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Synthetic study toward vibralactone
- Liang Shi,
- Jiayi Song,
- Yiqing Li,
- Jia-Chen Li,
- Shuqi Li,
- Li Ren,
- Zhi-Yun Liu and
- Hong-Dong Hao
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2376–2382, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.182
- ketal moiety was removed and the resulting intermediate underwent Wittig olefination to yield vinyl chloride 20. Subsequent hydrolysis and intramolecular esterification furnished intermediate 21, which was then subjected to C–H insertion [42][43][44]. To our disappointment, this ring closure still did
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Figure 1: Selected representative natural products and derivatives with β-lactone moiety.
Scheme 1: Previous syntheses of vibralactone (6).
Scheme 2: Retrosynthetic analysis of vibralactone (6).
Scheme 3: Synthetic study toward vibralactone (6) in the present of β-lactone.
Scheme 4: C–H insertion utilizing linear precursor 19.
Scheme 5: Construction the bicyclic skeleton of vibralactone (6) through C–H insertion.
Enantioselective desymmetrization strategy of prochiral 1,3-diols in natural product synthesis
- Lihua Wei,
- Rui Yang,
- Zhifeng Shi and
- Zhiqiang Ma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1932–1963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.151
- steps. Treatment of 278 with (PMe3)AuCl and AgOTf, followed by p-TsOH·H2O, effected a Au-catalyzed cyclization to construct the bicyclic core. This intermediate was then transformed into enal 279 via epoxidation and Wittig olefination. Seven additional steps converted enal 279 to lactone 280, which then
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Scheme 1: General mechanism of a lipase-catalyzed esterification.
Scheme 2: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-xanthorrhizol (4) and (+)-heliannuol D (8).
Scheme 3: Shishido’s synthesis of a) (−)-heliannuol A (15) and b) heliannuol G (20) and heliannuol H (21).
Scheme 4: Deska’s synthesis of hyperione A (30) and ent-hyperione B (31).
Scheme 5: Huang’s synthesis of (+)-brazilin (37).
Scheme 6: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-heliannuol D (42) and (+)-heliannuol A (43).
Scheme 7: Chênevert’s synthesis of (S)-α-tocotrienol (49).
Scheme 8: Kita’s synthesis of monoester 53.
Scheme 9: Kita’s synthesis of fredericamycin A (60).
Scheme 10: Takabe’s synthesis of (E)-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene-1,8-diol (64).
Scheme 11: Takabe’s synthesis of (18S)-variabilin (70).
Scheme 12: Kawasaki’s synthesis of (S)-Rosaphen (74) and (R)-Rosaphen (75).
Scheme 13: Tokuyama’s synthesis of a) (−)-petrosin (84) and b) (+)-petrosin (86).
Scheme 14: Fukuyama’s synthesis of leustroducsin B (96).
Scheme 15: Nanda’s synthesis of a) fragment 100, b) fragment 106 and c) (−)-rasfonin (109).
Scheme 16: Davies’ synthesis of (+)-pilocarpine (115) and (+)-isopilocarpine (116).
Scheme 17: Ōmura’s synthesis of salinosporamide A (125).
Scheme 18: Kang’s synthesis of ʟ-cladinose (124) and its derivative.
Scheme 19: Kang’s preparation of fragment 139.
Scheme 20: Kang’s synthesis of azithromycin (149).
Scheme 21: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-dysiherbaine (156).
Scheme 22: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-kaitocephalin (166).
Scheme 23: Kang’s synthesis of laidlomycin (180).
Scheme 24: Snyder’s synthesis of arboridinine (190).
Scheme 25: Ma’s synthesis of (+)-alstrostine G (203).
Scheme 26: Trost’s synthesis of (−)-18-epi-peloruside A (215).
Scheme 27: Lindel’s synthesis of (–)-dihydroraputindole (223).
Scheme 28: Iwata’s synthesis of a) (−)-talaromycin B (232) and b) (+)-talaromycin A (235).
Scheme 29: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-vincamajinine (240) and b) (−)-11-methoxy-17-epivincamajine (245).
Scheme 30: Cook’s synthesis of (+)-dehydrovoachalotine (249) and voachalotine (250).
Scheme 31: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-12-methoxy-Nb-methylvoachalotine (257) and b) (+)-polyneuridine, macusin...
Scheme 32: Trauner’s synthesis of stephadiamine (273).
Scheme 33: Garg’s synthesis of (–)-ψ-akuammigine (285).
Scheme 34: Ding’s synthesis of (+)-18-benzoyldavisinol (293) and (+)-davisinol (294).
Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products
- Peter Gabko,
- Martin Kalník and
- Maroš Bella
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101
- prepared by a Wittig olefination of commercially available 3-oxetanone (Scheme 46) [97]. As for the furan formation, the methodology employs ambient reaction conditions, super-short reaction times and very low catalyst loadings. During the reaction, the oxetane is activated by BF3, opened by the carbonyl
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Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
Synthetic approach to borrelidin fragments: focus on key intermediates
- Yudhi Dwi Kurniawan,
- Zetryana Puteri Tachrim,
- Teni Ernawati,
- Faris Hermawan,
- Ima Nurasiyah and
- Muhammad Alfin Sulmantara
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1135–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.91
- constructing Omura’s C1–C11 fragment Yadav and Yadav, in 2013, reported their work on preparing the C1–C11 fragment 61 of borrelidin. Their approach employed an iterative sequence of oxidation, Wittig olefination, hydrogenation, and asymmetric methylation for carbon homologation, alongside Sharpless
- acid, and protection of the secondary alcohol as a TBDMS ether (Scheme 9). Intermediate 63 was planned to be derived from Evans’ amide 64 by reducing the amide moiety to a primary alcohol, oxidizing it to an aldehyde, performing a Wittig olefination to install an unsaturated ester, reducing the ester
- to a primary alcohol, and then conducting asymmetric epoxidation of the double bond. Evan’s amide 64 would be synthesized from primary alcohol 65 through a sequence of oxidation to aldehyde, Wittig olefination to an unsaturated ester, hydrogenation of the olefin, conversion of the ester to Evans
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of borrelidin (1).
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategy for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate 20 as reported by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 2: Preparation of monoacetates 37 and ent-38 by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 3: Preparation of sulfones 27 and ent-27 by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 4: Attempts to couple sulfones 27 and ent-27 with epoxides 23a–c reported by Uguen et al. [41].
Scheme 5: Modified synthetic plan for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate by Uguen [41].
Scheme 6: Revised synthetic strategy for Morken’s C2–C12 intermediate 20 by Uguen [41].
Scheme 7: Iterative synthesis of polydeoxypropionates developed by Zhou et al. [40].
Scheme 8: Application of iterative synthesis of polydeoxypropionate to construct the C3–C11 fragment 60 of bo...
Scheme 9: Retrosynthetic analysis of borrelidin by Yadav et al. [39].
Scheme 10: Two-carbon homologation of precursor 66 in the synthesize C1–C11 fragment 61 of borrelidin [39].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment 61 of borrelidin from monoalcohol 65 [39].
Scheme 12: Synthetic plan for Theodorakis’ C3–C11 fragment 82 of borrelidin by Laschat et al. [38].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of Theodorakis’ C3–C11 fragment 82 from compound 88 [38].
Scheme 14: Retrosynthesis of 61 and 62b by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of intermediate 98 by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 16: Synthesis of Ōmura’s C1–C11 fragment 61 by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of fragment 62b of borrelidin as proposed by Minnaard and Madduri [37].
Scheme 18: Iterative directed allylation for the synthesis of deoxypropionates by Herber and Breit [33].
Scheme 19: Iterative copper-mediated directed allyl substitution for the synthesis of Theodorakis’ C3–C11 frag...
Scheme 20: Retrosynthesis of the C3–C17 fragment of borrelidin by Iqbal and co-workers [35].
Scheme 21: Synthesis of key intermediates 137 and 147 for the synthesis of the C3–C17 fragment of borrelidin.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of the C3–C17 fragment 150a,b of borrelidin.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of the C11–C15 fragment 155a of borrelidin.
Scheme 24: Macrocyclization of borrelidin model compounds 155a and 155b using ring-closing metathesis.
(Bio)isosteres of ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes
- H. Erik Diepers and
- Johannes C. L. Walker
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 859–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.78
- undergo chemical transformations in their synthesis of ketoprofen bioisostere 189 (Scheme 18B) [72]. 1,3-Cuneane 186 bearing two electron-withdrawing groups was accessible by oxidation of 1,3-cuneane 185a. The 1,3-cuneane scaffold was stable to Wittig olefination and Weinreb ester formation (to 187
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Figure 1: Scaffolds commonly reported as bioisosteric replacements of para-substituted benzene and examples p...
