Germanyl triazoles as a platform for CuAAC diversification and chemoselective orthogonal cross-coupling

• John M. Halford-McGuff,
• Thomas M. Richardson,
• Aidan P. McKay,
• Frederik Peschke,
• Glenn A. Burley and
• Allan J. B. Watson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3198–3204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.265

• potential as functional handles for downstream elaboration of CuAAC products. To date, the main use of germanyl alkynes in (3 + 2) cycloadditions has been limited to a small number of Huisgen (non-Cu-catalysed) reactions [68][69]. Zaitsev and co-workers reported the synthesis and CuAAC reactions of a

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

• reactions in heterocycle synthesis [163][164] and certainly also for substituted pyrazoles. Four classes of 1,3-dipoles are considered as synthetic equivalents for the CN2 synthon: diazo compounds [165], nitrilimines [166], sydnones [167], and azomethinimines [168]. These intermediates undergo (3 + 2

• ) cycloadditions with alkenes or alkynes to form pyrazoles, also in the sense of MCR. Furthermore, while not strictly classified as pericyclic reactions, hydrazones are also recognized as CN2 building blocks in pyrazole synthesis [169]. 1,3-Dipoles as key intermediates Various methods have been developed for the

Trifluoromethylated hydrazones and acylhydrazones as potent nitrogen-containing fluorinated building blocks

• Zhang Dongxu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1741–1754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.127

• regioselective [3 + 2] cycloadditions [59][60][61][62][63] (Scheme 10a). Similarly, trifluoroacetonitrile imine reacted with mercaptoacetaldehyde and mercaptocarboxylic acids to generate fluorinated 1,3,4-thiadiazines with good yields via a [3 + 3] annulation [64] (Scheme 10b). Meanwhile, mercaptoacetaldehyde as

• reported practical methods, which extended the structural scope of such dipoles. This has allowed the synthesis of trifluoromethylpyrazoles by a range of regioselective [3 + 2] cycloadditions of trifluoroacetonitrile imines with electron-poor olefins [73][74][75][76] (Scheme 11b). Moreover, the

• trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides. [3 + 2]/[3 + 3] Cycloadditions of trifluoromethylated hydrazonoyl halides. Substrate scope for [3 + 2] cycloadditions with trifluoroacetonitrile imines reported by Jasiński’s team and other groups. Synthesis of trifluoromethylated 1,2,4-triazole and 1,2,4-triazine derivatives

Decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of amino acids for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1677–1693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.123

• Pharmacy, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, China 10.3762/bjoc.19.123 Abstract The [3 + 2] cycloadditions of stabilized azomethine ylides (AMYs) derived from amino esters are well-established. However, the reactions of semi-stabilized AMYs generated from decarboxylative condensation of α-amino acids

• ][56][57][58]. The [3 + 2] cycloadditions of AMYs B1–B4 with alkenes lead to the formation of cycloaddition products 3a–d with attenuated regio- and stereoselectivity, since the Ar group is not strong enough to fully localize the negative charge on the carbon connecting to Ar in the 1,3-dipoles. Both

• stereoselectivity which limits the synthetic utility of non-stabilized AMYs of type C. There are over 300 papers on the amino acid-based decarboxylative [3 + 2] cycloadditions of N–R-type AMYs B1 (such as that derived from proline) and B2 [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49

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

• the Nobel Prize in 2022 to M. Meldal, K. B. Sharpless and C. R. Bertozzi did not come as a surprise. In most cases the (3 + 2) cycloadditions were performed with isolated (and purified) organic azides, but it was early found that one-pot processes generating the potentially hazardous azides [22] in

1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures

• Bram Ryckaert,
• Ellen Demeyere,
• Frederick Degroote,
• Hilde Janssens and
• Johan M. Winne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12

• cation in (3 + 2) cycloadditions: 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-2-methanol as a stabilized allyl cation Allyl cations are versatile electrophiles for the allylation of various nucleophiles, but can also act as C3-π-systems in a range of cycloaddition reactions (Scheme 13) [84][85][86][87][88]. When combined

• group) are especially favored here [92][93], and these allyl cations can also be seen as 1,3-dipoles, cross-conjugated by a carbonyl (Scheme 13b). As can be expected from this 1,3-dipolar nature, such amphiphilic allyl cations can also be used in (3 + 2) cycloadditions, though this has so far been

• reported far less commonly than their use in (4 + 3) cycloadditions [94]. Simple hydrocarbon allyl cations can also undergo (3 + 2) cycloadditions through a purely stepwise cation olefin cyclization-type pathway, but these generally give complex mixtures and low yields and show unpredictable substrate

