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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3061–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.254
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Scheme 1: Photoinduced [2 + 2]-cycloaddition–cycloreversion cycle of norbornadiene (1a) and quadricyclane (2a...
Figure 1: Representative bis- and tris-norbornadienyl-substituted benzene derivatives.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of alkynyl-arene-linked norbornadienes 1h–n by Sonogashira–Hagihara coupling reactions.
Scheme 3: Photoisomerization of norbornadiene derivatives 1h–l,n (20 µM) to quadricyclanes 2h–l,n in cyclohex...
Figure 2: Photometric monitoring of the irradiation of 1h (A), 1i (B), 1j (C), 1k (D), 1l (E), and 1n (F); λex...
Scheme 4: Triplet-sensitized photoisomerization of norbornadiene 1o to quadricyclane 2o.
Figure 3: Photometric monitoring of the irradiation of 1i (A) and 1l (B) in the presence of [Ru(phen)3](PF6)2...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 427–435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.37
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Figure 1: Structure of fluoranthene.
Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed access to fluoranthenes.
Scheme 2: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation reaction of arenes with 1,8-dibromonaphthalene.
Scheme 3: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation reaction of 2,5-substituted heteroarenes with 1,8-dibrom...
Scheme 4: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki reaction followed by direct arylation of arylboronic acids with 1,...
Scheme 5: Attempted reaction of 1-naphthylboronic acid with 1,2-dihalobenzenes.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction followed by direct arylation of 1,1-diphenylethylene with 1,2-dihalobenz...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
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Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 212–216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.20
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of TAAILs. i) 1 equiv glyoxal, 2.1 equiv formaldehyde, 2 equiv NH4Cl, MeOH, 65 °C, ii) 1....
Scheme 2: Model reaction for the Friedel–Crafts acylation.
Figure 1: Time-dependent analysis of the reaction using varying amounts of anhydride. Reaction conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 3: Scope of the Friedel–Crafts acylation. Reaction conditions: 1 mmol benzene derivative, 2 equiv anhy...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131
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Figure 1: Examples of anthracene derivatives and their applications.
Scheme 1: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of arylboronic acids with internal alkynes.
Scheme 2: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative benzannulation reactions of 1-adamantoyl-1-naphthylamines with internal...
Scheme 3: Gold/bismuth-catalyzed cyclization of o-alkynyldiarylmethanes.
Scheme 4: [2 + 2 + 2] Cyclotrimerization reactions with alkynes/nitriles in the presence of nickel and cobalt...
Scheme 5: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerization reactions with bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene (23).
Scheme 6: [2 + 2 + 2] Alkyne-cyclotrimerization reactions catalyzed by a CoCl2·6H2O/Zn reagent.
Scheme 7: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H alkenylation of diphenyl carboxylic acids with acrylates.
Scheme 8: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H arylation with o-tolualdehydes and aryl iodides.
Scheme 9: Alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetyl bromide and ZnBr2/SiO2.
Scheme 10: BF3·H2O-catalyzed hydroxyalkylation of arenes with aromatic dialdehyde 44.
Scheme 11: Bi(OTf)3-promoted Friedel–Crafts alkylation of triarylmethanes and aromatic acylals and of arenes a...
Scheme 12: Reduction of anthraquinones by using Zn/pyridine or Zn/NaOH reductive methods.
Scheme 13: Two-step route to novel substituted Indenoanthracenes.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 1,8-diarylanthracenes through Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in the presence of Pd-P...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of five new substituted anthracenes by using LAH as reducing agent.
Scheme 16: One-pot procedure to synthesize substituted 9,10-dicyanoanthracenes.
Scheme 17: Reduction of bromoanthraquinones with NaBH4 in alkaline medium.
Scheme 18: In(III)-catalyzed reductive-dehydration intramolecular cycloaromatization of 2-benzylic aromatic al...
Scheme 19: Acid-catalyzed cyclization of new O-protected ortho-acetal diarylmethanols.
Scheme 20: Lewis acid-mediated regioselective cyclization of asymmetric diarylmethine dipivalates and diarylme...
Scheme 21: BF3·OEt2/CF3SO3H-mediated cyclodehydration reactions of 2-(arylmethyl)benzaldehydes and 2-(arylmeth...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 2,3,6,7-anthracenetetracarbonitrile (90) by double Wittig reaction followed by deprote...
Scheme 23: Homo-elongation protocol for the synthesis of substituted acene diesters/dinitriles.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of two new parental BN anthracenes via borylative cyclization.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of substituted anthracenes from a bifunctional organomagnesium alkoxide.
Scheme 26: Palladium-catalyzed tandem C–H activation/bis-cyclization of propargylic carbonates.
Scheme 27: Ruthenium-catalyzed C–H arylation of acetophenone derivatives with arenediboronates.
Scheme 28: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of (Z,Z)-p-styrylstilbene derivatives.
Scheme 29: AuCl-catalyzed double cyclization of diiodoethynylterphenyl compounds.
Scheme 30: Iodonium-induced electrophilic cyclization of terphenyl derivatives.
Scheme 31: Oxidative photocyclization of 1,3-distyrylbenzene derivatives.
Scheme 32: Oxidative cyclization of 2,3-diphenylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 33: Suzuki-Miyaura/isomerization/ring closing metathesis strategy to synthesize benz[a]anthracenes.
Scheme 34: Green synthesis of oxa-aza-benzo[a]anthracene and oxa-aza-phenanthrene derivatives.
Scheme 35: Triple benzannulation of substituted naphtalene via a 1,3,6-naphthotriyne synthetic equivalent.
Scheme 36: Zinc iodide-catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions with 1,3-dienes and aroyl propiolates followed by intra...
Scheme 37: H3PO4-promoted intramolecular cyclization of substituted benzoic acids.
Scheme 38: Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular direct acylation of aromatic aldehydes and o-iodoesters.
Scheme 39: Cycloaddition/oxidative aromatization of quinone and β-enamino esters.
Scheme 40: ʟ-Proline-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of naphthoquinones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes....
Scheme 41: Iridium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of a 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene derivative with alkynes.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of several anthraquinone derivatives by using InCl3 and molecular iodine.
Scheme 43: Indium-catalyzed multicomponent reactions employing 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (186), β-naphthol (...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of substituted anthraquinones catalyzed by an AlCl3/MeSO3H system.
Scheme 45: Palladium(II)-catalyzed/visible light-mediated synthesis of anthraquinones.
Scheme 46: [4 + 2] Anionic annulation reaction for the synthesis of substituted anthraquinones.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1476–1480, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.103
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Figure 1: Structure of TDA and TEO, the crystallization hosts used for co-crystallization.
Figure 2: Details of the X-ray crystal structures obtained, shown as ORTEP plots at 50% probability, with van...
Figure 3: Possible states of two organic compounds capable of crystallizing at room temperature in a solvent....
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186
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Figure 1: Representation of corannulene (1) and sumanene (2), the subunits of fullerene (C60).
Scheme 1: Mehta’s unsuccessful effort for the synthesis of sumanene scaffold 2.
Scheme 2: First synthesis of sumanene 2 by Sakurai et al. from norbornadiene 10.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of trimethylsumanene 28 from easily accessible norbornadiene (10).
