Recent advances in synthetic approaches for bioactive cinnamic acid derivatives

• Betty A. Kustiana,
• Galuh Widiyarti and
• Teni Ernawati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1031–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.85

• of alkynes 297 with N,N’-dimethylformamide (DMF) to afford the corresponding cinnamamide 298 via ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer 299 (Scheme 72) [123]. Furthermore, Song and co-workers (2023) employed propargylic ester 300 to prepare the corresponding cinnamic esters/amides with excellent anti

Recent advances in electrochemical copper catalysis for modern organic synthesis

• Yemin Kim and
• Won Jun Jang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 155–178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.9

• . First, TEMPO is converted to TEMPO+ through anodic oxidation, and iminium intermediate 15 is created through hydride transfer from THIQ (13) to TEMPO+. TEMPO–H, generated during the hydrogen transfer step, then returns to TEMPO+ through anodic oxidation. Chiral acetylide species 17 is produced from the

Transition-metal-free decarbonylation–oxidation of 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones: access to 2-hydroxybenzophenones

• Bhaskar B. Dhotare,
• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Chahna K. Sakhiya,
• Amey Wadawale and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2655–2667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.223

• -absorbing as well as photo-antioxidant properties via an intramolecular hydrogen transfer [5]. The structure–activity relationship between the substituents of 2-hydroxybenzophenones and their UV-absorption properties has been reported previously [6]. It was concluded that the ability to absorb UV light and

A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis

• Nian Li,
• Ruzal Sitdikov,
• Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
• Joost Steverlynck,
• Bo Li and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214

• form a cyclic alkyl radical. The alkyl radical is further oxidized by [Co(III)] to produce the target amination product and a [Co(II)–H] species via direct hydrogen transfer or β-hydride elimination. Deprotonation of [Co(II)–H] by MeO− regenerates the [Co(I)] complex, which is subsequently oxidized

Photoredox-catalyzed intramolecular nucleophilic amidation of alkenes with β-lactams

• Valentina Giraldi,
• Giandomenico Magagnano,
• Daria Giacomini,
• Pier Giorgio Cozzi and
• Andrea Gualandi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2461–2468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.210

• the linked alkene moiety, followed by hydrogen transfer from the hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) catalyst. This process was used to successfully prepare 2-alkylated clavam derivatives. Keywords: β-lactam; acridinium photocatalyst; alkenes; amides; intramolecular radical reaction; photoredox catalysis

Divergent role of PIDA and PIFA in the AlX₃ (X = Cl, Br) halogenation of 2-naphthol: a mechanistic study

• Kevin A. Juárez-Ornelas,
• Manuel Solís-Hernández,
• Pedro Navarro-Santos,
• J. Oscar C. Jiménez-Halla and
• César R. Solorio-Alvarado

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1580–1589, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.141

• nonaromatic intermediate I-4–Cl (ΔG = −23.1 kcal/mol). Next, aromatization assisted by TFAO–AlCl2 via TS2–Cl (ΔG‡ = 11.1 kcal/mol) and hydrogen transfer from the nonaromatic intermediate to TFAO–AlCl2 are observed. In TS2–Cl, the energy barrier must be overcome to give rise to the 1-chloro-2-naphthol adduct

Manganese-catalyzed C–C and C–N bond formation with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen or hydrogen auto-transfer

• Mohd Farhan Ansari,
• Atul Kumar Maurya,
• Abhishek Kumar and
• Saravanakumar Elangovan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1111–1166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.98

• compound E. Cyclization occurred via dehydrogenation and intramolecular aldol condensation and in the last step hydrogen transfer provided the desired cyclic product H (Scheme 35). In 2020, Maji and Adhikari reported a phosphine-free N,N-amine–manganese complex-catalyzed stereoselective intermolecular and

Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of 3,3-difluoro-3H-indoles

• Yumei Wang,
• Guangzhu Wang,
• Yanping Zhu and
• Kaiwu Dong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 205–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.20

