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Recent advances and future challenges in the bottom-up synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes
- Bartłomiej Pigulski
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1272–1305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.99
- the synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes 117 and 118 using this method (Scheme 16) [77]. Precursor 116 was designed to undergo a four-fold intramolecular C–H arylation, but due to dehalogenation, only the products of double (117) and triple C–H arylation were isolated in 10% and 3% yields
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Figure 1: a) Stone–Wales (red) and azulene (blue) defects in graphene; b) azulene and its selected resonance ...
Figure 2: Examples of azulene-embedded 2D allotropic forms of carbon: a) phagraphene and b) TPH-graphene.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of non-alternant isomers of pyrene (2 and 6) using dehydrogenation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of non-alternant isomer 9 of benzo[a]pyrene and 14 of benzo[a]perylene using dehydrogenat...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of benzo[a]pyrene (18 and 22) inspired by Ziegler–Hafner azul...
Figure 3: General strategies leading to azulene-embedded nanographenes: a) construction of azulene moiety in ...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of biradical PAHs possessing significant biradical character using oxidation of partially...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of dicyclohepta[ijkl,uvwx]rubicene (29) and its further modifications.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of warped PAHs with one embedded azulene subunit using Scholl-type oxidation.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of warped PAHs with two embedded azulene subunits using Scholl oxidation.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using [3 + 2] annulation accompanied by ring expansion.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of linear acenes using [3 + 2] annulation accompanied by ring...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of acenes using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular condensations.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAH 89 using palladium-catalysed [5 + 2] annulation.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using oxidation of substituents around the azulene core.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using the oxidation of reactive positions 1 and 3 of azulene sub...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of an azulene-embedded isomer of terylenebisimide using tandem Suzuki coupling and C–H ar...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of azulene embedded PAHs using a bismuth-catalyzed cyclization of alkenes.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes using intramolecular cyclization of alkynes.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of azulene-embedded graphene nanoribbons and azulene-embedded helicenes using annulation ...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of azulene-fused acenes.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of non-alternant isomer of perylene 172 using Yamamoto-type homocoupling.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of N- and BN-nanographenes with embedded azulene unit(s).
Scheme 24: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes from benzenoid precursors via dehydrogenatio...
Scheme 25: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes from benzenoid precursors.
Scheme 26: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanoribbons.
Study of tribenzo[b,d,f]azepine as donor in D–A photocatalysts
- Katy Medrano-Uribe,
- Jorge Humbrías-Martín and
- Luca Dell’Amico
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 935–944, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.76
- activity of all family members in an oxidative quenching cycle for the dehalogenation of 4-bromobenzonitrile (7). Typically, this type of chemical transformation requires highly reducing PCs or the use of UV light [36]. First, we evaluated the photocatalytic performance of molecules 4a, 5a, and 6a (see
- compound 5a with the other family members utilizing the same dehalogenation manifold. Here, even slightly changes in the redox properties have an influence on the yield of the reaction. The D–A with the azepine analog (5b), gave the dehalogenated product 8 in 58% NMR yield (Table 2, entry 2). Quite
- . Comparison of the ground state redox potential of the acceptor moieties (4–6), the donor moieties (a–e), and D–A compounds (4a, 5a–e, and 6a). Summary of the excited- and ground-state photoredox properties.a Dehalogenation of 4-bromobenzonitrile (7). ATRA reaction between tosyl chloride (9) and styrene (10
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Figure 1: D–A–D organic PCs previously reported and our new D–A bimodal organic PCs.
Figure 2: Selected frontier MOs and relative calculated energies of D–A photocatalysts (4a,5a–e, and 6a). Abs...
Figure 3: Comparison of the ground state redox potential of the acceptor moieties (4–6), the donor moieties (a...
Recent advances in the electrochemical synthesis of organophosphorus compounds
- Babak Kaboudin,
- Milad Behroozi,
- Sepideh Sadighi and
- Fatemeh Asgharzadeh
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 770–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.61
- tendency for hydro-dehalogenation. Tetrabutylammonium halide was chosen as the electrolyte due to its lower hygroscopicity and reduced tendency for reductive homocoupling of 4-bromobenzotrifluoride. In the presence of chlorinated substituents, neither the double coupling product nor the hydro
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Scheme 1: Electrosynthesis of phenanthridine phosphine oxides.
Scheme 2: Electrosynthesis of 1-aminoalkylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 3: Various electrochemical C–P coupling reactions.
Scheme 4: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of indolines.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of ferrocene.
Scheme 6: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of acridines with phosphites.
Scheme 7: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of alkenes.
Scheme 8: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of arenes in a flow system.
Scheme 9: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of heteroarenes.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of thiazoles.
Scheme 11: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of indole derivatives.
Scheme 12: Electrosynthesis of 1-amino phosphonates.
Scheme 13: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of aryl and vinyl bromides.
Scheme 14: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of phenylpyridine with dialkyl phosphonates in the presence o...
Scheme 15: Electrochemical P–C bond formation of amides.
Scheme 16: Electrochemical synthesis of α-hydroxy phosphine oxides.
Scheme 17: Electrochemical synthesis of π-conjugated phosphonium salts.
Scheme 18: Electrochemical phosphorylation of indoles.
Scheme 19: Electrochemical synthesis of phosphorylated propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 20: Electrochemical synthesis of phosphoramidates.
Scheme 21: Electrochemical reaction of carbazole with diphenylphosphine.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical P–N coupling of carbazole with phosphine oxides.
Scheme 23: Electrochemical P–N coupling of indoles with a trialkyl phosphite.
Scheme 24: Electrochemical synthesis of iminophosphoranes.
Scheme 25: Electrochemical P–O coupling of phenols with dialkyl phosphonate.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical P–O coupling of alcohols with diphenylphosphine.
Scheme 27: Electrochemical P–S coupling of thiols with dialkylphosphines.
Scheme 28: Electrochemical thiophosphorylation of indolizines.
Scheme 29: Electrosynthesis of S-heteroaryl phosphorothioates.
Scheme 30: Electrochemical phosphorylation reactions.
Scheme 31: Electrochemical P–Se formation.
Scheme 32: Electrochemical selenation/halogenation of alkynyl phosphonates.
Scheme 33: Electrochemical enantioselective aryl C–H bond activation.
