Aqueous olefin metathesis: recent developments and applications

• Valerio Sabatino and
• Thomas R. Ward

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 445–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.39

• thanks to their tolerance against various functional groups such as amides, alcohols and carboxylic acids. However, one major hurdle for olefin metathesis in chemical biology remains the necessity to perform catalysis under mild conditions in buffered aqueous media. The aqueous ROMP introduced by Grubbs

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• corresponding N-alkyl-nicotinamides. A more reactive 2,3,5-tri-O-acetyl-β-phenyl nicotinate riboside 20 was therefore generated. To limit transesterification and favor amidation, trifluoroethanol was used as solvent instead of methanol, and as a result, amides 21 were prepared in good yields (Scheme 11). In

Reusable and highly enantioselective water-soluble Ru(II)-Amm-Pheox catalyst for intramolecular cyclopropanation of diazo compounds

• Hamada S. A. Mandour,
• Yoko Nakagawa,
• Masaya Tone,
• Hayato Inoue,
• Nansalmaa Otog,
• Ikuhide Fujisawa,
• Soda Chanthamath and
• Seiji Iwasa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 357–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.31

• ][36]. Diazoacetamides, in particular, diazo Weireb amides were tested in our catalytic system because the resulting cyclopropane products can be easily converted into the corresponding aldehydes, ketones, and alcohols [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]. Results and Discussion Asymmetric

• ). These results encouraged us to explore the asymmetric intramolecular cyclopropanation of diazo Weinreb amides in a biphasic medium. Asymmetric cyclopropanation using diazo Weinreb amide with Ru(II)-Amm-Pheox Ru(II)-Pheox (cat. 1) was slightly soluble in water, and afforded only a 53% yield of product in

Synthesis of nonracemic hydroxyglutamic acids

• Dorota G. Piotrowska,
• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Liwia Lubowiecka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22

• [(2S,4S)-3] was found in several plants, e.g., Phlox decussata [29] and other Phlox species [30], as well as in Linaria vulgaris [31]. It has also been discovered in mammalian cells as an intermediate in the degradation of hydroxyproline [32][33]. Its various amides have been identified in numerous

Selective ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cyclobutenes. Unsymmetrical ladderphane containing polycyclobutene and polynorbornene strands

• Yuan-Zhen Ke,
• Shou-Ling Huang,
• Guoqiao Lai and
• Tien-Yau Luh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 44–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.4

• linker is because the ester group could be selectively hydrolyzed in the presence of amides. This selectivity will be helpful for the structural elucidation of polymer 8. Thus, 10b was allowed to react with 11 to afford amide-alcohol 12 in 79% yield. Esterification of 12 with 13b furnished 70% yield of

Synthesis of unnatural α-amino esters using ethyl nitroacetate and condensation or cycloaddition reactions

• Glwadys Gagnot,
• Vincent Hervin,
• Eloi P. Coutant,
• Sarah Desmons,
• Racha Baatallah,
• Victor Monnot and
• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2846–2852, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.263

• function of 16, followed by its coupling with glycine or phenylalanine ethyl esters (respectively 20a and 20b) using 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethylaminium tetrafluoroborate (TBTU) as a coupling agent to give the corresponding amides 21a,b. The isoxazole ring of these compounds was then

Synthesis of functionalised β-keto amides by aminoacylation/domino fragmentation of β-enamino amides

• Pavel Yanev and
• Plamen Angelov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2602–2606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.238

• Pavel Yanev Plamen Angelov Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria 10.3762/bjoc.14.238 Abstract Ethylenediamine-derived β-enamino amides are used as equivalents of amide enolate synthons in C-acylation reactions with N

• -protected amino acids. Domino fragmentation of the obtained intermediates leads to functionalised β-keto amides, bearing a protected amino group in their side chain. Keywords: amino acids; C-acylation; domino reaction; enamines; enaminones; keto amides; retro-Mannich; Introduction The acylation of amide

• enolates is one of the main synthetic approaches towards β-keto amides and has found numerous applications [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]. However, while the generation of tertiary amide enolates is straightforward, this is not the case with secondary and primary amides. The NH acidity of the latter compounds

Learning from B₁₂ enzymes: biomimetic and bioinspired catalysts for eco-friendly organic synthesis

