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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2325–2342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.226
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Figure 1: Structures of the enduracididine family of amino acids (1–6).
Figure 2: Enduracidin A (7) and B (8).
Figure 3: Minosaminomycin (9) and related antibiotic kasugamycin (10).
Figure 4: Enduracididine-containing compound 11 identified in a cytotoxic extract of Leptoclinides dubius [32].
Figure 5: Mannopeptimycins α–ε (12–16).
Figure 6: Regions of the mannopeptimycin structure investigated in structure–activity relationship investigat...
Figure 7: Teixobactin (17).
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthesis of L-enduracididine (1) and L-β-hydroxyenduracididine (5).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of enduracididine (1) by Shiba et al.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of protected enduracididine diastereomers 31 and 32.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the C-2 azido diastereomers 36 and 37.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 2-azido-β-hydroxyenduracididine derivatives 38 and 39.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of protected β-hydroxyenduracididine derivatives 40 and 41.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of C-2 diastereomeric amino acids 46 and 47.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of protected β-hydroxyenduracididines 51 and 52.
Scheme 9: General transformation of alkenes to cyclic sulfonamide 54 via aziridine intermediate 53.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (±)-enduracididine (1) and (±)-allo-enduracididine (3).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of L-allo-enduracididine (3).
Scheme 12: Synthesis of protected L-allo-enduracididine 63.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of β-hydroxyenduracididine derivative 69.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of minosaminomycin (9).
Scheme 15: Retrosynthetic analysis of mannopeptimycin aglycone (77).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of protected amino acids 87 and 88.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of mannopeptimycin aglycone (77).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of N-mannosylation model guanidine 92 and attempted synthesis of benzyl protected mannosy...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of benzyl protected mannosyl D-β-hydroxyenduracididine 97.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of L-β-hydroxyenduracididine 98.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of mannopeptimycin α (12) and β (13).
Scheme 22: Synthesis of protected L-allo-enduracididine 102.
Scheme 23: The solid phase synthesis of teixobactin (17).
Scheme 24: Retrosynthesis of the macrocyclic core 109 of teixobactin (17).
Scheme 25: Synthesis of macrocycle 117.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2164–2172, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.206
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Figure 1: The structures of marginolactones azalomycin and kanchanamycin, and of the β-lactones ebelactone A ...
Scheme 1: Comparison of the bioinformatic prediction for ebelactone biosynthesis with the known structure of ...
Scheme 2: Proposed model for iteration of module 1 of AzlA1 in azalomycin biosynthesis. The 4-guanidinobutyry...
Figure 2: LC–MS analysis of azalomycin F4a production. a) DSM4137 wild type; b) Δazl (azl disrupted mutant); ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2104–2123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.200
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Scheme 1: Putative structures of geraniol 1a (R = H) or 1b (R = H) (in 1924), their expected dihydroxylation ...
Scheme 2: Correlation between the substrate double bond geometry and relative stereochemistry of the correspo...
Scheme 3: Mechanisms and classification for the metal-mediated oxidative cyclizations to form 2,5-disubstitut...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of (+)-anhydro-D-glucitol and (+)-D-chitaric acid using an OsO4-mediated oxidative cycliz...
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of neodysiherbaine A via a Ru(VIII)- and an Os(VI)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization,...
Scheme 6: Formal synthesis of ionomycin by Kocienski and co-workers.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of amphidinolide F by Fürstner and co-workers.
Scheme 8: Brown`s and Donohoe`s oxidative cyclization approach to cis-solamin A.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of cis-solamin A using a Ru(VIII)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization and enzymatic des...
Scheme 10: Donohoe´s double oxidative cyclization approach to cis-sylvaticin.
Scheme 11: Permanganate-mediated approach to cis-sylvaticin by Brown and co-workers.
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of membranacin using a KMnO4-mediated oxidative cyclization.
Scheme 13: Total synthesis of membrarollin and its analogue 21,22-diepi-membrarollin.
Scheme 14: Total synthesis of rollidecin C and D using a late stage Re(VII)-catalyzed oxidative polycyclizatio...
Scheme 15: Co(II)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization in the total synthesis of asimilobin and gigantetrocin A.
Scheme 16: Mn(VII)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of a 1,5-diene in the synthesis of trans-(+)-linalool oxide....
Scheme 17: Re(VII)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization in the total synthesis of teurilene.
Scheme 18: Total synthesis of (+)-eurylene via Re(VII)- and Cr(VI)-mediated oxidative cyclizations.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of cis- and trans-THF Rings of eurylene via Mn(VII)-mediated oxidative cyclizations.
Scheme 20: Cr(VI)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization in the total synthesis of venustatriol by Corey et al.
Scheme 21: Ru(VIII)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of a 1,5-diene in the synthesis and evaluation of its ster...
Scheme 22: Ru(VII)-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of a 5,6-dihydroxy alkene in the synthesis of the core stru...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2093–2098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.198
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Scheme 1: An exclusive approach to 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-carboxamides from non-pyran sources.
Scheme 2: Known approach to pyran derivatives based on ketonitriles 1.
Figure 1: The molecular structure of 2a with atom-numbering scheme. Displacement ellipsoids are drawn at the ...
Scheme 3: Plausible reaction pathways for 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-4-carbxamides 2 formation.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162
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Figure 1: The named transformations considered in this review.
Scheme 1: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 2: The general mechanism of the peracid-promoted Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 3: General mechanism of the Lewis acid-catalyzed Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement.
Scheme 4: The theoretically studied mechanism of the BV oxidation reaction promoted by H2O2 and the Lewis aci...
Scheme 5: Proton movements in the transition states of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 6: The dependence of the course of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation on the type of O–O-bond cleavage in t...
Scheme 7: The acid-catalyzed Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic epoxy ketones 22.
Scheme 8: Oxidation of isophorone oxide 29.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of acyl phosphate 32 from acyl phosphonate 31.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of aflatoxin B2 (36).
Scheme 11: The Baeyer–Villiger rearrangement of ketones 37 to lactones 38.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 3,4-dimethoxybenzoic acid (40) via Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 13: Oxone transforms α,β-unsaturated ketones 43 into vinyl acetates 44.
Scheme 14: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones 45 using diaryl diselenide and hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 15: Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of (E)-2-methylenecyclobutanones.
Scheme 16: Oxidation of β-ionone (56) by H2O2/(BnSe)2 with formation of (E)-2-(2,6,6-trimethylcyclohex-1-en-1-...
Scheme 17: The mechanism of oxidation of ketones 58a–f by hydrogen peroxide in the presence of arsonated polys...
Scheme 18: Oxidation of ketone (58b) by H2O2 to 6-methylcaprolactone (59b) catalyzed by Pt complex 66·BF4.
Scheme 19: Oxidation of ketones 67 with H2O2 in the presence of [(dppb}Pt(µ-OH)]22+.
Scheme 20: The mechanism of oxidation of ketones 67 in the presence of [(dppb}Pt(µ-OH)]22+ and H2O2.
Scheme 21: Oxidation of benzaldehydes 69 in the presence of the H2O2/MeReO3 system.
Scheme 22: Oxidation of acetophenones 72 in the presence of the H2O2/MeReO3 system.
Scheme 23: Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of 2-adamantanone (45c) in the presence of Sn-containing mesoporous silic...
