Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• , obtained by a 3,3’-diiodo-BINOL 39-catalysed asymmetric CH(CF3)-homologation of dehydrated vinylboronic acids 40 with trifluoromethyl diazomethane at 40 °C. The resulting enantioenriched transient (α-trifluoromethyl)allylboronic acid diethyl esters 41 were converted into the chromatographically stable 1,8

• excellent enantioselectivities (89–98% ee) and low to moderate yields (48–72%). The homologation step proceeds via the stereoretentive 1,2-migration of the vinyl group from the tetracoordinated boron to the highly electrophilic carbon of the diazomethane, concerted with the elimination of the nitrogen

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

1,2-Difluoroethylene (HFO-1132): synthesis and chemistry

• Liubov V. Sokolenko,
• Taras M. Sokolenko and
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1955–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.171

• -phase photolysis at −80 °C from 1,2-difluoroethylene and diazomethane (Scheme 19). Unfortunately, the product yield was not reported. Diels–Alder reaction of (E)- and (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylenes with hexachlorocyclopentadiene was studied by Ihrid and Smith [99]. It was shown that (Z)-1,2-difluoroethylene

Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

• Maria-Paula Schröder,
• Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
• Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

• -desmethyl coibamide A in solution has been demonstrated by Sable et al. [43]. The use of diazomethane in diethyl ether as methylating agent yielded the methylated synthetic coibamide A. All of the aforementioned methods are robust and well-established. However, they do have their drawbacks. The application

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

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

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

Access to cyclopropanes with geminal trifluoromethyl and difluoromethylphosphonate groups

• Ita Hajdin,
• Romana Pajkert,
• Mira Keßler,
• Jianlin Han,
• Haibo Mei and
• Gerd-Volker Röschenthaler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 541–549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.39

• ). In addition, few examples of difluoromethylphosphonate containing cyclopropanes have been reported to date. These compounds were synthesized either by cyclopropanation of CF2P(O)(OEt)2-containing alkenoates using a Corey–Chaykovsky reagent (sulfaniumyl or oxosulfaniumyl methanides) and diazomethane

Dipeptide analogues of fluorinated aminophosphonic acid sodium salts as moderate competitive inhibitors of cathepsin C

• Karolina Wątroba,
• Małgorzata Pawełczak and
• Marcin Kaźmierczak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 434–439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.33

• ]. Other inhibitors are dipeptide derivatives showing substrate-like sequences. One of the most effective inhibitors is the dipeptide Gly-Phe-CHN2 (glycylphenylalanine-diazomethane), which, however, has not been used as a therapeutic substance due to the instability of the diazomethylketone group [8][9

Modern flow chemistry – prospect and advantage

• Philipp Heretsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 33–35, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.3

• mesylate, diazomethane was an inevitable necessity. By moving the generation of this toxic and explosive reagent into a continuous process with manageable amounts present at any given point and continuously stripping the chemical with a stream of nitrogen, safety protocols could be met [10]. Among the

A novel bis-triazole scaffold accessed via two tandem [3 + 2] cycloaddition events including an uncatalyzed, room temperature azide–alkyne click reaction

• Ksenia Malkova,
• Andrey Bubyrev,
• Vasilisa Krivovicheva,
• Dmitry Dar’in,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1636–1641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.175

• proceeded further, in uncatalyzed fashion at room temperature and yielded, after intramolecular azide–alkyne click reaction novel, structurally intriguing bistriazoles. Keywords: α-acetyl-α-diazomethane sulfonamide; intramolecular click reaction; uncatalyzed; room temperature; 1,2,3-triazoles

A facile approach to spiro[dihydrofuran-2,3'-oxindoles] via formal [4 + 1] annulation reaction of fused 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones with diazooxindoles

• Pavel A. Topanov,
• Anna A. Maslivets,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Irina V. Mashevskaya,
• Yurii V. Shklyaev and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1532–1538, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.162

• compounds to molecules containing an enone fragment. Cycloaddition reactions involving diazo and enone moieties are usually carried out using transition-metal catalysis [18][19][20], with catalyst-free reactions being carried out only with the participation of reactive unsubstituted diazomethane [21][22][23

A versatile way for the synthesis of monomethylamines by reduction of N-substituted carbonylimidazoles with the NaBH₄/I₂ system

• Lin Chen,
• Xuan Zhou,
• Zhiyong Chen,
• Changxu Wang,
• Shunjie Wang and
• Hanbing Teng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1032–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.104

• chemicals, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and dyes [1][2][3][4]. Traditional methods for the preparation of N-methylamines involve the direct methylation of amines by using methyl halides [5][6][7], dimethyl sulfate [8], diazomethane [9], methyl triflate [10][11] or dimethyl carbonate [12][13][14][15] as

An isoxazole strategy for the synthesis of 4-oxo-1,4-dihydropyridine-3-carboxylates

