Aerobic synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) catalysts

• Faïma Lazreg,
• Marie Vasseur,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Catherine S. J. Cazin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 482–491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.43

• catalytic strategy for the one-pot synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines is described. The cationic copper(I) complexes were found to be highly active and efficient under mild conditions in air and in the absence of solvent. A copper acetylide is proposed as key intermediate in this transformation. Keywords

• ]. Based on these earlier results, the reactivity of these catalysts was investigated in the context of achieving formation of the challenging sulfonamide derivatives. Herein, we report the high efficiency of cationic copper(I) complexes for the formation of N-sulfonylamidines via a three-component

• deprotonates the triazolium salt (Scheme 2). The reactivity of a series of cationic copper(I) complexes (1–6) was evaluated at 0.5 mol % loading using tosyl azide, phenylacetylene and diisopropylamine as benchmark substrates [31][32]. Various solvents were evaluated at room temperature under aerobic conditions

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

• in this field and helped to understand the function of existing intrinsic barrier in such systems comprising cationic cyanines in photoinduced electron transfer systems [65]. Furthermore, the huge amount of heat released by nonradiative deactivation of the excited state brings up to use them as

• of either I, II, III, IV or V with distinct terminal groups A/A’ results in cyanines exhibiting either a cationic, zwitterionic or anionic pattern. Their solubility covers a wide range including aprotic polar organic solvents or also water. The latter requests to introduce functional groups promoting

• anions promoting the solubility in organic surroundings. Representative anions in the case of cationic absorbers relate to tosylate [5], [n-C12H25-Ph-SO3−] [5], FAP ([(C2F5)3PF3]−)[71], NTf2 ([(CF3SO2)2N]−) [5] or aluminates ([Al(t-C4F9O)4]−) [6] – just to count a few possible examples. Thus, replacement

Reversible photoswitching of the DNA-binding properties of styrylquinolizinium derivatives through photochromic [2 + 2] cycloaddition and cycloreversion

• Sarah Kölsch,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Jochen Mattay,
• Norbert Sewald and
• Brian O. Patrick

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 111–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.13

• particular cationic ones, were shown to be efficient DNA binders [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58]. Nevertheless, the photochromic nature of DNA-binding styryl dyes has not been applied to use them as photoswitchable DNA binders. Although, there is one reported example that demonstrates the

[1,3]/[1,4]-Sulfur atom migration in β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides

• Katarzyna Włodarczyk,
• Piotr Borowski and
• Marek Stankevič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 88–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.11

• our previous papers [56][57], we described the intramolecular cationic cyclization of β-hydroxyalkylphosphine oxides (Scheme 2). Depending on the structure, the formation of either the phosphaindane 3 or the benzophosphorinane 2 skeleton was observed. This method could also be performed in a

• stereoselective manner, given that corresponding chiral substrates were used for the cyclization. The chiral compounds suitable for cyclization could be obtained by desymmetrization of phosphine sulfides (Scheme 3) [58]. In order to gain insight into the cationic cyclization of β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides, a

• cationic intermediates underwent hydrolysis during aqueous workup, leading to the observed products. It was assumed that a similar sulfur atom migration should occur in the presence of Brønsted acid under dry conditions. Therefore, a set of phosphine sulfides prepared above was subjected to the reaction

Light-controllable dithienylethene-modified cyclic peptides: photoswitching the in vivo toxicity in zebrafish embryos

• Sergii Afonin,
• Oleg Babii,
• Aline Reuter,
• Volker Middel,
• Masanari Takamiya,
• Uwe Strähle,
• Igor V. Komarov and
• Anne S. Ulrich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 39–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.6

• the ring-closed and ring-opened isomers, we can presume that homodimerization may affect the way in which the peptides interact with their molecular targets, or it may compromise their long-term biostability. Likewise, an elongation of the β-sheet core and an increase in cationic charge density

Synthesis of C-glycosyl phosphonate derivatives of 4-amino-4-deoxy-α-ʟ-arabinose

• Lukáš Kerner and
• Paul Kosma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 9–14, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.2

• identified as a major mechanism contributing to antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative pathogenic bacteria. Inhibition of the corresponding enzymatic steps, specifically the transfer of 4-amino-4-deoxy-ʟ-arabinose, would thus restore the activity of cationic antimicrobial peptides and several

• cationic antimicrobial peptides with the negatively charged phosphate and carboxylate groups in LPS domains. Suitable inhibitors intercepting the attachment of Ara4N units to the lipid A and inner core region might restore sensitivity towards the cationic antimicrobial drugs as a novel approach to combat