Figure 2: 1,2-BCPs as isosteres for ortho-and meta-substituted benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector p...
Scheme 1: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. A: Baran, Coll...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1,2-BCPs from BCP 15 by bridge C–H bromination as reported by MacMillan and co-workers ...
Figure 3: Comparative physicochemical data of telmisartan, lomitapide and their BCP isosteres [26,33]. Shake flask d...
Figure 4: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes: Exit vector parameters of t...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via alkene insertion into bicyclo[1.1.0]butane...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via intramolecular crossed [2 + 2] cycloadditi...
Figure 5: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,2-BCH bioisosteres [36]. Sh...
Figure 6: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-55, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 7: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. Comparison of e...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes via intramolecu...
Figure 8: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,5-BCH bioisosteres [45]. Sh...
Figure 9: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-64, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 10: 1,5-Disubstituted 3-oxabicylco[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes: Comparison of exit ve...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted 3-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intra...
Figure 11: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisostere...
Figure 12: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisosteres (±)-75 and (±...
Figure 13: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes. Schematic representation o...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via alkene in...
Figure 14: 1,2-Disubstituted stellanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of selected exit vector paramete...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted stellanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes reported by Ryabukhin, Vol...
Figure 15: 1,2-Disubstituted cubanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of substituent distances and angle...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 1,2-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes. A: Synthesis of 1,2-cubane d...
Figure 16: 1,3-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes reported by Wal...
Figure 17: 1,4-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1}hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intramolec...
Figure 18: 1,4-Disubstituted-2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as meta-benzene isosteres: comparison of selected exit...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Mykhai...
Figure 19: Comparative physicochemical data for 2- and 3-oxa-1,4-BCHs and para-substituted benzene equivalents...
Figure 20: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of exit vector p...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of [3.1.1]propellane as a precursor for 1,5-disubsituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes. A: aGass...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of iodine-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for meta-benz...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of nitrogen-, chalcogen- and tin-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as ...
Figure 21: Comparative physicochemical data of URB597 and 1,5-BCHep isostere 146 [27]. Kinetic aqueous solubility ...
Figure 22: [2]-Ladderanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector parameters [63].
Scheme 16: Synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.0]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Brown a...
Figure 23: Comparative physicochemical data of meta-benzene 158 and [2]-ladderane isostere 159 [63]. Partition coe...
Figure 24: 1,3-Disubstituted cubanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector paramet...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1,3-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: MacMillan and co-workers’ ...
Figure 25: Comparative physicochemical data of lumacaftor and its 1,3-cubane bioisostere 183 [51]. Distribution co...
Figure 26: 1,3-Disubstituted cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector parame...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzene. A: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes reported by La...
Figure 27: Comparative physicochemical data of sonidegib and its 1,3-cuneane isostere 190 [71]. aSolubility was to...
Figure 28: Exemplary polysubstituted scaffolds related to disubstituted scaffolds suggested as isosteres of or...
The ethoxycarbonyl group as both activating and protective group in N-acyl-Pictet–Spengler reactions using methoxystyrenes. A short approach to racemic 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids
- Marco Keller,
- Karl Sauvageot-Witzku,
- Franz Geisslinger,
- Nicole Urban,
- Michael Schaefer,
- Karin Bartel and
- Franz Bracher
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2716–2725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.183
- ethyl chloroformate/Et3N, followed by Wittig olefination with an ylide generated from (methoxymethyl)triphenylphosphonium chloride and LDA to give the enol ethers as E/Z mixtures. N-Phenethyl carbamates were obtained from benzaldehydes via Henry reaction with nitromethane, followed by zinc dust
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Prominent synthetic approaches to 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinolines: Bischler–Napieralski, Pictet–Spe...
Figure 2: Structures of N-methylcoclaurine (1) and the ten 1-benzyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids ...
Figure 3: Two routes using N- and O-alkoxycarbonylated building blocks for the synthesis of phenolic N-methyl...
Figure 4: Structures of the building blocks A1–A4 (N-ethoxycarbonyl phenethylamines) and B1–B3 (ω-methoxystyr...
Figure 5: Biological activity. Antiproliferative effects of the 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids in A...
The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives
- Kymbat S. Adekenova,
- Peter B. Wyatt and
- Sergazy M. Adekenov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25
- Ph3P+CF2−, which was used for the Wittig olefination of aldehydes and ketones. However, heating PDFA in nonpolar solvents (e.g., xylene at 90 °C) favors the dissociation of the ylide to release difluorocarbene which is able to effect the cyclopropanation of alkenes [34]. Trimethylsilyl
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane (2).
Scheme 2: Cyclopropanation via dehydrohalogenation of chlorodifluoromethane.
Scheme 3: Difluorocyclopropanation of methylstyrene 7 using dibromodifluoromethane and zinc.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropanes from the reaction of dibromodifluoromethane and triphenylphosphi...
Scheme 5: Generation of difluorocarbene in a catalytic two-phase system and its addition to tetramethylethyle...
Scheme 6: The reaction of methylstyrene 7 with chlorodifluoromethane (11) in the presence of a tetraarylarson...
Scheme 7: Pyrolysis of sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (12) in refluxing diglyme in the presence of alkene 13.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of boron-substituted gem-difluorocyclopropanes 16.
Scheme 9: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to alkenes.
Scheme 10: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to silyloxy-substituted cyclopropanes 20.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of difluorinated nucleosides.
Scheme 12: Addition of butyl acrylate (26) to difluorocarbene generated from TFDA (25).
Scheme 13: Addition of difluorocarbene to propargyl esters 27 and conversion of the difluorocyclopropenes 28 t...
Scheme 14: The generation of difluorocyclopropanes using MDFA 30.
Scheme 15: gem-Difluorocyclopropanation of styrene (32) using difluorocarbene generated from TMSCF3 (31) under...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a gem-difluorocyclopropane derivative using HFPO (41) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 17: Cyclopropanation of (Z)-2-butene in the presence of difluorodiazirine (44).
Scheme 18: The cyclopropanation of 1-octene (46) using Seyferth's reagent (45) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 19: Alternative approaches for the difluorocarbene synthesis from trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)tin (48).
Scheme 20: Difluorocyclopropanation of cyclohexene (49).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropane derivative 53 using bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium (51) as the diflu...
Scheme 22: Addition of difluorocarbene generated from tris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth (54).
Scheme 23: Addition of a stable (trifluoromethyl)zinc reagent to styrenes.
Scheme 24: The preparation of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acids of type 58.
Scheme 25: Difluorocyclopropanation via Michael cyclization.
Scheme 26: Difluorocyclopropanation using N-acylimidazolidinone 60.
Scheme 27: Difluorocyclopropanation through the cyclization of phenylacetonitrile (61) and 1,2-dibromo-1,1-dif...
Scheme 28: gem-Difluoroolefins 64 for the synthesis of functionalized cyclopropanes 65.
Scheme 29: Preparation of aminocyclopropanes 70.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of fluorinated methylenecyclopropane 74 via selenoxide elimination.
Scheme 31: Reductive dehalogenation of (1R,3R)-75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of chiral monoacetates by lipase catalysis.
Scheme 33: Transformation of (±)-trans-81 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 34: Transformation of (±)-trans-83 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 35: Hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes through enantioselective hydrocupration.
Scheme 36: Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes with a Ru-based catalyst.
Scheme 37: The thermal transformation of trans-1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluorocyclopropane (84).
Scheme 38: cis–trans-Epimerization of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane.
Scheme 39: 2,2-Difluorotrimethylene diradical intermediate.
Scheme 40: Ring opening of stereoisomers 88 and 89.
Scheme 41: [1,3]-Rearrangement of alkenylcyclopropanes 90–92.
Scheme 42: Thermolytic rearrangement of 2,2-difluoro-1-vinylcyclopropane (90).
Scheme 43: Thermal rearrangement for ethyl 3-(2,2-difluoro)-3-phenylcyclopropyl)acrylates 93 and 95.
Scheme 44: Possible pathways of the ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropane.
Scheme 45: Equilibrium between 1,1-difluoro-2-methylenecyclopropane (96) and (difluoromethylene)cyclopropane 97...
Scheme 46: Ring opening of substituted 1,1-difluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopropane 98.
Scheme 47: 1,1-Difluorospiropentane rearrangement.
Scheme 48: Acetolysis of (2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)methyl tosylate (104) and (1,1-difluoro-2-methylcyclopropyl)...
Scheme 49: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 106 and 108 by thiolate nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Hydrolysis of gem-difluorocyclopropyl acetals 110.
Scheme 51: Ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113 in the presence of ionic liquid as a s...
Scheme 52: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113a by MgI2-initiated reaction with diarylimines 1...
