Complexes of resorcin[4]arene with secondary amines: synthesis, solvent influence on “in-out” structure, and theoretical calculations of non-covalent interactions

• Waldemar Iwanek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1525–1536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.109

• mL of ethanol. Then, 2 equivalents of sec-amine were added and left at room temperature for 24 hours. Depending on the amine, the complex quickly precipitated or, as in the case of, e.g., morpholine or 1-methylpiperazine, slowly. The precipitate was then filtered, washed with cold ethanol, and dried

Synthesis and biological evaluation of Argemone mexicana-inspired antimicrobials

• Jessica Villegas,
• Bryce C. Ball,
• Katelyn M. Shouse,
• Caleb W. VanArragon,
• Ashley N. Wasserman,
• Hannah E. Bhakta,
• Allen G. Oliver,
• Danielle A. Orozco-Nunnelly and
• Jeffrey M. Pruet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1511–1524, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.108

• previously been shown in the literature that the first two steps of this Smiles-rearrangement approach can be effectively performed in one pot [49]. Therefore, after allowing the O-alkylation to proceed at room temperature in dimethylethyleneurea (DMEU), we proceeded directly to the hydroxyamides 7 and 8

N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

• Fatemeh Doraghi,
• Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
• Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
• Bagher Larijani and
• Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

• cyclization and sulfenylation promoted by AlCl3. Dialkyl disulfides 47 were also well tolerated in this Lewis acid-mediated sulfenylation reaction in solvent-free conditions at room temperature. In the same year, a three-component reaction between highly substituted cyclopropanes 49, sulfonamides 25 and N

• -chlorosuccinimide in MeCN at room temperature for 20 min. N-Thiohydroxysuccinimide esters were obtained in up to high yields (21–83%). In the next phase, they performed the reaction of NTSEs with different nucleophiles, according to hard acyl and soft acylthio electrophilic sites contained in the NTSEs to

• performed at room temperature, no desired product was observed, and performing the reaction at 0 °C enhanced the regioselectivity but still in low yield. By further lowering the temperature to −60 °C the yield was increased. The authors suggested a possible mechanism for this organoselenium-catalyzed

Cyclization of 1-aryl-4,4,4-trichlorobut-2-en-1-ones into 3-trichloromethylindan-1-ones in triflic acid

• Vladislav A. Sokolov,
• Andrei A. Golushko,
• Irina A. Boyarskaya and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1460–1470, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.105

• Brønsted and Lewis acids were also tested for this cyclization. Thus, enones 2a and 2e were not transformed into the corresponding indanones 3 in neat sulfuric acid (H2SO4) at room temperature for 3 days. That is in accord with literature data [19], where H2SO4 was used for dehydration of hydroxy ketones 1

• into enones 2, and no cyclization into indanones was detected in this acid. However, in the current study, we carried out the reaction of electron-donating naphthyl-substituted enone 2n in H2SO4 at room temperature, which resulted in the quantitative formation of indanone 3n after 3 days. The reactions

• of enones 2a,e,n with an excess (5 equiv) of AlBr3 or AlCl3 in CH2Cl2 solution at room temperature for 3 days afforded complex mixtures of compounds. Then, the protonation of compounds 1 and 2 in TfOH was investigated by means of NMR spectroscopy. According to the 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR data, hydroxy

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

One-pot nucleophilic substitution–double click reactions of biazides leading to functionalized bis(1,2,3-triazole) derivatives

• Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
• Fei Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1399–1407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.101

• -catalyzed version can generally be executed at room temperature and it affords exclusively 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives, thus allowing a controlled and highly efficient connection of a variety of molecular building blocks. This “Lego-approach” found countless applications and the bestowal of

• when benzyl azide (1) and the simple alkyne 2 were combined in the presence of 0.2 equiv of copper(I) iodide in triethylamine as solvent (Scheme 2, reaction 1). After 16 hours at room temperature and chromatographic purification compound 3 was isolated in 79% yield as colorless liquid. Interestingly

