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Recent advances in total synthesis of illisimonin A
- Juan Huang and
- Ming Yang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2571–2583, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.199
- Suzuki and co-workers in 2021 [44]. Their work proposed that this core structure could be generated from a highly oxidized allo-cedrane moiety through a tandem retro-Claisen/aldol reaction. Beginning with compound 100, a 6-step sequence afforded ortho-quinone 101 (Scheme 10). Heating 101 promoted an
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Figure 1: The categorization of Illicium sesquiterpenes and representative natural products.
Figure 2: The original assigned (−)-illisimonin A, revised (−)-illisimonin A, and their different draws.
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A by Yu et al.
Scheme 2: Rychnovsky’s racemic synthesis of illisimonin A (1).
Scheme 3: The absolute configuration revision of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 4: Kalesse’s asymmetric synthesis of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 5: Yang group proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A.
Scheme 6: Yang’s bioinspired synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 7: Dai’s asymmetric synthesis of (–)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 8: Lu’s total synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 9: Initial efforts toward the total synthesis of illisimonin A by the Lu Group.
Scheme 10: Suzuki’s synthetic effort towards illisimonin A.
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of selenium-containing atropisomers via C–Se bond formations
- Qi-Sen Gao,
- Zheng-Wei Wei and
- Zhi-Min Chen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2447–2455, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.186
- synthetic approaches for constructing selenium-containing atropisomers have been reported, such as C–H selenylation of arenes, selenosulfonylation of vinylidene o-quinone methides (VQM), and hydroselenation of alkynes. Nevertheless, a comprehensive review that systematically summarizes these advances is
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Figure 1: Representative examples of chiral selenium-containing compounds.
Scheme 1: Rhodium-catalyzed atroposelective C–H selenylation reported by You’s group [18].
Scheme 2: Rhodium-catalyzed atroposelective C–H selenylation reported by Li et al. [19].
Scheme 3: Organocatalytic asymmetric selenosulfonylation of alkynes.
Scheme 4: Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric hydroselenation of 1-alkynylindoles. *DCE/DCM 2:1 (v/v), −50 °C.
Scheme 5: Organocatalytic atroposelective hydroselenation of alkynes. *Using cat.3, 4 h.
Transformation of the cyclohexane ring to the cyclopentane fragment of biologically active compounds
- Natalya Akhmetdinova,
- Ilgiz Biktagirov and
- Liliya Kh. Faizullina
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2416–2446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.185
- -quinone 66 through a Co-mediated benzilic acid rearrangement to give cyclopentanone 69 with a 68% yield. The target products 63 and 64 were obtained in 14 and 16 steps with a total yield of 12% and 5%, respectively, from compound 65 (Scheme 12). The presented improved method opens up the possibility of
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Scheme 1: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of echinopine A (3).
Scheme 2: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of taiwaniaquinoids 7–12.
Figure 1: Iridoid skeleton.
Scheme 3: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of compounds 17a,b, 18 and 19 with iridoid topolog...
Scheme 4: Oxidation–aldol condensation sequence in the synthesis of compounds 21 and 23 with iridoid topology....
Scheme 5: Oxidation–aldol condensation sequence in the synthesis of compounds 29 and 30 with iridoid topology....
Scheme 6: Method for ring contraction in the absence of a double bond in a six-membered ring of triterpenoids....
Scheme 7: Oxidation–Dieckmann cyclization sequence in the synthesis of a new nortriterpenoid 39.
Scheme 8: Oxidation–Dieckmann cyclization sequence in the synthesis of 18,19-di-nor-cholesterol (40).
Scheme 9: Oxidation–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of 3-ethyl-substituted betulinic acid derivatives 49...
Scheme 10: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of 4β-acetoxyprobotryane-9β,15α-diol (52).
Scheme 11: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of (−)-taiwaniaquinone H (11).
Scheme 12: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of dactylicapnosines A (63) and B (64).
Scheme 13: Aza-benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of (+)-stephadiamine (71).
Scheme 14: α-Ketol rearrangement in the synthesis of saffloneoside (73).
Scheme 15: Conversion of (−)-preaustinoid A (80) to (−)-preaustinoid B (81) via α-ketol rearrangement.
Scheme 16: α-Ketol rearrangement in the synthesis of 2,8-oxymethano-bridged diquinane 90.
Scheme 17: Oxidative ring contraction during the synthesis of (+)-cuparene (91) and (+)-tochuinylacetate (92).
Scheme 18: Semipinacol rearrangement in the synthesis of diterpenoids 97–100.
Scheme 19: Co-catalyzed homoallyl-type rearrangement in the syntheses of meroterpenes 106–109.
Scheme 20: Ring contraction reaction promoted by TTN·3H2O and HTIB in the synthesis of indanes.
Scheme 21: Rearrangement involving a hypervalent iodine compound in the synthesis of derivative 120.
Scheme 22: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of taiwaniaquinones A (7), F (8), taiwaniaquinols B (10), D (1...
Scheme 23: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of cheloviolene C (128), seconorrisolide B (129), and seconorr...
Scheme 24: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of (−)-pavidolide B (134).
Scheme 25: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of presilphiperfolan-8-ol (141).
Scheme 26: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cyclopentane derivatives 147a,b.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of cyclopentane derivatives 147a and 151.
Scheme 28: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cyclopentane derivative 153.
Scheme 29: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of tricyclic ketones 155, 156.
Scheme 30: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cis/trans salts 160.
Figure 2: Scope of the photoinduced carboborative ring contraction of steroids. Reaction conditions: steroid ...
Scheme 31: Photoinduced carboborative ring contraction in the synthesis of artalbic acid (180).
Scheme 32: Synthetic versatility of the photoinduced carboborative ring contraction.
Scheme 33: Methods of disclosure of epoxide 189.
Scheme 34: Methods of disclosure of epoxide 190.
Scheme 35: Rearrangement of α,β-epoxy ketone 197.
Scheme 36: Acid-induced rearrangement in the synthesis of perhydrindane ketones 202 and 205.
Scheme 37: Rearrangement of epoxyketone 208 in the synthesis of huperzine Q (206).
Scheme 38: Rearrangement of epoxide 212 under the action of Grignard reagent.
Scheme 39: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 220 in the synthesis of (−)-citrinadin A (217) and (+)-citrina...
Scheme 40: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 225 in the synthesis of hamigeran G (223).
Scheme 41: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 231 in the synthesis of (−)-spirochensilide A (228).
Scheme 42: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 234 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 43: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 238 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 44: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 241 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 45: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of lupane derivatives 245, 246, 248, and 249.
