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Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective
- Teruo Umemoto,
- Yuhao Yang and
- Gerald B. Hammond
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123
- room temperature within 0.1 h for a successful reaction. The salt 5-4v was so powerful that it fluorinated an equimolar amount of benzene in dichloromethane in 2 h at 40 °C. In general, triflate salts were more effective than BF4 salts because of the higher solubility of the triflate salts in a
- these reagents exhibited a low reactivity due to their low solubility in organic solvents [32]. Their fluorinating power increased in the order of 18-2a < 2b ≈ 2c ≈ 2d ≈ 2e < 2f < 2g < 2h, consistent with the order of the pKa values of the pyridines (Scheme 39). The least powerful 18-2a was suitable for
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Scheme 1: Fluorination with N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 2: Preparation of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 3: Reactions of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of N-F perfluoroimides 2-1 and 2-2.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Scheme 6: Fluorination with 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Figure 1: Synthesis of N-F sulfonamides 4-1a–g.
Scheme 7: Fluorination with N-F reagent 4-1b,c,f.
Scheme 8: Fluorination of alkenyllithiums with N-F 4-1h.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of N-fluoropyridinium triflate (5-4a).
Scheme 10: Synthetic methods for N-F-pyridinium salts.
Figure 2: Synthesis of various N-fluoropyridinium salts. Note: athis yield was the one by the improved method...
Scheme 11: Fluorination power order of N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 12: Fluorinations with N-F salts 5-4.
Scheme 13: Fluorination of Corey lactone 5-7 with N-F-bis(methoxymethyl) salt 5-4l.
Scheme 14: Fluorination with NFPy.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of the N-F reagent, N-fluoroquinuclidinium fluoride (6-1).
Scheme 16: Fluorinations achieved with N-F fluoride 6-1.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of N-F imides 7-1a–g.
Scheme 18: Fluorination with (CF3SO2)2NF, 7-1a.
Scheme 19: Fluorination reactions of various substrates with 7-1a.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-F triflate 8-1.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 22: Fluorination with chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of saccharin-derived N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 24: Fluorination with N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 26: Fluorination with N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 27: Synthesis and reaction of N-fluorolactams 12-1.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 29: Fluorination with NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of NFSI (14-2).
Scheme 31: Fluorination with NFSI 14-2.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of N-fluorosaccharin (15-1) and N-fluorophthalimide (15-2).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-F salts 16-3.
Scheme 34: Fluorination with N-F salts 16-3.
Figure 3: Monofluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Figure 4: Difluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 35: Transfer fluorination of Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 36: Fluorination of substrates with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 37: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro-sultam 17-2.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 17-2.
Figure 5: Synthesis of Zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts 18-2a–h.
Scheme 39: Fluorinating power order of zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 40: Fluorination with zwitterionic 18-2.
Scheme 41: Activation of salt 18-2h with TfOH.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 43: Fluorination with NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 3-fluorobenzo-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide (20-2).
Scheme 45: Fluorination with 20-2.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-F amide 21-3.
Scheme 47: Fluorination with N-F amide 21-2.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorodiazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane salts 22-1.
Scheme 49: One-pot synthesis of N,N’-difluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bistetrafluoroborate salt (22-1d...
Figure 6: Fluorination of anisole with 22-1a, d, e.
Scheme 50: Fluorination with N,N’-diF bisBF4 22-1d.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of bis-N-F reagents 23-1–5.
Scheme 52: Fluorination with 23-2, 4, 5.
Figure 7: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorobipyridinium salts 24-2.
Figure 8: Controlled fluorination of N,N’-diF 24-2.
Scheme 53: Fluorinating power of N,N’-diF salts 24-2 and N-F salt 5-4a.
Scheme 54: Fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 55: Additional fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 56: Synthesis of N-F 25-1.
Scheme 57: Fluorination of polycyclic aromatics with 25-1.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 26-1 and dimethyl analog 26-2.
Scheme 59: Fluorination with reagents 26-1, 26-2, 1-1, and 26-3.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of N-F reagent 27-2.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 27-6.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of chiral N-F 27-7–9.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric fluorination with 27-6.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-3.
Scheme 65: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-3.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-7.
Figure 9: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-7.
Scheme 67: In situ formation of N-fluorinated cinchona alkaloids with SelectfluorTM.
Scheme 68: Asymmetric fluorination with N-F alkaloids formed in situ.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of N-fluorocinchona alkaloids with Selectfluor.
Scheme 70: Asymmetric fluorination with 30-1–4.
Scheme 71: Transfer fluorination from various N-F reagents.
Figure 10: Asymmetric fluorination of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of N-fluoro salt 32-2.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of N-fluorotriazinium salt 32-2.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of bulky N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide NFBSI 33-3.
Scheme 75: Comparison of NFSI and NFBSI.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of p-substituted N-fluorobenzenesulfonimides 34-3.
Figure 11: Asymmetric fluorination with 34-3 and a chiral catalyst 34-4.
Scheme 77: 1,4-Fluoroamination with Selecfluor and a chiral catalyst.
Figure 12: Asymmetric fluoroamination with 35-5a, b.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of Selectfluor analogs 35-5a, b.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of chiral dicationic DABCO-based N-F reagents 36-5.
Scheme 80: Asymmetric fluorocyclization with chiral 36-5b.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 82: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 83: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2b.
Scheme 84: Reaction of indene with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of Me-NFSI, 38-2.
Scheme 86: Fluorination of active methine compounds with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 87: Fluorination of malonates with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 88: Fluorination of keto esters with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-F 39-3 derived from the ethylene-bridged Tröger’s base.
Scheme 90: Fluorine transfer from N-F 39-3.
Scheme 91: Fluorination with N-F 39-3.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of SelectfluorCN.
Scheme 93: Bistrifluoromethoxylation of alkenes using SelectfluorCN.
Figure 13: Synthesis of NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 94: Radical fluorination with different N-F reagents.
Scheme 95: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 96: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2f.
Scheme 97: Decarboxylative fluorination with NFAS 41-2a,f.
Scheme 98: Fluorine plus detachment (FPD).
Figure 14: FPD values of representative N-F reagents in CH2Cl2 and CH3CN (in parentheses). Adapted with permis...
Scheme 99: N-F homolytic bond dissociation energy (BDE).
Figure 15: BDE values of representative N-F reagents in CH3CN. Adapted with permission from ref. [127]. Copyright 2...
Figure 16: Quantitative reactivity scale for popular N-F reagents. Adapted with permission from ref. [138], publish...
Scheme 100: SET and SN2 mechanisms.
Scheme 101: Radical clock reactions.