• , under similar conditions, but employing two equivalents of copper(I) iodide in the presence of Hünig’s base [55] in acetonitrile at 40 °C provided 4,4'-bis(1,2,3-triazole) 4 in low yield (Scheme 2, reaction 2). Performing this reaction at room temperature gave a mixture of 3 and 4. The formation of

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

• Nadia Ledermann,
• Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

• commences with a copper-free alkynylation using DBU as a base at 100 °C. This step is followed by the addition of KOt-Bu and reaction at 100 °C for 15 min and subsequent reaction with N-iodosuccinimide (3) at room temperature. Finally, the reaction with alkyl halides 4 at room temperature gives the title

• isolation) accounts for an average yield of 55–90% per bond-forming step which can be considered to be relative efficient, also because only a single terminal purification step is required. However, noteworthy, the 3-iodoindoles are sensitive to light and prolonged storage at room temperature, even under

• , 122 mg, 1.20 mmol), DBU (457 mg, 3.00 mmol), and DMSO (1.50 mL) were added under nitrogen. The reaction mixture was heated at 100 °C (oil bath) for 2 h. After cooling to room temperature, potassium tert-butoxide (505 mg, 4.50 mmol) and DMSO (1.50 mL) were added to the reaction mixture and heated to

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence material with strained benzoguanidine donor

• Alexander C. Brannan,
• Elvie F. P. Beaumont,
• Nguyen Le Phuoc,
• George F. S. Whitehead,
• Mikko Linnolahti and
• Alexander S. Romanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1289–1298, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.95

• dichloromethane solution for 4BGIPN at room temperature (Figure 2). The title compound crystallizes with two independent molecules in the unit cell of the triclinic (P−1, Figure 2c, yellow plates) and monoclinic chiral space group P21 (Figure 2a,b,d, yellow blocks). Due to very weak reflection data, the structure

• mmol) in anhydrous DMF (40 mL) at 0 °C under a stream of N2. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at room temperature. 2,4,5,6-Tetrafluoroisophthalonitrile (135 mg, 676 μmol) was added to the reaction mixture under N2. The reaction mixture was heated to 140 °C and left to stir overnight. The

• /petroleum ether into dichloromethane solution for 4BGIPN at room temperature. Crystals were mounted in oil on a MiTeGen loop and fixed on the diffractometer in a cold nitrogen stream. Data were collected using dual wavelength Rigaku FR-X rotating anode diffractometer using Cu Kα (λ = 1.54146 Å) radiation

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• benzylic ethers occurs at room temperature in the presence of Cu(OTf)2/InCl3 as catalysts and DDQ as oxidant (Scheme 3) [51]. By this route, a series of 2-alkoxymalonate diester derivatives was synthesized through direct CDC reaction. The mechanism study showed that the first step of the catalytic cycle

• terminal alkynes at room temperature (Scheme 15a) [67]. The ability to tune the reactivity of the trityl ion rationally improves the approach with excellent regio- and diastereoselectivity for the unsymmetric ethers. In 2018, Ye et al. reported a CDC reaction to form C(sp)–C(sp3) coupling products from

• the substrate achieved the activation of the C(sp2)–H bond. Other non-noble metal-catalyzed reactions In 2013, Liu et al. reported that MnO2 could catalyze the CDC of the benzylic C(sp3)–H bond in benzyl ethers with α-carbonyl C(sp3)–H bonds in the presence of air at room temperature (Scheme 33) [98

Acetaldehyde in the Enders triple cascade reaction via acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal

• Alessandro Brusa,
• Debora Iapadre,
• Maria Edith Casacchia,
• Alessio Carioscia,
• Giuliana Giorgianni,
• Giandomenico Magagnano,
• Fabio Pesciaioli and
• Armando Carlone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1243–1250, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.92