• mechanism of the CPA-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation reaction was proposed (Figure 2). The activation of 3,3-difluoro-substituted 3H-indole 1 by protonation through the Brønsted acid generates the iminium A. Subsequent hydrogen transfer from the Hantzsch ester gives the chiral amine 2 and pyridinium salt B

Using the phospha-Michael reaction for making phosphonium phenolate zwitterions

• Matthias R. Steiner,
• Max Schmallegger,
• Larissa Donner,
• Johann A. Hlina,
• Christoph Marschner,
• Judith Baumgartner and
• Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 41–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.6

• primary adduct A (see Scheme 2) is too short-lived that an intramolecular hydrogen transfer toward 2a (C, in Scheme 2) is occurring [48]. Instead, in case of acrylonitrile another hydrogen bond donor, which is the solvent methanol [49], is necessary to trap intermediate A forming the ion pair D. Finally

• of 0.7 equiv of deuterium in the α-position to the cyano group. However, this experiment does not allow for a conclusive distinction between the two postulated hydrogen transfer pathways as the phenolic hydrogen is quickly exchanged for deuterium under these conditions. The evenly strong Michael

• more accessible with methyl acrylate than with acrylonitrile. The lower reactivity of acrylamide in chloroform compared to methyl acrylate is in accordance with its lower electrophilicity. The observed rate reduction in methanol suggests the importance of the intramolecular hydrogen transfer pathway

Recent advancements in iodide/phosphine-mediated photoredox radical reactions

• Tinglan Liu,
• Yu Zhou,
• Junhong Tang and
• Chengming Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1785–1803, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.131

• hydrogenation or hydrogen transfer [40], electrocatalysis coupled with water oxidation [41], and sustained visible-light-induced photocatalysis [42]. Among the different strategies available, the use of a mild photocatalytic process involving hole-driven hydrogen transfer with hydrogen donors or hole scavengers

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• promote the sunlight-induced reaction and hydrogen transfer CDC of heteroaromatics and several H-donors (including ethers) under mild conditions (Scheme 42) [122]. There have been no previous reports using this catalyst for the alkylation of aromatics. Subsequently, various photocatalytic CDC

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• biomimetic oxidation of benzyl alcohols was developed using o-naphthoquinone [129] (Scheme 28). The reaction shows regioselectivity toward benzylic alcohol oxidation. This process could be included in one-pot synthesis strategies. The key step of the reaction is a 1,5-hydrogen transfer (the suggested

Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”

• Gian Cesare Tron,
• Alberto Minassi,
• Giovanni Sorba,
• Mara Fausone and
• Giovanni Appendino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1335–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.93

• 10 is entirely due to mesomeric effects, as expressed by the possibility to formulate two identical resonance forms, 10a and 10b, for the undissociated system (Scheme 6). It has been remarked that life is basically a hydrogen transfer to carbon dioxide, outrageously approximated by the equation CO2

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

• condensation of aromatic aldehydes and heterocyclic ketones followed by a [3 + 3] cycloaddition between A and amidine giving off the intermediate B, which undergoes 1,5-hydrogen transfer followed by 1,3-hydrogen transfer to give the final products (101, Scheme 39). 6.2.4 Imidazo(1,2-a)pyrimidine: The

Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

• Francesca Liguori,
• Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A–C

• Anwei Hou and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2807–2819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.231

• loss of C13 starts from 2•+ by a hydrogen rearrangement to l2•+ and an α-fragmentation to m2•+, followed by another hydrogen transfer to n2•+ and α-cleavage to o2+ (Scheme 4A). The second possibility with the loss of C1 is explainable from l2•+ by a hydrogen migration to p2•+ and an α-fragmentation to

• first instance, it seems difficult to parallel this for 2, but if for the first steps after ionisation to 2•+ a skeletal rearrangement to t2•+ and a hydrogen transfer to u2•+ are assumed, the parallelism of the fragmentation mechanisms becomes more obvious (Scheme 4C). Subsequent steps may include an

