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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1397–1403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.104
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Figure 1: Representatives of biologically active 1,2-thiazoles.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1,2-thiazoles.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-N-sulfonyl-1,2-thiazoles 3. Conditions: aMethod A: thioamide 1 (1.0 equiv)...
Figure 2: Compound 3aa in thermal ellipsoids 50% probability.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1374–1387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.102
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Figure 1: Simplified schematic rendering of a high hydrostatic pressure reactor.
Scheme 1: High pressure-initiated synthesis of 1,3-dihydrobenzimidazoles 3a–d. The yields are GC yields and t...
Figure 2: Illustration of the cyclization reaction between chalcone (4) and 3-(trifluoromethyl)phenylhydrazin...
Scheme 2: High pressure-initiated catalyst- and solvent-free synthesis of pyrazoles 6a–c from chalcone (4) an...
Figure 3: Schematic representation of the cycling experiments: the major variables are the applied pressure, ...
Scheme 3: High pressure-initiated synthesis of the active pharmaceutical ingredients in Tylenol® and Aspirin®...
Scheme 4: High pressure-initiated esterification of alcohols 12a–g in a catalyst- and additional solvent-free...
Scheme 5: High pressure-initiated large scale syntheses of N-aryl- and N-alkylpyrroles at about 100 g scale.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1207–1271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.98
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Scheme 1: DTBP-mediated oxidative alkylarylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 2: Iron-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkylarylation.
Scheme 3: Possible mechanism for the iron-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 4: A metal-free strategy for synthesizing 3,3-disubstituted oxindoles.
Scheme 5: Iminoxyl radical-promoted cascade oxyalkylation/alkylarylation of alkenes.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the iminoxyl radical-promoted cascade oxyalkylation/alkylarylation of alkene...
Scheme 7: Bicyclization of 1,n-enynes with alkyl nitriles.
Scheme 8: Possible reaction mechanism for the bicyclization of 1,n-enynes with alkyl nitriles.
Scheme 9: Radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with isocyanides.
Scheme 10: Plausible mechanism for the radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with isocyanides.
Scheme 11: Electrochemical dehydrogenative cyclization of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 12: Plausible mechanism for the dehydrogenative cyclization of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 13: Photocatalyzed cyclization of N-arylacrylamide and N,N-dimethylaniline.
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the photocatalyzed cyclization of N-arylacrylamides and N,N-dimethylanilines....
Scheme 15: Electrochemical monofluoroalkylation cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with dimethyl 2-fluoromalonat...
Scheme 16: Proposed mechanism for the electrochemical radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with dimethyl 2...
Scheme 17: Photoelectrocatalytic carbocyclization of unactivated alkenes using simple malonates.
Scheme 18: Plausible mechanism for the photoelectrocatalytic carbocyclization of unactivated alkenes with simp...
Scheme 19: Bromide-catalyzed electrochemical trifluoromethylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for the electrochemical trifluoromethylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 21: Visible light-mediated trifluoromethylarylation of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 22: Plausible reaction mechanism for the visible light-mediated trifluoromethylarylation of N-arylacryl...
Scheme 23: Electrochemical difluoroethylation cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with sodium difluoroethylsulfin...
Scheme 24: Electrochemical difluoroethylation cyclization of N-methyacryloyl-N-alkylbenzamides with sodium dif...
Scheme 25: Photoredox-catalyzed radical aryldifluoromethylation of N-arylacrylamides with S-(difluoromethyl)su...
Scheme 26: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox-catalyzed radical aryldifluoromethylation of N-arylacrylamide...
Scheme 27: Visible-light-induced domino difluoroalkylation/cyclization of N-cyanamide alkenes.
Scheme 28: Proposed mechanism of photoredox-catalyzed radical domino difluoroalkylation/cyclization of N-cyana...
Scheme 29: Palladium-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization of alkenes.
Scheme 30: Two possible mechanisms of palladium-catalyzed oxidative difunctionalization.
Scheme 31: Silver-catalyzed oxidative 1,2-alkyletherification of unactivated alkenes with α-bromoalkylcarbonyl...
Scheme 32: Photochemical radical cascade cyclization of dienes.
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the photochemical radical cascade 6-endo cyclization of dienes with α-carbon...
Scheme 34: Photocatalyzed radical coupling/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides and.
Scheme 35: Photocatalyzed radical-type couplings/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 36: Possible mechanism of visible-light-induced radical-type couplings/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides...
Scheme 37: Visible-light-promoted difluoroalkylated oxindoles systhesis via EDA complexes.
Scheme 38: Possible mechanism for the visible-light-promoted radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with bro...
Scheme 39: A dicumyl peroxide-initiated radical cascade reaction of N-arylacrylamide with DCM.
Scheme 40: Possible mechanism of radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with DCM.
Scheme 41: An AIBN-mediated radical cascade reaction of N-arylacrylamides with perfluoroalkyl iodides.
Scheme 42: Possible mechanism for the reaction with perfluoroalkyl iodides.
Scheme 43: Photoinduced palladium-catalyzed radical annulation of N-arylacrylamides with alkyl halides.
Scheme 44: Radical alkylation/cyclization of N-Alkyl-N-methacryloylbenzamides with alkyl halides.
Scheme 45: Possible mechanism for the alkylation/cyclization with unactivated alkyl chlorides.
Scheme 46: Visible-light-driven palladium-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with unac...
Scheme 47: NHC-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 48: Possible mechanism of NHC-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 49: Electrochemically mediated radical cyclization reaction of N-arylacrylamides with freon-type methan...
Scheme 50: Proposed mechanistic pathway of electrochemically induced radical cyclization reaction.
Scheme 51: Redox-neutral photoinduced radical cascade cylization of N-arylacrylamides with unactivated alkyl c...
Scheme 52: Proposed mechanistic hypothesis of redox-neutral radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 53: Thiol-mediated photochemical radical cascade cylization of N-arylacrylamides with aryl halides.
Scheme 54: Proposed possible mechanism of thiol-mediated photochemical radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 55: Visible-light-induced radical cascade bromocyclization of N-arylacrylamides with NBS.
Scheme 56: Possible mechanism of visible-light-induced radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 57: Decarboxylation/radical C–H functionalization by visible-light photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 58: Plausible mechanism of visible-light photoredox-catalyzed radical cascade cyclization.
Scheme 59: Visible-light-promoted tandem radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with N-(acyloxy)phthalimides....
Scheme 60: Plausible mechanism for the tandem radical cyclization reaction.
Scheme 61: Visible-light-induced aerobic radical cascade alkylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with alde...
Scheme 62: Plausible mechanism for the aerobic radical alkylarylation of electron-deficient amides.
Scheme 63: Oxidative decarbonylative [3 + 2]/[5 + 2] annulation of N-arylacrylamide with vinyl acids.
Scheme 64: Plausible mechanism for the decarboxylative (3 + 2)/(5 + 2) annulation between N-arylacrylamides an...