Red light excitation: illuminating photocatalysis in a new spectrum
- Lucas Fortier,
- Corentin Lefebvre and
- Norbert Hoffmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 296–326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.22
- catalysis for carbene transfer reactions and radical-based functionalizations [41]. In another study by Derksen et al., thiaporphyrins were introduced as highly effective catalysts for red-light-mediated photoreductive dehalogenation [42]. These thiophene-modified porphyrins exhibit excellent absorption
- properties beyond 645 nm, providing access to low-energy red-light-driven chemical transformations. The catalysts have successfully facilitated the dehalogenation of 18 different α-halo ketones 33 with minimal catalyst loading (0.1 mol %) and high yields under mild conditions. For instance, bromoacetophenone
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Figure 1: Influence of the metal center M (Fe, Ru, Os) on the position of the MLCT and MC (metal-centered) ab...
Scheme 1: Red-light-mediated ring-closing metathesis through activation of a ruthenium catalyst by an osmium ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalyzed polymerization of dicylopentadiene mediated with red or blue light.
Figure 2: Comparison between [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and [Os(tpy)2]2+ in a photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation reaction:...
Scheme 3: Red-light photocatalyzed C–N cross-coupling reaction by T. Rovis et al. (SET = single-electron tran...
Figure 3: Red-light-mediated aryl oxidative addition with a bismuthinidene complex.
Scheme 4: Red-light-mediated reduction of aryl derivatives by O. S. Wenger et al. (PC = photocatalyst, anh = ...
Scheme 5: Red-light-mediated aryl halides reduction with an isoelectronic chromium complex (TDAE = tetrakis(d...
Scheme 6: Red-light-photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives with Umemoto’s reagent and a p...
Scheme 7: Red-light-mediated energy transfer for the cross-dehydrogenative coupling of N-phenyltetrahydroisoq...
Scheme 8: Red-light-mediated oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines with a phthalocyanin zinc complex.
Scheme 9: Formation of dialins and tetralins via a red-light-photocatalyzed reductive decarboxylation mediate...
Scheme 10: Oxidation of β-citronellol (28) via energy transfer mediated by a red-light activable silicon phtha...
Scheme 11: Formation of alcohol derivatives 32 from boron compounds 31 using chlorophyll (chl) as a red-light-...
Scheme 12: Red-light-driven reductive dehalogenation of α-halo ketones mediated by a thiaporphyrin photocataly...
Figure 4: Photoinduced electron transfer-reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization medi...
Figure 5: Recent examples of red-light-mediated photocatalytic reactions with traditional organic dyes.
Figure 6: Squaraine photocatalysts used by Goddard et al. and aza-Henry reaction with squaraine-based photoca...
Figure 7: Reactions described by Goddard et al. involving 40 as the photocatalyst.
Figure 8: Various structures of squaraine derivatives used to initiate photopolymerizations.
Figure 9: Naturally occurring cyanins.
Figure 10: Influence of the structure on the photophysical properties of a cyanin dye.
Figure 11: NIR-light-mediated aza-Henry reaction photocatalyzed by 46.
Scheme 13: Photocatalyzed arylboronic acids oxidation by 46.
Figure 12: Cyanin structures synthetized and characterized by Goddard et al. (redox potentials given against s...
Figure 13: N,N′-Di-n-propyl-1,13-dimethoxyquinacridinium (55) with its redox potentials at its ground state an...
Scheme 14: Dual catalyzed C(sp2)–H arylation of 57 using DMQA 55 as the red-light-absorbing photocatalyst.
Scheme 15: Red-light-mediated aerobic oxidation of arylboronic acids 59 into phenols 60 via the use of DMQA as...
Figure 14: Red-light-photocatalyzed reactions proposed by Gianetti et al. using DMQA as the photocatalyst.
Scheme 16: Simultaneous release of NO and production of superoxide (O2•−) and their combination yielding the p...
Figure 15: Palladium porphyrin complex as the photoredox catalyst and the NO releasing substrate are linked in...
Scheme 17: Uncaging of compound 69 which is a microtubule depolymerizing agent using near IR irradiation. The ...
Scheme 18: Photochemical uncaging of drugs protected with a phenylboronic acid derivative using near IR irradi...
Scheme 19: Photoredox catalytical generation of aminyl radicals with near IR irradiation for the transfer of b...
Scheme 20: Photoredox catalytical fluoroalkylation of tryptophan moieties.
Figure 16: Simultaneous absorption of two photons of infrared light of low energy enables electronic excitatio...
Scheme 21: Uncaging Ca2+ ions using two-photon excitation with near infrared light.
Facile one-pot reduction of β-nitrostyrenes to phenethylamines using sodium borohydride and copper(II) chloride
- Laura D’Andrea and
- Simon Jademyr
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 39–46, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.4
- test the potential effects on halogenated aromatic structures and no dehalogenation was detected up to 24 hours stirring. The retention of halogen atoms on aryl halides distinguishes this procedure from traditional techniques, such as those involving LiAlH4, which can cause dehalogenation [30][31]. The
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Scheme 1: Brief comparison between the main traditional synthetic routes for the preparation of substituted p...
Figure 1: The β-nitrostyrene analogues used in this work.
Scheme 2: Additional products obtained via this method: nitrobenzene and methyl benzoate are reduced in excel...
Figure 2: Numerous masses (m/z) were detected by ESI-MS at T = 0 upon mixing all the reagents to produce 1b.
Figure 3: Structures of proposed adducts. Their masses, 254.2 and 242.2, respectively, were found at T = 0 by...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the hydroxylamine side product b. N-Phenethylhydroxylamine (...
Efficient one-step synthesis of diarylacetic acids by electrochemical direct carboxylation of diarylmethanol compounds in DMSO
- Hisanori Senboku and
- Mizuki Hayama
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2392–2400, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.203
- investigated, and the results are summarized in Scheme 2. Electrochemical carboxylation of bis(4-chlorophenyl)methanol (1b) unfortunately proceeded along with dehalogenation of the phenyl ring to give 2a in 31% yield. The absence of mono- and dichlorocarboxylic acids such as 2b in the product and the existence
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of diarylacetic acids 2 from diarylmethanol compounds 1 and carbon dioxide.
Scheme 2: Attempted electrochemical carboxylation of halogen-containing diphenylmethanol compounds 1b and 1c.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of diarylacetic acids 2 by electrochemical carboxylation of diarylmethanol species 1.
Scheme 4: Attempted electrochemical carboxylation of 1m and 1n.
Scheme 5: Electrolysis of 1a under a nitrogen atmosphere.
Scheme 6: Plausible reaction pathways.
