Stereo- and regioselective hydroboration of 1-exo-methylene pyranoses: discovery of aryltriazolylmethyl C-galactopyranosides as selective galectin-1 inhibitors

• Alexander Dahlqvist,
• Axel Furevi,
• Niklas Warlin,
• Hakon Leffler and
• Ulf J. Nilsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1046–1060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.102

• the anomeric position of the minimal D-galactose ligand allows for an additional affinity-enhancing hydrogen bond according to structural and affinity analyses [20][21]. A complementary strategy has been to, instead of a second saccharide unit, add non-natural structural elements to a monogalactoside

Catalytic asymmetric oxo-Diels–Alder reactions with chiral atropisomeric biphenyl diols

• Chi-Tung Yeung,
• Wesley Ting Kwok Chan,
• Wai-Sum Lo,
• Ga-Lai Law and
• Wing-Tak Wong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 955–962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.92

• : asymmetric organocatalysis; axial chirality; biaryls; hydrogen bond; oxo-Diels–Alder reaction; Introduction The Diels–Alder (DA) reaction is a useful and easy-to-perform method for the synthesis of six-membered rings through the direct formation of C–C bonds between a diene and a dienophile (a substituted

• hydrogen bonding organocatalyst for the reaction between 1-dimethylamino-3-tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (Rawal’s diene) and aldehydes with excellent enantioselectivities (aromatic aldehyde: up to 86–98% ee) in 2003 [27]. Activation via a single-point hydrogen bond between one of the hydroxy

• other biphenyl hybrid diols with different steric bulky substituents were incorporated (3 and 4). Since it is known that the catalyst acidity has significant influence on hydrogen-bond-catalyzed reactions [32], we also incorporated a CF3 group in our molecular scaffold to investigate how it would affect

Halogen bonding and host–guest chemistry between N-alkylammonium resorcinarene halides, diiodoperfluorobutane and neutral guests

• Fangfang Pan,
• Mohadeseh Dashti,
• Michael R. Reynolds,
• Kari Rissanen,
• John F. Trant and
• Ngong Kodiah Beyeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 947–954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.91

• inclusion guest (1,4-dioxane), the lattice solvent molecules, regardless of their polarity, insert between two N-hexyl arms using an OH/CH···Br− hydrogen bond (Figure 2) [32]. To better understand whether this is fundamental to these systems, or a result of the enforced geometry caused by the included guest

• , which are ca. 41 and 53 Å3, respectively [35]. Hence, the resorcinarene has to deform to adapt to the small guests by maximizing the contacts between the host and guest (Figure 3). In detail, in the MeCN occupied systems, the N atom is stabilized by an NH···N hydrogen bond and a weak pnictogen bond to a

• were positioned at the same level as the (HNH···Cl−)4 HB circle. The O···Cl− distances of 3.13(3) and 3.22(4) Å suggest OH···Cl− hydrogen bonds. Meanwhile, an OH···O hydrogen bond should also exist between the two water molecules with the O···O distance of 3.01(5) Å. It is surprising to find that the

Mechanochemistry of supramolecules

• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 881–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.86

• . In 2008, they have established a [2 + 2] photodimerization through solid-state grinding either in neat or liquid-assisted conditions [93]. To achieve 100% stereospecific products they considered resorcinol derivatives as hydrogen-bond donors for the photodimerization of 1,2-di(pyridin-4-yl)ethylene

• (Figure 21a). However, 1,8-dipyridylnaphthalene was used as hydrogen-bond acceptor for the [2 + 2] cycloaddition of fumaric acid derivatives (Figure 21b). In 2017 Purse and co-workers reported the host–guest chemistry of pyrogallo[4]arene (39) hexamers under mechano-milling conditions [94]. A hexameric

• , supramolecular catalysis proposes a much simpler model to understand the catalytic activity of enzymes. In 2010, MacGillivray and co-workers have demonstrated the concept of “supramolecular catalysis” in a hydrogen-bond-assisted self-assembled formation of a [2 + 2]-cycloaddition product. The reaction was found

