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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196
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Figure 1: Schematic depiction of available data sources for predictive modelling, each with its advantages an...
Figure 2: Schematic depiction of different kinds of molecular representations for fluoronitroethane. Among th...
Figure 3: Depiction of the energy diagram of a generic enantioselective reaction. In the centre, catalyst and...
Figure 4: Hammett parameters are derived from the equilibrium constant of substituted benzoic acids (example ...
Figure 5: Selected examples of popular descriptors applied to model organocatalytic reactions. Descriptors en...
Figure 6: Example bromocyclization reaction from Toste and co-workers using a DABCOnium catalyst system and C...
Figure 7: Example from Neel et al. using a chiral ion pair catalyst for the selective fluorination of allylic...
Figure 8: Data set created by Denmark and co-workers for the CPA-catalysed thiol addition to N-acylimines [67]. T...
Figure 9: Selected examples of ML developments that used the dataset from Denmark and co-workers [67]. (A) Varnek...
Figure 10: Study from Reid and Sigman developing statistical models for CPA-catalysed nucleophilic addition re...
Figure 11: Selected examples of studies where mechanistic transferability was exploited to model multiple reac...
Figure 12: Generality approach by Denmark and co-workers [132] for the iodination of arylpyridines. From the releva...
Figure 13: Betinol et al. [133] clustered the relevant chemical space and then evaluated the average ee for every c...
Figure 14: Corminboeuf and co-workers [134] chose a representative subset of the reaction space (indicated by dark ...
Figure 15: Example for data-driven modelling to improve substrate and catalyst design. (A) C–N coupling cataly...
Figure 16: Example for utilising a genetic algorithm for catalyst design. (A) Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction s...
Figure 17: Organocatalysed synthesis of spirooxindole analogues by Kondo et al. [171] (A) Reaction scheme of dienon...
Figure 18: Schematic depiction of required developments in order to overcome current limitations of ML for org...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 162–169, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.15
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Scheme 1: The Hock rearrangement: (a) General mechanism (substituents are omitted); (b) Example of previous t...
Scheme 2: One-pot conversion of substrate 1 into dihydronaphthalene 4.
Scheme 3: One-pot conversion of substrate 1 into 1-aryltetraline structure 6, and the proposed mechanism for ...
Figure 1: X-ray crystallographic structure of product 6 (CCDC 2301977). The structure shows one disordered et...
Scheme 4: Free-energy profile of the hypothesized [1,5]-sigmatropic hydrogen shift between 7 and 7’, (IEFPCM(...
Figure 2: Examples of cyclolignan natural products [25-27].
Scheme 5: Scope of substrates and aromatic nucleophiles in the one-pot transformation. aNot determined (mixtu...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72
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Scheme 1: First organocatalyzed asymmetric aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 2: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between indoles and cyclic ketimines.
Scheme 3: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction utilizing trifluoromethyldihydrobenzoazepinoindoles as electrophiles.
Scheme 4: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction utilizing cyclic N-sulfimines as electrophiles.
Scheme 5: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction involving N-unprotected imino ester as electrophile.
Scheme 6: Aza-Friedel–Crafts and lactonization cascade.
Scheme 7: One-pot oxidation and aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 8: C1 and C2-symmetric phosphoric acids as catalysts.
Scheme 9: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction using Nps-iminophosphonates as electrophiles.
Scheme 10: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between indole and α-iminophosphonate.
Scheme 11: [2.2]-Paracyclophane-derived chiral phosphoric acids as catalyst.
Scheme 12: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction through ring opening of sulfamidates.
Scheme 13: Isoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-dione scaffolds as electrophiles.
Scheme 14: Functionalization of the carbocyclic ring of substituted indoles.
Scheme 15: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between unprotected imines and aza-heterocycles.
Scheme 16: Anilines and α-naphthols as potential nucleophiles.
Scheme 17: Solvent-controlled regioselective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 18: Generating central and axial chirality via aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 19: Reaction between indoles and racemic 2,3-dihydroisoxazol-3-ol derivatives.
Scheme 20: Exploiting 5-aminoisoxazoles as nucleophiles.
Scheme 21: Reaction between unsubstituted indoles and 3-alkynylated 3-hydroxy-1-oxoisoindolines.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of unnatural amino acids bearing an aza-quaternary stereocenter.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 24: Coupling of 5-aminopyrazole and 3H-indol-3-ones.
Scheme 25: Pyrophosphoric acid-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction on phenols.
Scheme 26: Squaramide-assisted aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 27: Thiourea-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 28: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction between β-naphthols and benzothiazolimines.
Scheme 29: Thiourea-catalyzed reaction between β-naphthol and isatin-derived ketamine.