Synthesis and optical properties of bis- and tris-alkynyl-2-trifluoromethylquinolines
- Stefan Jopp,
- Franziska Spruner von Mertz,
- Peter Ehlers,
- Alexander Villinger and
- Peter Langer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1246–1255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.107
- dehalogenation at position 3. In particular, the side-product 6b was isolated in 25% yield during the purification of 12b. The structure of product 12d was proven by X-ray crystallography (Figure 4). All three phenyl rings are found to be nearly in plane with the quinoline core, showing only a slight twist of 5
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Figure 1: Natural and synthetic compounds containing a quinoline or quinolone core-structure.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4. Reaction conditions: i: polyphosphoric acid, 150 °C, 2 h; ii: POBr3 (1.1 equiv), 15...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of compounds 6a–h. Reaction conditions: Pd(PPh3)4 (2.5 mol %), CuI (5 mol %), acetylene (...
Figure 2: ORTEP of 6b (CCDC 2322985).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 8. Reaction conditions: i: polyphosphoric acid, 150 °C, 2 h [33]; ii: POBr3 (1.1 equiv), 1...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of compounds 9a–g: Reaction conditions: Pd(PPh3)4 (2.5 mol %), CuI (5 mol %), acetylene (...
Figure 3: ORTEP of 9f (CCDC 2322983).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of starting material 11. Reaction conditions: i: AcOH, Br2 (1.1 equiv), reflux, 24 h; ii:...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of compounds 12a–g. Reaction conditions: Pd(PPh3)4 (2.5 mol %), CuI (5 mol %), acetylene ...
Figure 4: ORTEP of 12d (CCDC 2322984).
Figure 5: UV–vis and emission spectra of 6a, 9a and 12a (left) and 12a, 12c, and 12e (right, λex = 380 nm) in...
Beyond n-dopants for organic semiconductors: use of bibenzo[d]imidazoles in UV-promoted dehalogenation reactions of organic halides
- Kan Tang,
- Megan R. Brown,
- Chad Risko,
- Melissa K. Gish,
- Garry Rumbles,
- Phuc H. Pham,
- Oana R. Luca,
- Stephen Barlow and
- Seth R. Marder
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1912–1922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.142
- potentials of the halides that can be reduced in this way, quantum-chemical calculations, and steady-state and transient absorption spectroscopy suggest that UV irradiation accelerates the reactions via cleavage of the dimers to the corresponding radical monomers. Keywords: dehalogenation; n-dopant
- ; reduction; reductive dimerization; Introduction Reductive dehalogenation reactions of organic halides can be used in organic synthesis as a means of generating carbon-centered radical or anion intermediates and could have relevance to the treatment of waste halogenated polymers. While such reactions can be
- ) that simple one- or two-electron donors capable of exergonic ground-state electron transfer to these substrates will be rather air sensitive, complicating their handling and use. In addition some molecular reductants can themselves react with the reactive intermediates; for example, the dehalogenation
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Figure 1: (a, b) Schematics of previous approaches to dehalogenation-based reactions using molecular reductan...
Scheme 1: Selective deiodination of 2-iodobenzyl chloride.
Scheme 2: Reaction mechanisms for the reactions of dimeric reductants (D2) such as (Y-DMBI)2 derivatives with...
Figure 2: (a) A representative temporal evolution of % conversion (blue squares), % toluene yield (red diamon...
Figure 3: Top: UV–vis absorption spectra for the two dimeric reductants in THF emphasizing (a) the different ...
Figure 4: Transient absorption spectra of (a) (N-DMBI)2 in MeCN, (b) (N-DMBI)2 in toluene, and (c) (Cyc-DMBI)2...
Benzoimidazolium-derived dimeric and hydride n-dopants for organic electron-transport materials: impact of substitution on structures, electrochemistry, and reactivity
- Swagat K. Mohapatra,
- Khaled Al Kurdi,
- Samik Jhulki,
- Georgii Bogdanov,
- John Bacsa,
- Maxwell Conte,
- Tatiana V. Timofeeva,
- Seth R. Marder and
- Stephen Barlow
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1651–1663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.121
- •+/1H and 12•+/12 potentials are relevant to the air stability of the hydrides and dimers, respectively, as well as to other processes in which 1H or 12 acts as an electron donor, such as the initation step proposed for the radical-chain dehalogenation of α-dihaloketones by a 1H derivative [58] and
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Figure 1: DMBI+, DMBI-H, and (DMBI)2 derivatives discussed in this work (new compounds in red).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of DMBI-H and (DMBI)2 derivatives and structures of side products.
Figure 2: Crystallographically characterized molecules related to DMBI dimers.
Figure 3: Molecular structures from the single crystal structures of 1b2 (two crystallographically inequivale...
Figure 4: Molecular structures from the single crystal structures of 1bH (upper left), 1gH (upper right), 1hH...
Figure 5: Structures of the cations from the single crystal structures of 1g+I− (left), 1h+PF6− (center), and ...
Figure 6: Cyclic voltammograms (50 mV s−1, THF, 0.1 M Bu4NPF6) of 1g+PF6–, 1gH, and 1g2, in each case contain...
Figure 7: Acceptors used to examine reactivity of DMBI-H and (DMBI)2 derivatives.
Figure 8: a) Temporal evolution of the absorbance at 1030 nm, corresponding to an absorption maximum of VI•–,...
Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors
- Grace A. Lowe
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88
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Figure 1: Diagram comparing the two reaction pathways for sacrificial electron donors (SD) in photocatalyzed ...
Figure 2: Diagram showing water-splitting systems developed by Girault, Scanlon, and co-workers that employ i...
Figure 3: Diagram illustrating the transfer of electrons in a photocatalytic particulate suspensions Z-scheme...
Figure 4: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
Figure 5: A. Structures of the molecules represented in part B. The numbers in brackets correspond to the com...
Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
- neutral PDI and forms the aryl halide’s radical anion, which then undergoes C(sp2)–X bond fission to afford the aryl radical as a reactive intermediate. The aryl radical then either reacts via hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) with solvent molecules or Et3N•+ in an overall dehalogenation to furnish product 2
- -Tribromopyrimidine (6a), whose core pyrimidine structure can be found in many biologically active compounds, could be sequentially substituted with 1,3,5-trimethoxybenzene and N-methylpyrrole to give 8a. The protocol also enabled the selective reductive dehalogenation at the benzylic position of 9a with green light
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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.
Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines
- David I. H. Maier,
- Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
- Charlene Marais
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51
- resulted in a decreased yield. While fluoro groups were well tolerated, a major drawback of the method is the acid-catalysed dehalogenation of chloro- and bromo-substituted dibenzo[b,f]azepines. The brominated analogue was only isolated in 5% yield, compared to 67% for the unsubstituted 43. In addition
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a), -oxepine (1b) and -thiepine (1c) as examples of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines (1...
