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

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

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

• with the complexity of its structures [11][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. The intramolecular Heck arylation coupling reaction is among the most useful strategies for the construction of these compounds (Scheme 1) [11][21]. For example, isoindolo[2,1-a]indoles 6 have been prepared by the

• -polycyclic structures [42], we herein combined both approaches shown in Scheme 1 to design the construction of pentacycles 11, after carrying out an uncommon but highly diastereoselective Diels–Alder cycloaddition followed by a coupling reaction. This route also allowed out the aromatization of the B ring to

• intramolecular Heck cross-coupling reaction of the octahydroindoles 9/10 to the pentacycles 11, the process was explored with the simple substrates 8c,d and 8g (Scheme 4). Thus, the Pd(0)-catalyzed cyclization of the latter vinylpyrroles with potassium acetate and using acetonitrile or dimethylacetamide (DMA) as

Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Stanislav A. Paveliev,
• Alexander S. Budnikov and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107

• (products 46a,b, 46m,n), 1,3-diketones (product 46r), as well as lactones (products 46o–q) were used in the oxidative C–O coupling reaction. The coupling of oximes with 1,3-diketones proceeded in lower yields than with 1,3-ketoesters (products 46a and 46r). Despite the presence of t-BuOOH in the system, a

Copper-based fluorinated reagents for the synthesis of CF₂R-containing molecules (R ≠ F)

• Louise Ruyet and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1051–1065, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.92

• 87% yield) was investigated (Scheme 8) [52]. Finally, the Poisson’s group developed a methodology for the Ullman cross-coupling reaction between the in situ-generated CuCF2PO(OEt)2 and aryl iodides containing a coordinating group (e.g., CO2CH3, COCH3, NO2), at the ortho-position of the halide [52

• (0)-mediated reductive cross-coupling reaction between the iodobenzene and various 2-bromo-1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl derivatives (RCF2CF2Br) was developed presumably involving a RCF2CF2Cu species (Scheme 21) [76]. In 2015, Yagupolskii and co-workers investigated the synthesis of perfluoroalkylcopper

Fluorinated phenylalanines: synthesis and pharmaceutical applications

• Laila F. Awad and
• Mohammed Salah Ayoup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1022–1050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.91

• )-iodoalanine 2. The reaction was activated using Pd(0) as a catalyst. A palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between an organozinc iodide and aryl halides offers a convenient method for the direct preparation of protected fluorinated Phe analogues 3. Thus, cross coupling of the protected iodoalanine 2

• the protected ᴅ,ʟ-N-Boc-2-bromophenylalanine (89) using a Stille coupling reaction to give the o-vinyl derivative 90 as key intermediate. A hydroboration reaction of compound 90 afforded the primary alcohol 91, which was directly fluorinated and deprotected to give the free amino acids 93 (ᴅ and ʟ

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions for the synthesis of chiral biaryl compounds with a large steric substituent at the 2-position

• Yongsu Li,
• Bendu Pan,
• Xuefeng He,
• Wang Xia,
• Yaqi Zhang,
• Hao Liang,
• Chitreddy V. Subba Reddy,
• Rihui Cao and
• Liqin Qiu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 966–973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.85

• not so good (see Supporting Information File 1, Scheme S1, compounds 3u, 60% yield, 11% ee; 3v, 90% yield, 0% ee). More specifically, the change of the R1 group on the bromoamide compound has a weak influence on the coupling reaction. No matter it was a straight alkyl chain, a branched alkyl chain, a

• silica gel. The enantiomeric excess value of the product was determined by HPLC by using an AD-H, OD-H or IA-3 column. (R)-MeO-MOP and our ligands. Asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Reaction conditions: 1 equiv N-aryl-bromoaryl compounds, 2 equiv arylboronic acids, 5 mol % Pd, 6 mol % ligand, 3 equiv

• of K3PO4, 2 mL THF, 50 ⁰C, 72 h; Yields are combined isolated values; ee values were determined by HPLC with chiral columns. Asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Reaction conditions: 1 equiv of bromoaryl compounds, 2 equiv of arylboronic acids, 5 mol % Pd, 6 mol % of ligand, 3 equiv of K3PO4, 2 mL THF

