Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis

• Stefan P. Schmid,
• Leon Schlosser,
• Frank Glorius and
• Kjell Jorner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

• Pablo Msellem,
• Maksym Dekthiarenko,
• Nihal Hadj Seyd and
• Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and fluorescence studies of the products

• Nisha Devi and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.92

• group has also investigated the scope of 1-formyl-β-carbolines for generating unique molecular hybrids by application of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction [48][49][50]. It was also revealed from a detailed literature survey that only limited reports have been documented toward exploration of 3-formyl

• methodology is decorated with several advantages like scalability and selectivity. Additionally, no column chromatographic purification was required at any stage and each step was high yielding. After the synthesis of starting materials, the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction was explored for C-3

• , it was observed that the MBH reaction of 6b with acrylonitrile A resulted in the formation of product 8bA which evidenced that 6b underwent Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction at the electrophilic carbonyl center as well as Michael addition reaction at the nucleophilic nitrogen center (N-9). Similar

Sigmatropic rearrangements of cyclopropenylcarbinol derivatives. Access to diversely substituted alkylidenecyclopropanes

• Guillaume Ernouf,
• Jean-Louis Brayer,
• Christophe Meyer and
• Janine Cossy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 333–350, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.29

• substitution at C3 [63]. As illustrated with the preparation of alcohol 60, the strategy relies on a sila-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction between cyclopropenylsilane 59 and 3-phenylpropanal catalyzed by electron-rich tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TTMPP) [63]. After desilylation, cyclopropenylcarbinol

Synthesis of chiral 3-substituted 3-amino-2-oxindoles through enantioselective catalytic nucleophilic additions to isatin imines

• Hélène Pellissier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1349–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.114

• lowest yield (31%). The authors have proposed that the true catalyst of the reaction was a chiral tin iodide methoxide 34 in situ generated from chiral tin bromide 30, two equivalents of NaI and NaOMe (Scheme 10). Enantioselective aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reactions The Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction is

• of these processes (Scheme 11 and Scheme 12) can be explained by the favored transition states proposed in Scheme 12 based on the fact that the proton transfer constitutes the rate-determining step in the aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction [58][59][60]. Indeed, in these favored transition states, the

• first asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral 3-amino-2-oxindoles based on enantioselective aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of N-Boc-isatin imines 3 with activated nitroolefins 39 [62]. The best results were achieved by using cinchona alkaloid-derived thiourea catalyst 40 in toluene at −10 °C

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• –Hillman reaction The Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction (MBH) employs olefins, tertiary amine catalysts and electrophile aldehydes to produce multifunctional products. Mack et al., found a significant enhancement in the rate of a Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) reaction under ball milling conditions (Scheme 5

• within 30 min (Scheme 4). Excellent stereoselectivity was also achieved with a diastereomeric ratio of 98:2 and enantiomeric ratio up to 99:1. Simple flash column chromatographic purification methods, low catalyst loading, gram scale synthesis, etc. were advantageous for the reaction [52]. Morita–Baylis

Mechanochemical synthesis of thioureas, ureas and guanidines

• Vjekoslav Štrukil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1828–1849, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.178

• next screened as catalysts in Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction, and their performance matched the previously published catalytic activity. An analogous click-type reaction between 4-nitrophenyl isothiocyanate and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane quantitatively afforded enantiomeric (1R,2R)-10 and (1S,2S)-10

Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of biologically important 3-hydroxyoxindoles: an update

• Bin Yu,
• Hui Xing,
• De-Quan Yu and
• Hong-Min Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1000–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.98

• bisthiourea (cat. 26)-catalyzed asymmetric Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of isatins with α,β-unsaturated γ-butyrolactam (Scheme 41) [58]. The reactions were performed in DCM at room temperature with catalytic amounts of DABCO (5 mol %). A variety of isatin derivatives were tested under this catalytic system

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

• . – especially when it comes to the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction, although they are in no way limited to these, and one can only expect the prevalence of these remarkable bifunctional catalysts within the literature to increase over the coming years. The structural diversity of the cinchona alkaloids, along

Application of 7-azaisatins in enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction

• Qing He,
• Gu Zhan,
• Wei Du and
• Ying-Chun Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 309–313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.33

• high yield by using N-methylisatin (4) as the substrate (Scheme 1). Conclusion In summary, we have developed an efficient and enantioselective Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction between 7-azaisatins and maleimides and other activated alkenes in the presence of the bifunctional catalyst β-ICD. 7-Azaisatins

Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of acrylamide with isatin derivatives

• Radhey M. Singh,
• Kishor Chandra Bharadwaj and
• Dharmendra Kumar Tiwari

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2975–2980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.315

• Abstract The Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of acrylamide, as an activated alkene, has seen little development due to its low reactivity. We have developed the reaction using isatin derivatives with acrylamide, DABCO as a promoter and phenol as an additive in acetonitrile. The corresponding aza version

• and in 91% yield in just 3 hours of reaction (Table 2, entry 1) was achieved. Encouraged by these results, the focus was shifted to the development of this aza-Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction using isatin-derived ketimines [51][52][53]. This reaction could also lead to the construction of tertiary

• reaction time and in high yields (Scheme 2). The reaction scope was expandable to other activated alkene (acrylonitrile) and to other isatin derivatives with substituents on nitrogen (methyl, benzyl) and on the aryl ring (H, 5-chloro). Conclusion We have developed the Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of

Titanium-mediated reductive cross-coupling reactions of imines with terminal alkynes: An efficient route for the synthesis of stereodefined allylic amines

• Kebin Mao,
• Guoqin Fan,
• Yuanhong Liu,
• Shi Li,
• Xu You and
• Dan Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.69

• ], iodocyclocarbamates [19] and isoxazolines [20]. Although it has been reported that allylic amines can be synthesized by methods such as amination of allylic alcohols [21][22][23][24], direct allylic amination of simple alkenes [25][26][27], Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction [28], alkenylation of imines [29][30][31][32

Reactions of nitroxides XIII: Synthesis of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts bearing a nitroxyl moiety using 4-acryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl as a starting compound, and DABCO and quinuclidine as catalysts

• Jerzy Zakrzewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1515–1522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.171

• aldehydes. Keywords: 4-acryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl; DABCO; Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction; nitroxides; quinuclidine; Introduction In the Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) reaction, aldehydes react with a double bond activated by an electron-withdrawing group (EWG). The vinylic carbon

Cation affinity numbers of Lewis bases

• Christoph Lindner,
• Raman Tandon,
• Boris Maryasin,
• Evgeny Larionov and
• Hendrik Zipse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1406–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.163

• acceptors (addition). Taking the (aza-)Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction as an example the first step of the catalytic cycle involves the attack of N- or P-centered nucleophiles to a Michael acceptor (equation 10, Scheme 10). In contrast to the Lewis base additions to cationic electrophiles discussed above, in

Efficient 1,4-addition of α-substituted fluoro(phenylsulfonyl)methane derivatives to α,β-unsaturated compounds

• G. K. Surya Prakash,
• Xiaoming Zhao,
• Sujith Chacko,
• Fang Wang,
• Habiba Vaghoo and
• George A. Olah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 17, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.17

• the terminal position of the double bond due to steric effects. On the basis of the above mentioned results, a proposed mechanism for the formation of 5a–h is outlined in Scheme 1. Trialkylphosphine catalysed Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction is well studied by a number of groups [37][38][39]. Addition