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Light-enabled intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition via photoactivation of simple alkenylboronic esters
- Lewis McGhie,
- Hannah M. Kortman,
- Jenna Rumpf,
- Peter H. Seeberger and
- John J. Molloy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 854–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.69
- high excited state energies and short lifetimes [29]. However, with notable strides in catalyst design, leading to catalysts with high excited state energies [30][31][32][33], in combination with concomitant advances in machine learning excited state predictions [34], it is anticipated that perhaps
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Figure 1: A) Energy transfer catalysis of alkenes in organic synthesis. B) Energy transfer catalysis of conju...
Figure 2: Probing boron effects on reactivity (A) and confirming the generation of a photostationary state eq...
Figure 3: Probing EnT catalysis enabled [2 + 2] cycloaddition of simple alkenylboronic esters.
Scheme 1: Establishing the substrate scope. Conditions: 3 (1 equiv), xanthone (20 mol %), MeCN (0.03 M), unde...
Scheme 2: A) Product derivatization and B) transition-metal EnT catalysis. Reaction conditions A): 4d (1 equi...
Computational design for enantioselective CO2 capture: asymmetric frustrated Lewis pairs in epoxide transformations
- Maxime Ferrer,
- Iñigo Iribarren,
- Tim Renningholtz,
- Ibon Alkorta and
- Cristina Trujillo
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2668–2681, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.224
- by Gao et al. for the asymmetric hydrogenation of a ketone is shown [28]. On the right, the catalyst design inspired by the Gao catalyst and the volcano plot results is shown. At the bottom the reaction under study is presented. Free energy reaction profile of the asymmetric coupling between
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Scheme 1: Reaction between propylene oxide (PO) and CO2 and the five catalyst scaffolds under study. The posi...
Figure 1: Schematic representation of an (A) 2D and a (B) 3D volcano plot. The abbreviation “cat.” stands for...
Scheme 2: Capture reactions of CO2 or an epoxide by FLP.
Figure 2: (A) Structure of PO annotated with the C–O bond distances and electron densities at the BCPs. BCPs ...
Figure 3: Symmetric FLP scaffolds considered in the first study. X denotes N or P.
Figure 4: Subset of FLP scaffolds considered in the catalyst optimisation study. Substituents and labels are ...
Figure 5: Coupling reaction between PO and CO2. Depending on the catalyst considered, the reaction follows me...
Figure 6: VOLCANO plot group 1. The free energies of pre-TS01 assembly and Min2 are considered for the correl...
Figure 7: VOLCANO plot group 2. The free energies of pre-TS01 assembly and Min2 are considered for the correl...
Scheme 3: Asymmetric catalysis studied. On the left, the catalyst proposed by Gao et al. for the asymmetric h...
Figure 8: Catalysed reaction between the (S)-enantiomer of propylene oxide and CO2 resulting in the formation...
Figure 9: Schemes of the different asymmetric reactions observed. Hydrogen capable of rotation is marked in o...
Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis
- Stefan P. Schmid,
- Leon Schlosser,
- Frank Glorius and
- Kjell Jorner
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196
- . Keywords: catalyst design; machine learning; modelling; organocatalysis; selectivity prediction; Introduction Since the beginning of the 21st century, organocatalysts [1] have established themselves as a third group of homogeneous catalysts, next to biocatalysts [2] (enzymes) and transition metal-based
- and reliable development is highly desirable [16]. In the spirit of accelerated discovery, the development of organocatalysts has been augmented with computational catalyst design [17][18]. Multiple programs for automated catalyst simulation have been developed in the last decade. Notable examples
- -type catalysts and more than one million double hydrogen bond donor catalysts. While this repository does not provide any reactivity data, it still comprises a valuable map of organocatalyst chemical space to aid in catalyst design. The creation of these larger datasets, both experimental and in silico
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Figure 1: Schematic depiction of available data sources for predictive modelling, each with its advantages an...
Figure 2: Schematic depiction of different kinds of molecular representations for fluoronitroethane. Among th...
Figure 3: Depiction of the energy diagram of a generic enantioselective reaction. In the centre, catalyst and...
Figure 4: Hammett parameters are derived from the equilibrium constant of substituted benzoic acids (example ...
Figure 5: Selected examples of popular descriptors applied to model organocatalytic reactions. Descriptors en...
Figure 6: Example bromocyclization reaction from Toste and co-workers using a DABCOnium catalyst system and C...
Figure 7: Example from Neel et al. using a chiral ion pair catalyst for the selective fluorination of allylic...
Figure 8: Data set created by Denmark and co-workers for the CPA-catalysed thiol addition to N-acylimines [67]. T...
Figure 9: Selected examples of ML developments that used the dataset from Denmark and co-workers [67]. (A) Varnek...
Figure 10: Study from Reid and Sigman developing statistical models for CPA-catalysed nucleophilic addition re...
Figure 11: Selected examples of studies where mechanistic transferability was exploited to model multiple reac...
Figure 12: Generality approach by Denmark and co-workers [132] for the iodination of arylpyridines. From the releva...
Figure 13: Betinol et al. [133] clustered the relevant chemical space and then evaluated the average ee for every c...
Figure 14: Corminboeuf and co-workers [134] chose a representative subset of the reaction space (indicated by dark ...
Figure 15: Example for data-driven modelling to improve substrate and catalyst design. (A) C–N coupling cataly...
Figure 16: Example for utilising a genetic algorithm for catalyst design. (A) Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction s...
Figure 17: Organocatalysed synthesis of spirooxindole analogues by Kondo et al. [171] (A) Reaction scheme of dienon...
Figure 18: Schematic depiction of required developments in order to overcome current limitations of ML for org...
Factors influencing the performance of organocatalysts immobilised on solid supports: A review
- Zsuzsanna Fehér,
- Dóra Richter,
- Gyula Dargó and
- József Kupai
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2129–2142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.183
- , while even elevated pressure can be applied to reduce diffusion limitations. The size, rigidity and character of the linker also play an important role in catalyst design. Despite these advances, the development of highly efficient and recyclable organocatalysts remains a challenge. Trade-offs between
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Scheme 1: Esterification of oleic acid (1) with propylsulfonic acid (Pr-SO3H)-functionalised mesoporous silic...
Scheme 2: Using confinement of organocatalytic units for improving the enantioselectivity of silica-supported...
Scheme 3: Michael addition catalysed by cinchona thiourea immobilised on magnetic nanoparticles (13).
Scheme 4: Michael addition catalysed by cinchona thiourea in the presence of magnetic nanoparticles.
Scheme 5: Benzoin condensation catalysed by N-benzylthiazolium salt attached to mesoporous material.
Scheme 6: Photoinduced RAFT polymerisation of n-butyl acrylate (19) catalysed by silica nanoparticle-supporte...
Scheme 7: Pressure and temperature dependence of the 1,4-addition of propanal to trans-β-nitrostyrene under c...
Scheme 8: α-Amination of ethyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate catalysed by PS-THU which could be recycled over ...