Scheme 65: Rhenium-catalyzed alkylarylation of alkenes with PhI(O2CR)2.
Scheme 66: Plausible mechanism for the rhenium-catalyzed decarboxylative annulation of N-arylacrylamides with ...
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced one-pot tandem reaction of N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 68: Plausible mechanism for the visible-light-initiated tandem synthesis of difluoromethylated oxindole...
Scheme 69: Copper-catalyzed redox-neutral cyanoalkylarylation of activated alkenes with cyclobutanone oxime es...
Scheme 70: Plausible mechanism for the copper-catalyzed cyanoalkylarylation of activated alkenes.
Scheme 71: Photoinduced alkyl/aryl radical cascade for the synthesis of quaternary CF3-attached oxindoles.
Scheme 72: Plausible photoinduced electron-transfer (PET) mechanism.
Scheme 73: Photoinduced cerium-mediated decarboxylative alkylation cascade cyclization.
Scheme 74: Plausible reaction mechanism for the decarboxylative radical-cascade alkylation/cyclization.
Scheme 75: Metal-free oxidative tandem coupling of activated alkenes.
Scheme 76: Control experiments and possible mechanism for 1,2-carbonylarylation of alkenes with carbonyl C(sp2...
Scheme 77: Silver-catalyzed acyl-arylation of activated alkenes with α-oxocarboxylic acids.
Scheme 78: Proposed mechanism for the decarboxylative acylarylation of acrylamides.
Scheme 79: Visible-light-mediated tandem acylarylation of olefines with carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Proposed mechanism for the radical cascade cyclization with acyl radical via visible-light photored...
Scheme 81: Erythrosine B-catalyzed visible-light photoredox arylation-cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with ar...
Scheme 82: Electrochemical cobalt-catalyzed radical cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with arylhydrazines or po...
Scheme 83: Proposed mechanism of radical cascade cyclization via electrochemical cobalt catalysis.
Scheme 84: Copper-catalyzed oxidative tandem carbamoylation/cyclization of N-arylacrylamides with hydrazinecar...
Scheme 85: Proposed reaction mechanism for the radical cascade cyclization by copper catalysis.
Scheme 86: Visible-light-driven radical cascade cyclization reaction of N-arylacrylamides with α-keto acids.
Scheme 87: Proposed mechanism of visible-light-driven cascade cyclization reaction.
Scheme 88: Peroxide-induced radical carbonylation of N-(2-methylallyl)benzamides with methyl formate.
Scheme 89: Proposed cyclization mechanism of peroxide-induced radical carbonylation with N-(2-methylallyl)benz...
Scheme 90: Persulfate promoted carbamoylation of N-arylacrylamides and N-arylcinnamamides.
Scheme 91: Proposed mechanism for the persulfate promoted radical cascade cyclization reaction of N-arylacryla...
Scheme 92: Photocatalyzed carboacylation with N-arylpropiolamides/N-alkyl acrylamides.
Scheme 93: Plausible mechanism for the photoinduced carboacylation of N-arylpropiolamides/N-alkyl acrylamides.
Scheme 94: Electrochemical Fe-catalyzed radical cyclization with N-arylacrylamides.
Scheme 95: Plausible mechanism for the electrochemical Fe-catalysed radical cyclization of N-phenylacrylamide.
Scheme 96: Substrate scope of the selective functionalization of various α-ketoalkylsilyl peroxides with metha...
Scheme 97: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Fe-catalyzed reaction of alkylsilyl peroxides with methacrylami...
Scheme 98: EDA-complex mediated C(sp2)–C(sp3) cross-coupling of TTs and N-methyl-N-phenylmethacrylamides.
Scheme 99: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of oxindoles via EDA complex.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1171–1182, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.94
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Figure 1: Overview of the predictive workflow: For the shown substrate on the left, three unique activation s...
Figure 2: Example of the output from running the SMARTS pattern approach introduced by Tomberg et al. [9] with t...
Figure 3: An example where our algorithm found a more specific SMARTS pattern match than highlighted in Tombe...
Figure 4: An example highlighting the difficulties in prioritizing the SMARTS patterns. All three patterns ma...
Figure 5: Example of a combination of C–H bond and DG that is discarded because of the angle constraint on th...
Figure 6: Example of combinations of C–H bonds and DGs that are considered identical because of symmetry of t...
Figure 7: Example of combinations of C–H bonds and DGs that are considered identical because of symmetry of t...
Figure 8: Example of combinations of C–H bonds and DGs that are considered identical because of resonance str...
Figure 9: A: Distribution of correct (green) and wrong (red) predictions for molecules with two to five poten...
Figure 10: Molecules with five potential reaction sites that are predicted wrong by the QM workflow. The exper...
Figure 11: Predictions of reaction sites within a 1 kcal·mol−1 threshold for ten molecules are marked with a b...
Figure 12: Substrate with six potential unique reaction sites for C–H functionalization. The experimentally de...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1031–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.85
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Figure 1: Biologically active cinnamic acid derivatives.
Scheme 1: General synthetic strategies for cinnamic acid derivatizations.
Scheme 2: Cinnamic acid coupling via isobutyl anhydride formation.
Scheme 3: Amidation reaction via O/N-pivaloyl activation.
Scheme 4: Cinnamic acid amidation using TCCA/PPh3 reagent.
Scheme 5: Cinnamic acid amidation using triazine-based reagents.
Scheme 6: Cinnamic acid amidation using continuous flow mechanochemistry.
Scheme 7: Cinnamic acid amidation using COMU as coupling reagent.
Scheme 8: Cinnamic acid amidation using allenone coupling reagent.
Scheme 9: Cinnamic acid amidation using 4-acetamidophenyl triflimide as reagent.
Scheme 10: Cinnamic acid amidation using methyltrimethoxysilane (MTM).
Scheme 11: Cinnamic acid amidation utilizing amine–borane reagent.
Scheme 12: Cinnamic acid amidation using TCCA/PPh3 reagent.
Scheme 13: Cinnamic acid amidation using PPh3/I2 reagent.
Scheme 14: Cinnamic acid amidation using PCl3 reagent.
Scheme 15: Cinnamic acid amidation utilizing pentafluoropyridine (PFP) as reagent.
Scheme 16: Cinnamic acid amidation using hypervalent iodine(III).
Scheme 17: Mechanochemical amidation using 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl-N,N-dimethylamine (TFEDMA) reagent.
Scheme 18: Methyl ester preparation using tris(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)phosphine (TMPP).
Scheme 19: N-Trifluoromethyl amide preparation using isothiocyanate and AgF.
Scheme 20: POCl3-mediated amide coupling of carboxylic acid and DMF.
Scheme 21: O-Alkylation of cinnamic acid using alkylating agents.
Scheme 22: Glycoside preparation via Mitsunobu reaction.
Scheme 23: O/N-Acylation via rearrangement reactions.
Scheme 24: Amidation reactions using sulfur-based alkylating agents.
Scheme 25: Amidation reaction catalyzed by Pd0 via C–N cleavage.