Scheme 30: Quinine-derived molecule as catalyst.
Scheme 31: Cinchona alkaloid as catalyst.
Scheme 32: aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction by phase transfer catalyst.
Scheme 33: Disulfonamide-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 34: Heterogenous thiourea-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 35: Total synthesis of (+)-gracilamine.
Scheme 36: Total synthesis of (−)-fumimycin.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57
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Scheme 1: Various synthetic approaches to N-arylsulfonylimines.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope for the synthesis of N-arylsulfonylimines. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.25 mmol), K2S2...
Scheme 3: Tandem “one-pot” synthesis of N-heterocycles. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.25 mmol), K2S2O8 (0.5 mmol...
Scheme 4: Control experiment with TEMPO.
Scheme 5: Plausible mechanism for the K2S2O8-induced oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines.
Scheme 6: Plausible mechanism for one-pot synthesis of N-heterocycles.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1
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Scheme 1: The power of radical retrosynthesis and the tactic of divergent total synthesis.
Figure 1: Evolution of radical chemistry for organic synthesis.
Scheme 2: Divergent total synthesis of α-pyrone-diterpenoids (Baran).
Scheme 3: Divergent synthesis of pyrone diterpenoids by merged chemoenzymatic and radical synthesis (part I, ...
Scheme 4: Divergent synthesis of pyrone diterpenoids by merged chemoenzymatic and radical synthesis (part II,...
Scheme 5: Divergent synthesis of drimane-type hydroquinone meroterpenoids (Li).
Scheme 6: Divergent synthesis of natural products isolated from Dysidea avara (Lu).
Scheme 7: Divergent synthesis of kaurene-type terpenoids (Lei).
Scheme 8: Divergent synthesis of 6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane meroterpenoids (Lou).
Scheme 9: Divergent synthesis of crinipellins by radical-mediated Dowd–Backwith rearrangement (Xie and Ding).
Scheme 10: Divergent total synthesis of Galbulimima alkaloids (Shenvi).
Scheme 11: Divergent synthesis of eburnane alkaloids (Qin).
Scheme 12: Divergent synthesis of Aspidosperma alkaloids (Boger).
Scheme 13: Photoredox based synthesis of (−)-FR901483 (160) and (+)-TAN1251C (162, Gaunt).
Scheme 14: Divergent synthesis of bipolamines (Maimone).
Scheme 15: Flow chemistry divergency between aporphine and morphinandione alkaloids (Felpin).
Scheme 16: Divergent synthesis of pyrroloazocine natural products (Echavarren).
Scheme 17: Using TEMPO to stabilize radicals for the divergent synthesis of pyrroloindoline natural products (...
Scheme 18: Radical pathway for preparation of lignans (Zhu).
Scheme 19: Divergent synthesis of DBCOD lignans (Lumb).
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2321–2328, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.150
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Figure 1: Representation of bioactive molecules and applications.
Scheme 1: Synthetic methodologies for 3-monohalooxindoles.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope of the acidolysis of isatin-derived phosphates 2 with hydrochloric acid. Standard r...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of the acidolysis of isatin-derived phosphates 2 with hydrobromic acid. Standard re...
Scheme 4: Reduction of the substrates 2 to the corresponding oxindoles 5.
Scheme 5: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2186–2193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.140
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Scheme 1: Literature-reported approaches to synthesise indene from MBH adducts [10-14].
Scheme 2: Proposed model for the intramolecular Friedel–Crafts cyclization.
Scheme 3: Reactions of azomethine imine 7a with 2-substituted 1H-indenes 6a and 6b.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131
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Figure 1: Examples of anthracene derivatives and their applications.
Scheme 1: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of arylboronic acids with internal alkynes.
Scheme 2: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative benzannulation reactions of 1-adamantoyl-1-naphthylamines with internal...
Scheme 3: Gold/bismuth-catalyzed cyclization of o-alkynyldiarylmethanes.
Scheme 4: [2 + 2 + 2] Cyclotrimerization reactions with alkynes/nitriles in the presence of nickel and cobalt...
Scheme 5: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerization reactions with bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene (23).
Scheme 6: [2 + 2 + 2] Alkyne-cyclotrimerization reactions catalyzed by a CoCl2·6H2O/Zn reagent.
Scheme 7: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H alkenylation of diphenyl carboxylic acids with acrylates.
Scheme 8: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H arylation with o-tolualdehydes and aryl iodides.
Scheme 9: Alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetyl bromide and ZnBr2/SiO2.
Scheme 10: BF3·H2O-catalyzed hydroxyalkylation of arenes with aromatic dialdehyde 44.
