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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1020–1028, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.90
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Scheme 1: Synthetic approaches of diaryliodonium(III) trifluoroacetates.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of diaryliodonium(III) carboxylates.
Scheme 3: Scope of dummy ligands.
Scheme 4: Substrate scope of aryl(TMP)iodonium(III) acetates. a) 0.50 mmol scale of 1i. b) 1,3,5-Trimethoxybe...
Scheme 5: Substrate scope of the carboxylic acids and iodosylarenes. a) The reaction was conducted for 4 h. b...
Scheme 6: Representative applications of aryl(TMP)iodonium(III) carboxylates.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 921–930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.82
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Figure 1: Advantages of acyl fluorides compared to acyl chlorides, previous work on BT-SRF reagents [29-33] and a su...
Scheme 1: Scope of the BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative fluorination of carboxylic acids 1. Reactions were perf...
Scheme 2: Scope of the one-pot BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative coupling of carboxylic acids and amines via acy...
Scheme 3: One-pot BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative coupling of amino acids. Isolated yields after column chroma...
Scheme 4: Plausible mechanism for the deoxyfluorination of carboxylic acids with BT-SCF3.
Scheme 5: Mechanistic experiments. (a) Conversion of thioester 3a into acyl fluoride 2a in the presence of DI...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
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Figure 1: Principle of switchable molecular tweezers.
Figure 2: Principle of pH-switchable molecular tweezers 1 [19].
Figure 3: a) pH-Switchable tweezers 2 substituted with alkyl chains as switchable lipids. b) Schematic depict...
Figure 4: Modification of spectral properties of 3 by controlled induction of Pt–Pt interactions.
Figure 5: Conformational switching of di(hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine-based tweezer 4 upon alkylation or fluoride...
Figure 6: Hydrazone-based pH-responsive tweezers 5 for mesogenic modulation.
Figure 7: pH-Switchable molecular tweezers 6 bearing acridinium moieties.
Figure 8: a) Terpyridine and pyridine-hydrazone-pyridine analogs molecular tweezers and b) extended pyridine ...
Figure 9: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with M–salphen arms and their field of application. Figure 9 was adapt...
Figure 10: a) Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers for diphosphate recognition [48]; b) bishelicene chiroptical te...
Figure 11: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with allosteric cooperative binding.
Figure 12: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers presenting closed by default conformation.
Figure 13: Pyridine-pyrimidine-pyridine-based molecular tweezers.
Figure 14: Coordination-responsive molecular tweezers based on nitrogen-containing ligands.
Figure 15: Molecular tweezers exploiting the remote bipyridine or pyridine binding to trigger the conformation...
Figure 16: Bipyridine-based molecular tweezers exploiting the direct s-trans to s-cis-switching for a) anion b...
Figure 17: a) Podand-based molecular tweezers [66,67]. b) Application of tweezers 32 for the catalytic allosteric reg...
Figure 18: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers based on calix[4]pyrrole.
Figure 19: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers.
Figure 20: a) Principle of the weak link approach (WLA) developed by Mirkin and its application to b) symmetri...
Figure 21: Molecular tweezers as allosteric catalyst in asymmetric epoxide opening [80].
Figure 22: Allosteric regulation of catalytic activity in ring-opening polymerization with double tweezers 41.
Figure 23: a) Conformational switching of 42 by intramolecular –S–S– bridge formation. b) Shift of conformatio...
Figure 24: a) Redox-active glycoluril-TTF tweezers 44. b) Mechanism of stepwise oxidation of said tweezers wit...
Figure 25: Mechanism of formation of the mixed-valence dimers of tweezers 45.
Figure 26: Mechanism of carbohydrate liberation upon redox-mediated conformation switching of 46.
Figure 27: a) The encapsulation properties of 47 as well as the DCTNF release process from its host–guest comp...
Figure 28: Redox-active bipyridinium-based tweezers. a) With a ferrocenyl hinge 49, b) with a propyl hinge 50 ...
Figure 29: Redox-active calix[4]arene porphyrin molecular tweezers.
Figure 30: a) Mechanism of the three orthogonal stimuli. b) Cubic scheme showing the eight different states of ...
Figure 31: Redox-controlled molecular gripper based on a diquinone resorcin[4]arene.
Figure 32: a) Shinkai's butterfly tweezers and their different host–guest properties depending on the isomer. ...
Figure 33: Cyclam-tethered tweezers and their different host–guest complexes depending on their configuration.
Figure 34: Azobenzene-based catalytic tweezers.
Figure 35: Photoswitchable PIEZO channel mimic.
Figure 36: Stilbene-based porphyrin tweezers for fullerene recognition.
Figure 37: Stiff-stilbene-based tweezers with urea or thiourea functional units for a) anion binding, b) anion...
Figure 38: Feringa’s photoswitchable organocatalyst (a) and different catalyzed reactions with that system (b)....
Figure 39: a) Irie and Takeshita’s thioindigo-based molecular tweezers. b) Family of hemithioindigo-based mole...
Figure 40: Dithienylethylene crown ether-bearing molecular tweezers reported by Irie and co-workers.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120
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Figure 1: Porphyrin and crown ether.
Figure 2: Timeline demonstrating the contributions into the crown ether–porphyrin chemistry.
Figure 3: Tetra-crowned porphyrin 1 and dimer 2 formed upon K+ binding.
Figure 4: meso-Crowned 25-oxasmaragdyrins 3a–c and their boron(III) complexes (3a–c)-BF2.
Scheme 1: CsF ion-pair binding of 4. The molecular structure of 4-CsF is shown on the right [101].