Scheme 53: Ring-opening reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropylstannanes 117.
Scheme 54: Preparation of 1-fluorovinyl vinyl ketone 123 and the synthesis of 2-fluorocyclopentenone 124. TBAT...
Scheme 55: Iodine atom-transfer ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-(1-iodoalkyl)cyclopropanes 125a–c.
Scheme 56: Ring opening of bromomethyl gem-difluorocyclopropanes 130 and formation of gem-difluoromethylene-co...
Scheme 57: Ring-opening aerobic oxidation reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 132.
Scheme 58: Dibrominative ring-opening functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 134.
Scheme 59: The selective formation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-fluorodienals 136 and 137 from difluorocyclopropyl acet...
Scheme 60: Proposed mechanism for the reaction of difluoro(methylene)cyclopropane 139 with Br2.
Scheme 61: Thermal rearrangement of F2MCP 139 and iodine by CuI catalysis.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of 2-fluoropyrroles 142.
Scheme 63: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 143 mediated by BX3.
Scheme 64: Lewis acid-promoted ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (148).
Scheme 65: Ring-opening reaction of the gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketone 106 by methanolic KOH.
Scheme 66: Hydrogenolysis of 1,1-difluoro-3-methyl-2-phenylcyclopropane (151).
Scheme 67: Synthesis of monofluoroalkenes 157.
Scheme 68: The stereoselective Ag-catalyzed defluorinative ring-opening diarylation of 1-trimethylsiloxy-2,2-d...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 2-fluorinated allylic compounds 162.
Scheme 70: Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of gem-difluorinated cyclopropanes 161.
Scheme 71: The (Z)-selective Pd-catalyzed ring-opening sulfonylation of 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)naphthalene...
Figure 1: Structures of zosuquidar hydrochloride and PF-06700841.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of methylene-gem-difluorocyclopropane analogs of nucleosides.
Figure 2: Anthracene-difluorocyclopropane hybrid derivatives.
Figure 3: Further examples of difluorcyclopropanes in modern drug discovery.
Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins
- Bidyut Kumar Senapati
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7
- followed by immediate TBS ether formation produced (+)-110a in 82% yield over 2 steps. Wittig olefination of (+)-110a with phosphonate 111 furnished the desired (E)-(+)-112a, which was then converted into Hatakeyama’s enynol (−)-82b using a four-step sequence to complete the formal synthesis of inthomycin
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The inthomycins A–C (1–3) and structurally closely related compounds.
Figure 2: Syntheses of inthomycins A–C (1–3).
Scheme 1: The first total synthesis of racemic inthomycin A (rac)-1 by Whiting.
Scheme 2: Moloney’s synthesis of the phenyl analogue of inthomycin C ((rac)-3).
Scheme 3: Moloney’s synthesis of phenyl analogues of inthomycins A (rac-1) and B (rac-2).
Scheme 4: The first total synthesis of inthomycin B (+)-2 by R. J. K. Taylor.
Scheme 5: R. J. K. Taylor’s total synthesis of racemic inthomycin A (rac)-1.
Scheme 6: The first total synthesis of inthomycin C ((+)-3) by R. J. K. Taylor.
Scheme 7: The first total synthesis of naturally occurring inthomycin C ((–)-3) by Ryu et al.
Scheme 8: Preparation of E,E-iododiene (+)-84 and Z,E- iododiene 85a.
Scheme 9: Hatakeyama’s total synthesis of inthomycin A (+)-1 and inthomycin B (+)-2.
Scheme 10: Hatakeyama’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((–)-3).
Scheme 11: Maulide’s formal synthesis of racemic inthomycin C ((rac)-3).
Scheme 12: Hale’s synthesis of dienylstannane (+)-69 and enyne (+)-82b intermediates.
Scheme 13: Hale’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((+)-3).
Scheme 14: Hale and Hatakeyama’s resynthesis of (3R)-inthomycin C (−)-3 Mosher esters.
Scheme 15: Reddy’s formal syntheses of inthomycin C (+)-3 and inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the cross-metathesis precursors (rac)-118 and 121.
Scheme 17: Donohoe’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of dienylboronic ester (E,E)-128.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the alkenyl iodides (Z)- and (E)-130.
Scheme 20: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin B ((+)-2).
Scheme 21: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 22: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin A ((+)-1).
Scheme 23: Synthesis of common intermediate (Z)-(+)-143a.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of (Z)-and (E)-selective fragments (+)-145a–c.
Scheme 25: Kim’s total synthesis of inthomycins A (+)-1 and B (+)-2.
Scheme 26: Completion of total synthesis of inthomycin C ((–)-3) by Kim.
Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review
- William A. Donaldson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166
- Kitahara’s synthesis [8][9], the Wittig olefination of 24, followed by a catalytic hydrogenation, removal of the dimethylaminal protecting group, and lactonization gave 25 as a mixture of diastereomers (Scheme 2). The further transformation of 25 afforded the dihydropyran 26, which upon catalytic
- ] was followed by a 3-O-vinylation. A thermal 3,3-sigmatropic Claisen rearrangement of 62 gave the cis-2,6-disubstituted dihydropyran 63, which upon sequential Wittig olefination with 2-(triphenylphosporanylidene)propanal and then methylenetriphenylphosphorane yielded the diene 64. The removal of the di
- ) gave the C-phenyl glucoside 75 [36]. Notably, the use of oxidants other than BQ gave either the TMS enol ether or the 2,3-dihydro-6-phenyl-4H-pyran-4-one. The C-3 exocyclic methylene group was introduced by a Wittig olefination, and after the manipulation of the protecting groups, a VO(acac)2-catalyzed
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of spliceostatins/thailanstatins.
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to protected (2Z,4S)-4-hydroxy-2-butenoic acid fragments.
Scheme 2: Kitahara synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 3: Koide synthesis of (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 4: Nicolaou synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 5: Jacobsen synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 6: Unproductive attempt to generate the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 7: Ghosh synthesis of the C-7–C-14 (all-cis)-tetrahydropyran segment.
Scheme 8: Ghosh’s alternative route to the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 9: Alternative synthesis of the dihydro-3-pyrone 58.
Scheme 10: Kitahara’s 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 11: Kitahara 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 12: Nimura/Arisawa synthesis of the C-1-phenyl segment.
Scheme 13: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1) from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide.
Scheme 14: Jacobsen synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 15: Koide synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 16: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-5 segment 102 of thailanstatin A (7).
Scheme 17: Nicolaou synthesis of the C-1–C-9 segments of spliceostatin D (9) and thailanstatins A (7) and B (5...
Scheme 18: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 segment 115 of spliceostatin E (10).
Scheme 19: Fragment coupling via Wittig and modified Julia olefinations by Kitahara.
Scheme 20: Fragment coupling via cross-metathesis by Koide.
Scheme 21: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin A (4), FR901464 (1), spliceostatin E (10), and thailanstatin m...
Scheme 22: Arisawa synthesis of a C-1-phenyl analog of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 23: Jacobsen fragment coupling by a Pd-catalyzed Negishi coupling.
Scheme 24: Nicolaou syntheses of thailanstatin A and B (7 and 5) and spliceostatin D (9) via a Pd-catalyzed Su...
Scheme 25: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin G (11) via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling.
Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules
- Valerian Dragutan,
- Ileana Dragutan,
- Albert Demonceau and
- Lionel Delaude
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68
- dienyne precursors in three steps, from (S)- and (R)-citronellal, through a diastereoselective Michael addition, chemoselective dibromoolefination, and a one-pot Wittig olefination/alkyne-bond formation. The enantiopure dienynes were then converted into the enantiomeric hydroazulenes in 53% and 55% yield
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Intramolecular (A) and intermolecular (B) enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 2: Ene–yne and yne–ene mechanisms for intramolecular enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 3: Metallacarbene mechanism in intermolecular enyne metathesis.
Scheme 4: The Oguri strategy for accessing artemisinin analogs 1a–c through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 5: Access to the tetracyclic core of nanolobatolide (2) via tandem enyne metathesis followed by an Eu(...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-amphidinolide E (3) using an intermolecular enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of amphidinolide K (4) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 8: Trost synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N (5) [72].
Scheme 9: Enyne metathesis between the propargylic derivative and the allylic alcohol in the synthesis of the...
Scheme 10: Synthetic route to amphidinolide N (6a).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the stereoisomeric precursors of amphidinolide V (7a and 7b) through alkyne ring-closi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the anthramycin precursor 8 from ʟ-methionine by a tandem enyne metathesis–cross metat...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (−)‐clavukerin A (9) and (−)‐isoclavukerin A (10) by an enyne metathesis route startin...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (−)-isoguaiene (11) through an enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of erogorgiaene (12) by a tandem enyne metathesis/cross metathesis sequence using the sec...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (−)-galanthamine (13) from isovanilin by an enyne metathesis.