Scheme 4: Generation of anions 29–31 and the preparation of tris(trimethylsilyl)sumanene 32.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of tri- and hexa-substituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bowl-shaped π-extended sumanene derivatives 37a–f.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of monooxasumanene 38, trioxosumanene 40 along with imination of them.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of trimethylsumanenetrione 46 and exo-functionalized products 45a,b.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bisumanenylidene 47 and sumanene dimer 48 from 2.
Scheme 10: The mono-substitution of 2 to generate diverse mono-sumanene derivatives 49a–d.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of sumanene building block 53 useful for further extension.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of hexafluorosumanene derivative 55 by Sakurai and co-workers.
Scheme 13: Preparation of sumanene-based carbene 60 and its reaction with cyclohexane.
Scheme 14: Barton–Kellogg reaction for the synthesis of sterically hindered alkenes.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of hydroxysumanene 68 by employing Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of sumanene derivatives having functionality at an internal carbon.
Scheme 17: Mechanism for nucleophilic substitution reaction at the internal carbon.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of diverse monosubstituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of di- and trisubstituted sumanene derivatives from sumanene (2).
Scheme 20: Preparation of monochlorosumanene 88 and hydrogenation of sumanene (2).
Scheme 21: The dimer 90 and bissumanenyl 92 achieved from halosumannes.
Scheme 22: Pyrenylsumanene 93 involving the Suzuki-coupling as a key transformation.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of various hexaarylsumanene derivatives using the Suzuki-coupling reaction.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hexasubstituted sumanene derivatives 96 and 97.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of thioalkylsumanenes via an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of tris(ethoxycarbonylethenyl)sumanene derivative 108.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of ferrocenyl-based sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of sumanenylferrocene architectures 118 and 119 via Negishi coupling.
Scheme 29: Diosmylation and the synthesis of phenylboronate ester 121 of sumanene.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of the iron-complex of sumanene.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of tri- and mononuclear sumanenyl zirconocene complexes.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of [CpRu(η6-sumanene)]PF6.
Scheme 33: Preparation of sumanene-based porous coordination networks 127 (spherical tetramer units) and 128 (...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of sumanenylhafnocene complexes 129 and 130.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 134 and 135 along with PdII coordination complex 136.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of alkali metals sumanene complex K7(C21H102−)2(C21H93−)·8THF (137) containing di- and tr...
Scheme 37: The encapsulation of a Cs+ ion between two sumanenyl anions.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of monothiasumanene 140 and dithiasumanene 141 from 139.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of trithiasumanene 151 by Otsubo and his co-workers.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of trithiasumanene derivatives 155 and 156.
Scheme 41: Synthetic route towards hexathiolated trithiasumanenes 158.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of triselenasumanene 160 by Shao and teammates.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of tritellurasumanene derivatives from triphenylene skeletons.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of pyrazine-fused sumanene architectures through condensation reaction.
Scheme 45: Treatment of the trichalcogenasumanenes with diverse oxidative reagents.
Scheme 46: Ring-opening reaction with H2O2 and oxone of heterasumanenes 178 and 179.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of polycyclic compounds from sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of diimide-based heterocycles reported by Shao’s and co-workers.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of pristine trichalcogenasumanenes, 151, 205, and 206.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanenes via hexaiodotriphenylene precursor 208.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of trisilasumanenes 214 and 215.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of trisilasumanene derivatives 218 and 219.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of novel trigermasumanene derivative 223.
Scheme 54: An attempt towards the synthesis of tristannasumanene derivative 228.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of triphosphasumanene trisulfide 232 from commercially available 229.
Scheme 56: The doping of sumanene derivatives with chalcogens (S, Se, Te) and phosphorus.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of heterasumanene containing three different heteroatoms.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 240 and 179.
Scheme 59: Preparation of trichalcogenasumanenes 245 and 248.
Scheme 60: Design and synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 252 and 178.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of spirosumanenes 264–269 and non-spiroheterasumanenes 258–263.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of sumanene-type hetero polycyclic compounds.
Scheme 63: Synthesis of triazasumanenes 288 and its sulfone congener 287.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of C3-symmetric chiral triaryltriazasumanenes via cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of mononaphthosumanene 293 using Suzuki coupling as a key step.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of di- and trinaphthosumanene derivatives 302–304.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of hemifullerene skeletons by Hirao’s group.
Scheme 68: Design and construction of C70 fragment from a C60 sumanene fragment.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2193–2200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.184
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Figure 1: Indenol skeleton.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indene derivatives.
Scheme 2: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of the fluorinated alkynes 1 with various 2-formylp...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the fluoroalkylated indenone 6 and the indanone 7 from the indenol 3aA. The yields wer...
Scheme 4: Stereochemical assignment of 5aA and 7 based on NMR techniques. The cross-peaks were observed throu...
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
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Figure 1: A) Bar chart of the publications per year for the topics “Photocatalysis” (49,662 instances) and “P...
Figure 2: A) Professor Giacomo Ciamician and Dr. Paolo Silber on their roof laboratory at the University of B...
Scheme 1: PRC trifluoromethylation of N-methylpyrrole (1) using hazardous gaseous CF3I safely in a flow react...
Figure 3: A) Unit cells of the three most common crystal structures of TiO2: rutile, brookite, and anatase. R...
Figure 4: Illustration of the key semiconductor photocatalysis events: 1) A photon with a frequency exceeding...
Figure 5: Photocatalytic splitting of water by oxygen vacancies on a TiO2(110) surface. Reprinted with permis...
Figure 6: Proposed adsorption modes of A) benzene, B) chlorobenzene, C) toluene, D) phenol, E) anisole, and F...
Figure 7: Structures of the sulfonate-containing organic dyes RB5 (3) and MX-5B (4) and the adsorption isothe...
Figure 8: Idealised triclinic unit cell of a g-C3N4 type polymer, displaying possible hopping transport scena...
Figure 9: Idealised structure of a perfect g-C3N4 sheet. The central unit highlighted in red represents one t...
Figure 10: Timeline of the key processes of charge transport following the photoexcitation of g-C3N4, leading ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic bifunctionalisation of heteroarenes using mpg-C3N4, with the selected examples 5 and ...
Figure 11: A) Structure of four linear conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, displaying th...
Figure 12: Graphical representation of the common methods used to immobilise molecular photocatalysts (PC) ont...
Figure 13: Wireless light emitter-supported TiO2 (TiO2@WLE) HPCat spheres powered by resonant inductive coupli...
Figure 14: Graphical representation of zinc–perylene diimide (Zn-PDI) supramolecular assembly photocatalysis v...
Scheme 3: Upconversion of NIR photons to the UV frequency by NaYF4:Yb,Tm nanocrystals sequentially coated wit...
Figure 15: Types of reactors employed in heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow. A) Fixed bed reactors and the s...
Figure 16: Electrochemical potential of common semiconductor, transition metal, and organic dye-based photocat...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms of an immobilised molecular photoredox catalyst by oxidative or reductive quenc...
Scheme 5: Scheme of the CMB-C3N4 photocatalytic decarboxylative fluorination of aryloxyacetic acids, with the...
