Stereo- and regioselectivity of the hetero-Diels–Alder reaction of nitroso derivatives with conjugated dienes

• Lucie Brulíková,
• Aidan Harrison,
• Marvin J. Miller and
• Jan Hlaváč

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1949–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.184

• an arylnitroso dienophile and an iron-bound substituted 1,3-cyclohexadiene 103, changing the aryl ring (Ar’) from pyridine to phenyl increased the regioselectivity from 2:1 (105/104) to complete regioselectivity for the reverse isomer 104 (Table 2) [101]. The results for the regiocontrol for aryl

Cross-linked cyclodextrin-based material for treatment of metals and organic substances present in industrial discharge waters

• Élise Euvrard,
• Nadia Morin-Crini,
• Coline Druart,
• Justine Bugnet,
• Bernard Martel,
• Cesare Cosentino,
• Virginie Moutarlier and
• Grégorio Crini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1826–1838, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.172

• cationic dyes. Zhang et al. [4] studied the removal of cobalt and 1-naphthol onto magnetic nanoparticles containing cyclodextrin and iron and Yang et al. [5] proposed a new nanocomposite adsorbent for the simultaneous removal of organic and inorganic substances from water. Here, we propose to use a single

Amidofluorene-appended lower rim 1,3-diconjugate of calix[4]arene: synthesis, characterization and highly selective sensor for Cu²⁺

• Rahman Hosseinzadeh,
• Mohammad Nemati,
• Reza Zadmard and
• Maryam Mohadjerani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1749–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.163

• –7.87 (m, 2H), 7.64 (d, J = 6.4 Hz, 1H), 7.49–7.43 (m, 2H), 4.02 (s, 2H) ppm; 13C NMR (CDCl3, 100 MHz) δ 148.09, 146.79, 144.81, 143.92, 139.47, 128.87, 127.43, 125.43, 123.14, 121.34, 120.49, 119.88, 36.96 ppm. 9H-Fluoren-2-amine (4) [40]: A mixture of 2-nitro-9H-fluorene (2.0 g, 9.5 mmol), iron powder

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides

• Franziska Hemmerling and
• Frank Hahn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148

Towards potential nanoparticle contrast agents: Synthesis of new functionalized PEG bisphosphonates

• Souad Kachbi-Khelfallah,
• Maelle Monteil,
• Margery Cortes-Clerget,
• Evelyne Migianu-Griffoni,
• Jean-Luc Pirat,
• Olivier Gager,
• Julia Deschamp and
• Marc Lecouvey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1366–1371, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.130

• the development of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONPs) because of their biocompatibility which allows there in vivo use both for diagnosis in magnetic resonance imaging and in therapy [1][2]. Most often, it is necessary to modify the surface of SPIONPs to increase the metabolic

• obtain the expected HMBP-PEG-COOH 23 in 85% yield. Conclusion In summary, novel bifunctional PEG-HMBPs ligands for the coating of iron oxide nanoparticles have been synthesized. The procedure is efficient to introduce different functional groups such as azide, carboxylic acid, amine permitting further

On the mechanism of imine elimination from Fischer tungsten carbene complexes

• Philipp Veit,
• Christoph Förster and
• Katja Heinze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1322–1333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.125

• addition has been proposed in the literature for the iron (aminophenyl)phenylcarbene complex [Cp(CO)(S(SiEt3))Fe(4)] leading to an intermediate hydrido species followed by the elimination of E-1,2-diphenylimine E-5 [73]. Pseudorotation of cis(N,H)-W(CO)4(H)(Z-15) to the isoenergetic rotamer cis(C,H)-W(CO)4

Cyclisation mechanisms in the biosynthesis of ribosomally synthesised and post-translationally modified peptides

• Andrew W. Truman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1250–1268, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.120

• the highly reactive iron–sulphur clusters in these proteins make them capable of carrying out complex oxidative chemistry. This protein family has been named after currently characterised pathways (SPASM = subtilosin, PQQ, anaerobic sulfatase, and mycofactocin), although the mycofactocin pathway has