Scheme 17: Application of enyne metathesis for the synthesis of kempene diterpenes 14a–c.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the alkaloid (+)-lycoflexine (15) through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the AB subunits of manzamine A (16a) and E (16b) by enyne metathesis.
Scheme 20: Jung's synthesis of rhodexin A (17) by enyne metathesis/cross metathesis reactions.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of (−)-flueggine A (18) and (+)-virosaine B (19) from Weinreb amide by enyne metath...
Scheme 22: Access to virgidivarine (20) and virgiboidine (21) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 23: Enyne metathesis approach to (−)-zenkequinone B (22).
Scheme 24: Access to C-aryl glycoside 23 by an intermolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder cycloaddition.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro-C-aryl glycoside 24 by a tandem intramolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder reac...
Scheme 26: Pathways to (−)-exiguolide (25) by Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling and cross-metathesis [94].
1,5-Phosphonium betaines from N-triflylpropiolamides, triphenylphosphane, and active methylene compounds
- Vito A. Fiore,
- Chiara Freisler and
- Gerhard Maas
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2603–2611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.253
- alkylidene phosphoranes which in turn may undergo Wittig olefination with elimination of Ph3P=O [1][5]. Recently, a study of the tributylphosphane-catalyzed reaction of ethyl 2-butynoate and ethanol by in-situ ESIMS and NMR techniques has been published [6], and mechanistic aspects of trialkylphosphane
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Stable betaines I–IV.
Scheme 2: Reactions of N-triflyl-propiolamides 1 with N- and P-nucleophiles. Tf = SO2CF3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of betaines 3 by a three-component reaction. N-triflylpropiolamides 1: R = Ph (a), 4-Cl-C6...
Figure 1: Phosphonium betaines 3 prepared. An E:Z ratio of 100:0 means that only the E-isomer was observed in...
Scheme 4: Unexpected synthesis of E-3o.
Scheme 5: Betaines 3 from propiolic acid chlorides.
Scheme 6: Two mechanistic scenarios for the formation of betaines 3.
Figure 2: Solid-state structure of E-3a (ORTEP plot), two symmetry-independent molecules in the triclinic uni...
Figure 3: Solid-state structure of E-3b·CH2Cl2 (ORTEP plot); CH2Cl2 solvate molecule not shown.
Figure 4: Solid-state structure of E-3e·H2O·CH2Cl2 (ORTEP plot). The CH2Cl2 solvate molecule is disordered. H...
Figure 5: Solid-state structure of Z-3e (ORTEP plot).
Scheme 7: Resonance structures describing the bonding in 1,2-oxaphospholes/1,5-betaines 8.
N-(1-Phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate esters in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds
- Iwona E. Głowacka,
- Aleksandra Trocha,
- Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
- Dorota G. Piotrowska
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1722–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.168
- -tryptophanol ((S)-41). The successful transformation of the aziridine alcohol (2S,1'R)-7 into ʟ-homophenylalaninol ((S)-42) depended on two crucial steps: the aziridine ring opening in the presence of phosgene to form the 4-(chloromethyl)oxazolidin-2-one (4R,1'R)-43 and Wittig olefination to add the benzyl
- sources and are known as precursors to tropane alkaloids [59]. Together with (−)-pseudohygroline (2S,2'R)-62 they were synthesized from a common intermediate (2S,1'R)-63 prepared from the aldehyde (2R,1'R)-6 by Wittig olefination [60] and a regioselective C=C bond reduction (Scheme 17) [61]. N-Methylation
- )-6 was transformed into its higher homolog (2R,1'R)-188 employing Wittig olefination, the C=C bond reduction and Swern oxidation. The required alkyl chains were introduced by Grignard reagents and mixtures of diastereoisomeric alcohols were oxidized to ketones 189a–d. Catalytic hydrogenation allowed
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of three-carbon chirons.
Figure 2: Structures of derivatives of N-(1-phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylic acid 5–8.
Figure 3: Synthetic equivalency of aziridine aldehydes 6.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of N-(1-phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylates 5. Reagents and conditions: a) TEA, toluene,...
Scheme 2: Absolute configuration at C2 in (2S,1'S)-5a. Reagents and conditions: a) 20% HClO4, 80 °C, 30 h the...
Scheme 3: Major synthetic strategies for a 2-ketoaziridine scaffold [R* = (R)- or (S)-1-phenylethyl; R′ = Alk...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of cyanide (2S,1'S)-13. Reagents and conditions: a) NH3, EtOH/H2O, rt, 72 h; b) Ph3P, CCl4...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of key intermediates (R)-16 and (R)-17 for (R,R)-formoterol (14) and (R)-tamsulosin (15)....
Scheme 6: Synthesis of mitotic kinesin inhibitors (2R/S,1'R)-23. Reagents and conditions: a) H2, Pd(OH)2, EtO...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of (R)-mexiletine ((R)-24). Reagents and conditions: a) TsCl, TEA, DMAP, CH2Cl2, rt, 1 h;...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (−)-cathinone ((S)-27). Reagents and conditions: a) PhMgBr, ether, 0 °C; b) H2, 10% Pd...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of N-Boc-norpseudoephedrine ((1S,2S)-(+)-29) and N-Boc-norephedrine ((1R,2S)-29). Reagent...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (−)-ephedrine ((1R,2S)-31). Reagents and conditions: a) TfOMe, MeCN then NaBH3CN, rt; ...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of xestoaminol C ((2S,3R)-35), 3-epi-xestoaminol C ((2S,3S)-35) and N-Boc-spisulosine ((2S...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of ʟ-tryptophanol ((S)-41). Reagents and conditions: a) CDI, MeCN, rt, 1 h then TMSI, MeC...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of ʟ-homophenylalaninol ((S)-42). Reagents and conditions: a) NaH, THF, 0 °C to −78 °C, 1...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ᴅ-homo(4-octylphenyl)alaninol ((R)-47) and a sphingolipid analogue (R)-48. Reagents an...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of florfenicol ((1R,2S)-49). Reagents and conditions: a) (S)-1-phenylethylamine, TEA, MeO...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of natural tyroscherin ((2S,3R,6E,8R,10R)-55). Reagents and conditions: a) I(CH2)3OTIPS, t...
Scheme 17: Syntheses of (−)-hygrine (S)-61, (−)-hygroline (2S,2'S)-62 and (−)-pseudohygroline (2S,2'R)-62. Rea...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of pyrrolidine (3S,3'R)-68, a fragment of the fluoroquinolone antibiotic PF-00951966. Rea...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of sphingolipid analogues (R)-76. Reagents and conditions: a) BnBr, Mg, THF, reflux, 6 h;...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of ᴅ-threo-PDMP (1R,2R)-81. Reagents and conditions: a) TMSCl, NaI, MeCN, rt, 1 h 50 min,...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of the sphingolipid analogue SG-14 (2S,3S)-84. Reagents and conditions: a) LiAlH4, THF, 0...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of the sphingolipid analogue SG-12 (2S,3R)-88. Reagents and conditions: a) 1-(bromomethyl...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of sphingosine-1-phosphate analogues DS-SG-44 and DS-SG-45 (2S,3R)-89a and (2S,3R)-89a. R...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of N-Boc-safingol ((2S,3S)-95) and N-Boc-ᴅ-erythro-sphinganine ((2S,3R)-95). Reagents and...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of ceramide analogues (2S,3R)-96. Reagents and conditions: a) NaBH4, ZnCl2, MeOH, −78 °C,...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of orthogonally protected serinols, (S)-101 and (R)-102. Reagents and conditions: a) BnBr...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of N-acetyl-3-phenylserinol ((1R,2R)-105). Reagents and conditions: a) AcOH, CH2Cl2, refl...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of (S)-linezolid (S)-107. Reagents and conditions: a) LiAlH4, THF, 0 °C to reflux; b) Boc2...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-2-aminooctadecane-1,3,4-triol (ᴅ-ribo-phytosphingosine) (2S,3S,4R)-110. Rea...
Scheme 30: Syntheses of ᴅ-phenylalanine (R)-116. Reagents and conditions: a) AcOH, CH2Cl2, reflux, 4 h; b) MsC...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of N-Boc-ᴅ-3,3-diphenylalanine ((R)-122). Reagents and conditions: a) PhMgBr, THF, −78 °C...
Scheme 32: Synthesis of ethyl N,N’-di-Boc-ʟ-2,3-diaminopropanoate ((S)-125). Reagents and conditions: a) NaN3,...