Scheme 102: Reaction of potassium enolate of citronellic ester with N-F reagents, 10-1, NFSI, and 8-1.
Scheme 103: Reaction of compound IV with Selectfluor (OTf) and NFSI.
Scheme 104: Reaction of TEMPO with Selecfluor.
Sustainable manganese catalysis for late-stage C–H functionalization of bioactive structural motifs
- Jongwoo Son
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1733–1751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.122
- electron-rich benzylic position, rationalizing the involvement of electrophilic metallonitrene intermediate 18A. Manganese-catalyzed late-stage C–H methylation The incorporation of methyl groups has the potential to manipulate absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME), solubility, and
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Scheme 1: Mn-catalyzed late-stage fluorination of sclareolide (1) and complex steroid 3.
Figure 1: Proposed reaction mechanism of C–H fluorination by a manganese porphyrin catalyst.
Scheme 2: Late-stage radiofluorination of biologically active complex molecules.
Figure 2: Proposed mechanism of C–H radiofluorination.
Scheme 3: Late-stage C–H azidation of bioactive molecules. a1.5 mol % of Mn(TMP)Cl (5) was used. bMethyl acet...
Figure 3: Proposed reaction mechanism of manganese-catalyzed C–H azidation.
Scheme 4: Mn-catalyzed late-stage C–H azidation of bioactive molecules via electrophotocatalysis. a2.5 mol % ...
Figure 4: Proposed reaction mechanism of electrophotocatalytic azidation.
Scheme 5: Manganaelectro-catalyzed late-stage azidation of bioactive molecules.
Figure 5: Proposed reaction pathway of manganaelectro-catalyzed late-stage C–H azidation.
Scheme 6: Mn-catalyzed late-stage amination of bioactive molecules. a3 Å MS were used. Protonation with HBF4⋅...
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism of manganese-catalyzed C–H amination.
Scheme 7: Mn-catalyzed C–H methylation of heterocyclic scaffolds commonly found in small-molecule drugs. aDAS...
Scheme 8: Examples of late-stage C–H methylation of bioactive molecules. aDAST activation. bFor insoluble sub...
Scheme 9: A) Mn-catalyzed late-stage C–H alkynylation of peptides. B) Intramolecular late-stage alkynylative ...
Figure 7: Proposed reaction mechanism of Mn(I)-catalyzed C–H alkynylation.
Scheme 10: Late-stage Mn-catalyzed C–H allylation of peptides and bioactive motifs.
Scheme 11: Intramolecular C–H allylative cyclic peptide formation.
Scheme 12: Late-stage C–H glycosylation of tryptophan analogues.
Scheme 13: Late-stage C–H glycosylation of tryptophan-containing peptides.
Scheme 14: Late-stage C–H alkenylation of tryptophan-containing peptides.
Scheme 15: A) Late-stage C–H macrocyclization of tryptophan-containing peptides and B) traceless removal of py...
Cerium-photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of benzylic alcohols to aldehydes and ketones
- Girish Suresh Yedase,
- Sumit Kumar,
- Jessica Stahl,
- Burkhard König and
- Veera Reddy Yatham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1727–1732, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.121
- transfer (LMCT) process, which reduces the CeIV species to CeIII, similarly as reported by Zuo and co-workers [57]. We chose (n-Bu4N)2CeIVCl6 as the CeIV source to ensure a sufficient solubility in organic solvents and to facilitate the detection of the species. The CeIV(OBn)Cln complex was prepared by
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Scheme 1: Photocatalyzed aerobic oxidation of aromatic alcohols.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Reaction conditions as given in Table 1 (entry 1). Yields are isolated yields, average of...
Scheme 3: Selective oxidation of 3-bromobenzyl alcohol in the presence of 3-phenylpropanol. Compound 1af was ...
Figure 1: Mechanistic studies. (A): UV–vis spectra of the CeIV(OBn)Cln complex in CH3CN under blue light irra...
Electron-rich triarylphosphines as nucleophilic catalysts for oxa-Michael reactions
- Susanne M. Fischer,
- Simon Renner,
- A. Daniel Boese and
- Christian Slugovc
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1689–1697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.117
- potential from 1.400 V (TPP) to 1.050 V (TMTPP) [35]. Furthermore, the share of phosphine oxide is dependent on the oxygen solubility in the solvent, as indicated by the experiments in chloroform and 1-hexanol exhibiting the higher oxygen solubility [36]. To obtain further insight, the SOMO energies of the
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Scheme 1: Mechanism for the phosphine-initiated oxa-Michael addition.
Figure 1: Above: Michael acceptors, Michael donors and catalysts used in this study; pKa (respectively pKa of...
Figure 2: Left: double-bond conversion of the polymerization of 4 initiated by 5 mol % TPP, MMTPP or TMTPP af...
Figure 3: Left: Oxidation stability of the phosphines. Phosphine oxide content in % as determined by 31P NMR ...
Chemical approaches to discover the full potential of peptide nucleic acids in biomedical applications
- Nikita Brodyagin,
- Martins Katkevics,
- Venubabu Kotikam,
- Christopher A. Ryan and
- Eriks Rozners
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1641–1688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.116
- therapeutics. While many modifications have improved on PNA’s binding affinity and specificity, solubility and other biophysical properties, the original PNA is still most frequently used in diagnostic and other in vitro applications. Development of therapeutics and other in vivo applications of PNA has
- vulnerabilities. Limited water solubility, especially for purine rich sequences, was noted in early studies. To improve water solubility and decrease aggregation, typical PNA designs place a lysine at the C-terminus (Figure 1) introducing a second positive charge in addition to the charge at the N-terminus of PNA
- [1]. Even with the additional lysine, the solubility of PNA decreases as the polymer length increases. PNA solubility in the HEPES buffer at pH 7.3 and 37 °C is estimated to be in the 0.1–0.5 mM range [12][13]. The hydrophobic nature and lack of electrostatic repulsion of the PNA backbone favors
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Figure 1: Structure of DNA and PNA.
Figure 2: PNA binding modes: (A) PNA–dsDNA 1:1 triplex; (B) PNA–DNA–PNA strand-invasion triplex; (C) the Hoog...
Figure 3: Structure of P-form PNA–DNA–PNA triplex from reference [41]. (A) view in the major groove and (B) view ...
Figure 4: Structures of backbone-modified PNA.
Figure 5: Structures of PNA having α- and γ-substituted backbones.
Figure 6: Structures of modified nucleobases in PNA to improve Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding to guanine and aden...
Figure 7: Proposed hydrogen bonding schemes for modified PNA nucleobases designed to recognize pyrimidines or...