Scheme 26: Amidation reaction catalyzed by CuCl/PPh3.
Scheme 27: Cu(II) triflate-catalyzed N-difluoroethylimide synthesis.
Scheme 28: Cu/Selectfluor-catalyzed transamidation reaction.
Scheme 29: CuO–CaCO3-catalyzed amidation reaction.
Scheme 30: Ni-catalyzed reductive amidation.
Scheme 31: Lewis acidic transition-metal-catalyzed O/N-acylations.
Scheme 32: Visible-light-promoted amidation of cinnamic acid.
Scheme 33: Sunlight/LED-promoted amidation of cinnamic acid.
Scheme 34: Organophotocatalyst-promoted N–O cleavage of Weinreb amides to synthesize primary amides.
Scheme 35: Cinnamamide synthesis through [Ir] photocatalyst-promoted C–N-bond cleavage of tertiary amines.
Scheme 36: Blue LED-promoted FeCl3-catalyzed reductive transamidation.
Scheme 37: FPyr/TCT-catalyzed amidation of cinnamic acid derivative 121.
Scheme 38: Cs2CO3/DMAP-mediated esterification.
Scheme 39: HBTM organocatalyzed atroposelective N-acylation.
Scheme 40: BH3-catalyzed N-acylation reactions.
Scheme 41: Borane-catalyzed N-acylation reactions.
Scheme 42: Catalytic N-acylation reactions via H/F bonding activation.
Scheme 43: Brønsted base-catalyzed synthesis of cinnamic acid esters.
Scheme 44: DABCO/Fe3O4-catalyzed N-methyl amidation of cinnamic acid 122.
Scheme 45: Catalytic oxidation reactions of acylating agents.
Scheme 46: Preparation of cinnamamide-substituted benzocyclooctene using I(I)/I(III) catalysis.
Scheme 47: Pd-colloids-catalyzed oxidative esterification of cinnamyl alcohol.
Scheme 48: Graphene-supported Pd/Au alloy-catalyzed oxidative esterification via hemiacetal intermediate.
Scheme 49: Au-supported on A) carbon nanotubes (CNT) and B) on porous boron nitride (pBN) as catalyst for the ...
Scheme 50: Cr-based catalyzed oxidative esterification of cinnamyl alcohols with H2O2 as the oxidant.
Scheme 51: Co-based catalysts used for oxidative esterification of cinnamyl alcohol.
Scheme 52: Iron (A) and copper (B)-catalyzed oxidative esterification of cinnamaldehyde.
Scheme 53: NiHPMA-catalyzed oxidative esterification of cinnamaldehyde.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of cinammic acid esters through NHC-catalyzed oxidative esterification via intermolecular...
Scheme 55: Redox-active NHC-catalyzed esterification via intramolecular oxidation.
Scheme 56: Electrochemical conversion of cinnamaldehyde to methyl cinnamate.
Scheme 57: Bu4NI/TBHP-catalyzed synthesis of bisamides from cinnamalaldehyde N-tosylhydrazone.
Scheme 58: Zn/NC-950-catalyzed oxidative esterification of ketone 182.
Scheme 59: Ru-catalyzed oxidative carboxylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 60: Direct carboxylation of alkenes using CO2.
Scheme 61: Carboxylation of alkenylboronic acid/ester.
Scheme 62: Carboxylation of gem-difluoroalkenes with CO2.
Scheme 63: Photoredox-catalyzed carboxylation of difluoroalkenes.
Scheme 64: Ru-catalyzed carboxylation of alkenyl halide.
Scheme 65: Carboxylation of alkenyl halides under flow conditions.
Scheme 66: Cinnamic acid ester syntheses through carboxylation of alkenyl sulfides/sulfones.
Scheme 67: Cinnamic acid derivatives synthesis through a Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative cross-coupling proceedin...
Scheme 68: Pd-catalyzed alkyne hydrocarbonylation.
Scheme 69: Fe-catalyzed alkyne hydrocarbonylation.
Scheme 70: Alkyne hydrocarboxylation using CO2.
Scheme 71: Alkyne hydrocarboxylation using HCO2H as CO surrogate.
Scheme 72: Co/AlMe3-catalyzed alkyne hydrocarboxylation using DMF.
Scheme 73: Au-catalyzed oxidation of Au–allenylidenes.
Scheme 74: Pd-catalyzed C–C-bond activation of cyclopropenones to synthesize unsaturated esters and amides.
Scheme 75: Ag-catalyzed C–C-bond activation of diphenylcyclopropenone.
Scheme 76: Cu-catalyzed C–C bond activation of diphenylcyclopropenone.
Scheme 77: PPh3-catalyzed C–C-bond activation of diphenylcyclopropenone.
Scheme 78: Catalyst-free C–C-bond activation of diphenylcyclopropenone.
Scheme 79: Cu-catalyzed dioxolane cleavage.
Scheme 80: Multicomponent coupling reactions.
Scheme 81: Pd-catalyzed partial hydrogenation of electrophilic alkynes.
Scheme 82: Nickel and cobalt as earth-abundant transition metals used as catalysts for the partial hydrogenati...
Scheme 83: Metal-free-catalyzed partial hydrogenation of conjugated alkynes.
Scheme 84: Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction between triethyl 2-fluoro-2-phosphonoacetate and aldehydes with ei...
Scheme 85: Preparation of E/Z-cinnamates using thiouronium ylides.
Scheme 86: Transition-metal-catalyzed ylide reactions.
Scheme 87: Redox-driven ylide reactions.
Scheme 88: Noble transition-metal-catalyzed olefination via carbenoid species.
Scheme 89: TrBF4-catalyzed olefination via carbene species.
Scheme 90: Grubbs catalyst (cat 7)/photocatalyst-mediated metathesis reactions.
Scheme 91: Elemental I2-catalyzed carbonyl-olefin metathesis.
Scheme 92: Cu-photocatalyzed E-to-Z isomerization of cinnamic acid derivatives.
Scheme 93: Ni-catalyzed E-to-Z isomerization.
Scheme 94: Dehydration of β-hydroxy esters via an E1cB mechanism to access (E)-cinnamic acid esters.
Scheme 95: Domino ring-opening reaction induced by a base.
Scheme 96: Dehydroamination of α-aminoester derivatives.
Scheme 97: Accessing methyl cinnamate (44) via metal-free deamination or decarboxylation.
Scheme 98: The core–shell magnetic nanosupport-catalyzed condensation reaction.
Scheme 99: Accessing cinnamic acid derivatives from acetic acid esters/amides through α-olefination.
Scheme 100: Accessing cinnamic acid derivatives via acceptorless α,β-dehydrogenation.
Scheme 101: Cu-catalyzed formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition.
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed C–C bond formation via 1,4-Pd-shift.
Scheme 103: NHC-catalyzed Rauhut–Currier reactions.
Scheme 104: Heck-type reaction for Cα arylation.
Scheme 105: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of cinnamamide.
Scheme 106: Ru-catalyzed alkenylation of arenes using directing groups.
