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Semisynthetic derivatives of massarilactone D with cytotoxic and nematicidal activities

  • Rémy B. Teponno,
  • Sara R. Noumeur and
  • Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 607–615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.48

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  • nematicidal activity with LD90 and LD50 of 100 and 12.5 µg/mL, respectively. Since the parent compound was not active, the present study supports the fact that the acylation reaction can improve bioactivities of some natural products. Keywords: acylation reaction; cytotoxic activity; massarilactone D
  • ranging from 3.51 to 32.73 μM. Furthermore, compounds 7 and 8 displayed cytotoxicity against the L929 and KB3-1 cell lines with IC50 values ranging from 18.50 to 61.73 μM (Table 1). Even if compounds 4–6 were not active, the present investigation revealed that the acylation reaction can improve the
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Published 17 Mar 2025
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  • 80 °C. Additionally, that for a single native α-CD molecule proceeded completely at 60 °C within 2.5 h. Thus, the reaction temperature was confirmed as the key to completing the acylation reaction, probably because of the huge steric hindrance of the densely packed hydroxy groups on the [3]rotaxane
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Published 19 Nov 2024

Novel truxene-based dipyrromethanes (DPMs): synthesis, spectroscopic characterization and photophysical properties

  • Shakeel Alvi and
  • Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2163–2170, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.186

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  • derivatives (12, 15, and 17) in controlled manner (with appropriate equivalents of acetyl chloride and aluminium chloride) using one-to-threefold Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction(s) at 0 °C to rt in dichloromethane (DCM) solvent (Scheme 1 and Scheme 2). Subsequent condensation of thus prepared acetylated
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Published 29 Aug 2024

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

  • Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
  • Alicia Bauduin,
  • Chloé Le Roux,
  • Romain Fouinneteau,
  • Wilfried Berthe,
  • Mathieu Berchel,
  • Hélène Couthon and
  • Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

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Published 08 Sep 2023

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

  • Péter Kisszékelyi and
  • Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

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  • compound. A similar tandem conjugate addition/acylation reaction sequence was utilized by the group of Jia in their work on the total synthesis of (−)-glaucocalyxin A [109]. Such diterpenoids, containing a 14-oxygenated bicyclo[3.2.1]octane ring system with several continuous stereocenters, are quite
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Published 04 May 2023

Friedel–Crafts acylation of benzene derivatives in tunable aryl alkyl ionic liquids (TAAILs)

  • Swantje Lerch,
  • Stefan Fritsch and
  • Thomas Strassner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 212–216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.20

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  • %, with minor formation of the ortho-isomer when using benzoic acid anhydride. Bromobenzene, which is electron poor and less reactive towards acylation, was also used as a substrate in the acylation reaction, but no product was observed. This indicates that the ionic liquid 6, having the same substituent
  • , 2.1 equiv formaldehyde, 2 equiv NH4Cl, MeOH, 65 °C, ii) 1.1 equiv C6H13Br, THF, 70 °C, iii) 1.1 equiv LiNTf2, DCM/MeOH/H2O, rt. Model reaction for the Friedel–Crafts acylation. Scope of the Friedel–Crafts acylation. Reaction conditions: 1 mmol benzene derivative, 2 equiv anhydride, 10 mol % FeCl3·6H2O
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Published 23 Feb 2023

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

  • Merve Karaman,
  • Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
  • Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
  • Tomas Matulaitis,
  • Lorenzo Mardegan,
  • Daniel Tordera,
  • Henk J. Bolink,
  • Sen Wu,
  • Stuart Warriner,
  • Ifor D. Samuel and
  • Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

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  • 23% overall yield. First, hydrolysis of 1, in situ conversion to the acyl chloride and subsequent Lewis acid-promoted Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction produced compound 2 (Scheme 1), where the AlCl3 was also responsible for the demethylation. Compound 2 was then subjected to monoalkylation with 1,4
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Published 22 Sep 2022

Ferrocenoyl-adenines: substituent effects on regioselective acylation

  • Mateja Toma,
  • Gabrijel Zubčić,
  • Jasmina Lapić,
  • Senka Djaković,
  • Davor Šakić and
  • Valerije Vrček

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1270–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.133

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  • kinetic and thermodynamic control of the acylation reaction. Results and Discussion It was shown that the reaction between the pyrimidine anion (uracil, thymine, or 5-fluorouracil) and FcCOCl in N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF) proceeded in a full regiospecific mode [19]. In the purine series, however, the
  • descriptors for chemical reactivity, which revealed that the N7 atom is more nucleophilic than the N9 atom in all adenine derivatives. Both, steric and electronic properties are to be included when considering the regioselectivity of the acylation reaction of purines. In some cases, the regioselectivity was
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Published 19 Sep 2022

Chemoselective N-acylation of indoles using thioesters as acyl source

  • Tianri Du,
  • Xiangmu Wei,
  • Honghong Xu,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Ruiru Fang,
  • Zheng Yuan,
  • Zhi Liang and
  • Yahui Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 89–94, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.9