Figure 8: Modified nucleobases to modulate Watson–Crick base pairing and chemically reactive crosslinking PNA...
Figure 9: Examples of triplets formed by Janus-wedge PNA nucleobases (blue). R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA back...
Figure 10: Examples of fluorescent PNA nucleobases. R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA backbones.
Figure 11: Endosomal entrapment and escape pathways of PNA and PNA conjugates.
Figure 12: (A) representative cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), (B) conjugation designs and linker chemistries....
Figure 13: Proposed delivery mode by pHLIP-PNA conjugates (A) the transmembrane section of pHLIP interacting w...
Figure 14: Structures of modified penetratin CPP conjugates with PNA linked through either disulfide (for stud...
Figure 15: Chemical structure of C9–PNA, a stable amphipathic (cyclic-peptide)–PNA conjugate.
Figure 16: Structures of PNA conjugates with a lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cation (TPP–PNA) through (A) th...
Figure 17: Structures of (A) chloesteryl–PNA, (B) cholate–PNA and (C) cholate–PNA(cholate)3.
Figure 18: Structures of PNA–GalNAc conjugates (A) (GalNAc)2K, (B) triantennary (GalNAc)3, and (C) trivalent (...
Figure 19: Vitamin B12–PNA conjugates with different linkages.
Figure 20: Structures of (A) neomycin B, (B) PNA–neamine conjugate, and (C) PNA–neosamine conjugate.
Figure 21: PNA clamp (red) binding to target DNA containing a mixture of sequences (A) PNA binds with higher a...
Figure 22: Rolling circle amplification using PNA openers (red) to invade a dsDNA target forming a P-loop. A p...
Figure 23: Molecular beacons containing generic fluorophores (Fl) and quenchers (Q) recognizing a complementar...
Figure 24: (A) Light-up fluorophores such as thiazole orange display fluorescence enhancement upon binding to ...
Figure 25: Templated fluorogenic detection of oligonucleotides using two PNAs. (A) Templated FRET depends on h...
Figure 26: Lateral flow devices use a streptavidin labeled strip on nitrocellulose paper to anchor a capture P...
Recent advances in the application of isoindigo derivatives in materials chemistry
- Andrei V. Bogdanov and
- Vladimir F. Mironov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1533–1564, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.111
- properties [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. The main photophysical characteristics that determine the effectiveness of OSCs are open circuit voltage (VOC), short-circuit current (JSC) and fill factor (FF). In addition, the solubility of isoindigo derivatives in organic solvents is very important since this affects
- efficiency values of 7.3%. The problem of the low solubility of such polymers was partially solved by inserting an alkylene spacer between two thiophene fragments in one of the monomer units [44]. Efficiency (3.0–3.7%) and viscosity characteristics provide good prerequisites for the use of this type of
- possibility of varying optoelectronic properties, and good solubility in a wide range of solvents [59][60][61]. In this regard, the most studied and promising are π-conjugated polymer structures based on sulfur, oxygen, nitrogen, and selenium heterocyclic compounds [62][63]. One of the systems for creating
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Scheme 1: Representatives of isomeric bisoxindoles.
Scheme 2: Isoindigo-based OSCs with the best efficiency.
Scheme 3: Monoisoindigos with preferred 6,6'-substitution.
Scheme 4: Possibility of aromatic–quinoid structural transition.
Scheme 5: Isoindigo structures with incorporated acceptor nitrogen heterocycles.
Scheme 6: Monoisoindigos bearing pyrenyl substituents.
Scheme 7: p-Alkoxyphenylene-embedded thienylisoindigo with different acceptor anchor units.
Scheme 8: Nonfullerene OSC based on perylene diimide-derived isoindigo.
Scheme 9: Isoindigo as an additive in all-polymer OSCs.
Scheme 10: Bisisoindigos with different linker structures.
Scheme 11: Nonthiophene oligomeric monoisoindigos for OSCs.
Scheme 12: The simplest examples of polymers with a monothienylisoindigo monomeric unit.
Scheme 13: Monothienylisoindigos bearing π-extended electron-donor backbones.
Scheme 14: Role of fluorination and the molecular weight on OSC efficiency on the base of the bithiopheneisoin...
Scheme 15: Trithiopheneisoindigo polymers with variation in the substituent structure.
Scheme 16: Polymeric thienyl-linked bisisoindigos for OSCs.
Scheme 17: Isoindigo bearing the thieno[3,2-b]thiophene structural motif as donor component of OSCs.
Scheme 18: Thienylisoindigos with incorporated aromatic unit.
Scheme 19: One-component nonfullerene OSCs on the base of isoindigo.
Scheme 20: Isoindigo-based nonthiophene aza aromatic polymers as acceptor components of OSCs.
Scheme 21: Polymers with isoindigo substituent as side-chain photon trap.
Scheme 22: Isoindigo derivatives for OFET technology with the best mobility.
Scheme 23: Monoisoindigos as low-molecular-weight semiconductors.
Scheme 24: Polymeric bithiopheneisoindigos for OFET creation.
Scheme 25: Fluorination as a tool to improve isoindigo-based OFET devices.
Scheme 26: Diversely DPP–isoindigo-conjugated polymers for OFETs.
Scheme 27: Isoindigoid homopolymers with differing rigidity.
Scheme 28: Isoindigo-based materials with extended π-conjugation.
Scheme 29: Poly(isoindigothiophene) compounds as sensors for ammonia.
Scheme 30: Sensor devices based on poly(isoindigoaryl) compounds.
Scheme 31: Isoindigo polymers for miscellaneous applications.
Scheme 32: Mono-, rod-like, and polymeric isoindigos as agents for photoacoustic and photothermal cancer thera...
Substituted nitrogen-bridged diazocines
- Pascal Lentes,
- Jeremy Rudtke,
- Thomas Griebenow and
- Rainer Herges
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1503–1508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.107
- . Moreover, the photoconversion yield for the E→Z isomerization is quantitative (within the detection limit of UV and NMR spectroscopy). A high efficiency in switching the biological activity off is important to avoid side effects of residual concentrations of the active form [13]. Water solubility and high
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Figure 1: Bridged diazocines synthesized and investigated in this work.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 3-bromo- and 3-iodo-acetylated CH2NR diazocines 10 (R = Ac) and formylated diazocines ...
Figure 2: UV–vis spectra of 3-bromo and 3-iodo, and unsubstituted CH2NAc-bridged (10a–c) and CH2NCHO-bridged (...
Figure 3: UV–vis spectra of 3-bromo-NAc-diazocine 10a and N-formyl-diazocine 11c in water. Spectra of Z-isome...