Figure 5: CsF ion pair binding by 5. The molecular structure of 5-CsF is shown on the right [102].
Scheme 2: Ion-pair binding by 6. The molecular structure of (6-CsCl)2 is shown on the right [103].
Scheme 3: Hydrated fluoride binding by 7 [104].
Figure 6: β-Crowned porphyrin 8.
Figure 7: Crown ether-capped porphyrins 9.
Figure 8: The capped porphyrin 10 and complex [10-PQ](PF6)2.
Figure 9: The double-capped porphyrin 11.
Figure 10: Selected examples of iminoporphyrinoids [58,122].
Scheme 4: The synthesis of 13.
Scheme 5: Tripyrrane-based crown ether-embedding porphyrinoid 15.
Figure 11: Macrocycles 16–19 and their coordination compounds.
Scheme 6: The flexibility of 16-Co [66].
Figure 12: Hexagonal wheel composed of six 16-Co(III) monomers [66].
Scheme 7: The synthesis of 16-V [67].
Figure 13: The molecular structure of dimers [16-Mn]2 [67].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of crownphyrins 28–33. Compounds 23a/b and 29a/b were obtained from 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tr...
Figure 14: The molecular structures of 22a, 34a·(HCl)2, and 29b [69].
Figure 15: Molecular structures of 22a-Pb and (29b)2-Zn [69].
Scheme 9: Reactivity of 29a/b.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 36 and 37 [131].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 40–45.
Figure 16: Potential applications of porphyrin-crown ether hybrids.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163
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Scheme 1: Ag/I2-mediated electrophilic annulation of 2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 2: The proposed mechanism of Ag-catalyzed aza-annulation.
Scheme 3: The proposed mechanism of I2-mediated aza-annulation.
Scheme 4: Copper-catalyzed amination of (E)-2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 5: The proposed mechanism of copper-catalyzed amination.
Scheme 6: The derivatization of sulfonated aminonicotinates.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalyzed chalcogenoamination of (E)-2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 8: The possible mechanism of chalcogenoamination.
Scheme 9: The derivatization of 5‑selenyl- and 5-sulfenyl-substituted nicotinates.
Scheme 10: The tandem reaction of nitriles, Reformatsky reagents, and 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 11: Nickel-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of 3-azetidinones with 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 12: Electrophilic iodocyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes to pyrroles.
Scheme 13: Electrophilic halogenation of 2-trifluoromethyl-1,3-enynes to pyrroles.
Scheme 14: Copper-catalyzed cascade cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes with amines.
Scheme 15: Tandem cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes, Togni reagent II, and amines.
Scheme 16: Tandem cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes, TMSN3, and amines.
Scheme 17: Cascade cyclization of 6-hydroxyhex-2-en-4-ynals to pyrroles.
Scheme 18: Au/Ag-catalyzed oxidative aza-annulation of 1,3-enynyl azides.
Scheme 19: The plausible mechanism of Au/Ag-catalyzed oxidative aza-annulation.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2-tetrazolyl-substituted 3-acylpyrroles from enynals.
Scheme 21: CuH-catalyzed coupling reaction of 1,3-enynes and nitriles to pyrroles.
Scheme 22: The mechanism of CuH-catalyzed coupling of 1,3-enynes and nitriles to pyrroles.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123
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Scheme 1: Fluorination with N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 2: Preparation of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 3: Reactions of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of N-F perfluoroimides 2-1 and 2-2.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Scheme 6: Fluorination with 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Figure 1: Synthesis of N-F sulfonamides 4-1a–g.
Scheme 7: Fluorination with N-F reagent 4-1b,c,f.
Scheme 8: Fluorination of alkenyllithiums with N-F 4-1h.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of N-fluoropyridinium triflate (5-4a).
Scheme 10: Synthetic methods for N-F-pyridinium salts.
Figure 2: Synthesis of various N-fluoropyridinium salts. Note: athis yield was the one by the improved method...
Scheme 11: Fluorination power order of N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 12: Fluorinations with N-F salts 5-4.
Scheme 13: Fluorination of Corey lactone 5-7 with N-F-bis(methoxymethyl) salt 5-4l.
Scheme 14: Fluorination with NFPy.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of the N-F reagent, N-fluoroquinuclidinium fluoride (6-1).
Scheme 16: Fluorinations achieved with N-F fluoride 6-1.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of N-F imides 7-1a–g.
Scheme 18: Fluorination with (CF3SO2)2NF, 7-1a.
Scheme 19: Fluorination reactions of various substrates with 7-1a.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-F triflate 8-1.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 22: Fluorination with chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of saccharin-derived N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 24: Fluorination with N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 26: Fluorination with N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 27: Synthesis and reaction of N-fluorolactams 12-1.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 29: Fluorination with NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of NFSI (14-2).
Scheme 31: Fluorination with NFSI 14-2.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of N-fluorosaccharin (15-1) and N-fluorophthalimide (15-2).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-F salts 16-3.
Scheme 34: Fluorination with N-F salts 16-3.
Figure 3: Monofluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Figure 4: Difluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 35: Transfer fluorination of Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 36: Fluorination of substrates with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 37: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro-sultam 17-2.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 17-2.
Figure 5: Synthesis of Zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts 18-2a–h.
Scheme 39: Fluorinating power order of zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 40: Fluorination with zwitterionic 18-2.
Scheme 41: Activation of salt 18-2h with TfOH.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 43: Fluorination with NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 3-fluorobenzo-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide (20-2).