Coordination chemistry and photoswitching of dinuclear macrocyclic cadmium-, nickel-, and zinc complexes containing azobenzene carboxylato co-ligands

• Jennifer Klose,
• Tobias Severin,
• Peter Hahn,
• Alexander Jeremies,
• Jens Bergmann,
• Daniel Fuhrmann,
• Jan Griebel,
• Bernd Abel and
• Berthold Kersting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 840–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.81

• lengths reveal no anomalies and are similar to those in [Zn2L(μ-OAc)]+. There are no π–π stacking interactions between the azobenzene moieties. However, the [Zn2L(μ-azo-OH)]+ and [Zn2L(μ-azo-O)] complexes are connected by a OH···O hydrogen bond of length 2.46 Å (O3a···O3b, not shown in Figure 4). [Zn2L(μ

Catalyst-free assembly of giant tris(heteroaryl)methanes: synthesis of novel pharmacophoric triads and model sterically crowded tris(heteroaryl/aryl)methyl cation salts

• Rodrigo Abonia,
• Luisa F. Gutiérrez,
• Braulio Insuasty,
• Jairo Quiroga,
• Kenneth K. Laali,
• Chunqing Zhao,
• Gabriela L. Borosky,
• Samantha M. Horwitz and
• Scott D. Bunge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 642–654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.60

• distance between the quinolone carbonyl and the OH of hydroxycoumarin (H(1)–O(4) 1.740 Å). The DFT-optimized structure of 9{4,7,1} (Figure 4) confirms the formation of a highly stable hydrogen bond between the quinolone carbonyl and the OH of hydroxycoumarin, with a O···H bond distance of 1.603 Å. It

Synthesis of the aglycon of scorzodihydrostilbenes B and D

• Katja Weimann and
• Manfred Braun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 610–616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.56

• transition metal-mediated, regioselective, chelation-directed activation of an aryl–hydrogen bond. A promising approach was seen in an application of Murai’s elegant ruthenium-catalyzed ortho-functionalization of aryl alkyl ketones and their addition to olefins [11][12][13][14][15]. This route appeared

Dirhodium(II)-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of N-arylaminocyclopropane with alkyne derivatives

• Wentong Liu,
• Yi Kuang,
• Zhifan Wang,
• Jin Zhu and
• Yuanhua Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 542–550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.48

• 3,5-dimethyl compound 1d afforded the desired product 3d with an excellent yield of 91% (Table 2, entry 3). We reasoned the electron-withdrawing groups on the arene increased the nitrogen–hydrogen bond dissociation energy (BDEN–H) of compound 1 [21], decreasing the rate of ring opening. Substrates 1i

Study on the regioselectivity of the N-ethylation reaction of N-benzyl-4-oxo-1,4-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxamide

• Pedro N. Batalha,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Maria Clara R. Freitas,
• Nathalia M. de C. Tolentino,
• Ednilsom Orestes,
• José Walkimar de M. Carneiro,
• Fernanda da C. S. Boechat and
• Maria Cecília B. V. de Souza

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 388–400, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.35

• ), and anticancer activity for three cancer cell lines (Figure 1) [16]. Although it is not a general rule for achieving a bioactive profile, any groups attached to C-3 of the 4-oxoquinoline moiety, especially those containing a hydrogen bond donor group, such as a carboxyl, an acyl hydrazide or a

• carboxamide group, may contribute to enhance the bioactivity. This fact could be explained by the coplanarity induced by the C-4 carbonyl hydrogen bond interactions with biological targets [3] or complexation with physiological metal cations such as magnesium and zinc [23]. Besides the derivatives 3a and 3b