Scheme 24: Aerobic Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones 76 using metal-free carbon.
Scheme 25: A regioselective Baeyer-Villiger oxidation of functionalized cyclohexenones 78 into a dihydrooxepin...
Scheme 26: The oxidation of aldehydes and ketones 80 by H2O2 catalyzed by Co4HP2Mo15V3O62.
Scheme 27: The cleavage of ketones 82 with hydrogen peroxide in alkaline solution.
Scheme 28: Oxidation of ketones 85 to esters 86 with H2O2–urea in the presence of KHCO3.
Scheme 29: Mechanism of the asymmetric oxidation of cyclopentane-1,2-dione 87a with the Ti(OiPr)4/(+)DET/t-BuO...
Scheme 30: The oxidation of cis-4-tert-butyl-2-fluorocyclohexanone (93) with m-chloroperbenzoic acid.
Scheme 31: The mechanism of the asymmetric oxidation of 3-substituted cyclobutanone 96a in the presence of chi...
Scheme 32: Enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones 98.
Scheme 33: Regio- and enantioselective Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones 101.
Scheme 34: The proposed mechanism of the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of acetal 105f.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of hydroxy-10H-acridin-9-one 117 from tetramethoxyanthracene 114.
Scheme 36: The Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of the fully substituted pyrrole 120.
Scheme 37: The Criegee rearrangement.
Scheme 38: The mechanism of the Criegee reaction of a peracid with a tertiary alcohol 122.
Scheme 39: Criegee rearrangement of decaline ethylperoxoate 127 into ketal 128.
Scheme 40: The ionic cleavage of 2-methoxy-2-propyl perester 129.
Scheme 41: The Criegee rearrangement of α-methoxy hydroperoxide 136.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of enol esters and acetals via the Criegee rearrangement.
Scheme 43: Proposed mechanism of the transformation of 1-hydroperoxy-2-oxabicycloalkanones 147a–d.
Scheme 44: Transformation of 3-hydroxy-1,2-dioxolanes 151 into diketone derivatives 152.
Scheme 45: Criegee rearrangement of peroxide 153 with the mono-, di-, and tri-O-insertion.
Scheme 46: The sequential Criegee rearrangements of adamantanes 157a,b.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of diaryl carbonates 160a–d from triarylmethanols 159a–d through successive oxygen insert...
Scheme 48: The synthesis of sesquiterpenes 162 from ketone 161 with a Criegee rearrangement as one key step.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of trans-hydrindan derivatives 164, 165.
Scheme 50: The Hock rearrangement.
Scheme 51: The general scheme of the cumene process.
Scheme 52: The Hock rearrangement of aliphatic hydroperoxides.
Scheme 53: The mechanism of solvolysis of brosylates 174a–c and spiro cyclopropyl carbinols 175a–c in THF/H2O2....
Scheme 54: The fragmentation mechanism of hydroperoxy acetals 178 to esters 179.
Scheme 55: The acid-catalyzed rearrangement of phenylcyclopentyl hydroperoxide 181.
Scheme 56: The peroxidation of tertiary alcohols in the presence of a catalytic amount of acid.
Scheme 57: The acid-catalyzed reaction of bicyclic secondary alcohols 192 with hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 58: The photooxidation of 5,6-disubstituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrans 196.
Scheme 59: The oxidation of tertiary alcohols 200a–g, 203a,b, and 206.
Scheme 60: Transformation of functional peroxide 209 leading to 2,3-disubstitued furans 210 in one step.
Scheme 61: The synthesis of carbazoles 213 via peroxide rearrangement.
Scheme 62: The construction of C–N bonds using the Hock rearrangement.
Scheme 63: The synthesis of moiety 218 from 217 which is a structural motif in the antitumor–antibiotic of CC-...
Scheme 64: The in vivo oxidation steps of cholesterol (219) by singlet oxygen.
Scheme 65: The proposed mechanism of the rearrangement of cholesterol-5α-OOH 220.
Scheme 66: Photochemical route to artemisinin via Hock rearrangement of 223.
Scheme 67: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement.
Scheme 68: Kornblum–DeLaMare transformation of 1-phenylethyl tert-butyl peroxide (225).
Scheme 69: The synthesis 4-hydroxyenones 230 from peroxide 229.
Scheme 70: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxide 232.
Scheme 71: The reduction of peroxide 234.
Scheme 72: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of endoperoxide 236.
Scheme 73: The rearrangement of peroxide 238 under Kornblum–DeLaMare conditions.
Scheme 74: The proposed mechanism of rearrangement of peroxide 238.
Scheme 75: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxides 242a,b.
Scheme 76: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bicyclic endoperoxides having electron-withdrawing substituent...
Scheme 77: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bicyclic endoperoxides 249a,b having electron-donating substit...
Scheme 78: The base-catalyzed rearrangements of bridge-head substituted bicyclic endoperoxides 251a,b.
Scheme 79: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of hydroperoxide 253.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of β-hydroxy hydroperoxide 254 from endoperoxide 253.
Scheme 81: The amine-catalyzed rearrangement of bicyclic endoperoxide 263.
Scheme 82: The base-catalyzed rearrangement of meso-endoperoxide 268 into 269.
Scheme 83: The photooxidation of 271 and subsequent Kornblum–DeLaMare reaction.
Scheme 84: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement as one step in the oxidation reaction of enamines.
Scheme 85: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of 3,5-dihydro-1,2-dioxenes 284, 1,2-dioxanes 286, and tert-but...
Scheme 86: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of epoxy dioxanes 290a–d.
Scheme 87: Rearrangement of prostaglandin H2 292.
Scheme 88: The synthesis of epicoccin G (297).
Scheme 89: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement used in the synthesis of phomactin A.
Scheme 90: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of 3H-quinazolin-4-one 303.
Scheme 91: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of dolabriferol (308).
Scheme 92: Sequential transformation of 3-substituted 2-pyridones 309 into 3-hydroxypyridine-2,6-diones 311 in...
Scheme 93: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxide 312 into hydroxy enone 313.
Scheme 94: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of polyfunctionalized carbonyl compounds 317.
Scheme 95: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of (Z)-β-perfluoroalkylenaminones 320.
Scheme 96: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of γ-ketoester 322.
Scheme 97: The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement in the synthesis of diterpenoids 326 and 328.
Scheme 98: The synthesis of natural products hainanolidol (331) and harringtonolide (332) from peroxide 329.
Scheme 99: The synthesis of trans-fused butyrolactones 339 and 340.
Scheme 100: The synthesis of leucosceptroid C (343) and leucosceptroid P (344) via the Kornblum–DeLaMare rearra...
Scheme 101: The Dakin oxidation of arylaldehydes or acetophenones.
Scheme 102: The mechanism of the Dakin oxidation.
Scheme 103: A solvent-free Dakin reaction of aromatic aldehydes 356.
Scheme 104: The organocatalytic Dakin oxidation of electron-rich arylaldehydes 358.
Scheme 105: The Dakin oxidation of electron-rich arylaldehydes 361.
Scheme 106: The Dakin oxidation of arylaldehydes 358 in water extract of banana (WEB).
Scheme 107: A one-pot approach towards indolo[2,1-b]quinazolines 364 from indole-3-carbaldehydes 363 through th...