Scheme 6: Scheme of the g-C3N4 photocatalytic desilylative coupling reaction in flow and proposed mechanism [208].
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism of the radical cyclisation of unsaturated alkyl 2-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds...
Scheme 8: N-alkylation of benzylamine and schematic of the TiO2-coated microfluidic device [213].
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism of the Pt@TiO2 photocatalytic deaminitive cyclisation of ʟ-lysine (23) to ʟ-pipe...
Scheme 10: A) Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic oxidation of phenylboronic acid (24). B) Photos and SE...
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism for the DA-CMP3 photocatalytic aza-Henry reaction performed in a continuous flow...
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the cyclic product 32 by TiO2-NC HPCats in a slurry flow re...
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for the photocatalytic synthesis of homo and hetero disulfides in flow and scope of...
Scheme 14: Reaction scheme for the MoOx/TiO2 HPCat oxidation of cyclohexane (34) to benzene. The graph shows t...
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism of the TiO2 HPC heteroarene C–H functionalisation via aryl radicals generated fr...
Scheme 16: Scheme of the oxidative coupling of benzylamines with the HOTT-HATN HPCat and selected examples of ...
Scheme 17: Photocatalysis oxidation of benzyl alcohol (40) to benzaldehyde (41) in a microflow reactor coated ...
Figure 17: Mechanisms of Dexter and Forster energy transfer.
Scheme 18: Continuous flow process for the isomerisation of alkenes with an ionic liquid-immobilised photocata...
Scheme 19: Singlet oxygen synthetic step in the total synthesis of canataxpropellane [265].
Scheme 20: Scheme and proposed mechanism of the singlet oxygen photosensitisation by CMP_X HPCats, with the st...
Scheme 21: Structures of CMP HPCat materials applied by Vilela and co-workers for the singlet oxygen photosens...
Scheme 22: Polyvinylchloride resin-supported TDCPP photosensitisers applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisat...
Scheme 23: Structure of the ionically immobilised TPP photosensitiser on amberlyst-15 ion exchange resins (TPP...
Scheme 24: Photosensitised singlet oxygen oxidation of citronellol (46) in scCO2, with automatic phase separat...
Scheme 25: Schematic of PS-Est-BDP-Cl2 being applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisation in flow. A) Pseudo-...
Scheme 26: Reaction scheme of the singlet oxygen oxidation of furoic acid (54) using a 3D-printed microfluidic...
Figure 18: A) Photocatalytic bactericidal mechanism by ROS oxidative cleavage of membrane lipids (R = H, amino...
Figure 19: A) Suggested mechanisms for the aqueous pollutant degradation by TiO2 in a slurry flow reactor [284-287]. B)...
Figure 20: Schematic of the flow system used for the degradation of aqueous oxytetracycline (56) solutions [215]. M...
Scheme 27: Degradation of a salicylic acid (57) solution by a coupled solar photoelectro-Fenton (SPEF) process...
Figure 21: A) Schematic flow diagram using the TiO2-coated NETmix microfluidic device for an efficient mass tr...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26
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Figure 1: List of photoredox catalysts used for C–H bond functionalizations.
Figure 2: List of metal-based photoredox catalysts used in this review article.
Figure 3: Jablonski diagram.
Figure 4: Photoredox catalysis via reductive or oxidative pathways. D = donor, A = acceptor, S = substrate, P...
Figure 5: Schematic representation of the combination of photoredox catalysis and transition metal catalysis.
Scheme 1: Weinreb amide C–H olefination.
Figure 6: Mechanism for the formation of 21 from 19 using photoredox catalyst 11.
Scheme 2: C–H olefination of phenolic ethers.
Scheme 3: Decarboxylative acylation of acetanilides.
Figure 7: Mechanism for the formation of 30 from acetanilide derivatives.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of fluorenone derivatives by intramolecular deoxygenative acylation of biaryl carboxylic ...
Figure 8: Mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of fluorenone derivatives.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of benzothiazoles via aerobic C–H thiolation.
Figure 9: Plausible mechanism for the construction of benzothiazoles from benzothioamides.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of benzothiazoles via oxidant-free C–H thiolation.
Figure 10: Mechanism involved in the synthesis of benzothiazoles via oxidant-free C–H thiolation.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of indoles via C–H cyclization of anilides with alkynes.
Scheme 8: Preparation of 3-trifluoromethylcoumarins via C–H cyclization of arylpropiolate esters.
Figure 11: Mechanistic pathway for the synthesis of coumarin derivatives via C–H cyclization.
Scheme 9: Monobenzoyloxylation without chelation assistance.
Figure 12: Plausible mechanism for the formation of 71 from 70.
Scheme 10: Aryl-substituted arenes prepared by inorganic photoredox catalysis using 12a.
Figure 13: Proposed mechanism for C–H arylations in the presence of 12a and a Pd catalyst.
Scheme 11: Arylation of purines via dual photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 12: Arylation of substituted arenes with an organic photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 13: C–H trifluoromethylation.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for the trifluoromethylation of 88.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of benzo-3,4-coumarin derivatives.
Figure 15: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of substituted coumarins.
Scheme 15: Oxidant-free oxidative phosphonylation.
Figure 16: Mechanism proposed for the phosphonylation reaction of 100.
Scheme 16: Nitration of anilines.
Figure 17: Plausible mechanism for the nitration of aniline derivatives via photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of carbazoles via intramolecular amination.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the formation of carbazoles from biaryl derivatives.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of substituted phenols using QuCN.
Figure 19: Mechanism for the synthesis of phenol derivatives with photoredox catalyst 8.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of substituted phenols with DDQ (5).
Figure 20: Possible mechanism for the generation of phenols with the aid of photoredox catalyst 5.
Scheme 20: Aerobic bromination of arenes using an acridinium-based photocatalyst.
Scheme 21: Aerobic bromination of arenes with anthraquinone.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of monobrominated compounds.
Scheme 22: Chlorination of benzene derivatives with Mes-Acr-MeClO4 (2).
Figure 22: Mechanism for the synthesis of 131 from 132.
Scheme 23: Chlorination of arenes with 4CzIPN (5a).
Figure 23: Plausible mechanism for the oxidative photocatalytic monochlorination using 5a.
Scheme 24: Monofluorination using QuCN-ClO4 (8).
Scheme 25: Fluorination with fluorine-18.
Scheme 26: Aerobic amination with acridinium catalyst 3a.
Figure 24: Plausible mechanism for the aerobic amination using acridinium catalyst 3a.
Scheme 27: Aerobic aminations with semiconductor photoredox catalyst 18.
Scheme 28: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of benzonitriles in the presence of 3a.
Figure 25: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of substituted benzonitrile derivatives in the presence of 3a....
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of oxadiazole derivatives 2 and 4.
Scheme 2: Tautomeric equilibrium of compound 3.
Figure 1: DSC thermograms of fluorinated compounds 2b, 4a and 4b recorded at 5 °C/mn at heating (down traces)...
Figure 2: Optical texture (×10) of liquid crystal phase for fluorinated compounds, (a): SmA phase observed in...
Figure 3: Typical diffractogram observed for compound 2b at 398 K.
Figure 4: Typical diffractogram observed for compound 4a at 411 K.