Scheme 46: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of weisaconitine D (252) and cardiopetaline (255).
Scheme 47: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of cardiopetaline (255).
Recent advances in Norrish–Yang cyclization and dicarbonyl photoredox reactions for natural product synthesis
- Peng-Xi Luo,
- Jin-Xuan Yang,
- Shao-Min Fu and
- Bo Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2315–2333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.177
- can further undergo ring-opening or rearrangement reaction to assemble complex molecular frameworks. Additionally, quinone photoredox reactions involving single-electron transfer (SET) processes provide novel strategies for the stereoselective synthesis of useful structures such as spiroketals. This
- ]. In contrast to the direct radical coupling in Norrish–Yang cyclization, the distal biradical F, formed from quinone E through a pathway analogous to that of C in the photoredox process, subsequently undergoes intramolecular SET to generate a zwitterion G. This intermediate is then trapped by the
- proximal phenol, yielding the cyclization product H (Scheme 1b). Notably, the quinone is reduced, while the proximal C–H bond is subject to oxidation. Building on these mechanistic insights and the synthetic merits of dicarbonyls, Norrish–Yang cyclization and related photoredox reactions have been serving
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Scheme 1: a) The mechanism of Norrish type II reaction and Norrish–Yang cyclization; b) The mechanism of the ...
Scheme 2: Total synthesis of (+)-cyclobutastellettolide B.
Scheme 3: Norrish–Yang cyclization and 1,2-methyl migration.
Scheme 4: Synthetic study toward phainanoids.
Scheme 5: a) Mitsunobu reaction of the C9 ketal; b) Norrish–Yang cyclization of the saturated C5–C6; c) calcu...
Scheme 6: Total synthesis of avarane-type meroterpenoids.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of gracilisoid A.
Scheme 8: Divergent total synthesis of gracilisoids B–I.
Scheme 9: Mechanism of the late-stage biomimetic photooxidation.
Scheme 10: Asymmetric total synthesis of lycoplatyrine A.
Scheme 11: Photoreaction of pyrrolidine-derived phenyl keto amide.
Scheme 12: Photoredox reactions of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 13: Synthetic study toward γ-rubromycin.
Scheme 14: Substituent-dependent conformational preferences.
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of preussomerins EG1, EG2, and EG3.
Bioinspired total syntheses of natural products: a personal adventure
- Zhengyi Qin,
- Yuting Yang,
- Nuran Yan,
- Xinyu Liang,
- Zhiyu Zhang,
- Yaxuan Duan,
- Huilin Li and
- Xuegong She
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2048–2061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.160
- benzylic oxidation to generate a para-quinone methide (pQM) intermediate. Using fusarentin 6-methyl ether as an example, pQM intermediate 10 would be generated. The C10 alcohol should successively undergo an oxa-Michael addition reaction to close the THF ring, providing 7-O-demethylmonocerin. Similarly
- , monocerin and 12-hydroxymonocerin were presumably generated from their corresponding precursors through similar oxidation and oxa-Michael addition reactions. Given the fact that quinone methides served as a powerful platform for the development of rich useful organic transformations, especially, through
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Figure 1: Representative natural products with biomimetic total synthesis.
Scheme 1: Bioinspired total synthesis of chabranol (2010).
Scheme 2: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of monocerin-family natural products.
Scheme 3: Bioinspired total synthesis of monocerin-family molecules (2013).
Scheme 4: Bioinspired skeletal diversification of (12-MeO-)tabertinggine (2016).
Scheme 5: Structures and our proposed biosynthetic pathway of gymnothelignans.
Scheme 6: Bioinspired total synthesis of gymnothelignans (2014–2025).
Scheme 7: Bioinspired total synthesis of sarglamides (2025).
Measuring the stereogenic remoteness in non-central chirality: a stereocontrol connectivity index for asymmetric reactions
- Ivan Keng Wee On,
- Yu Kun Choo,
- Sambhav Baid and
- Ye Zhu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1995–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.155
- chiral allenes [15] is defined as [60] (Scheme 4A), while the desymmetrizing reactions of allenes [16] (Scheme 4B) and anthracenylidene [17] (Scheme 4C) are both classified as [54]. In the cases of Scheme 3A and 3C, the reaction intermediates (i.e., the p-quinone methide and the carbopalladation
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Scheme 1: Illustration of chirality and the intrinsic remoteness of stereogenic elements for axial chirality ...
Scheme 2: Illustrations of assignment using point chirality.
Scheme 3: Examples of reactions that establish axial chirality derived from biaryls.
Scheme 4: Examples of reactions that establish axial chirality derived from C=C bonds.
Scheme 5: Examples of reactions that establish planar chirality.
Scheme 6: Examples of reactions that establish “inherent” chirality.
Scheme 7: Parameterization of asymmetric reactions that establish axial chirality.
Figure 1: The relationship between the numbers of non-hydrogen atoms (N) in the chiral catalysts and the valu...
Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products
- Peter Gabko,
- Martin Kalník and
- Maroš Bella
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101
- that it likely proceeds through a p-quinone methide intermediate 213. The authors also demonstrated on two selected examples (214) that the products could be further derivatised to 3-substituted benzofurans 215 and benzindoles 216 with a hypervalent iodine reagent. In 2022, Bull et al. disclosed a
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Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
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
- 350–352 in good yields via benzyne intermediate 353 followed by a [2 + 2] cycloaddition with the sulfoxide affording an o-quinone intermediate 354 (Scheme 78) [132]. Furthermore, dioxolane compounds have also been subjected to synthesize cinnamic acid derivatives through CO2 release. For example, Chen
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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.
Total synthesis of (±)-simonsol C using dearomatization as key reaction under acidic conditions
- Xiao-Yang Bi,
- Xiao-Shuai Yang,
- Shan-Shan Chen,
- Jia-Jun Sui,
- Zhao-Nan Cai,
- Yong-Ming Chuan and
- Hong-Bo Qin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 601–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.47
- were optimized to achieve product 20 with 85% yield, minimizing potential side reactions. The subsequent dearomatization step is crucial for the construction of the cyclohexadienone unit. Oxidation of compound 20 with PIDA in trifluoroethanol, the original phenol was converted into a quinone moiety
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative sesquineolignan compounds.
Scheme 1: The first total synthesis of (±)-simonsol C by Banwell’s group.
Scheme 2: The second total synthesis of (±)-simonsol C developed by the Qin group.
Figure 2: Retrosynthetic analysis of (±)-simonsol C.
Scheme 3: Rapid access of the basic skeleton of (±)- simonsol C.