Scheme 11: Bi(OTf)3-promoted Friedel–Crafts alkylation of triarylmethanes and aromatic acylals and of arenes a...
Scheme 12: Reduction of anthraquinones by using Zn/pyridine or Zn/NaOH reductive methods.
Scheme 13: Two-step route to novel substituted Indenoanthracenes.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 1,8-diarylanthracenes through Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in the presence of Pd-P...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of five new substituted anthracenes by using LAH as reducing agent.
Scheme 16: One-pot procedure to synthesize substituted 9,10-dicyanoanthracenes.
Scheme 17: Reduction of bromoanthraquinones with NaBH4 in alkaline medium.
Scheme 18: In(III)-catalyzed reductive-dehydration intramolecular cycloaromatization of 2-benzylic aromatic al...
Scheme 19: Acid-catalyzed cyclization of new O-protected ortho-acetal diarylmethanols.
Scheme 20: Lewis acid-mediated regioselective cyclization of asymmetric diarylmethine dipivalates and diarylme...
Scheme 21: BF3·OEt2/CF3SO3H-mediated cyclodehydration reactions of 2-(arylmethyl)benzaldehydes and 2-(arylmeth...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 2,3,6,7-anthracenetetracarbonitrile (90) by double Wittig reaction followed by deprote...
Scheme 23: Homo-elongation protocol for the synthesis of substituted acene diesters/dinitriles.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of two new parental BN anthracenes via borylative cyclization.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of substituted anthracenes from a bifunctional organomagnesium alkoxide.
Scheme 26: Palladium-catalyzed tandem C–H activation/bis-cyclization of propargylic carbonates.
Scheme 27: Ruthenium-catalyzed C–H arylation of acetophenone derivatives with arenediboronates.
Scheme 28: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of (Z,Z)-p-styrylstilbene derivatives.
Scheme 29: AuCl-catalyzed double cyclization of diiodoethynylterphenyl compounds.
Scheme 30: Iodonium-induced electrophilic cyclization of terphenyl derivatives.
Scheme 31: Oxidative photocyclization of 1,3-distyrylbenzene derivatives.
Scheme 32: Oxidative cyclization of 2,3-diphenylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 33: Suzuki-Miyaura/isomerization/ring closing metathesis strategy to synthesize benz[a]anthracenes.
Scheme 34: Green synthesis of oxa-aza-benzo[a]anthracene and oxa-aza-phenanthrene derivatives.
Scheme 35: Triple benzannulation of substituted naphtalene via a 1,3,6-naphthotriyne synthetic equivalent.
Scheme 36: Zinc iodide-catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions with 1,3-dienes and aroyl propiolates followed by intra...
Scheme 37: H3PO4-promoted intramolecular cyclization of substituted benzoic acids.
Scheme 38: Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular direct acylation of aromatic aldehydes and o-iodoesters.
Scheme 39: Cycloaddition/oxidative aromatization of quinone and β-enamino esters.
Scheme 40: ʟ-Proline-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of naphthoquinones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes....
Scheme 41: Iridium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of a 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene derivative with alkynes.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of several anthraquinone derivatives by using InCl3 and molecular iodine.
Scheme 43: Indium-catalyzed multicomponent reactions employing 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (186), β-naphthol (...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of substituted anthraquinones catalyzed by an AlCl3/MeSO3H system.
Scheme 45: Palladium(II)-catalyzed/visible light-mediated synthesis of anthraquinones.
Scheme 46: [4 + 2] Anionic annulation reaction for the synthesis of substituted anthraquinones.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
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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.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32
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Figure 1: Stabilizing interaction in the CF3CH2+ carbenium ion (top) and structure of the first observable fl...
Scheme 1: Isodesmic equations accounting for the destabilizing effect of the CF3 group. ΔE in kcal⋅mol−1, cal...
Scheme 2: Stabilizing effect of fluorine atoms by resonance electron donation in carbenium ions (δ in ppm).
Scheme 3: Direct in situ NMR observation of α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ion or protonated alcohols. Δδ = δ19...
Scheme 4: Reported 13C NMR chemical shifts for the α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ion 10c (δ in ppm).
Scheme 5: Direct NMR observation of α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions in situ (δ in ppm).
Scheme 6: Illustration of the ion pair solvolysis mechanism for sulfonate 13f. YOH = solvent.
Figure 2: Solvolysis rate for 13a–i and 17.
Figure 3: Structures of allyl triflates 18 and 19 and allyl brosylate 20. Bs = p-BrC6H4SO2.
Figure 4: Structure of tosylate derivatives 21.
