Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

• Long K. San,
• Sebastian Balser,
• Brian J. Reeves,
• Tyler T. Clikeman,
• Yu-Sheng Chen,
• Steven H. Strauss and
• Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

• agreement with the NMR results. The positive ion mass spectrum of the photoirradiated 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 provides further insight into the composition of the main photoproduct. The presence of the protonated endoperoxide of 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 as the heaviest species in the mass spectrum, along with two fragments

• , allows a tentative conclusion that photooxidation proceeds via dearomatization of the central ring due to the formation of the endoperoxide (Figure 4). This suggestion is also supported by a recent work of Sun and co-workers where they observed and structurally characterized the endoperoxide of 9,10-ANTH

• period of 53 days in air and under irradiation with incandescent light. Direct analysis in real time (DART) positive ion mass spectrum of the photoirradiated 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 sample. M denotes molecular ion; the insert shows the reaction scheme for the formation of the endoperoxide. The % remaining of

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

• Aissam Okba,
• Pablo Simón Marqués,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Naoki Aratani,
• Hiroko Yamada,
• Gwénaël Rapenne and
• Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

• endoperoxide formation. To overcome these issues, the “precursor approach” was developed and relies on the synthesis, purification and characterization of soluble and stable precursors of the target active π-CPCs, followed by their (solution) processing and their final deprotection once assembled in thin-films

Efficient synthesis of aziridinecyclooctanediol and 3-aminocyclooctanetriol

• Emine Salamci and
• Ayse Kilic Lafzi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1539–1543, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.163

• Emine Salamci Ayse Kilic Lafzi Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Atatürk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey 10.3762/bjoc.18.163 Abstract Cyclooctene endoperoxide was used as the key compound for the synthesis of aziridinecyclooctanediol and 3-aminocyclooctanetriol. Reduction of the

• cyclooctene endoperoxide, prepared by photooxygenation of cis,cis-1,3-cyclooctadiene, with zinc gave a cyclooctenediol and then benzylation of the hydroxy group yielded dibenzylated cyclooctene. Oxidation of the latter compound by OsO4/NMO followed by mesylation of the hydroxy group provided bis(benzyloxy

• cis,cis-1,3-cyclooctadiene. Results and Discussion The synthesis of the diol 5, which was prepared by reduction of the endoperoxide 4 with zinc was carried out as described in the literature [18]. Treatment of the diol 5 with benzyl bromide and NaH in DMF gave the corresponding (dibenzyloxy

On drug discovery against infectious diseases and academic medicinal chemistry contributions

• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1355–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.141

• considered relevant. However, this changed after the identification [219][220] of the temperature-sensitive and endoperoxide-containing qinghaosu/artemisinin (43) as the active constituent of the herb Artemisia annua to treat fever and malaria in China. For this discovery, the chemist Tu Youyou was granted

Polymer and small molecule mechanochemistry: closer than ever

• José G. Hernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1225–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.128

• -workers found that ball milling of the cross-linked polyacrylate polymer 1 could trigger the release of singlet oxygen from the anthracene–endoperoxide mechanophores (Scheme 1a) [27]. To support the claim that the generation of 1O2 occurred mechanically rather than thermally due to local heat formation by

• Sons. Copyright © 2019 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (a) Mechanochemical activation of anthracene–endoperoxide mechanophore incorporated in the cross-linked polyacrylate polymer 1 by cryomilling in a mixer mill. (b) Mechanochemical activation of a polymer network matrix, bis(9

Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery

• Merlin Kleoff,
• Paul Kiler and
• Philipp Heretsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 754–768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.76

• at low temperatures or instable intermediates, e.g., endoperoxide (55), benefit from the superior reaction control and safety profile of flow reactors. Many of the transformations in this review demonstrate the utilization of solid-supported reagents in cartridges that allow to avoid separation of

Structural basis for endoperoxide-forming oxygenases

• Takahiro Mori and
• Ikuro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 707–721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.71

• Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.18.71 Abstract Endoperoxide natural products are widely distributed in nature and exhibit various biological activities. Due to their chemical features, endoperoxide and endoperoxide-derived secondary metabolites have attracted keen

• attention in the field of natural products and organic synthesis. In this review, we summarize the structural analyses, mechanistic investigations, and proposed reaction mechanisms of endoperoxide-forming oxygenases, including cyclooxygenase, fumitremorgin B endoperoxidase (FtmOx1), and the asnovolin A

• endoperoxygenase NvfI. Keywords: biosynthesis; endoperoxide; enzyme; natural products; X-ray crystallography; Introduction Endoperoxide-containing compounds form a large group of natural products with cyclic peroxide structures [1][2][3][4][5]. These compounds are widely distributed in nature, and many