One-pot double annulations to confer diastereoselective spirooxindolepyrrolothiazoles

• Juan Lu,
• Bin Yao,
• Desheng Zhan,
• Zhuo Sun,
• Yun Ji and
• Xiaofeng Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1607–1616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.171

• one-pot reactions were also developed by Zhang using the 4-aminoquinoline synthesis, for example, in amino acids(esters)-based [3 + 2] cycloadditions [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] and in the synthesis of pyrrolidine-containing systems [49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59

• -component reaction for the synthesis of compound 5. Proposed mechanism for the double [3 + 2] cycloadditions. The synthesis of compound 5a with ᴅ- and ʟ-cysteine. Two-step (process A) vs cascade (process B) synthesis of 5a. i) 1.0:1.15 of 1a/2, EtOH (0.05 M), 25 °C, 6 h. ii) 1.1:1.0:1.0 of 1a/3a/4a, EtOH

A recent overview on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles

• Pezhman Shiri,
• Ali Mohammad Amani and
• Thomas Mayer-Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1600–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.114

• catalyst with the corresponding acetylide by using LiOt-Bu. Further intermolecular [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of azide 67 with intermediate 70 affords a 5-copper(I)-substituted triazolide intermediate 71. The oxidative addition of 1-bromoalkyne 68 forms an alkyne–Cu(III)Br–triazole complex intermediate 72

A straightforward conversion of 1,4-quinones into polycyclic pyrazoles via [3 + 2]-cycloaddition with fluorinated nitrile imines

• Greta Utecht-Jarzyńska,
• Karolina Nagła,
• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Heinz Heimgartner,
• Marcin Palusiak and
• Marcin Jasiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1509–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.108

• naphthoquinone-derived products and low-intensity bands in the visible region (≈400 nm) for the anthraquinone series. Keywords: [3 + 2]-cycloadditions; fluorinated compounds; fused pyrazoles; N-heterocycles; nitrile imines; 1,4-quinones; Introduction The 1,4-quinone scaffold belongs to the most important

• , [3 + 2]-cycloadditions leading to five-membered heterocycles are less often employed in spite of the high dipolarophilicity of the α,β-unsaturated diketone system [6][7][8][9]. Notably, in the already reported reactions of propargylic 1,3-dipoles, such as nitrile oxides or nitrile ylides, with 1,4

• exclusively [16]. Noteworthy, [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of nitrile imines to the C=O group of 1,4-quinones have not yet been reported. In a historical work by Rolf Huisgen et al., the first [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of some 1,4-quinones, e.g., 1,4-naphthoquinone (1a), with C,N-diphenyl nitrile imine (2) were

Synthesis of β-triazolylenones via metal-free desulfonylative alkylation of N-tosyl-1,2,3-triazoles

• Soumyaranjan Pati,
• Renata G. Almeida,
• Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior and
• Irishi N. N. Namboothiri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 762–770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.66

• , these diazo compounds undergo [3 + 2] cycloadditions with suitable substrates to render various nitrogen-rich heterocycles [39]. In addition to their synthetic importance, these are frequently encountered as ligands in many metal complexes [40][41][42][43]. Our group have also employed 1,3-dicarbonyl

Synthesis of N-perfluoroalkyl-3,4-disubstituted pyrroles by rhodium-catalyzed transannulation of N-fluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with terminal alkynes

• Olga Bakhanovich,
• Viktor Khutorianskyi,
• Vladimir Motornov and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 504–510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.44

• , conveniently prepared by [3 + 2] cycloadditions of terminal alkynes with sulfonyl azides, have been used as the precursors to N-sulfonylindoles by transition-metal-catalyzed transannulation reactions. In the presence of Rh(II) or Ni(0) catalysts the triazole ring-opening takes place and intermediate highly

All-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis

• Zhuo Wang and
• Junyang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3015–3031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.251

• -carbon quaternary centers in a single step and has been demonstrated in the synthesis of complex natural products. In this review, we present the development of all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloadditions and illustrate their application in natural product synthesis reported in the last decade covering 2011–2020

• timely and focused review of all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloadditions in natural product synthesis. In this review, we present the development of the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition and discuss its application in natural product synthesis reported from 2011–2020. We begin with describing the brief history of

• waihoensene (16) [31]. (A) Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular carboxylative TMM cycloaddition [36]. (B) The proposed mechanism. Natural product syntheses that make use of palladium-catalyzed intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloadditions of TMM. (A) Synthesis of marcfortine B (8) uses a palladium-catalyzed

[3 + 2] Cycloaddition with photogenerated azomethine ylides in β-cyclodextrin

• Margareta Sohora,
• Leo Mandić and
• Nikola Basarić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1296–1304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.110