Figure 2: Selected pharmaceuticals with the dibenzo[b,f]azepine skeleton.
Figure 3: Examples of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine-based ligands.
Figure 4: The dibenzo[b,f]azepine moiety in dyes with properties suitable for the use in organic light emitti...
Figure 5: Selective bioactive natural products (13–18) containing the dibenzo[b,f]oxepine scaffold and Novart...
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic approach to 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) from nitrotoluene (22).
Scheme 2: Oxidative coupling of o-nitrotoluene (22) and reduction of 2,2'-dinitrobibenzyl (21) to form 2,2'-d...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a) via amine condensation.
Scheme 4: Catalytic reduction of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 5: The Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement of acridin-9-ylmethanol (23) into 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a).
Scheme 6: Oxidative ring expansion of 2-(9-xanthenyl)malonates 24.
Scheme 7: Ring expansion via C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: The synthesis of fluorinated 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine 38 from isatin (32).
Scheme 9: The synthesis of substituted dibenzo[b,f]azepines 43 from indoles 39.
Scheme 10: Retrosynthetic pathways to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]oxepine 54 and -azepine 55 derivatives via (i) Heck reaction and (ii) Buch...
Scheme 12: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination and thioetherification in the synthesis of tricyclic azepines 60 ...
Scheme 13: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards substituted dibenzoazepines 62.
Scheme 14: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine derivatives 71.
Scheme 15: One-pot Suzuki coupling–Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 16: One-pot Rh/Pd-catalysed synthesis of dihydropyridobenzazepines.
Scheme 17: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 18: One-pot domino Pd-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck–Buchwald–Hartwig synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]azepines.
Scheme 19: Dibenzo[b,f]thiapine and -oxepine synthesis via SNAr (thio)etherification, Wittig methylenation and...
Scheme 20: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]oxepines via Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 21: Ullmann-type coupling in dibenzo[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 22: Wittig reaction and Ullmann coupling as key steps in dihydrobenz[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalysed dibenzo[b,f]azepine synthesis via norbornene azepine intermediate 109.
Scheme 24: A simple representation of olefin metathesis resulting in transalkylidenation.
Scheme 25: Ring-closing metathesis as key step in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 26: Alkyne–aldehyde metathesis in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 27: Hydroarylation of 9-(2-alkynylphenyl)-9H-carbazole derivatives.
Scheme 28: Oxidative coupling of bisphonium ylide intermediate to give pacharin (13).
Scheme 29: Preparation of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]heteropines via intramolecular Wurtz reaction.
Scheme 30: Phenol deprotonation and intramolecular etherification in the synthesis of bauhinoxepine J.
Figure 6: Functionalisation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 31: Palladium-catalysed N-arylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 32: Cu- and Ni-catalysed N-arylation.
Scheme 33: N-Alkylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) and dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 34: Preparation of methoxyiminosilbene.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of oxcarbazepine (153) from methoxy iminostilbene 151.
Scheme 36: Ring functionalisation of dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities
- Jorge de Lima Neto and
- Paulo Henrique Menezes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31
- ether moiety. The best result was obtained when phenol 101 was subjected to anodic oxidation, leading to the formation of spiro-dimer 102 in 61% yield. Protection of the alcohol using TBSOTf followed by cyclic ether cleavage and re-aromatization gave compound 104. Subsequent dehalogenation followed by
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of some members of the combretastatin D series, corniculatolides, and isocorniculatolide...
Scheme 1: Biosynthetic pathway proposed by Pettit and co-workers.
Scheme 2: Biosynthetic pathway towards corniculatolides or isocorniculatolides proposed by Ponnapalli and co-...
Scheme 3: Retrosynthetic approaches.
Scheme 4: Attempt of total synthesis of 2 by Boger and co-workers employing the Mitsunobu approach [27].
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) reported by Boger and co-workers employing an intramolecu...
Scheme 6: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Deshpande and co-workers using the Mitsunobu conditio...
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 8: Divergent synthesis of (±)-1 form combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 9: Enantioselective synthesis of 1 by Rychnovsky and Hwang employing Jacobsen catalyst [41].
Scheme 10: Synthesis of fragment 57 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 11: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 12: Synthesis of fragment 66 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of fragment 70 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 14: Synthesis of fragment 77 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of combretastatins 1 and 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 16: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Gangakhedkar and co-workers [48].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of fragment 14 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 18: Synthesis of fragment 91 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 19: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2 diolide by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 21: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Nishiyama and co-workers [54].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of fragment 112 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 23: Synthesis of fragment 114 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 24: Attempt to the synthesis of compound 2 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 25: Synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) starting from isovanilin (80) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 26: Attempted synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) derivatives through an SNAr approach [55].
Scheme 27: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 28: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 29: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 30: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-1 (1) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 11-O-methylcorniculatolide A (5) by Raut and co-workers [69].
Scheme 32: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide A (7) and O-methylated isocorniculatolide A 8 by Raut and co-worker...
Scheme 33: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide B (10) and hydroxyisocorniculatolide B 175 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 34: Synthesis of compound 9, 178, and 11 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 35: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 prodrug salts [55].
Figure 2: ED50 values of the combretastatin D family against murine P388 lymphocytic leukemia cell line (appr...
Figure 3: IC50 of compounds against α-glucosidase [19].
Simple synthesis of multi-halogenated alkenes from 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (halothane)
- Yukiko Karuo,
- Atsushi Tarui,
- Kazuyuki Sato,
- Kentaro Kawai and
- Masaaki Omote
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1567–1574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.167
- react with 4 because the carbanion 6, which is generated from 4 and 5, is less basic because of the double induction effect of the two halogen atoms. In this cycle, 1 can be neutralized in the reaction medium by proton sources such as 3, halothane, and H2O. Dehalogenation of intermediate 6 or removal of
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Medicines containing a difluoromethylene group.
Scheme 1: Reaction of phenol with polyfluoroalkanes.
Figure 2: Fluoroalkene analogs of some drugs.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction of 2a with trimethylsilylacetylene.