Scheme 108: The synthesis of phenols 367a–c from benzaldehydes 366a-c via acid-catalyzed Dakin oxidation.
Scheme 109: Possible transformation paths of the highly polarized boric acid coordinated H2O2–aldehyde adduct 3...
Scheme 110: The Elbs oxidation of phenols 375 to hydroquinones.
Scheme 111: The mechanism of the Elbs persulfate oxidation of phenols 375 affording p-hydroquinones 376.
Scheme 112: Oxidation of 2-pyridones 380 under Elbs persulfate oxidation conditions.
Scheme 113: Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-4-pyridone (384) via an Elbs oxidation of 4-pyridone (382).
Scheme 114: The Schenck rearrangement.
Scheme 115: The Smith rearrangement.
Scheme 116: Three main pathways of the Schenck rearrangement.
Scheme 117: The isomerization of hydroperoxides 388 and 389.
Scheme 118: Trapping of dioxacyclopentyl radical 392 by oxygen.
Scheme 119: The hypothetical mechanism of the Schenck rearrangement of peroxide 394.
Scheme 120: The autoxidation of oleic acid (397) with the use of labeled isotope 18O2.
Scheme 121: The rearrangement of 18O-labeled hydroperoxide 400 under an atmosphere of 16O2.
Scheme 122: The rearrangement of the oleate-derived allylic hydroperoxides (S)-421 and (R)-425.
Scheme 123: Mechanisms of Schenck and Smith rearrangements.
Scheme 124: The rearrangement and cyclization of 433.
Scheme 125: The Wieland rearrangement.
Scheme 126: The rearrangement of bis(triphenylsilyl) 439 or bis(triphenylgermyl) 441 peroxides.
Scheme 127: The oxidative transformation of cyclic ketones.
Scheme 128: The hydroxylation of cyclohexene (447) in the presence of tungstic acid.
Scheme 129: The oxidation of cyclohexene (447) under the action of hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 130: The reaction of butenylacetylacetone 455 with hydrogen peroxide.
Scheme 131: The oxidation of bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes.
Scheme 132: The proposed mechanism for the oxidation of bridged 1,2,4,5-tetraoxanes.
Scheme 133: The rearrangement of ozonides.
Scheme 134: The acid-catalyzed oxidative rearrangement of malondialdehydes 462 under the action of H2O2.
Scheme 135: Pathways of the Lewis acid-catalyzed cleavage of dialkyl peroxides 465 and ozonides 466.
Scheme 136: The mechanism of the transformation of (tert-butyldioxy)cyclohexanedienones 472.
Scheme 137: The synthesis of Vitamin K3 from 472a.
Scheme 138: Proposed mechanism for the transformation of 478d into silylated endoperoxide 479d.
Scheme 139: The rearrangement of hydroperoxide 485 to form diketone 486.
Scheme 140: The base-catalyzed rearrangement of cyclic peroxides 488a–g.
Scheme 141: Synthesis of chiral epoxides and aldols from peroxy hemiketals 491.
Scheme 142: The multistep transformation of (R)-carvone (494) to endoperoxides 496a–e.
Scheme 143: The decomposition of anthracene endoperoxide 499.
Scheme 144: Synthesis of esters 503 from aldehydes 501 via rearrangement of peroxides 502.
Scheme 145: Two possible paths for the base-promoted decomposition of α-azidoperoxides 502.
Scheme 146: The Story decomposition of cyclic diperoxide 506a.
Scheme 147: The Story decomposition of cyclic triperoxide 506b.
Scheme 148: The thermal rearrangement of endoperoxides A into diepoxides B.
Scheme 149: The transformation of peroxide 510 in the synthesis of stemolide (511).
Scheme 150: The possible mechanism of the rearrangement of endoperoxide 261g.
Scheme 151: The photooxidation of indene 517.
Scheme 152: The isomerization of ascaridole (523).
Scheme 153: The isomerization of peroxide 525.
Scheme 154: The thermal transformation of endoperoxide 355.
Scheme 155: The photooxidation of cyclopentadiene (529) at a temperature higher than 0 °C.
Scheme 156: The thermal rearrangement of endoperoxides 538a,b.
Scheme 157: The transformation of peroxides 541.
Scheme 158: The thermal rearrangements of strained cyclic peroxides.
Scheme 159: The thermal rearrangement of diacyl peroxide 551 in the synthesis of C4-epi-lomaiviticin B core 553....
Scheme 160: The 1O2 oxidation of tryptophan (554) and rearrangement of dioxetane intermediate 555.
Scheme 161: The Fe(II)-promoted cleavage of aryl-substituted bicyclic peroxides.
Scheme 162: The proposed mechanism of the Fe(II)-promoted rearrangement of 557a–c.
Scheme 163: The reaction of dioxolane 563 with Fe(II) sulfate.
Scheme 164: Fe(II)-promoted rearrangement of 1,2-dioxane 565.
Scheme 165: Fe(II) cysteinate-promoted rearrangement of 1,2-dioxolane 568.
Scheme 166: The transformation of 1,2-dioxanes 572a–c under the action of FeCl2.
Scheme 167: Fe(II) cysteinate-promoted transformation of tetraoxane 574.
Scheme 168: The CoTPP-catalyzed transformation of bicyclic endoperoxides 600a–d.
Scheme 169: The CoTPP-catalyzed transformation of epoxy-1,2-dioxanes.
Scheme 170: The Ru(II)-catalyzed reactions of 1,4-endoperoxide 261g.
Scheme 171: The Ru(II)-catalyzed transformation as a key step in the synthesis of elyiapyrone A (610) from 1,4-...
Scheme 172: Peroxides with antimalarial activity.
Scheme 173: The interaction of iron ions with artemisinin (616).
Scheme 174: The interaction of FeCl2 with 1,2-dioxanes 623, 624.
Scheme 175: The mechanism of reaction 623 and 624 with Fe(II)Cl2.
Scheme 176: The reaction of bicyclic natural endoperoxides G3-factors 631–633 with FeSO4.
Scheme 177: The transformation of terpene cardamom peroxide 639.
Scheme 178: The different ways of the cleavage of tetraoxane 643.
Scheme 179: The LC–MS analysis of interaction of tetraoxane 646 with iron(II)heme 647.
Scheme 180: The rearrangement of 3,6-epidioxy-1,10-bisaboladiene (EDBD, 649).
Scheme 181: Easily oxidized substrates.
Scheme 182: Biopathway of synthesis of prostaglandins.
Scheme 183: The reduction and rearrangements of isoprostanes.
Scheme 184: The partial mechanism for linoleate 658 oxidation.
Scheme 185: The transformation of lipid hydroperoxide.
Scheme 186: The acid-catalyzed cleavage of the product from free-radical oxidation of cholesterol (667).
Scheme 187: Two pathways of catechols oxidation.
Scheme 188: Criegee-like or Hock-like rearrangement of the intermediate hydroperoxide 675 in dioxygenase enzyme...
Scheme 189: Carotinoides 679 cleavage by carotenoid cleavage dioxygenases.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148
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Scheme 1: Schematic description of the cyclisation reaction catalysed by TE domains. In most cases, the nucle...
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the formation of oxygen heterocycles. The degree of substitution can differ from tha...
