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Three-component reactions of conjugated dienes, CH acids and formaldehyde under diffusion mixing conditions

  • Dmitry E. Shybanov,
  • Maxim E. Kukushkin,
  • Eugene V. Babaev,
  • Nikolai V. Zyk and
  • Elena K. Beloglazkina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 262–269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.18

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  • main reaction products. Keywords: aldol condensation; [4 + 2]-cycloaddition; diffusion mixing; formaldehyde; Knoevenagel condensation; three-component reactions; Introduction Formaldehyde is a reactive electrophilic reagent widely used as a C1 building block in multicomponent reactions [1][2][3]. Its
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Published 04 Feb 2025

Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed multicomponent reactions

  • Sara Colombo,
  • Camilla Loro,
  • Egle M. Beccalli,
  • Gianluigi Broggini and
  • Marta Papis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7

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  • ]quinolinones 42 was achieved via the one-pot reaction of tetronic acid, 5-aminoindazole and arylaldehydes under copper catalysis and ultrasonic irradiation, in acetonitrile as solvent. The mechanism involves a Knoevenagel condensation between the tetronic acid and the arylaldehyde as first step, followed by a
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Published 14 Jan 2025

Discovery of ianthelliformisamines D–G from the sponge Suberea ianthelliformis and the total synthesis of ianthelliformisamine D

  • Sasha Hayes,
  • Yaoying Lu,
  • Bernd H. A. Rehm and
  • Rohan A. Davis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3205–3214, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.266

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  • /CH2Cl2 at room temperature (17% yield). Subjecting the methoxylated benzaldehyde intermediate 9 to a Doebner–Knoevenagel condensation with malonic acid and pyridine afforded the brominated cinnamic acid analogue 10 in 54% yield [19]. Amidation chemistry using carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) [18] and the
  • (4-OCH3); LRESIMS (m/z): 293/295/297 [M + H]+. Doebner–Knoevenagel condensation of 3,5-dibromo-4-methoxybenzaldehyde with malonic acid 3,5-Dibromo-4-methoxybenzaldehyde (9, 80.0 mg, 0.27 mmol), malonic acid (56.0 mg, 0.54 mmol) and dry pyridine (1 mL) were refluxed at 100 °C for 5 h. The reaction
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Published 09 Dec 2024

Multicomponent reactions driving the discovery and optimization of agents targeting central nervous system pathologies

  • Lucía Campos-Prieto,
  • Aitor García-Rey,
  • Eddy Sotelo and
  • Ana Mallo-Abreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261

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  • a multicomponent reaction to obtain SIRT2 inhibitors (Scheme 12). The authors suggest a Knoevenagel condensation approach between isatin derivatives and ethyl cyanoacetate, followed by a Michael addition with C–H activated carbonyl compounds and intramolecular cyclization [50]. They synthesized 45
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Published 03 Dec 2024

The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

  • Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
  • Joseph Cameron,
  • Dylan Wilkinson,
  • Michele Cariello,
  • Claire Wilson,
  • Alan A. Wiles,
  • Peter J. Skabara and
  • Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

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  • transport properties was most clearly observed in compound 3b which has a 60-fold improvement in mobility compared to 2b. This study demonstrates that the choice of the solubilising group has a profound effect on the hole mobility on these organic semiconductors. Keywords: Knoevenagel condensation; organic
  • the Knoevenagel condensation with malononitrile was successfully reported [33]. Theoretical studies Density functional theory (DFT) calculations of two derivatives of compounds 2 and 3, having methoxy groups instead of the longer alkyl chains have been reported in the literature [32], providing
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Published 13 Nov 2024

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

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  • tolerated in this consecutive four-component reaction, as the 1,3,4-thiadiazine synthesis competes with the thiazole synthesis. Salicylaldehydes 14 and 4-hydroxy-6-methyl-2H-pyran-2-one (16) can also be used to produce 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds 18 by Knoevenagel condensation and subsequent cyclization. This
  • approach was also used to synthesize pyrazoles since the intermediary-formed diketone 18 forms the corresponding pyrazoles 17 in a Knorr reaction with 2-hydrazinyl-4-phenylthiazoles 15 in a one-pot process (Scheme 4) [52]. Piperidine was used as a catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation. Remarkably
  • formate (Scheme 8) [58]. Upon reaction with β-ketoesters, hydrazone 30 is formed, which reacts via intramolecular Knoevenagel condensation to give the corresponding pyrazoles 27. The method tolerates β-ketoesters with alkyl substituents and various ketoamides. In addition, an example could be synthesized
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Published 16 Aug 2024

