Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

• Francesca Liguori,
• Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

• cosmetics [147]. The catalyst could be recycled, however, with reduced performance due to Pt nanoparticle oxidation. 3.1.2 Polybutadiene (PBD): Partial depolymerisation of 1,4-PBD (cis, trans, Mw 1800–500000 g⋅mol−1) was achieved by an unconventional tandem ring-opening–ring-closing metathesis route

• bioderived plastic [252] that is manufactured on a 190 kton scale directly from lactic acid by condensation or from lactide by ring-opening polymerisation (Scheme 8) [253][254]. The main renewable raw material for lactic acid is starch, e.g., from corn, cassava, sugarcane or beet pulp [255]. Owing to the

Menthyl esterification allows chiral resolution for the synthesis of artificial glutamate analogs

• Kenji Morokuma,
• Shuntaro Tsukamoto,
• Kyosuke Mori,
• Kei Miyako,
• Ryuichi Sakai,
• Raku Irie and
• Masato Oikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 540–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.48

• challenging [15][16], and this was also the case for (rac)-13, since we first obtained the incomplete triene intermediate (rac)-15 as a result of only ring-opening metathesis (ROM) mediated by the Fischer carbene complex [Ru]=CH–OAc [6], generated by the reaction of Zhan catalyst-1B (14) with vinyl acetate

Synthesis of N-perfluoroalkyl-3,4-disubstituted pyrroles by rhodium-catalyzed transannulation of N-fluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with terminal alkynes

• Olga Bakhanovich,
• Viktor Khutorianskyi,
• Vladimir Motornov and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 504–510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.44

• , conveniently prepared by [3 + 2] cycloadditions of terminal alkynes with sulfonyl azides, have been used as the precursors to N-sulfonylindoles by transition-metal-catalyzed transannulation reactions. In the presence of Rh(II) or Ni(0) catalysts the triazole ring-opening takes place and intermediate highly

Unexpected rearrangements and a novel synthesis of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenones from 1,1,1-trifluoroalkanones with aluminium trichloride

• Beatrice Lansbergen,
• Catherine S. Meister and
• Michael C. McLeod

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 404–409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.36

• , followed by a favoured 6-endo-trig cyclisation driven by the 4-methoxy group to form the 6,6-spirocycle 11. The addition of water and subsequent ring-opening would then form the acid 12, which upon elimination of water would then provide the observed acid chloride 13. We wished to also determine whether

Hydrazides in the reaction with hydroxypyrrolines: less nucleophilicity – more diversity

• Dmitrii A. Shabalin,
• Evgeniya E. Ivanova,
• Igor A. Ushakov,
• Elena Yu. Schmidt and
• Boris A. Trofimov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 319–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.29

• ring opening with formation of the linear intermediate C. In comparison with alkyl-, aryl-, and hetarylhydrazines [11] as well as semicarbazide and its derivatives [12], the nucleophilicity of the internal nitrogen atom of hydrazide 2 is significantly reduced. As a result, the interception of the

The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

• Kymbat S. Adekenova,
• Peter B. Wyatt and
• Sergazy M. Adekenov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25

• . It will examine the role of the fluorine substituents in both ring-forming and ring-opening reactions, as well as methods for obtaining difluorocyclopropanes as single enantiomers. Several examples are provided to highlight the biological importance of this class of compounds. Keywords: biological

• -difluorocyclopropanes. First, we discuss the synthetic routes to gem-fluorocyclopropane derivatives. Then, we review the chemical transformations, emphasizing ring-opening reactions. Finally, we survey the biological activity of significant molecules that possess the 1,1-difluorocyclopropane fragment in the structure

• ]. The radical ring-opening polymerization (RROP) provides a synthetic route to fluoropolymers, which are useful materials [91]. The RROP of gem-difluorovinylcyclopropane (90) gave mainly the polymer with an unsymmetrical repeating unit, by the cleavage of the C2–C3 bond in the ring (Scheme 44, path a