Supramolecular approaches to mediate chemical reactivity
- Pablo Ballester,
- Qi-Qiang Wang and
- Carmine Gaeta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1463–1465, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.152
- dehalogenation reaction, i.e., debromination of 2-bromo-1-phenylethanone derivatives, with high yields and short reaction times in an aqueous solution. In the last decades, macrocyclic hosts have been widely used as supramolecular catalysts [7]. In this work, Qi-Qiang Wang [20] and co-workers reported
Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides
- Md Imran Hossain,
- Md Imdadul H. Khan,
- Seong Jong Kim and
- Hoang V. Le
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 446–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.47
- needed to be synthesized independently [23]. While ruthenium(II) and palladium catalysts are useful, they are expensive and environmentally unfriendly. The dehalogenation of hydroximoyl chlorides in the presence of a strong base to generate nitrile oxides and a follow-up cycloaddition with 1,3-diketones
- Discussion The reason why we investigated the reaction under mild basic conditions was because nitrile oxides are often generated by dehalogenation of hydroximoyl chlorides in situ under basic conditions or by dehydration of nitroalkanes [30]. So we were wondering whether we could take advantage of that
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Routes to isoxazoles.
Figure 2: Possible products of the reaction between nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones. Path D (C-trapping) pro...
Figure 3: Reactions between various arylhydroximoyl chlorides and 1,3-diketones. The reactions were performed...
Figure 4: Reactions between various phenyl hydroximoyl chlorides and β-ketoesters or β-ketoamides. The reacti...
Figure 5: Reactions between 4-fluorophenyl hydroximoyl chloride (1a) and diethyl malonate (2j) or dibenzyl ma...
Figure 6: Reactions between phenyl hydroximoyl chlorides 1a,c and 4,4,4-trifluoro-1-phenyl- (2l) and 4,4,4-tr...
Figure 7: 1H NMR spectra of 1-phenyl-1,3-butanedione (2a) in methanol-d4 (top) and in CDCl3 (bottom).
Figure 8: A plausible mechanism for the formation of the 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles 3 in the presence of...
Figure 9: Structures of β-lactamase-resistant antibiotics oxacillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, and flucloxa...
Tetraphenylethylene-embedded pillar[5]arene-based orthogonal self-assembly for efficient photocatalysis in water
- Zhihang Bai,
- Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
- Xueqi Tian,
- Minzan Zuo,
- Kaiya Wang and
- Xiao-Yu Hu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 429–437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.45
- photosynthesis and exhibited a high catalytic efficiency for the photocatalytic dehalogenation reaction of various bromoketone derivatives with good yields in short reaction time in water. Keywords: aggregation-induced emission; Förster resonance energy transfer; host–guest interaction; photocatalysis
- acceptors. The obtained vesicles could be utilized as a nanoreactor for photocatalyzed dehalogenation reactions in water. However, the above reported supramolecular nanosystem requires a long time to produce the dehalogenated product with high yield. Therefore, the development of a potential nanoreactor for
- dehalogenation reaction with high yields within shorter reaction time is vastly essential and of industrial importance. Herein, we have fabricated a supramolecular AIE-emissive photocatalytic system (m-TPEWP5G–EsY) based on the host–guest interactions between meso-TPE embedded water-soluble pillar[5]arene (m
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1:
Graphical representation of the fabrication of supramolecular m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 5]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i7.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G-EsY self-assembled photocat...
Figure 1: 1H NMR (400 MHz, D2O, 298 K) spectra of m-TPEWP5 (1.0 mM), m-TPEWP5 (1.0 mM) + G (1.0 mM), and G (1...
Figure 2: (a) Fluorescence spectra of m-TPEWP5 (1 × 10−5 M) with different concentrations of G (0 to 1.2 equi...
Figure 3:
TEM images of (a) m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 15]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i17.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G; (b) m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 16]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i18.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G-EsY. [m-TPEWP5] = 1 × 10−4 M, [G] = 1 × 10−4 M, [EsY] = ...
Figure 4:
(a) Normalized absorption and emission spectra of the EsY acceptor and the m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 25]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i27.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G donor assembly...
Scheme 2:
Products from 2-bromo-1-phenylethanone dehalogenation reactions in the presence of m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 43]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i45.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G-EsY na...
Figure 5:
Proposed mechanism for the 2-bromo-1-phenylethanone dehalogenation reaction mediated by m-TPEWP5![[Graphic 48]](/bjoc/content/inline/1860-5397-18-45-i50.svg?max-width=637&scale=1.18182)
G-E...
Peptide stapling by late-stage Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling
- Hendrik Gruß,
- Rebecca C. Feiner,
- Ridhiwan Mseya,
- David C. Schröder,
- Michał Jewgiński,
- Kristian M. Müller,
- Rafał Latajka,
- Antoine Marion and
- Norbert Sewald
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.1
- macrocyclisation product, which was confirmed by MALDI-ToF-MS of the crude reaction mixture after test cleavage (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1). However, deboronation and dehalogenation were observed as side reactions to some extent as well as oxidation, most likely of methionine (Met) [79]. The
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of SMC stapled axin CBD peptides. Reaction conditions: (a) Pd2(dba)3, sSPhos, KF, DME/EtO...
Scheme 2: Overview of the different cross-linkages obtained by intramolecular SMC. A) General structure of SM...
Figure 1: Analysis of the secondary structure by circular dichroism: CD spectra of both isomers of stapled pe...
Figure 2: In vitro binding affinities to β-catenin determined by competitive fluorescence polarisation assays....
Figure 3: Cleavage sites of Proteinase K digestion indicated by a red arrow.
Figure 4: Principal component analysis (PCA) of the macrocycle’s non-hydrogen atoms in the two isomers of P5....
Figure 5: Molecular modelling of the conformational preferences of the SMC stapled peptides P5 (with cis or t...
Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems
- Austin Pounder and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196
- [56][57][58]. The authors investigated the effect of alkenyl substitution on the reaction to better understand mechanistic details. On inspection of the results, it is clear the radical cyclization pathway precedes the cross-coupling pathway. Moreover, no dehalogenation or β-hydride elimination
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Price comparison among iron and other transition metals used in catalysis.
Scheme 1: Typical modes of C–C bond formation.
Scheme 2: The components of an iron-catalyzed domino reaction.
Scheme 3: Iron-catalyzed tandem cyclization and cross-coupling reactions of iodoalkanes 1 with aryl Grignard ...
Scheme 4: Three component iron-catalyzed dicarbofunctionalization of vinyl cyclopropanes 14.
Scheme 5: Three-component iron-catalyzed dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes 21.
Scheme 6: Double carbomagnesiation of internal alkynes 31 with alkyl Grignard reagents 32.
Scheme 7: Iron-catalyzed cycloisomerization/cross-coupling of enyne derivatives 35 with alkyl Grignard reagen...
Scheme 8: Iron-catalyzed spirocyclization/cross-coupling cascade.
Scheme 9: Iron-catalyzed alkenylboration of alkenes 50.
Scheme 10: N-Alkyl–N-aryl acrylamide 60 CDC cyclization with C(sp3)–H bonds adjacent to a heteroatom.