• %) were added to a solution of 1 (10 mol %) in 2 mL of solvent (0.25 M) and allowed to stir for 48 hours at room temperature. Yields of isolated compounds are given. Diastereomeric ratio (dr) determined by 1H NMR analysis. Enatiomeric excess (ee) determined by chiral HPLC analysis. Original triple

Selective construction of dispiro[indoline-3,2'-quinoline-3',3''-indoline] and dispiro[indoline-3,2'-pyrrole-3',3''-indoline] via three-component reaction

• Ziying Xiao,
• Fengshun Xu,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1234–1242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.91

• Scheme 1) [12]. In the presence of piperidine, the reaction in methanol at room temperature did not yield the product (Table 1, entry 1). However, the reaction in methanol at elevated temperature gave the expected spiro compound 3a in 51% and 48% yields, respectively (Table 1, entries 2 and 3). The

• -component reaction proceeded smoothly at room temperature in twelve hours to give the expected dispiro[indoline-3,2'-pyrrole-3',3''-indoline] derivatives 4j–p in satisfactory yields. The 1,3-cyclohexanedione moiety does not take part in the further cyclization process. These results show that this reaction

Cyanothioacetamides as a synthetic platform for the synthesis of aminopyrazole derivatives

• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Alexandra I. Topchiy,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1191–1197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.87

• -aryl-5-amino-4-thiocarbamoyl pyrazoles 6a–f with yields of 63–86% (Scheme 3). However, we have found that when replacing hydrazine hydrate with arylhydrazines and arylsulfonylhydrazines, the reaction in ethanol was not detected, neither at room temperature nor at reflux. The progress was achieved only

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

• Carlee A. Montgomery and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

• produced in 74% yield after six days at room temperature in the absence of catalyst (Scheme 2a) [107]. At that time, the authors did not articulate any theory as to how the reaction might initiate under such mild conditions, though they recognized that the decomposition of 8 into a free carbene would not

• iodobenzene gave 19, and extrusion of SO2 gave 20. In 2010, Moriarty revisited their earlier transformation and reported that the metal-free intramolecular cyclopropanation of 10 to 11 could be achieved in an improved 95% yield by performing the reaction at room temperature rather than 0 °C [11]. The reaction

• ). Control experiments showed that the reaction failed in the dark at room temperature, and they concluded that blue light activation of the initially-formed EDA complex (analogous to 36) promoted the onset of SET events. As this latter protocol also required two equivalents of ylide 39, the authors proposed

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

• 2.1.1 C(sp2)–X activation: In the rise of visible light-mediated PRC, the generation of aryl radicals for C(sp2)–C(sp2/3) couplings under mild conditions (room temperature, visible light activation of a catalyst) was heavily investigated [34][35][36]. However, initially the procedures were generally

Synthesis of imidazo[4,5-e][1,3]thiazino[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines via a base-induced rearrangement of functionalized imidazo[4,5-e]thiazolo[2,3-c][1,2,4]triazines

• Dmitry B. Vinogradov,
• Alexei N. Izmest’ev,
• Angelina N. Kravchenko,
• Yuri A. Strelenko and
• Galina A. Gazieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1047–1054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.80

• varied. Increasing the amount of KOH and reaction time led to an increase in the yield of the potassium salts 3a,b even at room temperature. It was found that stirring esters 1a–i in methanol in the presence of 2.5 equivalents of an aqueous solution of KOH provided selective formation of imidazo[4,5-e

• method is also applicable to substrates 8a–c [23] substituted in the methylidene fragment. Thus, compounds 8a–c were converted into the corresponding potassium salts 3k–m under the same conditions (MeOH, room temperature, 1–24 h) (Scheme 7). However, acidification of aqueous solutions of the salts 3k–m

• with excess hydrochloric acid and further evaporation of the solvent at 40 °C led to decomposition products, two of which were isolated and characterized by NMR spectroscopy including 2D experiments and HRMS data. The target acids 5k,m were obtained using equivalent amounts of HCl at room temperature

Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of amines with aryliodonium ylides in water

• Kasturi U. Nabar,
• Bhalchandra M. Bhanage and
• Sudam G. Dawande

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1008–1014, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.76

• presence of 5 mol % of Cu(OTf)2 at room temperature in 2 mL of 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE) as a solvent. To our delight, the desired product diphenylamine (3a) was formed in 15% yield after 12 hours (Table 1, entry 1). While under similar reaction conditions, with 10 mol % of Cu(OTf)2, product 3a obtained in

• ylide 2a proceeds efficiently in the presence of 10 mol % of CuSO4·5H2O in water as a solvent at 60 °C to provide diphenylamine (3a) with 82% yield (Table 1, entry 11). In addition, we conducted the reaction in the presence of 10 mol % of CuSO4·5H2O as a catalyst in water as a solvent at room

• temperature. However, the reaction was sluggish and resulted in only 52% yield after 48 hours (Table 1, entry 15). With the optimal reaction conditions in hand, we focused our attention on evaluating the scope and limitations of copper-catalyzed N-arylation using iodonium ylide 2 of variably substituted

Synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines via Pictet–Spengler reaction

• Elena Y. Mendogralo and
• Maxim G. Uchuskin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 991–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.74

• acetic and hydrochloric acid previously well-proven for furan chemistry [44][45][46][47][48]. Under these conditions at room temperature for 1 hour, the product yield was 18% (Table 1, entry 11). An increase of the reaction time up to 48 h leads to a significant increase of the yield (Table 1, entries 12

The unique reactivity of 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine in the Huisgen 1,4-diploar cycloaddition and formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition

• Xiu-Yu Chen,
• Hui Zheng,
• Ying Han,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 982–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.73

• -dihydropyridines in acetonitrile at room temperature afforded functionalized isoquinolino[1,2-f][1,6]naphthyridines in good yields and with high diastereoselectivity. More importantly, the formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylates and 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridines in

• reaction was carried out in common solvents such as ethanol, methanol, dichloromethane, and chloroform at room temperature for two hours. The expected isoquinolino[1,2-f][1,6]naphthyridine derivative 4a was successfully obtained in 35%, 40% 70% and 65% yields, respectively (Table 1, entries 1–4). The

• reaction in acetonitrile afforded the product 4a in 75% yield (Table 1, entry 5). When the reaction time was extended to 12 h at room temperature, the yield of product 4a did not increase (Table 1, entry 6). When the reaction was carried out in acetonitrile at elevated temperatures, the yield of product 4a

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• nanoorganocatalysts. Various solvent systems, such as aqueous conditions, different organic solvents, solvent-free conditions, ionic liquids, and DESs, have been reported in modified Clauson–Kaas reactions at room temperature, under thermal and microwave-assisted conditions. In the Clauson–Kaas reaction mechanism

• amines 50 were reacted with 2,5-DMTHF (2) in 5 mol % Bi(NO3)3·5H2O in solvent-free conditions under ultrasound irradiation at room temperature. The main advantages of this procedure are its simple isolation process, excellent product yield without using expensive or sensitive solvents and reagents

• -functionalization method using a benign and naturally occurring glutathione and magnetic ferrite nanoparticles by sonication in water at room temperature. Furthermore, using this organocatalyst, various N-substituted pyrroles were prepared by reacting various amines 56 with 2,5-DMTHF (2) in water at 140 °C under

Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine

• Alessio Regni,
• Francesca Bartoccini and
• Giovanni Piersanti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70

• in CH2Cl2 at room temperature using our integrated photoreactor enabled efficient cyclization to give a decarboxylated compound with the correct mass (m/z 426.2) after 16 h. While we were delighted to find that the proposed radical–radical coupling in the synthesis of extracyclic fused indoles was