Scheme 3: Pyran-ring formation in pederin (24) biosynthesis. Incubation of recombinant PedPS7 with substrate ...
Scheme 4: The domain AmbDH3 from ambruticin biosynthesis catalyses the dehydration of 25 and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 5: SalBIII catalyses dehydration of 29 and subsequent cyclisation to tetrahydropyran 30 [18].
Figure 1: All pyranonaphtoquinones contain either the naphtha[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-dione (32) or the regioisomeri...
Scheme 6: Pyran-ring formation in actinorhodin (34) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H...
Scheme 7: Pyran formation in granaticin (36) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H-napht...
Scheme 8: Pyran formation in alnumycin (37) biosynthesis. Adapted from [21].
Scheme 9: Biosynthesis of pseudomonic acid A (61). The pyran ring is initially formed in 57 after dehydrogena...
Scheme 10: Epoxidation–cyclisation leads to the formation of the tetrahydropyran ring in the western part of t...
Scheme 11: a) Nonactin (70) is formed from heterodimers of (−)(+)-dimeric nonactic acid and (+)(−)-dimeric non...
Figure 2: Pamamycins (73) are macrodiolide antibiotics containing three tetrahydrofuran moieties, which are a...
Scheme 12: A PS domain homolog in oocydin A (76) biosynthesis is proposed to catalyse furan formation via an o...
Scheme 13: Mechanism of oxidation–furan cyclisation by AurH, which converts (+)-deoxyaureothin (77) into (+)-a...
Scheme 14: Leupyrrin A2 (80) and the proposed biosynthesis of its furylidene moiety [69,70].
Scheme 15: Asperfuranone (93) biosynthesis, adapted from [75].
Figure 3: The four major aflatoxins produced by Aspergilli are the types B1, B2, G1 and G2 (94–97). In the di...
Scheme 16: Overview on aflatoxin B1 (94) biosynthesis. HOMST = 11-hydroxy-O-methylsterigmatocystin [78,79,82-106].
Scheme 17: A zipper mechanism leads to the formation of oxygen heterocycles in monensin biosynthesis [109-111].
Scheme 18: Formation of the 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane (DBO) ring system in aurovertin B (118) biosynthesis ...
Figure 4: Structures of the epoxide-containing polyketides epothilone A (119) and oleandomycin (120) [123-125].
Scheme 19: Structures of phoslactomycin B (121) (a) and jerangolid A (122) (b). The heterocycle-forming steps ...
Scheme 20: a) Structures of rhizoxin (130) and cycloheximide (131). Model for the formation of δ-lactones (b) ...
Scheme 21: EncM catalyses a dual oxidation sequence and following processing of the highly reactive intermedia...
Figure 5: Mesomeric structures of tetronates [138,139].
Figure 6: Structures of tetronates for which gene clusters have been sequenced. The tetronate moiety is shown...
Scheme 22: Conserved steps for formation and processing in several 3-acyl-tetronate biosynthetic pathways were...
Scheme 23: In versipelostatin A (153) biosynthesis, VstJ is a candidate enzyme for catalysing the [4 + 2] cycl...
Scheme 24: a) Structures of some thiotetronate antibiotics. b) Biosynthesis of thiolactomycin (165) as propose...
Scheme 25: Aureusidine synthase (AS) catalyses phenolic oxidation and conjugate addition of chalcones leading ...
Scheme 26: a) Oxidative cyclisation is a key step in the biosynthesis of spirobenzofuranes 189, 192 and 193. b...
Scheme 27: A bicyclisation mechanism forms a β-lactone and a pyrrolidinone and removes the precursor from the ...
Scheme 28: Spontaneous cyclisation leads to off-loading of ebelactone A (201) from the PKS machinery [163].
Scheme 29: Mechanisms for the formation of nitrogen heterocycles.
Scheme 30: Biosynthesis of highly substituted α-pyridinones. a) Feeding experiments confirmed the polyketide o...
Scheme 31: Acridone synthase (ACS) catalyses the formation of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone (224) by condensa...
Scheme 32: A Dieckmann condensation leads to the formation of a 3-acyl-4-hydroxypyridin-2-one 227 and removes ...
Scheme 33: a) Biosynthesis of the pyridinone tenellin (234). b) A radical mechanism was proposed for the ring-...
Scheme 34: a) Oxazole-containing PKS–NRPS-derived natural products oxazolomycin (244) and conglobatin (245). b...
Scheme 35: Structure of tetramic acids 251 (a) and major tautomers of 3-acyltetramic acids 252a–d (b). Adapted...
Scheme 36: Equisetin biosynthesis. R*: terminal reductive domain. Adapted from [202].
Scheme 37: a) Polyketides for which a similar biosynthetic logic was suggested. b) Pseurotin A (256) biosynthe...
Figure 7: Representative examples of PTMs with varying ring sizes and oxidation patterns [205,206].
Scheme 38: Ikarugamycin biosynthesis. Adapted from [209-211].
Scheme 39: Tetramate formation in pyrroindomycin aglycone (279) biosynthesis [213-215].
Scheme 40: Dieckmann cyclases catalyse tetramate or 2-pyridone formation in the biosynthesis of, for example, ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121
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Scheme 1: The Biginelli condensation.
Scheme 2: The Biginelli reaction of β-ketophosphonates catalyzed by ytterbium triflate.
Scheme 3: Trimethylchlorosilane-mediated Biginelli reaction of diethyl (3,3,3-trifluoropropyl-2-oxo)phosphona...
Scheme 4: Biginelli reaction of dialkyl (3,3,3-trifluoropropyl-2-oxo)phosphonate with trialkyl orthoformates ...
Scheme 5: p-Toluenesulfonic acid-promoted Biginelli reaction of β-ketophosphonates, aryl aldehydes and urea.
Scheme 6: General Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates.
Scheme 7: Phthalocyanine–AlCl catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of N-Boc-piperidin-4-one with diethyl phosp...
Scheme 8: Kabachnik–Fields reaction of isatin with diethyl phosphite and benzylamine.
Scheme 9: Magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle-supported phosphotungstic acid-catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of i...
Scheme 10: The Mg(ClO4)2-catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of 1-tosylpiperidine-4-one.
Scheme 11: An asymmetric version of the Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of α-amino-3-piperidinylph...
Scheme 12: A classical Kabachnik–Fields reaction followed by an intramolecular ring-closing reaction for the s...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (S)-piperidin-2-phosphonic acid through an asymmetric Kabachnik–Fields reaction.
Scheme 14: A modified diastereoselective Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of isoindolin-1-one-3-pho...
Scheme 15: A microwave-assisted Kabachnik–Fields reaction toward isoindolin-1-ones.
Scheme 16: The synthesis of 3-arylmethyleneisoindolin-1-ones through a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction of Kab...
Scheme 17: An efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of ethyl (2-alkyl- and 2-aryl-3-oxoisoindolin-1-yl)ph...
Scheme 18: FeCl3 and PdCl2 co-catalyzed three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, anilines, and diet...
Scheme 19: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with hydrazine derivatives or hydroxylam...
Scheme 20: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with thiourea, guanidinium carbonate or ...
Scheme 21: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with 1,4-bi-nucleophiles in the presence...
Scheme 22: One-pot three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, amines, and diethyl phosphonate.
Scheme 23: Lewis acid–surfactant combined catalysts for the one-pot three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenza...