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• heterogeneous photocatalysts. A Sn porphyrin-based porous aromatic framework (SnPor@PAF) with a broad and strong optical absorption in the visible light region was used for this transformation [98]. Luo, Ji and co-workers synthesized this material by a Yamamoto homo coupling reaction using a well-designed

Copper catalysis with redox-active ligands

• Agnideep Das,
• Yufeng Ren,
• Cheriehan Hessin and
• Marine Desage-El Murr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 858–870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.77

• cycle for the C–C coupling. The coupling reaction follows a radical–anion mechanism due to the presence of electron-donating ligand 12 and this is the key feature allowing preferential binding of the phenoxyl radicals for PCET. Products arising from homo- and heterocouplings were formed with high

Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations

• Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
• Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76

• excellent yields. However, benzyl and vinyl bromides did not prove efficient for this coupling reaction. Common cyclic and acyclic ethers, symmetric or nonsymmetric, such as oxetane, tetrahydropyran, dioxane, 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, and 2-methoxy-2-methylpropane, were found compatible, affording the

Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays

• Gemma M. Locke,
• Keith J. Flanagan and
• Mathias O. Senge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70

• material was purified via column chromatography using silica gel. The BODIPY dimer 7 was prepared using 6 [38] and was obtained as a fluorescent orange solution or as pink-orange crystals in a 30% yield. Similarly, the Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction [39] was successful for the reaction

• confirm full conversion. For this reason, it may be that the ethynyl bond was not completely deprotected before the next coupling reaction. After the TBAF deprotection step, the second Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction was carried out with the nickel porphyrin 15 [41] under the same reaction conditions

• bromination of 17a [42] (Scheme 3). The coupling reaction was initially carried out with (5,15-dibromo-10,20-dihexyl/diphenyl)porphyrinato)zinc(II) but both porphyrins had extremely low solubility. Using the more soluble 17c gave access to the triptycene–porphyrin–triptycene complex 18. The reaction was

Efficient synthesis of dipeptide analogues of α-fluorinated β-aminophosphonates

• Marcin Kaźmierczak and
• Henryk Koroniak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 756–762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.69

• purpose we examined several coupling reagents available on the market. We chose amine 13a as a model substrate. In each case, the amine–acid coupling reaction proceeded with good to excellent yields (Table 3). At the beginning a mixture of N,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC) [39] and 1

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• complexity, by essentially using a Ru-catalyzed alkene–alkyne (Ru-AA) coupling reaction and a macrolactonization step (Scheme 8). In this carefully designed total synthesis, after applying a Marshall coupling reaction aimed at installing a propargyl group into the initial acetylene component, an enyne

• of cyclopentene-1,4-diol that was obtained by the enzymatic desymmetrization of the corresponding diacetate, an enyne metathesis precursor was accessed by a Mitsunobu-type coupling reaction with propargylic amide. The ring-rearrangement metathesis (RRM) of this enyne precursor was carried out using

• synthesis of the (−)-exiguolide enantiomer (25) was reported by Roulland et al. [94]. The method is a mechanistically distinct alternative to the enyne metathesis since it involves a Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling reaction associated with a Yamaguchi lactonization, a Grubbs Ru-catalyzed cross

Synthesis of C₇₀-fragment buckybowls bearing alkoxy substituents

• Yumi Yakiyama,
• Shota Hishikawa and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 681–690, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.66

• . The extract was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The mixture was purified by PTLC (CH2Cl2/hexane = 4:1 for 4a, CH2Cl2/hexane = 3:2 for 4b) to afford 4. Preparation of dialkoxides by intramolecular coupling reaction In a similar manner as

Towards the total synthesis of chondrochloren A: synthesis of the (Z)-enamide fragment

• Jan Geldsetzer and
• Markus Kalesse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 670–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.64

