Cross-coupling of dissimilar ketone enolates via enolonium species to afford non-symmetrical 1,4-diketones

• Keshaba N. Parida,
• Gulab K. Pathe,
• Shimon Maksymenko and
• Alex M. Szpilman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 992–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.84

• involve the coupling of amide enolates with ketone enolates. Baran reported that stoichiometric Cu(2-ethylhexanoate)2 or Fe(acac)3 (2 equiv) are able to selectively oxidize imides, including Evan’s-type chiral imides, to the corresponding radicals. The formed radical then reacts selectively with a ketone

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

• tested in female BDF mice bearing estrogen independent MXT mouse mammary cancers, presenting stronger tumor inhibitory effects than their respective cytotoxic radicals up to 93%, while equimolar quantities of their respective radicals were more toxic [124]. Moreover, PDC AN-207 was significantly more

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

• attributed to the free vacant p-orbital of the boron atom leading to further transformations, such as decomposition via radicals (O2), reactions with nucleophiles (H2O) as well as the formations of adducts. From this perspective, a suitable Lewis base may form a Lewis complex and subsequently occupy the p

Diels–Alder cycloadditions of N-arylpyrroles via aryne intermediates using diaryliodonium salts

• Huangguan Chen,
• Jianwei Han and
• Limin Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 354–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.23

• coupling for pyrroles using a hypervalent iodine reagent and a stabilizer for pyrrolyliodonium intermediates (Scheme 1c) [9]. The reactions readily provided a variety of desired coupling products in good yields. In general, the mechanism of these arylations was postulated by generating aryl radicals with

Recent developments in the asymmetric Reformatsky-type reaction

• Hélène Pellissier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 325–344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.21

• , the addition of ethyl iodoacetate (47) was accelerated in the presence of ZnMe2 and oxygen through a cycle in which ZnMe2 acted as a source of methyl radicals which reacted with ethyl iodoacetate giving ethyl acetate radical. The latter added to complex M to give complex N. Then complex N assisted the

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• ’ reagent, 1h, Scheme 22), which can generate trifluoromethyl radicals at room temperature in the presence of ambient air and moisture when combined with TBHP. Electron-neutral and -rich boronic acids proceeded smoothly to give the corresponding products in excellent yields. An addition of NaHCO3 was

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• . Photoredox-active metal complexes or organic dyes are used to initiate photo-induced single-electron transfer (SET) processes upon excitation with visible-light. Such photooxidations or photoreductions yield reactive organic radicals, which can undergo unique bond forming reactions, under very mild

• diazonium salts and dimethyl disulfide (Scheme 37) [72]. They applied Eosin Y for the photoreduction of aryl diazonium salts, in order to generate the respective aryl radicals. Radical addition to the nucleophilic disulfide forms a stabilized trivalent sulfur-centred radical. Oxidation of this intermediate

• selenosulfonates Formation of sulfone derivatives Already in 1994, the group of Barton envisioned that the photoreduction of selenosulfonates by [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as photoredox catalyst could lead to reactive sulfonyl radicals (Scheme 50) [87]. They were the first to report on a visible-light induced sulfonylation of

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• trifluoromethanesulfinate CF3SO2Na that are commercially available at reasonable prices, are easy-to-handle sources of trifluoromethyl radicals. Remarkably, CF3SO2Na and CF3SO2Cl are multi-purpose reagents since they not only act as CF3 donors by extrusion of SO2, but also, under certain reaction conditions, the sulfur

• presented leading to vicinal trifluoromethyl alcohols. In 2013 Qing and Jiang described the oxytrifluoromethylation of alkenes with hydroxamic acids 32 and CF3SO2Na under Langlois’ conditions with the couple t-BuOOH/copper salt (Scheme 15) [34]. A competitive formation of two radicals, CF3• and the amidoxyl

• persulfate by hypervalent iodine oxidants such as iodobenzene diacetate (PIDA, Scheme 28) [49], or iodobenzene bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) [50]. Fu and co-workers proposed the reaction mechanism depicted in Scheme 28. PIDA reacted with CF3SO2Na under heating conditions to produce two radicals: CF3• along

