Synthesis of new tricyclic 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-d][1,4]diazepine derivatives by [3⁺ + 2]-cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions

• Lin-bo Luan,
• Zi-jie Song,
• Zhi-ming Li and
• Quan-rui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1826–1833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.155

• + + 2]-cycloaddition, α-acetoxyazo intermediates are initially transformed into an azocarbenium ion. Subsequently, it takes part in a cationic cycloaddition reaction with the triple bond of a nitrile followed by a rearrangement reaction [35][36][37][38][39]. This type of ionic cycloaddition

• that various electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups on the benzene ring were compatible with the reaction conditions furnishing the desired products 10i–r in good yields. This indicated that the nucleophilicity of the nitrogen atom of nitrile 9 is strong enough to override the electronic

• give the desired product 10y. This result could be attributed to the increased steric hindrance in nitrile moiety. As can be seen from Scheme 3, equally satisfactory results could be obtained from the reaction of other acetoxyazo compounds 8 with several different substituents on the benzene ring, as

Glycosylation reactions mediated by hypervalent iodine: application to the synthesis of nucleosides and carbohydrates

• Yuichi Yoshimura,
• Hideaki Wakamatsu,
• Yoshihiro Natori,
• Yukako Saito and
• Noriaki Minakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1595–1618, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.137

• donors [83]. Since the reactions often were unselective in the absence of C2 acetate-directing groups, Bennett et al. investigated the compatibility of the above-mentioned reaction in nitrile solvents documented to have a β-directing effect, with the aim of developing a glycosylation that can be

• provided the optimal reaction outcome. However, they also encountered a problem: the reduced solubility of substrate in the solvent system resulted in lower yields. They therefore examined mixed nitrile solvents again, and eventually found that a quaternary solvent mixture composed of 6:1:1:1 CH2Cl2

Atom-economical group-transfer reactions with hypervalent iodine compounds

• Andreas Boelke,
• Peter Finkbeiner and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1263–1280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.108

• [31]. Under copper-catalysis diarylated isoindolin-1-ones 9 were formed starting from 2-formylbenzonitriles 8 upon treatment with mesityl(aryl)iodonium salts 1a (Scheme 6). A plausible reaction mechanism starts with the selective terminal arylation of the nitrile, forming the arylnitrilium cation A

Rhodium-catalyzed C–H functionalization of heteroarenes using indoleBX hypervalent iodine reagents

• Erwann Grenet,
• Ashis Das,
• Paola Caramenti and
• Jérôme Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1208–1214, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.102

• introduction of further heterocyclic rings, such as indoles, is particularly attractive. Most of the methods for indolylpyridinone synthesis involve a condensation cascade process to generate the pyridinone ring [4][5][6]. These methods usually require an electron-withdrawing group (nitrile, nitro, carbonyl

Oxidative cycloaddition of hydroxamic acids with dienes or guaiacols mediated by iodine(III) reagents

• Hisato Shimizu,
• Akira Yoshimura,
• Keiichi Noguchi,
• Victor N. Nemykin,
• Viktor V. Zhdankin and
• Akio Saito

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 531–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.39

• research on the syntheses of heterocycles by iodine(III)-mediated/catalyzed oxidative cycloaddition reactions [17][18][19], we have found that iodine(III) reagents are effective in the oxidation of N–O bonds of oximes in the cycloaddition reaction of in situ formed nitrile oxides [20][21]. Although Adam

Recent developments in the asymmetric Reformatsky-type reaction

• Hélène Pellissier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 325–344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.21

• a 15-membered ring macrocyclization, into the expected prunustatin A. In 2015, a nitrile Reformatsky-type reagent in situ generated from bromoacetonitrile (4) and zinc in the presence of TMSCl was added to chiral aldehyde 5 derived from L-aspartic acid [18]. The reaction, performed in THF at reflux

• -mediated nitrile Reformatsky-type reaction [18]. Synthesis of apratoxin E and its C30 epimer through a Zn-mediated Reformatsky reaction. Fmoc = 9-fluorenylmethoxylcarbonyl [20]. Synthesis of the eastern fragment of jatrophane diterpene Pl-3 through a SmI2-mediated Reformatsky reaction [21]. First total

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

Nucleophilic fluoroalkylation/cyclization route to fluorinated phthalides

• Masanori Inaba,
• Tatsuya Sakai,
• Shun Shinada,
• Tsuyuka Sugiishi,
• Yuta Nishina,
• Norio Shibata and
• Hideki Amii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 182–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.12

