The rapid generation of isothiocyanates in flow

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1613–1619, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.184

• which has received less attention are isothiocyanates. These species are widely utilised as valuable starting materials for many thiourea-based organocatalysts [24][25][26], numerous heterocyclic entities [27][28][29] as well as important entry points towards other key functional groups such as

• ], both reagents causing safety concerns due to the formation of toxic, malodorous and/or extremely corrosive byproducts (Scheme 1a). An underutilised alternative sequence is the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between a nitrile oxide and a thiourea compound which initially generates an unstable 1,4,2

• weak base and a functionalised thiourea) placed as a 1:1-mixture within a single glass reactor cartridge (Scheme 2). The immobilised base affects the in situ formation of the reactive nitrile oxide from the chloroxime which is immediately captured by the local tethered thiocarbonyl dipolarophile

A reductive coupling strategy towards ripostatin A

• Kristin D. Schleicher and
• Timothy F. Jamison

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1533–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.175

• a small amount of THF to dissolve the starting material). The oxy-Michael addition with chiral thiourea and phenylboronic acid proceeded to give a single diastereomer; however, after 48 h at 50 °C, only 17% of the syn diol was formed, and 56% of the starting material was re-isolated. Under the

• carry out the reaction with diisopropylamine as a substitute for the thiourea catalyst. This modification afforded both the syn and anti diols in roughly a 1:1 ratio and a combined yield of 40–45%, albeit without recovery of starting material. The syn and anti diastereomers could be separated by

Structures of the reaction products of the AZADO radical with TCNQF₄ or thiourea

• Hideto Suzuki,
• Yuta Kawahara,
• Hiroki Akutsu,
• Jun-ichi Yamada and
• Shin’ichi Nakatsuji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1487–1491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.169

• reaction of AZADO (2-azaadamantane N-oxyl) with TCNQF4 (2,3,5,6-tetrafluoro-7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane), the reaction of AZADO with thiourea provided an inclusion compound, in which AZADO molecules are incorporated in cylindrical channels formed by thiourea molecules. Keywords: adduct; inclusion

• compound; nitroxide radical; TCNQF4; thiourea; Introduction TEMPO radical (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-N-oxyl) (1) is a typical nitroxide radical and is persistent because of the steric hindrance of the four neighboring methyl groups of the NO moiety protecting it from attack by various reagents

• acceptor. Moreover, we tried to prepare a supramolecule from 2 with thiourea (4), as structurally similar 1-bromoadamantane was reported to form an intriguing inclusion compound with thiouea [9]. There are some reported examples of inclusion compounds derived from TEMPO and related nitroxide radicals with

Thiourea-catalyzed Diels–Alder reaction of a naphthoquinone monoketal dienophile

• Carsten S. Kramer and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1414–1418, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.158

• -Leopoldshafen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.9.158 Abstract A variety of organocatalysts were screened for the catalysis of the naphthoquinone monoketal Diels–Alder reaction. In this study we found that Schreiner's thiourea catalyst 10 and Jacobson's thiourea catalyst 12 facilitate the cycloaddition of the sterically

• hindered naphthoquinone monoketal dienophile 3 with diene 4. The use of thiourea catalysis allowed for the first time the highly selective synthesis of the exo-product 2a in up to 63% yield. In this reaction a new quaternary center was built. The so formed cycloaddition product 2a represents the ABC

• tricycle of beticolin 0 (1) and is also a valuable model substrate for the total synthesis of related natural products. Keywords: beticolin 0; Diels–Alder reaction; natural product; organocatalysis; thiourea catalysis; total synthesis; Introduction In the past few years, many different types of

Camera-enabled techniques for organic synthesis

• Steven V. Ley,
• Richard J. Ingham,
• Matthew O’Brien and
• Duncan L. Browne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1051–1072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.118

• from purple to brown (d). (a) Ozonolysis of a series of alkenes using ozone in a bottle-reactor; (b) Glaser–Hay coupling using oxygen gas in the second-generation reactor. Cartridges containing polymer supported (PS) reagents are used to scavenge residual reagents: thiourea (TU) sequesters copper, and