Scheme 24: Lewis acid catalyzed cyclization of different Kabachnik–Fields adducts.
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of N-arylisoquinolone-1-phosphonates 119.
Scheme 26: CuI-catalyzed three-component tandem reaction of 2-(2-formylphenyl)ethanones with aromatic amines a...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ylphosphonates via ytterbium chloride-catalyzed three-component re...
Scheme 28: FeCl3-catalyzed four-component reaction for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of indole bisphosphonates through a modified Kabachnik–Fields reaction.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of heterocyclic bisphosphonates via Kabachnik–Fields reaction of triethyl orthoformate.
Scheme 31: A domino Knoevenagel/phospha-Michael process for the synthesis of 2-oxoindolin-3-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 32: Intramolecular cyclization of phospha-Michael adducts to give dihydropyridinylphosphonates.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of fused phosphonylpyrans via intramolecular cyclization of phospha-Michael adducts.
Scheme 34: InCl3-catalyzed three-component synthesis of (2-amino-3-cyano-4H-chromen-4-yl)phosphonates.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of phosphonodihydropyrans via a domino Knoevenagel/hetero-Diels–Alder process.
Scheme 36: Multicomponent synthesis of phosphonodihydrothiopyrans via a domino Knoevenagel/hetero-Diels–Alder ...
Scheme 37: One-pot four-component synthesis of 1,2-dihydroisoquinolin-1-ylphosphonates under multicatalytic co...
Scheme 38: CuI-catalyzed four-component reactions of methyleneaziridines towards alkylphosphonates.
Scheme 39: Ruthenium–porphyrin complex-catalyzed three-component synthesis of aziridinylphosphonates and its p...
Scheme 40: Copper(I)-catalyzed three-component reaction towards 1,2,3-triazolyl-5-phosphonates.
Scheme 41: Three-component reaction of acylphosphonates, isocyanides and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate to aff...
Scheme 42: Synthesis of (4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)phosphonates via an isocyanide-based three-compone...
Scheme 43: Silver-catalyzed three-component synthesis of (2-imidazolin-4-yl)phosphonates.
Scheme 44: Three-component synthesis of phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 45: One-pot three-component synthesis of 3-carbo-5-phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 46: A one-pot two-step method for the synthesis of phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 47: A one-pot method for the synthesis of (5-vinylpyrazolyl)phosphonates.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of 1H-pyrrol-2-ylphosphonates via the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of phosphonate azomethine yli...
Scheme 49: Three-component synthesis of 1H-pyrrol-2-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 50: The classical Reissert reaction.
Scheme 51: One-pot three-component synthesis of N-phosphorylated isoquinolines.
Scheme 52: One-pot three-component synthesis of 1-acyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline-2-phosphonates and 2-acyl-1,2-dihy...
Scheme 53: Three-component reaction of pyridine derivatives with ethyl propiolate and dialkyl phosphonates.
Scheme 54: Three-component reactions for the phosphorylation of benzothiazole and isoquinoline.
Scheme 55: Three-component synthesis of diphenyl [2-(aminocarbonyl)- or [2-(aminothioxomethyl)-1,2-dihydroisoq...
Scheme 56: Three-component stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolin-2-ylphosphonates and 1,2-dihydrois...
Scheme 57: Diphosphorylation of diazaheterocyclic compounds via a tandem 1,4–1,2 addition of dimethyl trimethy...
Scheme 58: Multicomponent reaction of alkanedials, acetamide and acetyl chloride in the presence of PCl3 and a...
Scheme 59: An oxidative domino three-component synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyridines.
Scheme 60: A sequential one-pot three-component synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles.
Scheme 61: Three-component decarboxylative coupling of proline with aldehydes and dialkyl phosphites for the s...
Scheme 62: Three-component domino aza-Wittig/phospha-Mannich sequence for the phosphorylation of isatin deriva...
Scheme 63: Stereoselective synthesis of phosphorylated trans-1,5-benzodiazepines via a one-pot three-component...
Scheme 64: One-pot three-component synthesis of phosphorylated 2,6-dioxohexahydropyrimidines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1250–1268, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.120
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic of RiPP biosynthesis. Thiazole/oxazole formation is represented by the blue heterocycle (...
Figure 2: Examples of heterocycles in RiPPs alongside the precursor peptides that these molecules derive from...
Figure 3: Formation of thiazoles and oxazoles in RiPPs. A) Biosynthesis of microcin B17. B) Mechanistic model...
Figure 4: Lanthionine bond formation. A) Nisin and its precursor peptide. B) Mechanism of lanthionine bond fo...
Figure 5: S-[(Z)-2-Aminovinyl]-D-cysteine (AviCys) formation in the epidermin pathway. A) Mechanisms for deca...
Figure 6: Cyclisation in the biosynthesis of thiopeptides. A) Mechanism of TclM-catalysed heterocyclisation i...
Figure 7: ATP-dependent macrocyclisation. A) General mechanism for ATP-dependent macrolactonisation or macrol...
Figure 8: Peptidase-like macrolactam formation. A) General mechanism. B) Examples of RiPPs cyclised by serine...
Figure 9: Structure of autoinducing peptide AIP-I from Staphylococcus aureus and the sequence of the correspo...
Figure 10: Radical cyclisation in RiPP biosynthesis. A) AlbA-catalysed formation of thioethers in the biosynth...
Figure 11: RiPPs with uncharacterised mechanisms of cyclisation. Unusual heterocycles in ComX and methanobacti...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1096–1100, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.104
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Keramaphidin B (1).
Figure 2: Retrosynthetic analysis of keramaphidin B.
Scheme 1: Enantio- and diastereoselective bifunctional thiourea 12 organocatalysed Michael addition. (a) CO(O...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of bis alkene 5. (a) 12 (20 mol %), toluene, −20 °C, 36 h, 95:5 dr, 92% yield; (b) aq HCH...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1000–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.98
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: 3-Hydroxyoxindole-containing natural products and biologically active molecules.
Scheme 1: Chiral CNN pincer Pd(II) complex 1 catalyzed asymmetric allylation of isatins.
Scheme 2: Asymmetric allylation of ketimine catalyzed by the chiral CNN pincer Pd(II) complex 2.
Scheme 3: Pd/L1 complex-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of 3-O-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 4: Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed asymmetric direct addition of acetonitrile to isatins.
Scheme 5: Chiral tridentate Schiff base/Cu complex catalyzed asymmetric Friedel–Crafts alkylation of isatins ...
Scheme 6: Guanidine/CuI-catalyzed asymmetric alkynylation of isatins with terminal alkynes.
Scheme 7: Asymmetric intramolecular direct hydroarylation of α-ketoamides.
Scheme 8: Plausible catalytic cycle for the direct hydroarylation of α-ketoamides.
Scheme 9: Ir-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of isatins with arylboronic acids.
Scheme 10: Enantioselective decarboxylative addition of β-ketoacids to isatins.
Scheme 11: Ruthenium-catalyzed hydrohydroxyalkylation of olefins and 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles.
Scheme 12: Proposed catalytic mechanism and stereochemical model.
Scheme 13: In-catalyzed allylation of isatins with stannylated reagents.
Scheme 14: Modified protocol for the synthesis of allylated 3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 15: Hg-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of isatins with allyltrimethylsilanes.