Scheme 33: Synthesis of the bicyclic amino acid (S)-(+)-127. Reagents and conditions: a) BF3·OEt2, THF, 60 °C,...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of lacosamide, (R)-2-acetamido-N-benzyl-3-methoxypropanamide (R)-130. Reagents and condit...
Scheme 35: Synthesis of N-Boc-norfuranomycin ((2S,2'R)-133). Reagents and conditions: a) H2C=CHCH2I, NaH, THF,...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of MeBmt (2S,3R,4R,6E)-139. Reagents and conditions: a) diisopropyl (S,S)-tartrate (E)-cr...
Scheme 37: Synthesis of (+)-polyoxamic acid (2S,3S,4S)-144. Reagents and conditions: a) AD-mix-α, MeSO2NH2, t-...
Scheme 38: Synthesis of the protected 3-hydroxy-ʟ-glutamic acid (2S,3R)-148. Reagents and conditions: a) LiHMD...
Scheme 39: Synthesis of (+)-isoserine (R)-152. Reagents and conditions: a) AcCl, MeCN, rt, 0.5 h then Na2CO3, ...
Scheme 40: Synthesis of (3R,4S)-N3-Boc-3,4-diaminopentanoic acid (3R,4S)-155. Reagents and conditions: a) Ph3P...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of methyl (2S,3S,4S)-4-(dimethylamino)-2,3-dihydroxy-5-methoxypentanoate (2S,3S,4S)-159. ...
Scheme 42: Syntheses of methyl (3S,4S) 4,5-di-N-Boc-amino-3-hydroxypentanoate ((3S,4S)-164), methyl (3S,4S)-4-N...
Scheme 43: Syntheses of (3R,5S)-5-(aminomethyl)-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one ((3R,5S)-168). Reage...
Scheme 44: Syntheses of a series of imidazolin-2-one dipeptides 175–177 (for R' and R'' see text). Reagents an...
Scheme 45: Syntheses of (2S,3S)-N-Boc-3-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine ((2S,3S)-179). Reagents and conditi...
Scheme 46: Syntheses of enantiomers of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-ʟ- and -ᴅ-lyxitols (2S,3R,4S)-182 and (2R,3S,4R)-...
Scheme 47: Synthesis of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-ʟ-ribitol (2S,3S,4R)-182. Reagents and conditions: a) AcOH, CH2Cl...
Scheme 48: Syntheses of 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-ᴅ-arabinitol (2R,3R,4R)-182 and 1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-ᴅ-xylitol ...
Scheme 49: Syntheses of natural 2,5-imino-2,5,6-trideoxy-ʟ-gulo-heptitol ((2S,3R,4R,5R)-184) and its C4 epimer...
Scheme 50: Syntheses of (−)-dihydropinidine ((2S,6R)-187a) (R = C3H7) and (2S,6R)-isosolenopsins (2S,6R)-187b ...
Scheme 51: Syntheses of (+)-deoxocassine ((2S,3S,6R)-190a, R = C12H25) and (+)-spectaline ((2S,3S,6R)-190b, R ...
Scheme 52: Synthesis of (−)-microgrewiapine A ((2S,3R,6S)-194a) and (+)-microcosamine A ((2S,3R,6S)-194b). Rea...
Scheme 53: Syntheses of ʟ-1-deoxynojirimycin ((2S,3S,4S,5R)-200), ʟ-1-deoxymannojirimycin ((2S,3S,4S,5S)-200) ...
Scheme 54: Syntheses of 1-deoxy-ᴅ-galacto-homonojirimycin (2R,3S,4R,5S)-211. Reagents and conditions: a) MeONH...
Scheme 55: Syntheses of 7a-epi-hyacinthacine A1 (1S,2R,3R,7aS)-220. Reagents and conditions: a) TfOTBDMS, 2,6-...
Scheme 56: Syntheses of 8-deoxyhyacinthacine A1 ((1S,2R,3R,7aR)-221). Reagents and conditions: a) H2, Pd/C, PT...
Scheme 57: Syntheses of (+)-lentiginosine ((1S,2S,8aS)-227). Reagents and conditions: a) (EtO)2P(O)CH2COOEt, L...
Scheme 58: Syntheses of 8-epi-swainsonine (1S,2R,8S,8aR)-231. Reagents and conditions: a) Ph3P=CHCOOMe, MeOH, ...
Scheme 59: Synthesis of a protected vinylpiperidine (2S,3R)-237, a key intermediate in the synthesis of (−)-sw...
Scheme 60: Synthesis of a modified carbapenem 245. Reagents and conditions: a) AcOEt, LiHMDS, THF, −78 °C, 1.5...
Synthesis of nonracemic hydroxyglutamic acids
- Dorota G. Piotrowska,
- Iwona E. Głowacka,
- Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
- Liwia Lubowiecka
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22
- a protected serinal (R)-23 [54]. Wittig olefination extended the alkyl chain by two carbon atoms and simultaneously installed the C=C bond which was subjected to the intramolecular epoxidation to give a >20:1 mixture of aminoepoxides with the isomer (2S,3R,4R)-117 dominating. Without isolation this
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of L-glutamic acid.
Figure 2: 3-Hydroxy- (2), 4-hydroxy- (3) and 3,4-dihydroxyglutamic acids (4).
Figure 3: Enantiomers of 3-hydroxyglutamic acid (2).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 from (R)-Garner's aldehyde. Reagents and conditions: a) MeOCH=CH–CH(OTMS)=CH2...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 and (2S,3S)-2 from (R)-Garner’s aldehyde. Reagents and conditions: a) H2C=CH...
Scheme 3: Two-carbon homologation of the protected L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) Fmoc-succinimide, Na2...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of di-tert-butyl ester of (2R,3S)-2 from L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) PhSO2Cl, K2...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (2R,3S)-2 from O-benzyl-L-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) (CF3CH2O)2P(O)CH2COOMe, ...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 employing a one-pot cis-olefination–conjugate addition sequence. Reagents an...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the orthogonally protected (2S,3R)-2 from a chiral aziridine. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected (2S,3R)-2 from D-phenylglycine. Reagents and conditions: a) BnMgCl, et...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 employing ketopinic acid as chiral auxiliary. Reagents and conditions: a) Br2...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 employing (1S)-2-exo-methoxyethoxyapocamphane-1-carboxylic...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 from (S)-N-(1-phenylethyl)thioacetamide. R...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl ester of (2S,3R)-2 via Sharpless epoxidation. Reagents and co...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (2S,3S)-2 from the imide 51. Reagents and conditions: a) NaBH4, MeOH/CH2Cl2; b) Ac2O, ...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (2R,3S)-2 and (2S,3S)-2 from the acetolactam 55 (PMB = p-methoxybenzyl). Reagents and ...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of (2S,3R)-2 from D-glucose. Reagents and conditions: a) NaClO2, 30% H2O2, NaH2PO4, MeCN;...
Figure 4: Enantiomers of 3-hydroxyglutamic acid (3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (4S)-4-hydroxy-L-glutamic acid [(2S,4S)-3] by electrophilic hydroxylation. Reagents an...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of all stereoisomers of 4-hydroxyglutamic acid (3). Reagents and conditions: a) Br2, PBr5...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the orthogonally protected 4-hydroxyglutamic acid (2S,4S)-73. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of (2S,4R)-4-acetyloxyglutamic acid as a component of a dipeptide. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-Boc-protected dimethyl esters of (2S,4R)- and (2S,4S)-3 from (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyprolin...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of orthogonally protected (2S,4S)-3 from (2S,4R)-4-hydroxyproline. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of the protected (4R)-4-hydroxy-L-pyroglutamic acid (2S,4R)-87 by electrophilic hydroxyla...
Figure 5: Enantiomers of 3,4-dihydroxy-L-glutamic acid (4).
Scheme 23: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-4 from the epoxypyrrolidinone 88. Reagents and conditions: a) MeOH, THF, KC...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of (2S,3R,4R)-4 from the orthoester 92. Reagents and conditions: a) OsO4, NMO, acetone/wa...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from the aziridinolactone 95. Reagents and conditions: a) BnOH, BF3·OEt2,...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-4 and (2R,3S,4R)-4 from cyclic imides 106. Reagents and conditions: a) NaBH4...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of (2R,3R,4R)-4 and (2S,3R,4R)-4 from the cyclic meso-imide 110. Reagents and conditions:...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from the protected serinal (R)-23. Reagents and conditions: a) Ph3P=CHCOO...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4S)-4 from O-benzyl-N-Boc-D-serine. Reagents and conditions: a) ClCOOiBu, TEA, ...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of (2S,3S,4R)-127 by enantioselective conjugate addition and asymmetric dihydroxylation. ...
Figure 6: Structures of selected compounds containing hydroxyglutamic motives (in blue).