• , according to the Baldwin rules [92]. We began our investigation of the proposed decarboxylative cyclization by exposing the N-Boc derivative 8, Ir catalyst, and K2HPO4 in DMF to a 34 W blue LED lamp at room temperature (Table 1) [93][94][95][96][97]. To our delight, cyclization was observed under these

First synthesis of acylated nitrocyclopropanes

• Kento Iwai,
• Rikiya Kamidate,
• Khimiya Wada,
• Haruyasu Asahara and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 892–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.67

• ), was subjected to cyclopropanation according to a method described in the literature [13]. To a solution of adduct 4b in toluene, (diacetoxyiodo)benzene and tetrabutylammonium iodide were added, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 14 h. Unexpectedly, from the reaction mixture

• ethyl benzoylacetate (3f, 1.04 mL, 6 mmol) and triethylamine (84 μL, 0.6 mmol), and the resultant solution was stirred at room temperature for 14 h. After removal of the solvent under reduced pressure, the residual pale-yellow solid was extracted with hot hexane (20 mL × 4). The hexane was concentrated

• was stirred at room temperature for 14 h. The solution was subjected to column chromatography on silica gel to afford ethyl 4,5-dihydro-4-(4-methylphenyl)-5-nitro-2-phenylfuran-3-carboxylate (8f) (eluted with hexane/ethyl acetate 95:5, 53 mg, 0.15 mmol, 9%) as a pale-yellow oil, ethyl 1-benzoyl-2-(4

Asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and reaction with carbocations on acylimidazole Michael acceptors

• Brigita Mudráková,
• Renata Marcia de Figueiredo,
• Jean-Marc Campagne and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.65

• -imidazolidinone) [26] additive was used as polar aprotic solvent, which also increases the homogeneity of the reaction mixture. In the first reaction, 1.1 equiv of tropylium NTf2 were used. The reaction worked at room temperature and after 16 h the product 3a was isolated in low 22% yield and a 2:1 diastereomeric

A fluorescent probe for detection of Hg²⁺ ions constructed by tetramethyl cucurbit[6]uril and 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethene

• Xiaoqian Chen,
• Naqin Yang,
• Yue Ma,
• Xinan Yang and
• Peihua Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 864–872, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.63

• . The host–guest interaction between TMeQ[6] and G was investigated using a UV-2700 dual-beam ultraviolet–visible (UV–vis) spectrophotometer and Varian Cary Eclipse fluorescence spectrophotometer at room temperature [41]. At U = 550 V, slit = 5/5, different concentrations of G were added to the TMeQ[6

Non-peptide compounds from Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff) and their antitumor and iNOS inhibitory activities

• Yuan-Nan Yuan,
• Jin-Qiang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• Shao-Jun Xing,
• Yong-Ming Yan and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 789–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.59

• separated by 10% SDS-PAGE and transferred onto PVDF membranes. The membranes were blocked with 5% BSA and incubated with the indicated antibodies overnight at 4 °C. Following this, the membranes were incubated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated secondary antibody at room temperature. The ECL kit

Honeycomb reactor: a promising device for streamlining aerobic oxidation under continuous-flow conditions

• Masahiro Hosoya,
• Yusuke Saito and
• Yousuke Horiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 752–763, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.55

• at room temperature (Table 1, entry 1). However, four kinds of catalysts were used, and a simpler catalytic system would be preferable. The highly reactive catalyst, 9-azanoradamantane N-oxyl (nor-AZADO), was tried with NaNO2 as a cocatalyst, which resulted in completion of the reaction in 60 min

• combined with TEMPO. The reactivities were significantly lower than those in Table 1, entries 1 and 2, but the reaction could be completed overnight at room temperature. The catalysts were completely dissolved in AcOH and the reaction mixture remained in the solution throughout the reaction in entries 3–5

• air was switched to an O2 balloon to increase the partial pressure of O2 (Table 2, entry 1 vs 2 and 3 vs 4). At room temperature, the reaction rate did not increase although the partial pressure of O2 increased approximately five times with this change. In contrast, at 60 °C, the reaction rate