Novel library synthesis of 3,4-disubstituted pyridin-2(1H)-ones via cleavage of pyridine-2-oxy-7-azabenzotriazole ethers under ionic hydrogenation conditions at room temperature

• Romain Pierre,
• Anne Brethon,
• Sylvain A. Jacques,
• Aurélie Blond,
• Sandrine Chambon,
• Sandrine Talano,
• Catherine Raffin,
• Branislav Musicki,
• Claire Bouix-Peter,
• Loic Tomas,
• Gilles Ouvry,
• Rémy Morgentin,
• Laurent F. Hennequin and
• Craig S. Harris

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 156–165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.16

• -azabenzotriazole ring to the 7-azabenzotriazoline ring 18 and cleavage of the N–O bond through delocalization of the lone pair at N-2 to liberate 1 and 1H-[1,2,3]triazolo[4,5-b]pyridine as the byproduct. The second pathway occurs through 4 key steps: a) activation of the pyridine in the acidic media; b) ring

• -opening of the triazole moiety through a Dimroth rearrangement process affording 20 (reaction becomes instantly bright red); c) reduction of diazonium species to afford intermediate 21, observed by UV-LC–MS; and finally d) reductive cleavage of the -O–NH- bond, usually carried out under catalytic

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

• -opening reactions (Scheme 11) [58]. The synthesis commenced with the smooth ring opening of the methyl-substituted lactone 90 using lithium bromide, which gave a single trans-cyclobutenyl bromide 91. Then, the bromocyclobutene 91 was submitted to further amide coupling and 4π electrocyclic ring opening to

• contradictions regarding the specific rotation values of inthomycin C and securely assigned the (3R)‑configuration for inthomycin C ((−)-3) [57]. In the synthetic studies towards racemic inthomycin C ((rac)-3), Maulide and co-workers investigated the stereoselective synthesis of halocyclobutenes and their ring

Ultrasound-assisted Strecker synthesis of novel 2-(hetero)aryl-2-(arylamino)acetonitrile derivatives

• Emese Gal,
• Luiza Gaina,
• Hermina Petkes,
• Alexandra Pop,
• Castelia Cristea,
• Gabriel Barta,
• Dan Cristian Vodnar and
• Luminiţa Silaghi-Dumitrescu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2929–2936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.242

• -(amino)cyanocyclopropane derivatives not contaminated by intermediates or ring-opening byproducts [21], whereas the asymmetric Strecker synthesis induced by chiral amines was successfully conducted by sonication in the presence of silica gel [22]. Pursuing our interest in developing environmentally

On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A–C

• Anwei Hou and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2807–2819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.231

• rearrangement leads to p1•+ that further reacts by an inductive ring opening and α-cleavage to q1•+. Another α-fragmentation to r1•+ may be followed by a hydrogen rearrangement to s1•+ and two α-cleavages to t1•+, giving an alternative mechanistic explanation for the fragment ion at m/z = 312 by loss of C8–9

• rearrangement to a2•+ and a hydride shift to b2•+ (Scheme 3A). This hydride migration is in reverse order compared to a similar step along the cationic cyclisation cascade during the biosynthesis of 2 (Scheme S1 in Supporting Information File 1). The subsequent inductive ring opening to c2•+ and α-cleavage of

• inductive ring opening to v2•+, another hydrogen rearrangement to w2•+, and two α-cleavages to x2•+. Another hydrogen rearrangement and elimination of two hydrogen atoms lead to y2•+ which is identical to z1•+ in the fragmentation mechanism for the base peak ion of 1. Fragmentation mechanisms for

Ring-closing metathesis of prochiral oxaenediynes to racemic 4-alkenyl-2-alkynyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyrans

• Viola Kolaříková,
• Markéta Rybáčková,
• Martin Svoboda and
• Jaroslav Kvíčala

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2757–2768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.226