Stereoselective syntheses of 3-aminocyclooctanetriols and halocyclooctanetriols

• Emine Salamci and
• Yunus Zozik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 705–710, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.59

• are reported. Reduction of cyclooctene endoperoxide, obtained by photooxygenation of cis,cis-1,3-cyclooctadiene, with zinc yielded a cyclooctene diol followed by acetylation of the hydroxy group, which gave dioldiacetate by OsO4/NMO oxidation. The cyclooctane dioldiacetate prepared was converted to

• of two new 3-aminocyclooctanetriols and some chlorinated C8-cyclitols starting from cis,cis-1,3-cyclooctadiene. Results and Discussion For the synthesis of amino- and chlorocyclitols and their derivatives, we first selected endoperoxide 5 as the starting molecule, which was prepared using a procedure

• with sodium azide of the corresponding cyclic sulfate intermediate 9, which contains the only stereocentre. The cyclic sulfate 9 could be synthesized from diacetatediol 7 [33]. For this purpose, the reduction of the endoperoxide 5 with zinc followed by acetylation of the hydroxy group and OsO4/NMO

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• group publication [74] on new antimalarial drugs can be highlighted (Scheme 29). The authors report a 3.4 gram-scale preparation of ascaridole, in this case a synthetic intermediate, using TPP as photocatalyst. Another example of a scaled-up endoperoxide approach involves the stereoselective singlet

Synthesis and biological investigation of (+)-3-hydroxymethylartemisinin

• Toni Smeilus,
• Farnoush Mousavizadeh,
• Johannes Krieger,
• Xingzhao Tu,
• Marcel Kaiser and
• Athanassios Giannis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 567–570, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.51

• ]. As artemisinin has poor solubility and bioavailability, several derivatives of this natural product like artesunate and artemether were developed and are currently used in combination with other drugs for the treatment of malaria [4]. However, the exact mechanism of action of this endoperoxide

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

• underwent di-π-methane photo-rearrangement to 210–212 exclusively (Scheme 35). Moreover, Dastan’s group prepared bicyclic endoperoxide 213 in 74% yield from 2,3-benzotropone (12) via tetraphenylporphyrine (TPP)-sensitized photo-oxygenation (Scheme 35) [149]. 3.2.4. Miscellaneous transformations: Machiguchi

• acid to afford 241 in almost quantitative yield. Bicyclic endoperoxides generated from the cycloaddition of singlet oxygen to 1,3-dienes serve as excellent synthetic precursors and have led to developments in tropone chemistry [170][171][172]. Taking advantage of the endoperoxide transformation, the

Exploring endoperoxides as a new entry for the synthesis of branched azasugars

• Svenja Domeyer,
• Mark Bjerregaard,
• Henrik Johansson and
• Daniel Sejer Pedersen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 644–647, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.63

• + 2]-cycloaddition between a diene and singlet oxygen. The endoperoxides were dihydroxylated and protected to provide a series of endoperoxide building blocks for organic synthesis, with potential use as precursors for the synthesis of branched azasugars. Preliminary exploration of the chemistry of

• these building blocks provided access to a variety of derivatives including tetrahydrofurans, epoxides and protected amino-tetraols. Keywords: azasugar; carbohydrate; cycloaddition; endoperoxide; photochemistry; Introduction Azasugars are small organic compounds that can mimic carbohydrates or their

• the reaction was performed with the sensitizer rose bengal the diene was observed to quickly disappear from the system and only a low yield of endoperoxide 17 was obtained. Due to the many problems encountered with the Boc-protection strategy it was abandoned at this stage and we turned our attention

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

• additional reaction step [345] (Scheme 69). The treatment of endoperoxide 232 with triethylamine in ethanol at room temperature results in the O–O-bond cleavage to form 5-hydroxytropolone (233) (Scheme 70) [346]. It is interesting to note, that a reduction of the bicyclic endoperoxide 234 with thiourea in

• methanol at 10 °C produces similar to KDLM product tropolone 235 in 94% yield (Scheme 71) [347]. The Kornblum–DeLaMare reaction of the endoperoxide 236 with triethylamine in chloroform at −30 °C affords tropolone 237 in 97% yield (Scheme 72) [347]. Tropolones exhibit a broad spectrum of biological

• activities, including antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, anti-allergic, anti-oxidant, and anti-inflammatory [348][349]. The treatment of endoperoxide 238 with Et3N gave 1,4-diketone 240 in quantitative yield instead of expected hydroxy ketone 239 (Scheme 73) [350][351][352]. The endoperoxide 238 is