• Timur O. Zanakhov,
• Ekaterina E. Galenko,
• Mikhail S. Novikov and
• Alexander F. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 738–745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.74

• cyanation of the resulted isoxazoles 8a–f to cyanides 9a–f using Me2C(OH)CN/(Me2N)2C=NH [29], their acid hydrolysis, followed by esterification of the resulting acids 9a–f with diazomethane. 4-Iodoisoxazoles 12a–f, necessary for the preparation of 3,4-disubstituted isoxazoles, were obtained by iodination of

Ready access to 7,8-dihydroindolo[2,3-d][1]benzazepine-6(5H)-one scaffold and analogues via early-stage Fischer ring-closure reaction

• Irina Kuznetcova,
• Felix Bacher,
• Daniel Vegh,
• Hsiang-Yu Chuang and
• Vladimir B. Arion

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 143–151, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.15

• was observed by TLC. However, the acid chloride reacted very sluggishly with (CH3)3SiCHN2, which is a safe alternative to the highly explosive diazomethane [34]. Another attempt to synthesize the open-chain precursor from indole and 2-bromo-N-(2-bromophenyl)acetamide by regioselective palladium

Unsaturated fatty acids and a prenylated tryptophan derivative from a rare actinomycete of the genus Couchioplanes

• Shun Saito,
• Kanji Indo,
• Naoya Oku,
• Hisayuki Komaki,
• Masashi Kawasaki and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2939–2949, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.203

• -diazomethane and the resulting methyl ester 4' was acylated with (R)- or (S)-α-methoxyphenylacetic acid (MPA). To our surprise, however, 1H NMR spectra of both the acylation products were substantially the same but contained several duplicated signals with contrasting peak intensities, indicating 4 to be an

• CHCl3/MeOH (25 μL each) was added a solution of TMS-diazomethane in n-hexane (2.0 M, 25 μL) at room temperature. After stirring for 15 min, the reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness to give methyl ester 4' (0.2 mg). Methyl ester 4': 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.76 (s, 3H, -CO2CH3), 7.14 (brs 1H

Synthesis of O⁶-alkylated preQ₁ derivatives

• Laurin Flemmich,
• Sarah Moreno and
• Ronald Micura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2295–2301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.147

• potential O6-methylated precursor of m6preQ1, namely N9-trimethysilylethyl protected m6preQ0 [20]. This synthesis, however, is based on methylation using diazomethane resulting in a mixture of N1 and O6 methylated products, and we therefore did not further consider this path. Finally, one route was

Beyond ribose and phosphate: Selected nucleic acid modifications for structure–function investigations and therapeutic applications

• Christopher Liczner,
• Kieran Duke,
• Gabrielle Juneau,
• Martin Egli and
• Christopher J. Wilds

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 908–931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.76

• by 5'-tritylation. In the case of guanosine, this strategy for 2'-OH methylation was unsuccessful, owing again to undesired methylation at the nucleobase. Instead, the 5'-O-monomethoxytrityl derivative of N2-isobutyrylguanosine was treated with diazomethane in dimethylformamide in the presence of tin

[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C₆₀ based on diazo compounds

• Yuliya N. Biglova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55

• ethereal solution of diazomethane in toluene at 0 °C resulted in pyrazoline derivative C [81]. The adduct isolated chromatographically was exposed to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation for 25 min at 25 °C in a quartz tube. The resulting isomers 3 and 4 were separated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid

CF₃-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

• Anthony J. Fernandes,
• Armen Panossian,
• Bastien Michelet,
• Agnès Martin-Mingot,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

A review of asymmetric synthetic organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis: concepts, applications, recent developments and future directions

• Munmun Ghosh,
• Valmik S. Shinde and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2710–2746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.264

• sequential reports, Feroci and Inesi discussed the electrochemical carboxylation of chiral α-bromocarboxylic acid derivatives 165 substituted with Evans-type chiral auxiliaries [96][97]. The cathodic reduction of the C–Br bond in presence of CO2 followed by treatment with diazomethane resulted in the

• transformations, Feroci and Inesi developed a stereoselective carboxylation of cinnamic acid derivatives 171 substituted with chiral auxiliaries [99]. The substrate 171 was subjected to galvanostatic reduction under CO2 atmosphere in an undivided cell. Carboxylation followed by treatment with diazomethane

Enantioselective PCCP Brønsted acid-catalyzed aza-Piancatelli rearrangement

• Gabrielle R. Hammersley,
• Meghan F. Nichol,
• Helena C. Steffens,
• Jose M. Delgado,
• Gesine K. Veits and
• Javier Read de Alaniz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1569–1574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.160

• hydrogen bond group afforded the best selectivity (7k). To simplify the purification process, all acid products were transformed into the corresponding methyl ester in situ using (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane. A slight drop in enantioselectivity is observed when the benzoic acid group was moved to the meta