• , accomplished through temperatures above 200 °C, any derivatization afterwards should maintain the N–H carboxamide group intact, in order to provide the hydrogen bond donor group attached to C-3, which is usually related to the bioactivity of such compounds (Figure 2) [3][23]. In order to obtain an N1-alkylated

Application of olefin metathesis in the synthesis of functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS) and POSS-containing polymeric materials

• Patrycja Żak and
• Cezary Pietraszuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 310–332, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.28

• of the acid and the directionality of the hydrogen bond pattern of the acid dimer. Cross metathesis of monovinyl-substituted POSS with olefins has been reported for the first time by Marciniec [18]. It was demonstrated that monovinylheptaisobutyl-substituted octasilsesquioxane (monovinyl-POSS

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

• these studies should facilitate the development of new ligands. In terms of mapping of glutamate receptors hydroxyglutamic acids 2–4 (Figure 2) should be of great interest since an additional hydroxy group is capable of acting as a hydrogen bond donor as well as a hydrogen bond acceptor. In fact (2S,4S

Silanediol versus chlorosilanol: hydrolyses and hydrogen-bonding catalyses with fenchole-based silanes

• Falco Fox,
• Jörg M. Neudörfl and
• Bernd Goldfuss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 167–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.17

• )–2.05(2) Å) than with chlorosilanol 8 (OH···2.16(0) Å). Due to its two hydroxy units, the silanediol 9 shows higher catalytic activity as hydrogen bond donor than chlorosilanol 8, e.g., C–C coupling N-acyl Mannich reaction of silyl ketene acetals 11 with N-acylisoquinolinium ions (up to 85% yield and 12

• ]) to the corresponding silanediols. While hydrolyses of dichlorosilanes have been studied extensively [23][24][25], hydrolyses of alkoxy dichlorosilanes are much less explored. Hydrogen bond donor (HBD) catalysis is an emerging field in organic synthesis [26][27][28], employing, e.g., squaramides [29

• the OH(ax) and the Cl(eq) is found, in addition to the C–H interaction (dotted line, Figure 9), which stabilized the leaving Cl ion with a weak hydrogen bond. In the front attack mechanisms for the second hydrolytic step only stabilizing C–H interactions from the fenchyl group to the chloro atom occur

Computational characterization of enzyme-bound thiamin diphosphate reveals a surprisingly stable tricyclic state: implications for catalysis

• Ferran Planas,
• Michael J. McLeish and
• Fahmi Himo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 145–159, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.15

• with ThDP, all of which are expected to affect the cofactor’s geometry and energy. Of particular interest is the conserved Glu47 residue which forms a hydrogen bond to N1' of the pyrimidine ring. It is important to note that, during the geometry optimizations of the three states YIH+, APH+ and TCH

• hydrogen bond between the Nε and the exocyclic N4' amino group, a bond that is not present in the other states. With that notable exception, the overall geometries of the different states are quite similar, and bond distances are also fairly consistent (Figure 3). As with model A, the AP state is found to

• changes somewhat between the states (Figure 4). Interestingly, there is a hydrogen bond from the water to the anionic C2 carbon in the YI state (OH…C distance of 1.91 Å), with the negative charge on C2 further stabilized by interaction with the exocyclic NH2 group (NH…C distance of 2.17 Å). The

A simple and effective preparation of quercetin pentamethyl ether from quercetin

• Jin Tatsuzaki,
• Tomohiko Ohwada,
• Yuko Otani,
• Reiko Inagi and
• Tsutomu Ishikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3112–3121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.291

• groups at 3- and 5-positions. The most stable conformer 2A contains a hydrogen bond between the OH group at 5 position and the carbonyl group at 4 position. The overall conformation is sensitive to the direction of the OH group at 3 position. The OH isomer at 3 position (2B) was significantly

• to rotation of the OH group at 5 position destabilizes the system dramatically, as in 2C, by 9.7 kcal/mol (in the gas phase) and 5.4 kcal/mol (in DMSO); however, the hydrogen bond is not crucial for the overall planar structure. The structures and energies of all possible isomeric mono-anions derived

