Vinylogous functionalization of 4-alkylidene-5-aminopyrazoles with methyl trifluoropyruvates

• Judit Hostalet-Romero,
• Laura Carceller-Ferrer,
• Gonzalo Blay,
• Amparo Sanz-Marco,
• José R. Pedro and
• Carlos Vila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 533–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.41

• compounds that generally enhance the bioactivity of agrochemical and pharmaceutical substrates. On the other hand, 5-aminopyrazole [11][12] is a nitrogen heterocycle that has attracted significant interest to pharmaceutical and medicinal chemists due to the presence of this nitrogen heterocycle in various

• on the regioselective electrophilic functionalization of this nitrogen heterocycle [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]. However, the vinylogous functionalization of 5-aminopyrazoles has not been described to the best of our knowledge (Figure 2). As a part of our ongoing interest in the

• ] as electrophiles. It is noteworthy that the development of such vinylogous functionalizations of this nitrogen heterocycle with a fluorine-containing electrophile may be of interest to pharmaceutical and medicinal chemists. Results and Discussion 4-(Alkenyl)-5-aminopyrazoles 3 were selected as

Recent advances in transition-metal-free arylation reactions involving hypervalent iodine salts

• Ritu Mamgain,
• Kokila Sakthivel and
• Fateh V. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2891–2920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.243

• this Li and Jiang, created an effective ball-milling process for the N-arylation of amines 38 with the assistance of diaryliodonium salts 16 (Scheme 15) [67]. The arylation of an amino group or nitrogen heterocycle occurred effectively when the reaction is performed under solvent-free conditions or

Metal-catalyzed coupling/carbonylative cyclizations for accessing dibenzodiazepinones: an expedient route to clozapine and other drugs

• Amina Moutayakine and
• Anthony J. Burke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 193–204, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.19

• ; carbonylative cyclization; Chan–Lam; nitrogen heterocycle; one-pot; Introduction Dibenzodiazepine units are without doubt highly privileged structures, endowed with numerous medicinally relevant properties, and notably include anti-anxiolytic and antidepressant activities. These scaffolds have received much

Nucleophile-induced ring contraction in pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazines: access to pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazoles

• Ekaterina A. Lystsova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Andrey N. Maslivets and
• Ekaterina E. Khramtsova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 646–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.46

• targeted cancer therapy development. Keywords: 1,4-benzothiazine; 1,3-benzothiazole; 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones; nitrogen heterocycle; sulfur heterocycle; Introduction Pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazole (PBTA) is an angularly fused sulfur and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic scaffold. Its derivatives are

An effective Pd nanocatalyst in aqueous media: stilbene synthesis by Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction under microwave irradiation

• Carolina S. García,
• Paula M. Uberman and
• Sandra E. Martín

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1717–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.166

• containing a nitrogen heterocycle (entries 1–3, Table 2) react better than aryl bromides with electron-donating groups (entries 4–7, Table 2). In the latter cases, higher temperatures, or a slight increase in reaction time and catalyst loading were needed to obtain the desired (E)-stilbenes 6–9 in good

Biomimetic synthesis and HPLC–ECD analysis of the isomers of dracocephins A and B

• Viktor Ilkei,
• András Spaits,
• Anita Prechl,
• Áron Szigetvári,
• Zoltán Béni,
• Miklós Dékány,
• Csaba Szántay Jr,
• Judit Müller,
• Árpád Könczöl,
• Ádám Szappanos,
• Attila Mándi,
• Sándor Antus,
• Ana Martins,
• Attila Hunyadi,
• György Tibor Balogh,
• György Kalaus (†),
• Hedvig Bölcskei,
• László Hazai and
• Tibor Kurtán

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2523–2534, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.247

• alkaloids are a small subgroup of flavonoids possessing a five- or six-membered nitrogen heterocycle attached to C-6 or C-8 of ring A of the flavonoid moiety. They have been reported to exhibit a wide range of pharmacological activities [1]. Dracocephins A and B were isolated as a mixture of four

Interactions of cyclodextrins and their derivatives with toxic organophosphorus compounds

• Sophie Letort,
• Sébastien Balieu,
• William Erb,
• Géraldine Gouhier and
• François Estour

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 204–228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.23

• (ROESY) analysis. Pesticides bearing a nitrogen heterocycle The association constants of chlorpyrifos (4, Figure 3) with β-CD, HP-β-CD, and 6-O-α-maltosyl-β-CD hydrate (G2-β-CD) in aqueous media were determined by photochemically induced fluorescence (PIF, Table 1) [39][46]. Results are summarized in

Aminofluorination of 2-alkynylanilines: a Au-catalyzed entry to fluorinated indoles

• Antonio Arcadi,
• Emanuela Pietropaolo,
• Antonello Alvino and
• Véronique Michelet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 449–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.42

• fluorination strategies by using Selectfluor as an electrophilic source of fluorine [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] can provide a powerful tool for building up nitrogen heterocycle derivatives. Fluorinated pyrrolidines [32] and fluorinated pyrazoles [33] have been synthesized from 1,ω-N-protected aminoalkynes

Stereoselectively fluorinated N-heterocycles: a brief survey

• Xiang-Guo Hu and
• Luke Hunter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2696–2708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.306

• highly-polarised C–F bond is incorporated into a nitrogen heterocycle, it can be expected to have a dramatic influence on the molecules’ physical and chemical properties [14]. The influence that fluorine can have on chemical reactivity is illustrated by considering the smallest N-heterocycles, the

• enantiomer of β-lactam 4b remained intact. The net result was that a fluorinated stereocentre was rapidly constructed, with defined absolute configuration, within a nitrogen heterocycle. Conclusion When the concept of selective fluorination is applied in the context of N-heterocycles, the resulting molecules

Ring opening of 2-aza-3-borabicyclo[2.2.0]hex-5-ene, the Dewar form of 1,2-dihydro-1,2-azaborine: stepwise versus concerted mechanisms

• Holger F. Bettinger and
• Otto Hauler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 761–766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.86

• -azaborine (4), a boron-nitrogen heterocycle that is isoelectronic and isosteric with benzene [15], results in its Dewar isomer 2-aza-3-borabicyclo[2.2.0]hex-5-ene (3) under the conditions of cryogenic noble gas matrix isolation [16]. Under these experimental conditions (T < 35 K), the isomerisation back to

When cyclopropenes meet gold catalysts

• Frédéric Miege,
• Christophe Meyer and
• Janine Cossy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 717–734, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.82

• tricyclic compound 92 incorporating a seven-membered nitrogen heterocycle. The yield of this transformation was found to be greatly improved when in situ generated [(JohnPhos)AuSbF6] was used as the catalyst (88%) instead of [(Ph3P)AuOTf] (30%) (Equation 2, Scheme 32). When the alkyne was replaced by an