Scheme 9: Preparation of supported catalysts C29–C31 from cinchona squaramides 29–31 modified with a primary ...
Scheme 10: Application of PGMA-supported organocatalysts C29–C31 in the asymmetric Michael addition of pentane...
Scheme 11: Alcoholytic desymmetrisation of a cyclic anhydride 34 catalysed by polyamide-supported cinchona sul...
A comparison of structure, bonding and non-covalent interactions of aryl halide and diarylhalonium halogen-bond donors
- Nicole Javaly,
- Theresa M. McCormick and
- David R. Stuart
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1428–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.125
- possibly due to greater dispersive and lesser repulsive forces for larger halogens. This finding may prove useful in catalyst design where close spatial proximity of the substrate to other important structural information (i.e., chirality) has an impact on selectivity. Our analysis of selected XB complexes
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Scheme 1: Overview of halogen bonding.
Scheme 2: Correlation of orbital character on halogen with C–X–C bond angle for compounds 1–24; data from pri...
Scheme 3: Correlation of ΔG for XB bond formation and X---Cl distance for compounds 9–24 (green dots), 41–48 ...
Scheme 4: Correlation of X---Cl distance with van der Waals radii of X.
Scheme 5: Comparison of E(r) for XB complexes 9–12, 42–44, and 53–56.
Scheme 6: Correlation of p-character and Vs,max on X of XB donor with ΔG of XB bond.
Scheme 7: Model for ΔG based on Equation 1.
Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series
- Cécile Alleman,
- Charlène Gadais,
- Laurent Legentil and
- François-Hugues Porée
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23
- ][9]. Metathesis reactions take place by the means of a metallic catalyst. Firstly, olefin metathesis was achieved with an air-sensitive tungsten complex [8]. An important focus on air-stable catalyst design was undertaken and contributed to the popularization of the reaction. Thus, Grubbs catalysts
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Figure 1: Examples of terpenes containing a bicyclo[3.6.0]undecane motif.
Figure 2: Commercially available first and second generation Grubbs and Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts.
Figure 3: Examples of strategies to access the fusicoccan and ophiobolin tricyclic core structure by RCM.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bicyclic core structure 12 of ophiobolin M (13) and cycloaraneosene (14).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the core structure 21 of ophiobolins and fusicoccanes.
Scheme 3: Ring-closing metathesis attempts starting from thioester 22.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of ent-fusicoauritone (28).
Figure 4: General structure of ophiobolins and congeners.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 6: Investigation of RCM for the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8). Path A) RCM with TBDPS-protected alcoho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the core structure of cotylenin A aglycon, cotylenol (50).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tricyclic core structure of fusicoccans.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (−)-teubrevin G (59).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the core skeleton 63 of the basmane family.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-schindilactone A (68).
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of dactylol (72).
Scheme 13: Ring-closing metathesis for the total synthesis of (±)-asteriscanolide (2).
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the simplified skeleton of pleuromutilin (1).
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) using a ring-closing metathesis to construct the eight-member...
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-naupliolide (97).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of the A-B ring structure of fusicoccane (101).
Scheme 18: First attempts of TRCM of dienyne substrates.
Scheme 19: TRCM on optimized substrates towards the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 20: Tandem ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of variecolin intermediates 114 and 115.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of poitediol (118) using the allylsilane ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 22: Access to scaffold 122 by a NHK coupling reaction.
Scheme 23: Key step to construct the [5-8] bicyclooctanone core of aquatolide (4).
Scheme 24: Initial strategy to access aquatolide (4).
Scheme 25: Synthetic plan to cotylenin A (130).
Scheme 26: [5-8] Bicyclic structure of brachialactone (7) constructed by a Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 27: Influence of the replacement of the allylic alcohol moiety.
Scheme 28: Formation of variecolin intermediate 140 through a SmI2-mediated Barbier-type reaction.
Scheme 29: SmI2-mediated ketyl addition. Pleuromutilin (1) eight-membered ring closure via C5–C14 bond formati...
Scheme 30: SmI2-mediated dialdehyde cyclization cascade of [5-8-6] pleuromutilin scaffold 149.
Scheme 31: A) Modular synthetic route to mutilin and pleuromutilin family members by Herzon’s group. B) Scaffo...
Scheme 32: Photocatalyzed oxidative ring expansion in pleuromutilin (1) total synthesis.
Scheme 33: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (−)-6-epi-ophiobolin N (168).
Scheme 34: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (+)-6-epi-ophiobolin A (173).
Scheme 35: Radical 8-endo-trig-cyclization of a xanthate precursor.
Figure 5: Structural representations of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179) beari...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of the common [5-8-5] tricyclic intermediate of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), an...
Scheme 37: Asymmetric synthesis of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179).
Figure 6: Scope of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 38: Nazarov cyclization revealing the fusicoauritone core structure 192.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fusicoauritone (28) through Nazarov cyclization.
Scheme 40: (+)-Epoxydictymene (5) synthesis through a Nicholas cyclization followed by a Pauson–Khand reaction...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of aquatolide (4) by a Mukaiyama-type aldolisation.
Scheme 42: Tandem Wolff/Cope rearrangement furnishing the A-B bicyclic moiety 204 of variecolin.
Scheme 43: Asymmetric synthesis of the A-B bicyclic core 205 and 206 of variecolin.
Scheme 44: Formation of [5-8]-fused rings by cyclization under thermal activation.
Scheme 45: Construction of the [5-8-6] tricyclic core structure of variecolin (3) by Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of the [6-4-8-5]-tetracyclic skeleton by palladium-mediated cyclization.
Scheme 47: Access to the [5-8] bicyclic core structure of asteriscanolide (227) through rhodium-catalyzed cycl...
Scheme 48: Total syntheses of asterisca-3(15),6-diene (230) and asteriscanolide (2) with a Rh-catalyzed cycliz...
Scheme 49: Photocyclization of 2-pyridones to access the [5-8-5] backbone of fusicoccanes.
Scheme 50: Total synthesis of (+)-asteriscunolide D (245) and (+)-aquatolide (4) through photocyclization.
Scheme 51: Biocatalysis pathway to construct the [5-8-5] tricyclic scaffold of brassicicenes.
Scheme 52: Influence of the CotB2 mutant over the cyclization’s outcome of GGDP.
N-Sulfinylpyrrolidine-containing ureas and thioureas as bifunctional organocatalysts
- Viera Poláčková,
- Dominika Krištofíková,
- Boglárka Némethová,
- Renata Górová,
- Mária Mečiarová and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2629–2641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.176
- of the catalysts in organocatalytic Michael addition and suggested the possibilities of further improvement in catalyst design. Experimental Synthesis of catalysts (S)-tert-Butyl 2-(aminomethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (2) The solution of PPh3 (1.64 g, 6.3 mmol) and N-Boc-(S)-prolinol (1, 1.0 g, 5.0
- . Catalyst design principles. DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2X/def2-TZVP) structures of catalyst (S,R) and (S,S)-C2, enamine between aldehyde 6c and (S,R)-C2; enamine 6c-(S,R)-C2 and hydrogen-bonded nitroalkene 9. a) Arrangements of reactants in the transition states; b) DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c
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Figure 1: Catalyst design principles.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of isothiocyanate 3a and isocyanate 3b.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of sulfinylthioureas C1 and ureas C2.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of adducts 8a,d,f in solution.