• Keishiro Tahara,
• Ling Pan,
• Toshikazu Ono and
• Yoshio Hisaeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2553–2567, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.232

• terms of both catalytic activity and visible-light harvesting. In relation to the reactivity of 1 with DDT, interesting reactions of trichlorinated organic compounds have recently been investigated [100][114]. The B12-TiO2 hybrid catalyst converted trichlorinated organic compounds into esters and amides

• of the esters and amides. The aerobic electrolysis of trichlorinated organic compounds was also mediated by 1 to yield esters and amides [114]. These reactions are important in terms of fine chemical production from trichlorinated organic compounds through easy operations (i.e., in air at room

Synthesis of dihydroquinazolines from 2-aminobenzylamine: N³-aryl derivatives with electron-withdrawing groups

• Nadia Gruber,
• Jimena E. Díaz and
• Liliana R. Orelli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2510–2519, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.227

• primary and secondary amines [98]. On the other hand, it is known that N-unsubstituted amides react with PPSE affording nitriles [99]. In this context, the cyclodehydration of N-monosubstituted amides 3 could in principle involve an initial PPSE-mediated elimination generating a reactive nitrilium ion in

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• functionalization. Of these reactions, alkylation, alkenation, amidation, and cyclization of arenes with the relevant coupling partners are an economical and straightforward approach for the synthesis of diverse alkyls, alkenes, amides and cyclic compounds. A simple addition of a “inert” C–H bond to multiple bonds

• As alkynes efficiently participated in low-valent cobalt-catalyzed hydroarylations (section 1.1), Nakamura and co-workers developed an analogous hydroarylation reaction of alkenes [39]. Thus, the reaction of amides 23 with alkenes in the presence of 10 mol % Co(acac)3, 1.5 equiv CyMgCl, and 6.0 equiv

• , Whiteoak’s group reported a cobalt-catalyzed hydroarylation of terminal alkenes with amides 39 [78]. The reaction of vinyl ketones with amides provided alkylated product 40, whereas acrolein resulted in biologically useful azepinones in good yields (Scheme 26b). N-Pyrimidylindole is a highly reactive arene

A general and atom-efficient continuous-flow approach to prepare amines, amides and imines via reactive N-chloramines

• Katherine E. Jolley,
• Michael R. Chapman and
• A. John Blacker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2220–2228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.196

• afford amides. Primary and secondary imines were produced under continuous conditions from the reaction of N-chloramines with base, with one example subsequently reduced under asymmetric conditions to produce a chiral amine in 94% ee. Keywords: continuous flow; CSTR; N-chloramine; synthetic methods

• reagents can be used as electrophilic or radical amination agents in a wide range of reactions [14]. In the present study, we opted to evaluate the addition of N-alkyl-N-chloramines with (a) alkenes to produce amines, (b) aldehydes to give amides, (c) reaction with a base to afford imines. Several alkenes

• ][33]. Improved methods for the formation of amides remain an important goal for the pharma industry. In this regard, the reaction of N-chloramine with aldehydes, t-BuO2H and iron or copper catalysts to give secondary and tertiary amides was reported in batch recently [33][34], though safety concerns

Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry

• Michael K. Bogdos,
• Emmanuel Pinard and
• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179

• Peptide-type linkages Medicinal chemists often draw inspiration from nature for the design of their molecules. With the exception of certain natural products, most naturally occurring biologically active molecules contain amides. The formation of the amide functional group is the most utilised reaction in

• medicinal chemistry. This is a reflection of the tendency of synthetic bioactive molecules to exhibit peptidomimetic properties. Though there is a vast number of procedures that generate amide bonds, an interesting approach is taken by Leow, who has demonstrated the synthesis of amides through the oxidative

• environmentally benign process, when compared to traditionally used amide coupling methods where acid activating agents are needed, e.g., HATU or DCC, as the only byproduct is water. Only arylaldehydes can be converted into amides and all but one of the examples of the amines used are secondary cyclic amines

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

• illustrated in Scheme 1, the preparation starts from the related anilines 1 which were acylated with 3-bromopropionyl chloride (2) to afford amides 3. Upon basic treatment with t-BuONa, the amides 3 were converted to the cyclized β-propiolactams 4. In the presence of triflic acid, the Fries rearrangement

