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Long oligodeoxynucleotides: chemical synthesis, isolation via catching-by-polymerization, verification via sequencing, and gene expression demonstration

  • Yipeng Yin,
  • Reed Arneson,
  • Alexander Apostle,
  • Adikari M. D. N. Eriyagama,
  • Komal Chillar,
  • Emma Burke,
  • Martina Jahfetson,
  • Yinan Yuan and
  • Shiyue Fang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1957–1965, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.146

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  • caused by long ODNs, the loading of the synthesis column was reduced from 0.2 µmol to 0.1 µmol. This was achieved by applying a solution containing 0.05 M 5'-DMTr-dT-phosphoramidite (1a, Scheme 1) and 0.05 M 5'-Bz-dT-phosphoramidite (1b) for the coupling step in the first synthetic cycle. Because the Bz
  • group is stable during deblocking, approximately half of the active sites of the CPG were blocked. Parameters for the four steps of the synthetic cycle were as recommended by the manufacturer, except for the coupling step where the waiting time was increased from 25 to 35 seconds. In the last synthetic
  • cycle, the polymerizable tagging phosphoramidite 2, of which the synthesis was described earlier [20] (Scheme 1), was used in the coupling step, and the reaction was repeated three times for 5 minutes each time to maximize the yield of tagging the full-length sequences with the polymerizable
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Published 21 Dec 2023

Beyond n-dopants for organic semiconductors: use of bibenzo[d]imidazoles in UV-promoted dehalogenation reactions of organic halides

  • Kan Tang,
  • Megan R. Brown,
  • Chad Risko,
  • Melissa K. Gish,
  • Garry Rumbles,
  • Phuc H. Pham,
  • Oana R. Luca,
  • Stephen Barlow and
  • Seth R. Marder

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1912–1922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.142

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  • strong reductants with effective potentials of ca. −2 V vs ferrocenium/ferrocene, yet are relatively stable to air due to the coupling of redox and bond-breaking processes. Here, we examine their use in accomplishing electron transfer-induced bond-cleavage reactions, specifically dehalogenations. The
  • to initiate the coupling of aryl halides and arenes [5]. However, even relatively easily reduced organic halides have sufficiently cathodic reduction potentials (e.g., ca. −1.6 V and −1.8 vs ferrocenium/ferrocene (FeCp2+/0) for diethyl bromomalonate [6] and 4-iodotoluene, see Table 2, respectively
  • . −2 V vs FeCp2+/0, yet the dimers are reasonably stable to air due to the kinetic barriers associated with the coupling of electron-transfer and bond-cleavage reactions [26]. Here we demonstrate that (N-DMBI)2 and (Cyc-DMBI)2 (Figure 1c) can be used to accomplish dehalogenation of benzyl, alkyl, and
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Published 14 Dec 2023

Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds

  • Cagatay Dengiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141

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  • -energy intermediates, such as benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate, and yields that are comparatively low [20]. After the Ullmann reaction was successfully employed for the first reported synthesis of biphenylene [15], subsequent studies have explored various transition-metal-mediated coupling reactions using
  • through Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions with alkynes featuring different protecting groups such as TIPS, TES, and TIBS. Scheme 7 illustrates the derivatization process using one of the chosen examples, specifically the TIPS group. Accordingly, the cross-coupling products 33a–c were obtained in yields
  • the synthesis of compound 81 through the utilization of the Negishi cross-coupling reaction and then the removal of TMS groups from this intermediate was achieved using TBAF, resulting in the formation of diyne 82 in 65% yield. The progression towards the synthesis of biphenylene-containing substrate
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Published 13 Dec 2023

Aromatic systems with two and three pyridine-2,6-dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile fragments as electron-transporting organic semiconductors exhibiting long-lived emissions