Scheme 16: Enantioselective additions of organoborons to isatins.
Scheme 17: Asymmetric aldol reaction of isatins with cyclohexanone.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective aldol reactions of aliphatic aldehydes with isatin derivatives and the plausible t...
Scheme 19: Enantioselective aldol reaction of isatins and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-one.
Scheme 20: Asymmetric aldol reactions between ketones and isatins.
Scheme 21: Phenylalanine lithium salt-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 3-alkyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 22: Aldolization between isatins and dihydroxyacetone derivatives.
Scheme 23: One-pot asymmetric synthesis of convolutamydine A.
Scheme 24: Asymmetric aldol reactions of cyclohexanone and acetone with isatins.
Scheme 25: Aldol reactions of acetone with isatins.
Scheme 26: Aldol reactions of ketones with isatins.
Scheme 27: Enantioselective allylation of isatins.
Scheme 28: Asymmetric aldol reaction of trifluoromethyl α-fluorinated β-keto gem-diols with isatins.
Scheme 29: Plausible mechanism proposed for the asymmetric aldol reaction.
Scheme 30: Asymmetric aldol reaction of 1,1-dimethoxyacetone with isatins.
Scheme 31: Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of phenols with isatins.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective addition of 1-naphthols with isatins.
Scheme 33: Enantioselective aldol reaction between 3-acetyl-2H-chromen-2-ones and isatins.
Scheme 34: Stereoselective Mukaiyama–aldol reaction of fluorinated silyl enol ethers with isatins.
Scheme 35: Asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama–aldol reaction between 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)furan and isatins.
Scheme 36: β-ICD-catalyzed MBH reactions of isatins with maleimides.
Scheme 37: β-ICD-catalyzed MBH reactions of 7-azaisatins with maleimides and activated alkenes.
Scheme 38: Enantioselective aldol reaction of isatins with ketones.
Scheme 39: Direct asymmetric vinylogous aldol reactions of allyl ketones with isatins.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective aldol reactions of ketones with isatins.
Scheme 41: The MBH reaction of isatins with α,β-unsaturated γ-butyrolactam.
Scheme 42: Reactions of tert-butyl hydrazones with isatins followed by oxidation.
Scheme 43: Aldol reactions of isatin derivatives with ketones.
Scheme 44: Enantioselective decarboxylative cyanomethylation of isatins.
Scheme 45: Catalytic kinetic resolution of 3-hydroxy-3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 46: Lewis acid catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles with electron-rich phenols.
Scheme 47: Lewis acid catalyzed arylation of 3-hydroxyoxindoles with aromatics.
Scheme 48: Synthetic application of 3-arylated disubstituted oxindoles in the construction of core structures ...
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed dearomatization and arylation of 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles with tryptamines and 3-...
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective decarboxylative alkylation of β-keto acids with 3-hydroxy-3-indolylo...
Scheme 51: BINOL-derived imidodiphosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective Friedel–Crafts reactions of indoles...
Scheme 52: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective allylation of 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 53: 3-Indolylmethanol-based substitution and cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 54: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] cycloaddtion reactions of 3-indolylmethanols with azomethine ylide...
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed three-component cascade Michael/Pictet–Spengler reactions of 3-indolylmethanols and a...
Scheme 56: Acid-promoted chemodivergent and stereoselective synthesis of diverse indole derivatives.
Scheme 57: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric formal [3 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective cascade reactions for the synthesis of C7-functionlized indoles.
Scheme 59: Lewis acid-promoted Prins cyclization of 3-allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 60: Ga(OTf)3-catalyzed reactions of allenols and phenols.
Scheme 61: I2-catalyzed construction of pyrrolo[2.3.4-kl]acridines from enaminones and 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxin...
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric aza-ene reaction of 3-indolylmethanols with cyclic enaminones.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric α-alkylation of aldehydes with 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 64: Organocatalytic asymmetric α-alkylation of enolizable aldehydes with 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 969–984, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.96
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of cystobactamids 507, 919-1 and 919-2.
Figure 2: Structures of aurafuron A and corallopyronin A.
Figure 3: Structures of ixabepilone and capecitabine.
Figure 4: Structures of DKxanthene-534 and myxochelin A.
Figure 5: Phylogenetic tree of halotolerant and halophilic myxobacteria. The neighbor-joining tree is based o...
Figure 6: Structure of nannocystin A.
Figure 7: Structure of phenylnannolones A–C.
Figure 8: Structures of the pyrronazols, dihydroxyphenazin and 1-hydroxyphenazin-6-yl-α-D-arabinofuranoside.
Figure 9: Structures of nannozinones A + B and nannochelin A from N. pusilla strain MNa10913.
Figure 10: Structure of haliangicin from H. ochraceum.
Figure 11: Structure of haliamide from H. ochraceum SMP-2.
Figure 12: Structures of salimabromide, enhygrolides A + B and salimyxins A + B.
Figure 13: Structures of miuraenamides A–F from P. miuraensis.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 611–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.60
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The design and building of a house is just as satisfying as that of a new molecule and often takes ...
Figure 2: Timeline of anion-binding macrocycles.
Figure 3: Click chemistry’s copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) forms 1,2,3-triazoles that st...
Figure 4: These molecular compounds are the same and not the same.
Figure 5: (a, b, c) Sequence of chemical sketches leading to triazolophanes. (d) The precursor that led, by C...
Figure 6: Variation in phenylene substituents weakens chloride affinity from 1 to 4.
Figure 7: (a) Pyridyl triazolophane and (b) its high-fidelity sandwich around iodide (crystal). Adapted with ...
Figure 8: Testing the (a) macrocyclic effect, and (b) effect of rigidity against (c) the parent triazolophane....
Figure 9: (a) Representations of the four equilibria that dominate in dichloromethane for which the (b) propy...
Figure 10: Representations of (a) aryl–triazole–ether macrocycle 12 and (b) the ion-pair crystal structure of ...
Figure 11: Chloride is used as a comparator for (a) cyanide and (b) biflouride. (c) Computer-aided receptor de...
Figure 12: (a) One-pot synthesis of cyanostars. (b) Volcano plot of anion affinities (40:60 methanol/dichlorom...
Figure 13: (a) Representation and (b) crystal structure of cyanostar-based [3]rotaxane.
Figure 14: Crystal structures of cyanostar sandwich around (a) perchlorate and (b) diglyme (molecules shown wi...
Figure 15: (a) Star-extended cyanostar and an (b) STM image cropped from a 2D lamellar lattice. Part (b) adapt...
Figure 16: (a) Synthesis and one-pot macrocyclization of the tricarb macrocycle. (b) Volcano plot of anion aff...
Figure 17: (a) Tricarb binds iodide. (b) Tricarb’s single-molecule STM image resembles a donut. (c) Honeycomb ...
Figure 18: Timeline of crescent-shaped anion receptors.
Figure 19: Timeline of anion-binding foldamers.
Figure 20: Family portrait of 3D-printed molecular receptors.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 391–405, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.42
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reaction of trimethylsilyl cyanide with tricarbonyl (η5-cyclohexadienyl)iron(1+) salts. Reproduced ...
Figure 1: (a) Supramolecular pore formers. Reproduced with permission from [6]. Copyright 1990 Elsevier. (b) Uni...
