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

• nitrilium salt 92 followed by carboxylate attack (93) and Mumm rearrangement (Scheme 27) [63]. Furthermore, Maruoka and co-workers (2020) developed a one-pot transamidation reaction catalyzed by Cu via acid fluoride 48 (Scheme 28) [64]. In this work, single-electron transfer (SET) between Selectfluor and

Recent total synthesis of natural products leveraging a strategy of enamide cyclization

• Chun-Yu Mi,
• Jia-Yuan Zhai and
• Xiao-Ming Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 999–1009, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.81

• reduction, and epoxidation delivered compound 33 with the required oxidation level of the cyclopentane ring. In the final stages, Meinwald rearrangement/hemiketalization in a step-wise procedure, followed by amide reduction, completed the total synthesis of (−)-cephalotine B. Alternatively, after benzylic

• oxidation, the Meinwald rearrangement/aldol reaction gave rise to the bridge cyclic intermediate 35, which can finally be converted into both (−)-fortuneicyclidin A and (−)-fortuneicyclidin B. Polycyclization Cyclization/Pictet–Spengler reaction The hexahydropyrrolo[2,1-a]isoquinoline or tetrahydropyrrolo

Studies on the syntheses of β-carboline alkaloids brevicarine and brevicolline

• Benedek Batizi,
• Patrik Pollák,
• András Dancsó,
• Péter Keglevich,
• Gyula Simig,
• Balázs Volk and
• Mátyás Milen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 955–963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.79

• ammonium derivative 14 with the potassium salt of compound 15 resulted in the ring-opened derivative 16. Removal of the benzylthiocarbonyl moiety, then Beckmann rearrangement of the oxime obtained from ketone 17 and subsequent cyclization gave β-carboline derivative 18, which was dehydrogenated and

Recent advances in controllable/divergent synthesis

• Jilei Cao,
• Leiyang Bai and
• Xuefeng Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 890–914, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.73

• functionalized indoles. When treated with acid (BF3·E2O), the intermediate 2-methylene-3-aminoindoline 69 undergoes an aza-Cope rearrangement to form 2-benzylindole 70; when treated with a base (Cs2CO3), this intermediate undergoes a 1,3-proton migration process to convert back to 3-aminoindole 71. The possible

Synthesis and photoinduced switching properties of C₇-heteroatom containing push–pull norbornadiene derivatives

• Daniel Krappmann and
• Andreas Hirsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 807–816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.64

• intermediates in total [29][30] and bio-synthesis protocols [31], e.g., in inositol chemistry [32] or towards aminocyclitols [33]. The potential of these compounds as functional photoswitches was primarily assessed in the 1960s and 1970s by Prinzbach and co-workers, who identified a variety of rearrangement

• Bansal and co-workers [44] revealed the potential formation of aza-QC derivatives at low temperatures. However, isolation of these derivatives proved difficult, as rapid rearrangement to azepine analogues occurred at temperatures exceeding 0 °C. On the basis of the quadricyclane or azepine structure

• formation of O-QC2 was achieved after 15 minutes (Supporting Information File 1). Next, thermally induced back-conversion to Q-NBD2 was attempted by heating the sample to 50 °C overnight. This process resulted in the initial formation of O-UnS2, followed by further rearrangement, consistent with the

Recent advances in the electrochemical synthesis of organophosphorus compounds

• Babak Kaboudin,
• Milad Behroozi,
• Sepideh Sadighi and
• Fatemeh Asgharzadeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 770–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.61

• (Scheme 30). The experimental results showed that product c was initially formed and then continuously transformed into product d via the phospho-Fries rearrangement. This transformation was completed in the presence of Et3N within 5 hours. Additionally, an excess of S8 and (EtO)2P(O)H likely inhibits the

• occurrence of this rearrangement. Electrochemical Se–P bond formation In another study, Gu et al. [71] reported electrochemical P–Se bond formation of the reaction of elemental Se with diethyl phosphonate and aromatic compounds. In this method, potassium iodide acts as a key additive. The reaction is carried

Development and mechanistic studies of calcium–BINOL phosphate-catalyzed hydrocyanation of hydrazones

• Carola Tortora,
• Christian A. Fischer,
• Sascha Kohlbauer,
• Alexandru Zamfir,
• Gerd M. Ballmann,
• Jürgen Pahl,
• Sjoerd Harder and
• Svetlana B. Tsogoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 755–765, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.59

• rearrangement under mild conditions [6], and the Nazarov-type electrocyclization of alkenyl aryl carbinols [7]. Exploiting the ease with which calcium forms hydrides, hydrogenation of aldimines, transfer hydrogenation of alkenes, and even deuteration of benzene by an SNAr mechanism, have been recently achieved

Sequential two-step, one-pot microwave-assisted Urech synthesis of 5-monosubstituted hydantoins from L-amino acids in water

• Wei-Jin Chang,
• Sook Yee Liew,
• Thomas Kurz and
• Siow-Ping Tan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 596–600, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.46

• copper(I)-catalyzed reactions (48–71%) [13] and the four-component Ugi reaction [14] yields 48–71% and 27–67%, respectively. In addition, pyroglutamates with isocyanates, which provide exceptionally high yields (97–99%) [15], and dipeptides have been utilized in triflate-activated Mumm’s rearrangement

Formaldehyde surrogates in multicomponent reactions

• Cecilia I. Attorresi,
• Javier A. Ramírez and
• Bernhard Westermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 564–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.45

Unprecedented visible light-initiated topochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition in a functionalized bimane dye

• Metodej Dvoracek,
• Brendan Twamley,
• Mathias O. Senge and
• Mikhail A. Filatov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 500–509, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.37