Figure 5: Conformer of lowest energy of compounds: 4c, conformation A, (a) front view, (a’) top view, (a”) si...
Figure 6: Vector of dipole moment of compounds 4c, 4b and 2b.
Figure 7: Plot of molecular dipole moments. Orange, fluorocarbon compounds; blue, hydrocarbon compounds; gree...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1491–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.151
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Figure 1: Allenes 1a–j used in this study.
Scheme 1: Transformations of allene 1g in TfOH leading to the formation of cations E1, E2 and E4 including se...
Figure 2: 31P NMR monitoring of the progress of transformation of E1 into E2 and E4 in TfOH at room temperatu...
Scheme 2: Results of the hydrolysis of cations A–H.
Scheme 3: Preparation of amides 6a,b from cations A, B, and F–H.
Scheme 4: Large-scale one-pot solvent-free synthesis of amides 6a,b from the corresponding propargylic alcoho...
Scheme 5: AlCl3-promoted hydroarylation of allene 1b by benzene leading to alkene Z-11n.
Scheme 6: Reaction of allene 1a with benzene under the action of AlCl3 followed by quenching of the reaction ...
Scheme 7: Multigram-scale one-pot synthesis of indane 12d from 2-methylbut-3-yn-2-ol.
Figure 3: NMR spectra of starting allene 1a (black) and its complex with 1 equivalent of AlCl3 13 (red) in CD2...
Scheme 8: 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR monitoring of AlCl3-promoted reactions of allene 1a leading to compounds E-14 ...
Scheme 9: Plausible reaction mechanism A for the formation of compounds 9, 10, 11, 12 from aillene 1a involvi...
Scheme 10: Plausible reaction mechanism B of formation of compounds 11, 12 from allene 1a involving HCl–AlCl3 ...
Figure 4: Visualization of LUMO, only positive values are shown, isosurface value 0.043: (a) species 16, (b) ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: γ-Lactam-derived structures considered in this review.
Figure 2: Alkaloids containing an isoindolinone moiety.
Figure 3: Alkaloids containing the 2-oxindole ring system.
Figure 4: Drugs and biological active compounds containing an isoindolinone moiety.
Figure 5: Drugs and biologically active compounds bearing a 2-oxindole skeleton.
Scheme 1: Three-component reaction of benzoic acid 1, amides 2 and DMSO (3).
Scheme 2: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-iodobenzoic acids 10, alkynylcarboxylic acids 11 and...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of methylene isoindolinones 13.
Scheme 4: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-iodobenzamide 17, terminal alkyne 18 and pyrrole or ...
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of ethynylbenzamides 21, secondary amines 22 and CO (23...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the formation of methyleneisoindolinones 24.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of formyl benzoate 29, amines 2 and alkynes 18.
Scheme 8: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of formylbenzoate 29, amines 2 and ketones 31.
Scheme 9: Non-catalysed (A) and phase-transfer catalysed (B) three-component reactions of formylbenzoic acids ...
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the formation of isoindolinones 36.
Scheme 11: Three-component reaction of formylbenzoic acid 33, amines 2 and fluorinated silyl ethers 39.
Scheme 12: Three-component Ugi reaction of 2-formylbenzoic acid (33), diamines 41 and isocyanides 42.
Scheme 13: Non-catalysed (A, B) and chiral phosphoric acid promoted (C) three-component Ugi reactions of formy...
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the enantioselective formation of isoindolinones 46.
Scheme 15: Three-component reaction of benzoic acids 33 or 54, amines 2 and TMSCN (52).
Scheme 16: Several variations of the three-component reaction of formylbenzoic acids 33, amines 2 and isatoic ...
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of isoindoloquinazolinones 57.
Scheme 18: Three-component reaction of isobenzofuranone 61, amines 2 and isatoic anhydrides 56.
Scheme 19: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-aminobenzamides 59, 2-bromobenzaldehydes 62 and C...
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for the palladium-catalysed synthesis of isoindoloquinazolinones 57.
Scheme 21: Four-component reaction of 2-vinylbenzoic acids 67, aryldioazonium tetrafluoroborates 68, DABCO·(SO2...
Scheme 22: Plausible mechanism for the formation of isoindolinones 71.
Scheme 23: Three-component reaction of trimethylsilylaryltriflates 77, isocyanides 42 and CO2 (78).
Scheme 24: Plausible mechanism for the three-component synthesis of phthalimides 79.
Scheme 25: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-formylbenzonitriles 85, arenes 86 and diaryliodonium...
Scheme 26: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-formylbenzonitriles 85, diaryliodonium salts 87 and ...
Scheme 27: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2,3-diarylisoindolinones 88, 89 and 92.
Scheme 28: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of chloroquinolinecarbaldehydes 97 with isocyanides 42...
Scheme 29: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of imines 99 with CO (23) and ortho-iodoarylimines 100....
Scheme 30: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of amines 2 with CO (23) and aryl iodide 105.
Scheme 31: Three-component reaction of 2-ethynylanilines 109, perfluoroalkyl iodides 110 and carbon monoxide (...
Scheme 32: Ultraviolet-induced three-component reaction of N-(2-iodoaryl)acrylamides 113, DABCO·(SO2)2 (69) an...
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the preparation of oxindoles 115.
Scheme 34: Three-component reaction of acrylamide 113, CO (23) and 1,4-benzodiazepine 121.
Scheme 35: Multicomponent reaction of sulfonylacrylamides 123, aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates 68 and DABCO·(...
Scheme 36: Proposed mechanism for the preparation of oxindoles 124.
Scheme 37: Three-component reaction of N-arylpropiolamides 128, aryl iodides 129 and boronic acids 130.
Scheme 38: Proposed mechanism for the formation of diarylmethylene- and diarylallylideneoxindoles 131 and 132.
Scheme 39: Three-component reaction of cyclohexa-1,3-dione (136), amines 2 and alkyl acetylenedicarboxylates 1...
Scheme 40: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-oxindoles 138.
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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.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2974–2990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.277
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Figure 1: Structures of fungal volatiles. Trichodiene (1), aristolochene (2), (R)-oct-1-en-3-ol (3), 3,4-dime...
Figure 2: Total ion chromatogram of a CLSA headspace extract from Hypoxylon griseobrunneum MUCL 53754. Peak n...
Figure 3: Volatiles from Hypoxylon griseobrunneum.
Figure 4: EI mass spectra of A) 2,4,5-trimethylanisole (24), B) the coeluting mixture of 3,4-dimethylanisole (...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of trimethylanisoles 24 and 24d.
Scheme 2: Hypothetical biosynthesis of 24. ACP: acyl carrier protein, AT: acyl transferase, KR: ketoreductase...
Figure 5: Biosynthesis of 24. Feeding of (methyl-2H3)methionine resulted in the incorporation of labelling in...
Scheme 3: Hypothetical biosynthesis of 25 and 26.
Figure 6: Total ion chromatogram of a CLSA headspace extract from Hypoxylon macrocarpum STMA 130423. Peak num...
Figure 7: Volatiles from Hypoxylon macrocarpum.
Figure 8: EI mass spectra of A) 3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde (42), B) 3,4,5-trimethoxytoluene (44), and C) 2,4,5...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 2,3,4-trimethoxytoluene (44a).
