Gold-catalyzed post-Ugi alkyne hydroarylation for the synthesis of 2-quinolones

• Xiaochen Du,
• Jianjun Huang,
• Anton A. Nechaev,
• Ruwei Yao,
• Jing Gong,
• Erik V. Van der Eycken,
• Olga P. Pereshivko and
• Vsevolod A. Peshkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2572–2579, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.234

• fact that the resulting cyclized products 8r and 8r’ were essentially inseparable. The best 8r/8r’ ratio could be obtained using hexafluoro-2-methylpropan-2-ol while the best overall yield was obtained using HFIP (Table 4, entry 2 versus entry 4). Conclusion We have elaborated a fast and diversity

Quinolines from the cyclocondensation of isatoic anhydride with ethyl acetoacetate: preparation of ethyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylate and derivatives

• Nicholas G. Jentsch,
• Jared D. Hume,
• Emily B. Crull,
• Samer M. Beauti,
• Amy H. Pham,
• Julie A. Pigza,
• Jacques J. Kessl and
• Matthew G. Donahue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2529–2536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.229

• able to construct the desired benzene substituted quinoline 21 in six steps from 2-amino-4-bromobenzoic acid in 31% overall yield. Conclusion In conclusion, an efficient route for the synthesis of substituted quinolines 10a–h has been demonstrated from commercially available anthranilic acids AA

Practical tetrafluoroethylene fragment installation through a coupling reaction of (1,1,2,2-tetrafluorobut-3-en-1-yl)zinc bromide with various electrophiles

• Ken Tamamoto,
• Shigeyuki Yamada and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2375–2383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.213

• % isolated yield. Then, 4t underwent Pd(0)-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction with phenylacetylene, producing the corresponding tolane derivative 4u with a CF2CF2 fragment in good yield (30% overall yield from 2-Zn). Consequently, 2-Zn is found to be a powerful tetrafluoroethylenating agent for

Non-metal-templated approaches to bis(borane) derivatives of macrocyclic dibridgehead diphosphines via alkene metathesis

• Tobias Fiedler,
• Michał Barbasiewicz,
• Michael Stollenz and
• John A. Gladysz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2354–2365, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.211

• (in,in/out,out)-2·2BH3 (2%). Four of these structures are verified by independent syntheses. Second, 1,14-tetradecanedioic acid is converted (reduction, bromination, Arbuzov reaction, LiAlH4) to H2P((CH2)14)PH2 (10; 76% overall yield). The reaction with H3B·SMe2 gives 10·2BH3, which is treated with n

A novel and practical asymmetric synthesis of eptazocine hydrobromide

• Ruipeng Li,
• Zhenren Liu,
• Liang Chen,
• Jing Pan,
• Kuaile Lin and
• Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.209

• were optimized to obtain the product in excellent overall yield and purity. Keywords: alkylation; asymmetric catalysis; eptazocine; Mannich cyclization; Introduction Eptazocine hydrobromide (1, Scheme 1), (1S,6S)-1,4-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydro-1H-1,6-methanobenzo[e]azonine-10-ol hydrobromide

Studies towards the synthesis of hyperireflexolide A

• G. Hari Mangeswara Rao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2106–2111, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.185

• reported from our laboratory the synthesis of γ-lactone-fused cyclopentane derivative 5 from the respective Diels–Alder adduct in 5 steps with an overall yield of 29% [32]. Hydrolysis of dimethyl ketal 5 with MeSO3H in 1,2-DCE furnished γ-lactone-fused cyclopentanone 6 in 97% yield. Cyclopentanone 6 exists

Synthesis and photophysical studies of a multivalent photoreactive Ru^II-calix[4]arene complex bearing RGD-containing cyclopentapeptides

• Sofia Kajouj,
• Lionel Marcelis,
• Alice Mattiuzzi,
• Adrien Grassin,
• Damien Dufour,
• Pierre Van Antwerpen,
• Didier Boturyn,
• Eric Defrancq,
• Mathieu Surin,
• Julien De Winter,
• Pascal Gerbaux,
• Ivan Jabin and
• Cécile Moucheron

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.150

• % yield. Diazotation followed by nucleophilic substitution with sodium azide gave the desired tetra-azido compound 4 in 56% overall yield from 3. It is noteworthy that the introduction of the azido groups on the calix[4]arene scaffold was clearly confirmed by the presence of an intense band at 2108 cm−1

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

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

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

• block A [1,3,5-tris(piperazinomethyl)benzene] consisted of the amination of 1,3,5-tris(bromomethyl)benzene with commercially available N-Boc-piperazine followed by deprotection, and was achieved according to the literature [39] (97% overall yield in our hands). Similarly, 2,4,6-tris[(4-hydroxy