Appel-reagent-mediated transformation of glycosyl hemiacetal derivatives into thioglycosides and glycosyl thiols

• Tamashree Ghosh,
• Abhishek Santra and
• Anup Kumar Misra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 974–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.112

• halide or acetate with thiourea or thioacetate and hydrolysis of the resulting intermediates [26][27]; (b) reaction of hydrogen sulfide gas with glycosyl halides in hydrogen fluoride [39]; (c) treatment of the glycosyl hemiacetal derivatives with Lawesson’s reagent [40] and (d) treatment of 1,6-anhydro

A facile, rapid, one-pot regio/stereoselective synthesis of 2-iminothiazolidin-4-ones under solvent/scavenger-free conditions

• Murugan Sathishkumar,
• Sangaraiah Nagarajan,
• Poovan Shanmugavelan,
• Murugan Dinesh and
• Alagusundaram Ponnuswamy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 689–697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.78

• the formation of the carboxylate anion of one the starting materials viz. chloroacetic acid or the thiourea-chloroacetic acid coupled product. This may retard the direct amine–carboxylic acid coupling, thus decreasing the yield of the product. In view of the above perception, the solvent-free protocol

• expected thiourea. Having established the new protocol for the synthesis of 2-iminothiazolidin-4-ones, the method was extended to the rapid synthesis of a library of thiazolidinone derivatives (Table 4). Further, it is pertinent to mention here the interesting regio/stereoselectivity noted in the synthesis

Efficient Cu-catalyzed base-free C–S coupling under conventional and microwave heating. A simple access to S-heterocycles and sulfides

• Silvia M. Soria-Castro and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 467–475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.50

• consequence, the development of new methodologies for CAr–S bond formation still represents a challenge in organic chemistry (Figure 1). Nucleophilic substitution of aryl halides by a variety of sulfur anions, such as PhS−, 1-naphthylS−, S2−, thiourea anion (−SCNH(NH2)), thioacetate anion (MeCOS−) and

Spin state switching in iron coordination compounds

• Philipp Gütlich,
• Ana B. Gaspar and
• Yann Garcia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 342–391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.39

Reactions of salicylaldehyde and enolates or their equivalents: versatile synthetic routes to chromane derivatives

• Ishmael B. Masesane and
• Zelalem Yibralign Desta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2166–2175, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.244

• 27. Although Shanti and co-workers used a chiral catalyst, no data was provided on the stereoselectivity of this reaction. In a study related to that of Shanti and co-workers, Yang and co-workers used chiral amine-thiourea catalyst 31 in a three-component enantioselective reaction of salicylaldehyde

Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A sustainable approach

• Pankaj Chauhan and
• Swapandeep Singh Chimni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2132–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.240

• grinding and liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) have been applied to the synthesis of mono- and bis(thiourea)s in quantitative yield by using the click coupling of aromatic or aliphatic diamines with aromatic isothiocyanates (Scheme 9) [54]. The mechanochemically prepared chiral molecules were applied as

• organocatalysts in an enantioselective MBH reaction and as cyanide ion sensors in organic solvents. Chiral bis-thiourea XI catalyses the MBH reaction of benzaldehyde (2b) and 2-cyclohexen-1-one (15) to provide MBH adduct 16 in 70% yield and 24% ee under neat grinding and LAG. Anhydride ring opening The

• Michael reaction assisted by pestle and mortar grinding. C-2 symmetric thiourea catalysed enantioselective MBH reaction. Quinine-catalysed ring opening of meso-anhydride by ball-milling. Ball-milling-assisted (A) synthesis of glycine schiff bases and (B) their organocatalytic asymmetric alkylation

Chemical modification allows phallotoxins and amatoxins to be used as tools in cell biology

• Jan Anderl,
• Hartmut Echner and
• Heinz Faulstich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2072–2084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.233