Scheme 4: Synthetic details to (±)-simonsol C.
Synthesis, structure, ionochromic and cytotoxic properties of new 2-(indolin-2-yl)-1,3-tropolones
- Yurii A. Sayapin,
- Eugeny A. Gusakov,
- Inna O. Tupaeva,
- Alexander D. Dubonosov,
- Igor V. Dorogan,
- Valery V. Tkachev,
- Anna S. Goncharova,
- Gennady V. Shilov,
- Natalia S. Kuznetsova,
- Svetlana Y. Filippova,
- Tatyana A. Krasnikova,
- Yanis A. Boumber,
- Alexey Y. Maksimov,
- Sergey M. Aldoshin and
- Vladimir I. Minkin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 358–368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.26
- -methylquinazolinones [3], 2-methylbenzoxazinones [4], and 2-methylbenzoxa(thia)zoles [5] the interaction with sterically hindered 1,2-benzoquinones and 3,4,5,6-tetrachloro-1,2-benzoquinone proceeds with the expansion of the o-quinone ring and results in 2-hetaryl-substituted 1,3-tropolones 1 (Scheme 1), which exhibit
- interaction of 2,3,3-trimethylindolenine with 3,5-di(tert-butyl)-1,2-benzoquinone leads to the formation of indolo[1,2-a]indoline derivatives [23], while the presence of a nitro group in 4,6-di(tert-butyl)-3-nitro-1,2-benzoquinone the reaction with 2,3,3-trimethylindolenine leads to an o-quinone ring
- contraction and the formation of 2-azabicyclic products and pyridino[1,2-a]benzo[e]indol-10,11-diones [24]. o-Chloranil was found to be the most efficient 1,2-benzoquinone, which engages in o-quinone ring-expansion reactions with 2,3,3-trimethylindolenines to form hard-to-reach polychlorinated derivatives of
Graphical Abstract
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...
Streamlined modular synthesis of saframycin substructure via copper-catalyzed three-component assembly and gold-promoted 6-endo cyclization
- Asahi Kanno,
- Ryo Tanifuji,
- Satoshi Yoshida,
- Sota Sato,
- Saori Maki-Yonekura,
- Kiyofumi Takaba,
- Jungmin Kang,
- Kensuke Tono,
- Koji Yonekura and
- Hiroki Oguri
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 226–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.14
- the natural product, cyanosafracin B (4), bearing a para-quinone moiety at the left end [14]. Considering the relationships between the aromatic ring structures and DNA alkylating ability, we envisioned a modular and flexibly modifiable synthetic approach that would allow for the initial installation
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative bis-tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) alkaloids and their analogues. Oxygen atoms on bot...
Scheme 1: Strategies for the construction of the pentacyclic core scaffold of saframycin A (1). (a) Biosynthe...
Scheme 2: Streamlined synthesis of the substructure 14 for saframycins 1 within just four steps in overall 29...
Figure 2: UV–vis absorption (gray solid line), the emission spectrum (blue solid line), and the corresponding...
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
- esters containing a quaternary stereocenter, and the control of regioselectivity depended on the bulkiness of the substrates. Additionally, the electrochemical system served as an internal syringe pump, generating quinone from hydroquinone in situ through anodic oxidation, which enhanced the
- product 36. Finally, using 1-naphthyl ester and relatively bulkier 2,6-dimethylhydroqunone as starting materials produced chiral 1,6-addition products 37. In mechanistic studies, using quinone 38 instead of hydroquinone 34 in the electrochemical-free process produced the desired product 36, with a similar
- yield but a significantly lower ee (48%) than that obtained under standard electrochemical conditions. By contrast, when quinone was added gradually over 4.5 h using a syringe pump, the desired product 36 was obtained with a similar yield and enantioselectivity. This result corresponded to that of a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: General mechanisms of traditional and radical-mediated cross-coupling reactions.
Figure 2: Types of electrocatalysis (using anodic oxidation).
Figure 3: Recent developments and features of electrochemical copper catalysis.
Figure 4: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed alkynylation and annulation of benzamide.
Figure 5: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed asymmetric C–H alkynylation.
Figure 6: Scheme for Cu/TEMPO-catalyzed C–H alkenylation of THIQs.
Figure 7: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical enantioselective cyanation of b...
Figure 8: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical asymmetric heteroarylcyanation ...
Figure 9: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed enantioselective regiodivergent cross-dehydrogenativ...
Figure 10: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu/Ni-catalyzed stereodivergent homocoupling of benzoxazolyl acet...
Figure 11: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical amination.
Figure 12: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical azidation of N-arylenamines and annu...
Figure 13: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical halogenation.
Figure 14: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed asymmetric cyanophosphinoylation of vinylarenes.
Figure 15: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu/Co dual-catalyzed asymmetric hydrocyanation of alkenes.
Figure 16: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical diazidation of olefins.
Figure 17: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrochemical azidocyanation of alkenes.
Figure 18: Scheme and proposed mechanism for Cu-catalyzed electrophotochemical asymmetric decarboxylative cyan...
Figure 19: Scheme and proposed mechanism for electrocatalytic Chan–Lam coupling.
Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed multicomponent reactions
- Sara Colombo,
- Camilla Loro,
- Egle M. Beccalli,
- Gianluigi Broggini and
- Marta Papis
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7
- of an ortho-quinone methide intermediate XXXVII formed through nucleophilic attack of the 2-naphthol to the aldehyde followed by reaction with 1,3-dicarbonyl compound coordinated by the copper. The subsequent intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the oxygen to the enol and water elimination resulted
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Plausible general catalytic activation for ionic or radical mechanisms.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of α-aminonitriles 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of β-amino ketone or β-amino ester derivatives 3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-(α-aminoalkyl)-2-naphthol derivatives 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of thioaminals 5.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of aryl- or amine-containing alkanes 6 and 7.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-aryl-2-sulfonamidopropanes 8.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of α-substituted propargylamines 10.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of N-propargylcarbamates 11.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (E)-vinyl sulfones 12.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of o-halo-substituted aryl chalcogenides 13.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of α-aminophosphonates 14.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of unsaturated furanones and pyranones 15–17.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of substituted dihydropyrimidines 18.
Scheme 14: Regioselective synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines 20.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of tetrahydropyridines 21.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of furoquinoxalines 22.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 2,4-substituted quinolines 23.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclic ether-fused tetrahydroquinolines 24.
Scheme 19: Practical route for 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 25.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives 26.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles 27.