Synthesis of β-arylated alkylamides via Pd-catalyzed one-pot installation of a directing group and C(sp³)–H arylation

• Yunyun Liu,
• Yi Zhang,
• Xiaoji Cao and
• Jie-Ping Wan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1122–1126, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.108

• employing different transition metal catalysts such as palladium, nickel, and iron have provided enriched routes for the synthesis of structurally diverse amides, a two step process involving the operation in installing the AQ to the substrate has been required [41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50

Modular synthesis of the pyrimidine core of the manzacidins by divergent Tsuji–Trost coupling

• Sebastian Bretzke,
• Stephan Scheeff,
• Felicitas Vollmeyer,
• Friederike Eberhagen,
• Frank Rominger and
• Dirk Menche

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1111–1121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.107

• ) [45]. Unfortunately, this route was found to be less effective in terms of isolated yields and scalability. Thus, the iron-catalyzed procedure was applied and multigram quantities of 12 were readily obtained. As shown in Scheme 3, we next focused on the further derivatization of amine 12 towards

Cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed C–H activation/cross-coupling reactions at room temperature: synthetic and mechanistic studies

• Takashi Nishikata,
• Alexander R. Abela,
• Shenlin Huang and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1040–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.99

• [211][212][213]. Many of these syntheses require large excesses of iron or other stoichiometric metals to obtain high yields (Scheme 6). As shown in Scheme 7, a synthesis that proceeds via a C–H activation strategy, however, might provide a highly efficient, alternative route originating from just

Enantioselective carbenoid insertion into C(sp³)–H bonds

• J. V. Santiago and
• A. H. L. Machado

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 882–902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.87

• promote the formation of a specific enantiomer. The search for the best balance of these properties of the carbenoid intermediates was also sought through the use of different metals such as copper [3], rhodium [4], iron [5], ruthenium [6], iridium [7], osmium [8], and others. From these, copper and

Syntheses of dibenzo[d,d']benzo[2,1-b:3,4-b']difuran derivatives and their application to organic field-effect transistors

• Minh Anh Truong and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.79

• are described in Scheme 1 and Scheme 2. 3-Decylanisole was first synthesized from commercially available 3-bromoanisole via iron-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction with decylmagnesium bromide in 71% yield [47]. Lithiation of the obtained 3-decylanisole with s-BuLi and the following treatment with 2

Creating molecular macrocycles for anion recognition

• Amar H. Flood

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 611–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.60

• indicated that triazoles are sterically small. In the iron complex, we saw the ferrous ion’s preference for triazole change to a water molecule when oxidized up to the harder ferric ion. This process did not occur with the terpyridine control complex. Thus, we reasoned water could easily slip past the

Antibiotics from predatory bacteria

• Juliane Korp,
• María S. Vela Gurovic and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 594–607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.58

• thoroughly explored [62][67], the biological function of these cyclic depsipeptides is still not clear. In contrast, the myxochelins primarily serve as siderophores for M. xanthus DK1622, as evidenced by their iron-responsive production and complexing properties [58][59]. Recent studies also unveiled

• specific enzymatic targets for these natural products [60][68], which are not due to their iron affinity [69]. Myxalamids [70][71][72][73] and myxovirescins [74][75][76][77][78][79] are distinguished by their potent antimicrobial activities. The former are inhibitors of electron transport in the

Self and directed assembly: people and molecules

• Tony D. James

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 391–405, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.42

• about. The project involved evaluation of the alkylation reaction of trimethylsilyl cyanide with tricarbonyl(η5-cyclohexadienyl)iron(1+) salts (Scheme 1). The reaction was shown to involve the isocyanide isomer, produced in rate-limiting pre-equilibration. The rate of reaction was proportional to the