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Scheme 1: General overview over the sulfur-based substrates and reactive intermediates that are discussed in ...
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction, applying [Ru(bpz)3](PF6)2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 3: Photoredox-catalyzed thiol–ene reaction of aliphatic thiols with alkenes enabled by aniline derivat...
Scheme 4: Photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction for the postfunctionalization of polymers (a) and n...
Scheme 5: Photoredox-catalyzed thiol–ene reaction enabled by bromotrichloromethane as redox additive.
Scheme 6: Photoredox-catalyzed preparation of β-ketosulfoxides with Eosin Y as organic dye as photoredox cata...
Scheme 7: Greaney’s photocatalytic radical thiol–ene reaction, applying TiO2 nanoparticles as photocatalyst.
Scheme 8: Fadeyi’s photocatalytic radical thiol–ene reaction, applying Bi2O3 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 9: Ananikov’s photocatalytic radical thiol-yne reaction, applying Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 10: Organocatalytic visible-light photoinitiated thiol–ene coupling, applying phenylglyoxylic acid as o...
Scheme 11: Xia’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted benzothiophenes, applying 9-mesityl-10-me...
Scheme 12: Wang’s metal-free photoredox-catalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction, applying 9-mesityl-10-methylacri...
Scheme 13: Visible-light benzophenone-catalyzed metal- and oxidant-free radical thiol–ene reaction.
Scheme 14: Visible-light catalyzed C-3 sulfenylation of indole derivatives using Rose Bengal as organic dye.
Scheme 15: Photocatalyzed radical thiol–ene reaction and subsequent aerobic sulfide-oxidation with Rose Bengal...
Scheme 16: Photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of diaryl sulfides.
Scheme 17: Photocatalytic cross-coupling of aryl thiols with aryl diazonium salts, using Eosin Y as photoredox...
Scheme 18: Photocatalyzed cross-coupling of aryl diazonium salts with cysteines in batch and in a microphotore...
Scheme 19: Fu’s [Ir]-catalyzed photoredox arylation of aryl thiols with aryl halides.
Scheme 20: Fu’s photoredox-catalyzed difluoromethylation of aryl thiols.
Scheme 21: C–S cross-coupling of thiols with aryl iodides via [Ir]-photoredox and [Ni]-dual-catalysis.
Scheme 22: C–S cross-coupling of thiols with aryl bromides, applying 3,7-bis-(biphenyl-4-yl)-10-(1-naphthyl)ph...
Scheme 23: Collin’s photochemical dual-catalytic cross-coupling of thiols with bromoalkynes.
Scheme 24: Visible-light-promoted C–S cross-coupling via intermolecular electron donor–acceptor complex format...
Scheme 25: Li’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation of indole derivatives with Rose Bengal as pho...
Scheme 26: Hajra’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation of imidazoheterocycles with Eosin Y as pho...
Scheme 27: Wang’s photoredox-catalyzed thiocyanation reaction of indoles, applying heterogeneous TiO2/MoS2 nan...
Scheme 28: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed α-C(sp3)–H thiocyanation reaction for tertiary amines, applying Eosin ...
Scheme 29: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 5-aryl-2-imino-1,3-oxathiolanes.
Scheme 30: Yadav’s photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3-oxathiolane-2-thiones.
Scheme 31: Li’s photoredox catalysis for the preparation of 2-substituted benzothiazoles, applying [Ru(bpy)3](...
Scheme 32: Lei’s external oxidant-free synthesis of 2-substituted benzothiazoles by merging photoredox and tra...
Scheme 33: Metal-free photocatalyzed synthesis of 2-aminobenzothiazoles, applying Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 34: Metal-free photocatalyzed synthesis of 1,3,4-thiadiazoles, using Eosin Y as photocatalyst.
Scheme 35: Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed preparation of benzothiophenes with Eosin Y.
Scheme 36: Visible-light-induced KOH/DMSO superbase-promoted preparation of benzothiophenes.
Scheme 37: Jacobi von Wangelin’s photocatalytic approach for the synthesis of aryl sulfides, applying Eosin Y ...
Scheme 38: Visible-light photosensitized α-C(sp3)–H thiolation of aliphatic ethers.
Scheme 39: Visible-light photocatalyzed cross-coupling of alkyl and aryl thiosulfates with aryl diazonium salt...
Scheme 40: Visible-light photocatalyzed, controllable sulfenylation and sulfoxidation with organic thiosulfate...
Scheme 41: Rastogi’s photoredox-catalyzed methylsulfoxidation of aryl diazonium salts, using [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as ...
Scheme 42: a) Visible-light metal-free Eosin Y-catalyzed procedure for the preparation of vinyl sulfones from ...
Scheme 43: Visible-light photocatalyzed cross-coupling of sodium sulfinates with secondary enamides.
Scheme 44: Wang’s photocatalyzed oxidative cyclization of phenyl propiolates with sulfinic acids, applying Eos...
Scheme 45: Lei’s sacrificial oxidant-free synthesis of allyl sulfones by merging photoredox and transition met...
Scheme 46: Photocatalyzed Markovnikov-selective radical/radical cross-coupling of aryl sulfinic acids and term...
Scheme 47: Visible-light Eosin Y induced cross-coupling of aryl sulfinic acids and styrene derivatives, afford...
Scheme 48: Photoredox-catalyzed bicyclization of 1,7-enynes with sulfinic acids, applying Eosin Y as photocata...
Scheme 49: Visible-light-accelerated C–H-sulfinylation of arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 50: Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed β-selenosulfonylation of electron-rich olefins, applying [Ru(bpy)...
Scheme 51: Photocatalyzed preparation of β-chlorosulfones from the respective olefins and p-toluenesulfonyl ch...
Scheme 52: a) Photocatalyzed preparation of β-amidovinyl sulfones from sulfonyl chlorides. b) Preparation of β...
Scheme 53: Visible-light photocatalyzed sulfonylation of aliphatic tertiary amines, applying [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 ...
Scheme 54: Reiser’s visible-light photoredox-catalyzed preparation of β-hydroxysulfones from sulfonyl chloride...
Scheme 55: a) Sun’s visible-light-catalyzed approach for the preparation of isoquinolinonediones, applying [fac...
Scheme 56: Visible-light photocatalyzed sulfonylation/cyclization of vinyl azides, applying [Ru(bpy)3]Cl2 as p...
Scheme 57: Visible-light photocatalyzed procedure for the formation of β-ketosulfones from aryl sulfonyl chlor...
Scheme 58: Zheng’s method for the sulfenylation of indole derivatives, applying sulfonyl chlorides via visible...
Scheme 59: Cai’s visible-light induced synthesis of β-ketosulfones from sulfonyl hydrazines and alkynes.
Scheme 60: Photoredox-catalyzed approach for the preparation of vinyl sulfones from sulfonyl hydrazines and ci...
Scheme 61: Jacobi von Wangelin’s visible-light photocatalyzed chlorosulfonylation of anilines.
Scheme 62: Three-component photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of N-amino sulfonamides, applying PDI as organic dye....
Scheme 63: Visible-light induced preparation of complex sulfones from oximes, silyl enol ethers and SO2.