Co-crystallization of an organic solid and a tetraaryladamantane at room temperature
- Fabian Rami,
- Jan Nowak,
- Felix Krupp,
- Wolfgang Frey and
- Clemens Richert
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1476–1480, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.103
- elevated temperature using the thermal crystallization approach [17]. However, achieving a high end temperature of the temperature gradient met with technical difficulties and the approach was further complicated by the high solubility of the TAAs tested in the phenol melts. This prompted us to test a more
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Figure 1: Structure of TDA and TEO, the crystallization hosts used for co-crystallization.
Figure 2: Details of the X-ray crystal structures obtained, shown as ORTEP plots at 50% probability, with van...
Figure 3: Possible states of two organic compounds capable of crystallizing at room temperature in a solvent....
Design, synthesis and photophysical properties of novel star-shaped truxene-based heterocycles utilizing ring-closing metathesis, Clauson–Kaas, Van Leusen and Ullmann-type reactions as key tools
- Shakeel Alvi and
- Rashid Ali
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1374–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.96
- interdisciplinary interest from both fundamental as well as applied viewpoint on account of their wonderful optoelectronic properties. The scientific interest in two-dimensional star-shaped PAHs particularly in truxene architectures arises because of their high thermal stability, exceptional solubility and ease
- , superior solubility, improve morphological, optical, electrical and film-forming properties because of the involvement of extra dimensionality. Amongst them, the heptacyclic truxene scaffold possessing three overlapping fluorene units and its congeners are of archetypal interest due to their potential
- exploding day-by-day, thanks to its easy construction, and solubility in common organic solvents in addition to remarkable structural modifications of the truxene framework. Interestingly, the area of truxene is now fully matured, scientist’s imagination is the only limit for designing novel truxene-based
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Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic pathways to the pyrrole-based C3-symmetric truxene derivative 6.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of tripyrrolotruxene 6 via cyclotrimerization and RCM as crucial steps.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of star-shaped molecule 6 utilizing the Clauson–Kaas pyrrole strategy.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of truxene derivative 6 involving Ullmann-type cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of imidazole and benzimidazole containing truxene derivatives 14 and 16.
Scheme 6: Construction of truxene-based di- and trioxazole derivatives 21 and 20.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of benzene-bridged rings containing trioxazolotruxene system 25.
Figure 1: Normalized absorption (left); fluorescence spectra (right) of the synthesized truxene derivatives (...
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
- ), column robustness/ease of recyclability and the facile nature of reaction condition and substrate screening. To increase the greenness and reduce the consumption of the catalyst, Yamamoto and Nakashima have recently developed a proline tetrazole 51 packed-bed reactor system, exploiting the low solubility
- system without the need for supports, hence only modifying the solubility of the catalyst. However, in the above-described reactors the main drawbacks presented were the high pressure drop along the column and the poor handling of solid particles. This resulted in a reduced reliability especially during
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Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Recent advances in palladium-catalysed asymmetric 1,4–additions of arylboronic acids to conjugated enones and chromones
- Jan Bartáček,
- Jan Svoboda,
- Martin Kocúrik,
- Jaroslav Pochobradský,
- Alexander Čegan,
- Miloš Sedlák and
- Jiří Váňa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1048–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.84
- in its increased solubility. The impact of the addition of 30 mol % NH4PF6 caused that the product yield was almost doubled even when the temperature was 20 °C lower (Table 19) [48], while there was only a minimal to no effect on the enantioselectivity (Table 19). Scale-up to a gram-scale was
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of optically pure 4-phenylchroman-2-one [34].
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (R)-tolterodine [3].
Scheme 3: Catalytic cycle of the Pd(II)-catalysed 1,4-addition of organoboron reagents to enones [3,26,35].
Scheme 4: Enantioselective β-arylation of cyclohexanone [38].
Scheme 5: Application of L2/Pd(OAc)2 in the total synthesis of terpenes [8].
Scheme 6: Plausible catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L3...
Scheme 7: Microwave-assisted addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L4/Pd2(dba)3·CHCl3...
Scheme 8: Plausible catalytic cycle of the addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by pal...
Scheme 9: Proposed catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acids to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by Pd...
Scheme 10: Usage of addition reactions of boronic acids to various chromones in the syntheses of potentially a...
Scheme 11: Multigram-scale synthesis of ABBV-2222 [6].
Scheme 12: Application of the asymmetric addition of phenylboronic acid to a chromone derivative for the total...
Scheme 13: Plausible catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone cataly...
Scheme 14: Total syntheses of naturally occurring terpenoids [10,11].
Scheme 15: Use of the L9/Pd(TFA)2 catalytic system for the synthesis of intermediates of biologically active c...
Scheme 16: Usage of a Michael addition catalysed by L9/Pd(TFA)2 in the total synthesis of (–)-ar-tenuifolene [12].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of terpenoids by Michael addition to 3-methyl-2-cyclopentenone [13].
Scheme 18: Rh-catalysed isomerisation of 3-alkyl-3-arylcyclopentanones to 1-tetralones [53].
Scheme 19: Addition reaction of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L9/Pd(TFA)2 in wat...
Scheme 20: Micellar nanoreactor PdL10c for the synthesis of flavanones [58].
Scheme 21: Plausible catalytic cycle for the desymmetrisation of polycyclic cyclohexenediones by the addition ...
Scheme 22: Attempt to use the catalytic system L2/Pd(TFA)2 for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-...
Scheme 23: Ring opening of an enantioenriched tetrahydropyran-2-one derivative as alternative strategy to line...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of biologically active compounds from addition products [14-16].
Scheme 25: Chiral 1,10-phenantroline derivative L15 as ligand for the Pd-catalysed addition reactions of pheny...
Scheme 26: The Rh-catalysed addition reaction of phenylboronic acid to a 3-substituted enone [20].
Scheme 27: Underdeveloped methodologies [14,15,65-67].
Scheme 28: Flowchart for the selection of the proper catalytic system.
Nitroalkene reduction in deep eutectic solvents promoted by BH3NH3
- Chiara Faverio,
- Monica Fiorenza Boselli,
- Patricia Camarero Gonzalez,
- Alessandra Puglisi and
- Maurizio Benaglia
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1041–1047, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.83
- is a nontoxic, biodegradable and nonflammable solvent for which no special handling or storage precautions are required [19]. Some limits, such as high viscosity and low solubility of highly hydrophobic compounds and possible side reactions due to the presence of hydroxy groups, can be overcome by
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: AB-mediated reductions of nitrostyrenes 3a–h.