Scheme 11: 1,2-Carboacylation of activated alkenes 60 with aldehydes 65 and alcohols 67.
Scheme 12: Iron-catalyzed dicarbonylation of activated alkenes 68 with alcohols 67.
Scheme 13: Iron-catalyzed cyanoalkylation/radical dearomatization of acrylamides 75.
Scheme 14: Synergistic photoredox/iron-catalyzed 1,2-dialkylation of alkenes 82 with common alkanes 83 and 1,3...
Scheme 15: Iron-catalyzed oxidative coupling/cyclization of phenol derivatives 86 and alkenes 87.
Scheme 16: Iron-catalyzed carbosulfonylation of activated alkenes 60.
Scheme 17: Iron-catalyzed oxidative spirocyclization of N-arylpropiolamides 91 with silanes 92 and tert-butyl ...
Scheme 18: Iron-catalyzed free radical cascade difunctionalization of unsaturated benzamides 94 with silanes 92...
Scheme 19: Iron-catalyzed cyclization of olefinic dicarbonyl compounds 97 and 100 with C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 20: Radical difunctionalization of o-vinylanilides 102 with ketones and esters 103.
Scheme 21: Dehydrogenative 1,2-carboamination of alkenes 82 with alkyl nitriles 76 and amines 105.
Scheme 22: Iron-catalyzed intermolecular 1,2-difunctionalization of conjugated alkenes 107 with silanes 92 and...
Scheme 23: Four-component radical difunctionalization of chemically distinct alkenes 114/115 with aldehydes 65...
Scheme 24: Iron-catalyzed carbocarbonylation of activated alkenes 60 with carbazates 117.
Scheme 25: Iron-catalyzed radical 6-endo cyclization of dienes 119 with carbazates 117.
Scheme 26: Iron-catalyzed decarboxylative synthesis of functionalized oxindoles 130 with tert-butyl peresters ...
Scheme 27: Iron‑catalyzed decarboxylative alkylation/cyclization of cinnamamides 131/134.
Scheme 28: Iron-catalyzed carbochloromethylation of activated alkenes 60.
Scheme 29: Iron-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of dienes 142.
Scheme 30: Iron-catalyzed, silver-mediated arylalkylation of conjugated alkenes 115.
Scheme 31: Iron-catalyzed three-component carboazidation of conjugated alkenes 115 with alkanes 101/139b and t...
Scheme 32: Iron-catalyzed carboazidation of alkenes 82 and alkynes 160 with iodoalkanes 20 and trimethylsilyl ...
Scheme 33: Iron-catalyzed asymmetric carboazidation of styrene derivatives 115.
Scheme 34: Iron-catalyzed carboamination of conjugated alkenes 115 with alkyl diacyl peroxides 163 and acetoni...
Scheme 35: Iron-catalyzed carboamination using oxime esters 165 and arenes 166.
Scheme 36: Iron-catalyzed iminyl radical-triggered [5 + 2] and [5 + 1] annulation reactions with oxime esters ...
Scheme 37: Iron-catalyzed decarboxylative alkyl etherification of alkenes 108 with alcohols 67 and aliphatic a...
Scheme 38: Iron-catalyzed inter-/intramolecular alkylative cyclization of carboxylic acid and alcohol-tethered...
Scheme 39: Iron-catalyzed intermolecular trifluoromethyl-acyloxylation of styrene derivatives 115.
Scheme 40: Iron-catalyzed carboiodination of terminal alkenes and alkynes 180.
Scheme 41: Copper/iron-cocatalyzed cascade perfluoroalkylation/cyclization of 1,6-enynes 183/185.
Scheme 42: Iron-catalyzed stereoselective carbosilylation of internal alkynes 187.
Scheme 43: Synergistic photoredox/iron catalyzed difluoroalkylation–thiolation of alkenes 82.
Scheme 44: Iron-catalyzed three-component aminoazidation of alkenes 82.
Scheme 45: Iron-catalyzed intra-/intermolecular aminoazidation of alkenes 194.
Scheme 46: Stereoselective iron-catalyzed oxyazidation of enamides 196 using hypervalent iodine reagents 197.
Scheme 47: Iron-catalyzed aminooxygenation for the synthesis of unprotected amino alcohols 200.
Scheme 48: Iron-catalyzed intramolecular aminofluorination of alkenes 209.
Scheme 49: Iron-catalyzed intramolecular aminochlorination and aminobromination of alkenes 209.
Scheme 50: Iron-catalyzed intermolecular aminofluorination of alkenes 82.
Scheme 51: Iron-catalyzed aminochlorination of alkenes 82.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed phosphinoylazidation of alkenes 108.
Scheme 53: Synergistic photoredox/iron-catalyzed three-component aminoselenation of trisubstituted alkenes 82.
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
Graphical Abstract
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 advances in palladium-catalysed asymmetric 1,4–additions of arylboronic acids to conjugated enones and chromones
- Jan Bartáček,
- Jan Svoboda,
- Martin Kocúrik,
- Jaroslav Pochobradský,
- Alexander Čegan,
- Miloš Sedlák and
- Jiří Váňa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1048–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.84
- ). This problem could be solved by using a higher amount of the ligand (27 mol %) [14]. The second more favourable solution was the preparation of the bisoxazoline complex with PdCl2 followed by dehalogenation. The use of AgSbF6 as the dehalogenating agent allowed the complete conversion in the model
- -substituted boronic acids [14][15]. An optimisation study showed that the presence of AgTFA (dehalogenation reagent) and NH4PF6 (Pd(II) stabilizing salt) in the reaction mixture was necessary. Additionally, the solvent was changed from a methanol/water mixture to a DCE/water biphasic system. It was also
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of optically pure 4-phenylchroman-2-one [34].
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (R)-tolterodine [3].
Scheme 3: Catalytic cycle of the Pd(II)-catalysed 1,4-addition of organoboron reagents to enones [3,26,35].
Scheme 4: Enantioselective β-arylation of cyclohexanone [38].
Scheme 5: Application of L2/Pd(OAc)2 in the total synthesis of terpenes [8].
Scheme 6: Plausible catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L3...
Scheme 7: Microwave-assisted addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L4/Pd2(dba)3·CHCl3...
Scheme 8: Plausible catalytic cycle of the addition of phenylboronic acid to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by pal...
Scheme 9: Proposed catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acids to 2-cyclohexenone catalysed by Pd...
Scheme 10: Usage of addition reactions of boronic acids to various chromones in the syntheses of potentially a...