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Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Trifluoromethylation of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 2: Continuous flow trifluoromethylation of ketones under photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 3: Trifluoromethylation of enol acetates.
Scheme 4: Photoredox-catalysed tandem trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of N-arylacrylamides: a route to trifl...
Scheme 5: Tandem trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of N-arylacrylamides using BiOBr nanosheets catalysis.
Scheme 6: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/desulfonylation/cyclisation of N-tosyl acrylamides (bpy: ...
Scheme 7: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/aryl migration/desulfonylation of N-aryl-N-tosylacrylamid...
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for the trifluoromethylation/aryl migration/desulfonylation (/cyclisation) of N-...
Scheme 9: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of N-methacryloyl-N-methylbenzamide derivativ...
Scheme 10: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of N-methylacryloyl-N-methylbenzamide derivat...
Scheme 11: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/dearomatising spirocyclisation of a N-benzylacrylamide de...
Scheme 12: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of an unactivated alkene.
Scheme 13: Asymmetric radical aminotrifluoromethylation of N-alkenylurea derivatives using a dual CuBr/chiral ...
Scheme 14: Aminotrifluoromethylation of an N-alkenylurea derivative using a dual CuBr/phosphoric acid catalyti...
Scheme 15: 1,2-Formyl- and 1,2-cyanotrifluoromethylation of alkenes under photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 16: First simultaneous introduction of the CF3 moiety and a Cl atom onto alkenes.
Scheme 17: Chlorotrifluoromethylaltion of terminal, 1,1- and 1,2-substituted alkenes.
Scheme 18: Chorotrifluoromethylation of electron-deficient alkenes (DCE = dichloroethane).
Scheme 19: Cascade trifluoromethylation/cyclisation/chlorination of N-allyl-N-(benzyloxy)methacrylamide.
Scheme 20: Cascade trifluoromethylation/cyclisation (/chlorination) of diethyl 2-allyl-2-(3-methylbut-2-en-1-y...
Scheme 21: Trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation of allylbenzene derivatives and aliphatic alkenes.
Scheme 22: Access to β-hydroxysulfones from CF3-containing sulfonyl chlorides through a photocatalytic sequenc...
Scheme 23: Cascade trifluoromethylchlorosulfonylation/cyclisation reaction of alkenols: a route to trifluorome...
Scheme 24: First direct C–H trifluoromethylation of arenes and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 25: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of five- and six-membered (hetero)arenes under photoredox catalysis....
Scheme 26: Alternative pathway for the C–H trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes under photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 27: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of five- and six-membered ring (hetero)arenes using heterogeneous c...
Scheme 28: Trifluoromethylation of terminal olefins.
Scheme 29: Trifluoromethylation of enamides.
Scheme 30: (E)-Selective trifluoromethylation of β-nitroalkenes under photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 31: Photoredox-catalysed trifluoromethylation/cyclisation of an o-azidoarylalkynes.
Scheme 32: Regio- and stereoselective chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkynes.
Scheme 33: PMe3-mediated trifluoromethylsulfenylation by in situ generation of CF3SCl.
Scheme 34: (EtO)2P(O)H-mediated trifluoromethylsulfenylation of (hetero)arenes and thiols.
Scheme 35: PPh3/NaI-mediated trifluoromethylsulfenylation of indole derivatives.
Scheme 36: PPh3/n-Bu4NI mediated trifluoromethylsulfenylation of thiophenol derivatives.
Scheme 37: PPh3/Et3N mediated trifluoromethylsulfinylation of benzylamine.
Scheme 38: PCy3-mediated trifluoromethylsulfinylation of azaarenes, amines and phenols.
Scheme 39: Mono- and dichlorination of carbon acids.
Scheme 40: Monochlorination of (N-aryl-N-hydroxy)acylacetamides.
Scheme 41: Examples of the synthesis of heterocycles fused with β-lactams through a chlorination/cyclisation p...
Scheme 42: Enantioselective chlorination of β-ketoesters and oxindoles.
Scheme 43: Enantioselective chlorination of 3-acyloxazolidin-2-one derivatives (NMM = N-methylmorpholine).
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Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active 1-indanones and their structural analogues.
Figure 2: Number of papers about (a) 1-indanones, (b) synthesis of 1-indanones.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from hydrocinnamic acid (1).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from 3-(2-bromophenyl)propionic acid (3).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-indanones 5 from 3-arylpropionic acids 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of kinamycin (9a) and methylkinamycin C (9b).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted arylpropionic acids 12, 1-indanones 13 and dihydrocoumarin...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-indanones 16 from benzoic acids 15.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1-indanones 18 from arylpropionic and 3-arylacrylic acids 17.
Scheme 8: The NbCl5-induced one-step synthesis of 1-indanones 22.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of biologically active 1-indanone derivatives 26.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure indatraline ((−)-29).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from the acyl chloride 30.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the mechanism-based inhibitors 33 of coelenterazine.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the indane 2-imidazole derivative 37.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of fluorinated PAHs 41.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 1-indanones 43 via transition metal complexes-catalyzed carbonylative cyclization of m...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 6-methyl-1-indanone (46).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1-indanone (2) from ester 48.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of benzopyronaphthoquinone 51 from the spiro-1-indanone 50.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the selective endothelin A receptor antagonist 55.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1-indanones 60 from methyl vinyl ketone (57).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 1-indanones 64 from diethyl phthalate 61.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 66 from various Meldrum’s acids 65.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of halo 1-indanones 69.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of substituted 1-indanones 71.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro- and fused 1-indanones 73 and 74.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of spiro-1,3-indanodiones 77.
Scheme 27: Mechanistic pathway for the NHC-catalyzed Stetter–Aldol–Michael reaction.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of 2-benzylidene-1-indanone derivatives 88a–d.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 90a–i.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of 1-indanones 96 from o-bromobenzaldehydes 93 and alkynes 94.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 3-hydroxy-1-indanones 99.
Scheme 32: Photochemical preparation of 1-indanones 103 from ketones 100.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of chiral 3-aryl-1-indanones 107.
Scheme 34: Photochemical isomerization of 2-methylbenzil 108.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-1-indanones 111a–c.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 113 and 114 from η6-1,2-dioxobenzocyclobutene complex 112.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of nakiterpiosin (117).
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 2-alkyl-1-indanones 120.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fluorine-containing 1-indanone derivatives 123.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of 2-benzylidene and 2-benzyl-1-indanones 126, 127 from the chalcone 124.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 2-bromo-6-methoxy-3-phenyl-1-indanone (130).
Scheme 42: Synthesis of combretastatin A-4-like indanones 132a–s.
Figure 3: Chemical structures of investigated dienones 133 and synthesized cyclic products 134–137.
Figure 4: Chemical structures of 1-indanones and their heteroatom analogues 138–142.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of 2-phosphorylated and 2-non-phosphorylated 1-indanones 147 and 148 from β-ketophosphona...
Scheme 44: Photochemical synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 150, 153a, 153b.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of polysubstituted-1-indanones 155, 157.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of 1-indanones 159a–g from α-arylpropargyl alcohols 158 using RhCl(PPh3)3 as a catalyst.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of optically active 1-indanones 162 via the asymmetric Rh-catalyzed isomerization of race...