• transformation. After many experiments, we found that the use of ethyl 2-formylbenzoate (10) [36] instead of nitrile 2 resulted in the formation of 1a with 27% ee upon exposure to organocatalyst 9b (0.1 equiv) and tetramethylammonium fluoride (0.5 equiv, Scheme 5). Conclusion In summary, we have demonstrated a

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• was characterized by X-ray crystallography. Aryl iodides, which contained nitrile, ketone, aldehyde, ester, methyl, phenyl groups, etc., were successfully reacted with this trifluoromethylation reagent to give the corresponding products in moderate to high yields. Also, a broad spectrum of heteroaryl

Acid-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of a cyclopropanated 3-aza-2-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-ene with alcohols

• Katrina Tait,
• Alysia Horvath,
• Nicolas Blanchard and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2888–2894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.281

• ], and cycloadditions using nitrile oxides to provide 15 and 16 [7]. In the literature, there are also many examples of the cleavage of the C–O bond of 3-aza-2-oxabicyclic alkenes 1 (Scheme 3). This includes the use of protic acid [8], using metal catalysts such as Pd [9], Fe or Cu [10], In [11

Reactivity of bromoselenophenes in palladium-catalyzed direct arylations

• Aymen Skhiri,
• Ridha Ben Salem,
• Jean-François Soulé and
• Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2862–2868, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.278

• C5-position of 2-arylselenophenes containing nitrile, acetyl or chloro substituents on the aryl moiety, which could be easily obtained in good yields from selenophene and aryl bromides via a Pd-catalyzed direct arylation using a reported procedure [33], afforded the 2-aryl-5-bromoselenophenes 15–17

• groups on both coupling partners such as nitrile, acetyl or chloro. It should be mentioned that again a regioselective arylation at the C2-position of 3-chlorothiophene was observed affording 26 in 72% yield. Although the mechanism of these reactions was not elucidated, the catalytic cycle shown on

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• -type trifluoromethylation of aryldiazonium compounds. The scope of this reaction was investigated on 12 aryldiazonium compounds. The mild reaction conditions allowed the tolerance of various groups such as ester, aryl, nitrile, amine, ketone, nitro, sulfonate and bromo (Scheme 52). In this process, the

Asymmetric synthesis of propargylamines as amino acid surrogates in peptidomimetics

• Matthias Wünsch,
• David Schröder,
• Tanja Fröhr,
• Lisa Teichmann,
• Sebastian Hedwig,
• Nils Janson,
• Clara Belu,
• Jasmin Simon,
• Shari Heidemeyer,
• Philipp Holtkamp,
• Jens Rudlof,
• Lennard Klemme,
• Alessa Hinzmann,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2428–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.240

• groups (Table 3). The cyano moiety was used as precursor of the carboxamide moiety of glutamine, since the cyano group is stable in the presence of nucleophiles and strong bases. The synthesis started with the Kolbe nitrile synthesis of 4-iodobutan-1-ol with NaCN. Performing this transformation in DMSO

• propargylamine 7q as an analogue of the non-proteinogenic amino acid 5-cyano-L-norvaline. Formation of a glutamine analogous side chain by hydrolysis of the nitrile function to an amide remained unsuccessful so far. Propargylamines with diversely protected alcohol functionalities in the side chain were obtained

Phosphonic acid: preparation and applications

• Charlotte M. Sevrain,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2186–2213, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.219

• polymers side chains [226]. 6.2. Reactivity of phosphorous acid (H3PO3) with imine, nitrile and carbonyl groups The phosphorous acid function reacts with imine in the absence of solvent to produce α-amino-phosphonic acid as exemplified by the synthesis of the α-amino-phosphonic acid 118 from the imine 117

• (Figure 32) [227]. It is worth noting that the reaction of H3PO3 with some enamine (e.g., 1-morpholinocyclohexene) gives a reduction of the enamine to amine. This is likely why this reaction was seldomly used. The reaction of phosphorous acid on nitrile in presence of methanesulfonic acid followed by the

• nitrile group can be replaced in this reaction with a carboxylic acid function. In that case the final product is a hydroxymethylenebis-phosphonic acid (Figure 34). This reaction was optimized to produce, for instance, compounds 124 [233][234] or 125 [229]. This reaction is not further detailed herein as