Reagent-controlled regiodivergent intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides

• Irwan Iskandar Roslan,
• Kian-Hong Ng,
• Gaik-Khuan Chuah and
• Stephan Jaenicke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2739–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.270

• that in the presence of polyhalomethane CBr4, KOt-Bu undergoes a SET reaction, forming •CBr3 and t-BuO• radicals [95]. Furthermore, with other strong bases of similar strength including NaH and KOEt the reaction proceeded with significantly lower yields. This lends additional support to the hypothesis

• •CCl3 radicals are quenched to CHCl3 via HAT [93]. The proposed catalytic cycle for the synthesis of benzo[4,5]thiazolo[3,2-a]pyrimidin-4-ones is as follows. The Lewis acidic InIII metal center coordinates to the more nucleophilic benzothiazole N atom, forming an adduct A [98]. This activates the N–H

Synthesis of naturally-derived macromolecules through simplified electrochemically mediated ATRP

• Paweł Chmielarz,
• Tomasz Pacześniak,
• Katarzyna Rydel-Ciszek,
• Izabela Zaborniak,
• Paulina Biedka and
• Andrzej Sobkowiak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2466–2472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.243

• solution to receive functionalised polymers. It is a naturally occurring flavonoid, which is abundantly found in citrus fruits, herbs, vegetables, seeds, tea, nuts, and red wine [24][25][26]. It is considered to be a strong antioxidant due to its ability to scavenge free radicals and bind transition metal

• ions [27]. Quercetin inhibits xanthine oxidase [27][28][29], inhibits lipid peroxidation in vitro [27][28][30], and scavenges oxygen radicals [27][28][31][32][33]. There is a tremendous importance of this antioxidant in the prevention of a range of cardiovascular diseases [27][34][35], cancer [26][27

• , Supporting Information File 1). The first of these potentials favors formation of CuI at the electrode and hence polymerization was activated, whereas the second potential, being more positive than E1/2, promotes CuII regeneration and leads to a dormant species of propagating radicals (Figure S12a

Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole

• Martina Tireli,
• Silvija Maračić,
• Stipe Lukin,
• Marina Juribašić Kulcsár,
• Dijana Žilić,
• Mario Cetina,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Silvana Raić-Malić and
• Krunoslav Užarević

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2352–2363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232

• and acetic acid added) showed that there are no copper(II) cations present in the final mixture (Figure 4). The ESR spectrum reveals only the presence of free radicals, characterized by sharp signal with g-value g ≈ 2.01. Milling the azide and alkyne with copper(I) catalytic system (CuI/DIPEA/acetic

Difunctionalization of alkenes with iodine and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) at room temperature for the synthesis of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes

• Hao Wang,
• Cui Chen,
• Weibing Liu and
• Zhibo Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2023–2027, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.200

• [40]. The subsequent iodination reaction could proceed via a homolytic attack involving t-BuOI and HOI to generate intermediate 3, tert-butoxyl radicals and hydroxyl radicals[41]. In the presence of TBHP, a fast reaction between tert-butoxyl radicals and TBHP take place, leading to the formation of

• tert-butylperoxyl radicals and tertiary butanol [41][42]. Subsequently, the radical 3 can be further oxidized into cation 4 with I2 [24][43][44]. The iodide ion is then reoxidized with TBHP to regenerate I2 and tert-butoxyl radicals [24][45]. Finally, cation 4 can be attacked by TBHP to give the final

Oxidative dehydrogenation of C–C and C–N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds

• Santanu Hati,
• Ulrike Holzgrabe and
• Subhabrata Sen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1670–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.162

• quinazolinones. A putative mechanism involved the homolysis of DTBP to generate tert-butoxide radicals, which in turn abstracts a proton radical from the methyl(hetero)arene to facilitate the formation of a benzylic radical. The benzylic radical couples with o-aminobenzylamide to generate H. It then interacts

• compounds 90 and 91 were obtained in excellent yields (Scheme 32) [92]. Two mechanisms were proposed for this conversion. In one the tert-butyl peroxy radicals were generated by the interaction of Cu salts with TBHP. This radical abstracts the C4 hydrogen of the dihydropyrimidine to generate P, which would