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  • , Scheme 3). The results indicate that this N-acylation reaction of indole has great potential in practical synthesis. Some control experiments were conducted to explore the reaction mechanism of this transformation (Scheme 4). When S-methyl decanethioate (2i) was adopted without Cs2CO3, no decomposition
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Published 10 Jan 2022

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

  • Umesh P. Aher,
  • Dhananjai Srivastava,
  • Girij P. Singh and
  • Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

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  • methoxide. Further, selective recrystallization in an appropriate solvent (toluene/hexanes) resulted in a single isomer (50:1 dr) in solution. The oxathiolane derivative 52 has the opposite configuration of that required for 3TC (1) synthesis. This acylation reaction was accomplished using pivaloyl chloride
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Published 04 Nov 2021

Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization

  • Lusina Mantry,
  • Rajaram Maayuri,
  • Vikash Kumar and
  • Parthasarathy Gandeepan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143

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  • (Scheme 37) [120]. Here, the combination of the iridium photocatalyst, [Ir(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6 and Ni(cod)2 as the nickel catalyst were found to be optimal to give the desired acylation products 74 in satisfactory yields. Furthermore, a plausible catalytic cycle was proposed to account for the C–H acylation
  • reaction (Figure 16) [120]. A photogenerated α-amino radical 16-IV intercepts with the nickel catalytic cycle to generate a key nickel(III) intermediate 16-VII, which readily undergoes reductive elimination to afford the desired cross-coupled product 74a. In 2017, Kamagai and Shibasaki showed that a robust
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Published 31 Aug 2021

Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes

  • Zhonglie Yang,
  • Yutong Liu,
  • Kun Cao,
  • Xiaobin Zhang,
  • Hezhong Jiang and
  • Jiahong Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 771–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.67

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  • , which can be considered an effective method for the generation of alkyl radicals without catalyst. In 2019, Yu and Zhang [15] reported a radical acylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex promoted by visible light. Imine 122 was employed as electron acceptor with α-keto acid 109 as electron donor to
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Published 06 Apr 2021

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

  • Lucas Guillemard and
  • Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

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  • the transformation, which was a Ru-based photosensitizer in that case [95]. This time, the acylation reaction was exclusively performed in batch and the protocol was compatible with various substrates bearing synthetically useful functional groups. Numerous coupling products were hence obtained in
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Published 21 Jul 2020

One-step route to tricyclic fused 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline systems via the Castagnoli–Cushman protocol

  • Aleksandar Pashev,
  • Nikola Burdzhiev and
  • Elena Stanoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1456–1464, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.121

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  • proposal features a stepwise Mannich-type reaction of the enolized anhydride 17 to the imine component and a subsequent N-acylation reaction to form the lactam target product [24]. A respective Mannich-type intermediate has been recently isolated and subsequently converted into the target lactam product
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Published 24 Jun 2020

[1,3]/[1,4]-Sulfur atom migration in β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides

  • Katarzyna Włodarczyk,
  • Piotr Borowski and
  • Marek Stankevič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 88–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.11

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  • ]-rearrangement proceeded with additional partial enrichment of one enantiomer. The latter may have occurred through the preferential acylation of one of two diastereoisomers under the reaction conditions where the second chirality center at the phosphorus atom influenced the ratio of the acylation reaction. With
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Published 21 Jan 2020

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

  • Gagandeep Kour Reen,
  • Ashok Kumar and
  • Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

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  • ash-supported Sc(OTf)3 for Friedal–Crafts acylation reaction, also the group of Fukuzawa has exploited Sc(OTf)3 in the synthesis of N-substituted 1,4-DHPs [26][82]. Enhancement in reactivity and selectivity of many reactions, ability to polarize bonds upon coordination and thus altering their
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Published 19 Jul 2019

Mechanochemical Friedel–Crafts acylations

  • Mateja Đud,
  • Anamarija Briš,
  • Iva Jušinski,
  • Davor Gracin and
  • Davor Margetić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1313–1320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.130

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  • a few examples of FCRs employing manual grinding: reserpine acylation with AlCl3 [6] and acylation reaction of aromatics [7]. One of the reasons for this scarcity is the hygroscopic nature of the aluminum trichloride catalyst [8][9][10][11][12] when exposed to air humidity. This problem could be
  • , entries 18–23), which did not lead to formation of products. Experiments collected in Table 1 demonstrate that a FC acylation reaction could be effectively carried out under ball-milling conditions at room temperature without the use of solvent. This reaction could be easily scaled up from 94 to 500 mg of
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Published 17 Jun 2019

Synthesis of a leopolic acid-inspired tetramic acid with antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria

  • Luce Mattio,
  • Loana Musso,
  • Leonardo Scaglioni,
  • Andrea Pinto,
  • Piera Anna Martino and
  • Sabrina Dallavalle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2482–2487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.224