• reactions of unsaturated compounds, e.g., alkene and enyne cross metathesis (CM [1] and EYCM [2][3][4]), alkene and enyne ring-closing metathesis (RCM and RCEYM) [5][6], ring-opening metathetic polymerization (ROMP) [7], etc., the CM and RCM are the most popular in organic synthesis [8]. Furthermore, the

Selective and reversible 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of 6-aryl-1,5-diazabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes with 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-ones under microwave irradiation

• Alexander P. Molchanov,
• Mariia M. Efremova,
• Mariya A. Kryukova and
• Mikhail A. Kuznetsov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2679–2686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.218

• cycloreversion, i.e., under the reaction conditions the adduct 3m may undergo a ring-opening with the liberation of the starting propenone 2f and the new isomeric azomethine imine B. The latter is able to isomerize into pyrazoline 4b or it reacts with propenone 2f leading to adduct 3f (Scheme 4). To prove this

• heterocycles, a mixture of substituted pyrazolines and corresponding pyrazoles was obtained [42], and also for the reaction with arylmethylidenemalononitriles [43]. It was assumed that the expected compounds initially had formed, but under the reaction conditions, they underwent a ring opening with the

Vicinal difluorination as a C=C surrogate: an analog of piperine with enhanced solubility, photostability, and acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity

• Yuvixza Lizarme-Salas,
• Alexandra Daryl Ariawan,
• Ranjala Ratnayake,
• Hendrik Luesch,
• Angela Finch and
• Luke Hunter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2663–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.216

• moiety throughout (Scheme 3). Thus, the α,β-unsaturated ester 15 [25] was carried through a similar sequence to that previously described, i.e., dihydroxylation, cyclic sulfate formation, ring-opening with TBAF (although note the regioselectivity [31]), deoxyfluorination, and deprotection to deliver the

Synthesis of novel fluorinated building blocks via halofluorination and related reactions

• Attila Márió Remete,
• Tamás T. Novák,
• Melinda Nonn,
• Matti Haukka,
• Ferenc Fülöp and
• Loránd Kiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2562–2575, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.208

• process, an alkene reacts with a halogen cation to form a halonium ion, which immediately undergoes ring opening by fluoride to form a vicinal halofluoride (see Scheme 1). The overall result is an anti-addition of the XF moiety (X = Cl, Br, I) across the double bond. Since many nucleophilic fluorine

• is the formation of only a single halonium ion intermediate is possible. According to the Fürst–Plattner rule (ring-opening into a chair conformation is preferred over a twist boat conformation), the formation of the products (rac)-2a,b is expected (Scheme 1). Indeed, halofluorinations of (rac)-1

• the absence of the reagent. It is also worth mentioning that the bromolactone (rac)-17a was surprisingly stable against lactone ring-opening: the compound remained intact after 20 hours of reflux in methanol in the presence of a catalytic amount of H2SO4. Presumably, the halogen cation attacks from

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

• Callum Prentice,
• James Morrisson,
• Andrew D. Smith and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

• catalyst 15 to yield the trimerized products 12 (syn) and 13 (anti) in respectable yields (Scheme 2). The alkene-bridge exchange of 12 (syn) was accomplished by tandem ring-opening and ring-closing metathesis (ROM–RCM) in the presence of Grubbs’ first generation (G-I) catalyst to generate a C3-symmetric

• 27 in a single step. They also pointed out that when ethylene gas was used as an alkene source for the ring-opening step, diluted reaction conditions were necessary to dissolve the ethylene in dichloromethane to avoid polymerization. Therefore, after several experimentations, they noticed that liquid

• Z-oct-4-ene in toluene was found to be a more effective alkene source for the ring-opening reaction in comparison to the gaseous ethylene, as it increases solubility and also improve the lifetime of the catalyst. 2.1 Derivatization at benzylic position As can be inferred from the architecture of

Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

• Thomas Schneider,
• Michael Keim,
• Bianca Seitz and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