Ring-closing-metathesis-based synthesis of annellated coumarins from 8-allylcoumarins
- Christiane Schultze and
- Bernd Schmidt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2991–2998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.278
- Christiane Schultze Bernd Schmidt Universität Potsdam, Institut fuer Chemie, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 24–25, D-14476 Potsdam-Golm, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.14.278 Abstract 8-Allylcoumarins are conveniently accessible through a microwave-promoted tandem Claisen rearrangement/Wittig olefination
- the past few years. Starting materials are allyl ethers of salicylic aldehydes or ketones 5 and the stable ylide ethyl (triphosphoranylidene)acetate (6), which upon microwave irradiation undergo a tandem Claisen rearrangement/Wittig olefination/cyclization sequence. This sequence was pioneered by the
- groups of Harwood [31][32] and Mali [33][34][35][36], and its Wittig olefination/cyclization part has been employed in the synthesis of various coumarins without alkyl substituents at position 8 [37][38][39]. In all previous reports conventional heating was used to induce the tandem sequence. In this
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Illustration of coumarin taxonomy.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of oxepin-2-one-annellated coumarins 13 by RCM of acrylates 12.
Scheme 2: Attempted synthesis of pyran-2-one-annellated coumarin 15d via isomerization-RCM.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of aza-annellated coumarin 21 and attempted synthesis of indole 22.
Synergistic approach to polycycles through Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling and metathesis as key steps
- Sambasivarao Kotha,
- Milind Meshram and
- Chandravathi Chakkapalli
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2468–2481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.223
- generated the cross-coupling product 22 (72%). Next, aldehyde 22 was subjected to Wittig olefination to provide the corresponding alkene 23 (69%), which on subsequent treatment with KOt-Bu in THF gave the isomerized product 24 (73%). Later, RCM of isomerized olefin 24 with the help of G-II catalyst offered
- end, aldehydes 58a,b were subjected to a Wittig olefination followed by condensation with acryloyl chloride (60) to generate the corresponding diolefinic substrates such as 61a (70%) and 61b (65%). Later, these diolefins 61a,b were subjected to RCM with the aid of G-II catalyst 2 to furnish the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Various catalysts used for metathesis reactions.
Scheme 1: SM coupling and RCM protocol to substituted indene derivative 10.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of polycycles via SM and RCM approach.
Figure 2: Various angucyclines.
Scheme 3: SM coupling and RCM protocol to the benz[a]anthracene skeleton 26.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of substituted spirocycles via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of highly functionalized bis-spirocyclic derivative 37.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of spirofluorene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling sequence.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of truxene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of substituted isoquinoline derivative via SM and RCM protocol.
Scheme 9: Synthesis to 8-aryl substituted coumarin 64 via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cyclic sulfoximine 70 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1-benzazepine derivative 75 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of naphthoxepine derivative 79 via RCM followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 13: Sequential CM and SM coupling approach to Z-stilbene derivative 85.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of substituted trans-stilbene derivatives via SM coupling and RCM.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of biaryl derivatives via sequential EM, DA followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the dibenzocyclooctadiene core of schisandrene.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of cyclophane 115 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclophane 120 and 122 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of cyclophanes via SM and RCM.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of MK-6325 (141) via RCM and SM coupling.
Stereoselective total synthesis and structural revision of the diacetylenic diol natural products strongylodiols H and I
- Pamarthi Gangadhar,
- Sayini Ramakrishna,
- Ponneri Venkateswarlu and
- Pabbaraja Srihari
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2313–2320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.206
- to Wittig olefination reaction with triphenylphosphonium salt of n-nonyl bromide 15 in presence of n-BuLi to produce the corresponding Z-olefin 28 exclusively in 83% yield. Di-desilylation of compound 28 was easily achieved with n-tetrabutylammonium fluoride to furnish the target molecule
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Proposed structures of a selection of diacetylenic polyol natural products.
Scheme 1: Retrosynthesis of strongylodiols H and I.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of alkyne 19 and iodo intermediate 21. Reagents and conditions: (a) n-BuLi, THF, −78 °C t...
Scheme 3: Stereoselective synthesis of (R)-25. Reagents and conditions: (a) CuCl, NH2OH·HCl, 30% n-BuNH2, Et2...
Figure 2: Absolute configuration analysis of alcohol 25. ∆δ = δS − δR for the (R)- and (S)-MTPA ester of alco...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of strongylodiol H (9). Reagents and conditions: (a) TBDPSCl, imidazole, CH2Cl2, 0 °C to ...
Figure 3: Previously proposed and revised structure of strongylodiol H (9).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of compound 25a. Reagents and conditions: (a) (R)-CBS catalyst, BH3·DMS, −50 °C, 16 h, 86...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of strongylodiol I (10a). Reagents and conditions: (a) (i) TBDPSCl, imidazole, CH2Cl2, 0 ...
Recent progress in the racemic and enantioselective synthesis of monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isosteres
- Myriam Drouin and
- Jean-François Paquin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2637–2658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.262
- -heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs, Scheme 11) [40]. The reaction was first performed on the γ,γ-difluoro-α,β-enal 52 which was synthesized via a Wittig olefination of 50. The resulting monofluoroalkene Boc-Val-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Gly-OEt was obtained in good yield. Afterwards, the γ,γ-difluoro-α,β-enoylsilane 55, obtained
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected amide bond isosteres.
Figure 2: Monofluoroalkene as an amide bond isostere.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of Cbz-Gly-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Gly using a HWE olefination by Sano and co-workers.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of Phth-Gly-ψ[CF=CH]-Gly using the Julia–Kocienski olefination by Lequeux and co-workers.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of Boc-Nva-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Gly by Taguchi and co-workers.
Figure 3: Mutant tripeptide containing two different peptide bond isosteres.
Scheme 4: Chromium-mediated synthesis of Boc-Ser(PMB)-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Gly-OMe by Konno and co-workers.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of Cbz-Gly-ψ[(E)-CF=C]-Pro by Sano and co-workers.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of Cbz-Gly-ψ[(Z)-CF=C]-Pro by Sano and co-workers.
Scheme 7: Stereoselective synthesis of Fmoc-Gly-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Phe by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 8: Ring-closure metathesis to prepare Gly-ψ[(E)-CF=CH]-Phg by Couve-Bonnaire and co-workers.
Scheme 9: Stereoselective synthesis of Fmoc-Gly-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Phe by Dory and co-workers.
Scheme 10: Diastereoselective addition of Grignard reagents to sulfinylamines derived from α-fluoroenals by Pa...
Scheme 11: NHC-mediated synthesis of monofluoroalkenes by Otaka and co-workers.
Scheme 12: Stereoselective synthesis of Boc-Tyr-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH]-Gly by Altman and co-workers.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the tripeptide Boc-Asp(OBn)-Pro-ψ[(Z)-CF=CH)-Val-CH2OH by Miller and co-workers.
Scheme 14: Copper-catalyzed synthesis of monofluoralkenes by Taguchi and co-workers.
Scheme 15: One-pot intramolecular redox reaction to access amide-type isosteres by Otaka and co-workers.
Scheme 16: Copper-mediated reduction, transmetalation and asymmetric alkylation by Fujii and co-workers.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of (E)-monofluoroalkene-based dipeptide isostere by Fujii and co-workers.
Scheme 18: Diastereoselective synthesis of MeOCO-Val-ψ[(Z)-CF=C]-Pro isostere by Chang and co-workers.
Scheme 19: Asymmetric synthesis of Fmoc-Ala-ψ[(Z)-CF=C]-Pro by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of Fmoc-Val-ψ[(E)-CF=C]-Pro by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Figure 4: BMS-790052 and its fluorinated analogue.
Figure 5: Bioactivities of pentapeptide analogues based on the relative maximum agonistic activity at 10 nM o...
Figure 6: Structures and affinities of the Leu-enkephalin and its fluorinated analogue. The affinity towards ...
Figure 7: Activation of the opioid receptor DOPr by Leu-enkephaline and a fluorinated analogue.
Conjugated nitrosoalkenes as Michael acceptors in carbon–carbon bond forming reactions: a review and perspective
- Yaroslav D. Boyko,
- Valentin S. Dorokhov,
- Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov and
- Sema L. Ioffe
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2214–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.220
- intermediate 45, which was subjected to Wittig olefination. Subsequent aza-Sakurai cyclization of intermediate 46 provided tricyclic derivative 47 as a single stereoisomer, which was then transformed into target myrioneurinol by standard operations. Addition of organometallic reagents to conjugated
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Precursors of nitrosoalkenes NSA.
Scheme 2: Reactions of cyclic α-chlorooximes 1 with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 3: C-C-coupling of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 4: Reaction of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 with nitronate anions.