Figure 5: a) Structure of triflate derivatives 22. b) Stereochemistry outcomes of the reaction starting from (...
Scheme 7: Solvolysis reaction of naphthalene and anthracenyl derivatives 26 and 29.
Figure 6: Structure of bisarylated derivatives 34.
Figure 7: Structure of bisarylated derivatives 36.
Scheme 8: Reactivity of 9c in the presence of a Brønsted acid.
Scheme 9: Cationic electrocyclization of 38a–c under strongly acidic conditions.
Scheme 10: Brønsted acid-catalyzed synthesis of indenes 42 and indanes 43.
Scheme 11: Reactivity of sulfurane 44 in triflic acid.
Scheme 12: Solvolysis of triflate 45f in alcoholic solvents.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of labeled 18O-52.
Scheme 14: Reactivity of sulfurane 53 in triflic acid.
Figure 8: Structure of tosylates 56 and 21f.
Scheme 15: Resonance forms in benzylic carbenium ions.
Figure 9: Structure of pyrrole derivatives 58 and 59.
Scheme 16: Resonance structure 60↔60’.
Scheme 17: Ga(OTf)3-catalyzed synthesis of 3,3’- and 3,6’-bis(indolyl)methane from trifluoromethylated 3-indol...
Scheme 18: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 19: Metal-free 1,2-phosphorylation of 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 20: Superacid-mediated arylation of thiophene derivatives.
Scheme 21: In situ mechanistic NMR investigations.
Scheme 22: Proposed mechanisms for the prenyltransferase-catalyzed condensation.
Scheme 23: Influence of a CF3 group on the allylic SN1- and SN2-mechanism-based reactions.
Scheme 24: Influence of the CF3 group on the condensation reaction.
Scheme 25: Solvolysis of 90 in TFE.
Scheme 26: Solvolysis of allyl triflates 94 and 97 and isomerization attempt of 96.
Scheme 27: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 95.
Scheme 28: Formation of α-(trifluoromethyl)allylcarbenium ion 100 in a superacid.
Scheme 29: Lewis acid activation of CF3-substituted allylic alcohols.
Scheme 30: Bimetallic-cluster-stabilized α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions.
Scheme 31: Reactivity of cluster-stabilized α-(trifluoromethyl)carbenium ions.
Scheme 32: α-(Trifluoromethyl)propargylium ion 122↔122’ generated from silyl ether 120 in a superacid.
Scheme 33: Formation of α-(trifluoromethyl)propargylium ions from CF3-substituted propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 34: Direct NMR observation of the protonation of some trifluoromethyl ketones in situ and the correspon...
Scheme 35: Selected resonance forms in protonated fluoroketone derivatives.
Scheme 36: Acid-catalyzed Friedel–Crafts reactions of trifluoromethyl ketones 143a,b and 147a–c.
Scheme 37: Enantioselective hydroarylation of CF3-substituted ketones.
Scheme 38: Acid-catalyzed arylation of ketones 152a–c.
Scheme 39: Reactivity of 156 in a superacid.
Scheme 40: Reactivity of α-CF3-substituted heteroaromatic ketones and alcohols as well as 1,3-diketones.
Scheme 41: Reactivity of 168 with benzene in the presence of a Lewis or Brønsted acid.
Scheme 42: Acid-catalyzed three-component asymmetric reaction.
Scheme 43: Anodic oxidation of amines 178a–c and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 44: Reactivity of 179b in the presence of a strong Lewis acid.
Scheme 45: Trifluoromethylated derivatives as precursors of trifluoromethylated iminium ions.
Scheme 46: Mannich reaction with trifluoromethylated hemiaminal 189.
Scheme 47: Suitable nucleophiles reacting with 192 after Lewis acid activation.
Scheme 48: Strecker reaction involving the trifluoromethylated iminium ion 187.
Scheme 49: Reactivity of 199 toward nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Reactivity of 204a with benzene in the presence of a Lewis acid.
Scheme 51: Reactivity of α-(trifluoromethyl)-α-chloro sulfides in the presence of strong Lewis acids.
Scheme 52: Anodic oxidation of sulfides 213a–h and Pummerer rearrangement.
Scheme 53: Mechanism for the electrochemical oxidation of the sulfide 213a.
Scheme 54: Reactivity of (trifluoromethyl)diazomethane (217a) in HSO3F.
Figure 10: a) Structure of diazoalkanes 217a–c and b) rate-limiting steps of their decomposition.
Scheme 55: Deamination reaction of racemic 221 and enantioenriched (S)-221.
Scheme 56: Deamination reaction of labeled 221-d2. Elimination products were formed in this reaction, the yiel...