Scheme 2: AB-mediated reductions of nitrostyrenes 1, 3a, and 3c using DESs B and D.
Scheme 3: AB-mediated reductions of nitroalkenes 5a–f.
Scheme 4: Recovery and recycling experiments in the AB-mediated reduction of nitrostyrene 3h to afford nitroa...
Synthetic accesses to biguanide compounds
- Oleksandr Grytsai,
- Cyril Ronco and
- Rachid Benhida
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1001–1040, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.82
- . Furthermore, it usually displays a high polarity and consequently good aqueous solubility. These features render biguanides an attractive chemical function in medicinal chemistry, where it tends to establish as a valuable pharmacophore for drug discovery. Currently, seven biguanide drugs are commercially
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Tautomeric forms of biguanide.
Figure 2: Illustrations of neutral, monoprotonated, and diprotonated structures biguanide.
Figure 3: The main approaches for the synthesis of biguanides. The core structure is obtained via the additio...
Scheme 1: The three main preparations of biguanides from cyanoguanidine.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of butylbiguanide using CuCl2 [16].
Scheme 3: Synthesis of biguanides by the direct fusion of cyanoguanidine and amine hydrochlorides [17,18].
Scheme 4: Synthesis of ethylbiguanide and phenylbiguanide as reported by Smolka and Friedreich [14].
Scheme 5: Synthesis of arylbiguanides through the reaction of cyanoguanidine with anilines in water [19].
Scheme 6: Synthesis of aryl- and alkylbiguanides by adaptations of Cohn’s procedure [20,21].
Scheme 7: Microwave-assisted synthesis of N1-aryl and -dialkylbiguanides [22,23].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of aryl- and alkylbiguanides by trimethylsilyl activation [24,26].
Scheme 9: Synthesis of phenformin analogs by TMSOTf activation [27].
Scheme 10: Synthesis of N1-(1,2,4-triazolyl)biguanides [28].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 2-guanidinobenzazoles by addition of ortho-substituted anilines to cyanoguanidine [30,32] and...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 2,4-diaminoquinazolines by the addition of 2-cyanoaniline to cyanoguanidine and from 3...
Scheme 13: Reactions of anthranilic acid and 2-mercaptobenzoic acid with cyanoguanidine [24,36,37].
Scheme 14: Synthesis of disubstituted biguanides with Cu(II) salts [38].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of an N1,N2,N5-trisubstituted biguanide by fusion of an amine hydrochloride and 2-cyano-1...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of N1,N5-disubstituted biguanides by the addition of anilines to cyanoguanidine derivativ...
Scheme 17: Microwave-assisted additions of piperazine and aniline hydrochloride to substituted cyanoguanidines ...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of N1,N5-alkyl-substituted biguanides by TMSOTf activation [27].
Scheme 19: Additions of oxoamines hydrochlorides to dimethylcyanoguanidine [49].
Scheme 20: Unexpected cyclization of pyridylcyanoguanidines under acidic conditions [50].
Scheme 21: Example of industrial synthesis of chlorhexidine [51].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of symmetrical N1,N5-diarylbiguanides from sodium dicyanamide [52,53].
Scheme 23: Synthesis of symmetrical N1,N5-dialkylbiguanides from sodium dicyanamide [54-56].
Scheme 24: Stepwise synthesis of unsymmetrical N1,N5-trisubstituted biguanides from sodium dicyanamide [57].
Scheme 25: Examples for the synthesis of unsymmetrical biguanides [58].
Scheme 26: Examples for the synthesis of an 1,3-diaminobenzoquinazoline derivative by the SEAr cyclization of ...
Scheme 27: Major isomers formed by the SEAr cyclization of symmetric biguanides derived from 2- and 3-aminophe...
Scheme 28: Lewis acid-catalyzed synthesis of 8H-pyrrolo[3,2-g]quinazoline-2,4-diamine [63].
Scheme 29: Synthesis of [1,2,4]oxadiazoles by the addition of hydroxylamine to dicyanamide [49,64].
Scheme 30: Principle of “bisamidine transfer” and analogy between the reactions with N-amidinopyrazole and N-a...
Scheme 31: Representative syntheses of N-amidino-amidinopyrazole hydrochloride [68,69].
Scheme 32: First examples of biguanide syntheses using N-amidino-amidinopyrazole [66].
Scheme 33: Example of “biguanidylation” of a hydrazide substrate [70].
Scheme 34: Example for the synthesis of biguanides using S-methylguanylisothiouronium iodide as “bisamidine tr...
Scheme 35: Synthesis of N-substituted N1-cyano-S-methylisothiourea precursors.
Scheme 36: Addition routes on N1-cyano-S-methylisothioureas.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of an hydroxybiguanidine from N1-cyano-S-methylisothiourea [77].
Scheme 38: Synthesis of an N1,N2,N3,N4,N5-pentaarylbiguanide from the corresponding triarylguanidine and carbo...
Scheme 39: Reactions of N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylguanidine (TMG) with carbodiimides to synthesize hexasubstituted ...
Scheme 40: Microwave-assisted addition of N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylguanidine to carbodiimides [80].
Scheme 41: Synthesis of N1-aryl heptasubstituted biguanides via a one-pot biguanide formation–copper-catalyzed ...
Scheme 42: Formation of 1,2-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine derivatives by the reaction of guanidine with excess carbod...
Scheme 43: Plausible mechanism for the spontaneous cyclization of triguanides [82].
Scheme 44: a) Formation of mono- and disubstituted (iso)melamine derivatives by the reaction of biguanides and...
Scheme 45: Reactions of 2-aminopyrimidine with carbodiimides to synthesize 2-guanidinopyrimidines as “biguanid...
Scheme 46: Non-catalyzed alternatives for the addition of 2-aminopyrimidine derivatives to carbodiimides. A) h...
Scheme 47: Addition of guanidinomagnesium halides to substituted cyanamides [90].
Scheme 48: Microwave-assisted synthesis of [11C]metformin by the reaction of 11C-labelled dimethylcyanamide an...
Scheme 49: Formation of 4-amino-6-dimethylamino[1,3,5]triazin-2-ol through the reaction of Boc-guanidine and d...
Scheme 50: Formation of 1,3,5-triazine derivatives via the addition of guanidines to substituted cyanamides [92].
Scheme 51: Synthesis of biguanide by the reaction of O-alkylisourea and guanidine [93].
Scheme 52: Aromatic nucleophilic substitution of guanidine on 2-O-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine [95].
Scheme 53: Synthesis of N1,N2-disubstituted biguanides by the reaction of guanidine and thioureas in the prese...