Scheme 5: Reaction of α-chlorooximes TBS ethers 2 with ester enolates.
Scheme 6: Assembly of bicyclooctanone 14 via an intramolecular cyclization of nitrosoalkene NSA2.
Scheme 7: A general strategy for the assembly of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes via an intramolecular cyclization of ...
Scheme 8: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to cyclic nitrosoalkene NSA3.
Scheme 9: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to acyclic nitrosoalkenes NSA4.
Scheme 10: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to γ-alkoxy nitrosoalkene NSA5.
Scheme 11: Oppolzer’s total synthesis of 3-methoxy-9β-estra(1,3,5(10))trien(11,17)dione (25).
Scheme 12: Oppolzer’s total synthesis of (+/−)-isocomene.
Figure 1: Alkaloids synthesized using stereoselective Michael addition to conjugated nitrosoalkenes.
Scheme 13: Weinreb’s total synthesis of alstilobanines A, E and angustilodine.
Scheme 14: Weinreb’s approach to the core structure of apparicine alkaloids.
Scheme 15: Weinreb’s synthesis of (+/−)-myrioneurinol via stereoselective conjugate addition of malonate to ni...
Scheme 16: Reactions of cyclic α-chloro oximes with Grignard reagents.
Scheme 17: Corey’s synthesis of (+/−)-perhydrohistrionicotoxin.
Scheme 18: Addition of Gilman’s reagents to α,β-epoxy oximes 53.
Scheme 19: Addition of Gilman’s reagents to α-chlorooximes.
Scheme 20: Reaction of silyl nitronate 58 with organolithium reagents via nitrosoalkene NSA12.
Scheme 21: Reaction of β-ketoxime sulfones 61 and 63 with lithium acetylides.
Scheme 22: Electrophilic addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to electron-rich arenes.
Scheme 23: Addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 24: Reaction of phosphinyl nitrosoalkenes NSA15 with indole.
Scheme 25: Reaction of pyrrole with α,α’-dihalooximes 70.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of indole-derived psammaplin A analogue 72.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of tryptophanes by reduction of oximinoalkylated indoles 68.
Scheme 28: Ottenheijm’s synthesis of neoechinulin B analogue 77.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyrrolizinones 82 via addition of pyrrole to ethyl bromopyruvate oxime.
Scheme 30: Kozikowski’s strategy to indolactam-based alkaloids via addition of indoles to ethyl bromopyruvate ...
Scheme 31: Addition of cyanide anion to nitrosoalkenes and subsequent cyclization to 5-aminoisoxazoles 86.
Scheme 32: Et3N-catalysed addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 leading to 5-amino...
Scheme 33: Addition of TMSCN to allenyl N-siloxysulfonamide 89.
Scheme 34: Reaction of nitrosoallenes NSA16 with malodinitrile and ethyl cyanoacetic ester.
Scheme 35: [4 + 1]-Annulation of nitrosoalkenes NSA with sulfonium ylides 92.
Scheme 36: Reaction of diazo compounds 96 with nitrosoalkenes NSA.
Scheme 37: Tandem Michael addition/oxidative cyclization strategy to isoxazolines 100.
Synthesis of 2-aminosuberic acid derivatives as components of some histone deacetylase inhibiting cyclic tetrapeptides
- Shital Kumar Chattopadhyay,
- Suman Sil and
- Jyoti Prasad Mukherjee
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2153–2156, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.214
- conventional steps viz. HWE-type olefination leading to the unsaturated ester 5, saturation of the double bond in the latter to 6, reduction of the ester moiety in 6 to the alcohol 7 followed by its oxidation. The aldehyde 8 thus obtained was subjected to a Wittig olefination to obtain the desired alkene 9 in
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active naturally occurring cyclic tetrapeptide HDAC inhibitors.
Scheme 1: Reagents and conditions: (i) Triethyl phosphonoacetate, n-Bu4N+I−, aq K2CO3, rt, 18 h, 86%; (ii) H2...
Scheme 2: Reagents and conditions: (i) Grubbs’ catalyst 12 (2.5 mol %), DCM, reflux, 2 h, 14a, 83%; 14b, 90%; ...
The chemistry and biology of mycolactones
- Matthias Gehringer and
- Karl-Heinz Altmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Initial proposal for the core macrolactone structure (left) and the established complete structure ...
Figure 2: Mycolactone congeners and their origins.
Figure 3: Misassigned mycolactone E structure according to Small et al. [50] (11) and the correct structure (6) f...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of Kishi’s improved mycolactone TLC detection method exploiting derivatizati...
Figure 5: Fluorescent probes derived from natural mycolactone A/B (1a,b) or its synthetic 8-desmethyl analogs...
Figure 6: Tool compounds used by Pluschke and co-workers for elucidating the molecular targets of mycolactone...
Figure 7: Synthetic strategies towards the extended mycolactone core. A) General strategies. B) Kishi’s appro...
Scheme 1: Kishi’s 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 2: Kishi’s 2nd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 3: Kishi’s 3rd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 4: Negishi’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 5: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones....
Scheme 6: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation approach towards the extended mycolactone core s...
Scheme 7: Altmann’s synthesis of alkyl iodide 91. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) PMB-trichloroacetimidate, T...
Scheme 8: Final steps of Altmann’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and con...
Scheme 9: Basic principles of the Aggarwal lithiation–borylation homologation process [185,186].
Scheme 10: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) Cl...
Scheme 11: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the linear C1–C20 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions...
Figure 8: Synthetic strategies towards the mycolactone A/B lower side chain.
Scheme 12: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the C1’–C8’ fragment of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chai...
Scheme 13: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the benzyl-protected mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reag...
Scheme 14: Kishi’s synthesis of model compounds for elucidating the stereochemistry of the C7’–C16’ fragment o...
Scheme 15: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. (a) (i) NaH, (EtO)2P(O)CH2CO2Et, T...
Scheme 16: Feringa and Minnaard's incomplete synthesis of mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and...
Scheme 17: Altmann’s approach towards the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 18: Negishi’s access to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone A. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) n-BuLi, ...
Scheme 19: Negishi’s approach to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone B. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-...
Scheme 20: Negishi’s synthesis of the C8’–C16’ fragment of mycolactone A/B. Reagents and conditions: a) 142, BF...
Scheme 21: Negishi’s assembly of the mycolactone A and B pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 22: Blanchard’s approach to the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. a) (i) Ph3P=C(Me)COOEt, CH2Cl2,...
Scheme 23: Kishi’s approach to the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain exemplified for the 13’R,15’S-isomer 1...
Scheme 24: Altmann’s (unpublished) synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditi...
Scheme 25: Blanchard’s synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 26: Kishi’s synthesis of the tetraenoate side chain of mycolactone F exemplified by enantiomer 165. Rea...
Scheme 27: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CH2=...
Scheme 28: Wang and Dai’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (...
Scheme 29: Kishi’s synthesis of the dithiane-protected tetraenoate side chain of the minor oxo-metabolite of m...
Scheme 30: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone S1 and S2 pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a)...
Scheme 31: Kishi’s 1st generation and Altmann’s total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b) and Negishi’s select...
Scheme 32: Kishi’s 2nd generation total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b). Reagents and conditions: a) 2,4,6...
Scheme 33: Blanchard’s synthesis of the 8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TsCl, TEA...
Scheme 34: Altmann’s (partially unpublished) synthesis of the C20-hydroxylated mycolactone core. Reagents and ...
Scheme 35: Altmann’s and Blanchard’s approaches towards the 11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents...
Scheme 36: Blanchard’s synthesis of the saturated variant of the C11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Re...
Scheme 37: Structure elucidation of photo-mycolactones generated from tetraenoate 224.
Scheme 38: Kishi’s synthesis of the linear precursor of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents an...
Scheme 39: Kishi’s synthesis of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) LiTMP, ...
Scheme 40: Kishi’s synthesis of a stabilized lower mycolactone side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TBD...
Scheme 41: Blanchard’s variation of the C12’,C13’,C15’ stereocluster. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-H,...
Scheme 42: Blanchard’s synthesis of aromatic mycolactone polyenoate side chain analogs. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 43: Small’s partial synthesis of a BODIPY-labeled mycolactone derivative and Demangel’s partial synthes...
Scheme 44: Blanchard’s synthesis of the BODIPY-labeled 8-desmethylmycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i...
Scheme 45: Altmann’s synthesis of biotinylated mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CDI, THF, rt, 2 d...
Figure 9: Kishi’s elongated n-butyl carbamoyl mycolactone A/B analog.
