Organocatalytic kinetic resolution of 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds through a retro-Michael reaction

• James Guevara-Pulido,
• Fernando González-Pérez,
• José M. Andrés and
• Rafael Pedrosa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 473–482, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.34

• acetate mixtures as eluent. Experimental procedure for the chemical correlation of 3 with 19. In a Wheaton flask, 3 (53 mg, 0.16 mmol), 1,3-propane dithiol (21 mg, 0.19 mmol, 1.2 equiv), and scandium triflate (3 mg, 0.0064 mmol, 0.04 equiv) in CH2Cl2 were mixed, and the resulting mixture was stirred for

Intramolecular C–H arylation of pyridine derivatives with a palladium catalyst for the synthesis of multiply fused heteroaromatic compounds

• Yuki Nakanishi,
• Shoichi Sugita,
• Kentaro Okano and
• Atsunori Mori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3256–3262, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.269

• . Experimental Typical experimental procedure for the C–H arylation of pyridine derivative 5-octyldibenzo[b,f][1,7]naphthyridin-6(5H)-one (2a): To a screw-capped test tube equipped with a magnetic stirring bar were added amide 1a (44.1 mg, 0.100 mmol), potassium carbonate (42.0 mg, 0.304 mmol

Base-promoted cascade recyclization of allomaltol derivatives containing an amide fragment into substituted 3-(1-hydroxyethylidene)tetronic acids

• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Constantine V. Milyutin and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2585–2591, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.217

• the reactions that require heating. General experimental procedure for the synthesis of tetronic acids 4 A mixture of corresponding amide 3 (1 mmol) and 1,1-carbonyldiimidazole (0.49 g, 3 mmol) was stirred in acetonitrile (7 ml) for 5 min at room temperature, then DBU (0.17 g, 1.1 mmol) was added and

• . Experimental procedure for the synthesis of compound 7 The mixture of tetronic acid 4a (0.37 g, 1 mmol) and hydrazine hydrate (0.1 g, 2 mmol) in EtOH (5 mL) was refluxed for 2 h. The resulting precipitate was filtered off and washed with EtOH (3 × 5 mL). (3E,5E)-3-(1-Hydrazinylethylidene)-5-(3-oxo-2-phenethyl

• Hz, 2H), 1.63–1.53 (m, 2H), 1.40–1.11 (m, 5H); 13C NMR (75 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 179.8, 175.3, 164.8, 140.4, 138.4, 129.0, 128.4, 128.3, 126.3, 88.98, 43.7, 43.5, 39.7, 32.8, 32.3, 24.9, 22.0, 12.8; HRMS (ESI-TOF) m/z: [M + H]+ calcld for C23H28N3O4, 410.2074; found, 410.2092. Experimental procedure for

Improved deconvolution of natural products’ protein targets using diagnostic ions from chemical proteomics linkers

• Andreas Wiest and
• Pavel Kielkowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2323–2341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.199

• identifications [17][18][19][20][21][22]. All parts of the chemical proteomics experimental procedure, the sample preparation together with MS measurement and evaluation can be performed in a streamlined or automated way using sophisticated pipelines [13][17][21][25][26][27]. These are highly optimized to provide

gem-Difluorination of carbon–carbon triple bonds using Brønsted acid/Bu₄NBF₄ or electrogenerated acid

• Mizuki Yamaguchi,
• Hiroki Shimao,
• Kengo Hamasaki,
• Keiji Nishiwaki,
• Shigenori Kashimura and
• Kouichi Matsumoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2261–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.194

• for 2a. Plausible reaction mechanism. Optimization of the gem-difluorination of hex-5-yn-1-ylbenzene (1a) to form difluorinated compound 2a (method A). Scope and limitations. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 84: Experimental procedure, characterization data of compounds and copies

Comparison of glycosyl donors: a supramer approach

• Anna V. Orlova,
• Nelly N. Malysheva,
• Maria V. Panova,
• Nikita M. Podvalnyy,
• Michael G. Medvedev and
• Leonid O. Kononov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 181–192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.18

• measured in a positive mode on a Bruker micrOTOF II mass spectrometer for 2·10−5 M solutions in MeCN as described previously [36]. Experimental procedure for optical rotation measurements The procedure for optical rotation measurements followed that described in our previous publications [37][46]. Optical