• choice in this type of coupling reaction. Potassium carbonate was chosen due to the sensitivity of the amide 3 towards harsh basic conditions. With these conditions we were able to couple (Z)-bromide 4 with amide 3 selectively to yield (Z)-enamide 16. The obtained double bond geometry was confirmed by

• best results for the cross-coupling reaction. Conclusion In summary, we established a (Z)-selective Buchwald-type coupling reaction as a key step in the synthesis of an advanced fragment of chondrochloren A (1). The required amide 3 can be synthesized in seven steps with a 16% overall yield [16][17][18

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• performed a Suzuki coupling reaction between boronic acid 15 with chloro compound 2 (Scheme 2). To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of a Suzuki coupling reaction using boronic acid 15 in the literature. However, we generated this required boronic acid from the corresponding methyl propiolate

• the key intermediate aldehyde 25 (Scheme 4). Initially, we explored the Suzuki coupling reaction for substrate 4. Gratifyingly, the reaction product 24 was produced in 41% yield from our developed synthetic strategy. Then, compound 24 was subjected to an SeO2 oxidation reaction. The oxidation reaction

Direct borylation of terrylene and quaterrylene

• Haruka Kano,
• Keiji Uehara,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Hironobu Hayashi,
• Hiroko Yamada and
• Naoki Aratani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.58

• hinderance of Bpin moieties. Finally, to demonstrate the utility of the borylated oligorylenes, the Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of TB4 under the standard conditions was performed (Scheme 3). Coupling of TB4 and 2-bromomesitylene with Pd(PPh3)4, Cs2CO3 and CsF in a mixture of toluene/DMF furnished

• an Ir-catalyzed borylation reaction. Our results provide a highly potential route to various functional oligorylene derivatives. In fact, TB4 could be transformed into the tetraarylterrylene TM4 in good yield by the conventional cross-coupling reaction. TB4 exhibits face-to-face interaction in the

• -dioxaborolan-2-yl. Synthesis of 2,5,12,15-tetrakis(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)quaterrylene (QB4): (a) (Bpin)2 (12 equiv), [Ir(OMe)cod]2 (20 mol %), di-tert-butylbipyridyl (40 mol %), 1,4-dioxane, at 105 °C, 38 h, yield 0.4%. Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction of TB4 with 2-bromomesitylene

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• . Different ratios of Cu/Au (1:1, 3:1, and 5:1) were studied for the coupling reaction of a nonactivated terminal alkyne with an organic azide. Control measurements showed that 1:1 and 3:1 samples were more efficient than a 5:1 sample. The authors stated that increasing the Cu/Au ratio caused the formation of

Efficient synthesis of 3,6,13,16-tetrasubstituted-tetrabenzo[a,d,j,m]coronenes by selective C–H/C–O arylations of anthraquinone derivatives

• Seiya Terai,
• Yuki Sato,
• Takuya Kochi and
• Fumitoshi Kakiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 544–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.51

• class of tetrabenzo[a,d,j,m]coronene derivatives having alkyl and alkoxy-substituents at the 3, 6, 13, and 16-positions was achieved based on a ruthenium-catalyzed coupling reaction of anthraquinone derivatives with arylboronates via a C–H or/and C–O bond cleavage. The reaction sequence involving the

Controlling alkyne reactivity by means of a copper-catalyzed radical reaction system for the synthesis of functionalized quaternary carbons

• Goki Hirata,
• Yu Yamane,
• Naoya Tsubaki,
• Reina Hara and
• Takashi Nishikata

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 502–508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.45

• to produce intermediate C, with concomitant formation of a Cu(I) species. The brominated intermediate C undergoes a cross-coupling reaction with the alkynyl copper species to give the desired product 3. We have detected brominated intermediate C during the reaction. We have also examined the reaction

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• , photocatalysis appeared as an interesting alternative to catalyze such transformations, and copper-based catalysts provided interesting reactivities. In 2012, the Reiser group reported a visible light-driven coupling reaction of olefin derivatives with bromo- and iodoalkanes using the Sauvage catalyst as a Cu(I