• )iron(1+) salts. Reproduced with permission from [3]. Copyright 1987 Royal Society of Chemistry. Polymeric boronic acid receptor units developed by Wulff. Reproduced from [16]. Copyright 1982 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Acknowledgements This is a personal account describing

Highly stable and reusable immobilized formate dehydrogenases: Promising biocatalysts for in situ regeneration of NADH

• Barış Binay,
• Dilek Alagöz,
• Deniz Yildirim,
• Ayhan Çelik and
• S. Seyhan Tükel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 271–277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.29

• ] reported the optimal pH values were 7.0 for both free FDH and immobilized FDH onto polydopamine-coated iron oxide nanoparticles (PD-IONPs). The optimum pH values of the both free Pseudomonas sp. 101 FDH and its immobilized form onto glyoxylagarose were reported as 7.0 [16]. The temperature–activity

Regioselective palladium-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of C1-substituted oxabicyclo[2,2,1]hepta-2,5-diene-2,3-dicarboxylates

• Michael Edmunds,
• Mohammed Abdul Raheem,
• Rebecca Boutin,
• Katrina Tait and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 239–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.25

• % respectively (Table 1, entries 9 and 4). The Lewis acid additives gave a large range of yields (Table 1, entries 10–14). Iron and aluminium chlorides gave low yields (22%, Table 1, entry 10 and 29%, entry 11), zirconium chloride and zinc iodide gave moderate yields (47%, Table 1, entry 12 and 48%, entry 13

My maize and blue brick road to physical organic chemistry in materials

• Anne J. McNeil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 229–238, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.24

• within each field. Learning that light emitted from stars comes from hydrogen fusing to form helium, or that a pond’s carbonate concentration affects buffering capacity and health, or that traces of iron in quartz lead to the purple color of amethyst, was all fascinating to me. It is cliché, but I

Base metal-catalyzed benzylic oxidation of (aryl)(heteroaryl)methanes with molecular oxygen

• Hans Sterckx,
• Johan De Houwer,
• Carl Mensch,
• Wouter Herrebout,
• Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani and
• Bert U. W. Maes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 144–153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.16

• , benzyldiazines and benzyl(iso)quinolines was successfully oxidized to the corresponding benzylic ketones using a copper or iron catalyst and molecular oxygen as the stoichiometric oxidant. Application of the protocol in API synthesis is exemplified by the alternative synthesis of a precursor to the antimalarial

• Liu and Bi [24]. This useful transformation makes use of CuI/O2 in DMSO to convert methyl ketones into aldehydes in a sustainable manner. Recently our group reported a synthetic protocol for the copper- and iron-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of the methylene group of aryl(di)azinylmethanes using acetic

• the limit of 250 ppm. Iron contents were slightly higher ranging from 29 to 57 ppm but again still well below the regulatory maximum value (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). It should be noted that these values pertain to the purified compounds after column chromatography. The influence

Supramolecular polymer assembly in aqueous solution arising from cyclodextrin host–guest complexation

• Jie Wang,
• Zhiqiang Qiu,
• Yiming Wang,
• Li Li,
• Xuhong Guo,
• Duc-Truc Pham,
• Stephen F. Lincoln and
• Robert K. Prud’homme

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 50–72, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.7

• with (a). 5.4 Redox-responsive materials Redox-responsive hydrogel systems have potential applications as environmentally benign electro-functional materials. Such systems require a redox couple as a central component. One such system is that in which the oxidation states of iron are 0 and I in

• -CD·FCA has a much lower K ≤ 20 M−1. Thus, the oxidation state of iron determines the relative stabilities of β-CD·FCA− and β-CD·FCA. Conjointly, these complexes may potentially be used as an electrochemical switch in a supramolecular system. In 2006, Harada et al. realized this potential in a redox

• ferrocene iron(0) is oxidized to ferrocene iron(I). With iron in oxidation state I, the ferrocene substituents assume uni-positive charges and consequently aggregate weakly with a corresponding decrease in solution viscosity. 5.5 Self-healing systems Because of their ability to form host–guest complexes in