• -anion 2C) derived from the neutral conformation 2C. The 3-anion 2C was significantly more unstable than 3-anion 2A, the geometrical difference being only the flip of the OH group at 5 position. This is consistent with a large stabilizing contribution of the hydrogen bond. The 5-anion 2A was the most

The activity of indenylidene derivatives in olefin metathesis catalysts

• Maria Voccia,
• Steven P. Nolan,
• Luigi Cavallo and
• Albert Poater

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2956–2963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.275

• there is a hydrogen bond (Ru···H) that affects the charge on the metal, especially strong when the indenylidene is substituted. The Ru···H distances for 1–6 are 3.110, 3.167, 3.004, 3.036 Å, 2.944, 2.929 Å, respectively (see Figure 2). This interaction is due to the rotation of 90° of the indenylidene

1,8-Bis(dimethylamino)naphthyl-2-ketimines: Inside vs outside protonation

• A. S. Antonov,
• A. F. Pozharskii,
• P. M. Tolstoy,
• A. Filarowski and
• O. V. Khoroshilova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2940–2948, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.273

• has been shown that E-isomers of neutral imines can be stabilised by an intramolecular C=N−H···OMe hydrogen bond with a neighbouring methoxy group. Electron-donating OMe groups dramatically increase the basicity of the imino nitrogen, forcing the latter to abstract a proton from the proton sponge

• moiety in monoprotonated forms. The participation of the out-inverted and protonated 1-NMe2 group in the Me2N−H···NH=C hydrogen bond is experimentally demonstrated. It was shown that the number and position of OMe groups in the aromatic substituents strongly affects the rate of the internal hindered

• rotation of the NH2+ fragment in dications. Keywords: hydrogen bond; imine; NMR; proton sponge; superbase; Introduction It is well known that the extremely high basicity of 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene (1, DMAN; pKa = 12.1 in H2O [1][2], 18.62 in MeCN [3], 7.5 in DMSO [4]) and its derivatives

Green synthesis of new chiral 1-(arylamino)imidazo[2,1-a]isoindole-2,5-diones from the corresponding α-amino acid arylhydrazides in aqueous medium

• Nadia Bouzayani,
• Jamil Kraїem,
• Sylvain Marque,
• Yakdhane Kacem,
• Abel Carlin-Sinclair,
• Jérôme Marrot and
• Béchir Ben Hassine

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2923–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.271

• between H(1) and H(4) in the NOE experiment. The structure contains two carbonyl moieties C(6)–O(2) and C(3)–O(1) with similar distances of 1.222 and 1.218 Å, respectively. The intramolecular hydrogen bond O(1)–H(13) remains strong in the nitrogenated tricycle (2.579 Å) vis-à-vis of the starting hydrazide

• imino-carboxylic acid form likely evolves to its iminium-carboxylate form B [50]. This last intermediate involves the existence of two possible transition states for the cyclization of the imidazolidinone core of which one of them is favored by an intramolecular hydrogen bond (Scheme 5). This control is

Non-native autoinducer analogs capable of modulating the SdiA quorum sensing receptor in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

• Matthew J. Styles and
• Helen E. Blackwell

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2651–2664, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.243

• ) [21][22]. C) The solid-state structure of the SdiA homodimer (PDB 4Y15; monomers shown in green and grey) bound to OOHL (cyan) [22]. D) Selected residues surrounding OOHL (cyan) in the SdiA ligand binding pocket (from PDB 4Y15 [22]): hydrogen bond acceptors/donors (orange), hydrophobic residues (grey

Targeting the Pseudomonas quinolone signal quorum sensing system for the discovery of novel anti-infective pathoblockers

• Christian Schütz and
• Martin Empting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2627–2645, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.241