Figure 2: DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2X/def2-TZVP) structures of catalyst (S,R) and (S,S)-C2, en...
Figure 3: a) Arrangements of reactants in the transition states; b) DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2...
Figure 4: DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2X/def2-TZVP) reaction profile for the Michael addition of ...
Base-free enantioselective SN2 alkylation of 2-oxindoles via bifunctional phase-transfer catalysis
- Mili Litvajova,
- Emiliano Sorrentino,
- Brendan Twamley and
- Stephen J. Connon
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2287–2294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.146
- product was not observed in the absence of a phase-transfer catalyst after a prolonged reaction time of 504 hours (see Supporting Information File 1). With this new set of conditions in hand, a rational catalyst design process commenced, aimed at improving the selectivity of the base-free SN2 alkylation
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Figure 1: The importance of the 3,3-spirooxindole core and its access through enantioselective enolate alkyla...
Scheme 1: A) SN2 alkylation of 3-subtituted-2-oxindoles not readily functionalisable; B) Previous work: enant...
Figure 2: Substrate scope. aIsolated yield. bDetermined by CSP-HPLC. cValue in brackets refers to reaction co...
Scheme 2: Enantioselective synthesis of a CRTH2 receptor antagonist.
Halides as versatile anions in asymmetric anion-binding organocatalysis
- Lukas Schifferer,
- Martin Stinglhamer,
- Kirandeep Kaur and
- Olga García Macheño
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2270–2286, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.145
- example highlighting the importance of sidechain catalyst design was given by Jacobsen et al. in the tail-to-head cyclization of neryl chloride and derivatives 59 (Scheme 13) [17]. Mechanistic studies and DFT calculations revealed that an extended π-system in the sidechain of the bidentate urea catalyst
- , respectively. Bis- and macrocyclic thiourea catalysts Besides the introduction of cation–π interactions in anion-binding catalyst design, bisthiourea catalysts have been applied with the aim of accelerating certain catalytic reactions. In this regard, the group of Seidel reported in 2016 an enantioselective
- binding simultaneously to the chloride or through a cooperative 2H abstraction mechanism. These findings proved to be decisive in the development of new and more efficient anion-binding catalysts. By introducing a methyl group (R = Me) into the pyrrolidine moiety of the initial catalyst design, the amide
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Figure 1: a) Binding interactions in the chloride channel of E. coli. and b) examples of chloride, cyanide, n...
Figure 2: a) H-bond vs anion-binding catalysis and b) activation modes in anion-binding catalysis.
Scheme 1: First proposed anion-binding mechanism in the thiourea-catalyzed acetalization of benzaldehyde.
Scheme 2: a) Thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective acyl-Pictet–Spengler reaction of tryptamine-derived imines 4...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism of the thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective Pictet–Spengler reaction of hydroxyla...
Scheme 4: a) Thiourea-catalyzed intramolecular Pictet–Spengler-type cyclization of hydroxylactam-derived N-ac...
Scheme 5: Enantioselective Reissert-type reactions of a) (iso)quinolines with silyl ketene acetals, and b) vi...
Figure 3: Role of the counter-anion: a) Anion acting as a spectator and b) anion participating directly as th...
Scheme 6: Enantioselective selenocyclization catalyzed by squaramide 28.
Scheme 7: Desymmetrization of meso-aziridines catalyzed by bifunctional thiourea catalyst 31.
Scheme 8: Anion-binding-catalyzed desymmetrization of a) meso-aziridines catalyzed by chiral triazolium catal...
Scheme 9: Bis-urea-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of a) β-bromosulfides and b) β-haloamines by Gouve...
Scheme 10: a) Bifunctional thiourea anion-binding – basic/nucleophilic catalysts. Selected applications in b) ...
Scheme 11: Thiourea-catalyzed enantioselective polycyclization reaction of hydroxylactams 51 through cation–π ...
Scheme 12: Enantioselective aza-Sakurai cyclization of hydroxylactams 56 implicating additional cation–π and L...
Scheme 13: Enantioselective tail-to-head cyclization of neryl chloride derivatives.
Scheme 14: Cation–π interactions in anion binding-catalyzed asymmetric addition reactions: a) addition of indo...
Scheme 15: Bisthiourea catalyzed oxa-Pictet–Spengler reaction of indole-based alcohols and aromatic aldehydes ...
Scheme 16: Anion-binding catalyst development in the enantioselective addition of silyl ketene acetals to 1-ch...
Scheme 17: a) Macrocyclic bis-thiourea catalyst in a diastereoselective glycosylation reaction. b) Competing SN...
Scheme 18: a) Folding mechanism of oligotriazoles upon anion recognition. b) Representative tetratriazole 82 c...
Scheme 19: Switchable chiral tetratriazole catalyst 86 in the enantioselective addition of silyl ketene acetal...
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
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Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis
- Callum Prentice,
- James Morrisson,
- Andrew D. Smith and
- Eli Zysman-Colman
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197
- triplet excited state 182* (Scheme 27) [79][80]. However, the enantioselectivities for this reaction were poor (70:30 er), which prompted further catalyst design by changing the photosensitising group from benzophenone to xanthone 183 to improve enantioselectivity [79]. Xanthone has a higher triplet
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-alkylation of aldehydes with alkyl bromides bearing electron-withdrawi...
Scheme 2: Amine/HAT/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using alkenes.
Scheme 3: Amine/cobalt/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones and THIQs.
Scheme 4: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes or ketones with imines. (a) Using keton...
Scheme 5: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed enantioselective α-functionalisation of aldehydes.
Scheme 6: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using amine catalysts via ...
Scheme 7: Amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of iminium ion intermediates. (a) Synthesis of quaternary stereocent...
Scheme 8: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of enones in a radical chain reaction initiated by an i...
Scheme 9: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of iminium ions with different radical precur...
Scheme 10: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed radical cascade reactions between enones and alkenes with a...
Scheme 11: Amine/photocatalysed photocycloadditions of iminium ion intermediates. (a) External photocatalyst u...
Scheme 12: Amine/photoredox-catalysed addition of acrolein (94) to iminium ions.
Scheme 13: Dual NHC/photoredox-catalysed acylation of THIQs.
Scheme 14: NHC/photocatalysed spirocyclisation via photoisomerisation of an extended Breslow intermediate.
Scheme 15: CPA/photoredox-catalysed aza-pinacol cyclisation.
Scheme 16: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Minisci-type reaction between azaarenes and α-amino radicals.
Scheme 17: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical additions to azaarenes. (a) α-Amino radical or ketyl radical addit...