• yielding a dihydronaphthalene 16. Formally speaking, 15 results from a [2 + 2] cycloaddition and 16 from a [4 + 2] cycloaddition (Diels–Alder reaction). Under the reaction conditions, cyclobutene 15 undergoes a fast electrocyclic ring opening leading to a butadiene 17, which is finally transformed into 2

• -disubstituted cyclobutene 15d and subsequent conrotatory electrocyclic ring-opening, from which Z(1,2),E(3,4)-configured butadiene intermediate 17d results. The intermediacy of a cyclobutene 15 in the mechanistic scenario of Scheme 5 is corroborated by the isolation of cyclobutene 18 from the reaction of 1a

• with the expected orientation of the cycloaddition. Cis-annelated cyclobutene 18 (1H NMR: 3JH,H = 3.8 Hz for the angular protons) and the iminium-substituted primary cycloadduct are not expected to undergo a fast ring opening under moderate thermal conditions, because the orbital-symmetry-allowed

Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review

• William A. Donaldson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166

• 110. In a fashion similar to that used by Ghosh’s group, the VO(acac)2-catalyzed epoxidation of 110 afforded the spirocyclic oxirane 111. A subsequent ring opening with LiCl gave 112, which was used in the synthesis of thailanstatin B (5). Nicolaou’s route to 111 (9 steps, 29.9% yield) is shorter and

Selective preparation of tetrasubstituted fluoroalkenes by fluorine-directed oxetane ring-opening reactions

• Clément Q. Fontenelle,
• Thibault Thierry,
• Romain Laporte,
• Emmanuel Pfund and
• Thierry Lequeux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1936–1946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.160

• Clement Q. Fontenelle Thibault Thierry Romain Laporte Emmanuel Pfund Thierry Lequeux Normandie Université, Laboratoire de Chimie Moléculaire et Thioorganique LCMT UMR 6507, ENSICAEN, UNICAEN, CNRS, 6 Bd. du Maréchal Juin, 14050 Caen, France 10.3762/bjoc.16.160 Abstract The selective ring-opening

• -opening reaction with bromide ions, even in the presence of bulky substituents. Keywords: acyclonucleotide; fluorine; monofluoroalkene; oxetane; selective ring-opening reaction; tetrasubstituted alkene; Introduction The introduction of fluorine atoms into organic compounds is known to modify their

• envisioned an alternative approach starting from fluoroalkylidene-oxetane derivatives and to the end we have studied the selectivity of the oxetane ring-opening reaction (Figure 3). Results and Discussion The preparation of a series of fluoroalkylidene-oxetanes 1–3 was previously reported from 3-oxetanone

One-pot synthesis of oxazolidinones and five-membered cyclic carbonates from epoxides and chlorosulfonyl isocyanate: theoretical evidence for an asynchronous concerted pathway

• Esra Demir,
• Ozlem Sari,
• Yasin Çetinkaya,
• Ufuk Atmaca,
• Safiye Sağ Erdem and
• Murat Çelik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1805–1819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.148

• pharmaceutical products [15]. Moreover, they are used as electrolyte components in Li-ion rechargeable cells and as aprotic polar solvent with high boiling point as alternative of dangerous solvents because of their good biodegradability and low toxicity [16][17][18]. Synthetic intermediates for ring-opening

• performed. Formation of oxazolidinone 9f There are two possible channels for the cyclization reaction of epoxide 7f with CSI to form oxazolidinone intermediates 10 and 11 as shown in Figure 1. In both transition states it is found that the ring-opening reaction of the epoxide, a nucleophilic attack of N4

• ′ (Figure 2). Therefore, attack by N4 of CSI on the C2 of epoxide is found to be energetically the most favored approach. The epoxide ring opening and formation of the O–C(=O) bond are almost completed before the C–N bond is formed. The changes in bond lengths along the intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC

Synthesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 9V oligosaccharide antigens

• Sharavathi G. Parameswarappa,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1693–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.140

• the β-disaccharide 16 (Scheme 2). A ring-opening reaction followed by subsequent glycosylation of 19 with orthogonally protected thioglucoside 10 gave trisaccharide 21 in moderate yield. To improve the yield, the nucleophilicity of the disaccharide acceptor 19 (Scheme 2) was altered by replacing the