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• nearly 90% yields for α-amino esters in 90–120 min (Scheme 18). The Ritter reaction is another significant carbon–nitrogen (C–N) bond forming reaction in the synthesis of amides [86]. Generally, a nitrile and a tertiary alcohol in presence of a strong acid react to create amides. Major drawbacks

Photocatalyzed synthesis of isochromanones and isobenzofuranones under batch and flow conditions

• Manuel Anselmo,
• Lisa Moni,
• Hossny Ismail,
• Davide Comoretto,
• Renata Riva and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1456–1462, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.143

• approaches thus arousing our interest [2]. In 2014 König reported a photo-Meerwein reaction between arenediazonium salts and styrenes to afford, upon intervention of the nitrile solvent and water, amides of formula 1 (Scheme 1) [3]. According to the proposed mechanism, the carbocationic intermediate A

• , deriving from the corresponding radical, undergoes a nucleophilic attack by the nitrile, generating nitrilium ion B first, and subsequently evolves to the amide 1, according to a Ritter-type reaction. Based on our experience on multicomponent reactions, we postulated that intermediate A could be

Regioselective (thio)carbamoylation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene at the 1-position with iso(thio)cyanates

• Anna Wrona-Piotrowicz,
• Marzena Witalewska,
• Janusz Zakrzewski and
• Anna Makal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1032–1038, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.102

• min, 1,8-bis-carbothioamide 4, containing ≈20% of other regioisomers (9%) and nitrile 5 (7%) were isolated by column chromatography besides the expected 3o (78%). The amounts of 4 and 5 significantly increased along with the reaction time (Table 1). The highest yield of 4 (33%) was found after 6 h

• and contained broadened signals, suggesting the presence of other rotamers in CDCl3 solution. The mechanism of the formation of nitrile 5 in the reaction under study here is so far unclear. The control experiment showed that under reaction conditions the secondary thioamide 3o undergoes transformation

• CH2Cl2. The combined extracts were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and evaporated. For the reaction with ethoxycarbonyl isothiocyanate, chromatography afforded two fractions. The less polar fraction contained monothioamide 3o and nitrile 5, whereas the more polar fraction contained dithioamides 4. The

Fluorinated cyclohexanes: Synthesis of amine building blocks of the all-cis 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorocyclohexylamine motif

• Tetiana Bykova,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• David O'Hagan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 728–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.72

• moieties were then converted to different stereoisomers of the tetrafluorocyclohexyl ring system, and then reductive hydrogenation of the nitrile delivered three amine stereoisomers. It proved necessary to place a methyl group on the cyclohexane ring in order to stabilise the compound against subsequent HF

• diastereoisomers of 8, two of which have the meso diepoxides syn and anti in relation to the nitrile functional group (8a and 8b) and a racemic 8c diepoxide with trans configuration. These isomers were generated in a ratio of 10:15:13 (8a:8b:8c) (Scheme 1) [15]. Diepoxide 8a was isolated by chromatography (18

• formamide 12 in 78% yield, a compound also confirmed by X-ray crystallography [20]. Ultimately treatment of nitrile 11a with nickel boride generated in situ from nickel chloride and sodium borohydride, resulted in its full reduction to amine 5a in 50% yield (Scheme 2) [21][22]. The analogous protocol was

Isoxazole derivatives as new nitric oxide elicitors in plants

• Anca Oancea,
• Emilian Georgescu,
• Florentina Georgescu,
• Alina Nicolescu,
• Elena Iulia Oprita,
• Catalina Tudora,
• Lucian Vladulescu,
• Marius-Constantin Vladulescu,
• Florin Oancea and
• Calin Deleanu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.65

• were obtained in good yields by regiospecific 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between aromatic nitrile oxides, generated in situ from the corresponding hydroxyimidoyl chlorides, with non-symmetrical activated alkynes in the presence of catalytic amounts of copper(I) iodide. Effects of 3,5

• -disubstituted isoxazoles on nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species generation in Arabidopsis tissues was studied using specific diaminofluoresceine dyes as fluorescence indicators. Keywords: chemical elicitor; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; isoxazole; nitric oxide; nitrile oxide; reactive oxygen species

• synthetic approaches towards the isoxazole core include the reactions of hydroxylamine with aryl-β-diketones [20], α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [21], or α,β-unsaturated nitriles [22], and 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between alkenes or alkynes and nitrile oxides [23][24][25]. Nitrile oxides are

Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity

• Marika Turek,
• Dorota Szczęsna,
• Marek Koprowski and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48