Detection of therapeutic radiation in three-dimensions

• John A. Adamovics

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1325–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.129

• the first chemical approach to quantifying ionizing radiation [6]. During irradiation water is decomposed to reactive HO· and H· radicals which further react with oxygen to produce the hydroperoxy radical which oxidizes the ferrous ions (Scheme 1) [7][8]. The ferric ion generates a blue color that is

Kinetic analysis of mechanoradical formation during the mechanolysis of dextran and glycogen

• Naoki Doi,
• Yasushi Sasai,
• Yukinori Yamauchi,
• Tetsuo Adachi,
• Masayuki Kuzuya and
• Shin-ichi Kondo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1174–1183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.116

• , Japan 10.3762/bjoc.13.116 Abstract A detailed electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis of mechanically induced free radicals (mechanoradicals) formation of glucose-based polysaccharides, dextran (Dx) and glycogen (Gly) was performed in comparison with amylose mechanoradicals. The ESR spectra of the

• reaching the each maximum value of radical concentration, after that the molecular weight or the particle diameter slowly decreased. These results suggested that Dx and Gly mechanoradicals might be more unstable than amylose radicals possessing an intramolecular helical structure due to the branched

• structure. Keywords: dextran; electron spin resonance (ESR); glycogen; mechanoradical; polysaccharide; Introduction There are many reports on the mechanolysis of synthetic and natural polymers. It is well-known that mechanically induced radicals, so-called mechanoradicals, are produced by the mechanolysis

Chemoselective synthesis of diaryl disulfides via a visible light-mediated coupling of arenediazonium tetrafluoroborates and CS₂

• Jing Leng,
• Shi-Meng Wang and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 903–909, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.91

• and to minimize the formation of the byproducts was conducted. As recently surveyed, photoredox catalysts are widely employed for the generation of radicals for diverse radical reactions [19]. Further, the application of aryl radicals generated from aryldiazonium salts under visible light irradiation

• byproduct 4. Finally, radical III can react with various equivalents of CS2 with release of carbon sulfide to generate aryl-polythio radicals IV and V. The combination of the latter intermediates with radical I then finally affords polysulfides 5. To demonstrate the scope of the reaction, a series of

Isoxazole derivatives as new nitric oxide elicitors in plants

• Anca Oancea,
• Emilian Georgescu,
• Florentina Georgescu,
• Alina Nicolescu,
• Elena Iulia Oprita,
• Catalina Tudora,
• Lucian Vladulescu,
• Marius-Constantin Vladulescu,
• Florin Oancea and
• Calin Deleanu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 659–664, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.65

• essential role in protection of plant cells from oxidative damages at the sites of ROS and NO generation [56][57]. Measuring the ROS and NO levels in plant tissues is often difficult due to high reactivity and extremely short physiological half-life of these free radicals [58][59]. In this work, generation

Transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of phenols and aryl thiols

• Yajun Liu,
• Shasha Liu and
• Yan Xiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 589–611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.58

• directing groups including azo, amide, anilide, carbamate and unsymmetrical urea, could also promote the ortho-hydroxylation of arenes. Remarkably, 1,4-dioxane not only served as the solvent, but also played an indispensable role in the oxidation of the palladium complex by generating hydroxyl radicals

Fast and efficient synthesis of microporous polymer nanomembranes via light-induced click reaction

• Qi An,
• Youssef Hassan,
• Xiaotong Yan,
• Peter Krolla-Sidenstein,
• Tawheed Mohammed,
• Mathias Lang,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Manuel Tsotsalas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 558–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.54

• catalyst-free thiol–yne coupling (TYC) reaction. TYC has gained large attention as a representative of the click chemistry concept [17]. In the TYC reaction, usually a photoinitiator creates thiyl radicals [18][19][20], which react with nearby alkyne moieties to form covalent sulfur–carbon bonds and vinyl

• radicals. Additional thiol moieties can undergo hydrogen transfer to the vinyl radical leading to thiyl radicals and vinyl sulfides. The vinyl sulfides can then undergo a thiol–ene coupling (TEC) reaction, leading to bis-sulfide species. TYC has been used for surface modification [21][22

