Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

• Cécile Alleman,
• Charlène Gadais,
• Laurent Legentil and
• François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

• the eight-membered ring by RCM (Scheme 1). Optimization of the reaction parameters (temperature, solvent, concentration, and catalyst amount) was carried out with G-I catalyst. Indeed, the authors noticed that high temperatures improved the reaction conversion, and dichloromethane seemed to furnish

• were necessary to give compound 38 as a precursor for the late-stage RCM cyclization. This ring formation was very challenging and necessitated extended optimization. Indeed, during the course of the RCM a dramatic effect of the OH-protecting group on the cyclopentane unit was observed. The presence of

• only in modest amounts even after extensive reaction times (more than 3 days) and high catalyst loadings (30–35 mol %). After reaction optimization, use of G-II catalyst allowed formation of cyclooctene 58 in excellent 90% yield. This compound could ultimately be advanced to 59 in 8 steps. Exhibiting a

An efficient metal-free and catalyst-free C–S/C–O bond-formation strategy: synthesis of pyrazole-conjugated thioamides and amides

• Shubham Sharma,
• Dharmender Singh,
• Sunit Kumar,
• Vaishali,
• Rahul Jamra,
• Naveen Banyal,
• Deepika,
• Chandi C. Malakar and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 231–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.22

• tethers. Synthesis of pyrazole-pyridine conjugates 9F and 10F having amide tethers. A tentative mechanism for the formation of pyrazole conjugates with thioamide and amide linkage. Screening of reaction conditions towards the formation of pyrazole-conjugated thioamide.a Optimization of the reaction

Investigation of cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines in the “green” solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone

• Solomiia Borova and
• Robert Luxenhofer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 217–230, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.21

• typically set from 1000 m/z to 7000 m/z. After parameter optimization, the instrument was calibrated with PEG standards depending on the m/z range of the individual sample. Samples were prepared with sinapinic acid (3,5-dimethoxy-4-hydroxycinnamic acid, SA) as matrices using the dried-droplet spotting

Friedel–Crafts acylation of benzene derivatives in tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids (TAAILs)

• Swantje Lerch,
• Stefan Fritsch and
• Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 212–216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.20

• liquids (TAAILs) has been developed. Through optimization of the metal salt, reaction conditions and ionic liquids, we were able to design a robust catalyst system that tolerates different electron-rich substrates under ambient atmosphere and allows for a multigram scale. Keywords: Friedel–Crafts

Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones

• Benedikt Kolb,
• Daniela Silva dos Santos,
• Sanja Krause,
• Anna Zens and
• Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17

• optimization steps were performed with toluene. By running the reaction at room temperature and decreased reaction times (3 h), the yield decreased to 28% (Table 2, entry 6). On increasing the reaction temperature to 50 °C instead, the product was isolated in 31% yield (Table 2, entry 7). Longer reaction times

Identification and determination of the absolute configuration of amorph-4-en-10β-ol, a cadinol-type sesquiterpene from the scent glands of the African reed frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris

• Angelique Ladwig,
• Markus Kroll and
• Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 167–175, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.16

• concept proved to be difficult to achieve, but by optimization of different parameters of this Domino reaction, the required enantiomerically almost pure ketones 9–11 were obtained (Table 1). The Mannich reaction worked best using diisopropylammonium trifluoroacetate as the catalyst [22]. The isolation of

• adduct with 18 that was readily separable from the target ketones. Following the optimization of reaction conditions, a change of solvent to THF was shown to be as equally effective as toluene (Table 1, entry 10). The ketones S-9, S-10, and S-11 were obtained in a ratio of 1:6.9:5.2, indicating a higher

Practical synthesis of isocoumarins via Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation/annulation cascade

• Qian-Ci Gao,
• Yi-Fei Li,
• Jun Xuan and
• Xiao-Qiang Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 100–106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.10

• mechanism. Optimization of the reaction conditionsa. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 66: Experimental and copies of spectra. Funding We are grateful to the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21901258, 22271314, 21971001 and 21702001), the Foundation of South-Central MinZu