• benzoate esters in 16 by a benzyl ether leading to compound 17. The latter then was converted into the more reactive acceptor 20 via a ring-opening reaction. Glycosylation of 20 with thioglucoside 10 resulted in the desired trisaccharide 22 in almost twice the yield when compared to trisaccharide 21

• was modified into compound 6 via benzylidene ring opening followed by benzoylation of the free C-4 secondary hydroxy group in 27. The disaccharide imidate 29 was synthesized from 6 by anomeric desilylation to afford 28 that was converted to the corresponding imidate in an excellent yield. The final [2

Rearrangement of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehydes: an experimental and computational study

• Csilla Hargitai,
• Györgyi Koványi-Lax,
• Tamás Nagy,
• Péter Ábrányi-Balogh,
• András Dancsó,
• Gábor Tóth,
• Judit Halász,
• Angéla Pandur,
• Gyula Simig and
• Balázs Volk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1636–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.136

• to afford intermediate isoindole 4a [2][3][4][5][6]. Then, the addition of water to the sterically less-hindered site of the latter compound followed by ring opening resulted in the rearranged aldehyde 2a [1]. As regards the formation of dimer-like product 3a, the tendency of pyrrole [7][8], indole

• case of isoindoles is that the attack of water at cation 19 and subsequent ring opening did not happen here. DFT calculations The proposed mechanism of the 1→2 rearrangement (Scheme 4) was investigated in detail by DFT level quantum chemical computations using the Gaussian 09 program package [19

NHC-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxyamides

• Alyn T. Davies,
• Mark D. Greenhalgh,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Andrew D. Smith

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1572–1578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.129

• -aroyloxyaldehydes and trifluoroacetophenones, followed by ring opening with an amine or a reducing agent is described. The resulting β-trifluoromethyl-β-hydroxyamide and alcohol products are produced with reasonable diastereocontrol (typically ≈70:30 dr) and excellent enantioselectivity, and they can be isolated in

• moderate to good yield as a single diastereoisomer. Keywords: enantioselective catalysis; formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition; N-heterocyclic carbene; ring opening; trifluoromethyl group; Introduction The trifluoromethyl unit holds a prominent and privileged position within organic chemistry [1][2][3][4][5][6

• the NHC-catalyzed formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition in THF, a subsequent ring opening step with allylamine was investigated. Although the diastereomeric ratio of the resultant crude reaction mixture was 75:25 after chromatographic purification, as seen by NMR analysis, the corresponding β-trifluoromethyl-β

Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review

• Alessandra Del Tito,
• Havall Othman Abdulla,
• Davide Ravelli,
• Stefano Protti and
• Maurizio Fagnoni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123

• α‐carbonyl radicals was likewise reported [50]. On the contrary, the Mn(acac)3 photocatalyzed ring opening of cyclopropanol 6.2 gave an easy access to a β‐carbonyl radical 6.5·, which in turn added onto 2-biphenyl isocyanide 6.1 to give the corresponding 6-β-ketoalkyl phenanthridine 6.3 in a good

• turn gave intermediate 8.4· upon cyclization onto the methylenecyclopropane double bond. Ring opening of the strained cyclopropyl ring liberated an alkyl radical (in intermediate 8.5·) that readily cyclized onto the adjacent aromatic ring to give 8.6 in a good yield. The oxidation of 8.6 under radical

One-step route to tricyclic fused 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline systems via the Castagnoli–Cushman protocol

• Aleksandar Pashev,
• Nikola Burdzhiev and
• Elena Stanoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1456–1464, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.121

• ring opening. In the case of anhydrides 6 and 7, a 6-exo-trig ring-closure reaction of the tautomer form 30a leads to the observed products 25 and 26, according to the plausible mechanistic suggestion presented in Scheme 7. In the case of compound 27 (X = direct bond), the reaction could be