Enantioselective PCCP Brønsted acid-catalyzed aza-Piancatelli rearrangement

• Gabrielle R. Hammersley,
• Meghan F. Nichol,
• Helena C. Steffens,
• Jose M. Delgado,
• Gesine K. Veits and
• Javier Read de Alaniz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1569–1574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.160

• rearrangement (Figure 1). Analogous to the Nazarov cyclization, controlling the absolute stereochemistry can be achieved by governing the direction of the conrotatory electrocyclization, clockwise vs counterclockwise [32][33][34]. Despite the direct relationship to the asymmetric Nazarov cyclization, however

• , it was not until 2016 that the first asymmetric aza-Piancatelli reaction was described. To control the absolute stereochemistry of the aza-Piancatelli rearrangement, Rueping [35], Sun [36], and Patil [37] independently demonstrated that chiral phosphoric acids can be used as an enantioselectivity

• aza-Piancatelli reaction, we sought to identify other asymmetric catalytic systems capable of controlling the absolute stereochemistry. To this end, we envisioned that the chiral pentacarboxycyclopentadiene (PCCP) Brønsted acid catalyst (8) recently developed by the Lambert lab might be suitable

Different reactivity of phosphorylallenes under the action of Brønsted or Lewis acids: a crucial role of involvement of the P=O group in intra- or intermolecular interactions at the formation of cationic intermediates

• Stanislav V. Lozovskiy,
• Alexander Yu. Ivanov and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1491–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.151

• chromatography, for instance, compounds E-11m and Z-11m (Table 3, entry 9 and Supporting Information File 1). The E/Z-stereochemistry of compounds 11 was determined on the basis of the values of spin–spin interaction constants of vinyl protons, which were 13–14 Hz for Z-isomers and 17–18 Hz for E-isomers (see

Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines by formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of quinolinium salts

• Anthony Choi,
• Rebecca M. Morley and
• Iain Coldham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1480–1484, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.149

• to undergo reaction with the ylides derived from the salts 4 and 5. In both cases, very good yields of the tetracyclic adducts 9 and 10 were obtained after heating for only 1 h (Scheme 3). The relative stereochemistry of the adduct 9 was determined by single crystal X-ray analysis (Figure 2). To

• with N-methylmaleimide in the presence of triethylamine in methanol to give the desired adducts 15a and 15b as single stereoisomers (Scheme 5). The stereochemistry of product 15a was confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis (see Supporting Information File 1) and matches the relative configuration of

Fluorine-containing substituents: metabolism of the α,α-difluoroethyl thioether motif

• Andrea Rodil,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Ren Tomita and
• David O’Hagan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1441–1447, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.144

• we could not determine the absolute stereochemistry of the predominant enantiomer, it was clear from the assay that there was a significant enantiomeric ratio (4:1) of 6 which translates to a 60% enantiomeric excess (ee, see Supporting Information File 1). We note that there have been chemical

• chemical oxidation of thioether 5. The resultant enantiomeric ratio for 11 was determined to be 3.3:1, which translates to a 54% ee (absolute stereochemistry not determined). Again, the sulfoxidation shows a significant stereochemical bias. The stability of the aryl thioethers can be contrasted with the

Introduction of an isoxazoline unit to the β-position of porphyrin via regioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

• Xiujun Liu,
• Xiang Ma and
• Yaqing Feng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1434–1440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.143

• -dichlorophenyl- or 2,4,6-trimethylphenyl nitrile oxides were used to react with 2 at 110 °C for 12 hours in toluene. Generally, two products with different positions (C4 or C5) of isoxazoline connected to the β-position of porphyrin should be obtained if the stereochemistry was not considered (Scheme 1) [43

Borylation and rearrangement of alkynyloxiranes: a stereospecific route to substituted α-enynes

• Ruben Pomar Fuentespina,
• José Angel Garcia de la Cruz,
• Gabriel Durin,
• Victor Mamane,
• Jean-Marc Weibel and
• Patrick Pale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1416–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.141

• rearrangement of the so-formed alkynyloxiranyl borates. This stereospecific process overall transfers the cis or trans-stereochemistry of the starting alkynyloxiranes to the resulting 1,3-enynes. Keywords: boron; enyne; lithium; oxirane; rearrangement; Introduction Lithiated oxiranes are useful intermediates