  • Karolis Leitonas,
  • Brigita Vigante,
  • Dmytro Volyniuk,
  • Audrius Bucinskas,
  • Pavels Dimitrijevs,
  • Sindija Lapcinska,
  • Pavel Arsenyan and
  • Juozas Vidas Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1867–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.139

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  • -dicarbazolyl-3,5-dicarbonitrile. The compounds are synthesized by Sonogashira coupling reactions and characterized by steady-state and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy. The compounds show efficient intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) from the donor to the acceptor. The photoluminescence (PL) spectra of
  • )-4-(4-bromophenyl)pyridine-3,5-carbonitrile (4) was obtained by the interaction of 3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazole with compound 3 in THF/DMF solution. The ethynylphenyl-substituted pyridine 5 was synthesized by Sonogashira coupling of 4 with ethynyltrimethylsilane in the presence of PdCl2(PPh3)2 and
  • copper(I) iodide in DMF/DIPEA solution at 55 °C with subsequent desilylation with potassium carbonate. Finally, butadiyne 6 was prepared by a homocoupling reaction of 5 with 80% yield. Derivatives containing two dicyanopyridyl moieties, 7 and 8, were prepared starting with a Sonogashira coupling of
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Controlling the reactivity of La@C82 by reduction: reaction of the La@C82 anion with alkyl halide with high regioselectivity

  • Yutaka Maeda,
  • Saeka Akita,
  • Mitsuaki Suzuki,
  • Michio Yamada,
  • Takeshi Akasaka,
  • Kaoru Kobayashi and
  • Shigeru Nagase

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1858–1866, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.138

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  • reaction is believed to occur via electron transfer, followed by the radical coupling of La@C2v-C82 and benzyl radicals, rather than by bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction of La@C2v-C82 anion with 1. Keywords: electron transfer; metallofullerene; radical; reduction; Introduction Fullerenes
  • derivatives followed by the radical coupling reaction is more plausible for the formation of the corresponding adducts rather than the SN2 reaction mechanism of the La@C2v-C82 anion with benzyl bromide derivatives. Conclusion The reaction of La@C2v-C82 anion with benzyl bromide derivatives 1 at 110 °C
  • were strongly affected by the addition sites. Based on theoretical studies and considering the identified addition sites, a plausible reaction mechanism for the reaction is the electron transfer from La@C2v-C82 anion to benzyl bromide, followed by radical coupling. This demonstrates that one-electron
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Thienothiophene-based organic light-emitting diode: synthesis, photophysical properties and application

  • Recep Isci and
  • Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1849–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.137

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  • 4-bromo-N,N-diphenylaniline (5) with n-butyllithium at −78 °C and addition of 2-isopropoxy-4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolane. The Suzuki-coupling reaction of TT 4 with borolane 6 produced the intermediate 7 in 81% yield. The target D–π–A-type fluorophore, DMB-TT-TPA (8), was produced by
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Published 07 Dec 2023

Substituent-controlled construction of A4B2-hexaphyrins and A3B-porphyrins: a mechanistic evaluation

  • Seda Cinar,
  • Dilek Isik Tasgin and
  • Canan Unaleroglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1832–1840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.135

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  • ), coupling constant, number of atoms. UV–vis absorption spectra were recorded on a Mapada Instruments UV3100PC spectrophotometer. Mass spectra were recorded on an Agilent 1200/6210 high-resolution mass time-of-flight (TOF) LC–MS spectrometer. Reactions were followed by thin-layer chromatography (TLC
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Published 06 Dec 2023

GlAIcomics: a deep neural network classifier for spectroscopy-augmented mass spectrometric glycans data

  • Thomas Barillot,
  • Baptiste Schindler,
  • Baptiste Moge,
  • Elisa Fadda,
  • Franck Lépine and
  • Isabelle Compagnon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1825–1831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.134

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  • four monomers is shown in Figure 2. Note that both α and β-anomers coexist in the experimental conditions. The second set of experimental MS–IR spectra was acquired using different instrumental conditions on a different experimental set-up: it consists of the coupling of an alternative design of mass
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Published 05 Dec 2023