Scheme 45: Fluorination with 20-2.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-F amide 21-3.
Scheme 47: Fluorination with N-F amide 21-2.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorodiazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane salts 22-1.
Scheme 49: One-pot synthesis of N,N’-difluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bistetrafluoroborate salt (22-1d...
Figure 6: Fluorination of anisole with 22-1a, d, e.
Scheme 50: Fluorination with N,N’-diF bisBF4 22-1d.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of bis-N-F reagents 23-1–5.
Scheme 52: Fluorination with 23-2, 4, 5.
Figure 7: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorobipyridinium salts 24-2.
Figure 8: Controlled fluorination of N,N’-diF 24-2.
Scheme 53: Fluorinating power of N,N’-diF salts 24-2 and N-F salt 5-4a.
Scheme 54: Fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 55: Additional fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 56: Synthesis of N-F 25-1.
Scheme 57: Fluorination of polycyclic aromatics with 25-1.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 26-1 and dimethyl analog 26-2.
Scheme 59: Fluorination with reagents 26-1, 26-2, 1-1, and 26-3.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of N-F reagent 27-2.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 27-6.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of chiral N-F 27-7–9.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric fluorination with 27-6.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-3.
Scheme 65: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-3.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-7.
Figure 9: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-7.
Scheme 67: In situ formation of N-fluorinated cinchona alkaloids with SelectfluorTM.
Scheme 68: Asymmetric fluorination with N-F alkaloids formed in situ.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of N-fluorocinchona alkaloids with Selectfluor.
Scheme 70: Asymmetric fluorination with 30-1–4.
Scheme 71: Transfer fluorination from various N-F reagents.
Figure 10: Asymmetric fluorination of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of N-fluoro salt 32-2.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of N-fluorotriazinium salt 32-2.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of bulky N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide NFBSI 33-3.
Scheme 75: Comparison of NFSI and NFBSI.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of p-substituted N-fluorobenzenesulfonimides 34-3.
Figure 11: Asymmetric fluorination with 34-3 and a chiral catalyst 34-4.
Scheme 77: 1,4-Fluoroamination with Selecfluor and a chiral catalyst.
Figure 12: Asymmetric fluoroamination with 35-5a, b.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of Selectfluor analogs 35-5a, b.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of chiral dicationic DABCO-based N-F reagents 36-5.
Scheme 80: Asymmetric fluorocyclization with chiral 36-5b.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 82: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 83: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2b.
Scheme 84: Reaction of indene with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of Me-NFSI, 38-2.
Scheme 86: Fluorination of active methine compounds with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 87: Fluorination of malonates with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 88: Fluorination of keto esters with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-F 39-3 derived from the ethylene-bridged Tröger’s base.
Scheme 90: Fluorine transfer from N-F 39-3.
Scheme 91: Fluorination with N-F 39-3.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of SelectfluorCN.
Scheme 93: Bistrifluoromethoxylation of alkenes using SelectfluorCN.
Figure 13: Synthesis of NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 94: Radical fluorination with different N-F reagents.
Scheme 95: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 96: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2f.
Scheme 97: Decarboxylative fluorination with NFAS 41-2a,f.
Scheme 98: Fluorine plus detachment (FPD).
Figure 14: FPD values of representative N-F reagents in CH2Cl2 and CH3CN (in parentheses). Adapted with permis...
Scheme 99: N-F homolytic bond dissociation energy (BDE).
Figure 15: BDE values of representative N-F reagents in CH3CN. Adapted with permission from ref. [127]. Copyright 2...
Figure 16: Quantitative reactivity scale for popular N-F reagents. Adapted with permission from ref. [138], publish...
Scheme 100: SET and SN2 mechanisms.
Scheme 101: Radical clock reactions.
Scheme 102: Reaction of potassium enolate of citronellic ester with N-F reagents, 10-1, NFSI, and 8-1.
Scheme 103: Reaction of compound IV with Selectfluor (OTf) and NFSI.
Scheme 104: Reaction of TEMPO with Selecfluor.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25
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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.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2948–2953, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.244
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Figure 1: (a) Cyclic voltammetry onto microelectrode arrays (Ø = 20 µm) in acetonitrile freshly distilled aft...
Figure 2: Variation of the current reduction (i2) of SF6 onto Pt macroelectrode (Ø = 0.76 mm) at −2.3 V vs Fc+...
Figure 3: Single compartment three-electrode experiment. 1: Balloon of SF6, 2: electrochemical cell, 3: refer...
Figure 4: Electrolysis of SF6 at −2.3 V vs Fc+/Fc in acetonitrile freshly distilled after addition of TBAClO4...
Figure 5: 19F NMR evolution of the crude mixture along the time after electrolysis realized at constant poten...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2880–2887, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.237
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Figure 1: Previously described synthesis of 2,3,4-trifluorinated analogues of galactose 6, glucose 7, mannose ...
Figure 2: Typical 19F NMR spectrum (470 MHz, CDCl3) of the crude reaction mixture using Et3N·3HF/Et3N (entry ...
Figure 3: Fluorination at C4 of 1,6-anhydro-2,3-difluorohexopyranose analogues. a) Reactions on triflates 13, ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of polyfluorinated alditols from levoglucosan 1: a) difluoroglucitol analogue 22; b) trif...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218
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Scheme 1: The main three strategies of fluorination: nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical fluorination.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s Pd-catalyzed fluorination of allylic chlorides.
Scheme 3: Allylic fluorination of 2- and 3-substituted propenyl esters.
Scheme 4: Regioselective allylic fluorination of cinnamyl phosphorothioate esters.