Scheme 18: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reduction of azaarene-derived substrates. (a) Reduction of ketones. (b) Ex...
Scheme 19: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reactions of α-amino radicals with α-carbonyl radicals. (...
Scheme 20: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 21: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reactions with imines. (a) Decarboxylative imine generation followed by Po...
Scheme 22: Bifunctional CPA/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions.
Scheme 23: PTC/photocatalysed oxygenation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters.
Scheme 24: PTC/photoredox-catalysed perfluoroalkylation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters via a radical chai...
Scheme 25: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 26: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular RCA cyclisation of a quinolone.
Scheme 27: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 28: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions. (a) First use of...
Scheme 29: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation of allenes.
Scheme 30: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation reactions. (a) Deracemisation of sulfox...
Scheme 31: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of coumarins....
Scheme 32: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolones. (a) Intramo...
Scheme 33: Hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed formal arylation of benzofuranones.
Scheme 34: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative protonation of α,α-chlorofluoro ketones.
Scheme 35: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reductions. (a) Reduction of 1,2-diketones. (b) Reduction of ...
Scheme 36: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photocatalysed deracemisation of cyclic ureas.
Scheme 37: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of cyclic sulfonamides.
Scheme 38: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reaction between imines and indoles.
Scheme 39: Chiral cation/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling of two α-amino radicals.
Scheme 40: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed hydroetherfication of alkenols.
Scheme 41: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of pyrroloindolines.
Scheme 42: Chiral anion/photoredox-catalysed radical cation Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 43: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed cycloadditions of carbonyls. (a) Formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition of en...
Scheme 44: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a scandium Lewis acid between α-amino radicals a...
Scheme 45: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a copper Lewis acid between α-amino radicals and...
Scheme 46: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of 1,2-amino alcohols from aldehydes and nitrones using a...
Scheme 47: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of enones and alkenes.
Scheme 48: Meggers’s chiral-at-metal catalysts.
Scheme 49: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones with alkyl bromides bearing electron...
Scheme 50: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reaction using α-chloroketones and α-...
Scheme 51: Lewis acid/photocatalysed RCA of enones. (a) Using aldehydes as acyl radical precursors. (b) Other ...
Scheme 52: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysis for a photocycloaddition of enones.
Scheme 53: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of enones using DHPs as radical precursors.
Scheme 54: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed functionalisation of β-ketoesters. (a) Hydroxylation reaction catal...
Scheme 55: Bifunctional copper-photocatalysed alkylation of imines.
Scheme 56: Copper/photocatalysed alkylation of imines. (a) Bifunctional copper catalysis using α-silyl amines....
Scheme 57: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 58: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions (a) Intramolecular cycloaddition...
Scheme 59: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed rearrangement of 2,4-dieneones.
Scheme 60: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of cinnamate esters and styrenes.
Scheme 61: Nickel/photoredox-catalysed arylation of α-amino acids using aryl bromides.
Scheme 62: Nickel/photoredox catalysis. (a) Desymmetrisation of cyclic meso-anhydrides using benzyl trifluorob...
Scheme 63: Nickel/photoredox catalysis for the acyl-carbamoylation of alkenes with aldehydes using TBADT as a ...
Scheme 64: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed C–N coupling between α-chloro amides and carbazoles or ind...
Scheme 65: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed difunctionalisation of alkenes with alkynes and alkyl or a...
Scheme 66: Copper/photoredox-catalysed decarboxylative cyanation of benzyl phthalimide esters.
Scheme 67: Copper/photoredox-catalysed cyanation reactions using TMSCN. (a) Propargylic cyanation (b) Ring ope...
Scheme 68: Palladium/photoredox-catalysed allylic alkylation reactions. (a) Using alkyl DHPs as radical precur...
Scheme 69: Manganese/photoredox-catalysed epoxidation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 70: Chromium/photoredox-catalysed allylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 71: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenation of halolactones.
Scheme 72: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative cyclisation.
Scheme 73: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed reduction of cyclic imines.
Scheme 74: Enzyme/photocatalysed enantioselective reduction of electron-deficient alkenes as mixtures of (E)/(Z...
Scheme 75: Enzyme/photoredox catalysis. (a) Deacetoxylation of cyclic ketones. (b) Reduction of heteroaromatic...
Scheme 76: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of indole-3-ones from 2-arylindoles.
Scheme 77: Enzyme/HAT/photoredox catalysis for the DKR of primary amines.
Scheme 78: Bifunctional enzyme/photoredox-catalysed benzylic C–H hydroxylation of trifluoromethylated arenes.
Olefin metathesis in multiblock copolymer synthesis
- Maria L. Gringolts,
- Yulia I. Denisova,
- Eugene Sh. Finkelshtein and
- Yaroslav V. Kudryavtsev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 218–235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.21
- rather clear nowadays that the olefin-metathesis reaction is a versatile tool for the synthesis of multiblock copolymers with diverse chemical structures. Due to the rapid progress in the catalyst design for living polymerization, sequential ROMP has become a well-established method of obtaining
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Multiblock copolymer synthesis by sequential ROMP, replotted from [51].
Figure 1: The most known commercially available catalysts for olefin metathesis.
Scheme 2: Multiblock copolymer synthesis by combining ROMP and NMP, replotted from [56].
Figure 2: A highly fluorescent multiblock copolymer for bioimaging and in vivo tumor targeting [60].
Scheme 3: Multiblock copolymer synthesis by combining ROMP and click reactions replotted from [61].
Scheme 4: Multiblock copolymer synthesis by combining ADMET and other reactions, replotted from [63,64].
Scheme 5: Synthesis of multiblock bottle-brush copolymers by ROMP, replotted from [68].
Scheme 6: Sacrificial synthesis of multiblock copolymers, replotted from [70].
Scheme 7: Synthesis of supramolecular multiblock copolymers, replotted from [74].
Figure 3: The multiblock copolymer capable of post-functionalization [76].
Figure 4: Multiblock copolymers synthesized by macromolecular cross metathesis.
Scheme 8: Macromolecular cross metathesis.
Figure 5: Changes in the DSC thermograms during MCM of PBD and polyesters (left) [84] and PNB–PCOE (right) mediat...
Figure 6: The 13C NMR spectrum recorded after 8 h of the reaction between PCOE, PNB, and Gr1; the homo- and h...
Scheme 9: Elementary reactions of MCM between PNB and PCOE, replotted from [90].
Figure 7: The 1H NMR spectrum recorded after 24 h of the reaction between PCOE, PNB, and Gr1 in CDCl3. The ca...
Scheme 10: Post-modification of multiblock copolymers by hydrogenation (A) [85] and epoxidation (B) [101] of C=C double...
Figure 8: Integral distribution functions for the lamella thickness of crystallites in thermally fractionated...
Ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts with monodentate unsymmetrical NHC ligands
- Veronica Paradiso,
- Chiara Costabile and
- Fabia Grisi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3122–3149, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.292
- and electronic properties of the NHC ligand. Significant advances in ruthenium metathesis catalyst design have been achieved by the introduction of unsymmetrically substituted NHC (uNHC) ligands, namely presenting different substituents at the nitrogen atoms. They offer the possibility of strongly
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Second-generation Grubbs (GII), Hoveyda (HGII), Grela (Gre-II), Blechert (Ble-II) and indenylidene-...
Figure 2: Grubbs (1a) and Hoveyda-type (1b) complexes with N-phenyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 3: C–H insertion product 2.
Figure 4: Grubbs (3a–6a) and Hoveyda-type (3b–6b) complexes with N-fluorophenyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 1: RCM of diethyl diallylmalonate (7).
Scheme 2: RCM of diethyl allylmethallylmalonate (9).
Scheme 3: RCM of diethyl dimethallylmalonate (11).
Scheme 4: CM of allylbenzene (13) with cis-1,4-diacetoxy-2-butene (14).
Scheme 5: ROMP of 1,5-cyclooctadiene (16).
Figure 5: Grubbs (18a–21a) and Hoveyda-type (18b–21b) catalysts bearing uNHCs with a hexafluoroisopropylalkox...
Figure 6: A Grubbs-type complex with an N-adamantyl, N’-mesityl NHC 22 and the Hoveyda-type complex with a ch...
Figure 7: Grubbs (24a and 25a) and Hoveyda-type (24b and 25b) complexes with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 8: Grubbs-type complexes 31–34 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 9: Grubbs-type complex 35 with an N-cyclohexyl, N’-2,6-diisopropylphenyl NHC.
Figure 10: Hoveyda-type complexes with an N-alkyl, N’-mesityl (36, 37) and an N-alkyl, N’-2,6-diisopropylpheny...
Figure 11: Indenylidene-type complexes 41–43 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 12: Grubbs-type complex 44 and its monopyridine derivative 45 containing a chiral uNHC.
Scheme 6: Alternating copolymerization of 46 with 47 and 48.
Figure 13: Pyridine-containing complexes 49–52 and Grubbs-type complex 53.
Figure 14: Hoveyda-type complexes 54–58 in the alternating ROMP of NBE (46) and COE (47).
Figure 15: Catalysts 59 and 60 in the tandem RO–RCM of 47.
Figure 16: Hoveyda-type complexes 61–69 with N-alkyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 7: Ethenolysis of methyl oleate (70).
Scheme 8: AROCM of cis-5-norbornene-endo-2,3-dicarboxylic anhydride (75) with styrene.
Figure 17: Hoveyda-type catalysts 79–82 with N-tert-butyl, N’-aryl NHCs.
Scheme 9: Latent ROMP of 83 with catalyst 82.
Figure 18: Indenylidene and Hoveyda-type complexes 85–92 with N-cycloalkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Scheme 10: RCM of N,N-dimethallyl-N-tosylamide (93) with catalyst 85.
Scheme 11: Self metathesis of 13 with catalyst 85.
Figure 19: Grubbs-type complexes 98–104 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 20: Grubbs-type complexes 105–115 with N-alkyl, N’-mesityl ligands.
Figure 21: Complexes 116 and 117 bearing a carbohydrate-based NHC.
Figure 22: Complexes 118 and 119 bearing a hemilabile amino-tethered NHC.
Figure 23: Indenylidene-type complexes 120–126 with N-benzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Scheme 12: Diastereoselective ring-rearrangement metathesis (dRRM) of cyclopentene 131.
Figure 24: Indenylidene-type complexes 134 and 135 with N-nitrobenzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 25: Hoveyda-type complexes 136–138 with N-benzyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 26: Hoveyda-type complexes 139–142 with N-benzyl, N’-Dipp NHC.
Figure 27: Indenylidene (143–146) and Hoveyda-type (147) complexes with N-heteroarylmethyl, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 28: Hoveyda-type complexes 148 and 149 with N-phenylpyrrole, N’-mesityl NHCs.
Figure 29: Grubbs-type complexes with N-trifluoromethyl benzimidazolidene NHCs 150–153, 155 and N-isopropyl be...
Scheme 13: Ethenolysis of ethyl oleate 156.
Scheme 14: Ethenolysis of cis-cyclooctene (47).
Figure 30: Grubbs-type C1-symmetric (164) and C2-symmetric (165) catalysts with a backbone-substituted NHC.
Figure 31: Possible syn and anti rotational isomers of catalyst 164.
Scheme 15: ARCM of substrates 166, 168 and 170.
Figure 32: Hoveyda (172) and Grubbs-type (173,174) backbone-substituted C1-symmetric NHC complexes.
Scheme 16: ARCM of 175,177 and 179 with catalyst 174.
Figure 33: Grubbs-type C1-symmetric NHC catalysts bearing N-propyl (181, 182) or N-benzyl (183, 184) groups on...
Scheme 17: ARCM of 185 and 187 promoted by 184 to form the encumbered alkenes 186 and 188.
Figure 34: N-Alkyl, N’-isopropylphenyl NHC ruthenium complexes with syn (189, 191) and anti (190, 192) phenyl ...
Figure 35: Hoveyda-type complexes 193–198 bearing N-alkyl, N’-aryl backbone-substituted NHC ligands.
Scheme 18: ARCM of 166 and 199 promoted by 192b.
Figure 36: Enantiopure catalysts 201a and 201b with syn phenyl units on the NHC backbone.
Figure 37: Backbone-monosubstituted catalysts 202–204.
Figure 38: Grubbs (205a) and Hoveyda-type (205b) backbone-monosubstituted catalysts.
Scheme 19: AROCM of 206 with allyltrimethylsilane promoted by catalyst 205a.
The activity of indenylidene derivatives in olefin metathesis catalysts
- Maria Voccia,
- Steven P. Nolan,
- Luigi Cavallo and
- Albert Poater
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2956–2963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.275
- molybdenum counterparts, they display sensitivity to decomposition while in solution [24][25]. Understanding and/or the elimination of potential pathways that leads to catalyst decomposition is extremely important [26][27][28], since any knowledge obtained in this area can guide the catalyst design efforts
- hypothesis will be examined computationally in order to assist catalyst design efforts. Results and Discussion We have studied the initiation cycle involving the transformation of the indenylidene precatalysts into the active methylidene for a series of olefin metathesis relevant complexes 1–6, using
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Catalysts studied by DFT calculations.
Scheme 2: Precatalyst initiation in olefin metathesis (L = NHC ligand).
Figure 1: Topographic steric maps (plane xy) of the NHC ligands of species I for the studied SIMes–Ru complex...
Figure 2: Intermediate II for catalysts a) 1 and b) 5 (important bond lengths are given in Å).