Synthetic approach to 2-alkyl-4-quinolones and 2-alkyl-4-quinolone-3-carboxamides based on common β-keto amide precursors

  • Yordanka Mollova-Sapundzhieva,
  • Plamen Angelov,
  • Danail Georgiev and
  • Pavel Yanev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1804–1810, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.132

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  • -mediated domino reaction of chromone-3-carboxaldehydes and amines [41], Pd-catalyzed redox-neutral C–N coupling reaction of iminoquinones with electron-deficient alkenes [42], NH3 insertion into o‑haloarylynones [43], gold(III)-catalyzed azide-yne cyclization [44], Michael/Truce-Smiles rearrangement
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Published 23 Nov 2023

Recent advancements in iodide/phosphine-mediated photoredox radical reactions

  • Tinglan Liu,
  • Yu Zhou,
  • Junhong Tang and
  • Chengming Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1785–1803, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.131

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  • colleagues reported on the photocatalytic decarboxylative alkenylation reactions facilitated by cooperative NaI/PPh3 catalysis [9]. These conversions involved the coupling of 1,1-diarylethene/cinnamic acid derivatives (1, 2) with redox-active esters 3 (Scheme 3). Notably, the reactions were driven by blue
  • the photoredox cross-coupling reactions discussed above. A recent elegant study conducted by Chen and colleagues introduced a straightforward method that directly employed sodium iodide for photoinduced deaminative alkenylation processes [11]. This method enabled the synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated
  • radicals for alkenylation, was primarily facilitated by the electrostatic interaction between NaI and Katritzky salts 7. This innovative approach not only expanded the scope of photoredox cross-coupling reactions but also offered valuable insights into the role of NaI in facilitating these transformations
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Published 22 Nov 2023

Active-metal template clipping synthesis of novel [2]rotaxanes

  • Cătălin C. Anghel,
  • Teodor A. Cucuiet,
  • Niculina D. Hădade and
  • Ion Grosu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1776–1784, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.130

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  • the reaction used to complete rotaxane synthesis, hence the name “active template”. This strategy was first applied by Saito and co-workers [35], using a Cu(I) template to catalyze a Glaser coupling reaction. The method has been extended for other reactions, for example Ni-catalyzed homocoupling of
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Published 20 Nov 2023

Trifluoromethylated hydrazones and acylhydrazones as potent nitrogen-containing fluorinated building blocks

  • Zhang Dongxu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1741–1754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.127

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  • -withdrawing property of the trifluoromethyl group is key to this coupling reaction [45] (Scheme 7). Trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides Hydrazonoyl halides, which offer a reactive 1,3-dipole, can easily be transformed to nitrile imines in the presence of a base, and they have shown to be useful building
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Published 15 Nov 2023

Effects of the aldehyde-derived ring substituent on the properties of two new bioinspired trimethoxybenzoylhydrazones: methyl vs nitro groups

  • Dayanne Martins,
  • Roberta Lamosa,
  • Talis Uelisson da Silva,
  • Carolina B. P. Ligiero,
  • Sérgio de Paula Machado,
  • Daphne S. Cukierman and
  • Nicolás A. Rey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1713–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.125

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  • coupling constants, can be found in Table S5 of Supporting Information File 1. The azomethine hydrogen H7 appears as a singlet at 8.58 ppm for hdz-CH3 and is slightly deshielded in the nitro-derivative, resonating at 8.74 ppm, since the electron density-withdrawing substituent in hdz-NO2 increases the
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Published 10 Nov 2023

A deep-red fluorophore based on naphthothiadiazole as emitter with hybridized local and charge transfer and ambipolar transporting properties for electroluminescent devices

  • Suangsiri Arunlimsawat,
  • Patteera Funchien,
  • Pongsakorn Chasing,
  • Atthapon Saenubol,
  • Taweesak Sudyoadsuk and
  • Vinich Promarak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1664–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.122