• , by a factor of >100. Linked by a thiourea moiety, as in compound 3, the fluorescent moiety is not cleaved inside the cell, as concluded from the observation that this phalloidin derivative still decorates filaments in the cell. This property of rhodamine-labeled phalloidin seems useful as a tool for

Organocatalytic tandem Michael addition reactions: A powerful access to the enantioselective synthesis of functionalized chromenes, thiochromenes and 1,2-dihydroquinolines

• Chittaranjan Bhanja,
• Satyaban Jena,
• Sabita Nayak and
• Seetaram Mohapatra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1668–1694, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.191

• poor enantioselectivity (5–17% ee) (Scheme 16). Very recently, Schreiner et al. [63] reported a bifunctional thiourea XXXIb catalyzed tandem reaction of salicyl-N-tosylimines 33 with nitroolefins 27 in toluene at room temperature for the synthesis of nitrochromenes 28, which resulted in poor yield and

• pyrrolidine derivatives XIV (Scheme 20). In 2007 Wang et al. [67] presented a hydrogen-bond-mediated catalysis in order to perform highly enantio- and diastereoselective tandem Michael–aldol reactions for the synthesis of thiochromene derivatives. In a very low catalyst loading (<1 mol %) of hybrid thiourea

• bioactive succinimide-containing benzothiochromenes by condensation of 2-mercaptobenzaldehydes 34 with maleimides 42 catalyzed by a bifunctional chiral amine thiourea XXXVII. Mechanistically, the reaction proceeded through a hydrogen-bond-mediated activation mechanism by using 1 mol % catalyst loading

Synthesis and evaluation of new guanidine-thiourea organocatalyst for the nitro-Michael reaction: Theoretical studies on mechanism and enantioselectivity

• Tatyana E. Shubina,
• Matthias Freund,
• Sebastian Schenker,
• Timothy Clark and
• Svetlana B. Tsogoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1485–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.168

• Organic Chemistry I, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Henkestraße 42, 91054, Erlangen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.8.168 Abstract A new guanidine-thiourea organocatalyst has been developed and applied as bifunctional organocatalyst in the Michael addition reaction of diethyl malonate to trans-β-nitrostyrene

• . Extensive DFT calculations, including solvent effects and dispersion corrections, as well as ab initio calculations provide a plausible description of the reaction mechanism. Keywords: bifunctional organocatalyst; DFT calculations; guanidine-thiourea; Michael addition; organocatalysis; transition states

• ; Introduction In recent years bifunctional compounds have found frequent applications as organocatalysts in modern synthetic organic chemistry [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Over the past decade, different catalytic methodologies have been reported that use chiral thiourea-based bifunctional molecules [9][10][11][12

Organocatalytic asymmetric addition of malonates to unsaturated 1,4-diketones

• Sergei Žari,
• Tiiu Kailas,
• Marina Kudrjashova,
• Mario Öeren,
• Ivar Järving,
• Toomas Tamm,
• Margus Lopp and
• Tõnis Kanger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1452–1457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.165

• unsaturated 1,4-diketones catalyzed by thiourea and squaramide derivatives with Cinchona alkaloids afforded the formation of a new C–C bond in high yields (up to 98%) and enantiomeric purities (up to 93%). The absolute configuration of the product was suggested from comparison of the experimental and

• calculated VCD spectra of the reaction product 3a. Keywords: Michael addition; non-covalent catalysis; organocatalysis; squaramide; thiourea; Introduction The asymmetric 1,4-conjugated addition (Michael reaction) of C-nucleophiles to enones is a powerful tool for obtaining a significant variety of

• bicyclic guanidines [7][9][12]. Xiao et al. reported the addition of nitroalkanes to 4-oxo-enoates, using chiral urea derivatives [7]. Miura et al. achieved an asymmetric addition of α,α-disubstituted aldehydes to maleimides catalyzed by primary amine thiourea organocatalyst [13]. Wang et al. reported the

Synthesis of chiral sulfoximine-based thioureas and their application in asymmetric organocatalysis