Scheme 57: Deamination reaction of 225-d2. Elimination products were also formed in this reaction in undetermi...
Scheme 58: Formation of 229 from 228 via 1,2-H-shift.
Scheme 59: Deamination reaction of 230. Elimination products were formed in this reaction, the yield of which ...
Scheme 60: Deamination of several diazonium ions. Elimination products were formed in these reactions, the yie...
Scheme 61: Solvolysis reaction mechanism of alkyl tosylates.
Scheme 62: Solvolysis outcome for the tosylates 248 and 249 in HSO3FSbF5.
Figure 11: Solvolysis rate of 248, 249, 252, and 253 in 91% H2SO4.
Scheme 63: Illustration of the reaction pathways. TsCl, pyridine, −5 °C (A); 98% H2SO4, 30 °C (B); 98% H2SO4, ...
Scheme 64: Proposed solvolysis mechanism for the aliphatic tosylate 248.
Scheme 65: Solvolysis of the derivatives 259 and 260.
Scheme 66: Solvolysis of triflate 261. SOH = solvent.
Scheme 67: Intramolecular Friedel–Crafts alkylations upon the solvolysis of triflates 264 and 267.
Scheme 68: α-CF3-enhanced γ-silyl elimination of cyclobutyltosylates 270a,b.
Scheme 69: γ-Silyl elimination in the synthesis of a large variety of CF3-substituted cyclopropanes. Pf = pent...
Scheme 70: Synthetic pathways to 281. aNMR yields.
Scheme 71: The cyclopropyl-substituted homoallylcyclobutylcarbenium ion manifold.
Scheme 72: Reactivity of CF3-substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl derivatives 287a–c. LG = leaving group.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of CF3-substituted cyclopropylcarbinyl derivatives 291a–c.
Scheme 74: Superacid-promoted dimerization or TFP.
Scheme 75: Reactivity of TFP in a superacid.
Scheme 76: gem-Difluorination of α-fluoroalkyl styrenes via the formation of a “hidden” α-RF-substituted carbe...
Scheme 77: Solvolysis of CF3-substituted pentyne 307.
Scheme 78: Photochemical rearrangement of 313.
Figure 12: Structure of 2-norbornylcarbenium ion 318 and argued model for the stabilization of this cation.
Figure 13: Structures and solvolysis rate (TFE, 25 °C) of the sulfonates 319–321. Mos = p-MeOC6H4SO2.
Scheme 79: Mechanism for the solvolysis of 323. SOH = solvent.
Scheme 80: Products formed by the hydrolysis of 328.
Scheme 81: Proposed carbenium ion intermediates in an equilibrium during the solvolysis of tosylates 328, 333,...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2623–2635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.213
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Scheme 1: Reactivity of tetrafluoropropanes HFO-1234yf (1) (top) and HFO-1234ze (4a) (bottom) in the presence...
Scheme 2: Reactivity of 10a in the presence of ACF as the catalyst in C6D12 (top) or C6D6 (bottom) as solvent...
Scheme 3: Proposed catalytic cycle of the transformation of 10a in C6D12 and C6D6 in the presence of ACF as t...
Scheme 4: Reactivity of 10a in the presence of ACF as the catalyst and HSiEt3 as a hydrogen source in C6D12 (...
Scheme 5: Proposed catalytic cycle for sylilium-mediated hydrodefluorinations and dehydrofluorinations from 1...
Scheme 6: Reactivity of 13 in the presence of ACF as the catalyst, with (top) or without (bottom) HSiEt3 as a...
Scheme 7: Independent reactions starting from 5, 6, or 14 in the presence of ACF as the catalyst.
Scheme 8: Proposed reaction pathways starting from 10a in the presence of ACF and silane.
Scheme 9: Reactivity of 10c in the presence of ACF as the catalyst and 0.5 equivalents of HSiEt3 as a hydroge...
Scheme 10: Proposed catalytic cycles for the transformation of 10c in C6D12 and in the presence of 0.5 equival...
Scheme 11: Reactivity of 10c in the presence of ACF as the catalyst and HSiEt3 as a hydrogen source in C6D12 (...
Scheme 12: Proposed reaction pathways starting from 10c in the presence of ACF and silane.
Scheme 13: Reactivity of 10b in the presence of ACF as the catalyst and HSiEt3 as a hydrogen source in C6D12 (...
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction pathway starting from 10b in the presence of ACF and silane.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 409–414, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.39
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Scheme 1: Synthetic methods of six-membered silacyclic compounds.
Scheme 2: Scope of dihydrosilanes. Conditions: a: conditions B (Table 1, entry 5); b: conditions A (Table 1, entry 3).