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

  • Cristina Martini,
  • Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
  • Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

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  • a variation of the GBB reaction employing benzothiazole acetonitrile 104 (X = S) in place of the amidine component (Scheme 33). Knoevenagel condensation with an aldehyde in the presence of 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyrrolidinium acetate produced conjugated imines 105 as the reaction intermediates. Once
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Published 01 Aug 2024

Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

  • Ryo Tanifuji and
  • Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

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  • -terminus of SorbB catalyzes conversion of thioester 31 using NADPH to liberate aldehyde 32, and subsequent Knoevenagel condensation-type cyclization leads to sorbicillin (33). The FAD-dependent monooxygenase SorbC, utilized in the chemo-enzymatic total synthesis of 2, catalyzes the oxidative
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Published 23 Jul 2024

Domino reactions of chromones with activated carbonyl compounds

  • Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1256–1269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.108

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  • Knoevenagel condensation via the carbonyl group. In contrast, in case of 3-formylchromones the cyclization proceeds via the formyl group, due to its higher electrophilicity. The same regioselectivity was observed for 3-(methoxalyl)- and 3-benzoylchromones. In contrast, a cyclization via the carbonyl group of
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Published 29 May 2024

Bismuth(III) triflate: an economical and environmentally friendly catalyst for the Nazarov reaction

  • Manoel T. Rodrigues Jr.,
  • Aline S. B. de Oliveira,
  • Ralph C. Gomes,
  • Amanda Soares Hirata,
  • Lucas A. Zeoly,
  • Hugo Santos,
  • João Arantes,
  • Catarina Sofia Mateus Reis-Silva,
  • João Agostinho Machado-Neto,
  • Leticia Veras Costa-Lotufo and
  • Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1167–1178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.99

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  • synthesis has been reported for several transformations, such as epoxide opening [56], ketal formation and deprotection [57][58], Mannich reaction [59], intramolecular Sakurai cyclization [60], alcohol oxidation [61], aromatic hydrocarbon nitration [62], imine allylation [63], Knoevenagel condensation [64
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Published 21 May 2024

Multi-redox indenofluorene chromophores incorporating dithiafulvene donor and ene/enediyne acceptor units

  • Christina Schøttler,
  • Kasper Lund-Rasmussen,
  • Line Broløs,
  • Philip Vinterberg,
  • Ema Bazikova,
  • Viktor B. R. Pedersen and
  • Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 59–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.8

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  • as a mixture of E and Z isomers (ca. 4:1). Further functionalization of the IF-DTF ketone 11 was obtained by Ramirez/Corey–Fuchs dibromo-olefination and Knoevenagel condensation to yield vinylic dibromide 14 and diester 15, respectively, as illustrated in Scheme 2. We noted that the dibromo
  • 11 via Ramirez/Corey–Fuchs dibromo-olefination and Knoevenagel condensation. Coupling of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione building blocks 2 and 3 with fluorenone 5 to afford fluorene-extended DTFs 16 and 17. Synthesis of acetylenic scaffolds based on IF-DTF. Conditions: (a) Pd(PPh3)2Cl2, CuI, THF, Et3N, rt. (b
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Synthesis of 5-arylidenerhodanines in L-proline-based deep eutectic solvent

  • Stéphanie Hesse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1537–1544, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.110