• Marcus Frings,
• Isabelle Thomé and
• Carsten Bolm

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.164

• Marcus Frings Isabelle Thome Carsten Bolm Institut für Organische Chemie, Landoltweg 1, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.8.164 Abstract For the first time, chiral sulfoximine derivatives have been applied as asymmetric organocatalysts. In combination with a thiourea-type

• backbone the sulfonimidoyl moiety leads to organocatalysts showing good reactivity in the catalytic desymmetrization of a cyclic meso-anhydride and moderate enantioselectivity in the catalytic asymmetric Biginelli reaction. Straightforward synthetic routes provide the newly designed thiourea-sulfoximine

• reactions in a highly enantioselective manner has no end in sight. In this context, thiourea-based organocatalysts have caught significant attention due to their ability to activate substrates through hydrogen-bonding [42][43][44][45][46][47]. Usually, these chiral thioureas are classified into several

Cation affinity numbers of Lewis bases

• Christoph Lindner,
• Raman Tandon,
• Boris Maryasin,
• Evgeny Larionov and
• Hendrik Zipse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1406–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.163

• pivaloylamido group (α, β, γ). The resulting MCA values vary by about 18 kJ/mol. Besides these amide-containing phosphanes (thio-)urea-containing phosphanes were also investigated. They possess lower MCA values than the previously discussed ones. In general, the ‘thiourea-phosphanes’ (258, 263) show even lower

Highly enantioselective access to cannabinoid-type tricyles by organocatalytic Diels–Alder reactions

• Stefan Bräse,
• Nicole Volz,
• Franziska Gläser and
• Martin Nieger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1385–1392, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.160

• that other groups have used thiourea-derivatives as successful catalysts [32], we decided to test, on a model system, whether these catalysts could increase the reaction rate based on specific hydrogen bonds. In our initial screening we used the proven Schreiner catalyst 1,3-bis(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl

• )phenyl)thiourea, which gave a satisfying 60% yield. In order to optimize the yield and to introduce chiral elements, we screened a number of analogues. These thiourea catalysts 9a–l were easy to obtain from the corresponding isothiocyanates 7a,b and chiral amines 8a–f in a one-step synthesis (Scheme 1

• from 68% to 99% depending on the substitution of the thiourea-catalyst 9a–l (Table 2). When the substitution of the various thioureas 9a–l is further compared with the obtained yields in the Diels–Alder reaction (Table 2), the following tendencies are also observed. A noticeable fact is that, in

Restructuring polymers via nanoconfinement and subsequent release

• Alan E. Tonelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1318–1332, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.151

• coalesced bulk polymer sample. This process is illustrated in Figure 1, in which the cyclic starches, cyclodextrins (CDs), are the host molecules used to form ICs with guest polymers [1][2]. In polymer ICs formed with CDs and other small-molecule hosts, such as urea, thiourea, cyclotriphosphazenes, and

Asymmetric organocatalytic decarboxylative Mannich reaction using β-keto acids: A new protocol for the synthesis of chiral β-amino ketones

• Chunhui Jiang,
• Fangrui Zhong and
• Yixin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1279–1283, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.144

• , catalyzed by cinchonine-derived bifunctional thiourea catalyst has been described. The desired β-amino ketones were obtained in excellent yields and with moderate to good enantioselectivities. Keywords: decarboxylative addition; β-keto acid; Mannich reaction; organocatalysis; Introduction Chiral β-amino

• , entry 1). Quinine-derived sulfonamide [40], β-isocupreidine (β-ICD) [41][42] and biscinchona alkaloid (DHQ)2AQN were all found to be poor catalysts (Table 1, entries 2–4). On the other hand, cinchona alkaloid derived bifunctional thiourea tertiary amine catalysts afforded much improved results (Table 1

• , entries 5–7). Among them, the cinchonine based thiourea C-1 turned out to be the best catalyst, and the Mannich product was isolated with 58% ee (Table 1, entry 7). In addition, we also examined several other bifunctional catalysts based on amino acids [43][44], including threonine derived Thr-1 [45], and