Scheme 22: Enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted pyrrolidines 30 directed by the copper complex 29.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 4,5-dihydropyrazoles 31.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 2 arylisoindolinones 32.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines 33.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of isoxazole-linked imidazo[1,2-a]azines 35.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-1,2,4-triazoles 36.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of naphthopyrans 37.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of benzo[g]chromene derivatives 38.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of naphthalene annulated 2-aminothiazoles 39, piperazinyl-thiazoloquinolines 40 and thiaz...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of furo[3,4-b]pyrazolo[4,3-f]quinolinones 42.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of spiroindoline-3,4’-pyrano[3,2-b]pyran-4-ones 43.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-(α-alkoxy)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 44.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 4-(α-tetrasubstituted)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 45.
Recent advances in organocatalytic atroposelective reactions
- Henrich Szabados and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 55–121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.6
- subsequent oxidation with DDQ provided the respective products 127. When indoles 129 were utilized with quinone 128, no further oxidizing reagents were necessary to afford indolylquinones 130. All products were obtained with high enantiomeric ratios and moderate to good yields. A model reaction performed at
- a gram scale gave the product with analogous yield and enantioselectivity (73%, 96% ee). Hydrogen-bond-stabilized axially chiral N-arylquinones 133 were prepared by reaction of quinone esters 131 with anilines 132 mediated by CPA (R)-C23 (Scheme 39) [67]. Apart from respectable yields and remarkable
- conditions were compatible with many substrates containing methyl, methoxy, halogen, and aryl groups, providing excellent enantioselectivies and moderate to high yields. Control experiments indicated an activation mode through the vinylidene ortho-quinone methide (VQM) intermediate as well as the importance
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Formation of axially chiral styrenes 3 via iminium activation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of axially chiral 2-arylquinolines 6.
Scheme 3: Atroposelective intramolecular (4 + 2) annulation leading to aryl-substituted indolines.
Scheme 4: Atroposelective formation of biaryl via twofold aldol condensation.
Scheme 5: Strategy towards diastereodivergent formation of axially chiral oligonaphthylenes.
Scheme 6: Atroposelective formation of chiral biaryls based on a Michael/Henry domino reaction.
Scheme 7: Organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade followed by oxidative aromatization.
Scheme 8: Atroposelective formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) axially chiral compounds.
Scheme 9: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral styrenes 26.
Scheme 10: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of biaxial chiral pyranones.
Scheme 11: Formation of bridged biaryls with eight-membered lactones.
Scheme 12: The NHC-catalyzed (3 + 2) annulation of urazoles 37 and ynals 36.
Scheme 13: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral 4‑aryl α‑carbolines 41.
Scheme 14: NHC-catalyzed construction of N–N-axially chiral pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 15: NHC-catalyzed oxidative Michael–aldol cascade.
Scheme 16: NHC-catalyzed (4 + 2) annulation for the synthesis of benzothiophene-fused biaryls.
Scheme 17: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of N-aryl maleimides.
Scheme 18: NHC-catalyzed deracemization of biaryl hydroxy aldehydes 55a–k into axially chiral benzonitriles 56a...
Scheme 19: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-aryloxyisophthalaldehydes.
Scheme 20: NHC-catalyzed DKR of 2-arylbenzaldehydes 62.
Scheme 21: Atroposelective biaryl amination.
Scheme 22: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective amination of 2-anilinonaphthalenes.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective DKR of naphthylindoles.
Scheme 24: CPA-catalyzed kinetic resolution of binaphthylamines.
Scheme 25: Atroposelective amination of aromatic amines with diazodicarboxylates.
Scheme 26: Atroposelective Friedländer heteroannulation.
Scheme 27: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 4-arylquinolines.
Scheme 28: CPA-catalyzed Friedländer reaction of arylketones with cyclohexanones.
Scheme 29: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective Povarov reaction.
Scheme 30: Atroposelective CPA-catalyzed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 31: Paal–Knorr formation of axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles and N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 32: Atroposelective Paal–Knorr reaction leading to N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 33: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-arylindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 34: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin-8-ylanilines.
Scheme 35: Atroposelective formation of arylindoles.
Scheme 36: CPA-catalyzed arylation of naphthoquinones with indolizines.
Scheme 37: Atroposelective reaction of o-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 38: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylquinones.
Scheme 39: CPA-catalyzed axially chiral N-arylquinones.
Scheme 40: Atroposelective additions of bisindoles to isatin-based 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 41: CPA-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral arylindolylindolinones.
Scheme 42: CPA-catalyzed reaction between bisindoles and ninhydrin-derived 3-indoylmethanols.
Scheme 43: Atroposelective reaction of bisindoles and isatin-derived imines.
Scheme 44: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral bisindoles.
Scheme 45: Atroposelective reaction of 2-naphthols with alkynylhydroxyisoindolinones.
Scheme 46: CPA-catalyzed reaction of indolylnaphthols with propargylic alcohols.
Scheme 47: Atroposelective formation of indolylpyrroloindoles.
Scheme 48: Atroposelective reaction of indolylnaphthalenes with alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols to alkynyl-2-naphthols and 2-naphthylamines.
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral aryl-alkene-indoles.
Scheme 51: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral styrenes.
Scheme 52: Atroposelective formation of alkenylindoles.
Scheme 53: Atroposelective formation of axially chiral arylquinolines.
Scheme 54: Atroposelective (3 + 2) cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes.
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)quinolines.
Scheme 56: Atroposelective cyclization of 3-(arylethynyl)-1H-indoles.
Scheme 57: Atroposelective three-component heteroannulation.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed formation of arylbenzimidazols.
Scheme 59: CPA-catalyzed reaction of N-naphthylglycine esters with nitrosobenzenes.
Scheme 60: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles.
Scheme 61: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylbenzoindoles.
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrrolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 63: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols and indoles to nitronaphthalenes.
Scheme 64: Atroposelective reaction of heterobiaryl aldehydes and aminobenzamides.
Scheme 65: Atroposelective cyclization forming N-arylquinolones.
Scheme 66: Atroposelective formation of 9H-carbazol-9-ylnaphthalenes and 1H-indol-1-ylnaphthalene.
Scheme 67: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrazolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 68: Atroposelective addition of diazodicarboxamides to azaborinephenols.
Scheme 69: Catalytic formation of axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 70: Atroposelective coupling of 1-azonaphthalenes with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 71: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oxindole-based styrenes.
Scheme 72: Atroposelective electrophilic bromination of aminonaphthoquinones.
Scheme 73: Atroposelective bromination of dienes.
Scheme 74: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 5-arylpyrimidines.
Scheme 75: Atroposelective hydrolysis of biaryloxazepines.