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  • Knoevenagel condensation of rhodanine with different aldehydes [3]. The reactions were performed in ChCl/urea (1:2) at 90 °C, without needing a catalyst and the products were obtained in low to good yields (10–78%). On another hand, ʟ-proline is well known as an organocatalyst and its use in aldol and
  • Knoevenagel condensation is well documented [21]. Moreover, the low cost and high availability of ʟ-proline has attracted attention to ʟ-proline-based DES. Especially, in 2022, Detsi [20] has synthesized and characterized three ʟ-proline-based NaDES: proline/oxalic acid (1:1), proline/glycerol (1:2), and
  • proline/lactic acid/water (1:2:2.5). The authors studied their use in the synthesis of aurones via a Knoevenagel condensation and compared them to the classical choline-based DES, ChCl/Gly (1:2). They demonstrated that the ʟ-proline-based DES were superior to ChCl/Gly and obtained aurones from the
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Facile access to 3-sulfonylquinolines via Knoevenagel condensation/aza-Wittig reaction cascade involving ortho-azidobenzaldehydes and β-ketosulfonamides and sulfones

  • Ksenia Malkova,
  • Andrey Bubyrev,
  • Stanislav Kalinin and
  • Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 800–807, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.60

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  • have developed a new convenient protocol for the synthesis of 3-sulfonyl-substituted quinolines (sulfonamides and sulfones). The approach is based on a Knoevenagel condensation/aza-Wittig reaction cascade involving o-azidobenzaldehydes and ketosulfonamides or ketosulfones as key building blocks. The
  • , the method for the synthesis of 3-acyl-substituted quinolines from o-azidobenzaldehydes and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds was reported [70][71] (Figure 2a). A combination of Knoevenagel condensation and aza-Wittig reaction allowed to build up target products in high yields. In case of [70], the procedure
  • quinolines (sulfonamides and sulfones) (Figure 2b). Herein, we report the successful implementation of this approach. Results and Discussion The Knoevenagel condensation/aza-Wittig reaction cascade was used for the preparation of 3-sulfonyl-substituted quinolines. The process proceeds in a domino fashion
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Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities

  • Jorge de Lima Neto and
  • Paulo Henrique Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31

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  • reaction [33]. Thus, Knoevenagel condensation using the diaryl ether 29 and malonic acid gave the corresponding α,β-unsaturated compound 30, which was submitted to a concomitant hydrogenation of the double bond and the nitro group to give compound 31. Sequential diazotization/halogenation and
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Published 29 Mar 2023

Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones

  • Benedikt Kolb,
  • Daniela Silva dos Santos,
  • Sanja Krause,
  • Anna Zens and
  • Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17

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  • from a haliclona marine sponge [4], and vertinolide (5) from Verticillium intertextum [5] (Scheme 1). As outlined in Scheme 2, a variety of methods has been reported for the synthesis of conjugated dienones, mostly via addition/elimination reactions such as Knoevenagel condensation or Claisen–Schmidt
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Copper-catalyzed multicomponent reactions for the efficient synthesis of diverse spirotetrahydrocarbazoles

  • Shao-Cong Zhan,
  • Ren-Jie Fang,
  • Jing Sun and
  • Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 796–808, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.80

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  • different kinds of aromatic aldehydes and 5-arylidene-1,3-dimethylbarbituric acids. 5-Arylidene-1,3-dimethylbarbituric acids could be easily generated through Knoevenagel condensation of aromatic aldehydes and 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid under the catalysis of Lewis acid. We envisioned whether the desired
  • 3-substituted indole, which undergoes dehydration to form the key intermediate indole-based ortho-quinodimethanes (o-QDMs, A). In the meantime, the cyclic 1,3-diones and aromatic aldehyde undergo Knoevenagel condensation to afford the different kinds of dienophiles. Subsequently, the Diels–Alder
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Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • molecules through π–π stacking with the hydrophobic aromatic wall of the host. Finally, the boat was investigated as a catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction (Figure 2) of a series of aromatic aldehydes with 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid and Meldrum’s acid in aqueous media. One of the primary
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Published 27 May 2022

Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”

  • Gian Cesare Tron,
  • Alberto Minassi,
  • Giovanni Sorba,
  • Mara Fausone and
  • Giovanni Appendino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1335–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.93

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  • to name type-I Guareschi pyridone synthesis the two-component reaction between a β-aminocarbonyl and a cyanoacetic ester, a reaction first reported in 1893 [34]. It is a classic combination of a Knoevenagel condensation and ester aminolysis typical for many heterocyclic syntheses. The type-II
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A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