NaI/PPh₃-catalyzed visible-light-mediated decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides for the efficient synthesis of quaternary oxindoles

• Dan Liu,
• Yue Zhao and
• Frederic W. Patureau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 57–65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.5

• Discussion Key elements of reaction optimization are summarized in Table 1. With NaI (20 mol %) and PPh3 (20 mol %), acrylamide 1a and redox-active ester 2a were used as model substrates to react for 36 h in acetonitrile (MeCN) under blue LEDs irradiation and N2 atmosphere, delivering the desired oxindole

• ][10][11][12][13]. Selected photocatalytic decarboxylative radical cascade reactions of N-arylamides. Arylamide substrate scope with isolated yields of products. Alkyl radical precursor scope with isolated yields of products. Selected mechanistic experiments. Optimization tablea. Supporting

Improving the accuracy of ³¹P NMR chemical shift calculations by use of scaling methods

• William H. Hersh and
• Tsz-Yeung Chan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 36–56, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.4

• both the structural optimization and NMR chemical shift calculation was best overall for the compounds without P–C multiple bonds (MAD/RMSD = 5.4/7.1 ppm), but failed by 30–49 ppm for compounds having any P–C multiple-bond character. Failures of these magnitudes have not been reported previously for

• these widely used functionals. These failures were then used to screen a variety of recommended functionals, leading to better overall methods for calculation of these chemical shifts: optimization with the M06-2X functional and NMR calculation with the PBE0 or ωB97x-D functionals gave values for MAD

• using such calculations is a powerful technique [9][10][11][12][13]. A set of recommendations for best practices has been proposed [1][2][3][14] and made available online [15] describing basis set choices, geometry optimization, incorporation of solvation, and use of scaling factors derived from linear

Modern flow chemistry – prospect and advantage

• Philipp Heretsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 33–35, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.3

• application, rendering this technology rather a supportive tool than a general solution [15]. Still, having this option available significantly lowers the barrier of inventing novel technological solutions and allows for high-throughput optimization in reactor design. Since different types of reactions

Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of 6-membered cyclic iodonium salts via anodic oxidation

• Julian Spils,
• Thomas Wirth and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 27–32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.2

• collecting for 3 h 20 min (2.00 mmol) after two reactor volumes had passed at the respective conditions. aSolutions of benzyl alocohol and TfOH were precooled in flow before mixing (see Supporting Information File 1). Synthesis of acyclic (DIS) and cyclic (CDIS) diaryliodonium salts. Optimization of the

• oxidation and cyclization in batch. Optimization of the oxidation and cyclization in flow. Optimization of the two-step flow process in series. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 98: Experimental, analytical data and copies of NMR spectra. Acknowledgements We thank the School of Chemistry

Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges

• Jorge García-Lacuna and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182

• and reversed-phase chromatography (Table 1). Optimization of conditions regarding the purification step is needed such as adjusting the concentration of the crude mixture, or the addition of a drying cartridge with molecular sieves. At the end, products with excellent purity are obtained (97–99% by

• optimization as well as a set of pumps and several membranes are required, and scalability is often limited. In this context, Kappe and co-workers achieved the effective synthesis of methyl oximino acetoacetate using a multistage separation platform, including inline monitoring as depicted in Scheme 2 [51

• analysis to control the acid concentration. Good extraction efficiency and purification were achieved for an amine as a test substrate that was contaminated with a minor impurity. Remaining challenges such as time-consuming optimization and the need for several pumps can be overcome through careful

Total synthesis of grayanane natural products

• Nicolas Fay,
• Rémi Blieck,
• Cyrille Kouklovsky and
• Aurélien de la Torre

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1707–1719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.181

• optimization showed that chiral squaramide 47 developed by Jacobsen’s group significantly accelerated the Mukaiyama reaction compared to TMSOTf or TiCl4 thanks to chiral hydrogen bond-donor effect [35]. After Sakurai cyclization promoted by EtAlCl2, the desired product 48 was obtained with the required

A novel spirocyclic scaffold accessed via tandem Claisen rearrangement/intramolecular oxa-Michael addition

• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Alexander Yanovich,
• Dmitry Dar’in,
• Grigory Kantin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1649–1655, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.177

• Discussion The initial attempt to involve DAS 1b in the Rh2(esp)2-catalyzed insertion reaction with 4-(tert-butyl)phenol was successful. The initial adduct 5b was not purified and was heated at 140 °C in toluene to give compound 6b in 47% yield over two steps (Scheme 2). No further optimization of the

Rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular reductive aldol-type cyclization: Application for the synthesis of a chiral necic acid lactone

• Motoyuki Isoda,
• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Kenta Kameda,
• Kana Wakabayashi,
• Ryota Sato,
• Hideki Minami,
• Yukiko Karuo,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1642–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.176

• , Et3N, acryloyl chloride, hydroquinone. d) [RhCl(cod)]2, THF, Et2Zn. Optimization of the reaction conditions. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 308: General procedures and analytical data, including copies of 1H NMR, 13C NMR, and X-ray crystallography. Acknowledgements We would like

One-pot double annulations to confer diastereoselective spirooxindolepyrrolothiazoles

• Juan Lu,
• Bin Yao,
• Desheng Zhan,
• Zhuo Sun,
• Yun Ji and
• Xiaofeng Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1607–1616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.171

• olefinic oxindole 4a shown in Table 1. In our continuous effort on the reaction optimization of benign solvents, we firstly evaluated the influence of reaction time and protic solvents such as EtOH, iPrOH and MeOH at 25 °C for 6 h, which only results in slightly different LC yield (93–95%) of compound 3a

• (0.5 M), 90 °C, 9 h (Table 1, entry 6). iii) 2.2:1.1:1.0 of 1a/2/4a, EtOH (0.5 M), 90 °C, 9 h (Table 1, entry 7). Optimization of reaction conditions for double annulations of cysteine.a One-pot reaction for the synthesis of compound 7. Green metrics (AE, AEf, CE, RME, OE and MP) analysis for processes

Formal total synthesis of macarpine via a Au(I)-catalyzed 6-endo-dig cycloisomerization strategy

• Jiayue Fu,
• Bingbing Li,
• Zefang Zhou,
• Maosheng Cheng,
• Lu Yang and
• Yongxiang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1589–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.169

• of precursors 5 and 8. Synthesis of enol silyl ether 10. Formal total synthesis of macarpine (1). Optimization of the Au(I)-catalyzed cycloisomerization conditions. Reaction condition optimization of the cycloisomerization of alkynyl ketone 9. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 294

Functionalization of imidazole N-oxide: a recent discovery in organic transformations

• Koustav Singha,
• Imran Habib and
• Mossaraf Hossain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1575–1588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.168

• . The study of the optimization conditions showed that the highest yields of products were obtained when: (I) in case of path A, 1.0 mmol of the 2,2-dimethyl-4-phenyl-2H-imidazole 1-oxide (9a) was reacted with pentafluorophenyllithium (13) (which was formed in situ from pentafluorobenzene (12)] in the

• using aldehydes and Meldrum’s acid under metal-free and mild reaction conditions [20]. The optimization conditions were estimated to be 1.0 mmol of 1-benzyl-4,5-dimethylimidazole N-oxide as substrate, 1.0 mmol of aldehydes and 1.0 mmol of Meldrum’s acid (26) in 6.0 mL of acetonitrile as solvent at

Simple synthesis of multi-halogenated alkenes from 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (halothane)

• Yukiko Karuo,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Kentaro Kawai and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1567–1574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.167

• -coupling reaction of 2a with trimethylsilylacetylene. Optimization of reaction conditions for obtaining 2a from 3a and halothane. Scope of reaction with various substituted phenols (3b–p). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 352: Characterization data for 2b–p and copies of 1H, 13C, and 19F

Cyclometalated iridium complexes-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling reaction: construction of quinoline derivatives and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities

• Hongling Shui,
• Yuhong Zhong,
• Renshi Luo,
• Zhanyi Zhang,
• Jiuzhong Huang,
• Ping Yang and
• Nianhua Luo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1507–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.159