Studies directed toward the exploitation of vicinal diols in the synthesis of (+)-nebivolol intermediates
- Runjun Devi and
- Sajal Kumar Das
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 571–578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.56
- ) was treated with the Wittig reagent Ph3P=CHCO2Et and the resulting unsaturated ester was then hydrogenated with Pd–C and H2 at room temperature to obtain compound 11 in 91% yield over two steps (Scheme 2). DIBAL-H (1.1 equiv, –78 °C) reduction of the ester group of 11 followed by Wittig olefination of
- of the allyl group in 16 with 9-BBN and the oxidation of the resulting organoborane with NaOH and H2O2 furnished alcohol 17 in 96% yield. A one-pot PCC oxidation–Wittig olefination (with Ph3P=CHCO2Et) of 17 provided (E)-α,β-unsaturated ester 18 in 85% yield over 2 steps. Compound 18 was then
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The chroman-based antihypertensive drug nebivolol, its biologically active stereoisomers and late-s...
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies toward late-stage intermediates of 1a.
Scheme 2: Attempted synthesis of (±)-2 via intramolecular SNAr reaction.
Scheme 3: Speculation on the synthesis of a 2-substituted chroman derivative based on Borhan’s approach.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of syn-2,3-dihydroxy esters 19 and 20.
Scheme 5: Attempted cyclization according to Borhan’s method.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of β-hydroxy-α-tosyloxy esters 24 and 25.
Scheme 7: Speculation of simultaneous epoxidation/epoxide-ring opening.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of chroman diols 2 and 29, respectively.
Scheme 9: Conversion of 32 into 3 via Mitsunobu inversion.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of chroman epoxide 5.
Enduracididine, a rare amino acid component of peptide antibiotics: Natural products and synthesis
- Darcy J. Atkinson,
- Briar J. Naysmith,
- Daniel P. Furkert and
- Margaret A. Brimble
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2325–2342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.226
- to orthogonally protected amino acids 46 and 47 (Scheme 7) [58]. Installation of the C-2 stereocentre again began with Garner’s aldehyde 48 and Wittig olefination, followed by Sharpless dihydroxylation to stereoselectively afford diol 49 [59][60]. The C-2 epimer was accessed via Still–Gennari
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of the enduracididine family of amino acids (1–6).
Figure 2: Enduracidin A (7) and B (8).
Figure 3: Minosaminomycin (9) and related antibiotic kasugamycin (10).
Figure 4: Enduracididine-containing compound 11 identified in a cytotoxic extract of Leptoclinides dubius [32].
Figure 5: Mannopeptimycins α–ε (12–16).
Figure 6: Regions of the mannopeptimycin structure investigated in structure–activity relationship investigat...
Figure 7: Teixobactin (17).
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthesis of L-enduracididine (1) and L-β-hydroxyenduracididine (5).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of enduracididine (1) by Shiba et al.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of protected enduracididine diastereomers 31 and 32.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the C-2 azido diastereomers 36 and 37.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 2-azido-β-hydroxyenduracididine derivatives 38 and 39.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of protected β-hydroxyenduracididine derivatives 40 and 41.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of C-2 diastereomeric amino acids 46 and 47.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of protected β-hydroxyenduracididines 51 and 52.
Scheme 9: General transformation of alkenes to cyclic sulfonamide 54 via aziridine intermediate 53.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (±)-enduracididine (1) and (±)-allo-enduracididine (3).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of L-allo-enduracididine (3).
Scheme 12: Synthesis of protected L-allo-enduracididine 63.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of β-hydroxyenduracididine derivative 69.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of minosaminomycin (9).
Scheme 15: Retrosynthetic analysis of mannopeptimycin aglycone (77).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of protected amino acids 87 and 88.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of mannopeptimycin aglycone (77).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of N-mannosylation model guanidine 92 and attempted synthesis of benzyl protected mannosy...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of benzyl protected mannosyl D-β-hydroxyenduracididine 97.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of L-β-hydroxyenduracididine 98.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of mannopeptimycin α (12) and β (13).
Scheme 22: Synthesis of protected L-allo-enduracididine 102.
Scheme 23: The solid phase synthesis of teixobactin (17).
Scheme 24: Retrosynthesis of the macrocyclic core 109 of teixobactin (17).
Scheme 25: Synthesis of macrocycle 117.
Total synthesis of leopolic acid A, a natural 2,3-pyrrolidinedione with antimicrobial activity
- Atul A. Dhavan,
- Rahul D. Kaduskar,
- Loana Musso,
- Leonardo Scaglioni,
- Piera Anna Martino and
- Sabrina Dallavalle
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1624–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.159
- carried out. Crucial steps for the strategy include a Dieckmann cyclization to obtain the 2,3-pyrrolidinedione ring and a Wittig olefination to install the polymethylene chain. An oxazolidinone-containing leopolic acid A analogue was also synthesized. The antibacterial activity showed by both compounds
- reduction is in agreement with previous results and is consistent with the Cram model for a chelation controlled reduction [16][17][18]. Both OH groups of compound 9 were oxidized by PCC to obtain aldehyde 10. The long carbon chain was incorporated into 10 by Wittig olefination with n
- before, we decided to incorporate the structural features found in leopolic acid into this novel heterocyclic system. Accordingly, Wittig olefination of 14, followed by coupling with L-phenylalanine benzyl ester, and subsequent catalytic hydrogenation in EtOAc of 16 afforded the analogue of leopolic acid
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of leopolic acid A.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of leopolic acid A. Reagents and conditions: a) p-methoxybenzylamine, EtOH, rt, 12 h, 98%...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of compound 17. Reagents and conditions: a) Oxalyl chloride, DMSO, CH2Cl2, TEA, −78 °C to...
One-pot synthesis of enantiomerically pure N-protected allylic amines from N-protected α-amino esters
- Gastón Silveira-Dorta,
- Sergio J. Álvarez-Méndez,
- Víctor S. Martín and
- José M. Padrón
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 957–962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.94
- on the possibility to extend the scope of the aforementioned one-pot procedure to the synthesis of enantiomerically pure allylic amines. It has been reported earlier the one-pot preparation of N-protected allylic amines via tandem DIBAL-H reduction–Wittig olefination of N-protected α-amino esters [17
- Discussion The experimental procedure for the tandem reduction–Wittig olefination synthesis of allylic amines reported the use of toluene as solvent for the reduction step and THF as solvent to prepare the phosphonium ylide [17]. Consequently, the Wittig olefination takes place in a 2:1 (toluene/THF) solvent
- as starting material (S)-methyl 2-(dibenzylamino)propanoate (1) [22]. In order to avoid the stereochemical drawback of the Wittig olefination (i.e., mixture of E and Z isomers), we selected the stabilized ylide ethyl 2-(triphenylphosphoranylidene)acetate, which gives the E isomer [23]. The results
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Strategies for the synthesis of N-protected allylic amines. [Red], reduction; [Ox], oxidation; [Ole...
Synthesis of Xenia diterpenoids and related metabolites isolated from marine organisms
- Tatjana Huber,
- Lara Weisheit and
- Thomas Magauer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2521–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.273
- . Reductive desulfonylation and a final Wittig olefination of the ketone then afforded racemic β-caryophyllene (22). In summary, the total synthesis of β-caryophyllene was achieved in 19 steps with an overall yield of 6.3%. Although the key intramolecular acyl transfer reaction for construction of the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Structure of xenicin (1) and b) numbering of the xenicane skeleton according to Schmitz and van ...
Figure 2: Overview of selected Xenia diterpenoids according to the four subclasses [2-20]. The nine-membered carboc...
Figure 3: Representative members of the caryophyllenes, azamilides and Dictyota diterpenes.
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthesis of Xenia diterpenoids (OPP = pyrophosphate, GGPP = geranylgeranyl pyrophospha...
Scheme 2: Direct synthesis of the nine-membered carbocycle as proposed by Schmitz and van der Helm (E = elect...
Scheme 3: The construction of E- or Z-cyclononenes.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of racemic β-caryophyllene (22) by Corey.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of racemic β-caryophyllene (22) by Oishi.
Scheme 6: Total synthesis of coraxeniolide A (10) by Leumann.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of antheliolide A (18) by Corey.
Scheme 8: a) Synthesis of enantiomer 80, b) total syntheses of coraxeniolide A (10) and c) β-caryophyllene (22...
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of blumiolide C (11) by Altmann.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of a xeniolide F precursor by Hiersemann.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the xenibellol (15) and the umbellacetal (114) core by Danishefsky.
Scheme 12: Proposed biosynthesis of plumisclerin A (118).
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the tricyclic core structure of plumisclerin A by Yao.
Scheme 14: Total synthesis of 4-hydroxydictyolactone (137) by Williams.
Scheme 15: Photoisomerization of 4-hydroxydictyolactone (137) to 4-hydroxycrenulide (138).
Scheme 16: The total synthesis of (+)-acetoxycrenulide (151) by Paquette.