Scheme 107: Earth-abundant transition-metal-catalyzed hydroarylation of α,β-alkynyl ester 374.
Scheme 108: Precious transition-metal-catalyzed β-arylation of cinnamic acid amide/ester.
Scheme 109: Pd-catalyzed β-amination of cinnamamide.
Scheme 110: S8-mediated β-amination of methyl cinnamate (44).
Scheme 111: Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction of alkynyl esters with phenylsilanes.
Scheme 112: Pd-catalyzed β-cyanation of alkynyl amide/ester.
Scheme 113: Au-catalyzed β-amination of alkynyl ester 374.
Scheme 114: Metal-free-catalyzed Cβ-functionalizations of alkynyl esters.
Scheme 115: Heck-type reactions.
Scheme 116: Mizoroki–Heck coupling reactions using unconventional functionalized arenes.
Scheme 117: Functional group-directed Mizoroki–Heck coupling reactions.
Scheme 118: Pd nanoparticles-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck coupling reactions.
Scheme 119: Catellani-type reactions to access methyl cinnamate with multifunctionalized arene.
Scheme 120: Multicomponent coupling reactions.
Scheme 121: Single atom Pt-catalyzed Heck coupling reaction.
Scheme 122: Earth-abundant transition metal-catalyzed Heck coupling reactions.
Scheme 123: Polymer-coated earth-abundant transition metals-catalyzed Heck coupling reactions.
Scheme 124: Earth-abundant transition-metal-based nanoparticles as catalysts for Heck coupling reactions.
Scheme 125: CN- and Si-based directing groups to access o-selective cinnamic acid derivatives.
Scheme 126: Amide-based directing group to access o-selective cinnamic acid derivatives.
Scheme 127: Carbonyl-based directing group to access o-selective cinnamic acid derivatives.
Scheme 128: Stereoselective preparation of atropisomers via o-selective C(sp2)–H functionalization.
Scheme 129: meta-Selective C(sp2)–H functionalization using directing group-tethered arenes.
Scheme 130: para-Selective C(sp2)–H functionalization using directing group-tethered arenes.
Scheme 131: Non-directed C(sp2)–H functionalization via electrooxidative Fujiwara–Moritani reaction.
Scheme 132: Interconversion of functional groups attached to cinnamic acid.
Scheme 133: meta-Selective C(sp2)–H functionalization of cinnamate ester.
Scheme 134: C(sp2)–F arylation using Grignard reagents.
Scheme 135: Truce–Smiles rearrangement of N-aryl metacrylamides.
Scheme 136: Phosphine-catalyzed cyclization of γ-vinyl allenoate with enamino esters.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1018–1023, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.83
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Figure 1: Compound 1 and 2.
Figure 2: Chiral ligands 3–7.
Scheme 1: Preparation and optical resolution of 7.
Scheme 2: Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination of acetate 12 (Ar = Ph) or 15 (Ar = p-ClC6H4) with isatin...
Scheme 3: Transformation of the reaction product (S)-13a: The reaction was carried out at 0.1 mmol scale and ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 955–963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.79
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Figure 1: The structure of brevicolline ((S)-1) and brevicarine (2).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of racemic brevicolline ((±)-1) starting from 1-methyl-9H-β-carbolin-4-yl trifluoromethan...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of brevicarine (2) from brevicolline ((S)-1).
Scheme 3: First total synthesis of brevicarine (2).
Scheme 4: Multistep synthesis of brevicarine (2) starting from nitrovinylindole 19.
Scheme 5: New synthesis variants for the preparation of brevicarine alkaloid (2) and its synthetic derivative ...
Scheme 6: Preparation of carbamate 28 and subsequent reduction with LiAlH4.
Scheme 7: Experiments for the synthesis of racemic brevicolline ((±)-1), and formation of unexpected products....
Figure 2: X-ray structure of compound 31.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 915–925, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.74
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Figure 1: Representative diazepine-fused heterocycles.
Scheme 1: Post-Ugi synthesis of benzodiazepines and heteroaryl-fused diazepines.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of pyrazole-tethered propargylamides 15 via U4CR. Conditions: Unless otherwise specified,...
Scheme 3: Scope of the silver(I) triflate-catalyzed synthesis of pyrazolo[1,5-a][1,4]diazepines. Conditions: ...
Scheme 4: Telescope procedure for the synthesis of 16a.
Scheme 5: Tentative mechanism for the silver-catalyzed heteroannulation.
Scheme 6: Reductive post-assembly modifications of the pyrazolo[1,5-a][1,4]diazepine core. aDetermined by 1H ...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 845–853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.68
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Figure 1: (a) Schematic illustration of the dual-host strategy for ion pair extraction via solid–liquid metho...
Figure 2: Single crystal structure of complexed Cs2SO4 with 18-crown-6 and tripodal receptor L (CCDC: 2411573...
Figure 3: Stacked 1H NMR spectra of (a) free anion receptor L and its complexes with one equivalent of (b) Cs2...
Figure 4: Single crystal structure of complexed Cs2CO3 (CCDC: 2411574) with 18-crown-6 and tripodal receptor L...
Figure 5: (a) Single crystal structure of complexed Cs3PO4 with 18-crown-6 and tripodal receptor (CCDC: 24115...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 817–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.65
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Figure 1: Natural products and synthetic medicinal compounds containing a 2-pyrrolidinone subunit.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4-[1-(4-methoxybenzyl)amino]ethylidene-1,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones 3a–e.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 4-(1-methylamino)ethylidene-1,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones 5a–e.
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the reaction between 4-[1-(4-methoxybenzyl)amino]ethylidene-1,5-disubstitute...
Figure 2: The molecular structure of 5a, showing the atom-labelling scheme and displacement ellipsoids at the...
Figure 3: The bioavailability radar of studied compounds 5a–e.
Figure 4: The interactions of potential drugs 5a–c in the active site of enzyme iNOS.
Figure 5: The interactions of potential drugs 5d and 5e and control drug (DEX) in the active site of enzyme i...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 770–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.61
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Scheme 1: Electrosynthesis of phenanthridine phosphine oxides.
Scheme 2: Electrosynthesis of 1-aminoalkylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 3: Various electrochemical C–P coupling reactions.
Scheme 4: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of indolines.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of ferrocene.
Scheme 6: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of acridines with phosphites.
Scheme 7: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of alkenes.
Scheme 8: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of arenes in a flow system.
Scheme 9: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of heteroarenes.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of thiazoles.
Scheme 11: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of indole derivatives.
Scheme 12: Electrosynthesis of 1-amino phosphonates.
Scheme 13: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of aryl and vinyl bromides.
Scheme 14: Electrochemical C–P coupling reaction of phenylpyridine with dialkyl phosphonates in the presence o...
Scheme 15: Electrochemical P–C bond formation of amides.
Scheme 16: Electrochemical synthesis of α-hydroxy phosphine oxides.
Scheme 17: Electrochemical synthesis of π-conjugated phosphonium salts.
Scheme 18: Electrochemical phosphorylation of indoles.