Metal-free formal synthesis of phenoxazine

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

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

• a high-yielding O-arylation of a phenol with an unsymmetrical diaryliodonium salt to provide an ortho-disubstituted diaryl ether. This species was cyclized to acetylphenoxazine in moderate yield. The overall yield in the three-step sequence is 72% based on recovered diaryl ether. An interesting

•  7 and delivered N-acetylphenoxazine (2) in 72% overall yield over 3 steps. Combined with the literature yield for the deprotection, this would provide the target 1 in 65% overall yield based on recovered 3. The required starting materials in this route can easily be further substituted; hence we

• underwent an intramolecular N-arylation to provide the cyclized product 2. The overall yield in this three-step sequence is 72% based on recovered diaryl ether. Interestingly, an unusually stable iodine(III) intermediate was formed in the O-arylation. This species survived neutral work-up and could be

Enantioselective phase-transfer catalyzed alkylation of 1-methyl-7-methoxy-2-tetralone: an effective route to dezocine

• Ruipeng Li,
• Zhenren Liu,
• Liang Chen,
• Jing Pan and
• Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.119

• literature [10] (without resolution) to get compound 6a, and then 6a was transformed to dezocine with 23.0% overall yield and 100% purity. The mp, optical rotation value, MS and 1H NMR of the product were consistent with those in the literature [4][10]. Synthesis of dezocine by resolution. Synthesis of

Synthesis of pyrazolopyrimidinones using a “one-pot” approach under microwave irradiation

• Mark Kelada,
• John M. D. Walsh,
• Robert W. Devine,
• Patrick McArdle and
• John C. Stephens

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1222–1228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.104

• the pot and the reaction heated at the same temperature, 150 °C, under microwave irradiation for a further 2 h. The target pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidinone was subsequently isolated in an overall yield of 52%. Once more, a significant improvement was observed using microwave conditions in comparison with

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

• Arif Dastan,
• Haydar Kilic and
• Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

• material, Ewing and Paquette designed and synthesized benzotropone 11 by an especially reliable route [54]. For this purpose, bisalkylation of o-xylylene dibromide (38) with tert-butyl lithioacetate (Rathke's salt) and subsequent Dieckmann cyclization provided simple access to 40 in 51% overall yield

Recyclable hypervalent-iodine-mediated solid-phase peptide synthesis and cyclic peptide synthesis

• Dan Liu,
• Ya-Li Guo,
• Jin Qu and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1112–1119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.97

• coupling reagent, which was developed by Ye’s group in order to reduce racemization and side reactions [50]. The precursor 2 was obtained via successive deprotection of the C-terminal and the N-terminal protecting group of 14. The overall yield of this route is 28%. With the precursor 2 in hand, we then

Synthetic avenues towards a tetrasaccharide related to Streptococcus pneumonia of serotype 6A

• Aritra Chaudhury,
• Mana Mohan Mukherjee and
• Rina Ghosh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1095–1102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.95

• glycosylation technique in 52% yield (Scheme 5). It is to be noted that the temperature had to be raised to −10 °C from −20 °C in the second step of the one-pot protocol. This was necessary to improve the overall yield of the final product. The tetrasaccharide derivative 1 was next deprotected under Zemplén

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

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

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

• response element (ARE) and the estrogen response element (ERE) was synthesized in 12–17% overall yield. Selective modifications could also be done on the GABA turn units, which showed improved cellular uptake properties. Sugiyama et al. designed and synthesized a series of telomere-targeting synthetically

On the design principles of peptide–drug conjugates for targeted drug delivery to the malignant tumor site

• Eirinaios I. Vrettos,
• Gábor Mező and
• Andreas G. Tzakos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 930–954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.80

Development of novel cyclic NGR peptide–daunomycin conjugates with dual targeting property

• Andrea Angelo Pierluigi Tripodi,
• Szilárd Tóth,
• Kata Nóra Enyedi,
• Gitta Schlosser,
• Gergely Szakács and
• Gábor Mező

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 911–918, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.78

• ) prior to the Dau conjugation. The final cyclic NGR peptide–Dau conjugates were characterized by analytical HPLC and mass spectrometry (Table 1, Supporting Information File 1), whereby the purity was over 95% in all cases. In comparison with the control conjugate (K) significantly higher overall yield

Chlorination of phenylallene derivatives with 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one: synthesis of vicinal-dichlorides and chlorodienes

• Zhensheng Zhao and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 796–802, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.67

• reflux, and upon consumption of the allene an inseparable mixture of chlorination products 3a and 3a’ were obtained. While the overall yield of the chlorinated products increased when under reflux conditions, very little change in chemoselectivity was observed (Scheme 2) [31]. As these results were