Scheme 11: Multigram-scale synthesis of ABBV-2222 [6].
Scheme 12: Application of the asymmetric addition of phenylboronic acid to a chromone derivative for the total...
Scheme 13: Plausible catalytic cycle for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone cataly...
Scheme 14: Total syntheses of naturally occurring terpenoids [10,11].
Scheme 15: Use of the L9/Pd(TFA)2 catalytic system for the synthesis of intermediates of biologically active c...
Scheme 16: Usage of a Michael addition catalysed by L9/Pd(TFA)2 in the total synthesis of (–)-ar-tenuifolene [12].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of terpenoids by Michael addition to 3-methyl-2-cyclopentenone [13].
Scheme 18: Rh-catalysed isomerisation of 3-alkyl-3-arylcyclopentanones to 1-tetralones [53].
Scheme 19: Addition reaction of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-2-cyclohexenone catalysed by L9/Pd(TFA)2 in wat...
Scheme 20: Micellar nanoreactor PdL10c for the synthesis of flavanones [58].
Scheme 21: Plausible catalytic cycle for the desymmetrisation of polycyclic cyclohexenediones by the addition ...
Scheme 22: Attempt to use the catalytic system L2/Pd(TFA)2 for the addition of phenylboronic acid to 3-methyl-...
Scheme 23: Ring opening of an enantioenriched tetrahydropyran-2-one derivative as alternative strategy to line...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of biologically active compounds from addition products [14-16].
Scheme 25: Chiral 1,10-phenantroline derivative L15 as ligand for the Pd-catalysed addition reactions of pheny...
Scheme 26: The Rh-catalysed addition reaction of phenylboronic acid to a 3-substituted enone [20].
Scheme 27: Underdeveloped methodologies [14,15,65-67].
Scheme 28: Flowchart for the selection of the proper catalytic system.
Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes
- Zhonglie Yang,
- Yutong Liu,
- Kun Cao,
- Xiaobin Zhang,
- Hezhong Jiang and
- Jiahong Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 771–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.67
- be taken into account. In 2019, Rathnayake and Weaver, III [37] designed a method of visible-light-promoted EDA-complex-mediated dehalogenation of haloalkanes 170. The dehalogenation product 171 was afforded based on the presence of the EDA complex formed by DIPEA and haloalkanes 170 under blue-light
- phenyl ether derivative 168. Dehalogenation reaction initiated by an EDA complex. The EDA complexes discussed in this review. Funding This work was co-supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.21901216), the research project of the Fund of Science and Technology Agency of Chengdu
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The electron transfer process in EDA complexes.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of benzo[b]phosphorus oxide 3 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 3: Mechanism of the synthesis of quinoxaline derivative 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of imidazole derivative 10 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 6: Mechanism of the synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of indole derivative 22 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated pyrimidines 26 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 29 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 11: Mechanism of the synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 38 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of spiropyrroline derivative 40 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of benzothiazole derivative 43 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-s-triazine derivative 45 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of indoline derivative 47 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 17: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 47.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutane product 50 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 19: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 50.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1,3-oxazolidine compound 59 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of trifluoromethylated product 61 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of indole alkylation product 64 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 67 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hydrotrifluoromethylated product 70 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of β-trifluoromethylated alkyne product 71 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 26: Mechanism of the synthesis of 2-phenylthiophene derivative 74.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of allylated product 80 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted alkynyl product 84 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 30: Mechanism of the synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of C(sp3)–H allylation product 91 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 93 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of spirocyclic indolene derivative 95 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 97 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 36: Mechanism of the synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of arylated oxidized indole derivative 108 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 39: Mechanism of the synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated olefin 118 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of alkylation product 121 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of acylation product 123 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 43: Mechanism of the synthesis of acylation product 123.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of trifluoromethylation product 126 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid 129 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of thioether derivative 132 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 48: Mechanism of the synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of thioether product 141 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 50: Mechanism of the synthesis of borate product 144.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of boronation product 148 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of boration product 151 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of boronic acid ester derivative 154 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of β-azide product 157 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 55: Decarboxylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of amidated product 162 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate 165 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 58: Mechanism of the synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate derivative 165.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether 168 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 60: Mechanism of the synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether derivative 168.
Scheme 61: Dehalogenation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
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
- , carbanion, and radical chemistry. Furthermore, gem-difluorocyclopropanes readily go through carbonylation, dehalogenation, and annulation, resulting in various useful materials. 2.1 Thermal rearrangements The substitution of hydrogen with fluorine in cyclopropane leads to a significant weakening of the C–C
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane (2).
Scheme 2: Cyclopropanation via dehydrohalogenation of chlorodifluoromethane.
Scheme 3: Difluorocyclopropanation of methylstyrene 7 using dibromodifluoromethane and zinc.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropanes from the reaction of dibromodifluoromethane and triphenylphosphi...
Scheme 5: Generation of difluorocarbene in a catalytic two-phase system and its addition to tetramethylethyle...
Scheme 6: The reaction of methylstyrene 7 with chlorodifluoromethane (11) in the presence of a tetraarylarson...
Scheme 7: Pyrolysis of sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (12) in refluxing diglyme in the presence of alkene 13.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of boron-substituted gem-difluorocyclopropanes 16.
Scheme 9: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to alkenes.
Scheme 10: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to silyloxy-substituted cyclopropanes 20.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of difluorinated nucleosides.
Scheme 12: Addition of butyl acrylate (26) to difluorocarbene generated from TFDA (25).
Scheme 13: Addition of difluorocarbene to propargyl esters 27 and conversion of the difluorocyclopropenes 28 t...
Scheme 14: The generation of difluorocyclopropanes using MDFA 30.
Scheme 15: gem-Difluorocyclopropanation of styrene (32) using difluorocarbene generated from TMSCF3 (31) under...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a gem-difluorocyclopropane derivative using HFPO (41) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 17: Cyclopropanation of (Z)-2-butene in the presence of difluorodiazirine (44).
Scheme 18: The cyclopropanation of 1-octene (46) using Seyferth's reagent (45) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 19: Alternative approaches for the difluorocarbene synthesis from trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)tin (48).
Scheme 20: Difluorocyclopropanation of cyclohexene (49).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropane derivative 53 using bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium (51) as the diflu...
Scheme 22: Addition of difluorocarbene generated from tris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth (54).
Scheme 23: Addition of a stable (trifluoromethyl)zinc reagent to styrenes.
Scheme 24: The preparation of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acids of type 58.
Scheme 25: Difluorocyclopropanation via Michael cyclization.