Figure 2: An intelligent liquid crystal to read out saccharide structure as a color-change. Picture provided ...
Scheme 2: Polymeric boronic acid receptor units developed by Wulff. Reproduced from [16]. Copyright 1982 Internat...
Figure 3: Fluorescence photoinduced electron transfer (PET) pH sensor developed by A. P. De Silva.
Figure 4: Fluorescence PET sensor for saccharides.
Figure 5: (a) Glucose selective PET system. (b) Chiral discriminating PET system.
Figure 6: (a) Fluorescence photoinduced electron transfer (PET) cation sensors developed by A. P. De Silva. (...
Figure 7: (a) Pyrene diboronic acids (n = 3–8). (b) Pyrene monoboronic acid. (c) Block chart showing the rela...
Figure 8: Glysure Continuous Intravascular Glucose Monitoring (CIGM) System. Image provided by Nicholas P. Ba...
Figure 9: Chiral discrimination of D- and L-tartaric acid by (R)-8 at pH 5.6. [(R)-8] = 5.0 × 10−6 mol dm−3, ...
Figure 10: Chiral discriminating sensor (relative stereochemistry shown) constructed using a good fluorophore ...
Figure 11: Fluorescence emission intensity-pH profile of: (a) Sensor 15: 1.0 × 10−6 mol dm−3 (λex 370 nm, λem ...
Figure 12: Modular chiral discriminating d-PET systems (relative stereochemistry shown).
Figure 13: With Matthew Davidson and Steven Bull during “World Cup” lecture tour of Japan in 2002. (Left) Priv...
Figure 14: Preparation of chiral boron reagent and use as catalyst for aza-Diels–Alder reactions.
Figure 15: Chiral three component self-assembling system.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 314–327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.34
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Flow chart of the typical characterization of chemical signals from microbial interactions. (1) Che...
Figure 2: Multilateral microbe–insect interactions. (1) Insect–symbiont interactions with both partners benef...
Figure 3: a) Interactions between bacterial (endo)symbionts and insects with both partners benefiting from th...
Figure 4: Multilateral microbial interactions in fungus-growing insects. (1) Insect cultivar: protects and sh...
Figure 5: Small molecules (chemical mediators) play key roles in maintaining garden homeostasis in fungus-gro...
Figure 6: Secondary metabolites isolated from Actinobacteria from fungus-growing termites. Microtermolide A (...
Figure 7: Secondary metabolites from bacterial mutualists of solitary insects. Bafilomycin A1 (21), bafilomyc...
Figure 8: Beneficial interactions (1) between fungal symbionts and insects.
Figure 9: Secondary metabolites isolated from fungal symbionts. Cerulenin (30), helvolic acid (31), lepiochlo...
Figure 10: Predatory interactions, (1) entomopathogenic fungi use insect as prey.
Figure 11: Entomopathogenic fungi use secondary metabolites as insecticidal compounds to kill their prey. Dest...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 204–228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.23
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of NOPs.
Figure 2: Examples of structures of NOPs.
Figure 3: Structures of pesticides studied in the literature as guest to form an inclusion complex with CDs.
Figure 4: Structures of pesticides sensitive to the presence of CDs.
Scheme 1: The hydrolysis mechanism of substrate (S) in presence of a cyclodextrin (CD).
Figure 5: Structures of the different stereoisomers of G agents.
Scheme 2: Reaction mechanism of CD accelerated decomposition of organophosphorus compound (PX).
Scheme 3: Proposed degradation mechanism of cyclosarin by β-CD [72].
Figure 6: Schematic representations of β-CD and TRIMEB.
Scheme 4: Synthetic pathways to 6-monosubstituted CD derivatives.
Scheme 5: Synthetic pathways to 2-monosubstituted CD by an iodosobenzoate group.
Scheme 6: Synthetic pathways to 2-monosubstituted CDs with N–OH derivatives.
Scheme 7: Synthetic pathways to 3-monosubstituted CDs.
Scheme 8: Synthetic pathways to 3-homodisubstituted CDs.
Scheme 9: Synthetic pathways to 2,3-heterodisubstituted CDs.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 125–138, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.14
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Photographs of Howard E. Zimmerman (July 5, 1926–February 12, 2012) (left) and Jane Zimmerman (née ...
Figure 2: (a) Schematic double helix fully saturated with intercalator (in purple) according to the neighbor ...
Figure 3: Bismethidium molecular tweezer 3 proposed as a graduate student at Columbia University, which was q...
Figure 4: Adenine 8 recognition by carboxylic acid containing tweezer 9 and a component analysis showing “com...
Figure 5: The first determination of the cost of freezing single bond rotations in a host–guest complex.
Figure 6: Glycouril-based molecular clip 16 and 17 developed by Nolte, an example of Harmata’s chiral Kagan-e...
Figure 7: Macrocyclic diacridines and dinaphthalene and the intercalation complexes they may form with one ch...
Figure 8: (a) Hairpin structure of CUGexp seen in (CUG)12. (b) U–U or T–T mismatches with no inter-strand hyd...
Figure 9: (a) CTG trinucleotide repeat expansion in DMPK gene produces expanded transcripts, one which CUGexp...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2707–2712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.291
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of compounds 1, 2, 3, 1a, 2a, 1b, 2b, 3a, 4 and 5.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2677–2688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.288
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Scheme 1: Synthetic route of 3·TM-βCD and 3·TM-γCD polyrotaxanes, and the non-rotaxane counterpart 3.
Figure 1: 1H NMR spectrum of the polyrotaxane 3·TM-βCD copolymer in CDCl3.
Figure 2: DSC traces on second heating scan of 3, 3·TM-βCD and 3·TM-γCD compounds.
Figure 3: Optical properties of 3·TM-γCD (dotted line), 3·TM-βCD (dashed line) and 3 (solid line) polymers: a...
Figure 4: CV of 3 (a), 3·TM-βCD (b) and 3·TM-γCD (c) in 0.1 M tetrabutylammonium perchlorate (TBAClO4)/ACN so...
Figure 5: Representative AFM images obtained over 3 × 3 µm2 areas of the non-rotaxane 3 (a), 3·TM-βCD (b) and ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2616–2630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.281
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of 2-methoxyestradiol (top) and the derivatised CDs DIMEB and TRIMEB (bottom).
Figure 2: The mode of inclusion of 2ME in the DIMEB cavity (a), space-filling side view of the complex with t...
Figure 3: Stereoview of the asymmetric unit in the crystal of the inclusion complex TRIMEB•2ME, with the host...
Figure 4: Space-filling images of complex unit A (as representative of units A and B) (a) and complex unit C ...
Figure 5: Inclination of the mean plane of the included 2ME molecule relative to the O4-heptagon of the host ...
Figure 6: Overlay of the steroid nucleus of 2ME (blue) in its own crystal with the refined models (grey) of t...
Figure 7: The TRIMEB·2ME complex unit D with two distinct (guest)O19-H···O(host) hydrogen bonds highlighted. ...
Figure 8: Dissolution profiles in water at 37 °C for untreated 2ME and various β-CD-containing preparations o...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2540–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.274
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Figure 1: The author as a teenager in his school uniform, but on the nearby Myrtleford golf course.