Scheme 76: Atroposelective opening of dinaphthosiloles.
Scheme 77: Atroposelective reduction of naphthylenals.
Scheme 78: Atroposelective allylic substitution with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 79: Atroposelective allylic alkylation with phosphinamides.
Scheme 80: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aminopyrroles.
Scheme 81: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aromatic sulfinamides.
Scheme 82: Atroposelective sulfonylation of naphthylynones.
Scheme 83: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl-2-naphthols with 5H-oxazolones.
Scheme 84: Formation of axially chiral styrenes via sulfonylative opening of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 85: Atroposelective organo-photocatalyzed sulfonylation of alkynyl-2-naphthols.
Scheme 86: Thiourea-catalyzed atroposelective cyclization of alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 87: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral naphthylisothiazoles.
Scheme 88: Atroposelective iodo-cyclization catalyzed by squaramide C69.
Scheme 89: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oligoarenes.
Scheme 90: Atroposelective ring-opening of cyclic N-sulfonylamides.
Scheme 91: Thiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of naphthylpyrroles.
Scheme 92: Atroposelective ring-opening of arylindole lactams.
Scheme 93: Atroposelective reaction of 1-naphthyl-2-tetralones and diarylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 94: Atroposelective reaction of iminoquinones with indoles.
Scheme 95: Kinetic resolution of binaphthylalcohols.
Scheme 96: DKR of hydroxynaphthylamides.
Scheme 97: Atroposelective N-alkylation with phase-transfer catalyst C75.
Scheme 98: Atroposelective allylic substitution via kinetic resolution of biarylsulfonamides.
Scheme 99: Atroposelective bromo-functionalization of alkynylarenes.
Scheme 100: Sulfenylation-induced atroposelective cyclization.
Scheme 101: Atroposelective O-sulfonylation of isochromenone-indoles.
Scheme 102: NHC-catalyzed atroposelective N-acylation of anilines.
Scheme 103: Peptide-catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening of lactones.
Scheme 104: Peptide-catalyzed coupling of 2-naphthols with quinones.
Scheme 105: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoroarenes.
Non-covalent organocatalyzed enantioselective cyclization reactions of α,β-unsaturated imines
- Sergio Torres-Oya and
- Mercedes Zurro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3221–3255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.268
- the field, other dienes bearing two nitrogen atoms in their structure such as 1,3-azadienes or azo-alkenes are also included. On the contrary, asymmetric cyclizations involving aza-ortho-quinone intermediates and in situ-formed 1-azadienes were excluded as they have been discussed in other recent
Graphical Abstract
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,...
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
- equiv) as the base in methanol under a nitrogen atmosphere, with 5 W LEDs irradiation for 3 days (Scheme 9). Various substituted quinone N-oxides yielded the corresponding products in satisfactory to moderate yields. Notably, electron-withdrawing groups generated higher yields compared to electron
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Various structures of iodonium salts.
Scheme 1: Αrylation of α-fluoroacetoacetamides 5 to α-aryl-α-fluoroacetoacetamides 7 and α-fluoroacetamides 8...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of α-fluoroacetoacetamides 5 to α-aryl-α-fluoroacetoacetamides ...
Scheme 3: α-Arylation of α-nitro- and α-cyano derivatives of α-fluoroacetamides 9 employing unsymmetrical DAI...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of α,α-difluoroketones 13 by reacting α,α-difluoro-β-keto acid esters 11 with aryl(TMP)io...
Scheme 5: Coupling reaction of arynes generated by iodonium salts 6 and arynophiles 14 for the synthesis of t...
Scheme 6: Metal-free arylation of quinoxalines 17 and quinoxalinones 19 with DAISs 16.
Scheme 7: Transition-metal-free, C–C cross-coupling of 2-naphthols 21 to 1-arylnapthalen-2-ols 22 employing d...
Scheme 8: Arylation of vinyl pinacol boronates 23 to trans-arylvinylboronates 24 in presence of hypervalent i...
Scheme 9: Light-induced selective arylation at C2 of quinoline N-oxides 25 and pyridine N-oxides 28 in the pr...
Scheme 10: Plaussible mechanism for the light-induced selective arylation of N-heterobiaryls.
Scheme 11: Photoinduced arylation of heterocycles 31 with the help of diaryliodonium salts 16 activated throug...
Scheme 12: Arylation of MBH acetates 33 with DIPEA and DAIRs 16.
Scheme 13: Aryl sulfonylation of MBH acetates 33 with DABSO and diphenyliodonium triflates 16.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of oxindoles 37 from N-arylacrylamides 36 and diaryliodonium salts 26.
Scheme 15: Mechanically induced N-arylation of amines 38 using diaryliodonium salts 16.
Scheme 16: o-Fluorinated diaryliodonium salts 40-mediated diarylation of amines 38.
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the diarylation of amines 38 using o-fluorinated diaryliodonium salts 40.
Scheme 18: Ring-opening difunctionalization of aliphatic cyclic amines 41.
Scheme 19: N-Arylation of amino acid esters 44 using hypervalent iodonium salts 45.
Scheme 20: Regioselective N-arylation of triazole derivatives 47 by hypervalent iodonium salts 48.
Scheme 21: Regioselective N-arylation of tetrazole derivatives 50 by hypervalent iodonium salt 51.
Scheme 22: Selective arylation at nitrogen and oxygen of pyridin-2-ones 53 by iodonium salts 16 depending on t...
Scheme 23: N-Arylation using oxygen-bridged acyclic diaryliodonium salt 56.
Scheme 24: The successive C(sp2)–C(sp2)/O–C(sp2) bond formation of naphthols 58.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of diarylethers 62 via in situ generation of hypervalent iodine salts.
Scheme 26: O-Arylated galactosides 64 by reacting protected galactosides 63 with hypervalent iodine salts 16 i...
Scheme 27: Esterification of naproxen methyl ester 65 via formation and reaction of naproxen-containing diaryl...
Scheme 28: Etherification and esterification products 72 through gemfibrozil methyl ester-derived diaryliodoni...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of iodine containing meta-substituted biaryl ethers 74 by reacting phenols 61 and cyclic ...
Scheme 30: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of meta-functionalized biaryl ethers 74.
Scheme 31: Intramolecular aryl migration of trifluoromethane sulfonate-substituted diaryliodonium salts 75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of diaryl ethers 80 via site-selective aryl migration.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of O-arylated N-alkoxybenzamides 83 using aryl(trimethoxyphenyl)iodonium salts 82.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of aryl sulfides 85 from thiols 84 using diaryliodonium salts 16 in basic conditions.