• drugs. Cyclometalated iridium-catalyzed ADC reaction of o-aminobenzyl alcohols and secondary alcohols. Gram-scale transformations. Mechanistic investigation. A speculated possible mechanism. Optimization of catalyst for ADC reaction of 2-aminobenzyl alcohol and 1-phenylethanol.a Studies of reaction

Comparison of crystal structure and DFT calculations of triferrocenyl trithiophosphite’s conformance

• Ruslan P. Shekurov,
• Mikhail N. Khrizanforov,
• Ilya A. Bezkishko,
• Tatiana P. Gerasimova,
• Almaz A. Zagidullin,
• Daut R. Islamov and
• Vasili A. Miluykov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1499–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.157

• 2201898. DFT calculations All calculations were performed with the Gaussian 16 suite of programs [15]. The hybrid PBE0 functional [16] and the Ahlrichs’ triple-ζ def-TZVP AO basis set [17] were used for optimization of all structures. In all geometry optimizations, the D3 approach [18] was applied to

• trithiophosphite have been considered quantum-chemically (Figure 2, Table 1): trans-trans-trans (ttt), gauche-trans-trans (gtt), gauche-gauche-trans (ggt), and gauche-gauche-gauche (ggg). During optimization the ggt conformer adopted a cis-gauche-trans conformation with Fc(C)–S–P lone pair dihedral angles of 8

Microelectrode arrays, electrosynthesis, and the optimization of signaling on an inert, stable surface

• Kendra Drayton-White,
• Siyue Liu,
• Yu-Chia Chang,
• Sakashi Uppal and
• Kevin D. Moeller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1488–1498, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.156

• comparison with other interactions involving Gαi1. Further adjustments could be made to place the signal in the middle of the window, but that level of optimization was deemed unnecessary for a model study. Conclusion Indirect measurements on microelectrode arrays have two consistent issues. One is that the

Design, synthesis, and evaluation of chiral thiophosphorus acids as organocatalysts

• Karen R. Winters and
• Jean-Luc Montchamp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1471–1478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.154

• listed above for the C2-symmetrical catalysts. First and foremost, the compounds must be inexpensive to make, which implies that their syntheses should be easily scaled. A modular synthesis is also desirable if some structure optimization is required. The resolution of the phosphorus center should be

• 4 are based on 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphaphenanthrene-10-oxide (DOPO) [33]. Synthesis In this section, the syntheses of CPA targets are described. It should be noted that little yield optimization was accomplished since only a small amount of product was needed for the evaluation as an

• = Et (2.4 equiv), toluene, 60 °C). Further optimization with the pivalate led to 20 in 82% yield and 68% ee (19 R2 = t-Bu (2 equiv), cyclopentyl methyl ether, 22 °C). To account for the best results observed with pivalate 18, Guinchard and coworkers proposed the transition-state shown in Scheme 5 [31

Synthesis of meso-pyrrole-substituted corroles by condensation of 1,9-diformyldipyrromethanes with pyrrole

• Baris Temelli and
• Pinar Kapci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1403–1409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.145

• , pyrrole ratio, reaction time, catalyst type, and oxidant are important parameters on the yields of the reactions [28][29][30][31][32]. For this reason, optimization studies were carried out on these parameters. Based on the results of the preliminary studies, optimization studies were carried out in the

• mono- and dipyrrole-substituted compounds. The reaction of 5-phenyl-1,9-diformyldipyrromethane (1a) with pyrrole. [2 + 2] Mac Donald type condensation reaction. Optimization of reaction conditions.a Synthesis of pyrrole-substituted corroles.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 274

Cyclodextrin-based Schiff base pro-fragrances: Synthesis and release studies

• Attila Palágyi,
• Jindřich Jindřich,
• Juraj Dian and
• Sophie Fourmentin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1346–1354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.140

• aldehydes were mixtures of isomers, but it was acceptable for our intended purpose – to study the controlled release of the aldehydes, i.e., volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The aldehyde selected for the optimization of reaction conditions was cinnamaldehyde (2a), as it is strongly UV absorbing, i.e