Scheme 48: Mechanism of the Rh-catalyzed isomerization of α-arylpropargyl alcohols 161 to 1-indanones 162.
Figure 5: Chemical structure of abicoviromycin (168) and its new benzo derivative 169.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of racemic benzoabicoviromycin 172.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of [14C]indene 176.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of indanone derivatives 178–180.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of racemic pterosin A 186.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of trans-2,3-disubstituted 1-indanones 189.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of 3-aryl-1-indanone derivatives 192.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 194 from 3-(2-iodoaryl)propanonitriles 193.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of 1-indanones 200–204 by cyclization of aromatic nitriles.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of 1,1’-spirobi[indan-3,3’-dione] derivative 208.
Scheme 58: Total synthesis of atipamezole analogues 211.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of 3-[4-(1-piperidinoethoxy)phenyl]spiro[indene-1,1’-indan]-5,5’-diol hydrochloride 216.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of 3-arylindan-1-ones 219.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-1-indanones 222.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of the 1-indanone 224 from the THP/MOM protected chalcone epoxide 223.
Scheme 63: Synthesis of 1-indanones 227 from γ,δ-epoxy ketones 226.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of 2-hydroxy-2-methylindanone (230).
Scheme 65: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 234 from cyclopropanol derivatives 233.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of substituted 1-indanone derivatives 237.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of 7-methyl substituted 1-indanone 241 from 1,3-pentadiene (238) and 2-cyclopentenone (239...
Scheme 68: Synthesis of disubstituted 1-indanone 246 from the siloxydiene 244 and 2-cyclopentenone 239.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 5-hydroxy-1-indanone (250) via the Diels–Alder reaction of 1,3-diene 248 with sulfoxid...
Scheme 70: Synthesis of halogenated 1-indanones 253a and 253b.
Scheme 71: Synthesis of 1-indanones 257 and 258 from 2-bromocyclopentenones 254.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of 1-indanone 261 from 2-bromo-4-acetoxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one (260) and 1,2-dihydro-4-viny...
Scheme 73: Synthesis of 1-indanone 265 from 1,2-dihydro-7-methoxy-4-vinylnaphthalene (262) and bromo-substitut...
Scheme 74: Synthesis of 1-indanone 268 from dihydro-3-vinylphenanthrene 266 and 4-acetoxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one (...
Scheme 75: Synthesis of 1-indanone 271 from phenylselenyl-substituted cyclopentenone 268.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of 1-indanone 272 from the trienone 270.
Scheme 77: Synthesis of the 1-indanone 276 from the aldehyde 273.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of 1-indanones 278 and 279.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of 1-indanone 285 from octa-1,7-diyne (282) and cyclopentenone 239.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of benz[f]indan-1-one (287) from cyclopentenone 239 and o-bis(dibromomethyl)benzene (286)....
Scheme 81: Synthesis of 3-methyl-substituted benz[f]indan-1-one 291 from o-bis(dibromomethyl)benzene (286) and...
Scheme 82: Synthesis of benz[f]indan-1-one (295) from the anthracene epidioxide 292.
Scheme 83: Synthesis of 1-indanone 299 from homophthalic anhydride 298 and cyclopentynone 297.
Scheme 84: Synthesis of cyano-substituted 1-indanone derivative 301 from 2-cyanomethylbenzaldehyde (300) and c...
Scheme 85: Synthesis of 1-indanone derivatives 303–305 from ketene dithioacetals 302.
Scheme 86: Synthesis of 1-indanones 309–316.
Scheme 87: Mechanism of the hexadehydro-Diels–Alder (HDDA) reaction.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 1-indenone 318 and 1-indanones 320 and 321 from tetraynes 317 and 319.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of 1-indanone 320 from the triyn 319.
Scheme 90: Synthesis 1-indanone 328 from 2-methylfuran 324.
Scheme 91: Synthesis of 1-indanones 330 and 331 from furans 329.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of 1-indanone 333 from the cycloadduct 332.
Scheme 93: Synthesis of (S)-3-arylindan-1-ones 335.
Scheme 94: Synthesis of (R)-2-acetoxy-1-indanone 338.
Figure 6: Chemical structures of obtained cyclopenta[α]phenanthrenes 339.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of the benzoindanone 343 from arylacetaldehyde 340 with 1-trimethylsilyloxycyclopentene (...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121
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Scheme 1: The Biginelli condensation.
Scheme 2: The Biginelli reaction of β-ketophosphonates catalyzed by ytterbium triflate.
Scheme 3: Trimethylchlorosilane-mediated Biginelli reaction of diethyl (3,3,3-trifluoropropyl-2-oxo)phosphona...
Scheme 4: Biginelli reaction of dialkyl (3,3,3-trifluoropropyl-2-oxo)phosphonate with trialkyl orthoformates ...
Scheme 5: p-Toluenesulfonic acid-promoted Biginelli reaction of β-ketophosphonates, aryl aldehydes and urea.
Scheme 6: General Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of α-aminophosphonates.
Scheme 7: Phthalocyanine–AlCl catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of N-Boc-piperidin-4-one with diethyl phosp...
Scheme 8: Kabachnik–Fields reaction of isatin with diethyl phosphite and benzylamine.
Scheme 9: Magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle-supported phosphotungstic acid-catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of i...
Scheme 10: The Mg(ClO4)2-catalyzed Kabachnik–Fields reaction of 1-tosylpiperidine-4-one.
Scheme 11: An asymmetric version of the Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of α-amino-3-piperidinylph...
Scheme 12: A classical Kabachnik–Fields reaction followed by an intramolecular ring-closing reaction for the s...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (S)-piperidin-2-phosphonic acid through an asymmetric Kabachnik–Fields reaction.
Scheme 14: A modified diastereoselective Kabachnik–Fields reaction for the synthesis of isoindolin-1-one-3-pho...
Scheme 15: A microwave-assisted Kabachnik–Fields reaction toward isoindolin-1-ones.
Scheme 16: The synthesis of 3-arylmethyleneisoindolin-1-ones through a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction of Kab...
Scheme 17: An efficient one-pot method for the synthesis of ethyl (2-alkyl- and 2-aryl-3-oxoisoindolin-1-yl)ph...
Scheme 18: FeCl3 and PdCl2 co-catalyzed three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, anilines, and diet...
Scheme 19: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with hydrazine derivatives or hydroxylam...
Scheme 20: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with thiourea, guanidinium carbonate or ...
Scheme 21: Three-component reaction of 6-methyl-3-formylchromone (75) with 1,4-bi-nucleophiles in the presence...
Scheme 22: One-pot three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, amines, and diethyl phosphonate.
Scheme 23: Lewis acid–surfactant combined catalysts for the one-pot three-component reaction of 2-alkynylbenza...
Scheme 24: Lewis acid catalyzed cyclization of different Kabachnik–Fields adducts.
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of N-arylisoquinolone-1-phosphonates 119.
Scheme 26: CuI-catalyzed three-component tandem reaction of 2-(2-formylphenyl)ethanones with aromatic amines a...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ylphosphonates via ytterbium chloride-catalyzed three-component re...