Scheme 54: Cyclization reactions involving condensations of guanidine(-like) structures with thioureas [97,98].
Scheme 55: Condensations of guanidine-like structures with thioureas [99,100].
Scheme 56: Condensations of guanidines with S-methylisothioureas [101,102].
Scheme 57: Addition of 2-amino-1,3-diazaaromatics to S-alkylisothioureas [103,104].
Scheme 58: Addition of guanidines to 2-(methylsulfonyl)pyrimidines [105].
Scheme 59: An example of a cyclodesulfurization reaction to a fused 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole [106].
Scheme 60: Ring-opening reactions of 1,3-diaryl-2,4-bis(arylimino)-1,3-diazetidines [107].
Scheme 61: Formation of 3,5-diamino-1,2,4-triazole derivatives via addition of hydrazines to 1,3-diazetidine-2...
Scheme 62: Formation of a biguanide via the addition of aniline to 1,2,4-thiadiazol-3,5-diamines, ring opening...
Figure 4: Substitution pattern of biguanides accessible by synthetic pathways a–h.
Synthesis of 10-O-aryl-substituted berberine derivatives by Chan–Evans–Lam coupling and investigation of their DNA-binding properties
- Peter Jonas Wickhorst,
- Mathilda Blachnik,
- Denisa Lagumdzija and
- Heiko Ihmels
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 991–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.81
- , the products 4a–f are hardly soluble in aqueous solution, presumably due to their zwitterionic structure, which hampers their use in biological studies. To ensure a sufficient solubility, these derivatives were methylated in the 9-O-position by the reaction with iodomethane under mild alkaline
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures and numbering of berberine (1a), berberrubine (1b) and 9-O-aryl-substituted berberine de...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 10-O-arylated berberine derivatives 5a–e.
Scheme 2: Cu2+-catalyzed demethylation of berberrubine (1b).
Figure 2: Temperature dependent emission spectra of derivatives 5a and 5d (c = 10 µM, with 0.25% v/v DMSO) in...
Figure 3: Photometric titration of 5a (A) and 5d (B) (cLigand = 20 μM) with ct DNA (1) in BPE buffer (cNa+ = ...
Figure 4: Fluorimetric titration of 5a (A) and 5d (B, cLigand = 20 μM) with ct DNA (1) in BPE buffer (cNa+ = ...
Figure 5: CD and LD spectra of ct DNA (1 and 2, cDNA = 20 μM; in BPE buffer: 10 mM, pH 7.0; with 5% v/v DMSO)...
Application of the Meerwein reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone to a metal-free synthesis of benzofuropyridine analogues
- Rashmi Singh,
- Tomas Horsten,
- Rashmi Prakash,
- Swapan Dey and
- Wim Dehaen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 977–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.79
- dibenzofuran have been less explored, although they may have significant bioactivity. Introducing nitrogen to the dibenzofuran system is expected to increase the water solubility and potential bioavailability due to enhanced hydrogen bonding. Figure 2 presents a few examples of azadibenzofuran molecules. One
- the Duff formylation procedure, only traces of aldehyde 16 were detected. Rieche formylation with either SnCl4 or TiCl4 resulted in a low conversion of the starting material and only traces of 16 due to the limited solubility of 13 in DCM, DCE, or chloroform. Furthermore, 16 was isolated after a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically relevant 2-oxydibenzofuran-containing structures 1–6.
Figure 2: Representative bioactive structures containing benzofuro-fused pyridine analogues 7–9.
Scheme 1: Strategy for metal-free access to benzofuropyridine 13.
Scheme 2: Electrophilic aromatic substitution of 6-hydroxybenzofuro[2,3-b]pyridine (13).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of isomeric oxazole-fused derivatives.
Scheme 4: Fused derivatives from 16.
Beyond ribose and phosphate: Selected nucleic acid modifications for structure–function investigations and therapeutic applications
- Christopher Liczner,
- Kieran Duke,
- Gabrielle Juneau,
- Martin Egli and
- Christopher J. Wilds
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 908–931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.76
- kinetics and higher solubility in organic solvents, useful for automated synthesis, such as the Beaucage reagent [86]. Conveniently, during deprotection of the support-bound oligonucleotide, aminolysis removes the β-thiobenzoylethyl group from the backbone to generate the free PS2-modified oligonucleotide
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of the chemically modified oligonucleotides (A) N3' → P5' phosphoramidate linkage, (B) a...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of a N3' → P5' phosphoramidate linkage by solid-phase synthesis. (a) dichloroacetic acid;...
Figure 2: Crystal structures of (A) N3' → P5' phosphoramidate DNA (PDB ID 363D) [71] and (B) amide (AM1) RNA in c...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of a phosphorodithioate linkage by solid-phase synthesis. (a) detritylation; (b) tetrazol...
Figure 3: Close-up view of a key interaction between the PS2-modified antithrombin RNA aptamer and thrombin i...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the (S)-GNA thymine phosphoramidite from (S)-glycidyl 4,4'-dimethoxytrityl ether. (a) ...
Figure 4: Surface models of the crystal structures of RNA dodecamers with single (A) (S)-GNA-T (PDB ID 5V1L) [54]...
Figure 5: Structures of 2'-O-alkyl modifications. (A) 2'-O-methoxy RNA (2'-OMe RNA), (B) 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the 2'-OMe uridine from 3',5'-O-(tetraisopropyldisiloxane-1,3-diyl)uridine. (a) Benzoy...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the 2'-O-MOE uridine from uridine. (a) (PhO)2CO, NaHCO3, DMA, 100 °C; (b) Al(OCH2CH2OCH...
Figure 6: Structure of 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA (MOE-RNA). (A) View into the minor groove of an A-form DNA d...
Figure 7: Structures of locked nucleic acids (LNA)/bridged nucleic acids (BNA) modifications. (A) LNA/BNA, (B...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the uridine LNA phosphoramidite. (a) i) NaH, BnBr, DMF, ii) acetic anhydride, pyridine...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the 2'-fluoroarabinothymidine. (a) 30% HBr in acetic acid; (b) 2,4-bis-O-(trimethylsil...
Figure 8: Sugar puckers of arabinose (ANA) and arabinofluoro (FANA) nucleic acids compared with the puckers o...
Figure 9: Structures of C4'-modified nucleic acids. (A) 4'-methoxy, (B) 4'-(2-methoxyethoxy), (C) 2',4'-diflu...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of the 4'-F-rU phosphoramidite. (a) AgF, I2, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran; (b) NH3, m...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of the thymine FHNA phosphoramidite. (a) thymine, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, ace...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the thymine Ara-FHNA phosphoramidite. (a) i) trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride, pyrid...