• isomers. The cis-configured compound cis-1b readily reacted with pinacol phenylboronate 2c under the conditions set up above, providing enyne 4 as the sole product in high yield (Table 2, entry 1). NMR analysis revealed the Z-stereochemistry of this enyne [31]. In contrast, the trans-isomer trans-1b

• also reactive, but longer reaction times were required, probably due to steric hindrance at some stage of the rearrangement (vide infra). Both isomers exclusively afforded the expected E or Z tetrasubstituted alkenes 13 in high yields (Table 3, entries 7 and 8). Stereochemistry and mechanism Based on

Anomeric sugar boronic acid analogues as potential agents for boron neutron capture therapy

• Daniela Imperio,
• Erika Del Grosso,
• Silvia Fallarini,
• Grazia Lombardi and
• Luigi Panza

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1355–1359, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.135

• moderate yield. Unfortunately, we isolated as main side product the known elimination compound 7a [16], which further confirms the strong tendency of β-alkoxyboronic acids to give rise to elimination. The stereochemistry of the newly formed stereocenter was inferred from the coupling constant between H-3

Genomics-inspired discovery of massiliachelin, an agrochelin epimer from Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Jan Diettrich,
• Hirokazu Kage and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1298–1303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.128

• product, which was named massiliachelin, corresponds to the assembly line encoded by the identified siderophore locus. Keywords: agrochelin; genome mining; Massilia; massiliachelin; siderophore; stereochemistry; Introduction In recent years, chemical investigations as well as genomics led to the

• [23]. An analysis of the analogous enzymes in micacocidin [13], yersiniabactin [16], and enantio-pyochelin [24] biosynthesis confirmed that the presence or absence of this feature allows a reliable prediction of the stereochemistry in this position (Table S1, Supporting Information File 1). In every

• stereochemistry at the C2 position derived from L-cysteine. This is because the MicC homolog from Massilia sp. NR 4-1 features only a single adenylation domain for the activation of L-cysteine, which corresponds to the micacocidin and yersiniabactin assembly lines [13][16]. An inspection of the ketoreductase (KR

Steroid diversification by multicomponent reactions

• Leslie Reguera,
• Cecilia I. Attorresi,
• Javier A. Ramírez and
• Daniel G. Rivera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1236–1256, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.121

• stepwise Pd(II)-catalyzed cascade process or a [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction, both providing the cis stereochemistry at C-2 and C-3. When the reaction was carried out with the epimer of substrate 33 (having the 5β-hydroxy group), the cis stereochemistry was also achieved at the newly formed C-2 and C-3

Alkylation of lithiated dimethyl tartrate acetonide with unactivated alkyl halides and application to an asymmetric synthesis of the 2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane core of squalestatins/zaragozic acids

• Herman O. Sintim,
• Hamad H. Al Mamari,
• Hasanain A. A. Almohseni,
• Younes Fegheh-Hassanpour and
• David M. Hodgson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1194–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.116

• separable 76:24 mixture of alkylated tartrates 17 and 18, respectively. The relative stereochemistry was assigned by analogy with Seebach’s findings for substituted tartrates: that the diastereomer with the ring methine cis to the ester group (i.e., 17) always displays the higher chemical shift (≈5 ppm vs

• alkylating agent, which leads to the improved diastereoselectivity [43]. The trans stereochemistry assignment for the dialkylated products 34 follow from the observed equivalence of the acetonide methyl groups in all their proton and carbon NMR spectra. In Seebach's original studies, which established

• ) and cephalezomine C (44) [51]. In these latter natural products, the monoalkylated tartaric acid residues typically possess 2R,3S stereochemistry (Figure 2); one exception is cephalezomine D [51], which is the 3R-epimer of cephalezomine C (44). Since the chiral (R,R- S,S-) tartrate acetonides undergo

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• -diarylallylidene)oxindoles 132, respectively. Initially [114][115], using arylboronic acids 130 (R = Ar2), a variety of twenty-one diarylmethylene oxindoles 131 were obtained with good yields. When aryl iodide and arylboronic acids bearing different substituents are used, the expected stereochemistry of the

• controlled stereochemistry (Scheme 37). Indeed, they found that the PPh3 ligand promoted the formation of the E-isomer as the main compound while the t-BuXPhos ligand induced the preferential formation of the Z-isomer. As already mentioned before, this transformation is the result of a sequence of three