Scheme 35: Base-promoted synthesis of diarylsulfoxides 87 via arylation of general sulfinates 86.
Scheme 36: Plausible mechanism for the arylation of sulfinates 86 via sulfenates A to give diaryl sulfoxides 87...
Scheme 37: S-Arylation reactions of aryl or heterocyclic thiols 88.
Scheme 38: Site-selective S-arylation reactions of cysteine thiol groups in 91 and 94 in the presence of diary...
Scheme 39: The selective S-arylation of sulfenamides 97 using diphenyliodonium salts 98.
Scheme 40: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of sulfilimines 99.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of S-arylxanthates 102 by reacting DAIS 101 with potassium alkyl xanthates 100.
Figure 2: Structured of the 8-membered and 4-membered heterotetramer I and II.
Scheme 42: S-Arylation by diaryliodonium cations 103 using KSCN (104) as a sulfur source.
Scheme 43: S-Arylation of phosphorothioate diesters 107 through the utilization of diaryliodonium salts 108.
Scheme 44: Transfer of the aryl group from the hypervalent iodonium salt 108 to phosphorothioate diester 107.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of diarylselenides 118 via diarylation of selenocyanate 115.
Scheme 46: Light-promoted arylation of tertiary phosphines 119 to quaternary phosphonium salts 121 using diary...
Scheme 47: Arylation of aminophosphorus substrate 122 to synthesize phosphine oxides 123 using aryl(mesityl)io...
Scheme 48: Reaction of diphenyliodonium triflate (16) with DMSO (124) via thia-Sommelet–Hauser rearrangement.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of biaryl compounds 132 by reacting diaryliodonium salts 131 with arylhydroxylamines 130 ...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of substituted indazoles 134 and 135 from N-hydroxyindazoles 133.
Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and antioxidant activity of sterically hindered catechols with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-triazole, thiazole or pyridine fragments
- Daria A. Burmistrova,
- Andrey Galustyan,
- Nadezhda P. Pomortseva,
- Kristina D. Pashaeva,
- Maxim V. Arsenyev,
- Oleg P. Demidov,
- Mikhail A. Kiskin,
- Andrey I. Poddel’sky,
- Nadezhda T. Berberova and
- Ivan V. Smolyaninov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2378–2391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.202
- catechol 3. This effect is due to a decrease in the acceptor effect of the thioether group. In turn, the second two-electron stage for 4 is recorded at earlier potential values. On the contrary, this behavior is caused by the presence of CH2-linker which divides electrogenerated quinone form and
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of catechol-containing compounds 1–9.
Figure 1: The X-ray structure of catechol 5 (the thermal ellipsoids of 50% probability). The hydrogen atoms e...
Figure 2: The X-ray structures of catechols 6 (a) and 8 (b) (the thermal ellipsoids of 50% probability). The ...
Figure 3: Fragment of the pack of catechol 5 in crystal (the H-bonds and π–π interactions are shown as dotted...
Figure 4: The interactions in pair of independent molecules A and B of 6 in crystal 6·0.5CH3CN (the H-bonds a...
Figure 5: Fragment of the pack of catechol 8 in crystal (the H-bonds and π–π interactions are shown as dotted...
Scheme 2: Electrochemical transformations of compounds 1–3.
Figure 6: The CV curve of 2 at the potential range from −0.50 to 1.60 V (CH3CN, GC electrode, Ag/AgCl/KCl(sat...
Figure 7: The CV curves of 3 at the potential ranges from –0.5 to 1.2 V (curve 1); from –0.5 to 2.0 V (curve ...
Figure 8: The CV curves of 7 at the potential ranges from –0.5 to 1.3 V (curve 1); from –0.5 to 1.8 V (curve ...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism of an electrooxidation of compounds 6–8.
Figure 9: The level of TBARS in rat liver homogenates in vitro, in the presence of compounds 1–9, Trolox, and...
Metal-free double azide addition to strained alkynes of an octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivative with electron-withdrawing substituents
- Naoki Takeda,
- Shuichi Akasaka,
- Susumu Kawauchi and
- Tsuyoshi Michinobu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2234–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.191
- oxidation-controlled cyclooctyne-1,2-quinone cycloaddition (SPOCQ) was developed and employed in the same fields of chemical biology [6][7]. On the other hand, the use of the SpAAC in materials science was slow. We developed another class of metal-free click chemistry reactions, such as the [2 + 2
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Previously reported regioselective double azide addition to DBA with hexyloxy substituents and mole...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of DBA 5.
Figure 2: (a) Strain-promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition between DBA 5 and benzyl azide and (b) 1H NMR spectr...
Figure 3: Arrhenius plots of the rate constants for the reaction between 5 and benzyl azide in CDCl3.
Figure 4: Proposed reaction mechanism for the formation of compound 6a. Free energy profiles (ΔG298 in kJ mol...
Figure 5: Absorption (blue) and fluorescence (red) spectra of 6a (2 × 10−5 M) in CH2Cl2.
Figure 6: (a) Crosslinking reaction of PVC-N3 (x = 0.11) with compound 5. (b,c) Strain-stress curves of PVC-N3...
Natural resorcylic lactones derived from alternariol
- Joachim Podlech
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2171–2207, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.187
- respective chapters: A quinone structure has been given with the first report of botrallin [36], but was corrected some years later [37]. A wrong constitution has originally been proposed for altenuene [38]; it was revised shortly after [39]. The originally proposed structure [40] of altenuisol is wrong
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of compounds covered in this review categorized in six sub-classes (see text).
Figure 2: Examples of compounds not covered in this review.
Figure 3: Wrongly assigned and thus obsolete structures (details will be discussed in the respective chapters...
Figure 4: Alternariol with the correct IUPAC numbering and an occasionally used numbering based on the biphen...
Figure 5: Alternariol O-methyl ethers.
Figure 6: Alternariol O-glycosides.
Figure 7: Alternariol O-acetates and O-sulfates.
Figure 8: 2-Hydroxy- and 4-hydroxy-substituted alternariol and its O-methyl ethers.
Figure 9: Chloro- and amino-substituted alternariol and its O-methyl ethers.
Figure 10: Presumed alternariol derivatives with non-canonical substitution pattern.
Figure 11: Alternariol derivatives with the 1-methyl group hydroxylated.
Figure 12: Verrulactones: pseudo-dimeric derivatives of altertenuol and related compounds.
Figure 13: Biaryls formed by reductive lactone opening and/or by decarboxylation.
Figure 14: Altenuene and its diastereomers.