Scheme 19: Electrochemical synthesis of phosphorylated propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 20: Electrochemical synthesis of phosphoramidates.
Scheme 21: Electrochemical reaction of carbazole with diphenylphosphine.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical P–N coupling of carbazole with phosphine oxides.
Scheme 23: Electrochemical P–N coupling of indoles with a trialkyl phosphite.
Scheme 24: Electrochemical synthesis of iminophosphoranes.
Scheme 25: Electrochemical P–O coupling of phenols with dialkyl phosphonate.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical P–O coupling of alcohols with diphenylphosphine.
Scheme 27: Electrochemical P–S coupling of thiols with dialkylphosphines.
Scheme 28: Electrochemical thiophosphorylation of indolizines.
Scheme 29: Electrosynthesis of S-heteroaryl phosphorothioates.
Scheme 30: Electrochemical phosphorylation reactions.
Scheme 31: Electrochemical P–Se formation.
Scheme 32: Electrochemical selenation/halogenation of alkynyl phosphonates.
Scheme 33: Electrochemical enantioselective aryl C–H bond activation.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 630–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.50
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Figure 1: Selected examples of α,α-disubstituted cyclic amino acids in drug design.
Figure 2: Electrochemical decarboxylative amination reactions.
Scheme 1: Preparation of malonic acid monoester 9a.
Figure 3: A) Cyclic voltammograms of 6a and 9a at 3 mM and 6 mM concentration, respectively, in 5:1 MeCN/H2O ...
Scheme 2: Electrolysis of acid 9d in deuterated solvents.
Figure 4: Plausible mechanism for formation of pyrrolidine 6a and hemiaminal 10a.
Scheme 3: Scope of the decarboxylative amidation. aStainless-steel cathode; bgraphite cathode; cyield determi...
Scheme 4: Synthetic modifications of 2-aminoproline derivatives 6.
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Figure 1: A: Structure of cryptophycin-52. B: Cryptophycin-52 derivatives modified with conjugation handles i...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of modified unit B derivatives. a) HNO3, H2SO4, 0 °C, 5 h, 48% (isolated as monohydrate);...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of Boc-ᴅ-Phe(4-NHMe)-OMe 7 as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction me...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of cryptophycin diols 24 and 25. a) EDC·HCl, DMAP, NEt3, CH2Cl2, 0 °C to rt, 22 h, 60%; b...
Scheme 3: Three-step diol–epoxide transformation starting from diols 24 and 25. a) (MeO)3CH, pyridinium p-tol...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 490–499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.36
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Figure 1: a) Structural similarity of N-acetyl diazocine 1 with known 17βHSD3-inhibitor tetrahydrodibenzazoci...
Figure 2: The halogen-substituted N-acetyl diazocines 2–4 were used as the starting compounds for further der...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of amino-N-acetyl diazocine by deprotection of the carbamate.
Scheme 2: Reaction conditions for the attempted Ullmann-type reaction with sodium azide.
Scheme 3: Reaction conditions for the palladium-catalyzed introduction of a nitrile functionality.
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Scheme 1: Previous work.
Scheme 2: Hypothesis, retro-Michael reaction, and its application in kinetic resolution.
Scheme 3: Model reaction.
Scheme 4: Kinetic resolution of the Michael adduct 1.
Scheme 5: Chemical correlation of 3 with 19.
Scheme 6: Epimerization of the anti-1 adduct promoted by A.
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Scheme 1: Continuum in the mechanistic pathway of glycosylation [32] reactions ranging between SN2 and SN1.
Scheme 2: Formation of 1,2-trans glycosides by neighbouring group participation with acyl protection in C-2 p...
Scheme 3: Solvent-free activation [92] of disarmed per-acetylated (15) and per-benzoylated (18) glycosyl donors.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of donor 2-(2,2,2-trichloroethoxy)glucopyrano-[2,1-d]-2-oxazoline 22 [94] and regioselective ...
Scheme 5: The use of levulinoyl protection for an orthogonal glycosylation reaction.
Figure 1: The derivatives 32–36 of the pivaloyl group.
Scheme 6: Benzyl and cyanopivalolyl ester-protected hexarhamnoside derivative 37 and its global deprotection ...
Scheme 7: Orthogonal chloroacetyl group deprotection in oligosaccharide synthesis [113].
Figure 2: The derivatives of the chloroacetyl group: CAMB protection (41) [123], CAEB protection (42) [124], POMB prote...
Scheme 8: Use of the (2-nitrophenyl)acetyl protecting group [126] as the neighbouring group protecting group at th...
Scheme 9: Neighbouring group participation protocol by the BnPAc protecting group [128] in the C-2 position.
Scheme 10: Glycosylation reaction with O-PhCar (54) and O-Poc (55) donors showing high β-selectivity [133].
Scheme 11: Neighbouring group participation rendered by an N-benzylcarbamoyl (BnCar) group [137] at the C-2 positio...
Scheme 12: Stereoselectivity obtained from glycosylation [138] with 2-O-(o-trifluoromethylbenzenesulfonyl)-protecte...
Scheme 13: (a) Plausible mechanistic pathway for glycosylation with C-2 DMTM protection [139] and (b) example of a ...
Scheme 14: Glycosylation reactions employing MOM 78, BOM 81, and NAPOM 83-protected thioglycoside donors. Reag...
Scheme 15: Plausible mechanistic pathway for alkoxymethyl-protected glycosyl donors. Path A. Expected product ...
Scheme 16: Plausible mechanistic pathway for alkoxymethyl-protected glycosyl donors [147].
Scheme 17: A. Formation of α-glycosides and B formation of β-glycosides by using chiral auxiliary neighbouring...
Scheme 18: Bimodal participation of 2-O-(o-tosylamido)benzyl (TAB) protecting group to form both α and β-isome...
Scheme 19: (a) 1,2-trans-Directing nature using C-2 cyanomethyl protection and (b) the effect of acceptors and...
Scheme 20: 1,3-Remote assistance by C-3-ester protection for gluco- and galactopyranosides to form 1,2-cis gly...
Scheme 21: 1,6-Remote assistance by C-6-ester protection for gluco- and galactopyranosides to form 1,2-cis gly...
Scheme 22: 1,4-Remote assistance by C-4-ester protection for galactopyranosides to form 1,2-cis glycosidic pro...
Scheme 23: Different products obtained on activation of axial 3-O and equatorial 3-O ester protected glycoside...
Scheme 24: The role of 3-O-protection on the stereochemistry of the produced glycoside [191].
Scheme 25: The role of 4-O-protection on the stereochemistry of the produced glycosides.
Scheme 26: Formation and subsequent stability of the bicyclic oxocarbenium intermediate formed due to remote p...
Scheme 27: The role a C-6 p-nitrobenzoyl group on the stereochemistry of the glycosylated product [196].
Scheme 28: Difference in stereoselectivity obtained in glycosylation reactions by replacing non-participating ...
Scheme 29: The role of electron-withdrawing and electron-donating substituents on the C-4 acetyl group in glyc...