Synthesis of 4” manipulated Lewis X trisaccharide analogues

• Christopher J. Moore and
• France-Isabelle Auzanneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1134–1143, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.126

• intermediates 26–28 is described in Scheme 2. First, acceptors 23–25 were prepared in good yields through the selective removal of the chloroacetate (thiourea) in disaccharides 20–22. Fucosylation of acceptor 23 with ethylthioglycoside 12 was first attempted under NIS and TMSOTf activation at low temperature

Combined bead polymerization and Cinchona organocatalyst immobilization by thiol–ene addition

• Kim A. Fredriksen,
• Tor E. Kristensen and
• Tore Hansen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1126–1133, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.125

• 4–9, thereby adjusting the degree of cross-linking. As for the Cinchona organocatalysts, we wanted to incorporate either unmodified quinine (1), the primary amine organocatalyst 2, or thiourea organocatalyst 3 into the thiol–ene network (Figure 1). While quinine is available directly, primary amine

• organocatalyst 2 was prepared from quinine, via the azide, in a two-step sequence by using the Bose–Mitsunobu reaction followed by Staudinger reduction, as described by others [15]. Thiourea Cinchona organocatalyst 3 was easily obtained from catalyst 2 by reaction with the appropriate aromatic isothiocyanate [15

• supported thiourea catalyst 12 in the Michael addition of thiophenol and cyclohex-2-enone [17], a transformation known to be very efficiently catalysed by the free thiourea catalyst 3 (Table 3) [19][20]. The immobilized catalyst 12 proved highly active (the uncatalysed reaction is very slow), rapidly giving

Chiral multifunctional thiourea-phosphine catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with maleimides

• Hong-Ping Deng,
• De Wang,
• Yin Wei and
• Min Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1098–1104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.121

• of Chemistry & Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, and 130 MeiLong Road, Shanghai 200237, People’s Republic of China 10.3762/bjoc.8.121 Abstract We have developed a multifunctional thiourea-phosphine catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman

• previous literature. Keywords: asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation; maleimides; Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates; multifunctional thiourea-phosphine; organocatalysis; Introduction Highly functionalized cyclopentene derivatives are important subunits in a variety of biologically active molecules and have

• intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition of MBH carbonates with methyleneindolinones to afford the corresponding spirocyclopentaneoxindoles in good yields and high ee values in 2011 [49]. Moreover, Lu and co-workers have recently explored a series of thiourea-phosphine catalysts derived from L-threonine, which are

Two-directional synthesis as a tool for diversity-oriented synthesis: Synthesis of alkaloid scaffolds

• Kieron M. G. O’Connell,
• Monica Díaz-Gavilán,
• Warren R. J. D. Galloway and
• David R. Spring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 850–860, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.95

• chloroacetamide with thiourea gave the free amine [21], which was then protected with Boc anhydride. Finally, cross metathesis with ethyl acrylate furnished the desired compound 4 in 24% overall yield. Cyclisation reactions The first attempts at the tandem Boc-deprotection/bicyclisation of these substrates were

Enantioselective Michael addition of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones to nitroalkenes catalyzed by binaphthyl-derived organocatalysts

• Saet Byeol Woo and
• Dae Young Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 699–704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.78

• addition. This reaction exhibited good yield and high enantioselectivity (89% ee, Table 1, entry 1). In order to enhance the enantioselectivity, other bifunctional organocatalysts II–VIII were evaluated in the model reaction (Table 1, entries 2–8). The quinine-derived thiourea catalyst II was less

• the desired product 3a with high enantioselectivity (97%, Table 1, entry 3), whereas the diastereomeric catalyst VII afforded product 3a in lower enantioselectivity (78% ee, Table 1, entry 7). These results demonstrate that the central and axial chiral elements in the chiral amine-thiourea catalyst

• (97% ee, Table 2, entry 11). In conclusion, we have developed a highly efficient catalytic, enantioselective Michael addition of 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone to nitroalkenes using a binaphthyl-derived tertiary amine-thiourea organocatalyst. The various types of nitroalkylated naphthoquinone