• could prevent activation of the carbonyl group as a CoA-ester. In 2017, Witzgall et al. were able to co-crystallize 6-FABA-AMP within the N-terminal domain of PqsA (Figure 4) [46]. Key interactions involve a water-mediated hydrogen bond between the amino function of the compound and Q162, as in

• anthraniloyl-AMP. The reason why the fluorinated anthraniloyl-AMP shows good affinity is the formation of a hydrogen bond of the fluorine with the G279 backbone amide hydrogen and furthermore an interaction with the N7 position of the adenine moiety. Additionally a very typical fluorine/main-chain interaction

• , the chlorine is able to occupy a vacant sub pocket. A hydrogen bond is found between the backbone oxygen of L207 and the 3-NH2 hydrogen atoms. Interestingly, adding the chlorine substituent in 7-position of PQS leads to a 135 times more potent agonist, indicating the importance of the vacant sub

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

• . Such effect would result from an intramolecular hydrogen bond between the ammonium and nitro groups in the reaction intermediate, also known as “built-in solvation” [71] (Figure 2). When 2-ABA was reacted with 2-chloro-3-nitropyridine (CNP) in analogous experimental conditions as 2a, compound 2c was

Synthesis of eunicellane-type bicycles embedding a 1,3-cyclohexadiene moiety

• Alex Frichert,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Thomas Lindel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2461–2467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.222

• appeared as a sharp signal at 5.25 ppm (CDCl3) for 29 and as a broad peak at 3.00 ppm for 30. This can be explained by the presence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond that is possible only in the case of 29. Since the 1H NMR spectrum of cyanohydrin 22 exhibits a sharp hydroxy peak at 5.29 ppm, we derive

Catalyst-free synthesis of 4-acyl-NH-1,2,3-triazoles by water-mediated cycloaddition reactions of enaminones and tosyl azide

• Lu Yang,
• Yuwei Wu,
• Yiming Yang,
• Chengping Wen and
• Jie-Ping Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2348–2353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.210

• -triazoline 4 which couples to water by strong hydrogen bond effect [51]. The presence of the hydrogen bonds may promote the elimination of the amino group and the acidic C–H bond at the α-position of the acyl group, which affords N-tosyl-1,2,3-triazole 5. Under the present reaction conditions, the

Determining the predominant tautomeric structure of iodine-based group-transfer reagents by ¹⁷O NMR spectroscopy

• Nico Santschi,
• Cody Ross Pitts,
• Benson J. Jelier and
• René Verel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2289–2294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.203

• residual value (Table 1). Conceivably, this may be due to intermolecular hydrogen bonding with the solvent or other alcohol molecules in the concentrated solution. In fact, including a methanol solvent molecule as a hydrogen-bond donor in the DFT calculation will shift the δcalc in the right direction for

Selective formation of a zwitterion adduct and bicarbonate salt in the efficient CO₂ fixation by N-benzyl cyclic guanidine under dry and wet conditions

• Yoshiaki Yoshida,
• Naoto Aoyagi and
• Takeshi Endo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2204–2211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.194

• structure was fairly stabilized because of the multi hydrogen bond in the intermolecular. Conclusion The efficient CO2 fixation by N-benzyl cyclic guanidine 1 was achieved by bubbling dry CO2 in CH3CN at 25 °C for 2 h. In addition, the zwitterion adduct 2 and bicarbonate salt 3 were selectively prepared

Synthesis and supramolecular self-assembly of glutamic acid-based squaramides

• Juan V. Alegre-Requena,
• Marleen Häring,
• Isaac G. Sonsona,
• Alex Abramov,
• Eugenia Marqués-López,
• Raquel P. Herrera and
• David Díaz Díaz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2065–2073, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.180

• conjugated to an aromatic cyclobutenedione ring, can be easily synthesized from different derivatives of squaric acid and amines [1][2][3][4]. The possibility to fabricate chiral squaramide derivatives and their efficient hydrogen bond donor/acceptor ability has driven the pivotal role of these compounds in