Scheme 30: Effect of the introduction of a methyl group in the C-4 position on the glycosylation with more rea...
Figure 3: Remote group participation effect exhibited by the 2,2-dimethyl-2-(o-nitrophenyl)acetyl (DMNPA) pro...
Scheme 31: The different stereoselectivities obtained by Pic and Pico donors on being activated by DMTST.
Figure 4: Hydrogen bond-mediated aglycon delivery (HAD) in glycosylation reactions for 1,2-cis 198a and 1,2-t...
Scheme 32: The role of different acceptor with 6-O-Pic-protected glycosyl donors.
Scheme 33: The role of the remote C-3 protection on various 4,6-O-benzylidene-protected mannosyl donors affect...
Scheme 34: The dual contribution of the DTBS group in glycosylation reactions [246,247].
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2-hetaryl-substituted 1,3-tropolones 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1,3-tropolones 7a,b and 8a,b. Reagents and conditions: method A: dioxane, reflux; meth...
Figure 1: Structural characteristics of (NH) and (OH) tautomeric forms of compounds 7 and 8 in the gas phase ...
Figure 2: Scheme of HMBC correlations of compound 7a in DMSO-d6.
Figure 3: Molecular structure of 2-(3,3-dimethyl-3H-benzo[g]indolin-2-yl)-5,6,7-trichloro-1,3-tropolone (7b).
Figure 4: Result of matching structures of 7b (solid lines) and 2-(3,3-dimethylindolin-2-yl)-5,6,7-trichloro-...
Figure 5: Absorption and emission spectra of compound 8b in acetonitrile before (1,1’) (c 2.5 × 10−5 mol L–1)...
Scheme 3: Possible binding mode of 7 and 8 with CN− and F−.
Figure 6: Dose–response curves for H1299 and A431 cells treated with compound 7a for 24 h. *Significant diffe...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 340–347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.24
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Scheme 1: Approaches to the synthesis of naphtho[2,3-b]furan-4,9-diones.
Scheme 2: Approaches to the synthesis of furo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-ones.
Scheme 3: Approaches to the synthesis of furan-containing pyranopyrans and pyranochromenes.
Scheme 4: Reaction of alkyl 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates 1a,b with 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione (2a).
Scheme 5: Reaction of alkyl 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates 1a,b with 4-hydroxy-7,7-dimethyl-7,8-dihydro-2H-1-benzop...
Scheme 6: Reaction of alkyl 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates 1a,b with 4-hydroxy-7-methyl-2H,5H-pyrano[4,3-b]pyran-2,...
Scheme 7: Reaction of alkyl 3-bromo-3-nitroacrylates 1a,b with pyrimidine-4,6-diols 2e–g.
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Scheme 1: Brief comparison between the main traditional synthetic routes for the preparation of substituted p...
Figure 1: The β-nitrostyrene analogues used in this work.
Scheme 2: Additional products obtained via this method: nitrobenzene and methyl benzoate are reduced in excel...
Figure 2: Numerous masses (m/z) were detected by ESI-MS at T = 0 upon mixing all the reagents to produce 1b.
Figure 3: Structures of proposed adducts. Their masses, 254.2 and 242.2, respectively, were found at T = 0 by...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the hydroxylamine side product b. N-Phenethylhydroxylamine (...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3
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Figure 1: A high-level representation of the workflow and framework used for the optimization of organic reac...
Figure 2: (a) Photograph showing a Chemspeed HTE platform using 96-well reaction blocks. (b) Mobile robot equ...
Figure 3: (a) Description of a slug flow platform developed using segments of gas as separation medium for hi...
Figure 4: Schematic representation (a) and photograph (b) of the flow parallel synthesizer intelligently desi...
Figure 5: (a) Schematic representation of an ASFR for obtaining an optimal solution with minimal human interv...
Figure 6: (a) A modular flow platform developed for a wider variety of chemical syntheses. (b) Various catego...
Figure 7: Implementation of four complementary PATs into the optimization process of a three-step synthesis.
Figure 8: Overlay of several Raman spectra of a single condition featuring the styrene vinyl region (a) and t...
Figure 9: (a) Schematic description of the process of chemical reaction optimization through ML methods. (b) ...
Figure 10: (a) Comparison between a standard GP (single-task) and a multitask GP. Training an auxiliary task u...
Figure 11: Comparison of the reaction yield between optimizations campaign where the catalyst ligand selection...
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Scheme 1: Preparation of key intermediate 5.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of PhFlOP-based molecules 7.
Figure 1: An ORTEP drawing obtained using the X-ray crystallographic data of 7-H.
Figure 2: (a) UV–vis absorption spectra of the PhFlOP-based emitters 7 measured at a concentration of ≈10−5 M...
Figure 3: (a) PL spectra of the PhFlOP-based emitters 7 measured in toluene at room temperature. (b) PL spect...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3221–3255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.268
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Figure 1: Reactivity of α,β-unsaturated imines and variety of structures.
Figure 2: The hetero-Diels–Alder and inverse electron demand hetero-Diels–Alder reactions.
Figure 3: Different strategies to promote the activation of dienes and dienophiles in IEDADA reactions.
Figure 4: Examples of non-covalent interactions in organocatalysis.
Scheme 1: Enantioselective bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed inverse electron demand Diels–Alder reaction of N-...
Scheme 2: Cinchona-derived thiourea-catalyzed stereoselective (3 + 2) reaction of α,β-unsaturated imines and ...
Scheme 3: Cinchona-derived thiourea-catalyzed stereoselective (3 + 2)/(4 + 2) cascade reaction of α,β-unsatur...
Scheme 4: Enantioselective bifunctional squaramide-catalyzed formal [4 + 2] cycloaddition of malononitrile wi...
Scheme 5: Bifunctional squaramide-catalyzed IEDADA reaction of saccharin-derived 1-azadienes and azlactones.
Scheme 6: Chiral guanidine-catalyzed enantioselective (4+1) cyclization of benzofuran-derived azadienes with ...
Scheme 7: Bifunctional squaramide-catalyzed [4 + 2] cyclization of benzofuran-derived azadienes and azlactone...
Scheme 8: Chiral bifunctional squaramide-catalyzed domino Mannich/formal [4 + 2] cyclization of 2-benzothiazo...
Scheme 9: Chiral bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed formal IEDADA reaction of β,γ-unsaturated ketones and benzof...
Scheme 10: Dihydroquinine-derived squaramide-catalyzed (3 + 2) cycloaddition reaction of isocyanoacetates and ...
Scheme 11: Enantioselective squaramide-catalyzed asymmetric IEDADA reaction of benzofuran-derived azadienes an...
Scheme 12: Scale up and derivatizations of benzofuran-fused 2-piperidinol derivatives.
Scheme 13: Dihydroquinine-derived squaramide-catalyzed Mannich-type reaction of isocyanoacetates with N-(2-ben...
Figure 5: Structure of a cinchona alkaloid and (DHQD)2PHAL.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective modified cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed [4 + 2] annulation of γ-butenolides and sacch...