Scheme 3: Scope of diaryl ether and diaryl thioether derivatives. Conditions: a: conditions B (Table 1, entry 5); b:...
Scheme 4: Gram-scale Synthesis of 3a.
Scheme 5: Transformation of the amino groups in 3a.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2655–2663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.258
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Scheme 1: Acid-catalyzed rearrangements of arenes.
Scheme 2: Rearrangement of quaterphenyl isomers by phenyl shifts.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of quaterphenyl isomers.
Scheme 4: Rearrangement of quaterphenyl isomers via (a) 1,2-phenyl shift and (b) 1,2-biphenyl shift.
Figure 1: Pathways for terminal 1,2-phenyl shifts in quaterphenyl isomers calculated with IEFPCM(DCE)/B3LYP/6...
Figure 2: Pathways for 1,2-biphenyl shifts in quaterphenyl isomers calculated with IEFPCM(DCE)/B3LYP/6-31+G(d...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1962–1973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.191
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Figure 1: Examples of some commercially available pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals containing the benzimidaz...
Figure 2: Formation of cationic species by protonation of 5-formyl-4-methylimidazole in TfOH and their reacti...
Figure 3: Benzimidazoles 1–8 used in this study.
Scheme 1: Reaction of 2-acetylbenzimidazole (2) with TfOH and benzene.
Scheme 2: Reactions of hydroxymethyl-substituted benzimidazole 7 and 8 with TfOH and benzene.
Scheme 3: Reaction mechanism of the formation of compounds 9–11.
Scheme 4: Reaction mechanism of the formation of compounds 12.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1545–1551, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.157
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Figure 1: The reactions of aromatic PTases.
Figure 2: The reactions catalyzed by AmbP1 (A) and AmbP3 (B).
Figure 3: The overall structure of apo-AmbP1 (A), the Mg2+-free structure (B), and the Mg2+-bound structure (...
Figure 4: The active site structure of AmbP1. 1 and GSPP were bound in the active site without Mg2+ (A, Mg2+-...
Figure 5: The active site structure of AmbP3 with substrates. The AmbP3 structure in complex with hapalindole...
Figure 6: Multiple amino acid sequence alignment of AmbP1, AmbP3, and other ABBA PTases, visualized by ESPrip...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1349–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.114
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Scheme 1: Mannich reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with ethyl nitroacetate (2) catalyzed by a cinchona alkaloi...
Scheme 2: Mannich reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds catalyzed by a cinchona alkal...
Scheme 3: Mannich reaction of N-alkoxycarbonylisatin imines with acetylacetone catalyzed by a cinchona alkalo...
Scheme 4: Mannich reaction of isatin-derived benzhydrylketimines with trimethylsiloxyfuran catalyzed by a pho...
Scheme 5: Mannich reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with acetaldehyde catalyzed by a primary amine.
Scheme 6: Mannich reaction of N-Cbz-isatin imines with aldehydes catalyzed by L-diphenylprolinol trimethylsil...
Scheme 7: Addition of dimedone-derived enaminones to N-Boc-isatin imines catalyzed by a phosphoric acid.
Scheme 8: Addition of hydroxyfuran-2-one-derived enaminones to N-Boc-isatin imines catalyzed by a phosphoric ...
Scheme 9: Zinc-catalyzed Mannich reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with silyl ketene imines.
Scheme 10: Tin-catalyzed Mannich reaction of N-arylisatin imines with an alkenyl trichloroacetate.
Scheme 11: Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with acrolein catalyzed by β-isocupreidin...
Scheme 12: Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with acrolein (35) catalyzed by α-isocupr...
Scheme 13: Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with maleimides catalyzed by β-isocupreid...
Scheme 14: Aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with nitroolefins catalyzed by a cinchona...
Scheme 15: Friedel–Crafts reactions of N-Boc-isatin imines with 1 and 2-naphthols catalyzed by a cinchona alka...
Scheme 16: Friedel–Crafts reactions of N-alkoxycarbonyl-isatin imines with 1 and 2-naphthols catalyzed by a ci...
Scheme 17: Friedel–Crafts reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with 6-hydroxyquinolines catalyzed by a cinchona alk...
Scheme 18: Aza-Henry reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with nitromethane catalyzed by a bifunctional guanidine.
Scheme 19: Domino addition/cyclization reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines with 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (53) catalyz...
Scheme 20: Nickel-catalyzed additions of methanol and cumene hydroperoxide to N-Boc-isatin imines.
Scheme 21: Palladium-catalyzed addition of arylboronic acids to N-tert-butylsulfonylisatin imines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1229–1237, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.105
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Figure 1: Structures of biologically active diarylmethanes and commercially available pharmaceuticals based o...
