Rhodium-catalyzed homo-coupling reaction of aryl Grignard reagents and its application for the synthesis of an integrin inhibitor

• Kazuyuki Sato,
• Satoki Teranishi,
• Atsushi Sakaue,
• Yukiko Karuo,
• Atsushi Tarui,
• Kentaro Kawai,
• Hiroyuki Takeda,
• Tatsuo Kinashi and
• Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1341–1347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.118

• , so various alkyl halides to replace the benzyl halides were investigated in this reaction (Table 1). Allyl bromide, propargyl bromide, and carbon tetrabromide did not work well as shown in entries 1, 2, and 6 in Table 1. On the other hand, other alkyl halides gave the product in moderate to good

Copper-promoted C5-selective bromination of 8-aminoquinoline amides with alkyl bromides

• Changdong Shao,
• Chen Ma,
• Li Li,
• Jingyi Liu,
• Yanan Shen,
• Chen Chen,
• Qionglin Yang,
• Tianyi Xu,
• Zhengsong Hu,
• Yuhe Kan and
• Tingting Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 155–161, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.14

• selective C5-bromination of 8-aminoquinoline amides using carbon tetrabromide and dibromomethane under photo- and electrocatalysis conditions [27][28]. In 2017, Xia and co-workers reported a novel, mild, metal-free, and regioselective bromination of amides, wherein the organic dye eosin Y acted as the

Total synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline alkaloid: trigonoine B

• Takashi Nishiyama,
• Erina Hamada,
• Daishi Ishii,
• Yuuto Kihara,
• Nanase Choshi,
• Natsumi Nakanishi,
• Mari Murakami,
• Kimiko Taninaka,
• Noriyuki Hatae and
• Tominari Choshi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 730–736, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.62

• , affording aniline 15 in 65% yield. Treatment of 15 with phenyl isocyanate in CH2Cl2 gave urea 16a in 54% yield. To obtain carbodiimide 17a, 16a was treated with carbon tetrabromide (CBr4), PPh3, and Et3N in CH2Cl2. The reaction was monitored by TLC, which confirmed the complete consumption of the starting

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

• - or dibromomethyl carbanions. The so-obtained carbanions form lipophilic ion pairs with the catalyst cation and move into the organic phase, where they react with dibromodifluoromethane. Consequently, carbon tetrabromide (or bromoform) and the ion pair CBrF2−N+Bu4 are formed. The ion pair decomposes

Nucleoside macrocycles formed by intramolecular click reaction: efficient cyclization of pyrimidine nucleosides decorated with 5'-azido residues and 5-octadiynyl side chains

• Jiang Liu,
• Peter Leonard,
• Sebastian L. Müller,
• Constantin Daniliuc and
• Frank Seela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2404–2410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.217

• ’-azido-2’,5’-dideoxycytidine 2. Earlier, the nucleoside precursor 1 was used for DNA cross-linking and labelling [36]. The unprotected nucleoside 1 was treated with equimolar amounts of carbon tetrabromide and triphenylphosphine and a five-fold excess of sodium azide to obtain the azide derivative 2 (37

Electrochemically modified Corey–Fuchs reaction for the synthesis of arylalkynes. The case of 2-(2,2-dibromovinyl)naphthalene

• Fabiana Pandolfi,
• Isabella Chiarotto and
• Marta Feroci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 891–899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.76

• homologation to terminal alkynes can also be obtained using the Corey–Fuchs reaction [11]. This is a two-step reaction in which an aldehyde is at first converted into a 1,1-dibromoalkene with chain extension by one carbon atom through the reaction with carbon tetrabromide and triphenylphosphine (Scheme 1

Synthesis and determination of the absolute configuration of (−)-(5R,6Z)-dendrolasin-5-acetate from the nudibranch Hypselodoris jacksoni

• I. Wayan Mudianta,
• Victoria L. Challinor,
• Anne E. Winters,
• Karen L. Cheney,
• James J. De Voss and
• Mary J. Garson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2925–2933, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.329

• . The overall synthesis (Scheme 1) was adapted from Tsubuki et al. [21]. Furan-3-ylmethanol (4) was prepared in 78% yield by reduction of 2-furoic acid with LiAlH4 in dry diethyl ether, whereas geranyl bromide (5) was obtained through bromination of geraniol with carbon tetrabromide and