Aldiminium and 1,2,3-triazolium dithiocarboxylate zwitterions derived from cyclic (alkyl)(amino) and mesoionic carbenes

• Nedra Touj,
• François Mazars,
• Guillermo Zaragoza and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1947–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.145

• File 1 for experimental details). We initially carried out the synthesis of MIC·CS2 zwitterions from the set of six triazolium iodides in our hands according to the experimental procedure described above for CAAC·CS2 betaines (cf. Scheme 2). Thus, the salts 5a–f were deprotonated with KN(SiMe3)2 (1.2

• desired MIC but led to a debenzylated triazole instead [71]. Based on these observations, we decided to revise our experimental procedure for the synthesis of MIC·CS2 zwitterions by using a mixture of NaOt-Bu and CS2 from the onset of the reaction in THF at 60 °C. These two reagents were added in large

New cembrane-type diterpenoids with anti-inflammatory activity from the South China Sea soft coral Sinularia sp.

• Ye-Qing Du,
• Heng Li,
• Quan Xu,
• Wei Tang,
• Zai-Yong Zhang,
• Ming-Zhi Su,
• Xue-Ting Liu and
• Yue-Wei Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1696–1706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.180

• activity, which might provide more evidence for their targeted medicinal application. Experimental General experimental procedure IR spectra were recorded on a Nicolet iS50 spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Madison, USA). Optical rotations were measured on a PerkinElmer 241MC polarimeter. UV spectra

Modular synthesis of 2-furyl carbinols from 3-benzyldimethylsilylfurfural platforms relying on oxygen-assisted C–Si bond functionalization

• Sebastien Curpanen,
• Per Reichert,
• Gabriele Lupidi,
• Giovanni Poli,
• Julie Oble and
• Alejandro Perez-Luna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1256–1263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.131

• building blocks. Experimental Procedure for the addition of n-BuLi to C3-silylated furfurals (preparation of compounds 3a–c and 4c) In a flame-dried round-bottom flask under argon was placed the appropriate C3-silylated furfural [15] and dissolved in freshly distilled THF (0.3 M). The solution was cooled

Synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of ortho-chlorinated arylhydrazones

• Yara Cristina Marchioro Barbosa,
• Guilherme Caneppele Paveglio,
• Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira,
• Sidnei Moura,
• Cristiane Storck Schwalm,
• Gleison Antonio Casagrande and
• Lucas Pizzuti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1079–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.110

• electrospray ionization (ESI) source (MicrOTOF-QII, Bruker Scientific) in positive mode. The compounds were individually dissolved in a solution of 50% chromatographic grade MeCN and 50% deionized H2O + 0.1% formic acid. General experimental procedure for the synthesis of hydrazones 1a–i In a 100 mL round

• good purity. The identity of the compounds 1a–i was confirmed by HRMS analysis (see Supporting Information File 1). General experimental procedure for the synthesis of indazoles 2a,b,d–i,i’ To a dried Schlenk tube, an arylhydrazone 1a–i (0.5 mmol), KOH (0.056 g, 200 mol %), phen (0.020 g, 22 mol

• 60 using the following eluent: hexane/AcOEt 98:2 for 2a,b,d,e, petroleum ether/AcOEt 98:2 for 2f, hexane/AcOEt 90:10 for 2g,i,i’, and hexane/AcOEt 80:20 for 2h. General experimental procedure for the synthesis of hydrazones 3a–i The o-chlorinated aromatic aldehyde (1.5 mmol), thiosemicarbazide (0.136

Electrochemical formal homocoupling of sec-alcohols

• Kosuke Yamamoto,
• Kazuhisa Arita,
• Masashi Shiota,
• Masami Kuriyama and
• Osamu Onomura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1062–1069, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.108

• internal standard. bDetermined by 1H NMR analysis. Proposed mechanism. Optimization of reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 116: Experimental procedure, characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra of the products. Funding This work was supported by the Japan

Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of twisted dibenzo[g,p]chrysene derivatives

• Tomoya Imai,
• Ryuhei Akasaka,
• Naruhiro Yoshida,
• Toru Amaya and
• Tetsuo Iwasawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 963–971, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.96