Copper-catalyzed intermolecular oxyamination of olefins using carboxylic acids and O-benzoylhydroxylamines

• Brett N. Hemric and
• Qiu Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 22–28, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.4

• Liu reported a palladium-catalyzed introduction of phthalimide (HNPhth) and acetate functionalities to terminal allylic and homoallylic ethers in the presence of an iodine oxidant (Scheme 1B) [13]. The Yoon lab also developed copper- and iron-catalyzed olefin difunctionalization reactions with

• oxaziridine derivatives to create 1,3-oxazolidines, which were readily converted to the 1,2-oxyamino functionality (Scheme 1C) [14][15]. Recently, the Xu lab developed another iron-catalyzed intermolecular olefin-oxyamination reaction with O-alkylhydroxylamides to construct either 1,2-oxyamino or 2

Effective immobilisation of a metathesis catalyst bearing an ammonium-tagged NHC ligand on various solid supports

• Krzysztof Skowerski,
• Jacek Białecki,
• Stefan J. Czarnocki,
• Karolina Żukowska and
• Karol Grela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 5–15, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.2

• , University of Warsaw, Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland 10.3762/bjoc.12.2 Abstract An ammonium-tagged ruthenium complex, 8, was deposited on several widely available commercial solid materials such as silica gel, alumina, cotton, filter paper, iron powder or palladium on carbon. The resulting

• is important to note that in this study we focused on establishing the scope of this heterogenisation method, i.e., by testing a wide number of potential supports, such as silica, alumina, charcoal, iron powder, as well as biocompatible wool and paper, and by examining different catalyst removal

• endeavour aimed at getting a broader perspective. Immobilisation of 8 on iron powder First, we attempted to prepare a model for a magnetically separable catalyst [55]. This idea has been explored previously by attaching tagged Ru complexes to specially designed magnetically active nanoparticles. We wondered

Recent advances in metathesis-derived polymers containing transition metals in the side chain

• Ileana Dragutan,
• Valerian Dragutan,
• Bogdan C. Simionescu,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Helmut Fischer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2747–2762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.296

• electrochemistry, sensing, catalysis, nanomaterials, etc. [37][38][39][40]. Not surprisingly, therefore, attention of researchers has turned first on metallopolymers containing ferrocene [33][34][41][42][43]. Review Iron-containing polymers Following the first successful application of Mo–alkylidene catalysts by

• Schrock and coworkers [42] in ROMP to ferrocene-appended monomers as well as the rapid expansion of Grubbs Ru metathesis catalysts [28][29][30], a vast number of iron-containing polymers have been synthesized by ROMP up to now [33][34][42][43]. In a compelling work, Astruc et al. [44] reported a

Iron complexes of tetramine ligands catalyse allylic hydroxyamination via a nitroso–ene mechanism

• David Porter,
• Belinda M.-L. Poon and
• Peter J. Rutledge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2549–2556, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.275

• David Porter Belinda M.-L. Poon Peter J. Rutledge School of Chemistry F11, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia 10.3762/bjoc.11.275 Abstract Iron(II) complexes of the tetradentate amines tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine (TPA) and N,N′-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-N,N′-dimethylethane-1,2-diamine (BPMEN

• -nitroso intermediate. Asymmetric induction is not observed using the chiral tetramine ligand (+)-(2R,2′R)-1,1′-bis(2-pyridylmethyl)-2,2′-bipyrrolidine ((R,R′)-PDP). Keywords: CH activation; hydroxyamination; iron catalysis; nitroso-ene; Introduction The selective functionalization of C–H bonds is an

• ], manganese- [19][20][21], iron- [23][24], copper- [22][31], rhenium- [26], and rhodium- [27] based reagents. The recent resurgence of interest in the nitroso–ene reaction builds on earlier work by Sharpless, Nicolas, Jørgensen and others. Sharpless reported allylic amination of 2-methyl-2-hexene with N-(p