Molecular diversity of the reactions of MBH carbonates of isatins and various nucleophiles

• Zi-Ying Xiao,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 286–295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.21

• diastereomeric ratios. The relative configurations of the various polycyclic compounds were clearly elucidated by determination of several single crystal structures. Keywords: allylic SN2 reaction; dimerization; isatin; MBH carbonate; 3-methyleneoxindole; Introduction Isatins (indoline-2,3-diones) possessing

• yields. The single crystal structure of the compound 6e was determined by X-ray diffraction (Figure 3). The similar reaction of more nucleophilic tri(tert-butyl)phosphine and MBH carbonate of isatin resulted in a mixture of products. After carefully screening the reaction conditions, we found that DABCO

• crystal structure of compound 8a. Reaction of arylamines and MBH carbonates of isatins. Reaction conditions: MBH carbonate of isatin (0.1 mmol), aromatic amine (0.1 mmol), DMAP (0.02 mmol, 20 mol %), toluene (5.0 mL), rt, 1 h; yields refer to isolated yields. Reaction of arylamines and MBH maleimides of

Construction of diazepine-containing spiroindolines via annulation reaction of α-halogenated N-acylhydrazones and isatin-derived MBH carbonates

• Xing Liu,
• Wenjing Shi,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1923–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.143

• features a broad substrate scope, simple reaction conditions, and high molecular convergence. Keywords: acylhydrazone; annulation; azepine; MBH carbonate; spirooxindole; Introduction Among the various N-containing heterocyclic compounds, 1,2-diazepine represents one of the important privileged structural

Direct C(sp³)–H allylation of 2-alkylpyridines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates via a tandem nucleophilic substitution/aza-Cope rearrangement

• Siyu Wang,
• Lianyou Zheng,
• Shutao Wang,
• Shulin Ning,
• Zhuoqi Zhang and
• Jinbao Xiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2505–2510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.167

• our studies on a direct benzylic allylic reaction of 2-alkylpyridines with MBH carbonates as allylic precursors under base- and catalyst-free conditions. As depicted in Scheme 2, we envisioned that the MBH carbonate 2 can undergo the SN2’ reaction with the nucleophilic 2-picoline 1a, giving the

• intramolecular SN2’ type reaction (path a) or an aza-Cope rearrangement under thermal conditions to generate product 3. Results and Discussion To evaluate our idea for the allylic alkylation reaction of MBH carbonates to 2-alkylpyridines, 2-picoline (1a) and MBH carbonate 2a were selected as the model substrates

• %). The MBH carbonate containing more steric demanding 2-naphthyl group also did not significantly influence the reaction, providing the corresponding product 3h in 65% yield. However, the MBH carbonate with a 2-thienyl group only gave only a low yield of the product 3i (yield 26%). Besides aromatic

DABCO- and DBU-promoted one-pot reaction of N-sulfonyl ketimines with Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates: a sequential approach to (2-hydroxyaryl)nicotinate derivatives

• Soumitra Guin,
• Raman Gupta,
• Debashis Majee and
• Sampak Samanta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2771–2778, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.254

• useful synthons [72][73] in the presence of open atmosphere (Scheme 1b). Results and Discussion We have commenced the model reaction between cyclic N-sulfonyl imine 1a as interesting C,N-binucleophiles [74] and MBH carbonate of acrylate 2a using 20 mol % of DABCO in toluene at room temperature for 14 h

Cupreines and cupreidines: an established class of bifunctional cinchona organocatalysts

• Laura A. Bryant,
• Rossana Fanelli and
• Alexander J. A. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 429–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.46

• cinchona class of alkaloids are a dynamic and versatile type of organocatalyst that should be included in the screening libraries of chemists seeking to develop asymmetric methodologies. Review Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) and MBH-carbonate reactions The first reports of an asymmetric reaction catalyzed by

Chiral phosphines in nucleophilic organocatalysis

• Yumei Xiao,
• Zhanhu Sun,
• Hongchao Guo and
• Ohyun Kwon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2089–2121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.218