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• to the enone 63 and posterior hydrogen transfer from thiol to the intermediate 64 forms the ketone intermediate 65 (pathway 1). This ketone intermediate 65 is also accessible by an ionic addition in the dark (pathway 2). The tautomerization of the ketone 65 yields the enol form 66, which reacts with

Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis

• Stephanie G. E. Amos,
• Marion Garreau,
• Luca Buzzetti and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103

• disulfides, sulfides or even thiols [167]. However, their use in organophotocatalysis is scarce. In substoichiometric quantities, they are efficient H atom shuttles and play a primordial role in hydrogen transfer mechanisms. For this reason, one of their major applications is the HAT to the cocatalyst

An anomalous addition of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate to a carbonyl group: the synthesis of ((3aS,7aR,E)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-2,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-isoindol-1-ylidene)sulfamoyl chloride

• Aytekin Köse,
• Aslı Ünal,
• Ertan Şahin,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Yunus Kara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 931–936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.89

• amides 4 are produced, they may be converted to other compounds. Graf [1] proposed that the reaction of CSI with unsaturated systems proceeds via the direct formation of dipolar intermediate 5 which may undergo a ring closure to form 3 or a hydrogen transfer to afford 4 (Figure 1). A wide variety of

Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region

• Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Jacques Lalevée and
• Didier Gigmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282

• presented in Table 1 because the driving force of its reactivity is more its bond dissociation energy (BDE) than its redox potential. Indeed, this compound obeys to a pure hydrogen transfer mechanism. This corresponds to a hydrogen transfer from (TMS)3SiH to the triplet excited state of the PC. Thus, to

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• reaction proceeds through concerted hydrogen transfer by an oxidative pathway, reductive elimination, and subsequent isomerization. 1.2 Co(III)-catalyzed hydroarylation of alkynes In 2013, Kanai/Matsunaga and co-workers developed an air-stable Co(III)Cp* catalyst as an economical alternative to Cp*Rh(III

• regioselectivity was driven by a change in mechanism from linear ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer to branched base-assisted internal electrophilic-type substitution. In addition to activated and unactivated alkylalkenes, vinylcyclopropanes also underwent hydroarylation reactions with indoles 42 via C–H/C–C

• , a plausible mechanism was proposed. The reaction starts with the generation of the active cobalt(III) species G1 from [Cp*CoI2(CO)], AgSbF6, and arene 53. Subsequently, C–H metallation of G1 by ligand-to-ligand hydrogen transfer provides cobaltacycle G2 and an allene insertion gives intermediate G3

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• conditions with rate enhancement for the latter setup. It was proposed that the CF3 radical added onto the substrate while the ketyl radical 41 was protonated by HFIP. Then, hydrogen transfer gave the hydrotrifluoromethylated product 40 and the sensitiser was regenerated (Scheme 20). In the same paper, the

Fast and efficient synthesis of microporous polymer nanomembranes via light-induced click reaction

• Qi An,
• Youssef Hassan,
• Xiaotong Yan,
• Peter Krolla-Sidenstein,
• Tawheed Mohammed,
• Mathias Lang,
• Stefan Bräse and
• Manuel Tsotsalas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 558–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.54

• radicals. Additional thiol moieties can undergo hydrogen transfer to the vinyl radical leading to thiyl radicals and vinyl sulfides. The vinyl sulfides can then undergo a thiol–ene coupling (TEC) reaction, leading to bis-sulfide species. TYC has been used for surface modification [21][22

New approaches to organocatalysis based on C–H and C–X bonding for electrophilic substrate activation

• Pavel Nagorny and
• Zhankui Sun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2834–2848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.283

• that halogen bonding was the key interaction for catalyst action. In 2014, the Tan group revisited the original study by Bolm and co-workers and re-investigated halogen bond induced hydrogen transfer to C=N bonds (Scheme 20) [91]. Various charged and uncharged electron-deficient iodoarenes were tested

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