Scheme 1: Various synthetic approaches to diarylmethanols (literature review and this work).
Scheme 2: A general strategy for the synthesis of ortho-1,3-dithianylaryl(aryl)methanols 5 and 6, and their r...
Scheme 3: Attempts of the OH removal in ortho-1,3-dithianyl- 6b and ortho-1,3-dioxanylaryl(aryl)methanols 9 u...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 106–113, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.6
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Figure 1: C–F activation of benzylic fluorides to generate benzylamine or diarylmethane products.
Figure 2: 7-[2H1]-(R)-Benzyl fluoride ((R)-1).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of enantioenriched 7-[2H1]-(R)-benzyl fluoride ((R)-1) from benzaldehyde (2).
Figure 3: Partial 2H{1H} NMR (107.5 MHz) with PBLG in CHCl3 (13% w/w). (A) racemic sample of 6 (from Table 1, entry ...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of enantioenriched (S)-diarylmethane 10 from diaryl ketone 11 and confirmation of configu...
Figure 4: Possible reactive intermediates for C–F activation of benzyl fluoride 1 with strong hydrogen bond d...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2274–2279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.220
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Scheme 1: Synthesis route for COP-156 and COP-157, and the post-modification of COP-156.
Figure 1: FTIR spectra of COP-156 (black), COP-156-amine (blue) and COP-156-amidoxime (red). The dotted lines...
Figure 2: Gas adsorption (filled dots)-desorption (empty dots) isotherms and pore size distribution of COP-15...
Figure 3: CO2 uptake under moist conditions at 40 °C of COP-156 (black) and COP-156-amine (blue).
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1000–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.98
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Figure 1: 3-Hydroxyoxindole-containing natural products and biologically active molecules.
Scheme 1: Chiral CNN pincer Pd(II) complex 1 catalyzed asymmetric allylation of isatins.
Scheme 2: Asymmetric allylation of ketimine catalyzed by the chiral CNN pincer Pd(II) complex 2.
Scheme 3: Pd/L1 complex-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of 3-O-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 4: Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed asymmetric direct addition of acetonitrile to isatins.
Scheme 5: Chiral tridentate Schiff base/Cu complex catalyzed asymmetric Friedel–Crafts alkylation of isatins ...
Scheme 6: Guanidine/CuI-catalyzed asymmetric alkynylation of isatins with terminal alkynes.
Scheme 7: Asymmetric intramolecular direct hydroarylation of α-ketoamides.
Scheme 8: Plausible catalytic cycle for the direct hydroarylation of α-ketoamides.
Scheme 9: Ir-catalyzed asymmetric arylation of isatins with arylboronic acids.
Scheme 10: Enantioselective decarboxylative addition of β-ketoacids to isatins.
Scheme 11: Ruthenium-catalyzed hydrohydroxyalkylation of olefins and 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles.
Scheme 12: Proposed catalytic mechanism and stereochemical model.
Scheme 13: In-catalyzed allylation of isatins with stannylated reagents.
Scheme 14: Modified protocol for the synthesis of allylated 3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 15: Hg-catalyzed asymmetric allylation of isatins with allyltrimethylsilanes.
Scheme 16: Enantioselective additions of organoborons to isatins.
Scheme 17: Asymmetric aldol reaction of isatins with cyclohexanone.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective aldol reactions of aliphatic aldehydes with isatin derivatives and the plausible t...
Scheme 19: Enantioselective aldol reaction of isatins and 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-one.
Scheme 20: Asymmetric aldol reactions between ketones and isatins.
Scheme 21: Phenylalanine lithium salt-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 3-alkyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 22: Aldolization between isatins and dihydroxyacetone derivatives.
Scheme 23: One-pot asymmetric synthesis of convolutamydine A.
Scheme 24: Asymmetric aldol reactions of cyclohexanone and acetone with isatins.
Scheme 25: Aldol reactions of acetone with isatins.
Scheme 26: Aldol reactions of ketones with isatins.
Scheme 27: Enantioselective allylation of isatins.
Scheme 28: Asymmetric aldol reaction of trifluoromethyl α-fluorinated β-keto gem-diols with isatins.
Scheme 29: Plausible mechanism proposed for the asymmetric aldol reaction.
Scheme 30: Asymmetric aldol reaction of 1,1-dimethoxyacetone with isatins.
Scheme 31: Enantioselective Friedel-Crafts reaction of phenols with isatins.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective addition of 1-naphthols with isatins.
Scheme 33: Enantioselective aldol reaction between 3-acetyl-2H-chromen-2-ones and isatins.
Scheme 34: Stereoselective Mukaiyama–aldol reaction of fluorinated silyl enol ethers with isatins.