Olefin metathesis catalysts embedded in β-barrel proteins: creating artificial metalloproteins for olefin metathesis
- Daniel F. Sauer,
- Johannes Schiffels,
- Takashi Hayashi,
- Ulrich Schwaneberg and
- Jun Okuda
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2861–2871, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.265
- active site from the protein easier as compared to supramolecular anchoring. However, the design of catalysts capable of undergoing dative anchoring is usually based on interactions of inhibitors with the active site of the protein. This makes the catalyst design challenging and the application is
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Left: Mechanism of the olefin metathesis reaction postulated by Chauvin [2]. Right: Potential influenc...
Scheme 2: (i) Ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP), (ii) ring-closing metathesis (RCM) and (iii) cro...
Figure 1: Common anchoring strategies for metal-complex or metal ion incorporation into protein scaffolds.
Scheme 3: Biotinylated GH-type catalysts for conjugation to (strept)avidin and their catalyzed ring-closing m...
Scheme 4: Whole-cell artificial metatheases designed by Ward et al. [47].
Scheme 5: Coupling of GH-type catalysts Ru-4/5/6 to NB4 or NB11.
Scheme 6: Anchoring and refolding of GH-type catalysts Ru-4/5/6 to FhuA.
Figure 2: Top: NB4 (PDB 3WJB); bottom: NB4exp. Highlighted in blue are the additional two β-sheets. Highlight...
Copolymerization of epoxides with cyclic anhydrides catalyzed by dinuclear cobalt complexes
- Yo Hiranoi and
- Koji Nakano
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2779–2788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.255
- observed catalytic activity was much higher than that achieved by using the mononuclear cobalt–salen complex. Although mononuclear cobalt–salen complexes are known as one of the most active catalysts for the epoxide/CA copolymerization [15], there has been no report on the catalyst design based on
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of cobalt–salen complexes 1–4.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of dinuclear cobalt–salen complexes (R,R,S,S)-2 and (R,R,R,R)-2.
Figure 2: MALDI–TOF mass spectrum of the PO/PA copolymer. The low molecular weight copolymer for MS analysis ...
Scheme 2: Terpolymerization of PO, HO, and PA with (R,R,R,R)-1.
Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis
- Mustafa Durmaz,
- Erkan Halay and
- Selahattin Bozkurt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117
- progress has been achieved with chiral calix[4]arenes, there are still several opportunities for further enhancements such as catalyst design, loading and substrate scope in the reaction systems. Immobilization of these calixarene derivatives onto polymers or magnetic nanoparticles would also lead to
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Inherently chiral calix[4]arene-based phase-transfer catalysts.
Scheme 1: Asymmetric alkylations of 3 catalyzed by (±)-1 and (±)-2 under phase-transfer conditions.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of chiral calix[4]arene-based phase-transfer catalyst 7 and structure of O’Donnell’s N-be...
Scheme 3: Asymmetric alkylation of glycine derivative 3 catalyzed by calixarene-based phase-transfer catalyst ...
Figure 2: Calix[4]arene-amides used as phase-transfer catalysts.
Scheme 4: Phase-transfer alkylation of 3 catalyzed by calixarene-triamide 12.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes 20a/20b substituted at the lower rim. Reaction condit...
Scheme 6: Asymmetric Henry reaction between 21 and 22 catalyzed by 20a/20b.
Figure 3: Proposed transition state model of asymmetric Henry reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure phosphinoferrocenyl-substituted calixarene ligands 27–29.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric coupling reaction of aryl boronates and aryl halides in the presence of calixarene mono ...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric allylic alkylation in the presence of calix[4]arene ligand (S,S)-29.
Figure 4: Structure of inherently chiral oxazoline calix[4]arenes applied in the palladium-catalyzed Tsuji–Tr...
Scheme 10: Asymmetric Tsuji–Trost reaction in the presence of calix[4]arene ligands 36–39.
Figure 5: BINOL-derived calix[4]arene-diphosphite ligands.
Scheme 11: Asymmetric hydrogenation of 41a and 41b catalyzed by in situ-generated catalysts comprised of [Rh(C...
Figure 6: Inherently chiral calix[4]arene 43 containing a diarylmethanol structure.
Scheme 12: Asymmetric Michael addition reaction of 44 with 45 catalyzed by 43.
Figure 7: Calix[4]arene-based chiral primary amine–thiourea catalysts.
Scheme 13: Asymmetric Michael addition of 48 with 49 catalyzed by 47a and 47b.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Michael addition of 51 to 52 catalyzed by calix[4]arene thioureas.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of calix[4]arene-based tertiary amine–thioureas 54–56.
Scheme 16: Asymmetric Michael addition of 34 and 57 to nitroalkenes 49 catalyzed by 54b.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene bis-squaramide derivative 64.
Scheme 18: Asymmetric Michael addition catalyzed by 64.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of chiral p-tert-butylphenol analogue 68.
Figure 8: Novel prolinamide organocatalysts based on the calix[4]arene scaffold.
Scheme 20: Asymmetric aldol reactions of 72 with 70 and 71 catalyzed by 69b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene-based chiral organocatalysts 75 and 78 derived from L-prolin...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of upper rim-functionalized calix[4]arene-based L-proline derivative 83.
Scheme 23: Synthesis and proposed structure of Calix-Pro-MN (86).
Figure 9: Calix[4]arene-based L-proline catalysts containing ester, amide and acid units.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of calix[4]arene-based prolinamide 92.
Scheme 25: Calixarene-based catalysts for the aldol reaction of 21 with 70.
Scheme 26: Asymmetric aldol reactions of 72 with cyclic ketones catalyzed by calix[4]arene-based chiral organo...
Figure 10: A proposed structure for catalyst 92 in H2O.
Scheme 27: Synthetic route for organocatalyst 98.
Scheme 28: Asymmetric aldol reactions catalyzed by 99.
Figure 11: Proposed catalytic environment for catalyst 99 in the presence of water.
Scheme 29: Asymmetric aldol reactions between 94 and 72 catalyzed by 55a.
Scheme 30: Enantioselective Biginelli reactions catalyzed by 69f.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of calix[4]arene–(salen) complexes.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective epoxidation of 108 catalyzed by 107a/107b.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arene catalysts 111 and 112.
Scheme 34: Enantioselective MPV reduction.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of chiral calix[4]arene ligands 116a–c.
Scheme 36: Asymmetric MPV reduction with chiral calix[4]arene ligands.
Scheme 37: Chiral AlIII–calixarene complexes bearing distally positioned chiral substituents.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric MPV reduction in the presence of chiral calix[4]arene diphosphites.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure inherently chiral calix[4]arene phosphonic acid.
Scheme 40: Asymmetric aza-Diels–Alder reactions catalyzed by (cR,pR)-121.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric ring opening of epoxides catalyzed by (cR,pR)-121.
Chiral phase-transfer catalysis in the asymmetric α-heterofunctionalization of prochiral nucleophiles
- Johannes Schörgenhumer,
- Maximilian Tiffner and
- Mario Waser
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1753–1769, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.170
- ][30]. Alternative approaches by utilizing chiral backbones like, e.g., tartaric acid, biphenyls, or tricyclic ammonium salts were also heavily investigated [31][32][33][34][35], thus leading to an enormous recent progress in the field with respect to catalyst design and the development of new
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Generally accepted ion-pairing mechanism between the chiral cation Q+ of a PTC and an enolate and s...