Scheme 1: Chronological progression of Smith group research projects.
Scheme 2: Molecular transporters promote translocation of ions or hydrophilic biomolecules across a synthetic...
Figure 2: (left) Association of ZnDPA probe with phosphatidylserine head group. (middle) False colored fluore...
Scheme 3: Macrocyclic receptor that binds solvent separated ion-pairs.
Scheme 4: Trapping a macrocyclic receptor containing a reactive ion-pair produces an interlocked [2]rotaxane.
Figure 3: (left) General structure of a squaraine rotaxane dye. (right) Fluorescence image of a living mouse ...
Scheme 5: (top) Basis of Synthavidin technology. A fluorescent squaraine dye that is flanked by PEG chains ca...
Figure 4: The author as director of the Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Structure of xenicin (1) and b) numbering of the xenicane skeleton according to Schmitz and van ...
Figure 2: Overview of selected Xenia diterpenoids according to the four subclasses [2-20]. The nine-membered carboc...
Figure 3: Representative members of the caryophyllenes, azamilides and Dictyota diterpenes.
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthesis of Xenia diterpenoids (OPP = pyrophosphate, GGPP = geranylgeranyl pyrophospha...
Scheme 2: Direct synthesis of the nine-membered carbocycle as proposed by Schmitz and van der Helm (E = elect...
Scheme 3: The construction of E- or Z-cyclononenes.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of racemic β-caryophyllene (22) by Corey.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of racemic β-caryophyllene (22) by Oishi.
Scheme 6: Total synthesis of coraxeniolide A (10) by Leumann.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of antheliolide A (18) by Corey.
Scheme 8: a) Synthesis of enantiomer 80, b) total syntheses of coraxeniolide A (10) and c) β-caryophyllene (22...
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of blumiolide C (11) by Altmann.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of a xeniolide F precursor by Hiersemann.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the xenibellol (15) and the umbellacetal (114) core by Danishefsky.
Scheme 12: Proposed biosynthesis of plumisclerin A (118).
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the tricyclic core structure of plumisclerin A by Yao.
Scheme 14: Total synthesis of 4-hydroxydictyolactone (137) by Williams.
Scheme 15: Photoisomerization of 4-hydroxydictyolactone (137) to 4-hydroxycrenulide (138).
Scheme 16: The total synthesis of (+)-acetoxycrenulide (151) by Paquette.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2487–2492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.270
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of FR-225497 (4) and related cyclic tetrapeptides.
Figure 2: Synthetic planning for the design of analogues of 4.
Scheme 1: Preparation of the macrocyclic template 13.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of nor-FR225497 (15).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of oxygenated ethyl vinyl ketones.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of analogues of FR-225497.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2306–2317, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.251
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Figure 1: Schematic views of a) β-CD and b) α-mangostin (α-MGS) geometries.
Figure 2: Solubility of α-mangostin as a function of ethanol concentration for different β-CD concentrations.
Figure 3: Solubility of α-mangostin as a function of β-CD for different ethanol concentrations.
Figure 4: RMSD plots of β-CD (grey) and α-MGS (black) for the five systems with different ethanol percentages....
Figure 5: Displacement of the A–C rings of α-MGS with respect to the β-CD center of gravity for five systems ...
Figure 6: Radial distribution functions (RDF) of (a–d) ethanol, and (e–h) water molecules around the oxygen a...
Figure 7: Snapshots of solvation around heteroatoms of α-MGS/β-CD for systems containing 5% and 60% v/v ethan...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2267–2277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.247
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Scheme 1: Schematic description of self-assembly of γ-CDs with PMA-PPO-PEO-PPO-PMA and one-pot endcapping via...
Scheme 2: Synthetic pathway of PMA-PPO-PEO-PPO-PMA.
Figure 1: Photographs of the formation of a PEP100M15CD hydrogel.
Figure 2: WXRD patterns of γ-CD (A), PEP15CD (B), PEP100M (C), PEP100M10CD (D), PEP100M15CD (E), PEP100M30CD ...
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectra of PR30CD80P in DMF-d7/D2O (A) and DMSO-d6/D2O (B).
Figure 4: GPC curves of γ-CD (A), PR0CD30P (B), PR30CD30P (C), PR30CD50P (D) and PR30CD80P (E).
Figure 5: 13C CP/MAS NMR spectra of PEP100M15CD (A) and γ-CD (B).
Figure 6: 2D NOESY NMR spectrum of PR30CD80P in DMSO-d6/D2O.
Figure 7: FTIR spectra of PEP100M (A), PEP100M15CD (B), PR0CD30P (C), PR30CD80P (D) and γ-CD (E).
Figure 8: TGA curves of PEP100M (A), γ-CD (B), PEP15CD (C), PEP100M10CD (D), PEP100M15CD (E) and PEP100M30CD ...
Figure 9: BrPEPBr (A), PEP15CD (B), PEP100M (C), PEP100M15CD (D), PR0CD30P (E), PR30CD50P (F), PR30CD80P (G) ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2223–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.241
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Some ruthenium catalysts for metathesis reactions.
Scheme 1: Decomposition of methylidenes 1 and 2.
Scheme 2: Deactivation of G-HII in the presence of ethylene.
Scheme 3: Reaction between GI/GII and n-BuNH2.
Scheme 4: Reaction of GII with amines a–d.
Scheme 5: Amine-induced decomposition of GII methylidene 2.
Scheme 6: Amine-induced decomposition of GII in RCM conditions.
Scheme 7: Deactivation of methylidene 2 in the presence of pyridine.
Scheme 8: Reaction of G-HII with various amines.
Scheme 9: Formation of olefin 22 from styrene.
Scheme 10: Hypothetic deactivation pathway of G-HII.
Scheme 11: RCM of dienic pyridinium salts.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of polycyclic scaffolds using RCM.
Scheme 13: Enyne ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (R)-(+)-muscopyridine using a RCM strategy.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a tris-pyrrole macrocycle.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a bicyclic imidazole.
Scheme 17: RCM using Schrock’s catalyst 44.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,6-pyrido-diazocine 46 by using a RCM.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of fused pyrimido-azepines through RCM.
Scheme 20: RCM involving alkenes containing various N-heteroaromatics.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of dihydroisoquinoline using a RCM.
Scheme 22: Formation of tricyclic compound 59.
Scheme 23: RCM in the synthesis of normuscopyridine.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of macrocycle 64.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of macrocycles possessing an imidazole group.
Scheme 26: Retrosynthesis of an analogue of erythromycin.
Scheme 27: Retrosynthesis of haminol A.
Scheme 28: CM involving 3-vinylpyridine 70 with 71 and vinylpyridine 70 with 73.
Scheme 29: Revised retrosynthesis of haminol A.
Scheme 30: CM between 78 and crotonaldehyde.
Scheme 31: Hypothesized deactivation pathway.
Scheme 32: CM involving an allyl sulfide containing a quinoline.
Scheme 33: CM involving allylic sulfide possessing a quinoxaline or a phenanthroline.
Scheme 34: CM between an acrylate and a 2-methoxy-5-bromo pyridine.
Scheme 35: Successful CM of an alkene containing a 2-chloropyridine.
Scheme 36: Variation of the substituent on the pyridine ring.
Scheme 37: CM involving alkenes containing a variety of N-heteroaromatics.