• -Piancatelli reaction. Asymmetric aza-Piancatelli rearrangement with a range of substituted anilines. *To simplify the purification process, carboxylic acids were transformed in situ into the corresponding methyl ester using (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane. Asymmetric aza-Piancatelli rearrangement with a range of

• substituted furylcarbinols. *To simplify the purification process, carboxylic acids were transformed in situ into the corresponding methyl ester using (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane. Initial optimization studies. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 226: Experimental part and copies of NMR

Synthesis of nonracemic hydroxyglutamic acids

• Dorota G. Piotrowska,
• Iwona E. Głowacka,
• Andrzej E. Wróblewski and
• Liwia Lubowiecka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 236–255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.22

• . Intermediary diacid was first esterified with diazomethane, then the isopropylidene acetal was hydrolyzed, and diester saponification gave N-Boc-protected compound (2S,3R)-35. Via ketopinic acid functionalized 2(3H)-oxazolones When oxazolone 36 derived from (R)-(−)-ketopinic acid was reacted with bromine and

• . Ozone efficiently completed the degradation of the furan ring to the carboxyl group which was esterified with diazomethane to give methyl (2S,3S)-3-acetoxypyroglutamate (2S,3S)-54, a cyclized variant of 3-hydroxyglutamic acid. Treatment with a concentrated acid afforded (2S,3S)-2 as the hydrochloride

Synthesis and biological activity of methylated derivatives of the Pseudomonas metabolites HHQ, HQNO and PQS

• Sven Thierbach,
• Max Wienhold,
• Susanne Fetzner and
• Ulrich Hennecke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 187–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.18

• dimethyl sulfate mainly N-methylation was observed accompanied by a small amount of the N,O-dimethylquinolonium ion. Pure NMe-HHQ (2) was obtained in moderate yield of 51% by column chromatography (Scheme 1). Selective O-methylation of an AQ has been reported using diazomethane [1]. To avoid explosive

• diazomethane, methylation of HHQ with trimethylsilyldiazomethane (TMS-DA) in methanol was carried out, which indeed provided selectively OMe-HHQ (3). However, even using a large excess of TMS-DA low conversion and yields of less than 20% OMe-HHQ (3) were observed. Addition of HBF4 did improve the reactivity

Assembly of fully substituted triazolochromenes via a novel multicomponent reaction or mechanochemical synthesis

• Robby Vroemans,
• Yenthel Verhaegen,
• My Tran Thi Dieu and
• Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2689–2697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.246

• ], via intramolecular cyclization of a diazomethane group and a nitrile [23], or via our recently reported NH-triazole synthesis starting from 6-methoxyflavanone [24]. Furthermore, 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazole annulated chromenes have been reported via an intramolecular arylation reaction of 1,2,3

One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry

• Arif Dastan,
• Haydar Kilic and
• Nurullah Saracoglu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98

• tropone unit: In 1975, Franck-Neumann and Martina reported the reaction of dimethyl diazomethane with tropone and benzotropones [83]. This reaction gave benzo-4,5-dimethyl-8,8-cyclooctatrienone (94, 30% isolable yield) as an insertion product via a carbonyl group and pyrazoline 95 as 1,3-dipolar addition

• unit: The ring-expansion product 188, which is a net insertion of a diazomethane unit into the tropone, was prepared from the reaction of 2,3-benzotropone (12) with dimethyl diazomethane (Figure 7) [83]. Benzohomoazocines 191–193 and benzomethoxyazocines 195–197 were prepared using a similar protocol

• depicted in Scheme 38 (Scheme 45) [161]. Sato’s group reported the synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) via the ring expansion pathway of β-naphthoquinone (280) with diazomethane under various conditions and hydrolysis steps (Scheme 46) [169]. The boron trifluoride etherate-promoted ring expansion

Hydrolysis, polarity, and conformational impact of C-terminal partially fluorinated ethyl esters in peptide models

• Vladimir Kubyshkin and
• Nediljko Budisa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2442–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.241

• fluorination of peptide scaffolds. One of these methods involves esterification of the C-terminus of peptides using a diazomethane species. Here, we provide an investigation of the physicochemical consequences of peptide esterification with partially fluorinated ethyl groups. Derivatives of N-acetylproline are

• . Although the yield increased, it remained low (20%). The poor yields in the aqueous medium are explained by the high reactivity of the diazomethane species, which favors nonspecific reactions in water [52]. Very recently, more specific diazomethane reagents for water-tolerant esterification have also been

• polyproline-II stability. This effect contrasts with the effects of other terminal modifications, such as aromatic amino acids, which reduce the polyproline-II fold stability [86]. We then prepared hexaproline peptide 8a, which was subsequently esterified with the diazomethane reagent to give 8b. Methyl ester