The application of a monolithic triphenylphosphine reagent for conducting Ramirez gem-dibromoolefination reactions in flow

• Kimberley A. Roper,
• Malcolm B. Berry and
• Steven V. Ley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1781–1790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.207

• , Desai and McKelvie reported the formation of dibromophosphorane 1 and (dibromomethylene)triphenylphosphorane (2) from the room temperature reaction of carbon tetrabromide with two equivalents of triphenylphosphine (Scheme 1) [41]. Addition of benzaldehyde then gave the desired gem-dibromoolefin, (2,2

• Ramirez brominating species Loading the monolith with carbon tetrabromide to give the active species for the Ramirez gem-dibroomolefination reactions was found to proceed in a facile manner using a single pass protocol with the monolith being cooled to 0 °C (Scheme 3). Cooling the monolith by submerging

• configuration to the Ramirez reactions in flow, a selection of alcohols were directed through the monolith loaded with carbon tetrabromide at 0 °C (Scheme 5). Gratifyingly it was found that the monoliths prepared for the Ramirez gem-dibromoolefination reactions could be used directly for the Appel

Appel-reagent-mediated transformation of glycosyl hemiacetal derivatives into thioglycosides and glycosyl thiols

• Tamashree Ghosh,
• Abhishek Santra and
• Anup Kumar Misra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 974–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.112

• thiols in a one-pot two-step reaction sequence mediated by Appel reagent (carbon tetrabromide and triphenylphosphine). 1,2-trans-Thioglycosides and β-glycosyl thiol derivatives were stereoselectively formed by the reaction of the in situ generated glycosyl bromides with thiols and sodium

• carbonotrithioate. The reaction conditions are reasonably simple and yields were very good. Keywords: Appel reagent; carbon tetrabromide; glycosyl hemiacetal; glycosyl thiol; thioglycoside; triphenylphosphine; Introduction Thioglycosides (1-thiosugar) are widely used glycosyl donors in glycosylation reactions [1

• extension of the earlier report [43], it was envisioned that the treatment of a stable glycosyl hemiacetal derivative with Appel reagent (carbon tetrabromide (CBr4) and triphenylphosphine (PPh3)) [44] could generate the glycosyl bromide in situ, [45][46] which, on reaction with thiol or sodium

The application of a monolithic triphenylphosphine reagent for conducting Appel reactions in flow microreactors

• Kimberley A. Roper,
• Heiko Lange,
• Anastasios Polyzos,
• Malcolm B. Berry,
• Ian R. Baxendale and
• Steven V. Ley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1648–1655, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.194

• application of this monolith to the transformation of an alkyl alcohol into the corresponding alkyl bromide by using carbon tetrabromide in the Appel reaction. In the 1960s Ramirez and co-workers reported the formation of a phosphine–methylene species when triphenylphosphine was mixed with carbon tetrabromide

• A the reaction is thought to proceed through the simple ion pair 3 formed by the reaction of one equivalent of triphenylphosphine (1) and one equivalent of carbon tetrabromide (2). This can react with the alcohol substrate to form an oxy-phosphonium 4 along with bromoform (5), which is removed under

• was then loaded with carbon tetrabromide to give the active species with which to perform the Appel bromination reaction. To achieve this, carbon tetrabromide in dichloromethane [46] was recirculated through the monolith for 16 hours at room temperature (Scheme 2), resulting in a colour change from

Synthesis of 5-(6-hydroxy-7H-purine-8-ylthio)- 2-(N-hydroxyformamido)pentanoic acid

• Yanmei Zhang,
• Greg Elliot,
• Adrian Saldanha,
• Igor Tsigelny,
• Dennis Carson and
• Wolf Wrasidlo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 742–747, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.93

• 8 with triphenylphosphine in carbon tetrabromide resulted in the bromide 9 [5][6], which was coupled to mercaptopurine 9’ in the presence of sodium hydride in DMF to yield 10 [7][8] in excellent yield. Removal of the N-Troc group with zinc in acetic acid gave intermediate 11 and subsequent N