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalyzed aliphatic C–H fluorination reported by Doyle.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of α-ketoesters followed by stereoselective reduction to...
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination of oxindoles.
Scheme 8: C–H fluorination of 8-methylquinoline derivatives with F− reagents.
Scheme 9: Fluorination of α-cyano acetates reported by van Leeuwen.
Scheme 10: The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic C–H fluorination of α-chloro-β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 11: Fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds directed by the bidentate PIP auxiliary.
Scheme 12: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds at the β-position of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective benzylic C–H fluorination with a chiral transient directing group.
Scheme 14: Microwave-heated Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl alcohols.
Scheme 15: Fluorination of aryl potassium trifluoroborates.
Scheme 16: C(sp2)–F bond formation using precatalyst [L·Pd]2(cod).
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed fluorination of (hetero)aryl triflates and bromides.
Scheme 18: The Pd-catalyzed C–H fluorination of arenes with Selectfluor/NFSI.
Scheme 19: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-monofluorination protocol for benzoic acids.
Scheme 20: Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–H bond fluorination of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.
Scheme 21: Nitrate-promoted fluorination of aromatic and olefinic C(sp2)–H bonds and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Fluorination of oxalyl amide-protected benzylamine derivatives.
Scheme 23: C–H fluorination of benzaldehydes with orthanilic acids as transient directing group.
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed aryl C–H fluorination with various directing groups.
Scheme 25: Cu-catalyzed aliphatic, allylic, and benzylic fluorination.
Scheme 26: Cu-catalyzed SN2 fluorination of primary and secondary alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed fluorination of alkyl triflates.
Scheme 28: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of allylic bromides and chlorides.
Scheme 29: Synthetic strategy for the fluorination of active methylene compounds.
Scheme 30: Fluorination of β-ketoesters using a tartrate-derived bidentate bisoxazoline-Cu(II) complex.
Scheme 31: Highly enantioselective fluorination of β-ketoesters and N-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 32: Amide group-assisted site-selective fluorination of α-bromocarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 33: Cu-mediated aryl fluorination reported by Sanford [77].
Scheme 34: Mono- or difluorination reactions of benzoic acid derivatives.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.
Scheme 36: Copper(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-pyridylaryl bromides.
Scheme 37: AgNO3-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: The Mn-catalyzed aliphatic and benzylic C–H fluorination.
Scheme 39: Iron(II)-promoted C–H fluorination of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 40: Ag-catalyzed fluorodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 41: Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 42: AgNO3-catalyzed radical deboronofluorination of alkylboronates and boronic acids.
Scheme 43: Selective heterobenzylic C–H fluorination with Selectfluor reported by Van Humbeck.
Scheme 44: Fe(II)-catalyzed site-selective fluorination guided by an alkoxyl radical.
Scheme 45: Fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates reported by Nguyen et al.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed fluorination of allylic carbonates with TBAF(t-BuOH)4.
Scheme 47: Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates.
Scheme 48: Cobalt-catalyzed α-fluorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 49: Nickel-catalyzed α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters.
Scheme 50: Ni(II)-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of oxindoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 51: Scandium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H fluorination of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed directed C–H fluorination.
Scheme 53: Electrophilic silver-catalyzed Ar–F bond-forming reaction from arylstannanes.
Figure 1: Nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical CF3 sources.
Scheme 54: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins.
Scheme 55: Direct copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes.
Scheme 56: Cupper-catalyzed enantioselective trifluoromethylation of five and six-membered ring β-ketoesters.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed highly stereoselective trifluoromethylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates.
Scheme 58: Remote C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of carboxamides and sulfonamides.
Scheme 59: Trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes with photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 60: Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids in aqueous CH3CN.
Scheme 61: Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids via combined photoredox and copp...
Scheme 62: Palladium-catalyzed Ar–CF3 bond-forming reaction.
Scheme 63: Palladium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes with diverse heterocyclic directing groups.
Scheme 64: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of indoles as reported by Liu.
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of vinyl triflates and vinyl nonaflates.
Scheme 66: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of aromatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of acetanilides with CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 68: CuI-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids.
Scheme 69: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinylboronic acids.
Scheme 70: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 71: Formation of C(sp2)–CF3 bond catalyzed by copper(I) complex.
Scheme 72: Loh’s Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of enamides and electron-deficient alkenes.
Scheme 73: Copper and iron-catalyzed decarboxylative tri- and difluoromethylation.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of hydrazones developed by Bouyssi.
Scheme 75: Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 76: Cu/Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed direct alkenyl C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 78: Copper(I/II)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives.
Scheme 79: Regioselective trifluoromethylation of pivalamido arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of trifluoromethylquinones in the presence of copper(I).
Scheme 81: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazoheterocycles in ionic liquid/water.
Scheme 82: A mild and fast continuous-flow trifluoromethylation of coumarins using a CuI/CF3SO2Na/TBHP system.
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylation of various 8-aminoquinolines.
Scheme 84: PA-directed copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of anilines.
Scheme 85: Trifluoromethylation of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates catalyzed by Fe(II).
Scheme 86: Alkenyl trifluoromethylation catalyzed by Ru(phen)3Cl2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 87: Ru-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkenes by Akita’s group.
Scheme 88: Ir-catalyzed Cvinyl–CF3 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 89: Ag(I)-catalyzed denitrative trifluoromethylation of β-nitrostyrenes.
Scheme 90: Photocatalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl C–H bonds.
Scheme 91: Rhenium (MTO)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aromatic substrates.
