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

• active acid fluorides 48 by utilizing hypervalent iodine(III) of PhI(OPiv)2 and py·HF as the fluoride source to afford the corresponding amides 49 and 50 in excellent yields (Scheme 16) [48]. Herein, the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent reacted with the phenol group to give intermediates 51 and 52

Solvent-dependent chemoselective synthesis of different isoquinolinones mediated by the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PISA

• Ze-Nan Hu,
• Yan-Hui Wang,
• Jia-Bing Wu,
• Ze Chen,
• Dou Hong and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1914–1921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.167

• hexafluoro-2-propanol led to 3-substituted isoquinolinones. The solvent-dependent chemoselective synthesis of isoquinolinone derivatives is interesting and unprecedented. Further research on synthetic utility of PISA, a unique zwitterionic hypervalent iodine(III) reagent, is underway in our laboratory

An improved, scalable synthesis of Notum inhibitor LP-922056 using 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one as a superior electrophilic chlorinating agent

• Nicky J. Willis,
• Elliott D. Bayle,
• George Papageorgiou,
• David Steadman,
• Benjamin N. Atkinson,
• William Mahy and
• Paul V. Fish

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2790–2797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.271

• et al. described the electrophilic chlorination of arenes and heterocycles by 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one (12) [18][19]. The hypervalent iodine(III) reagent 12 is reported to be a mild and effective reagent for the chlorination of nitrogen containing heterocycles which is easy to prepare and is

Synthesis of new tricyclic 5,6-dihydro-4H-benzo[b][1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-d][1,4]diazepine derivatives by [3⁺ + 2]-cycloaddition/rearrangement reactions

• Lin-bo Luan,
• Zi-jie Song,
• Zhi-ming Li and
• Quan-rui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1826–1833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.155

• the quinolones 6 and phenylhydrazine with a catalytic amount of AcOH in refluxing n-propyl alcohol. Subsequently, the hydrazones 7 were converted into the 4-acetoxy-1-acetyl-4-phenylazo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolines 8 via the oxidation with hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PhI(OAc)2 (Scheme 2) [45]. The

• -dihydro-4(1H)-quinolone 6a [46]. However, it was odd that the oxidation using the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PhI(OAc)2 as described for phenylhydrazones 7 failed to produce the expected α-acetoxy-ethoxycarbonyl compound 12. Instead, the hydrazone 11 remained intact and was recovered. Therefore, we

Synthesis of spirocyclic scaffolds using hypervalent iodine reagents

• Fateh V. Singh,
• Priyanka B. Kole,
• Saeesh R. Mangaonkar and
• Samata E. Shetgaonkar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1778–1805, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.152

• reaction, active hypervalent iodine species was generated in situ by the oxidation of bis(iodoarene) 25 using mCPBA as terminal oxidant. In 2011, Kita and co-workers [72] investigated a more reactive µ-oxo bridged hypervalent iodine(III) reagent used in the spirocyclization of phenolic substrates 27 to

• high yields with more than 93% enantiomeric excess (Scheme 48). Interestingly, the higher selectivities were observed with chiral hypervalent iodine(III) reagent 129b compared to 129a. 5.3. Application of miscellaneous spirocyclic compounds in natural product synthesis Various hypervalent iodine

Rapid transformation of sulfinate salts into sulfonates promoted by a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent

• Elsa Deruer,
• Vincent Hamel,
• Samuel Blais and
• Sylvain Canesi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1203–1207, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.101

• hypervalent iodine(III) reagent-mediated oxidation of sodium sulfinates has been developed. This transformation involves trapping reactive sulfonium species using alcohols. With additional optimization of the reaction conditions, the method appears extendable to other nucleophiles such as electron-rich

Recyclable hypervalent-iodine-mediated solid-phase peptide synthesis and cyclic peptide synthesis

• Dan Liu,
• Ya-Li Guo,
• Jin Qu and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1112–1119, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.97

• worth noting that FPID can be readily regenerated after the peptide coupling reaction. Keywords: cyclic peptide; FPID; hypervalent iodine(III) reagent; recyclable; solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS); Introduction The amide bond is one of the most fundamental functional groups in organic chemistry

• mediated by hypervalent iodine(III) reagents in recent years. In 2012, for the first time, we reported that the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent iodosodilactone (Figure 1) can serve as a condensing reagent to promote esterification, macrolactonization, amidation and peptide coupling reactions in the

• ), (4-MeOC6H4)3P (2 equiv), TEA (3 equiv), CsCl (5 equiv). The 1H NMR and HRMS spectra of pseudostellarin D are in agreement with data from the literature [37][38][39]. Conclusion The system of the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent FPID and (4-MeOC6H4)3P can be applied to the solid-phase peptide synthesis

Iodine(III)-mediated halogenations of acyclic monoterpenoids

• Laure Peilleron,
• Tatyana D. Grayfer,
• Joëlle Dubois,
• Robert H. Dodd and
• Kevin Cariou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1103–1111, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.96

• halofunctionalizations of acyclic monoterpenoids were performed using a combination of a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent and a halide salt. In this manner, the dibromination, the bromo(trifluoro)acetoxylation, the bromohydroxylation, the iodo(trifluoro)acetoxylation or the ene-type chlorination of the distal

• 5a was obtained in 70% yield (Table 1, entry 7). Interestingly, no traces of the diiodo compound were observed even if the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent was slowly added. Transposing the previously optimized bromo(trifluoro)acetoxylation conditions but using TBAI instead of KI did not improve the

• (Scheme 7a) [12]. We ruled out a possible direct reaction between the olefin and the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent as in the absence of any halide no reaction occurred within 1 h (Scheme 7b). A reductive elimination would then generate hypohalite R’OX which is presumably the active electrophilic species

Selective carboxylation of reactive benzylic C–H bonds by a hypervalent iodine(III)/inorganic bromide oxidation system

• Toshifumi Dohi,
• Shohei Ueda,
• Kosuke Iwasaki,
• Yusuke Tsunoda,
• Koji Morimoto and
• Yasuyuki Kita

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1087–1094, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.94

• (Scheme 5). Conclusion In conclusion, we have described the optimization and scope of an oxidation system for benzyl C–H carboxylation that utilizes the radical reactivity of a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent produced under suitable conditions. The mechanistic information obtained in this study indicates

• -workers for the C–H oxidations of unreactive alkanes by iodanyl radicals [80]. Based on these observations, the reaction mechanism via path A that involves the formation of benzyl bromides (X = Br) seems to be more reasonable for our benzylic C–H carboxylation system based on the hypervalent iodine(III

• ) reagent/inorganic bromide combination. This mechanistic course was also partially supported by the control experiment, whereby one of the separately prepared bromides, 2h’, was gradually transformed into the corresponding acetate 2h in good yield under the radical C–H acetoxylation reaction conditions

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• -membered-ring transition state. Note that the presence of an olefin moiety in the product promised further conversion to other types of CF3-containing molecules. Later, the group of Wang [50] employed cheap copper chloride as the catalyst and a hypervalent iodine(III) reagent 1j as both the oxidant and the