Heterogeneous Pd catalysts as emulsifiers in Pickering emulsions for integrated multistep synthesis in flow chemistry

• Katharina Hiebler,
• Georg J. Lichtenegger,
• Manuel C. Maier,
• Eun Sung Park,
• Renie Gonzales-Groom,
• Bernard P. Binks and
• Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 648–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.52

• fractions are <5 µm (= x90) in diameter. The overall yield for this particle fraction was 20%, but future work will concentrate on the optimisation of this step. Microscopic pictures indicate spherical particle shape. The density of the particles, also important for the usage of the particles as stabilisers

Sequential Ugi reaction/base-induced ring closing/IAAC protocol toward triazolobenzodiazepine-fused diketopiperazines and hydantoins

• Robby Vroemans,
• Fante Bamba,
• Jonas Winters,
• Joice Thomas,
• Jeroen Jacobs,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Jubi John and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 626–633, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.49

• product with increase in steric bulk of the substituent. Hence, an overall yield (over 3 steps) of 37% was obtained for benzyl-substituted polycyclic compound 7a, 34% for 7b (cyclohexyl) and 27% for 7c (tert-butyl). p-Methoxyphenyl-substituted compound 7d was obtained in a good overall yield of 67%. Next

• hydantoin intermediates; which on subsequent neutralization–dilution–IAAC afforded the expected hydantoin-fused benzodiazepine derivative 10a in 45% overall yield. In a similar way the cyclohexyl and p-methoxyphenyl-substituted compounds 10b and 10c were obtained in 82% and 62% overall yield, respectively

An air-stable bisboron complex: a practical bidentate Lewis acid catalyst

• Longcheng Hong,
• Sebastian Ahles,
• Andreas H. Heindl,
• Gastelle Tiétcha,
• Andrey Petrov,
• Zhenpin Lu,
• Christian Logemann and
• Hermann A. Wegner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 618–625, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.48

• compound A. In that case, after removal of all the volatile components under reduced pressure, a cooling finger can be installed on the Schlenk tube for sublimation affording compound A in 55% overall yield. X-ray crystal structure analysis A single crystal of the air-stable Lewis acid B was obtained from

High-yielding continuous-flow synthesis of antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine

• Eric Yu,
• Hari P. R. Mangunuru,
• Nakul S. Telang,
• Caleb J. Kong,
• Jenson Verghese,
• Stanley E. Gilliland III,
• Saeed Ahmad,
• Raymond N. Dominey and
• B. Frank Gupton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 583–592, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.45

• synthesis of the antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). Key improvements in the new process include the elimination of protecting groups with an overall yield improvement of 52% over the current commercial process. The continuous process employs a combination of packed bed reactors with continuous

Electrochemical Corey–Winter reaction. Reduction of thiocarbonates in aqueous methanol media and application to the synthesis of a naturally occurring α-pyrone

• Ernesto Emmanuel López-López,
• José Alvano Pérez-Bautista,
• Fernando Sartillo-Piscil and
• Bernardo A. Frontana-Uribe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 547–552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.41

• 6 was prepared in two steps from pyrone dioxolane 7 [7]. Acid hydrolysis of 7 to 1,2-diol 8 followed by the reaction with 1,1’-thiocarbonyldiimidazole afforded thiocarbonate precursor 6 in high overall yield (Scheme 3). Compounds 6 and 8 were prepared in a similar manner as described in reference [7

Continuous multistep synthesis of 2-(azidomethyl)oxazoles

• Thaís A. Rossa,
• Nícolas S. Suveges,
• Marcus M. Sá,
• David Cantillo and
• C. Oliver Kappe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 506–514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.36

• in the reaction described above). After reaction, 2-(azidomethyl)oxazoles 7a and 7b were purified by column chromatography, giving a three-step overall yield of 60% and 50%, respectively. The vinyl azide 1c was also subjected to the conditions described above. However, the reaction could not be

Latest development in the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA): a critical review

• Fabio Tonin and
• Isabel W. C. E. Arends

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 470–483, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.33

• , the chemical modification requires several protection and deprotection steps, resulting in an overall yield of about 30% [12][13][14][15]. For that reason, research has been performed on the development of more selective procedures which involve less reaction steps. In particular, microbial

• acetic anhydride and pyridine (yield 92%). The 12-OH group is oxidized with CrO3 (yield 98%) and, after a deprotection step in alkaline environment, the formed ketone group can be removed by a Wolff–Kishner reaction yielding CDCA (yield 82%). The overall yield of the dehydroxylation step is around 65

• an infinitesimal change in the number of electrons [61]. The overall yield of the epimerization step is around 70% [12][15][62]. A further purification step is necessary for the preparation of free UDCA: it can be easily obtained with sequential esterification, extraction and hydrolysis (yield 91