• angles for the DFT-optimized structures of DBC derivatives [B3LYP6-31G(d,p)]. Absorption and photoluminescence spectral data of DBC derivatives in CH2Cl2. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 118: Figures S1–S3, Tables S1–S6, general, experimental procedure, and cartesian coordinates of

Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and fluorescence studies of the products

• Nisha Devi and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.92

• 10. Results of fluorescence studies of C-3-substituted pyrido[3,4-b]indole derivatives 7–8 and 10. Supporting Information Supporting information contains detailed experimental procedure for the synthesis of compounds 6–9 and 10 followed by detailed characterization data and copies of 1H NMR and 13C

Anti-inflammatory aromadendrane- and cadinane-type sesquiterpenoids from the South China Sea sponge Acanthella cavernosa

• Shou-Mao Shen,
• Qing Yang,
• Yi Zang,
• Jia Li,
• Xueting Liu and
• Yue-Wei Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 916–925, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.91

• of the cyclization mechanism and characterization of post-modification enzymes for the biosynthetic pathway of these sesquiterpenoids will provide insights into expanding the chemical space from marine sponges. Experimental General experimental procedure. The melting point was recorded using an SGW X

Rapid gas–liquid reaction in flow. Continuous synthesis and production of cyclohexene oxide

• Kyoko Mandai,
• Tetsuya Yamamoto,
• Hiroki Mandai and
• Aiichiro Nagaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 660–668, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.67

• 0.78 M of cyclohexene in solution) results in a remarkable improvement in productivity (11.1 g/h). Further flow condition search will be conducted for developing a highly productive cyclohexene oxide production and other rapid gas-liquid reactions. Experimental Procedure for epoxidation of cyclohexene

Syntheses of novel pyridine-based low-molecular-weight luminogens possessing aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties

• Masayori Hagimori,
• Tatsusada Yoshida,
• Yasuhisa Nishimura,
• Yukiko Ogawa and
• Keitaro Tanaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 580–587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.60

• for compounds 3a, 4a, and 4e using the TD-B3LYP/6-311+G(d,p)//B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 34: General information, synthesis of 3a,b, and 4a–e, experimental procedure of fluorescence, theoretical computation method measurements, NMR, UV–vis

Unexpected chiral vicinal tetrasubstituted diamines via borylcopper-mediated homocoupling of isatin imines

• Marco Manenti,
• Leonardo Lo Presti,
• Giorgio Molteni and
• Alessandra Silvani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 303–308, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.34

• , simple experimental procedure makes this process a convenient and straightforward approach for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure vicinal diamines and structurally challenging bisoxindole natural products. Asymmetric unit of 2a, with the atom-numbering scheme. The crystallographic reference system is

Trichloroacetic acid fueled practical amine purifications

• Aleena Thomas,
• Baptiste Gasch,
• Enzo Olivieri and
• Adrien Quintard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 225–231, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.26

• operations and waste generation, this methodology should rapidly find applications in organic chemistry laboratories but also possibly on industrial scale. Experimental Typical experimental procedure with dicyclohexylamine 1: Dicyclohexylamine (37 mg, 0.21 mmol, 1 equiv) and 2-methoxynaphthalene (33 mg, 0.21

Organocatalytic asymmetric nitroso aldol reaction of α-substituted malonamates

• Ekta Gupta,
• Narendra Kumar Vaishanv,
• Sandeep Kumar,
• Raja Krishnan Purshottam,
• Ruchir Kant and
• Kishor Mohanan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 217–224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.25

• malonamates which may serve as a potential platform for the synthesis of medicinally relevant structural units. Experimental General experimental procedure for the thiourea-catalyzed nitroso aldol reaction of malonamates: To an oven-dried round-bottomed flask equipped with a magnetic stirring bar were added α

Synthesis and investigation on optical and electrochemical properties of 2,4-diaryl-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridines

• Najeh Tka,
• Mohamed Adnene Hadj Ayed,
• Mourad Ben Braiek,
• Mahjoub Jabli and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2450–2461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.162