Scheme 35: Asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama–aldol reaction between 2-(trimethylsilyloxy)furan and isatins.
Scheme 36: β-ICD-catalyzed MBH reactions of isatins with maleimides.
Scheme 37: β-ICD-catalyzed MBH reactions of 7-azaisatins with maleimides and activated alkenes.
Scheme 38: Enantioselective aldol reaction of isatins with ketones.
Scheme 39: Direct asymmetric vinylogous aldol reactions of allyl ketones with isatins.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective aldol reactions of ketones with isatins.
Scheme 41: The MBH reaction of isatins with α,β-unsaturated γ-butyrolactam.
Scheme 42: Reactions of tert-butyl hydrazones with isatins followed by oxidation.
Scheme 43: Aldol reactions of isatin derivatives with ketones.
Scheme 44: Enantioselective decarboxylative cyanomethylation of isatins.
Scheme 45: Catalytic kinetic resolution of 3-hydroxy-3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 46: Lewis acid catalyzed Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles with electron-rich phenols.
Scheme 47: Lewis acid catalyzed arylation of 3-hydroxyoxindoles with aromatics.
Scheme 48: Synthetic application of 3-arylated disubstituted oxindoles in the construction of core structures ...
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed dearomatization and arylation of 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles with tryptamines and 3-...
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective decarboxylative alkylation of β-keto acids with 3-hydroxy-3-indolylo...
Scheme 51: BINOL-derived imidodiphosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective Friedel–Crafts reactions of indoles...
Scheme 52: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective allylation of 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 53: 3-Indolylmethanol-based substitution and cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 54: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 3] cycloaddtion reactions of 3-indolylmethanols with azomethine ylide...
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed three-component cascade Michael/Pictet–Spengler reactions of 3-indolylmethanols and a...
Scheme 56: Acid-promoted chemodivergent and stereoselective synthesis of diverse indole derivatives.
Scheme 57: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric formal [3 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed enantioselective cascade reactions for the synthesis of C7-functionlized indoles.
Scheme 59: Lewis acid-promoted Prins cyclization of 3-allyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 60: Ga(OTf)3-catalyzed reactions of allenols and phenols.
Scheme 61: I2-catalyzed construction of pyrrolo[2.3.4-kl]acridines from enaminones and 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxin...
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric aza-ene reaction of 3-indolylmethanols with cyclic enaminones.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric α-alkylation of aldehydes with 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles.
Scheme 64: Organocatalytic asymmetric α-alkylation of enolizable aldehydes with 3-indolyl-3-hydroxyoxindoles a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 950–956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.93
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Scheme 1: Transformations of 3-aryl-N-(aryl)propiolamides 1 into 4-arylquinolin-2(1H)-ones 3 or 4,4-diaryl-3,...
Figure 1: Molecular structure of 2f (ellipsoid contours of probability levels are 50%).
Scheme 2: N-Formylation and N-acylation of dihydroquinolinones 2.
Scheme 3: Superelectrophilic activation of the N-formyl group of compounds 5 and their reaction with benzene.
Figure 2: LUMO of species C1 and D1.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 531–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.52
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Figure 1: Halogenated anthraquinones.
Scheme 1: Initially proposed synthetic scheme for proisocrinins 6–11.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of cyanophthalide 12.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of cyclohexenone 13.
Scheme 4: Darzens condensation route to proisocrinins.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of cyclohexenone 36.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the proisocrinin core structure.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1332–1339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.143
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of 2-methoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 2-oxide (1), 2-ethoxy-1,3,2-dioxaphospholan...
Scheme 1: (A) Alkaline hydrolysis of dioxaphospholane: the phosphorane intermediate includes one endocyclic o...
Scheme 2: Reaction of 4 with various Grignard reagents.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-phenyl-1,2-oxaphospholane 2-oxide (5).
Scheme 4: Formation of phosphinates and phosphine oxides bearing three different substituents from oxaphospho...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of acetylene and allene phosphine oxides.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 906–912, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.102
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Figure 1: Selected examples for biologically active 4-hydroxy-2H-chromen-2-one and 4-hydroxy-2(1H)-quinolinon...
Scheme 1: Possible mechanism for the carboxylative cyclization of o-acetamidoacetophenone.
Scheme 2: Cross carboxylative cyclization reaction.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1210–1216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.137
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Figure 1: Diphenylamine-linked bis(oxazoline).
Figure 2: X-ray crystal structure of the major diastereomer of 3g (one symmetric molecule and two solvent mol...
Scheme 1: The transformation of Friedel–Crafts alkylation product 4a to cycloadduct 3a.