Extension of the 5-alkynyluridine side chain via C–C-bond formation in modified organometallic nucleosides using the Nicholas reaction

• Renata Kaczmarek,
• Dariusz Korczyński,
• James R. Green and
• Roman Dembinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.1

• material containing the propargyl alcohol derivative unit. The chemistry of cationic propargyl dicobalt complexes, recognized as the Nicholas reaction, has become one of the most widely appreciated forms of metalorganic chemistry. These cations are generated most commonly from propargyl alcohol, -ether, or

Terpenes

• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2966–2967, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.292

• generate a highly reactive cationic intermediate that can be subject to a cascade reaction through typical carbocation chemistry, including cyclisation reactions, hydride migrations and Wagner–Meerwein rearrangements [1][2]. The cascade is usually terminated by deprotonation or attack of water. The

Bacterial terpene biosynthesis: challenges and opportunities for pathway engineering

• Eric J. N. Helfrich,
• Geng-Min Lin,
• Christopher A. Voigt and
• Jon Clardy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2889–2906, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.283

• analogy to nature’s biosynthetic strategies outlined above, cationic, Diels–Alder, oxidative, and radical cyclization strategies have been successfully applied in total syntheses of terpenoids [53]. In addition, chemists are currently creatively exploring means to mimic classical terpene cyclases and

• cationic species. For instance, remodeling the hydrophobic pocket of the active site by single-point mutation, epi-isozizaene (33) synthase was engineered to produce various linear, monocyclic, bicyclic, and tricyclic terpene skeletons (Figure 9b) [119][120][121]. Another prominent example is cyclooctat-9

• -en-7-ol (23, Figure 7a) synthase, for which the active-site residues responsible for cationic intermediate stabilization were identified through analysis of the crystal structure [122] and structural modeling [123]. Mutations of the identified residues were shown to alter product profiles and yielded

Preparation of anthracene-based tetraperimidine hexafluorophosphate and selective recognition of chromium(III) ions

• Qing-Xiang Liu,
• Feng Yang,
• Zhi-Xiang Zhao,
• Shao-Cong Yu and
• Yue Ding

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2847–2855, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.278

• 10.3762/bjoc.15.278 Abstract A novel anthracene-based tetraperimidine hexafluorophosphate 3 was prepared, and its structure was determined through X-ray analysis, HRMS as well as 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. In the cationic moiety of 3, two (N-ethylperimidinyl–C2H4)2NCH2– arms were attached to the 9- and

• signal corresponding to the NCHN motif in perimidine was present at δ = 8.69 ppm [42]. Structure elucidation of compound 3 As can be seen in the crystal structure of 3 in Figure 1, the cationic moiety of the complex contained two (N-ethylperimidinyl–C2H4)2NCH2– arms attached to the 9- and 10-positions of

• ]. SHELXS was used to solve the structure of 3 [57]. Other crystallographic data are shown in Supporting Information File 1, Table S1. View of the molecular structure of the cationic moiety of 3 in the crystal. Selected bond angles and lengths are N(2)–C(3)–N(1): 125.2(3)°; N(5)–C(18)–N(4): 124.3(4)°; C(3

Chemical tuning of photoswitchable azobenzenes: a photopharmacological case study using nicotinic transmission

• Lorenzo Sansalone,
• Jun Zhao,
• Matthew T. Richers and
• Graham C. R. Ellis-Davies

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.274

• % overall yield. Installation of the cationic head was performed in two steps: first bromination of 11 via Appel reaction, followed by treatment with trimethylamine to give 2 in 35% overall yield. Photoswitch 2 is the first example of a bifunctional, asymmetrically substituted 4FAB chromophore that actually

Acid-catalyzed rearrangements in arenes: interconversions in the quaterphenyl series

• Sarah L. Skraba-Joiner,
• Carter J. Holt and
• Richard P. Johnson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2655–2663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.258

• ]. As these solutions are heated, they become much darker in color, implying a higher level of protonation. Upon cooling, a more normal color is returned. Full protonation of 13 at 150 °C would explain thermodynamic control by cationic intermediates. Our naïve supposition at the outset of this project

Plasma membrane imaging with a fluorescent benzothiadiazole derivative

• Pedro H. P. R. Carvalho,
• Jose R. Correa,
• Karen L. R. Paiva,
• Daniel F. S. Machado,
• Jackson D. Scholten and
• Brenno A. D. Neto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2644–2654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.257

• and first excited state S1 (∆ρ = ρS1 − ρS0), as shown in Figure 4D, highlights the directionality of the electron density transfer with a great deal of ICT between the cationic heterocycle and the BTD core, which stabilizes the excited state of the synthesized chromophore. These theoretical results