Natural products from microbes associated with insects

• Christine Beemelmanns,
• Huijuan Guo,
• Maja Rischer and
• Michael Poulsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 314–327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.34

• . Using symbiont pairing bioassays and chemical analysis one of the major isolates Streptomyces thermosacchari was shown to produce the fungicide mycangimycin (12), which inhibits the growth of the antagonist O. minus. Mycangimycin is an unusual carboxylic acid derivative with an endoperoxide unit and a

Cyclization–endoperoxidation cascade reactions of dienes mediated by a pyrylium photoredox catalyst

• Nathan J. Gesmundo and
• David A. Nicewicz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1272–1281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.128

• . The transformation is presumed to proceed via the intermediacy of diene cation radicals. The nature of the diene component was investigated in this context to determine the structural requirements necessary for successful reactivity. Several unique endoperoxide structures were synthesized in yields up

• to 79%. Keywords: alkene; cascade; endoperoxide; oxidation; photoredox catalysis; Introduction Endoperoxides are a structurally unique class of naturally-occurring compounds that feature a reactive cyclic peroxide moiety of varying ring sizes (Figure 1). The lability of the endocyclic peroxide O–O

• bond engenders these compounds with a range of important biological functions, most notably, antimalarial and antitumor activity (e.g., artemisinin, yingzhaosu A and merulin C) [1][2][3][4]. From a synthetic standpoint, the installation of the endoperoxide moiety presents a significant challenge due to

Synthesis of five- and six-membered cyclic organic peroxides: Key transformations into peroxide ring-retaining products

• Alexander O. Terent'ev,
• Dmitry A. Borisov,
• Vera A. Vil’ and
• Valery M. Dembitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 34–114, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.6

• performed with Amberlyst-15 ion-exchange resin. This approach was used in the multistep synthesis of the natural endoperoxide 9,10-dihydroplakortin, which exhibits antimalarial and anticancer activities as do its structural analogues [320][321]. 2-(3,6,6-Trimethyl-1,2-dioxan-3-yl)ethanol (224) was

Palladium-catalyzed formation of oxazolidinones from biscarbamates: a mechanistic study

• Benan Kilbas and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 246–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.33

• sensitized photooxygenation of the cycloheptatriene derivative 5a5b at room temperature resulted exclusively in the formation of the norcarene endoperoxide 6 [14][17]. The exact configuration of the endoperoxide 6 was determined by the single crystal X-ray analysis of the bisepoxide formed by the thermolysis

• , 56.08; H, 4.67; N, 3.85; S, 8.63. rel-(1R,2S,5R,6S)-2,5-Dihydroxybicyclo[4.1.0]hept-3-ene-7-exo-carbonitrile (14): To a magnetically stirred solution of endoperoxide 12 (1.00 g, 6.71 mmol) in MeOH/CHCl3 solution (30 mL), was added thiourea (513 mg, 6.75 mmol) over a 10 min period at room temperature and

• endoperoxide 13 (1.00 g, 6.71 mmol) and thiourea (513 mg, 6.75 mmol) in MeOH/CHCl3 (30 mL) was reacted as described above. After evaporation of solvent under reduced pressure, diol 18a was obtained as colorless crystals (0.94 g, 93%, mp 160–162 °C). 1H NMR (400 MHz, methanol-d4) δ 5.73 (br s, 2H, H-3 and H-4

Synthesis of a new class of aminocyclitol analogues with the conduramine D-2 configuration

• Latif Kelebekli,
• Yunus Kara and
• Murat Celik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 15, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.15

• KMnO4 or OsO4 followed by acetylation gave the acetate derivatives, the exact configuration of which was determined by spectroscopic methods. Hydrolysis of the oxazolidinone rings and removal of the acetate groups furnished the desired aminocyclitols. Keywords: aminocyclitol; cyclitols; endoperoxide

• cyclooctatetraene (8) by the addition of mercury(II) acetate [31]. Tetraphenylporphyrin sensitized photooxygenation of diacetoxydiene 9 with singlet oxygen gave the expected endoperoxide 10. Reduction of the peroxide bond in 10 was performed with thiourea under very mild conditions to give the cis-diol 11 in 99

• assignment of the exact orientation of the hydroxyl groups. X-ray analysis of 18 (Figure 1) revealed the exact configuration of the compound. This also confirms the configurations of endoperoxide 10, oxazolidinone 13 and cis-hydroxylation product 17. The all cis-configuration of the four acetate and amino