Figure 15: 9-O-Demethylated altenuene diastereomers.
Figure 16: Acetylated and methylated altenuene diastereomers.
Figure 17: Altenuene diastereomers modified with lactic acid, pyruvic acid, or acetone.
Figure 18: Neoaltenuene and related compounds.
Figure 19: Dehydroaltenusin and its derivatives.
Scheme 1: Equilibrium of dehydroaltenusin in polar solvents [278].
Figure 20: Further quinoid derivatives.
Figure 21: Dehydroaltenuenes.
Figure 22: Complex aggregates containing dehydroaltenuene substructures and related compounds.
Figure 23: Dihydroaltenuenes.
Figure 24: Altenuic acids and related compounds.
Figure 25: Cyclopentane- and cyclopentene-fused derivatives.
Figure 26: Cyclopentenone-fused derivatives.
Figure 27: Spiro-fused derivatives and a related ring-opened derivative.
Figure 28: Lactones-fused and lactone-substituted derivatives.
Scheme 2: Biosynthesis of alternariol [324].
Scheme 3: Biosynthesis of alternariol and its immediate successors with the genes involved in the respective ...
Scheme 4: Presumed formation of altenuene and its diastereomers and of botrallin.
Scheme 5: Presumed formation of altenuic acids and related compounds.
Scheme 6: A selection of plausible biosynthetic paths to cyclopenta-fused metabolites. (No stereochemistry is...
Scheme 7: Biomimetic synthesis of alternariol (1) by Harris and Hay [66].
Scheme 8: Total synthesis of alternariol (1) by Subba Rao et al. using a Diels–Alder approach [34].
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of alternariol (1) using a Suzuki strategy by Koch and Podlech [62], improved by Kim et...
Scheme 10: Total synthesis of alternariol (1) using an intramolecular biaryl coupling by Abe et al. [63].
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of altenuene (54) and isoaltenuene (55) by Podlech et al. [249].
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of neoaltenuene (69) by Podlech et al. [35].
Scheme 13: Total synthesis of TMC-264 (79) by Tatsuta et al. [185].
Scheme 14: Total synthesis of cephalosol (99) by Koert et al. [304].
Synthesis of polycyclic aromatic quinones by continuous flow electrochemical oxidation: anodic methoxylation of polycyclic aromatic phenols (PAPs)
- Hiwot M. Tiruye,
- Solon Economopoulos and
- Kåre B. Jørgensen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1746–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.153
- trap the phenoxonium cation formed in the oxidation as an acetal, that later were hydrolysed to the quinone. Formation of hydrogen gas as the cathode reaction caused challenges in the flow cell and were overcome by recycling the reaction mixture through the cell at increased flow rate several times
- properties make them privileged structures in medicinal chemistry [2]. Benzoquinone and naphthoquinone can exist as ortho-quinone and para-quinone, with the latter considered more stable [5]. Additionally, p- and o-quinones are formed in metabolism of drugs [6] as well as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
- (PAHs) by cytochrome P450 (CYP) and other metabolic enzymes [7][8]. Main metabolic pathways form quinone isomers of benzo[a]pyrene [8], naphthalene [9][10], and benzene [11]. Numerous methods for the oxidation of phenols or their derivatives to quinones have been described [12]. Oxidation with Fremy’s
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Formation of phenoxonium cation in the anodic oxidation of phenol performed under neutral or weakly...
Scheme 2: Anodic oxidation reported by Swenton et al. [37].
Figure 1: Cyclic voltammograms of PAPs first scan at 0.1 V/s in 0.1 M [NBu4] [PF6] in MeCN and UV–vis spectra...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of p-dimethoxy acetals in the anodic oxidation of 1b and 3b.
Figure 2: Resonance structures of the phenoxonium cation formed from 2-chrysenol (3a).
Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals by visible-light photoredox catalysis: direct activation of C–O bonds in organic transformations
- Mithu Roy,
- Bitan Sardar,
- Itu Mallick and
- Dipankar Srimani
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1348–1375, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.119
- photocatalytic mechanism. Photoredox-catalyzed hydroacylation of olefins with aliphatic carboxylic acids. Acylation–aromatization of p-quinone methides using carboxylic acids. Visible-light-induced deoxygenation–defluorination for the synthesis of γ,γ-difluoroallylic ketones. Photochemical hydroacylation of
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals via C–O bond breaking.
Figure 2: General photocatalytic mechanism.
Scheme 1: Photoredox-catalyzed hydroacylation of olefins with aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 2: Acylation–aromatization of p-quinone methides using carboxylic acids.
Scheme 3: Visible-light-induced deoxygenation–defluorination for the synthesis of γ,γ-difluoroallylic ketones....
Scheme 4: Photochemical hydroacylation of azobenzenes with carboxylic acids.
Scheme 5: Photoredox-catalyzed synthesis of flavonoids.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of O-thiocarbamates and photocatalytic reduction of O-thiocarbamates.
Scheme 7: Deoxygenative borylation of alcohols.
Scheme 8: Trifluoromethylation of O-alkyl thiocarbonyl substrates.
Scheme 9: Redox-neutral radical coupling reactions of alkyl oxalates and Michael acceptors.
Scheme 10: Visible-light-catalyzed and Ni-mediated syn-alkylarylation of alkynes.
Scheme 11: 1,2-Alkylarylation of alkenes with aryl halides and alkyl oxalates.
Scheme 12: Deoxygenative borylation of oxalates.
Scheme 13: Coupling of N-phthalimidoyl oxalates with various acceptors.
Scheme 14: Cross-coupling of O-alkyl xanthates with aryl halides via dual photoredox and nickel catalysis.
Scheme 15: Deoxygenative borylation of secondary alcohol.
Scheme 16: Deoxygenative alkyl radical generation from alcohols under visible-light photoredox conditions.
Scheme 17: Deoxygenative alkylation via alkoxy radicals against hydrogenation or β-fragmentation.
Scheme 18: Direct C–O bond activation of benzyl alcohols.
Scheme 19: Deoxygenative arylation of alcohols using NHC to activate alcohols.
Scheme 20: Deoxygenative conjugate addition of alcohol using NHC as alcohol activator.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of polysubstituted aldehydes.