Scheme 15: Chiral tertiary amine-catalyzed [2 + 4] annulation of cyclic 1-azadiene with γ-nitro ketones.
Scheme 16: Inverse electron demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction (IEDADA) of 1-azadienes with enecarbamates catalyz...
Scheme 17: Phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] cycloaddition of benzothiazolimines and enecarba...
Scheme 18: Phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective inverse electron demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction of in s...
Scheme 19: Proposed reaction mechanism for the phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective inverse electron dem...
Scheme 20: Enantioselective dearomatization of indoles by a (3 + 2) cyclization with azoalkenes catalyzed by a...
Scheme 21: Synthetic applicability of the pyrroloindoline derivatives.
Scheme 22: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed (2 + 3) dearomative cycloaddition of 3-alkyl-2-vinylindoles with a...
Scheme 23: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric [4 + 2] cycloaddition of aurone-derived 1-azadienes and...
Scheme 24: Phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective formal [4 + 2] cycloaddition of dienecarbamates and 2-be...
Scheme 25: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric inverse electron demand aza-Diels–Alder reaction of 1,3...
Scheme 26: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric Attanasi reaction between 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds and ...
Scheme 27: Synthetic applicability of the NPNOL derivatives.
Scheme 28: Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric intermolecular formal (3 + 2) cycloaddition of azoalken...
Scheme 29: Enantioselective [4 + 2] cyclization of α,β-unsaturated imines and azlactones.
Scheme 30: Catalytic cycle for the chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] cyclization of α,...
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Scheme 1: The CuAAC reaction and installation of functional groups for product diversification.
Scheme 2: Scope of germanyl acetylene CuAAC. Alkyne (1.0 equiv), azide (1.1 equiv), CuSO4·5H2O (5.0 mol %), N...
Scheme 3: (a) Application of Ge-alkyne CuAAC to functional molecules. (b) Functionalisation of germylated tri...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3151–3173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.261
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Figure 1: Classical MCRs.
Figure 2: Different scaffolds that can be formed with the Ugi adduct.
Scheme 1: Oxoindole-β-lactam core produced in a U4C-3CR.
Figure 3: Most active oxoindole-β-lactam compounds developed by Brãndao et al. [33].
Scheme 2: Ugi-azide synthesis of benzofuran, pyrazole and tetrazole hybrids.
Figure 4: The most promising hybrids synthesized via the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction reported by Kushwa...
Scheme 3: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of novel antioxidant compounds.
Figure 5: Most potent antioxidant compounds obtained through the Ugi four-component reaction developed by Pac...
Scheme 4: Four-component Ugi reaction to synthesize β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors.
Figure 6: The most potential β-amiloyd aggregation inhibitors generated by Galante et al. [37].
Scheme 5: Four-component Ugi reaction to obtain FATH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 6: Four-component Ugi reaction for the synthesis of FATMH hybrids and the best candidate synthesized.
Scheme 7: Petasis multicomponent reaction to produce pyrazine-based MTDLs.
Figure 7: Best pyrazine-based MTDLs synthesized by Madhav et al. [40].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of BCPOs employing a Knoevenagel-based multicomponent reaction and the best candidate syn...
Scheme 9: Hantzsch multicomponent reaction for the synthesis of DHPs as novel MTDLs.
Figure 8: Most active 1,4-dihydropyridines developed by Malek et al. [43].
Scheme 10: Chromone–donepezil hybrid MTDLs obtained via the Passerini reaction.
Figure 9: Best CDH-based MTDLs as AChE inhibitors synthesized by Malek et al. [46].
Scheme 11: Replacement of the nitrogen in lactams 11 with an oxygen in 12 to influence hydrogen-bond donating ...
Scheme 12: MCR 3 + 2 reaction to develop spirooxindole, spiroacenaphthylene, and bisbenzo[b]pyran compounds.
Figure 10: SIRT2 activity of best derivatives obtained by Hasaninejad et al. [49].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of ML192 analogs using the Gewald multicomponent reaction and the best candidate synthesi...
Scheme 14: Development of 1,5-benzodiazepines via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization (UDC) approach by Xu et al. [59].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-benzodiazepin-3-ones using UDC strategy.
Scheme 16: Synthetic procedure to obtain 3-carboxamide-1,4-benzodiazepin-5-ones employing Ugi–reduction–cycliz...
Scheme 17: Ugi cross-coupling (U-4CRs) to synthesize triazolobenzodiazepines.
Scheme 18: Azido-Ugi four component reaction cyclization to obtain imidazotetrazolodiazepinones.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of oxazolo- and thiazolo[1,4]benzodiazepine-2,5-diones via Ugi/deprotection/cyclization a...
Scheme 20: General synthesis of 2,3-dichlorophenylpiperazine-derived compounds by the Ugi reaction and Ugi/dep...
Figure 11: Best DRD2 compounds synthesized using a multicomponent strategy.
Scheme 21: Bucherer–Bergs multicomponent reaction to obtain a key intermediate in the synthesis of pomaglumeta...
Scheme 22: Ugi reaction to synthesize racetam derivatives and example of two racetams synthesized by Cioc et a...
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Scheme 1: Organic peroxide initiators in polymer chemistry.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of organic peroxides.
Scheme 3: Richness of radical cascades with species formed from hydroperoxides in redox conditions.
Scheme 4: Co-catalyzed allylic peroxidation of alkenes 1 and 3 by TBHP.
Scheme 5: Allylic peroxidation of alkenes 6 by Pd(II)TBHP.
Scheme 6: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic peroxidation.
Scheme 7: Enantioselective peroxidation of alkenes 10 with TBHP in the presence of copper(I) compounds.
Scheme 8: Oxidation of α-pinene (12) by the Cu(I)/TBHP system.
Scheme 9: Introduction of the tert-butylperoxy fragment into the α-position of cyclic ketones 15 and 17.
Scheme 10: α-Peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds 19 using the Cu(II)/TBHP system.
Scheme 11: Co-catalyzed peroxidation of cyclic compounds 21 with TBHP.
Scheme 12: Co-, Mn- and Fe-catalyzed peroxidation of 2-oxoindoles 23, barbituric acids 25, and 4-hydroxycoumar...
Scheme 13: Cu-catalyzed and metal-free peroxidation of barbituric acid derivatives 31 and 3,4-dihydro-1,4-benz...
Scheme 14: Electrochemical peroxidation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds 35.
Scheme 15: Peroxidation of β-dicarbonyl compounds, cyanoacetic esters and malonic esters 37 by the TBAI/TBHP s...
Scheme 16: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of malonodinitriles and cyanoacetic esters 39 with TBHP.
Scheme 17: Mn-catalyzed remote peroxidation via trifluromethylation of double bond.
Scheme 18: Cu-catalyzed remote peroxidation via trifluromethylthiolation of double bond.
Scheme 19: Fe-, Mn-, and Ru-catalyzed peroxidation of alkylaromatics 45, 47, 49, and 51 with TBHP.