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  • [11], laser dyes [12], and DR/NIR electroluminescent devices [13][14][15][16][17][18]. However, DR/NIR chromophores typically suffer from low photoluminescent quantum yields (PLQY) because of their intrinsic small band-gap energy causing larger vibronic coupling between the ground and excited states
  • loss through the vibronic coupling natures of the DR/NIR fluorophores [53]. As a result, TPECNz effectively possesses a strong deep-red emission with combined HLCT, weak AIE, and ambipolar transporting properties, which enabled its application as non-doped emitter. The TPECNz-based non-doped deep-red
  • OLED realized a maximum external quantum efficiency (EQEmax) of 3.32% with an emission peak at 659 nm. Results and Discussion The designed TPECNz molecule was synthesized by a multistep reaction as described in Scheme 1. Initially, an Ullmann coupling reaction of bromo-TPE 1 and carbazole provided TPE
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Published 03 Nov 2023

Sulfur-containing spiroketals from Breynia disticha and evaluations of their anti-inflammatory effect

  • Ken-ichi Nakashima,
  • Naohito Abe,
  • Masayoshi Oyama,
  • Hiroko Murata and
  • Makoto Inoue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1604–1614, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.117

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  • quantum filtered (DQF)-COSY correlations (Figure 2). The spin–spin coupling constants (SSCCs) in the 1H NMR spectrum and the rotating-frame Overhauser effects (ROEs) between H-2β/H-3, H-2β/H-5β, H-3/H-4, H-3/5β, H-4/H-5α, H-4/H-17, H-5α/H-6, H-5β/H-6, H-11/H-12, H-12/H-13β, H-16/H-22(24), and H-17/H-21(25
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Published 19 Oct 2023

Radical chemistry in polymer science: an overview and recent advances

  • Zixiao Wang,
  • Feichen Cui,
  • Yang Sui and
  • Jiajun Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1580–1603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.116

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  • ]. The semiquinone radicals formed during the oxidation of catechol can undergo a cross-coupling reaction to form polymers (Scheme 1). One example is the radical polymerization of urushiol. The earliest recorded application of natural radical polymerization can be traced back to the manufacture of
  • addition. The termination step occurs by either disproportionation (radical β-elimination, Equation 4) or biradical coupling (Equation 5). Chain transfer (Equations 6–8) is usually considered as a type of side effect in radical polymerization [18]. It occurs between the growing chain and a transfer agent
  • decades [28]. 1.3.1 Deactivation by reversible coupling: In 1982, Otsu and Yoshida [29] successfully polymerized styrene and MMA using dithiocarbamate compounds, and in 1986, Solomon et al. [30] published a patent entitled "Polymerization Processes and Polymers Produced Thereby", which led to the
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Published 18 Oct 2023

Secondary metabolites of Diaporthe cameroonensis, isolated from the Cameroonian medicinal plant Trema guineensis

  • Bel Youssouf G. Mountessou,
  • Élodie Gisèle M. Anoumedem,
  • Blondelle M. Kemkuignou,
  • Yasmina Marin-Felix,
  • Frank Surup,
  • Marc Stadler and
  • Simeon F. Kouam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1555–1561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.112

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  • /USA) 500 MHz Avance III spectrometer with a BBFO (plus) Smart Probe (1H NMR: 500 MHz and 13C NMR: 125 MHz). Chemical shifts (δ) were reported in ppm using tetramethylsilane (TMS) (Sigma-Aldrich) as an internal standard, while coupling constants (J) were measured in hertz (Hz). Optical rotations were
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Morpholine-mediated defluorinative cycloaddition of gem-difluoroalkenes and organic azides

  • Tzu-Yu Huang,
  • Mario Djugovski,
  • Sweta Adhikari,
  • Destinee L. Manning and
  • Sudeshna Roy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1545–1554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.111