Figure 10: Crystal structures of (A) FHNA and (B) Ara-FHNA in modified A-form DNA decamers (PDB IDs 3Q61 and 3...
A chromatography-free and aqueous waste-free process for thioamide preparation with Lawesson’s reagent
- Ke Wu,
- Yichen Ling,
- An Ding,
- Liqun Jin,
- Nan Sun,
- Baoxiang Hu,
- Zhenlu Shen and
- Xinquan Hu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 805–812, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.69
- temperature. After filtration, the yellow-colored toluene solution was concentrated and the residue recrystallized from 75% EtOH/water to afford 26.1 g (84%) of the desired product 4 as yellow crystalline solid. Because of a relative lower solubility and the higher molecular weight of diamide substrate 5, a
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Figure 1: Generation of the six-membered byproduct A from thionation reactions using Lawesson’s reagent.
Figure 2: Work-up procedure for the reaction with LR.
Figure 3: Modified process for the synthesis of 2e via phase separation.
Scheme 1: Modified process for the synthesis of pincer ligand 4.
Scheme 2: Modified process for the synthesis of pincer-type ligand 6.
DNA with zwitterionic and negatively charged phosphate modifications: Formation of DNA triplexes, duplexes and cell uptake studies
- Yongdong Su,
- Maitsetseg Bayarjargal,
- Tracy K. Hale and
- Vyacheslav V. Filichev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 749–761, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.65
- . For example, both PNA and modified PNAs have excellent chemical stability, are resistant to enzymatic degradation, and have high binding affinity towards complementary DNA and RNA, but have a tendency to aggregate, require high salt conditions, and have low solubility in water [1][25][26]. LNA (BNA
- reversed [32]. As a charge-neutral phosphate mimic, the methylphosphonate linkage (PMe) has been introduced into the DNA backbone to improve stability of ONs towards enzymic digestion as well as DNA duplex and triplex binding affinity [33]. However, the poor aqueous solubility [34], reduced binding
- - indicates that the named modification was incorporated in the middle of the sequence; 2N+, 3N+, 4N+ or 2Ts-, 3Ts-, 4Ts- indicates that two, three, or four modifications were distributed evenly in the sequence. The solubility of the ONs was not influenced by the introduction of Ts and N+ modifications, as
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Figure 1: Illustration of H-bonding in a DNA duplex and a parallel triplex. A) Depiction of Watson–Crick base...
Scheme 1: The synthesis of ONs with Ts and N+ modification using the Staudinger reaction during the solid-pha...
Figure 2: Percentage of intact ONs after 120 min. A) N+ONs; B) Ts-ONs. Percentage of intact ONs was determine...
Figure 3: Representative images of mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts incubated with either (A–C) no oligo or 20 µM of...
Figure 4: Representative confocal microscopy section showing the FAM vesicles inside the cell. Mouse NIH 3T3 ...
Effective microwave-assisted approach to 1,2,3-triazolobenzodiazepinones via tandem Ugi reaction/catalyst-free intramolecular azide–alkyne cycloaddition
- Maryna O. Mazur,
- Oleksii S. Zhelavskyi,
- Eugene M. Zviagin,
- Svitlana V. Shishkina,
- Vladimir I. Musatov,
- Maksim A. Kolosov,
- Elena H. Shvets,
- Anna Yu. Andryushchenko and
- Valentyn A. Chebanov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 678–687, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.57
- solubility [20]. Firstly, we used a procedure similar to described by I. Akritopoulou-Zanze et al. [13] for cyclization: compound 6aab was refluxed in benzene for 8 hours until TLC monitoring demonstrated the full transformation of starting material into a new compound. The evaporation of the solution gave a
- reaction time (Table 1, entries 11–24) as variables. Reactions in such solvents as ethanol and glycerol resulted in almost no conversion. The treatment in water led to a mixture of the product with the starting material where low conversion can be explained by solubility issues. To overcome this, the
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Figure 1: Benzodiazepine-based azolo-containing drugs.
Figure 2: Novel potential 1,2,3-triazolobenziadiazepine drugs.
Scheme 1: Examples of synthesis of 1,2,3-triazolobenzodiazepines via tandem approach Ugi reaction/IAAC. Reage...
Scheme 2: Azide precursor synthesis.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of Ugi products 6, their structures and yields.
Figure 3: Code legend for Ugi products 6 and molecular structure (X-ray analysis) of compound 6aaa.
Scheme 4: Cyclization of Ugi-product 6aab with terminal alkyne fragment.
Figure 4: 1H NMR spectra of the reactant and the product of IAAC.
Figure 5: Molecular structure of compound 7aaa (X-ray analysis) and comparison of 1H NMR spectra of compounds ...
Scheme 5: The substrate scope of intermolecular cycloaddition.
[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C60 based on diazo compounds
- Yuliya N. Biglova
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55
- acid esters 87–97 with various alkyl-chain lengths were synthesized (Scheme 28). According to reference [113], the solubility of C60 derivatives in organic solvents increases with an increase in the length of alkyl substituents. The photovoltaic devices designed using poly(3-hexylthiophene
Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation
- Francesca Liguori,
- Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
- Pierluigi Barbaro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53
- the conventional PET-insoluble EG system, greatly enhanced the depolymerisation kinetics, resulting in improved conversions (the solubility of PET at T > 130 °C was aniline > NMP > nitrobenzene > DMSO) [202]. For instance, the use of a DMSO/EG 2:1, w/w solvent mixture resulted in an increase of PET
- ]. The remarkable activity was attributed to the dual effect of base and acid catalysis, in addition to the solubility of the catalyst in EG. It is worth mentioning that, in addition to the recovery of chemicals via chemolytic processes, repurposing techniques of PET were developed based on one-pot, two
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Figure 1: Potential classification of plastic recycling processes. The area covered by the present review is ...
Figure 2: EG produced during glycolytic depolymerisation of PET using DEG + DPG as solvent and titanium(IV) n...
Scheme 1: Simplified representation of the conversion of 1,4-PBD to C16–C44 macrocycles using Ru metathesis c...
Figure 3: Main added-value monomers obtainable by catalytic depolymerisation of PET via chemolytic methods.
Scheme 2: Hydrogenolytic depolymerisation of PET by ruthenium complexes.
Scheme 3: Depolymerisation of PET via catalytic hydrosilylation by Ir(III) pincer complex.
Scheme 4: Catalytic hydrolysis (top) and methanolysis (bottom) reactions of PET.
Scheme 5: Depolymerisation of PET by glycolysis with ethylene glycol.