Scheme 20: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of diphenylacetonitrile (53) with TBHP.
Scheme 21: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of benzyl cyanides 60 with TBHP.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of tert-butylperoxy esters 63 from benzyl alcohols 62 using the TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 23: Enantioselective peroxidation of 2-phenylbutane (64) with TBHP and chiral Cu(I) complex.
Scheme 24: Photochemical synthesis of peroxides 67 from carboxylic acids 66.
Scheme 25: Photochemical peroxidation of benzylic C(sp3)–H.
Scheme 26: Cu- and Ru-catalyzed peroxidation of alkylamines with TBHP.
Scheme 27: Peroxidation of amides 76 with the TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 28: Fe-catalyzed functionalization of ethers 78 with TBHP.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 4-(tert-butylperoxy)-5-phenyloxazol-2(3H)-ones 82 from benzyl alcohols 80 and isocyana...
Scheme 30: Fe- and Co-catalyzed peroxidation of alkanes with TBHP.
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed tert-butylperoxy dienone synthesis with TBHP.
Scheme 32: Rh- and Cu-catalyzed phenolic oxidation with TBHP.
Scheme 33: Metal-free peroxidation of phenols 94.
Scheme 34: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of acrylonitrile.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed cycloalkylation–peroxidation of coumarins 99.
Scheme 36: Metal-free cycloalkylation–peroxidation of coumarins 102.
Scheme 37: Difunctionalization of indene 104 with tert-butylperoxy and alkyl groups.
Scheme 38: Acid-catalyzed radical addition of ketones (108, 111) and TBHP to alkenes 107 and acrylates 110.
Scheme 39: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 113 with TBHP and diazo compounds 114.
Scheme 40: Cobalt(II)-catalyzed addition of TBHP and 1,3-dicarbonyl compound 116 to alkenes 117.
Scheme 41: Cu(0)- or Co(II)-catalyzed addition of TBHP and alcohols 120 to alkenes 119.
Scheme 42: Fe-catalyzed functionalization of allenes 122 with TBHP.
Scheme 43: Fe-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 125 and 127.
Scheme 44: Fe- and Co-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of alkenes 130, 133 and 134 with TBHP and aldehydes as...
Scheme 45: Carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 137, 140, 143 with hydroperoxides and aldehydes.
Scheme 46: Carbamoylation–peroxidation of alkenes 146 with formamides and TBHP.
Scheme 47: TBAB-catalyzed carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes.
Scheme 48: VOCl2-catalyzed carbonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 152.
Scheme 49: Acylation–peroxidation of alkenes 155 with aldehydes 156 and TBHP using photocatalysis.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed peroxidation of styrenes 158.
Scheme 51: Fe-catalyzed acylation-peroxidation of alkenes 161 with carbazates 160 and TBHP.
Scheme 52: Difunctionalization of alkenes 163, 166 with TBHP and (per)fluoroalkyl halides.
Scheme 53: Difunctionalization of alkenes 169 and 172 with hydroperoxides and sodium (per)fluoromethyl sulfina...
Scheme 54: Trifluoromethylation–peroxidation of styrenes 175 using MOF Cu3(BTC)2 as a catalyst.
Scheme 55: Difunctionalization of alkenes 178 with tert-butylperoxy and dihalomethyl fragments.
Scheme 56: Difunctionalization of alkenes 180 with the tert-butylperoxy and dihalomethyl moieties.
Scheme 57: The nitration–peroxidation of alkenes 182 with t-BuONO and TBHP.
Scheme 58: Azidation–peroxidation of alkenes 184 with TMSN3 and TBHP.
Scheme 59: Co-catalyzed bisperoxidation of butadiene 186.
Scheme 60: Bisperoxidation of styrene (189) and acrylonitrile (192) with TBHP by Minisci.
Scheme 61: Mn-catalyzed synthesis of bis(tert-butyl)peroxides 195 from styrenes 194.
Scheme 62: Bisperoxidation of arylidene-9H-fluorenes 196 and 3-arylidene-2-oxoindoles 198 with TBHP under Mn-c...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of bisperoxides from styrenes 200 and 203 using the Ru and Rh catalysis.
Scheme 64: Iodine-catalyzed bisperoxidation of styrenes 206.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of di-tert-butylperoxyoxoindoles 210 from acrylic acid anilides 209 using a Pd(II)/TBHP o...
Scheme 66: Pinolation/peroxidation of styrenes 211 catalyzed by Cu(I).
Scheme 67: TBAI-catalyzed acyloxylation–peroxidation of alkenes 214 with carboxylic acids and TBHP.
Scheme 68: Difunctionalization of alkenes 217 with TBHP and water or alcohols.
Scheme 69: TBAI-catalyzed hydroxyperoxidation of 1,3-dienes 220.
Scheme 70: Hydroxyperoxidation of 1,3-dienes 220.
Scheme 71: Iodination/peroxidation of alkenes 223 with I2 and hydroperoxides.
Scheme 72: The reactions of cyclic enol ethers 226 and 228 with I2/ROOH system.
Scheme 73: Synthesis of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes 231.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of 1-iodo-2-(tert-butylperoxy)ethanes 233.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed phosphorylation–peroxidation of alkenes 234.
Scheme 76: Co-catalyzed phosphorylation–peroxidation of alkenes 237.
Scheme 77: Ag-catalyzed sulfonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 241.
Scheme 78: Co-catalyzed sulfonylation–peroxidation of alkenes 244.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of α/β-peroxysulfides 248 and 249 from styrenes 247.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation–peroxidation of alkenes 250 and allenes 252.
Scheme 81: Photocatalytic sulfonyl peroxidation of alkenes 254 via deamination of N-sulfonyl ketimines 255.
Scheme 82: Photoredox-catalyzed 1,4-peroxidation–sulfonylation of enynones 257.
Scheme 83: Cu-catalyzed silylperoxidation of α,β-unsaturated compounds 260 and enynes 261.
Scheme 84: Fe-catalyzed silyl peroxidation of alkenes.
Scheme 85: Cu-catalyzed germyl peroxidation of alkenes 267.
Scheme 86: TBAI-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of diazo compounds 269 with further peroxidation.
Scheme 87: Co-catalyzed three-component coupling of benzamides 271, diazo compounds 272 and TBHP.
Scheme 88: Co-catalyzed esterification-peroxidation of diazo compounds 274 with TBHP and carboxylic acids 275.
Scheme 89: Cu-catalyzed alkylation–peroxidation of α-carbonylimines 277 or ketones 280.
Scheme 90: Mn-catalyzed ring-opening peroxidation of cyclobutanols 282 with TBHP.
Scheme 91: Peroxycyclization of tryptamines 284 with TBHP.
Scheme 92: Radical cyclization–peroxidation of homotryptamines 287.
Scheme 93: Iodine-catalyzed oxidative coupling of indoles 288, cyanoacetic esters and TBHP.
Scheme 94: Summary of metal-catalyzed peroxidation processes.