• lactone synthesis using a copper-photocatalyzed PCET reaction. Photocatalytic Pinacol coupling reaction catalyzed by [Cu(I)(pypzs)(BINAP)]BF4. The ligands of the copper complex are omitted for clarity. Azide photosensitization using a Cu-based photocatalyst. Funding This work was partially supported by

• avoided the presence of a Brønsted acid in the reaction media. As such, Collins and co-workers developed the catalyst [Cu(I)(pypzs)(BINAP)]BF4 where the ligand (5-(4-fluorosulfonyl)amino-3-(2pyridyl)pyrazole)) (pypzs) had an acidic proton prone to activate the carbonyl group during the pinacol coupling

Synthesis of six-membered silacycles by borane-catalyzed double sila-Friedel–Crafts reaction

• Yafang Dong,
• Masahiko Sakai,
• Kazuto Fuji,
• Kohei Sekine and
• Yoichiro Kuninobu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 409–414, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.39

• , the transformation of the amino groups in phenoxasilin 3a into phenyl groups was carried out (Scheme 5). First, the ammonium salt 4 was prepared by treating 3a with MeOTf followed by a palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with the Grignard reagent (PhMgBr) that afforded the desired diphenylated

Visible-light-induced addition of carboxymethanide to styrene from monochloroacetic acid

• Kaj M. van Vliet,
• Nicole S. van Leeuwen,
• Albert M. Brouwer and
• Bas de Bruin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 398–408, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.38

• monochloroacetic acid. Based on these data, we concluded that the visible-light-promoted reductive photoredox C–C bond coupling reaction with monochloroacetic acid should be possible. As such, we chose fac-[Ir(ppy)3] and [Cu(dap)2]Cl for the photoredox reaction between monochloroacetic acid and styrene in

Synthesis and circularly polarized luminescence properties of BINOL-derived bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3’,2’-e]pyridines (BBZFPys)

• Ryo Takishima,
• Yuji Nishii,
• Tomoaki Hinoue,
• Yoshitane Imai and
• Masahiro Miura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 325–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.32

• BINOL derivatives [37][38][39]. In this context, we herein describe the synthesis of axially chiral BINOL-derived BBZFPys through the palladium-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction. The optical properties of the synthesized polyaromatic compounds were systematically studied, and some of them displayed

• ’-binaphthyl backbone as precursors for the dehydrogenative coupling reaction (Scheme 2). In general, functionalization of the BINOL hydroxy groups should be performed at temperatures below 80 °C to prevent racemization [40][41]. 6,6’-Di-tert-butyl-1,1’-bi-2-naphthol (1) was treated with 2,6-difluoropyridine

• the solid state [50][51][52][53][54]. Conclusion In summary, we have achieved the synthesis of a series of CPL-active polyheteroaromatic compounds from readily available chiral BINOLs via the O-arylation and subsequent palladium-catalyzed C–H/C–H coupling reaction. The substitution pattern on the

Combination of multicomponent KA² and Pauson–Khand reactions: short synthesis of spirocyclic pyrrolocyclopentenones

• Riccardo Innocenti,
• Elena Lenci,
• Gloria Menchi and
• Andrea Trabocchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 200–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.23

• . Following our interest to DOS as a synthetic strategy for the generation of molecular scaffolds according to a couple/pair approach [45][46][47], we reasoned to combine the copper-catalyzed ketone–amine–alkyne (KA2) multicomponent coupling reaction [48] with the Pauson–Khand cycloaddition as the pairing

• components in the outcome of the multicomponent coupling reaction. Similarly, the use of piperidone as the ketone component proved to work only when the amino group was protected as Boc, whereas the N-methyl derivative did not proceed to the coupling product (Table 1, entries 10 and 9, respectively). Indeed

• 3–39 possess lower tendency to stay in the rod side of the triangle, as compared to BB drugs, suggesting for these compounds a higher shape complexity, as due to the presence of quaternary carbon atoms introduced by the KA2 coupling reaction. The intramolecular Pauson–Khand cyclization proved to be