Figure 4: Glycolysis of PET: evolution of BHET yield over time, with and without zinc acetate catalyst (196 °...
Scheme 6: Potential activated complex for the glycolysis reaction of PET catalysed by metallated ILs and evol...
Scheme 7: One-pot, two-step process for PET repurposing via chemical recycling.
Scheme 8: Synthetic routes to PLA.
Scheme 9: Structures of the zinc molecular catalysts used for PLA-methanolysis in various works. a) See [265], b) ...
Scheme 10: Depolymerisation of PLLA by Zn–N-heterocyclic carbene complex.
Scheme 11: Salalen ligands.
Scheme 12: Catalytic hydrogenolysis of PLA.
Scheme 13: Catalytic hydrosilylation of PLA.
Scheme 14: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBT and PCL by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 15: Glycolysis reaction of PCT by diethylene glycol.
Scheme 16: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 3,4-T6GBL.
Scheme 17: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 2,3-HDB.
Scheme 18: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBPAC by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 19: Catalytic hydrolysis (top), alcoholysis (middle) and aminolysis (bottom) reactions of PBPAC.
Scheme 20: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PPC (top) and PEC (bottom) by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 21: Polymerisation-depolymerisation cycle of BEP.
Scheme 22: Hydrogenolysis of polyamides using soluble Ru catalysts.
Scheme 23: Catalytic depolymerisation of epoxy resin/carbon fibres composite.
Scheme 24: Depolymerisation of polyethers with metal salt catalysts and acyl chlorides.
Scheme 25: Proposed mechanism for the iron-catalysed depolymerisation reaction of polyethers. Adapted with per...
Designed whole-cell-catalysis-assisted synthesis of 9,11-secosterols
- Marek Kõllo,
- Marje Kasari,
- Villu Kasari,
- Tõnis Pehk,
- Ivar Järving,
- Margus Lopp,
- Arvi Jõers and
- Tõnis Kanger
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 581–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.52
- next morning for further analysis. A typical reaction contained approximately 40 mg of substrate in 200 mL culture medium, depending on the solubility and availability of substrates. This reaction can be scaled up by increasing the culture volume; the substrate concentration cannot be increased due to
- the low solubility of corticosteroids in aqueous solution. The expression of KshA5 and KshB was verified from the cell lysate by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blotting (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). The product distribution between the cellular pellet and supernatant
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Figure 1: A) Tetracyclic core of steroids and possible sites of bond cleavages for secosteroids. B)The first ...
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic analysis of 9,11-secosterols.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of starting materials. Reagents and conditions: i) NaBH4, EtOH/CH2Cl2 1:1, 2 h, rt, then ...
Scheme 3: Oxidation of diols 5 and 6 with NaOCl·5H2O.
The synthesis of chiral β-naphthyl-β-sulfanyl ketones via enantioselective sulfa-Michael reaction in the presence of a bifunctional cinchona/sulfonamide organocatalyst
- Deniz Tözendemir and
- Cihangir Tanyeli
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 494–503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.43
- , respectively) gave the two highest results, but the use of dioxane is best avoided due to its toxicity. Except for hexane (only 6% ee, Table 1, entry 13), which resulted in an almost racemic product presumably due to solubility issues, all other solvents afforded the target SMA adduct with similar moderate ee
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of organocatalyst 5.
Figure 1: Structures of the screened organocatalysts.
Scheme 2: Proposed transition state for the SMA of 1-thionaphthol to trans-chalcones.
Figure 2: Comparison of the ee values of SMA in the presence of THF and DCM as solvent.
Biochemistry of fluoroprolines: the prospect of making fluorine a bioelement
- Vladimir Kubyshkin,
- Rebecca Davis and
- Nediljko Budisa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 439–460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.40
- Geobacillus thermoleovorans lipase (GTL) yielded a properly folded sample with R-Flp and an insoluble protein with S-Flp (Figure 14A). The lack of solubility in the latter case indicates critical folding issues induced by the presence of S-Flp in the sequence. With α-amylase from Pyrococcus woesei (PWA), the
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Figure 1: The structures of the fluoroprolines discussed herein.
Figure 2: The distinction between “the alanine and the proline worlds”. While the polyalanine backbone leads ...
Figure 3: Molecular volume for 20 coded amino acids and fluoroprolines. The COSMO volume was calculated for a...
Figure 4: Comparative analysis of the electrostatic potential for proline and fluoroprolines (electrostatic p...
Figure 5: Experimental logP data for methyl esters of N-acetylamino acids.
Figure 6: The conformational dependence of the proline ring on the fluorination at position 4.
Figure 7: Rotation around the peptidyl-prolyl fragments in polypeptide structures is important for correct ov...
Figure 8: The complex fate of a protein-encoded amino acid in the cell (EF-Tu – elongation factor thermo unst...
Figure 9: Metabolic routes for proline in E. coli. A) Synthesis of proline and B) degradation of proline.
Figure 10: A complete flowchart for the proline incorporation into proteins during ribosomal biosynthesis. A) ...
Figure 11: Amide bond formation capacities of fluoroprolines compared to some coded amino acids measured on ri...
Figure 12: Ribbon representation of the X-ray crystal structures of proteins containing fluoroprolines. A) Enh...
Figure 13: Problems and phenomena associated with the production of a protein-containing proline-to-fluoroprol...
Figure 14: Effects of fluoroprolines on recombinant protein expression using the auxotrophic expression host E...
Figure 15: A) Experimental setup for the incorporation of fluoroprolines into proteins. B) Adaptive laboratory...
1,2,3-Triazoles as leaving groups: SNAr reactions of 2,6-bistriazolylpurines with O- and C-nucleophiles
- Dace Cīrule,
- Irina Novosjolova,
- Ērika Bizdēna and
- Māris Turks
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 410–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.37
- (5.0 equiv). The excess of base and alcohol was required due to the cleavage of acetyl protecting groups. Products 3g–i were obtained in yields of up to 79% (Scheme 4). Furthermore, purification of the products 3g–i was complicated due to their poor solubility in organic solvents. The C6
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Scheme 1: Synthetic pathways for the synthesis of 6-substituted 2-triazolylpurine derivatives IV.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 2,6-bistriazolylpurine derivatives 2a–c.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 6-alkyloxy-2-triazolylpurine derivatives 3a–f.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 6-alkyloxy-2-triazolylpurine nucleosides 3g–j.
Scheme 5: 2,6-Bistriazolylpurine derivatives in SNAr reactions with H2O/HO− as nucleophiles.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of C6-substituted 2-triazolylpurine derivatives 5.
Figure 1: Possible tautomeric structures of compounds 5a–d.