Scheme 92: Trifluoromethylation of unprotected anilines under [Ir(ppy)3] catalyst.
Scheme 93: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazopyridines and imidazoheterocycles.
Scheme 94: Ruthenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride.
Scheme 95: Phosphovanadomolybdic acid-catalyzed direct C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 96: Picolinamide-assisted ortho-trifluoromethylation of arylamines.
Scheme 97: A nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of free anilines.
Scheme 98: Cu-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes reported by Qing.
Scheme 99: Huang’s C(sp)–H trifluoromethylation using Togni’s reagent.
Scheme 100: Cu-catalyzed methods for trifluoromethylation with Umemoto’s reagent.
Scheme 101: The synthesis of alkynyl-CF3 compounds in the presence of fac-[Ir(ppy)3] under visible-light irradi...
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction reported by Reutrakul.
Scheme 103: Difluoromethylation of enamides and ene-carbamates.
Scheme 104: Difluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 105: Copper-catalyzed direct C(sp2)–H difluoroacetylation reported by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 106: Difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones with functionalized difluoromethyl bromides.
Scheme 107: Photoredox-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones.
Scheme 108: Synergistic ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H difluoromethylation reported by Ackermann.
Scheme 109: Visible-light photocatalytic decarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 110: Synthesis of difluorinated ketones via S-alkyl dithiocarbamates obtained from acyl chlorides and po...
Scheme 111: Synthesis of aryl and heteroaryl difluoromethylated phosphonates.
Scheme 112: Difluoroalkylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates using Cu as the catalyst.
Scheme 113: Ru(II)-mediated para-selective difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives.
Scheme 114: Bulky diamine ligand promoted cross-coupling of difluoroalkyl bromides.
Scheme 115: Copper-catalyzed C3–H difluoroacetylation of quinoxalinones.
Scheme 116: Copper(I) chloride-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 117: Copper-boxmi-catalyzed asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 118: Direct Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of boronic acids and alkynes.
Scheme 119: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthio-substituted ketones.
Scheme 120: Trifluoromethylthiolation reactions promoted by diazotriflone and copper.
Scheme 121: Halide activation of N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide.
Scheme 122: The visible light-promoted trifluoromethylthiolation reported by Glorius.
Scheme 123: Synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthioesters via Goossen’s approach.
Scheme 124: Photoinduced trifluoromethylthiolation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 125: Ag-mediated trifluoromethoxylation of aryl stannanes and arylboronic acids.
Scheme 126: Catalytic (hetero)aryl C–H trifluoromethoxylation under visible light.
Scheme 127: Photoinduced C–H-bond trifluromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 976–980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.95
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Scheme 1: Synthetic pathways towards oxetanes and benzo-oxetes.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope of the SO2F2-mediated transformation of 2'-hydroxyacetophenones to benzo-oxetes. Re...
Scheme 3: Two proposed reaction mechanisms. B = base.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.118
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Scheme 1: Nucleophilic and π-electrophilic characters of organometallics depending on the central metals.
Scheme 2: Ni/Cr or Co/Cr-catalyzed NHK reaction.
Scheme 3: Functionalization of alkynes via carbocobaltation.
Scheme 4: Cyclization/borylation of alkynyl iodoarenes using the Co/Cr catalyst.
Scheme 5: Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, arenes, and aldehydes using Co/Cr catalyst (this work).
Scheme 6: Screening of aldehydes in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are det...
Scheme 7: Screening of aryl iodides in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are ...
Scheme 8: Screening of allenes in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are deter...
Scheme 9: Reversed diastereoselectivity using allenyl ethers 5 and 6. a4-chlorobenzaldehyde was used instead ...
Scheme 10: Stoichiometric reaction of phenylchromium(II or III) reagents (reaction 1) and the three-component ...
Scheme 11: The origin of the diastereoselectivity in the present three-component coupling.
Scheme 12: Plausible reaction mechanism of the three-component coupling.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 389–396, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.27
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Figure 1: Cyclic voltammograms of 0.1 M Bu4NBF4/MeCN with a Pt disk working electrode in the absence (brown l...
Figure 2: Calculated HOMO diagram of 1a.
Figure 3: Calculated HOMO diagrams of 1h, 1i and 1j.
Scheme 1: Plausible reaction paths of the anodic oxidation of 1i in Et4NF·4HF/CH2Cl2.
Scheme 2: Anodic fluorination of 1k.
Scheme 3: Anodic fluorination of cyclic derivative 1l.
Scheme 4: Anodic oxidation of 1m and 1n in Et4NF·4HF/CH2Cl2.
Scheme 5: General reaction mechanism for the anodic fluorination of 1.
Scheme 6: Reaction mechanism for the anodic oxidation of carboxylic acids 1m and 1n in the presence of a fluo...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2214–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.220
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Scheme 1: Precursors of nitrosoalkenes NSA.
Scheme 2: Reactions of cyclic α-chlorooximes 1 with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 3: C-C-coupling of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 with 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 4: Reaction of N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 with nitronate anions.
Scheme 5: Reaction of α-chlorooximes TBS ethers 2 with ester enolates.
Scheme 6: Assembly of bicyclooctanone 14 via an intramolecular cyclization of nitrosoalkene NSA2.
Scheme 7: A general strategy for the assembly of bicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes via an intramolecular cyclization of ...
Scheme 8: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to cyclic nitrosoalkene NSA3.
Scheme 9: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to acyclic nitrosoalkenes NSA4.
Scheme 10: Stereochemistry of Michael addition to γ-alkoxy nitrosoalkene NSA5.