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  • hand, we finally accomplished the N-acylation reaction using n-BuLi in THF at −60 °C [15] in 60% yield. Removal of both protecting groups by catalytic hydrogenation, gave the desired compound 1 in 72% yield (Scheme 3). Compound 1 was subjected to a preliminary study to evaluate the antimicrobial
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Published 24 Sep 2018

α-Acetoxyarone synthesis via iodine-catalyzed and tert-butyl hydroperoxide-mediateded self-intermolecular oxidative coupling of aryl ketones

  • Liquan Tan,
  • Cui Chen and
  • Weibing Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1079–1084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.107

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  • previous reports [22][29]. Conclusion In summary, we have developed an efficient, novel, and metal-free synthesis of α-acetoxyaryl ketones from aryl ketones using I2−TBHP. A facile α-acylation reaction involving self-intermolecular oxidative coupling of aryl ketones was observed for the first time in the
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Published 06 Jun 2017

Derivatives of the triaminoguanidinium ion, 5. Acylation of triaminoguanidines leading to symmetrical tris(acylamino)guanidines and mesoionic 1,2,4-triazolium-3-aminides

  • Jan Szabo,
  • Julian Greiner and
  • Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 579–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.57

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  • conditions (see Scheme 1) also does not occur. On the other hand, the analogous acylation reaction could not be performed with benzoyl chloride and acetyl chloride under various conditions, including the application of weaker bases (NEt3, Na2CO3) in dioxane and other aprotic-polar solvents. Reaction of 1,2,3
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A novel method for heterocyclic amide–thioamide transformations

  • Walid Fathalla,
  • Ibrahim A. I. Ali and
  • Pavel Pazdera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 174–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.20

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  • heating isatine with malonic acid followed by esterification of the produced quinoline carboxylic acid with methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid at 80 °C for 6 h. 4-Arylphthalazin-1(2H)-ones A7 and A8 [24][25] were prepared by Friedel–Crafts acylation reaction of N-aminophthalimide with either
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Published 26 Jan 2017

Solvent-free synthesis of novel para-menthane-3,8-diol ester derivatives from citronellal using a polymer-supported scandium triflate catalyst

  • Lubabalo Mafu,
  • Ben Zeelie and
  • Paul Watts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2046–2054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.193

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  • of alcohols, thiols and amines is a fundamental reaction in organic synthesis. It is mostly used to protect these functional groups in multi-step synthesis processes. The acylation reaction is typically carried-out with activated carboxylic acid derivatives such as acid anhydrides [5], acyl halides
  • the acylation reaction with acid anhydrides (Scheme 3). It needs to be clarified that earlier attempts to perform classic esterifications by reaction of the alcohols with a carboxylic acid were not particularly successful, as very complex reaction mixtures were produced as a result of dehydration of
  • determine the effect of temperature and reaction time towards the diester formation, the acylation reaction of para-menthane-3,8-diol (3) with acetic anhydride 5 was carried out using equimolar amounts of reagent (i.e. 2 equivalents of anhydride per mole of diol). The reaction was conducted at various
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  • hydrolysates [5]. Conversion of amino acids to their copper salts elegantly masks both amino acid functionalities, thus protecting them during a subsequent alkaline acylation reaction that targets the side-chain functionality selectively. The side-chain-acylated lysine can then be liberated by decomposition of
  • chemoselectively O,O’-diacetylated at gram-scale with acetyl bromide in anhydrous CF3CO2H (Scheme 15). Additionally, this is also a rare example of the use of an acyl bromide in an acidic O-acylation reaction. Individual examples of acidic O-acylation reactions are scattered throughout the literature. In 1976
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First chemoenzymatic stereodivergent synthesis of both enantiomers of promethazine and ethopropazine

  • Paweł Borowiecki,
  • Daniel Paprocki and
  • Maciej Dranka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3038–3055, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.322

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  • acetaldehyde, thus shifting the state of equilibrium in product direction. Therefore, in next experiments three different vinyl esters were used: vinyl acetate, vinyl butanoate, and vinyl decanoate. The influence of the acyl donor nature on the course of the alcohol acylation reaction was examined using 3
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Published 18 Dec 2014

Linear-g-hyperbranched and cyclodextrin-based amphiphilic block copolymer as a multifunctional nanocarrier

  • Yamei Zhao,
  • Wei Tian,
  • Guang Yang and
  • Xiaodong Fan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2696–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.284

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  • acylation reaction (Scheme S1). As illustrated in Supporting Information File 1, Scheme S1, the PHEMA-based macro chain transfer agent (PHEMA-macroCTA) carrying abundant hydroxy groups was prepared by using S,S’-bis(α,α’-dimethylacetic acid) trithiocarbonate (BDATTC) as a highly efficient chain transfer
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Published 18 Nov 2014
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