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  • and beyond. The Z-geometry of INT-1 was determined from its 3JH−F coupling constant of 35.7 Hz in the 1H NMR with a matching J value in the 19F NMR. This is in agreement with Cao’s report on the geometry of N-(α-fluorovinyl)azoles [33]. The configurations of the E- and Z-isomers were determined by
  • their 3JH−F coupling constants in the 1H NMR spectra, circa 32.0 Hz for Z-isomers and 8.0 Hz for E-isomers [33]. A peak was observed at −158.2 ppm in the 19F NMR spectrum after 2 h of the reaction, which could be the fluoride salt of the dimorpholine adduct. This peak was also found when the reaction
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Published 05 Oct 2023

Synthesis and biological evaluation of Argemone mexicana-inspired antimicrobials

  • Jessica Villegas,
  • Bryce C. Ball,
  • Katelyn M. Shouse,
  • Caleb W. VanArragon,
  • Ashley N. Wasserman,
  • Hannah E. Bhakta,
  • Allen G. Oliver,
  • Danielle A. Orozco-Nunnelly and
  • Jeffrey M. Pruet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1511–1524, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.108

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  • berberine variants none are as easily modulated to rapidly install substituent diversity [31][43][44][45][46][47][48]. The method deemed most amenable to varying substituents involves substituted 2-bromo-1-aminonaphthalenes which are used in subsequent palladium cross-coupling reactions [45]. As such, our
  • complete decomposition. With the desired naphthylamines in hand, we were able to complete our synthesis of four chelerythrine variants as shown in Scheme 7. After N-formylation providing intermediates 11 and 12 in good yield, a three-step sequence was performed: Suzuki coupling of the aryl bromide with one
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N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

  • Fatemeh Doraghi,
  • Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
  • Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
  • Bagher Larijani and
  • Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

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  • functional materials and indispensable synthetic intermediates in drug discovery [31][32][33]. Because of their value, constructing C–S bonds has attracted significant attention via metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions and metal-free C–S bond formation [34][35][36][37]. Direct sulfenylation of the C–H
  • science and the pharmaceutical area, there is a force for researchers to identify sustainable methodologies for efficient C–S bond coupling under mild reaction conditions for achieving these distinguished compounds. Recently, several reviews about sulfenylating reagents have been reported [41][42][43]. To
  • -coupling, and direct sulfenylation reactions, which are classified into three categories: sulfenylation catalyzed by i) transition metal catalysts, ii) organocompound catalysts, and iii) catalyst-free sulfenylation. Review Sulfenylation of organic compounds by N-(sulfenyl)succinimides/phthalimides Metal
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Published 27 Sep 2023

Functions of enzyme domains in 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis and enzymatic synthesis of non-natural analogs

  • Binbin Gu,
  • Lin-Fu Liang and
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1452–1459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.104

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  • , the pathway to 1 can be reconstituted in vitro using the methyltransferase humMT from Micromonospora humi for the methylation of dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) to 2-methylisopentenyl diphosphate (2-Me-IPP) [25], followed by coupling with DMAPP to 2-Me-GPP and terpene cyclisation using farnesyl
  • ppm) for 1H NMR and the 13C signal of C6D6 (δ = 128.06 ppm) for 13C NMR [39]. Coupling constants are given in Hz. IR spectra were recorded on a Bruker α infrared spectrometer with a diamond ATR probehead. Peak intensities are given as s (strong), m (medium), w (weak) and br (broad). Optical rotations
  • coupling of DMAPP and 2-Me-IPP to 2-Me-GPP, and 2MIBS for the conversion into 1. Enzymatic synthesis of analogs of 1. A) Preparation of 2 from DA-4 and IA-1, B) preparation of 3 and the inseparable mixture of 4 and 5 from DA-5 and IA-1, C) structures of 2MIBS side products 6 and 7, and D) the
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Published 22 Sep 2023