• alkenes and MBH adducts, albeit in slightly diminished yields. Shi and co-workers also studied this reaction, but using the chiral bifunctional thiourea-phosphine catalyst G7. The [3 + 2] annulation of MBH carbonate with an activated isatin-based alkene in toluene at room temperature gave the

• substrates favored the formation of the products. Based on control experiments and aforementioned results, Barbas and co-workers proposed a plausible mechanism and suggested that the high stereoselectivity resulted from steric interactions between the bulky substituent of the phosphonium ylide from the MBH

• carbonate and the carboxylic ester of methyleneindolinone shielding one possible attacking face during the nucleophilic attack (Scheme 38). In 2013, using the same catalytic system, Barbas and co-workers further developed highly stereoselective phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulations of MBH carbonates with

Asymmetric allylic alkylation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with α-fluoro-β-keto esters

• Lin Yan,
• Zhiqiang Han,
• Bo Zhu,
• Caiyun Yang,
• Choon-Hong Tan and
• Zhiyong Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1853–1857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.216

• compounds with chiral quaternary carbon centres containing a fluorine atom. Results and Discussion In the preliminary experiments, we investigated the reaction of α-fluoro-β-ketoester 1a with MBH carbonate 2a as the model substrate, in the presence of several commercially available Cinchona alkaloids as

• MBH carbonate 2a were found to afford the products 3ba–ga in 67–79% yield with 88–96% ee and 3:1 to 4:1 dr (Table 2, entries 1–6). The results showed that the introduction of various aryl substituents in α-fluoro-β-ketoesters did not affect the reactivity and stereoselectivity. Subsequently, the scope

• 1a (21.0 mg, 1.0 equiv, 0.1 mmol) and (DHQD)2PHAL (7.8 mg, 0.1 equiv, 0.01 mmol) were dissolved in mesitylene (1.0 mL) at 25 °C. After the addition of MBH carbonate 2a (3.0 equiv, 0.3 mmol) the reaction mixture was stirred at 25 °C. The reaction was monitored by TLC. After 96 hours, flash

Organocatalytic asymmetric allylic amination of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates of isatins

• Hang Zhang,
• Shan-Jun Zhang,
• Qing-Qing Zhou,
• Lin Dong and
• Ying-Chun Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1241–1245, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.139

• ][28], as outlined in Scheme 1. Thus, multifunctional chiral 3-amino-2-oxindoles could be obtained in a straightforward manner. Results and Discussion Based on the above considerations, we initially investigated the reaction of MBH carbonate 2a and a diversity of nucleophilic nitrogen sources by the

• tested their catalytic efficacy in the reaction of MBH carbonate 2a and 3d. Diminished enantioselectivity was delivered in the presence of catalysts 1e–1g (Table 1, entries 10–12), but a slightly higher ee value could be obtained upon catalysis by 1h with a 4-tert-butylphenyl group (Table 1, entry 13

• transformations of MBH carbonates of isatins are under way in our laboratory. Allylic amination of MBH carbonates of isatins to access 3-amino-2-oxindoles. Synthetic transformations of multifunctional product 4d. Screening studies of asymmetric allylic amination of MBH carbonate of isatin.a Substrate scope and

Chiral multifunctional thiourea-phosphine catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with maleimides

• Hong-Ping Deng,
• De Wang,
• Yin Wei and
• Min Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1098–1104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.121

• : phosphines attack the middle carbon atom of allenes to produce the 1,3-dipolar synthon (Scheme 1, reaction 1), and phosphines add to the β-position of MBH carbonate to remove carbon dioxide and tert-butanol, affording the 1,3-dipolar synthon (Scheme 1, reaction 2). Concerning the asymmetric [3 + 2

• multifunctional thiourea-phosphine (TP), which could be easily prepared from L-phenylalanine in four steps [57], as a catalyst to investigate the asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of N-phenylmaleimide (1a) with MBH carbonate 2a in toluene at room temperature. We were pleased to find that the corresponding highly

• . All of the reactions proceeded smoothly under the optimal conditions, providing annulation products with good to excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities. Using MBH carbonate 2a as a substrate, we examined its reaction with maleimides 1b–1e and found that the reactions proceeded smoothly to give