Scheme 11: Oppolzer’s total synthesis of 3-methoxy-9β-estra(1,3,5(10))trien(11,17)dione (25).
Scheme 12: Oppolzer’s total synthesis of (+/−)-isocomene.
Figure 1: Alkaloids synthesized using stereoselective Michael addition to conjugated nitrosoalkenes.
Scheme 13: Weinreb’s total synthesis of alstilobanines A, E and angustilodine.
Scheme 14: Weinreb’s approach to the core structure of apparicine alkaloids.
Scheme 15: Weinreb’s synthesis of (+/−)-myrioneurinol via stereoselective conjugate addition of malonate to ni...
Scheme 16: Reactions of cyclic α-chloro oximes with Grignard reagents.
Scheme 17: Corey’s synthesis of (+/−)-perhydrohistrionicotoxin.
Scheme 18: Addition of Gilman’s reagents to α,β-epoxy oximes 53.
Scheme 19: Addition of Gilman’s reagents to α-chlorooximes.
Scheme 20: Reaction of silyl nitronate 58 with organolithium reagents via nitrosoalkene NSA12.
Scheme 21: Reaction of β-ketoxime sulfones 61 and 63 with lithium acetylides.
Scheme 22: Electrophilic addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to electron-rich arenes.
Scheme 23: Addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 24: Reaction of phosphinyl nitrosoalkenes NSA15 with indole.
Scheme 25: Reaction of pyrrole with α,α’-dihalooximes 70.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of indole-derived psammaplin A analogue 72.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of tryptophanes by reduction of oximinoalkylated indoles 68.
Scheme 28: Ottenheijm’s synthesis of neoechinulin B analogue 77.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydropyrrolizinones 82 via addition of pyrrole to ethyl bromopyruvate oxime.
Scheme 30: Kozikowski’s strategy to indolactam-based alkaloids via addition of indoles to ethyl bromopyruvate ...
Scheme 31: Addition of cyanide anion to nitrosoalkenes and subsequent cyclization to 5-aminoisoxazoles 86.
Scheme 32: Et3N-catalysed addition of trimethylsilyl cyanide to N,N-bis(silyloxy)enamines 3 leading to 5-amino...
Scheme 33: Addition of TMSCN to allenyl N-siloxysulfonamide 89.
Scheme 34: Reaction of nitrosoallenes NSA16 with malodinitrile and ethyl cyanoacetic ester.
Scheme 35: [4 + 1]-Annulation of nitrosoalkenes NSA with sulfonium ylides 92.
Scheme 36: Reaction of diazo compounds 96 with nitrosoalkenes NSA.
Scheme 37: Tandem Michael addition/oxidative cyclization strategy to isoxazolines 100.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1379–1391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.149
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Scheme 1: Multifunctional TTF-appended azine ligands.
Scheme 2: Synthetic scheme for TTF-based azine ligands L1 and L2.
Figure 1: Crystal structure of ligand L1 with atom numbering scheme (top) and a side view of the molecule (bo...
Figure 2: Partial crystal packing of ligand L1 with formation of head to tail dimers that stack along a-axis ...
Figure 3: Packing diagram of L1 showing the orientation of the columns of head to tail dimers.
Figure 4: UV–visible absorption spectra of ligands L1 and L2 (c 2.5 × 10−5 M in (dichloromethane/acetonitrile...
Figure 5: HOMO–LUMO Frontier orbitals representation for ligands L1 and L2.
Figure 6: Cyclic voltammograms of ligands L1 and L2 (2 × 10−5 M) in CH2Cl2/CH3CN (9:1, v/v) at 100 mV·s−1 on ...
Figure 7: UV–visible spectral changes of ligand L2 (2 × 10−5 M in CH2Cl2/CH3CN, 9/1) upon addition of TBAF.
Figure 8: 1H NMR spectra of ligand L2 (4·10−3 M in DMSO-d6) upon addition of successive aliquots of TBAF (DMS...
Figure 9: Crystal structure of complex 3 with atom numbering scheme (top) and a side view of the molecule (bo...
Figure 10: Pattern of intramolecular and intermolecular contacts in 3. Two molecules are linked by pairs of st...
Figure 11: Layered structure of complex 3 viewed along the a-axis. The dimers are linked together through hydr...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 446–468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.51
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Scheme 1: Selective O-acetylation of hydroxyamino acids with acetic anhydride in perchloric acid-acetic acid ...
Scheme 2: Selective O-acetylation of L-tyrosine as reported by Bretschneider and Biemann in 1950 [13].
Scheme 3: Selective O-acetylation of L-serine in acetic acid saturated with hydrogen chloride as reported by ...
Scheme 4: Chemoselective O-acetylation of hydroxyamino acids with acetyl chloride in hydrochloric acid–acetic...
Scheme 5: Chemoselective O-acylation of hydroxyamino acids with acyl chlorides in anhydrous trifluoroacetic a...
Scheme 6: Chemoselective O-acylation of hydroxyproline with acyl chlorides or carboxylic anhydrides in methan...
Scheme 7: Chemoselective O-acetylation of L-DOPA as reported by Fuller, Verlander and Goodman in 1978 [35].
Scheme 8: Chemoselective O-acylation of L-tyrosine as reported by Huang, Kimura, Bawarshi-Nassar and Hussain ...
Scheme 9: Preparation of proline amphiphiles or acrylic proline monomers (for macromolecular synthesis) by ch...
Scheme 10: Preparation of amphiphilic organocatalysts from serine, threonine and cysteine by chemoselective O-...