Competing electrophilic substitution and oxidative polymerization of arylamines with selenium dioxide
- Vishnu Selladurai and
- Selvakumar Karuthapandi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1221–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.105
- 9 and the quinone derivative 2,5-bis((2-methoxyphenyl)amino)cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione (10) were isolated from the mixture. The spectroscopic data were consistent with earlier reports on the direct synthesis of 9 [50][51] and 10 [52]. The mass spectrum of oxamide 9 showed peaks corresponding to
- the sodium complexes [M + Na]+, [2M + Na]+, and [3M + Na]+ (Figure S13, Supporting Information File 1). The mass spectrum of quinone 10 showed a peak for [M + H]+ (Figure S17, Supporting Information File 1). Reaction of methyl anthranilate with SeO2 After observing that unsubstituted aniline and
- latter undergoes addition–elimination reaction with another molecule of o-anisidine to give 2-(phenylamino)cyclohexa-2,5-diene-1,4-dione. The third unit of o-anisidine is added to the quinone via 1,4-addition, followed by oxidation of the 1,4-dihydroxy compound to give 2,5-bis((2-methoxyphenyl)amino
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reported synthetic methods for the selenation of aromatic compounds.
Scheme 2: Reaction of selenium dioxide with aniline.
Scheme 3: Reaction of selenium dioxide with o-anisidine.
Scheme 4: Reaction of methyl anthranilate with SeO2.
Scheme 5: Reaction mechanism for the formation of diaryl monoselenides.
Scheme 6: Reaction mechanism for the formation of oxamides.
Scheme 7: Reaction mechanism for the formation of quinone 10.
Figure 1: Molecular structure of 3. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): O...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of 9. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): O...
Figure 3: Molecular structure of 13. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): ...
Figure 4: Molecular structure of 10. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å) a...
Figure 5: Molecular structure of 11. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond angles (°): C...
Figure 6: Molecular structure of 12. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond angles (°): C...
Figure 7: Relative energy levels of arylamines and SeO2.
Figure 8: Computationally optimized structure of aniline (a), o-anisidine (b), and methyl anthranilate (c), w...
Scheme 8: Resonance structures for the delocalization of the nitrogen lone pair into the π-system.
Cofactor-independent C–C bond cleavage reactions catalyzed by the AlpJ family of oxygenases in atypical angucycline biosynthesis
- Jinmin Gao,
- Liyuan Li,
- Shijie Shen,
- Guomin Ai,
- Bin Wang,
- Fang Guo,
- Tongjian Yang,
- Hui Han,
- Zhengren Xu,
- Guohui Pan and
- Keqiang Fan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1198–1206, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.102
- cleavage and rearrangement reactions, which are catalyzed by AlpJ-family oxygenases, including AlpJ, JadG, and GilOII. Prior investigations established the essential requirement for FADH2/FMNH2 as cofactors when utilizing the quinone intermediate dehydrorabelomycin as a substrate. In this study, we unveil
- quinone structure. Consequently, we redirected our focus towards alternative, more electron-rich substrates. In a preceding investigation, we identified that the bifunctional enzyme JadH proficiently converted prejadomycin (9) to 8, a compound demonstrated to spontaneously oxidize to 1 under aerobic
- -independent reactions failed to occur. It is plausible that 1 lacked the capability to reductively activate molecular oxygen owing to the quinone structure. In these instances, FADH2/FMNH2 were deemed necessary as cofactors for AlpJ-family oxygenases. These findings uncover a noteworthy substrate-controlled
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Ring cleavage and ring rearrangement reactions in the biosynthesis of atypical angucyclines.
Figure 1: HPLC traces of reaction mixtures of AlpG, AlpJ, Flu17, and JadG. (a) standards of prejadomycin (9),...
Figure 2: HPLC traces of reactions of JadG, AlpJ, or Flu17 quenched by SOD. (a) 8 + JadG + ʟ-isoleucine; (b) 8...
Scheme 2: Proposed catalytic mechanism of cofactor-independent AlpJ-family oxygenases.
Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications
- Pablo Msellem,
- Maksym Dekthiarenko,
- Nihal Hadj Seyd and
- Guillaume Vives
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
Graphical Abstract
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.
Facile approach to N,O,S-heteropentacycles via condensation of sterically crowded 3H-phenoxazin-3-one with ortho-substituted anilines
- Eugeny Ivakhnenko,
- Vasily Malay,
- Pavel Knyazev,
- Nikita Merezhko,
- Nadezhda Makarova,
- Oleg Demidov,
- Gennady Borodkin,
- Andrey Starikov and
- Vladimir Minkin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 336–345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.34
- amines, the direction of which is controlled by the large positive charge at the C(2) center of the p-quinone imine moiety of the heterocycle. With this in mind, we turned our attention to solid-state organic reactions. Numerous examples of nucleophilic substitutions at carbon centers are discussed in
- absorption spectral data are given in Table 3. Conclusion The diverse reactions of 3H-phenoxazin-3-one derivatives with nucleophilic reagents are primarily directed toward the p-quinone imine fragment [5][13][15]. In the presence of protonic acids, the reaction with amines proceeds through Schiff base
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 6,8-di-tert-butyl-N-aryl-3H-phenoxazin-3-imines 3 [6] and 6,8-di-tert-butyl-2-(arylamino)...
Figure 1: DFT-calculated molecular geometry (B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level) and distribution of electronic densit...
Scheme 2: 6,8-Di-tert-butyl-2-(arylamino)-3H-phenoxazin-3-ones 4 prepared by the one-pot reaction between 6,8...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of 6,8-di-tert-butyl-2-(o-nitrophenylamino)-3H-phenoxazin-3-one (4f). a) Select...
Figure 3: UV–vis spectra of 6,8-di-tert-butyl-2-(arylamino)-3H-phenoxazin-3-ones 4a–h (toluene, c = 2⋅10−5 M, ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 14H-quinoxaline[2,3-b]phenoxazines 5 and 6.
Scheme 4: Relative stability of the tautomers 7 and 7a,b of quinoxaline[2,3-b]phenoxazine calculated at the D...
Scheme 5: Preparation of quinoxaline[2,3-b]phenoxazine (7) from 2-amino-3H-phenoxazin-3-one (8) [10] and 2-ethoxy...
Figure 4: Molecular structure of ethyl 2,4-di-tert-butyl-14H-quinoxalino[2,3-b]phenoxazine-10-carboxylate (5c...
Scheme 6: Triphenodioxazine and oxazinophenothiazine derivatives 10 via condensation of 3H-phenoxazin-3-one 1...
Figure 5: a) UV–vis (solid lines) and fluorescence emission (λex = 365 nm, dashed) spectra of compounds 5a–c ...
Figure 6: UV–vis (solid lines) and fluorescence emission (dashed, λex = 365 nm) spectra of compounds 6a,b in ...
Figure 7: UV–vis, fluorescence emission (λex = 500 nm), and fluorescence excitation (λobs = 590 nm) spectra o...