Recent advances in hypervalent iodine(III)-catalyzed functionalization of alkenes

• Xiang Li,
• Pinhong Chen and
• Guosheng Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1813–1825, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.154

• result was obtained by replacing PhI(OAc)2 with PhI. In addition, phosphates were suitable nucleophiles in this reaction, giving phosphoryloxylactones in good yields [44]. A similar catalytic cyclization of unsaturated amides leading to oxazolines and dihydrooxazines was developed, in which Selectfluor

Synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents

• Fateh V. Singh,
• Priyanka B. Kole,
• Saeesh R. Mangaonkar and
• Samata E. Shetgaonkar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1778–1805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.152

•  24). Additionally, trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) was used as an additive in the reaction. In 2015, Wang’s group [97] reported an iodine(III)-mediated approach for the intermolecular spirocyclization of amides 72 with sulfonylhydrazides 73 to spirolactams 75. In this method, functionalized amides 72

• groups. The structure of 75 was confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. 3.2. Using hypervalent iodine reagents as catalysts In 2007, Kita and co-workers [98] investigated the first iodoarene-catalyzed spirocyclization of functionalized amides 76 to spirocyclic systems 77 by carbon–nitrogen

• iodine(III) species by the oxidation of iodotoluene 33 in the presence of mCPBA. In 2010, Zhu’s research group [99] achieved a Pd-catalyzed synthesis of spirolactams 80 by the cyclization of functionalized amides 78 using 10 mol % PdCl2 (79) in presence of PhI(OAc)2 (15) in acetonitrile solvent at 80 °C

An amine protecting group deprotectable under nearly neutral oxidative conditions

• Shahien Shahsavari,
• Chase McNamara,
• Mark Sylvester,
• Emily Bromley,
• Savannah Joslin,
• Bao-Yuan Lu and
• Shiyue Fang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1750–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.149

• , the dM-Dmoc group is expected to be more stable under nucleophilic conditions, which will allow many transformations including base hydrolysis of esters and amides, hydride reduction of carbonyl compounds, and a wide range of nucleophilic substitution reactions to be carried out without losing the

DFT calculations on the mechanism of copper-catalysed tandem arylation–cyclisation reactions of alkynes and diaryliodonium salts

• Tamás Károly Stenczel,
• Ádám Sinai,
• Zoltán Novák and
• András Stirling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1743–1749, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.148

• explain our computational strategy and discuss the possible reaction paths leading to the formation of 5-(diphenylmethylene)-4,5-dihydrooxazole in the reaction of propargylic amides and diaryliodonium salts in the presence of a Cu(I) catalyst. This is a simplified model of the original reaction scheme [44

Design, synthesis and structure of novel G-2 melamine-based dendrimers incorporating 4-(n-octyloxy)aniline as a peripheral unit

• Cristina Morar,
• Pedro Lameiras,
• Attila Bende,
• Gabriel Katona,
• Emese Gál and
• Mircea Darabantu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1704–1722, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.145

• amides [64], no such vicinal effect created by a quaternary EWG of type >Nsp3H2+ [63] was detected in the piperazine P-1 linker of compounds 7b, 8 and 9, even in the case of the strongest proton donor, the trimesic acid (pKa = 3.12, 3.89 and 4.70). In addition, only in G-1 amino-dendron D-N

  NH the 1H

Visible light-mediated difluoroalkylation of electron-deficient alkenes

• Vyacheslav I. Supranovich,
• Vitalij V. Levin,
• Marina I. Struchkova,
• Jinbo Hu and
• Alexander D. Dilman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1637–1641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.139

• were coupled with alkenes 2 (Figure 1). Esters and amides of acrylic acid, acrylonitrile, and vinyl phosphonate used in a small excess (1.2 equiv) were successfully fluoroalkylated. For vinyl(phenyl)sulfone, significant amounts of hydrodeiodination product RfH was formed, likely because of the

Metal-free formal synthesis of phenoxazine

• Gabriella Kervefors,
• Antonia Becker,
• Chandan Dey and
• Berit Olofsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1491–1497, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.126