Scheme 11: Preparation of amphiphilic proline organocatalysts by chemoselective O-acylation with acyl chloride...
Scheme 12: Amphiphilic organocatalysts prepared from hydroxyamino acids and isosteviol by chemoselective O-acy...
Scheme 13: Preparation of acrylic proline precursors for polymeric organocatalysts by chemoselective O-acylati...
Scheme 14: Conversion of trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline to cis-4-hydroxy-D-proline·HCl and subsequent chemoselectiv...
Scheme 15: Some examples of chemoselective O-acylation of amino alcohols under acidic reaction conditions repo...
Scheme 16: An assembly of chiral acrylic building blocks useful in the synthesis of polymer-supported diphenyl...
Scheme 17: The chemoselective pentaacetylation of D-glucamine under acidic reaction conditions [95].
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2566–2572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.268
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Figure 1: Amino acid functionalized nucleosides.
Scheme 1: Reagents and conditions: a) i. Et3N, Pd(PPh3)4, THF, CO (4 bar), 70 °C, 48 h, ii. Et3N, di-tert-but...
Scheme 2: Reagents and conditions: a) Et3N, Pd(PPh3)4, THF, CO (4 bar), 48 h, 70 °C (68%); b) Et3N·3HF, Et3N,...
Scheme 3: Reagents and conditions: a) Et3N, Pd(PPh3)4, THF, CO (4 bar), 48 h, 70 °C (90%); b) Et3N·3HF, Et3N,...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 481–513, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.46
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Scheme 1: General reaction mechanism for Ag(I)-catalyzed A3-coupling reactions.
Scheme 2: A3-coupling reaction catalyzed by polystyrene-supported NHC–silver halides.
Figure 1: Various NHC–Ag(I) complexes used as catalysts for A3-coupling.
Scheme 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for NHC–AgCl catalyzed A3-coupling reactions.
Scheme 4: Liu’s synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes 4.
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction mechanism for Liu’s synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes 4.
Scheme 6: Gold-catalyzed synthesis of propargylamines 1.
Scheme 7: A3-coupling catalyzed by phosphinamidic Au(III) metallacycle 6.
Scheme 8: Gold-catalyzed KA2-coupling.
Scheme 9: A3-coupling applied to aldehyde-containing oligosaccharides 8.
Scheme 10: A3-MCR for the preparation of propargylamine-substituted indoles 9.
Scheme 11: A3-coupling interceded synthesis of furans 12.
Scheme 12: A3/KA2-coupling mediated synthesis of functionalized dihydropyrazoles 13 and polycyclic dihydropyra...
Scheme 13: Au(I)-catalyzed entry to cyclic carbamimidates 17 via an A3-coupling-type approach.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Au(I)-catalyzed synthesis of cyclic carbamimidates 17.
Figure 2: Chiral trans-1-diphenylphosphino-2-aminocyclohexane–Au(I) complex 20.
Scheme 15: A3-coupling-type synthesis of oxazoles 21 catalyzed by Au(III)–salen complex.
Scheme 16: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of oxazoles 21.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of propargyl ethyl ethers 24 by an A3-coupling-type reaction.
Scheme 18: General mechanism of Ag(I)-catalyzed MCRs of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, amines and nucleophiles.
Scheme 19: General synthetic pathway to 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 29.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 35 and 36.
Scheme 22: Rh(II)/Ag(I) co-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 40.
Scheme 23: General synthetic pathway to 2-amino-1,2-dihydroquinolines.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 2-amino-1,2-dihydroquinolines 47.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of tricyclic H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinoline 48.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of tricyclic H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 48.
Scheme 27: Cu(II)/Ag(I) catalyzed synthesis of H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 48.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of 2-aminopyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 53.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1-(isoquinolin-1-yl)guanidines 55.
Scheme 30: Ag(I)/Cu(I) catalyzed synthesis of 2-amino-H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 58.
Scheme 31: Ag(I)/Ni(II) co-catalyzed synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-1H-pyridazino[6,1-a]isoquinoline-1,1-dicarboxyla...
Scheme 32: Ag(I) promoted activation of the α-carbon atom of the isocyanide group.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of dihydroimidazoles 65.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of oxazoles 68.
Scheme 35: Stereoselective synthesis of chiral butenolides 71.
Scheme 36: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of butenolides 71.
Scheme 37: Stereoselective three-component approach to pirrolidines 77 by means of a chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 38: Stereoselective three-component approach to pyrrolidines 81 and 82 by means of a chiral catalyst.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of substituted five-membered carbocyles 86.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of regioisomeric arylnaphthalene lactones.
Scheme 41: Enantioselective synthesis of spiroacetals 96 by Fañanás and Rodríguez [105].
Scheme 42: Enantioselective synthesis of spiroacetals 101 by Gong [106].
Scheme 43: Synthesis of polyfunctionalized fused bicyclic ketals 103 and bridged tricyclic ketals 104.
Scheme 44: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of ketals 103 and 104.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of β-alkoxyketones 108.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 112.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of tetrahydrocarbazoles 115–117.
Scheme 48: Plausible reaction mechanism for the synthesis of tetrahydrocarbazoles 115–117.
Scheme 49: Carboamination, carboalkoxylation and carbolactonization of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 50: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylboronic acids and Selectfluor as reoxidant.
Scheme 51: Proposed reaction mechanism for oxyarylation of alkenes.
Scheme 52: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylsilanes and Selectfluor as reoxidant.