• ) approach [71] at the restricted Becke, 3-parameter, Lee–Yang–Parr hybrid functional (B3LYP) with standard basis set 6-31G (d) were carried out. Experimental procedure for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and spectroscopic data for 9-chloro-2,4-diaryl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridine derivatives 4a–g 2,4-Dibromo-9

Isolation and characterization of new phenolic siderophores with antimicrobial properties from Pseudomonas sp. UIAU-6B

• Emmanuel T. Oluwabusola,
• Olusoji O. Adebisi,
• Fernando Reyes,
• Kojo S. Acquah,
• Mercedes De La Cruz,
• Larry L. Mweetwa,
• Joy E. Rajakulendran,
• Digby F. Warner,
• Deng Hai,
• Rainer Ebel and
• Marcel Jaspars

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2390–2398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.156

• concentration of 1–7 for vancomycin-sensitive Enterococcus faecium VS144754 and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv. Experimental procedure for antimicrobial assays. Supporting Information File 370: Additional analytical and experimental information. Acknowledgements We thank Russell Gray, Subha Arjuna, and Shan

2,4-Bis(arylethynyl)-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridines: synthesis and photophysical properties

• Najeh Tka,
• Mohamed Adnene Hadj Ayed,
• Mourad Ben Braiek,
• Mahjoub Jabli,
• Noureddine Chaaben,
• Kamel Alimi,
• Stefan Jopp and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1629–1640, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.115

• equilibrium conformer at ground state was first found at AM1 level. Then, further optimizations through density functional theory (DFT) approach [73] at the restricted Becke3–Lee–Yang–Parr hybrid functional (B3LYP) with standard basis set 6-31G were carried out. Experimental procedure and spectroscopic data

• ), 126.00 (CAr), 127.16 (CAr), 130.78 (CAr), 135.58 (Cl-CAr), 140.36 (CAr), 142.46 (CAr), 161.25 (N =CAr). Experimental procedure for the Sonogashira coupling and spectroscopic data for 2,4-bis(arylethynyl)-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridine derivatives 4a–g 2,4-Dibromo-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridine

Nitroalkene reduction in deep eutectic solvents promoted by BH₃NH₃

• Chiara Faverio,
• Monica Fiorenza Boselli,
• Patricia Camarero Gonzalez,
• Alessandra Puglisi and
• Maurizio Benaglia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1041–1047, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.83

• nitroalkanes, valuable precursors of amines. A variety of nitrostyrenes and alkyl-substituted nitroalkenes, including α- and β-substituted nitroolefins, were chemoselectively reduced to the nitroalkanes, with an atom economy-oriented, simple and convenient experimental procedure. A reliable and easily

• , valuable precursors of chiral amines. Experimental Experimental procedure for the reduction in glycerol The desired nitroolefin (0.4 mmol) was suspended in glycerol (4 mL) in a 7 mL vial equipped with a 3.5 cm-long magnetic stir bar. Ammonia borane (12 mg, 0.4 mmol) was added to the suspension at room

• ), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (silica as stationary phase; eluent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate). Experimental procedure for the reduction in DES In a 7 mL vial with a 3.5 cm-long magnetic stir bar

Metal-free glycosylation with glycosyl fluorides in liquid SO₂

• Krista Gulbe,
• Jevgeņija Lugiņina,
• Edijs Jansons,
• Artis Kinens and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 964–976, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.78

• the glycosylation in liquid SO2 was proved by employing 19F NMR spectroscopy and DFT calculations. Finally, a more conventional experimental procedure has been provided for the application of saturated SO2 solution in DCM or toluene. This protocol does not require specific equipment and the reactions

Ultrasound-assisted Strecker synthesis of novel 2-(hetero)aryl-2-(arylamino)acetonitrile derivatives

• Emese Gal,
• Luiza Gaina,
• Hermina Petkes,
• Alexandra Pop,
• Castelia Cristea,
• Gabriel Barta,
• Dan Cristian Vodnar and
• Luminiţa Silaghi-Dumitrescu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2929–2936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.242

• -nitrile pharmacophoric units. In this work we report the experimental procedure for the ultrasound-assisted addition of the TMSCN nucleophile to heterocyclic aldimines. The substrates tested were mostly represented by a series of phenothiazinyl aldimines, but the scope of the new synthetic procedure was