Scheme 2: Reported asymmetric α-fluorination of β-ketoesters 1 using different chiral PTCs.
Scheme 3: Asymmetric α-fluorination of benzofuranones 4 with phosphonium salt PTC F1.
Scheme 4: Asymmetric α-fluorination of 1 with chiral phosphate-based catalysts.
Scheme 5: Anionic PTC-catalysed α-fluorination of enamines 7 and ketones 10.
Scheme 6: PTC-catalysed α-chlorination reactions of β-ketoesters 1.
Scheme 7: Shioiri’s seminal report of the asymmetric α-hydroxylation of 15 with chiral ammonium salt PTCs.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylation using oxygen together with a P(III)-based reduct...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-photooxygenations.
Scheme 10: Asymmetric ammonium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylations using organic oxygen-transfer reagents.
Scheme 11: Asymmetric triazolium salt-catalysed α-hydroxylation with in situ generated peroxy imidic acid 24.
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer-catalysed dearomatization of phenols and naphthols.
Scheme 13: Ishihara’s ammonium salt-catalysed oxidative cycloetherification.
Scheme 14: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-sulfanylation reactions.
Scheme 15: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters 1.
Scheme 16: Chiral phase-transfer-catalysed α-amination of β-ketoesters 1 using diazocarboxylates 38.
Scheme 17: Asymmetric α-fluorination of benzofuranones 4 using diazocarboxylates 38 in the presence of phospho...
Scheme 18: Anionic phase-transfer-catalysed α-amination of β-ketoesters 1 with aryldiazonium salts 41.
Scheme 19: Triazolium salt L-catalysed α-amination of different prochiral nucleophiles with in situ activated ...
Scheme 20: Phase-transfer-catalysed Neber rearrangement.
An efficient Pd–NHC catalyst system in situ generated from Na2PdCl4 and PEG-functionalized imidazolium salts for Mizoroki–Heck reactions in water
- Nan Sun,
- Meng Chen,
- Liqun Jin,
- Wei Zhao,
- Baoxiang Hu,
- Zhenlu Shen and
- Xinquan Hu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1735–1744, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.168
- functionalization of the N atom of the NHC ring allows for the possible incorporation of water soluble moieties, thus providing more opportunities for water soluble catalyst design [37][38][39]. Since the pioneering report of a sulfonate-functionalized NHC ligand by Shaughnessy [40], a number of water-soluble NHC
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of imidazolium salts L1–L3.
Scheme 1: The synthetic route for the preparation of imidazolium salts L1–L3.
Figure 2: Kinetic profiles of Mizoroki–Heck reactions in water, Na2PdCl4/L1 (square), L2 (circle), and L3 (tr...
Figure 3: Reusability of the Na2PdCl4/L1 catalytic system for the catalytic Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction o...
Continuous-flow processes for the catalytic partial hydrogenation reaction of alkynes
- Carmen Moreno-Marrodan,
- Francesca Liguori and
- Pierluigi Barbaro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 734–754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.73
- , which may result in improved selectivity, with no need of additives [76]. Reactor and catalyst design In contrast to unselective processes in the gas phase (e.g., for bulk chemicals production), whose fast interaction with the catalyst may ensure satisfactory conversions under the reaction conditions
- materials, that was attributed to the enhanced mass transfer of the one-dimensional packed support [139]. It is worth noticing that this result was obtained as a consequence of the so-called “Rational Catalyst Design” approach [140], applied to the hydrogenation of 2-methyl-3-butyn-2-ol as a case study [29
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Common reaction pathways for alkyne hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 1: Schematic representation of most common reactor types for batch and continuous-flow partial hydroge...
Figure 2: Schematic representation of flow regimes in microchannels; (a) bubbly flow, (b) slug/Taylor or segm...
Figure 3: Sketch of typical continuous flow apparatus for liquid-phase catalytic alkynes hydrogenation reacti...
Scheme 2: Hydrogenation reactions of terminal alkynes with potential products and labelling scheme.
Figure 4: Structure of Pd@mpg-C3N4 (a), Pd(HHDMA)@C (b), Pd(Pb)@CaCO3 (c) and Pd@Al2O3 (d) catalysts. The str...
Figure 5: Sketch of composition (left) and optical image of Pd@MonoBor monolithic reactor (right). Adapted wi...
Figure 6: X-ray tomography 3D-reconstruction image of MonoBor [133]. Unpublished image from the authors.
Figure 7: Representative TEM image of titanate nanotubes with immobilized PdNP (arrows). Adapted with permiss...
Figure 8: Conversion and selectivity vs. time-on-stream for the continuous-flow hydrogenation of 6 over Pd@Mo...
Figure 9: Continuous-flow hydrogenation of 3, 6 and 7 over different catalytic reactor systems. Data from ref...
Scheme 3: Hydrogenation reactions of internal alkynes with potential products and labelling scheme.
Figure 10: Continuous-flow hydrogenation of 11 over Pd@MonoBor catalyst. a) Conversion and selectivity as a fu...
Figure 11: Conversion and selectivity vs time-on-stream for the continuous-flow hydrogenation of 11 over Pd@Mo...
Figure 12: Continuous-flow hydrogenation reaction of 11 over packed-bed catalysts. Adapted with permission fro...
Figure 13: Images of the bimodal TiO2 monolith with well-defined macroporosity: (a, b) optical; (c) X-ray tomo...
Figure 14: Selectivity of the continuous-flow partial hydrogenation reaction of 3 and 4 over packed-bed Pd cat...
New approaches to organocatalysis based on C–H and C–X bonding for electrophilic substrate activation
- Pavel Nagorny and
- Zhankui Sun
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2834–2848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.283
- and energy, and is often invoked to rationalize the outcome of various transformations [21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. However, until recently C–H hydrogen bond-based interactions have not been employed in rational organic catalyst design, and more traditional A–H hydrogen bond donors such as I–IX
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Electrophile Activation by Hydrogen Bond Donors [1-16].
Figure 2: Early examples of C–H hydrogen bonds and their recent use in supramolecular chemistry [18,19,32-34].
Scheme 1: Design of 1,2,3-triazole-based catalysts for trityl group transfer through chloride anion binding b...
Scheme 2: Examples of chiral triazole-based catalysts for anion activation designed by Mancheno and co-worker...
Scheme 3: Application of chiral triazole-based catalysts L3 and L4 for counterion activation of pyridinium, q...
Scheme 4: Ammonium salt anion binding via C–H hydrogen bonds in solid state [40-45,50,51].
Scheme 5: Early examples of ammonium salts being used for electrophilic activation of imines in aza-Diels–Ald...
Scheme 6: Ammonium salts as hydrogen bond-donor catalysts by Bibal and co-workers [53,54].