Scheme 53: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylsilanes and IBA as reoxidant.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2615–2619, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.295
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Scheme 1: Reaction of vinylamides 2a,b with 1.
Figure 1: Crystal structure of 3b with thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 30% probability level.
Scheme 2: Reaction of N-vinyllactames 2c,d with 1.
Scheme 3: Reaction of N-vinylcarbazole with 1.
Figure 2: Crystal structure of 3e with thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 30% probability level. Disordered atom...
Scheme 4: Formation of thione 5 in reaction of 4 and 1.
Figure 3: Crystal structure of 5 with thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 30% probability level.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2417–2421, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.279
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Scheme 1: Experiments to elucidate the reaction mechanism.
Scheme 2: The proposed reaction mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 71–80, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.7
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Figure 1: The structures of a) the parent [3]-, [4]-, [5]-, and [6]dendralenes and b) the corresponding radia...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of (a) hexakis(3-cyanophenyl)[3]radialene (2) and (b) hexakis(3,4-dicyanophenyl)[3]radial...
Figure 2: A perspective view of the asymmetric unit of 3.
Figure 3: (a) UV–visible (bold line) and fluorescence (dashed line) spectra of 1, 2, hexa(2-pyridyl)[3]radial...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 25–49, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.4
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Figure 1: Schematic representation of organic D-π-A system featuring ICT.
Figure 2: Two principal orientations of the imidazole-derived charge-transfer chromophores.
Scheme 1: Common synthetic approach to triarylimidazole-, diimidazole-, and benzimidazole-derived CT chromoph...
Scheme 2: Syntheses of important 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives 1–3 [27-30].
Figure 3: Donor–acceptor triaryl push–pull azoles 4a–h [31,32].
Figure 4: Y-shaped CT chromophores with an extended π-conjugated pathway and various donor and acceptor subst...
Figure 5: Molecular structures of chromophores 9–14 [13,15,37-41].
Figure 6: General structure of 4,5-bis(4-aminophenyl)imidazole-derived chromophores 15a–g with various π-link...
Figure 7: Various orientations of the substituents on the parent lophine π-conjugated backbone (16–19) and th...
Figure 8: Structure and electronic absorption spectra of chromophores 21–26 [12].
Figure 9: Typical D-π-A diimidazole CT chromophore [16-18,50-53].
Figure 10: Typical D-π-D diimidazoles 28–31 [19,54-56] and photochromic diimidazoles 32,33 [57,58].
Scheme 3: Oxidation of 1H-diimidazoles to 2H-diimidazoles (quinoids).
Figure 11: Typical benzimidazoles-derived D-π-A push–pull systems 35–43 [25,62-66].
Figure 12: Structure of benzimidazoles (44–47), imidazophenanthrolines (48–57), imidazophenanthrenes (58–60), ...
Scheme 4: Acidoswitchable NLO-phores 64,65 and ESIPT mechanism [72-74].
Figure 13: General structures of bis(benzimidazole) chromophores 67–71 and pyridinium betaines 72 [75-79].
Figure 14: Overview of 4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives investigated by Rasmussen et al. [29,81-94].
Figure 15: 4,5-Dicyanoimidazole-derived chromophores 84–87 [103-106].
Figure 16: Push–pull chromophores 88–93 with systematically extended π-linker [30].
Figure 17: pH-triggered NLO switches 88c–93c [109].
Figure 18: Dibromoolefin 94 and branched chromophores 95–100 [112,113].
Figure 19: Imidazole as a donor–acceptor unit in CT-chromophores 101–111 [20].
Figure 20: Diimidazoles 112–115 used as small electron acceptors in organic solar cells [115,116].
Figure 21: Amino- and hydroxy-functionalized chromophores incorporated into a polymer backbone Rpol [18,50-53,122-124].
Figure 22: Structure of polyphosphazene polymers bearing NLO-phores [125-127] and some other recent examples of nonline...
Figure 23: Epoxy- and silica-based polymers functionalized with 4,5-dicyanoimidazole unit [105,130].
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 46–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.8
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Figure 1: (a) Receptor 1. (b) ORTEP drawing of receptor 1. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn at the 30% probabilit...
Figure 2: The absorption spectra of receptor 1 (5 μM) in the absence or presence of a 50 equiv of F−, Cl−, Br−...
Figure 3: The fluorescence spectra of receptor 1 (5 μM) in the absence or presence of a 50 equiv of F−, Cl−, ...
Figure 4: Comparison of fluorescence emission of 1 (5 μM) in CH3CN after the addition of 50 equiv of tetrabut...
Figure 5: UV–vis absorption changes of 1 (5 μM) upon the addition of TBAF in CH3CN.
Figure 6: Fluorescence emission changes of 1 (5 μM) upon the addition of TBAF in CH3CN (excited at 340 nm).
Figure 7: The fit of the experimental data of fluorescence emission of 1 (5 μM) upon the addition of F− at 40...
Figure 8: Fluorescence emission changes of 1 (5 μM) upon the addition of F− and OH− (5 equiv) in CH3CN (excit...
Figure 9: Partial 1H NMR (400 MHz) spectra of receptor 1 in the presence of 0, 0.2, 0.6, 1.0, 1.4, 1.6, 2.0, ...
Figure 10: Anionic form a and b of receptor 1.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 17, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-17
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Scheme 1: Annulation of the but-2-enolide ring.
Scheme 2: General Perkow reaction
Scheme 3: Novel reactions leading to the products 8 and 9.
Scheme 4: Reaction sites for the attack by P(OEt)3.
Scheme 5: Hypothetic intermediates in the formation of the products 8 and 9.