• a symmetric iodonium salt (R = 2-NHAc). In route B, the challenge would instead be the synthesis of iodonium salt 7, as the iodo substituent might be prone to oxidation. Furthermore, selective O-arylation in the presence of an amide moiety could be challenging, as N-arylation of amides with

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• sodium cation plays an important role in making the sodium enolate soluble in organic phase and this leads to enantiofacial differentiation in the transition state [39]. Just recently, Neri et al. utilized the cation recognition abilities of calixarene-amides in phase-transfer catalysis [40]. Seven

• chiral calix[4]arene derivatives 9–15 (Figure 2) bearing secondary amides at lower rim have been designed as catalysts and employed in the asymmetric alkylation of N-(diphenylmethylene)glycine esters. Among them, α-methylbenzylamine-derived calixarene-methoxy-triamide 12 afforded the (R)-benzylated

• achieve reusable catalysts for batch and continuous-flow studies. Inherently chiral calix[4]arene-based phase-transfer catalysts. Calix[4]arene-amides used as phase-transfer catalysts. Proposed transition state model of asymmetric Henry reaction. Structure of inherently chiral oxazoline calix[4]arenes

A survey of chiral hypervalent iodine reagents in asymmetric synthesis

• Soumen Ghosh,
• Suman Pradhan and
• Indranil Chatterjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1244–1262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.107

• could be achieved even by using a 50 mol % catalyst loading. A nucleophilic attack of the fluoride ion to the intermediate 104 or a possible ligand coupling pathway via 105 could justify the product formation (Scheme 23). Waser et al. developed an asymmetric alkynylation of β-ketoesters and amides 107

• oxylation of ketones reported by Masson et al. α-Fluorination of β-keto esters. Alkynylation of β-ketoesters and amides catalyzed by phase-transfer catalyst. Alkynylation of β-ketoesters and dearomative alkynylation of phenols. Acknowledgements The authors highly acknowledge the financial assistance

London dispersion as important factor for the stabilization of (Z)-azobenzenes in the presence of hydrogen bonding

• Andreas H. Heindl,
• Raffael C. Wende and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1238–1243, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.106

• than LD interactions and are mainly responsible for the observed stabilization effects, which is also represented as a blue surface in the NCI plot of (R,S)-4 c1. Furthermore, it is known that amides form stronger hydrogen bonds than carbamates and the strength also depends on the steric bulk of the

An overview of recent advances in duplex DNA recognition by small molecules

• Sayantan Bhaduri,
• Nihar Ranjan and
• Dev P. Arya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1051–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.93

• bonding interaction between the groove floor base pairs and the amides and electrostatic stabilizing interactions between the protonated amines under physiological pH and negatively charged phosphate backbone as reported by NMR and crystallographic studies [32][33][34][35][36]. These molecules were shown

• lipophilicity [53]. These structural analogs comprise of branched N-alkyl- and N-cycloalkylpyrroles to test the conformational flexibility towards DNA binding. Hydrophobic N-terminal amides and substituted thiazole replacing pyrrole were installed in order to impart more lipophilicity. All these compounds were

Preparation, structure, and reactivity of bicyclic benziodazole: a new hypervalent iodine heterocycle

• Akira Yoshimura,
• Michael T. Shea,
• Cody L. Makitalo,
• Melissa E. Jarvi,
• Gregory T. Rohde,
• Akio Saito,
• Mekhman S. Yusubov and
• Viktor V. Zhdankin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1016–1020, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.87

• is a very stable compound with good solubility in common organic solvents. This compound can be used as an efficient reagent for oxidatively assisted coupling of carboxylic acids with alcohols or amines to afford the corresponding esters or amides in moderate yields. Keywords: benziodazole

• preparation of several bicyclic benziodoxoles 3 starting from 2-iodoisophthalic acid (2, Scheme 1b). These bicyclic benziodoxoles 3 can be used as efficient coupling reagents for the direct condensation reaction between carboxylic acids and alcohols or amines to provide esters, macrocyclic lactones, or amides

• reactions. Previously, Zhang and co-workers reported the reactions of carboxylic acids with alcohols or amines in the presence of stoichiometric amounts of iodosodilactones 3 forming the corresponding esters or amides in moderate to good yields via an oxidatively assisted coupling reaction [23][24][25]. We