Stereo- and regioselective hydroboration of 1-exo-methylene pyranoses: discovery of aryltriazolylmethyl C-galactopyranosides as selective galectin-1 inhibitors

• Alexander Dahlqvist,
• Axel Furevi,
• Niklas Warlin,
• Hakon Leffler and
• Ulf J. Nilsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1046–1060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.102

• stated in the procedure. NMR spectra were collected on a Bruker Ultrashield Plus/Avance II 400 MHz spectrometer. 1H NMR spectra were recorded at 400 MHz and 13C NMR spectra at 100 MHz with residual solvent signals as references. 19F NMR spectra were recorded at 376 MHz. Stereochemistry was assigned

• :19 by HPLC, using the same protocol as is used for purity determinations. The stereochemistry of the β diastereomer, the only one isolated, was assigned using NOESY. [α]D20 31 (c 1, CH2Cl2); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.41–7.24 (m, 20H), 4.97 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1H), 4.94 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.78 (d, J

• , 78%) as a clear, viscous oil. The diastereoselectivity was determined to be α:β 1:99 by HPLC, using the same protocol as is used for purity determinations. The stereochemistry of the β diastereomer, the only one isolated, was assigned using NOESY. [α]D20 −37 (c 0.1, CH3CN); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ

Mechanistic investigations on multiproduct β-himachalene synthase from Cryptosporangium arvum

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1008–1019, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.99

• be straightforward at first sight, the details proofed to be challenging as deeper insights for the stereochemistry of each step were obtained by incubation experiments. The question, whether (R)-NPP or its enantiomer (S)-NPP is involved in the HcS catalysed cyclisation cascade, was addressed by

• syn-stereochemistry was observed [48]. The rather unexpected stereochemical course of the HcS-catalysed cyclisation of NPP found herein therefore shows, that this step has to be investigated for anti- versus syn-attack experimentally for every single case, especially for a conformationally flexible

• “backside” of the cyclising molecule, which may give rise to an explanation of the multiproduct nature of HcS. At this location, OPP− can easily abstract “backwards” pointing hydrogen atoms from different positions which reflects the observation of the regio- and stereochemistry of the deprotonations. HcS

New terpenoids from the fermentation broth of the edible mushroom Cyclocybe aegerita

• Frank Surup,
• Florian Hennicke,
• Nadine Sella,
• Maria Stroot,
• Steffen Bernecker,
• Sebastian Pfütze,
• Marc Stadler and
• Martin Rühl

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1000–1007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.98

• -H3 and 1-Hb indicated methyl C-12 being on the opposite site of the molecular plane as 2-H and 9-H. This assignment was confirmed by the comparison of the 13C NMR shifts to pasteurestin A and B [6][7]. Since the absolute stereochemistry has been demonstrated for pasteurestins A and B by total

Heck- and Suzuki-coupling approaches to novel hydroquinone inhibitors of calcium ATPase

• Robert J. Kempton,
• Taylor A. Kidd-Kautz,
• Soizic Laurenceau and
• Stefan Paula

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 971–975, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.94

• 6.01 and 7.57 (J = 17.0 Hz) for 6 and 8, respectively, confirming the E-stereochemistry. Attempts to convert the two methoxy groups of 6 and 8 to hydroxy groups (e.g., 7) in a single step using BBr3·S(CH3)2 [18] or (CH3)3SiCl/NaI [19] were unsuccessful. Instead, 7 was obtained in good yield by the two

Synthesis of acylglycerol derivatives by mechanochemistry

• Karen J. Ardila-Fierro,
• Andrij Pich,
• Marc Spehr,
• José G. Hernández and
• Carsten Bolm

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 811–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.78

• fatty acids (e.g., chain length, degree of unsaturation, double bond position or stereochemistry), the access to pure DAGs and TAGs from natural sources by extraction is cumbersome. Alternatively, protected DAGs 5 can be chemically synthesized starting from glycerol [26] or glycidol [27], but either

A diastereoselective approach to axially chiral biaryls via electrochemically enabled cyclization cascade

• Hong Yan,
• Zhong-Yi Mao,
• Zhong-Wei Hou,
• Jinshuai Song and
• Hai-Chao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 795–800, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.76