The reductive decyanation reaction: an overview and recent developments

• Jean-Marc R. Mattalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 267–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.30

• that quenches the radical intermediate. However, this interpretation is opened to discussion because olefin functionalities also can undergo isomerization via anionic intermediates [35] and radicals usually abstract hydrogen atoms preferentially from the alkyl groups of t-BuOH [36][37][38]. Therefore t

• method A (61) but aliphatic nitriles are not converted to the desired product with method B. Trapping of radicals with method A led the authors to propose the electron transfer mechanism described in Scheme 21. The complex 62 reacts with the Grignard reagent to form the nickel-magnesium hydride

• monodecyanated products 69a,b. Bicyclic lactones 70a,b are then obtained in 3 steps in 41% and 51% yields, respectively, from 69a,b. Later Curran’s group discovered that NHC-boryl radicals, generated from NHC-boranes (N-heterocyclic carbene boranes), abstracted the cyano group from various organic nitriles and

Silyl-protective groups influencing the reactivity and selectivity in glycosylations

• Mikael Bols and
• Christian Marcus Pedersen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 93–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.12

• the reaction intermediate is a radical that prefers to be axial. On the other hand, with acetate protective groups, the addition of deuterium occurred predominantly from the β-side [45][46]. The principle of conformational stereocontrol was also used for the stereoselective addition of carbon radicals

Extrusion – back to the future: Using an established technique to reform automated chemical synthesis

• Deborah E. Crawford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 65–75, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.9

• produces free radicals in bulk, to the formation of polylactide. Another advantage is that Lupersol is a food additive and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Furthermore, the authors hypothesise a mechanism by which the branching of polylactide is occurring, suggesting that the initial

Diastereoselective anodic hetero- and homo-coupling of menthol-, 8-methylmenthol- and 8-phenylmenthol-2-alkylmalonates

• Matthias C. Letzel,
• Hans J. Schäfer and
• Roland Fröhlich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 33–42, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.5

• Matthias C. Letzel Hans J. Schafer Roland Frohlich Organisch-Chemisches Institut der Westfälischen Wilhelms- Universität, Corrensstraße 40, D-48149 Münster, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.13.5 Abstract Diastereoselective radical coupling was achieved with chiral auxiliaries. The radicals were generated by

• intermolecular diastereoselective radical coupling reactions [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. There are some examples of high diastereoselectivity in the coupling of radicals generated from azo compounds [10][11], in intramolecular coupling of radicals, that are obtained by photochemical activation [12][13][14

• ], and in intermolecular coupling of radicals generated by anodic decarboxylation of carboxylic acids [15][16]. At the anode radicals can be generated by anodic decarboxylation of carboxylic acids in molar quantities, in a simple procedure, unaffected by cage effects and in large diversity. For that

Stabilization of nanosized titanium dioxide by cyclodextrin polymers and its photocatalytic effect on the degradation of wastewater pollutants

• Tamás Zoltán Agócs,
• István Puskás,
• Erzsébet Varga,
• Mónika Molnár and
• Éva Fenyvesi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2873–2882, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.286

• photodegradation of methylene blue [24], and CD-functionalized Fe3O4/TiO2 was efficient catalyst in photodecomposition of endocrine disrupting compounds, such as bisphenol A and dibutyl phthalate [30]. Producing strong oxidizing radicals (hydroxyl and superoxide radical ions) titanium dioxide is a widely used

• environments, can set up a photo-Fenton system with H2O2 produced in situ generating OH radicals of high oxidizing capacity [42][43]. Nitrate could also produce OH radicals when absorbing UV light, but the low concentration of nitrate in tap water can insignificantly contribute to enhancing photodegradation

A self-assembled cyclodextrin nanocarrier for photoreactive squaraine

• Ulrike Kauscher and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2535–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.248

• ]. The type I mechanism describes a direct interaction between the PS and the surrounding cell material. Electrons are transferred onto the cell material, causing the production of radicals that then react with oxygen to form reactive oxygen species. The type II mechanism, however, describes the