  • Guido Gambacorta,
  • James S. Sharley and
  • Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

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Application of the Meerwein reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone to a metal-free synthesis of benzofuropyridine analogues

  • Rashmi Singh,
  • Tomas Horsten,
  • Rashmi Prakash,
  • Swapan Dey and
  • Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 977–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.79

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  • presence of a catalytic amount of piperidine afforded pyridopsoralen 22 in 46% yield. Analogously, pyridopsoralen 23 was prepared from 16 by Knoevenagel condensation with diethyl malonate and subsequent lactonization with 62% yield (Scheme 4) [13]. To the best of our understanding, the scaffolds 21–23 are
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Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

  • Shivani Gulati,
  • Stephy Elza John and
  • Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

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  • -MCRs and their mechanistic insights over the past decade and shed light on its advantage over the conventional approach. Keywords: cycloaddition; Knoevenagel condensation; Michael addition; microwave; multicomponent reactions; Introduction Recently, organic chemists are focussed to develop
  • moderate to good yields under catalyst-free conditions (Scheme 1). A rationale of mechanism proposed the transformation via a Knoevenagel condensation between aldehyde and a molecule of 6 affording A. The concurrent condensation of ammonium acetate with another molecule of 6 led to the formation of an
  • synthesis of 3-functionalized indoles 34 by employing amines 32, arylglyoxal monohydrate 33 and cyclic 1,3-diketones 6 under microwave irradiation in the greener solvent system EtOH/H2O (Scheme 10). A plausible mechanism (Scheme 11) suggests a TFA-catalyzed Knoevenagel condensation between 4-hydroxy-6
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Published 19 Apr 2021

Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

  • Astrid Vogt,
  • Florian Henne,
  • Christoph Wetzel,
  • Elena Mena-Osteritz and
  • Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

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  • -thienylcarbaldehyde (23), which was put to reaction with methyl 2-azidoactetate [46] and sodium methanolate in a Knoevenagel condensation to give azide 24 in 81% yield. A solution of the azide 24 was added to boiling toluene and cyclization to thienopyrrole 25 occurred via a nitrene intermediate in nearly
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Published 26 Oct 2020

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

  • Christopher G. Thomson,
  • Ai-Lan Lee and
  • Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

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Fluorinated phenylalanines: synthesis and pharmaceutical applications

  • Laila F. Awad and
  • Mohammed Salah Ayoup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1022–1050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.91

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  • improve protein stability, natural hydrocarbon amino acids were replaced with Pff 77a. The effect of enhanced protein stability upon this replacement is referred as to ‘fluoro-stabilization effect’ [56]. 1.7. Knoevenagel condensation of methyl isocyanoacetate Three isomers of fluorinated phenylalanines
  • 53a,b and 81 were synthesized by Knoevenagel condensation of methyl isocyanoacetate (79) and the corresponding fluorinated benzaldehyde derivatives 50a,b, and m-fluorobenzaldehyde (78) as electrophiles in the presence of catalytic amounts of Cu(I) and base. The cinnamate derivatives 80a–c obtained
  • -borono-2-[18F]FPhe. Synthesis of protected 4-[18F]FPhe via arylstannane derivatives. Synthesis of FPhe derivatives via intermediate imine formation. Synthesis of FPhe derivatives via Knoevenagel condensation. Synthesis of FPhe derivatives 88a,b from aspartic acid derivatives. Synthesis of 2-(2
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Published 15 May 2020

Synthesis of 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin: experimental and computational evidence for intramolecular and intermolecular C–F···H–C bonds

  • Vuyisa Mzozoyana,
  • Fanie R. van Heerden and
  • Craig Grimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 190–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.22

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  • , numerous methods for the synthesis of these compounds have been developed, examples are the Pechmann condensation [10][11], Stille coupling reaction [12], Knoevenagel condensation [13], Heck coupling reaction [14], Kostanecki reaction, Baylis–Hillman reaction [15], Michael reaction [16], Suzuki–Miyaura
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