Scheme 7: Tetraalkylammonium catalyst (L6)-catalyzed dearomatization of isoquinolinium salts [50].
Scheme 8: Tetraalkylammonium catalyst L6 complexation to halogen-containing substrates [51].
Scheme 9: Tetraalkylammonium-catalyzed aza-Diels–Alder reaction by Maruoka and co-workers [52].
Scheme 10: (A) Alkylpyridinium catalysts L13-catalyzed reaction of 1-isochroman and silyl ketene acetals by Be...
Scheme 11: Mixed N–H/C–H two hydrogen bond donors L14 and L15 as organocatalysts for ROP of lactide by Bibal a...
Scheme 12: Examples of stable complexes based on halogen bonding [68,69].
Scheme 13: Interaction between (−)-sparteine hydrobromide and (S)-1,2-dibromohexafluoropropane in the cocrysta...
Scheme 14: Iodine-catalyzed reactions that are computationally proposed to proceed through halogen bond to car...
Scheme 15: Transfer hydrogenation of phenylquinolines catalyzed by haloperfluoroalkanes by Bolm and co-workers ...
Scheme 16: Halogen bond activation of benzhydryl bromides by Huber and co-workers [82].
Scheme 17: Halogen bond-donor-catalyzed addition to oxocarbenium ions by Huber and co-workers [89].
Scheme 18: Halogen bond-donor activation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds in the [2 + 4] cycloaddition re...
Scheme 19: Halogen bond donor activation of imines in the [2 + 4] cycloaddition reaction of imine and Danishef...
Scheme 20: Transfer hydrogenation catalyzed by a chiral halogen bond donor by Tan and co-workers [91].
Scheme 21: Allylation of benzylic alcohols by Takemoto and co-workers [92].
Scheme 22: NIS induced semipinacol rearrangement via C–X bond cleavage [93].
Direct arylation catalysis with chloro[8-(dimesitylboryl)quinoline-κN]copper(I)
- Sem Raj Tamang and
- James D. Hoefelmeyer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2757–2762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.272
- addition/reductive elimination. The scope of reactivity, including functional group tolerance on the reactants, types of C–H bonds that can be activated, selectivity of C–H bond activation, further optimization studies, and new catalyst design will be topics for further study. The initial results are very
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Coordination of Cu(I) with the ambiphilic ligand 1 to form the catalyst 2.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism of direct arylation catalyzed by 2 (X = Cl/I; Ar = aryl).
Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions
- Anne L. Schöffler,
- Ata Makarem,
- Frank Rominger and
- Bernd F. Straub
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566–1572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.151
- 1,2,4-triazol-5-ylidene derivatives. Kinetic experiments revealed its high catalytic CuAAC activity in organic solvents at room temperature. The activity increases upon addition of acetic acid, particularly for more acidic alkyne substrates. The modular catalyst design renders possible the exchange of N
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Disfavored mononuclear pathway and favored dinuclear pathway in the CuAAC click reaction, according...
Figure 1: Ball-and-stick model [42,43] of a single crystal X-ray structure of hexafluorophosphate salt 1b (CCDC 1472...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of dinuclear copper complex 2.
Figure 2: Time-conversion-diagram of the CuAAC reaction of benzyl azide with either phenylacetylene or ethyl ...
Bifunctional catalysis
- Darren J. Dixon
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1079–1080, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.102
- field continues to expand at an impressive pace. The present Thematic Series serves to highlight the current state-of-the-art of bifunctional catalysis from new bifunctional catalyst design and development, their application in new asymmetric metholodgy development, to their application in natural
1H-Imidazol-4(5H)-ones and thiazol-4(5H)-ones as emerging pronucleophiles in asymmetric catalysis
- Antonia Mielgo and
- Claudio Palomo
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 918–936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.90
- adducts after catalytic reaction and hydrolysis. 1H-Imidazol-4(5H)-ones 1 and thiazol-4(5H)-ones 2. Proposed model for the Michael addition of 1H-imidazol4-(5H)-ones and selected 1H NMR data which support it [55]. Ureidopeptide-like Brønsted bases: catalyst design. a) Previous known design. b) Proposed
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Some α-substituted heterocycles for asymmetric catalysis, their reactivity patterns against enoliza...
Figure 2: 1H-Imidazol-4(5H)-ones 1 and thiazol-4(5H)-ones 2.
Scheme 1: a) Synthesis of 2-thio-1H-imidazol-4(5H)-ones [55] and b) preparation of the starting thiohydantoins [59].
Scheme 2: Selected examples of the Michael addition of 2-thio-1H-imidazol-4(5H)-ones to nitroalkenes [55]. aReact...
Scheme 3: Michael addition of thiohydantoins to nitrostyrene assisted by Et3N and catalysts C1 and C3. aAbsol...
Scheme 4: Elaboration of the Michael adducts coming from the Michael addition to nitroalkenes [55].
Figure 3: Proposed model for the Michael addition of 1H-imidazol4-(5H)-ones and selected 1H NMR data which su...
Scheme 5: Michael addition 2-thio-1H-imidazol-4(5H)-ones to the α-silyloxyenone 29 [55].
Scheme 6: Elaboration of the Michael adducts coming from the Michael addition to nitroolefins [55].
Scheme 7: Rhodanines in asymmetric catalytic reactions: a) Reaction with rhodanines of type 44 [78-80]; b) reactions...
Scheme 8: Michael addition of thiazol-4(5H)-ones to nitroolefins promoted by the ureidopeptide-like bifunctio...
Figure 4: Ureidopeptide-like Brønsted bases: catalyst design. a) Previous known design. b) Proposed new desig...
Scheme 9: Ureidopeptide-like Brønsted base bifunctional catalyst preparation. NMM = N-methylmorpholine, THF =...
Scheme 10: Selected examples of the Michael addition of thiazolones to different nitroolefins promoted by cata...
Scheme 11: Elaboration of the Michael adducts to α,α-disubstituted α-mercaptocarboxylic acid derivatives [85].
Scheme 12: Effect of the nitrogen atom at the aromatic substituent of the thiazolone on yield and stereoselect...
Scheme 13: Michael addition reaction of thiazol-4(5H)ones 74 to α’-silyloxyenone 29 [73].
Scheme 14: Elaboration of the thiazolone Michael adducts [73].
Scheme 15: Enantioselective γ-addition of oxazol-4(5H)-ones and thiazol-4(5H)-ones to allenoates promoted by C6...
Scheme 16: Enantioselective γ-addition of thiazol-4(5H)-ones and oxazol-4(5H)-ones to alkynoate 83 promoted by ...
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the C6-catalyzed γ-addition of thiazol-4(5H)-one to allenoates. Adapted from ...
Scheme 18: Catalytic enantioselective α-amination of thiazolones promoted by ureidopeptide like catalysts C5 a...
Scheme 19: Iridium-catalized asymmetric allyllation of substituted oxazol-4(5H)-ones and thiazol-4(5H)-ones pr...