• systems for the control of photoreactivity. Keywords: [3 + 2] cycloadditions; β-cyclodextrin; inclusion complexes; photochemistry; phthalimides; Introduction Cycloadditions are highly useful reactions in organic synthesis providing complex cyclic structures from easily available precursors [1][2]. Among

• different reactions, [3 + 2] cycloadditions showed applicability in the synthesis of heterocyclic 5-ring compounds [3], as well as in the green synthesis of a number of natural products [4]. One of the useful synthons in [3 + 2] cycloadditions is azomethine ylide [5][6][7], also used in intramolecular

• . Phthalimides 1–3 yield azomethine ylides 1AMY-3AMY that are anticipated to react with acrylonitrile (AN) in [3 + 2] cycloadditions, which should be affected by β-CD. Results and Discussion Phthalimide derivatives 1–3 were prepared according to procedures published in precedent literature [17]. The synthesis

Ferrocenyl-substituted tetrahydrothiophenes via formal [3 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions of ferrocenyl thioketones with donor–acceptor cyclopropanes

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Mateusz Kowalczyk,
• André U. Augustin,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1288–1295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.109

• by means of spectroscopic methods (R = CF3). In a recent work, an alternative, efficient and useful method for the synthesis of highly functionalized tetrahydrothiophenes of type 6 was reported [9] (Scheme 2). Under Lewis acid catalysis, formal [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of aromatic and cycloaliphatic

• the formal [4 + 3]-cycloaddition [10] (Scheme 2). In a series of our recent publications, ferrocenyl/aryl and ferrocenyl/alkyl thioketones were demonstrated to be attractive substrates for the preparation of six- and five-membered sulfur heterocycles via [4 + 2]- and [3 + 2]-cycloadditions

• steric hindrance of the bulky ferrocenyl unit could be postulated. Remarkably, ferrocenyl fur-2-yl thioketone (8g) was an exception and delivered a 60:40 mixture of trans- and cis-9m. The mechanistic interpretation of the efficient, formal [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of D–A cyclopropanes 5 with ferrocenyl

Synthesis of pyrrolidinedione-fused hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines via three-component [3 + 2] cycloaddition followed by one-pot N-allylation and intramolecular Heck reactions

• Xiaoming Ma,
• Suzhi Meng,
• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Qiang Zhang,
• Shenghu Yan,
• Yue Zhang and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.106

• related to natural products [18][19][20]. Among the well-established MCRs, three-component 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of benzaldehydes, maleimides, and amino esters have been developed for making N-containing 5-membered heterocycles (Scheme 1) [21][22]. The [3 + 2] cycloadditions of maleimides with

An overview of the cycloaddition chemistry of fulvenes and emerging applications

• Ellen Swan,
• Kirsten Platts and
• Anton Blencowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2113–2132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.209

• fulvene to function as a 6π component in reactions with electron-deficient dienes (Scheme 5b) and fulvenes acting as dipolarophiles have been reported for enantioselective [6 + 3] and [3 + 2] cycloadditions [83][84][105]. In general, reactions with electron-rich alkenes will take place preferentially at

Synthesis and selected transformations of 2-unsubstituted 1-(adamantyloxy)imidazole 3-oxides: straightforward access to non-symmetric 1,3-dialkoxyimidazolium salts

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Małgorzata Celeda,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak,
• Marcin Jasiński,
• Vladyslav Bakhonsky,
• Peter R. Schreiner and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 497–505, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.43

• reactivity analogous to aldonitrones, which enables their conversion via [3 + 2]-cycloadditions with dipolarophiles such as activated ethylenes [8][9], activated acetylenes [10][11] or isocyanates [11][12]. The initially formed [3 + 2]-cycloadducts undergo spontaneous secondary conversions leading to re

First thia-Diels–Alder reactions of thiochalcones with 1,4-quinones

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak,
• Paweł Urbaniak,
• Anna Marko,
• Anthony Linden and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1834–1839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.156

• regioselective manner [16][20]. In cycloaddition chemistry, 1,4-quinones are applied widely both as dipolarophiles and dienophiles. In the case of [3 + 2] cycloadditions, reactions can occur chemoselectively with either the C=O or the C=C unit [21][22][23]. On the other hand, reactions with diverse 1,3-dienes

[3 + 2]-Cycloaddition reaction of sydnones with alkynes

• Veronika Hladíková,
• Jiří Váňa and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1317–1348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.113

• examples found for [3 + 2]-cycloadditions between sydnones and symmetrical non-cyclic alkynes including conditions used for the synthesis, are presented in Table 1. Extraordinarily good dipolarophiles – e.g., cycloalkynes – containing a very reactive “bent” triple bond such as in bicyclo[6.1.0]non-4-yne-9