• , has been reported in 2005 [6]. The studied Meldrum's acid derivatives 65 were functionalized at α- and/or β-positions by alkyl, haloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, nitrile, ether, thioether, triisopropylsilyl (TIPS) or tert-butyldiphenylsilyl (TBDPS) groups. Depending on the type of catalyst and substrate, 1

• methyl trifluoromethanesulfonate, in dichloromethane or 1,2-dichloroethane in high yields (Scheme 54). 1.5 From nitriles Nitrile derivatives are also useful substrates for the synthesis of 1-indanones. An efficient synthesis of 1-indanones 194 via palladium-catalyzed cyclization of 3-(2-iodoaryl

• -iodoaryl)propanonitriles 193 leading to the formation of the nitrile 195 as a byproduct (Scheme 55). Cyclization of 3-phenylnaphtalene-2-carbonitrile (199) in the presence of polyphosphoric acid gave 1-indanone 200 in 76% yield. The nitrile 199 was obtained from benzaldehyde 196 as a result of sequencial

Dimerization reactions of aryl selenophen-2-yl-substituted thiocarbonyl S-methanides as diradical processes: a computational study

• Michael L. McKee,
• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 410–416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.44

• mechanisms in [3 + 2]-cycloadditions have intensively been studied [16] and recently, a computational study on their appearance in reactions of substituted acetylenes with nitrile oxides has been published [17]. Experimental The Gaussian 09 program system was used for all calculations [18]. The M06-2X

Decarboxylative and dehydrative coupling of dienoic acids and pentadienyl alcohols to form 1,3,6,8-tetraenes

• Ghina’a I. Abu Deiab,
• Mohammed H. Al-Huniti,
• I. F. Dempsey Hyatt,
• Emma E. Nagy,
• Kristen E. Gettys,
• Sommayah S. Sayed,
• Christine M. Joliat,
• Paige E. Daniel,
• Rupa M. Vummalaneni,
• Andrew T. Morehead Jr,
• Andrew L. Sargent and
• Mitchell P. Croatt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 384–392, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.41

• and coupling this to a substrate with a benzylic or allylic leaving group [19][20]. Typical Pd(0)-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling reactions utilize an allylic or benzylic ester with either an anion-stabilizing group adjacent to the carboxyl group (i.e., carbonyl [19][21][22], nitrile [23][24][25

The reductive decyanation reaction: an overview and recent developments

• Jean-Marc R. Mattalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 267–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.30

• advantages of the nitrile functional group before its removal. Mechanistic details and applications to organic synthesis are provided. Keywords: α-aminonitrile; decyanation; electron donor; hydride; malononitrile; transition metal catalysis; Introduction Many strategies in organic synthesis involve the

• removal of a beneficial functional group. The electron-withdrawing properties of the nitrile functional group appear beneficial in a variety of reactions [1][2]. This group coordinates metal complexes and can be used as a directing group for C–H bond activation reactions catalyzed by transition metals [3

• ] or LiAlH4 [65][66]. These reactions usually require mild conditions but the course of the reaction depends on the ease of formation of the iminium ion [48][67][68][69]. With the highly reactive LiAlH4, diamines can also be formed by reduction of the nitrile moiety [70]. This competition with the

Highly bulky and stable geometry-constrained iminopyridines: Synthesis, structure and application in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling of aryl chlorides

• Yi Lai,
• Zhijian Zong,
• Yujie Tang,
• Weimin Mo,
• Nan Sun,
• Baoxiang Hu,
• Zhenlu Shen,
• Liqun Jin,
• Wen-hua Sun and
• Xinquan Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 213–221, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.24

• (Table 4, entry 2), carbonyl (Table 4, entries 4–6), nitrile and CF3 (Table 4, entries 6 and 7) could be coupled with 4-methylphenylboric acid in good to excellent yields. Aryl chlorides with an electron-donating functional group (Table 4, entries 9 and 10) and steric hindered 2-chlorotoluene (Table 4

Total synthesis of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F CPS repeating unit hexasaccharide

• Peter H. Seeberger,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Subramanian Govindan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 164–173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.19

• poor. Apparently, the “nitrile effect” [37][38] is partially overruled by the participating nature of the C3 ester protecting groups Ac/Bz that leads to a preference for the cis-glycosidic α-linked product. Linear total synthesis of 12F repeating unit hexasaccharide 1. The failure of the convergent [3