Scheme 26: Difluorocyclopropanation using N-acylimidazolidinone 60.
Scheme 27: Difluorocyclopropanation through the cyclization of phenylacetonitrile (61) and 1,2-dibromo-1,1-dif...
Scheme 28: gem-Difluoroolefins 64 for the synthesis of functionalized cyclopropanes 65.
Scheme 29: Preparation of aminocyclopropanes 70.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of fluorinated methylenecyclopropane 74 via selenoxide elimination.
Scheme 31: Reductive dehalogenation of (1R,3R)-75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of chiral monoacetates by lipase catalysis.
Scheme 33: Transformation of (±)-trans-81 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 34: Transformation of (±)-trans-83 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 35: Hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes through enantioselective hydrocupration.
Scheme 36: Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes with a Ru-based catalyst.
Scheme 37: The thermal transformation of trans-1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluorocyclopropane (84).
Scheme 38: cis–trans-Epimerization of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane.
Scheme 39: 2,2-Difluorotrimethylene diradical intermediate.
Scheme 40: Ring opening of stereoisomers 88 and 89.
Scheme 41: [1,3]-Rearrangement of alkenylcyclopropanes 90–92.
Scheme 42: Thermolytic rearrangement of 2,2-difluoro-1-vinylcyclopropane (90).
Scheme 43: Thermal rearrangement for ethyl 3-(2,2-difluoro)-3-phenylcyclopropyl)acrylates 93 and 95.
Scheme 44: Possible pathways of the ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropane.
Scheme 45: Equilibrium between 1,1-difluoro-2-methylenecyclopropane (96) and (difluoromethylene)cyclopropane 97...
Scheme 46: Ring opening of substituted 1,1-difluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopropane 98.
Scheme 47: 1,1-Difluorospiropentane rearrangement.
Scheme 48: Acetolysis of (2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)methyl tosylate (104) and (1,1-difluoro-2-methylcyclopropyl)...
Scheme 49: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 106 and 108 by thiolate nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Hydrolysis of gem-difluorocyclopropyl acetals 110.
Scheme 51: Ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113 in the presence of ionic liquid as a s...
Scheme 52: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113a by MgI2-initiated reaction with diarylimines 1...
Scheme 53: Ring-opening reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropylstannanes 117.
Scheme 54: Preparation of 1-fluorovinyl vinyl ketone 123 and the synthesis of 2-fluorocyclopentenone 124. TBAT...
Scheme 55: Iodine atom-transfer ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-(1-iodoalkyl)cyclopropanes 125a–c.
Scheme 56: Ring opening of bromomethyl gem-difluorocyclopropanes 130 and formation of gem-difluoromethylene-co...
Scheme 57: Ring-opening aerobic oxidation reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 132.
Scheme 58: Dibrominative ring-opening functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 134.
Scheme 59: The selective formation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-fluorodienals 136 and 137 from difluorocyclopropyl acet...
Scheme 60: Proposed mechanism for the reaction of difluoro(methylene)cyclopropane 139 with Br2.
Scheme 61: Thermal rearrangement of F2MCP 139 and iodine by CuI catalysis.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of 2-fluoropyrroles 142.
Scheme 63: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 143 mediated by BX3.
Scheme 64: Lewis acid-promoted ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (148).
Scheme 65: Ring-opening reaction of the gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketone 106 by methanolic KOH.
Scheme 66: Hydrogenolysis of 1,1-difluoro-3-methyl-2-phenylcyclopropane (151).
Scheme 67: Synthesis of monofluoroalkenes 157.
Scheme 68: The stereoselective Ag-catalyzed defluorinative ring-opening diarylation of 1-trimethylsiloxy-2,2-d...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 2-fluorinated allylic compounds 162.
Scheme 70: Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of gem-difluorinated cyclopropanes 161.
Scheme 71: The (Z)-selective Pd-catalyzed ring-opening sulfonylation of 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)naphthalene...
Figure 1: Structures of zosuquidar hydrochloride and PF-06700841.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of methylene-gem-difluorocyclopropane analogs of nucleosides.
Figure 2: Anthracene-difluorocyclopropane hybrid derivatives.
Figure 3: Further examples of difluorcyclopropanes in modern drug discovery.
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
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.
An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions
- Yeersen Patehebieke
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118
- generated with a yield of 43–75% (Scheme 13). Reductive dehalogenation reactions In 2013, Curran and co-workers reported a light-induced dehalogenative reduction with polarity reversion catalyzed by diphenyl disulfide or boryl bissulfide (diMe–Imd–BH(SPh)2) as the catalyst and 1,3-dimethylimidazol-2
- -ylidene·borane (diMe–Imd–BH3) as the initiator [20]. Thiyl radicals formed by diphenyl disulfide under light can further generate the active HAT catalyst thiophenol in situ. The yield of the reductive dehalogenation or dehalogenative radical cyclization could reach up to 40–98% (Scheme 14). The introduction of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: [3 + 2] cyclization catalyzed by diaryl disulfide.
Scheme 2: [3 + 2] cycloaddition catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 3: Disulfide-bridged peptide-catalyzed enantioselective cycloaddition.
Scheme 4: Disulfide-catalyzed [3 + 2] methylenecyclopentane annulations.
Scheme 5: Disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst in the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism of the [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction using disulfide as a HAT cocatalyst.
Scheme 7: Disulfide-catalyzed ring expansion of vinyl spiro epoxides.
Scheme 8: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of diarylacetylene.
Scheme 9: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic photooxidative cleavage of olefins.
Scheme 10: Disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 12: Disulfide-catalyzed oxidation of allyl alcohols.
Scheme 13: Disulfide-catalyzed diboration of alkynes.
Scheme 14: Dehalogenative radical cyclization catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 15: Hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 16: Plausible mechanism of the hydrodifluoroacetamidation of alkenes catalyzed by disulfide.
Scheme 17: Disulfide-cocatalyzed anti-Markovnikov olefin hydration reactions.
Scheme 18: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 19: Proposed mechanism of the disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 20: Disulfide-catalyzed decarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 21: Disulfide-catalyzed conversion of maleate esters to fumarates and 5H-furanones.
Scheme 22: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of difluorotriethylsilylethylene.
Scheme 23: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 24: Proposed mechanism for the disulfide-catalyzed isomerization of allyl alcohols to carbonyl compound...
Scheme 25: Diphenyl disulfide-catalyzed enantioselective synthesis of ophirin B.
Scheme 26: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the total synthesis of (+)-hitachimycin.
Scheme 27: Disulfide-catalyzed isomerization in the synthesis of (−)-gloeosporone.