• of the stable pyrazole ring. Both reaction steps are also compatible with Woodward–Hoffmann rules, taking into account orbital symmetry considerations [56]. Three types of [3 + 2]-cycloadditions (labelled I–III) are known from the literature [57] each differing in the frontier molecular orbital

Asymmetric synthesis of propargylamines as amino acid surrogates in peptidomimetics

• Matthias Wünsch,
• David Schröder,
• Tanja Fröhr,
• Lisa Teichmann,
• Sebastian Hedwig,
• Nils Janson,
• Clara Belu,
• Jasmin Simon,
• Shari Heidemeyer,
• Philipp Holtkamp,
• Jens Rudlof,
• Lennard Klemme,
• Alessa Hinzmann,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2428–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.240

• intriguing versatility as building blocks in organic and medicinal chemistry, as their reactivity is unique. Their chemistry involves several highly selective reactions, e.g., [3 + 2] cycloadditions with azides and isoelectronic functional groups (among them the copper or ruthenium-catalyzed azide–alkyne

• -butylsulfinyl, R’ = Me, CHMe2, CH2CHMe2, cyclohexyl [17]. e,f) CuI or RuII-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloadditions (CuAAC, RuAAC) [18][19][20][21]. e) R = Boc, R’ = Bn [19]. f) R = Boc, R’ = Me, CHMe2, CH2CHMe2, R’’ = Me, CHMe2, CH2Ph [21]. Two different approaches for the stereoselective de novo synthesis of

Dialkyl dicyanofumarates and dicyanomaleates as versatile building blocks for synthetic organic chemistry and mechanistic studies

• Grzegorz Mlostoń and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2235–2251, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.221

• isomeric homo-Diels–Alder adducts were found in the mixture. [3 + 2]-Cycloadditions (1,3-dipolar cycloadditions) Electron-rich 1,3-dipoles such as thiocarbonyl S-methanides and azomethine ylides react with dipolarophiles E-1 and Z-1 to give five-membered cycloadducts through stepwise zwitterionic reaction

• [2 + 3]-cycloadduct of the intermediate thiocarbonyl S-methanide onto the C=C bond was obtained. The reaction was reported to occur with complete stereoselectivity [37]. Thermally generated azomethine ylides 32, from 1,2,3-trisubstituted aziridines 33, were tested in [3 + 2]-cycloadditions with E

• experimental results were rationalized by a computational study performed at the DFT B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory with the PCM solvation model [39]. The thermal [3 + 2]-cycloadditions of azomethine ylides derived from diethyl cis- and trans-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)aziridine-2,3-dicarboxylates with E-1b led to

A novel application of 2-silylated 1,3-dithiolanes for the synthesis of aryl/hetaryl-substituted ethenes and dibenzofulvenes

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Paulina Pipiak,
• Róża Hamera-Fałdyga and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1900–1906, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.185

• on [3 + 2]-cycloadditions with thioketones and diazo compounds, we turned our attention to hetaryl thioketones [18]. It turned out that the presence of the hetaryl groups strongly influences the reactivity of these dipolarophiles in reactions with diazomethane (CH2N2, Schönberg reaction) [19][20][21

Ultrasound-promoted organocatalytic enamine–azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of ((arylselanyl)phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)ketones

• Gabriel P. Costa,
• Natália Seus,
• Juliano A. Roehrs,
• Raquel G. Jacob,
• Ricardo F. Schumacher,
• Thiago Barcellos,
• Rafael Luque and
• Diego Alves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 694–702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.68

• ]. There are only a few contributions describing the use of sonochemistry for the preparation of functionalized 1,2,3-triazoles [68][69][70][71][72][73][74]. As a recent example, our research group described the use of sonochemistry in the organocatalytic enamine–azide [3 + 2] cycloadditions of β-oxo

Dimerization reactions of aryl selenophen-2-yl-substituted thiocarbonyl S-methanides as diradical processes: a computational study

• Michael L. McKee,
• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 410–416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.44

• mechanisms in [3 + 2]-cycloadditions have intensively been studied [16] and recently, a computational study on their appearance in reactions of substituted acetylenes with nitrile oxides has been published [17]. Experimental The Gaussian 09 program system was used for all calculations [18]. The M06-2X

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

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

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

• as a chiral auxiliary [27] to control the stereochemistry in Diels–Alder reactions [28], [2 + 2]- and [3 + 2]-cycloadditions and asymmetric ene reactions [29]; furthermore, it has been applied in 1,4-cuprate additions [30], Grignard additions [31], in supramolecular chemistry [32] and in alkylation