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

  • Nosheen Beig,
  • Varsha Goyal and
  • Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

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  • 1,4-silylation of hex-3-ene-4-one. An efficient conversion was observed in both cases and the silylated products were isolated in good yields (Scheme 37) [42]. Recently, in 2021, Cheng and Mankad reviewed NHC–Cu(I)-catalyzed carbonylative coupling reactions including the carbonylative silylation of
  • [75]. However, the major drawback with using these catalysts in A3 reactions was the loss of the catalyst at the end of the reaction. Furthermore, on using Au(I), Ag(I), and Cu(I) in ionic liquids, as well as supported Au(III), Ag(I), CuI, and CuCl to catalyze A3 coupling reactions under heterogeneous
  • conditions, although the transition-metal catalysts were preserved, the reactions require high temperature conditions [76]. In 2008, Wang and co-workers [77] for the first time employed an NHC–Cu(I) complex (2 mol %) and its silica-immobilized version 141 (2 mol %) as catalyst for an A3 coupling reaction
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Published 20 Sep 2023

One-pot nucleophilic substitution–double click reactions of biazides leading to functionalized bis(1,2,3-triazole) derivatives

  • Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
  • Fei Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1399–1407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.101

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  • these results [37][38]. For several years, our group was interested in preparing multivalent carbohydrate mimetics [39][40][41][42][43] on the basis of efficient coupling reactions of aminopyran and aminooxepane derivatives with suitable linker elements. Hence, the aminopyran derivatives A could be
  • aminopyrans [54], should be converted into divalent compounds via coupling of the terminal propynyl group with benzylic biazides. Since biazides are potentially explosive [22] it was very desirable to avoid their isolation and to generate these reactive species in situ from the corresponding benzylic halides
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Published 18 Sep 2023

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

  • Nadia Ledermann,
  • Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
  • Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

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  • transition-metal catalysis [31], we disclosed an activating group-free alkynylation–cyclization sequence to (aza)indoles [32][33] that could be readily concatenated with a concluding N-alkylation of the 7-azaindole intermediate in the sense of consecutive three-component coupling–cyclization–alkylation
  • synthesis of 1,2,5-trisubstituted 7-azaindoles [34]. Inspired by the coupling–cyclization–alkylation sequence and the stepwise Sonogashira coupling–cyclization–iodination protocol to give valuable 3-iodoindoles by Amjad and Knight [35], we reasoned that the interception by an electrophilic iodination step
  • N-iodosuccinimide prior to N-alkylation to give substituted 3-iodoindoles in a concise consecutive four-component fashion in modest to good yields. These target compounds are versatile building blocks for instance for a Suzuki coupling to give 1-alkyl-2,3-diarylindoles that can be of particular
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Published 14 Sep 2023

Visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxytrifluoroethylation of alkyl carboxylic acids: Access to trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins

  • Feng Chen,
  • Xiu-Hua Xu,
  • Zeng-Hao Chen,
  • Yue Chen and
  • Feng-Ling Qing

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1372–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.98

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  • ., Zibo 256401, China 10.3762/bjoc.19.98 Abstract A visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed cross coupling of alkyl carboxylic acids with N-trifluoroethoxyphthalimide is described. Under purple light irradiation, an α-hydroxytrifluoroethyl radical generated from a photoactive electron donor–acceptor
  • complex between Hantzsch ester and N-trifluoroethoxyphthalimide was subsequently engaged in a nickel-catalyzed coupling reaction with in situ-activated alkyl carboxylic acids. This convenient protocol does not require photocatalysts and metal reductants, providing a straightforward and efficient access to
  • trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins in good yields with broad substrate compatibility. The complex bioactive molecules were also compatible with this catalytic system to afford the corresponding products. Keywords: alkyl carboxylic acids; cross coupling; EDA complex; nickel catalysis; trifluoromethyl acyloins
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Published 11 Sep 2023
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