• Me (3j). Pyridyl rings bearing multiple substituents were also tolerated (3k and 3l). The stereochemistry of the biaryl product was determined by obtaining an X-ray crystal structure of 3k. The t-Bu-substituted phenyl ring on the alkyne moiety containing an extra OMe (3m) or Me (3n and 3o) group was

Stereochemical investigations on the biosynthesis of achiral (Z)-γ-bisabolene in Cryptosporangium arvum

• Jan Rinkel and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 789–794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.75

• stereochemistry (anti-SN2’ reaction), which is favoured for a concerted process and is also discussed for other cyclisation mechanisms [24][25][26], the four theoretically possible options for the BbS cyclisation mechanism are narrowed down to two possibilities: Either the reaction takes place via (R)-NPP

Diastereo- and enantioselective preparation of cyclopropanol derivatives

• Marwan Simaan and
• Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 752–760, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.71

• ). The reaction proceeded for all R1 and R2 groups tested and determination of the stereochemistry confirmed that the oxidation reaction proceeds with pure retention of configuration at the metalated center (intramolecular SN2 reaction or 1,2-metalate rearrangement) [78][79][80]. It should be noted that

New sesquiterpenoids from the South China Sea soft corals Clavularia viridis and Lemnalia flava

• Qihao Wu,
• Yuan Gao,
• Meng-Meng Zhang,
• Li Sheng,
• Jia Li,
• Xu-Wen Li,
• Hong Wang and
• Yue-Wei Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 695–702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.64

• 220.1824 [M]+ (calcd for C15H24O, 220.1825). A detailed analysis of 2D NMR experiments (Figure 2), revealed that compound 6 had the same planar structure as 6a and co-occurring 7 differing only in the stereochemistry. The relative configuration of 6 was established by NOESY correlations (Figure 3) in which

Design, synthesis and spectroscopic properties of crown ether-capped dibenzotetraaza[14]annulenes

• Krzysztof M. Zwoliński and
• Julita Eilmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57

• crown ethylene bridges fall within the range of 5.4–5.5 Hz, expected for gauche stereochemistry. Such a relaxed crown conformation is suitable for accommodation of large alkali and alkaline-earth cations. The general features of FTIR-ATR spectra of receptors 3a and 3b are substantially similar to each

Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin

• Toni Smeilus,
• Farnoush Mousavizadeh,
• Johannes Krieger,
• Xingzhao Tu,
• Marcel Kaiser and
• Athanassios Giannis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 567–570, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.51

• -hydroxy esters 9, 10 and 11 (dr = 1.74:0:38:0.24) in a total yield of 84% (Scheme 2). Gratifyingly, the percentage of derivatives 9 and 10 that show the desired stereochemistry at carbon center 5a is around 90%. The structure of all these isomers was confirmed by NOE experiments (see Supporting

A chemoenzymatic synthesis of ceramide trafficking inhibitor HPA-12

• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Sucheta Chatterjee,
• Subrata Chattopadhyay and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 490–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.42

• -alcohol [53]. However, unlike in our case, the reaction proceeded with poor diastereoselectivity irrespective of the dihydroxylating agent used. To confirm the 1,3-anti diol stereochemistry of 7a, it was debenzylated using DDQ/CH2Cl2–H2O to furnish the trihydroxy compound 7a'. The 1H and 13C NMR spectra

• , and the optical rotation of 7a' were in conformity with those reported [54]. In addition, the 1,3-anti stereochemistry of the diol 7a was confirmed by converting it to the target compound 2, and comparing its chiroptical data with the reported values, as described afterwards. For the synthesis of 2

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• riboside. The stereochemical outcomes of the synthesis (anomeric ratio) depends on the nature and the stereochemistry of the leaving group X in sugar B (α- or β-anomer), on the nature of the substituents at the amide nitrogen atom in Nam, and on the conditions of glycosylation, such as solvent and

Tandem copper and photoredox catalysis in photocatalytic alkene difunctionalization reactions

• Nicholas L. Reed,
• Madeline I. Herman,
• Vladimir P. Miltchev and
• Tehshik P. Yoon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 351–356, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.30

• enantioselective by utilizing chiral Cu(II) complexes have thus far not been successful. A screen of several classes of privileged ligands for asymmetric copper catalysis produced only racemic oxyamination products. We interpret this observation as an indication that Cu(II) is unable to control the stereochemistry