Scheme 28: FeCl3-catalyzed four-component reaction for the synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of indole bisphosphonates through a modified Kabachnik–Fields reaction.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of heterocyclic bisphosphonates via Kabachnik–Fields reaction of triethyl orthoformate.
Scheme 31: A domino Knoevenagel/phospha-Michael process for the synthesis of 2-oxoindolin-3-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 32: Intramolecular cyclization of phospha-Michael adducts to give dihydropyridinylphosphonates.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of fused phosphonylpyrans via intramolecular cyclization of phospha-Michael adducts.
Scheme 34: InCl3-catalyzed three-component synthesis of (2-amino-3-cyano-4H-chromen-4-yl)phosphonates.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of phosphonodihydropyrans via a domino Knoevenagel/hetero-Diels–Alder process.
Scheme 36: Multicomponent synthesis of phosphonodihydrothiopyrans via a domino Knoevenagel/hetero-Diels–Alder ...
Scheme 37: One-pot four-component synthesis of 1,2-dihydroisoquinolin-1-ylphosphonates under multicatalytic co...
Scheme 38: CuI-catalyzed four-component reactions of methyleneaziridines towards alkylphosphonates.
Scheme 39: Ruthenium–porphyrin complex-catalyzed three-component synthesis of aziridinylphosphonates and its p...
Scheme 40: Copper(I)-catalyzed three-component reaction towards 1,2,3-triazolyl-5-phosphonates.
Scheme 41: Three-component reaction of acylphosphonates, isocyanides and dialkyl acetylenedicarboxylate to aff...
Scheme 42: Synthesis of (4-imino-3,4-dihydroquinazolin-2-yl)phosphonates via an isocyanide-based three-compone...
Scheme 43: Silver-catalyzed three-component synthesis of (2-imidazolin-4-yl)phosphonates.
Scheme 44: Three-component synthesis of phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 45: One-pot three-component synthesis of 3-carbo-5-phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 46: A one-pot two-step method for the synthesis of phosphonylpyrazoles.
Scheme 47: A one-pot method for the synthesis of (5-vinylpyrazolyl)phosphonates.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of 1H-pyrrol-2-ylphosphonates via the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of phosphonate azomethine yli...
Scheme 49: Three-component synthesis of 1H-pyrrol-2-ylphosphonates.
Scheme 50: The classical Reissert reaction.
Scheme 51: One-pot three-component synthesis of N-phosphorylated isoquinolines.
Scheme 52: One-pot three-component synthesis of 1-acyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline-2-phosphonates and 2-acyl-1,2-dihy...
Scheme 53: Three-component reaction of pyridine derivatives with ethyl propiolate and dialkyl phosphonates.
Scheme 54: Three-component reactions for the phosphorylation of benzothiazole and isoquinoline.
Scheme 55: Three-component synthesis of diphenyl [2-(aminocarbonyl)- or [2-(aminothioxomethyl)-1,2-dihydroisoq...
Scheme 56: Three-component stereoselective synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolin-2-ylphosphonates and 1,2-dihydrois...
Scheme 57: Diphosphorylation of diazaheterocyclic compounds via a tandem 1,4–1,2 addition of dimethyl trimethy...
Scheme 58: Multicomponent reaction of alkanedials, acetamide and acetyl chloride in the presence of PCl3 and a...
Scheme 59: An oxidative domino three-component synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyridines.
Scheme 60: A sequential one-pot three-component synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles.
Scheme 61: Three-component decarboxylative coupling of proline with aldehydes and dialkyl phosphites for the s...
Scheme 62: Three-component domino aza-Wittig/phospha-Mannich sequence for the phosphorylation of isatin deriva...
Scheme 63: Stereoselective synthesis of phosphorylated trans-1,5-benzodiazepines via a one-pot three-component...
Scheme 64: One-pot three-component synthesis of phosphorylated 2,6-dioxohexahydropyrimidines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 654–661, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.65
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Catalytic C–H borylation of arenes and related reported boron sources.
Scheme 2: Scalability and derivatization.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 334–342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.36
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Bisindole alkaloid raputindole A (1) from the Amazonian tree Raputia simulans.
Scheme 1: Investigated synthetic precursors B–E of the cyclopenta[f]indole moiety (A) of raputindole A (1), a...
Scheme 2: 6-Iodoindole (2) serves twice as starting material towards indole-6-yl-substituted enone 8, obtaine...
Scheme 3: Assembly of 5-oxygenated bisindolylpentenones. DMB: 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl, DMFDMA: N,N-dimethylformal...
Scheme 4: Benzylic oxidation as side reaction of DMB removal.
Scheme 5: Hydroxyalkylation of N-protected indoles with β-cyclocitral and SnCl4-induced cyclization.
Scheme 6: Behavior of indolines after SnCl4-induced generation of allyl cations.
Scheme 7: Pt(II) and Au(I)-catalyzed cyclizations of propargylacetates 46 and 47 afforded cyclopenta[f]indoli...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 233–241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.26
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic route for the preparation of R.Ox.C*Cn compounds. (i) PhCH2Br, K2CO3, DMF/1-dodecanol, DC...
Figure 1: (a) Focal conic fan texture exhibited by 13ar (Ph.Ox.C*C10) at 120 °C. (b) Broken focal conic fan t...
Figure 2: Polarization profile of 13br (C12.Ox.C*C10) compound at 65 °C.
Figure 3: Temperature dependant spontaneous polarisation in 13bp and 13br.
Figure 4: DSC thermograms of 13ap and 13bp.
Figure 5: Phase diagram of the 13a (Ph.Ox.C*Cn) series.
Figure 6: Phase diagram of the 13b (C12.Ox.C*Cn) series.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2920–2927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.310
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Scheme 1: Synthetic route to neutral water-soluble CD thioethers.
Figure 1: ESI MS spectra of CD derivatives 2b1 (left) and 3b1 (right).
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectra of a) the statistical CD derivatives 2b1 and b) the corresponding uniform derivative ...
Figure 3: Transmission (λ = 670 nm) of aqueous solutions (1.0 wt %) of 2b1 (red) and 3b1 (blue).
Figure 4: Decay of the relative vapour pressure A/A0 as function of the host concentration 3b1 measured by GC...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2743–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.290
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Figure 1: Uptake selectivity (left) compared to weight gain of coated polypropylene (right) exemplified by a ...
Figure 2: Results of titration experiment for 8 (left) and 10c (right). Standard deviation (n = 3) indicated ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2852–2861, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.321
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of star-shaped triphenylene discotic liquid crystalline trimer 4.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of star-shaped triphenylene discotic liquid crystalline trimers 5a–c.
Figure 1: Optical photomicrographs of the triphenylene DLC monomers. (A) 2 at 40 °C; (B) 3a at 45 °C; (C) 3b ...
Figure 2: Optical photomicrographs of the triphenylene DLC trimers. (A) 4 at 70 °C; (B) 5b at 85 °C; (C) 5c a...
Figure 3: The DSC traces of the triphenylene DLC monomers and trimers. (A) 2nd heating traces; (B) 1st coolin...
Figure 4: Powder X-ray diffraction patterns of the DLC trimmers 4, 5b and 5c at room temperature.
Figure 5: X-ray diffraction profiles of 4 at different temperatures.