• light irradiation, undergoing rearrangement and photodegradation, so there may be a risk of degradation if irradiation using UV light is tried. Alternatively, the lack of a [2 + 2] cycloaddition of Me2B, may be due to its photophysical properties not allowing for a reaction to occur, rather than the

Molecular diversity of the reactions of MBH carbonates of isatins and various nucleophiles

• Zi-Ying Xiao,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 286–295, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.21

• Figure 1 and Figure 2, it can be found that the C=C bond is located in the unit of the pyrrolidine-2,5-dione, while the scaffold of indolin-2-one is connected via a C–C single bond with the unit of the pyrrolidine-2,5-dione. Therefore, an allyl rearrangement must proceed in the reaction process, which is

• used in the reaction, a direct Michael addition of the arylamine to the C=C bond of the maleimide unit and sequential elimination of carbon dioxide and tert-butoxide ion gives the intermediate B, which in turn undergoes an allylic rearrangement to afford the product 5. In this process, no extra

Emerging trends in the optimization of organic synthesis through high-throughput tools and machine learning

• Pablo Quijano Velasco,
• Kedar Hippalgaonkar and
• Balamurugan Ramalingam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 10–38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.3

• four-step process involves allylation, Claisen rearrangement, isomerization, and oxidative dimerization. Each reaction step was optimized independently by using either online HPLC or in-line benchtop NMR spectroscopy to afford an overall yield of 67% in 66 iterative experiments over four linear

Controlled oligomerization of [1.1.1]propellane through radical polarity matching: selective synthesis of SF₅- and CF₃SF₄-containing [2]staffanes

• Jón Atiba Buldt,
• Wang-Yeuk Kong,
• Yannick Kraemer,
• Masiel M. Belsuzarri,
• Ansh Hiten Patel,
• James C. Fettinger,
• Dean J. Tantillo and
• Cody Ross Pitts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3134–3143, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.259

• contrast to P212121 in the low temperature phase (LTP). Note that the b-axis is roughly 1/5 of the c-axis observed at 90 K (the axial rearrangement is due to the change in space group). To discern the approximate temperature of the phase transition, the unit cell was measured in 20 K increments upon

Enantioselective regiospecific addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes catalyzed by biisoquinoline N,N’-dioxide

• Noble Brako,
• Sreerag Moorkkannur Narayanan,
• Amber Burns,
• Layla Auter,
• Valentino Cesiliano,
• Rajeev Prabhakar and
• Norito Takenaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3069–3076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.255

• ][15][16][17][18][19], the separation of which is by no means trivial [20] (Scheme 1). Nonetheless, substituents at the carbon atom indicated by γ (R2) of these reagents have been shown to bias the metallotropic rearrangement and/or the kinetic reactivity of the competing regioisomeric intermediates

• pure propargyltrichlorosilane, it clearly demonstrated that this class of chiral Lewis bases regiospecifically catalyzed the addition of propargyltrichlorosilane to aldehydes, and that these catalysts did not induce the propargyl–allenyl metallotropic rearrangement albeit activating the C–Si bond. Thus

• propargyltrichlorosilane without N,N-diisopropylethylamine and (b) with N,N-diisopropylethylamine. It includes Gibbs free energies (kcal/mol) and Mulliken charges (in parentheses). Metallotropic rearrangement and regioselectivity issues. Asymmetric catalytic allenylation of aldehydes. Selective preparation of

Advances in radical peroxidation with hydroperoxides

• Oleg V. Bityukov,
• Pavel Yu. Serdyuchenko,
• Andrey S. Kirillov,
• Gennady I. Nikishin,
• Vera A. Vil’ and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2959–3006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.249

• carried out without solvent and at room temperature, using copper(II) acetate as the catalyst. The reaction pathway of tert-butyl perbenzoate synthesis from benzyl nitriles 60 involves the formation of intermediate D. The Kornblum–DeLaMare rearrangement of peroxide D gives benzoyl cyanide E, which is

Structure and thermal stability of phosphorus-iodonium ylids

• Andrew Greener,
• Stephen P. Argent,
• Coby J. Clarke and
• Miriam L. O’Duill

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2931–2939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.245

• correspond to a geometric rearrangement, e.g., Berry pseudorotation, which occurs prior to decomposition [31]. A large dihedral angle φ is thought to facilitate this rearrangement, thus accelerating decomposition [38][39]. Decomposition mechanism Further analysis was carried out to gain a better

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

• concentrate on various arylation reactions involving carbon and other heteroatoms, encompassing rearrangement reactions in the absence of any metal catalyst, and summarize advancements made in the last five years. Keywords: arylation reaction; diaryliodonium salts; electrophilic arylation reagent; metal-free

• arylation; rearrangement reaction; Introduction The chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds is well-established and they are prevalent as oxidants and electrophilic reagents in organic conversions [1][2][3]. They have gained significant attention due to their high reactivity and ability to carry out

• upon binding of the enolate molecule to iodine either through a carbon–iodine or an oxygen–iodine bond. Both intermediates, I and II, are in rapid equilibrium with each other and further undergo two different types of reactions: [1,2]-ligand coupling and [2,3]-rearrangement (Scheme 2). Either of these

N-Glycosides of indigo, indirubin, and isoindigo: blue, red, and yellow sugars and their cancerostatic activity

• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2840–2869, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.240

• product can be explained by rearrangement of the rhamnosyl group from the oxygen to the nitrogen atom. Oxidative debenzylation of 5a afforded 5b in high yield. Unfortunately, all attempts to remove the pivaloyl protective groups failed. On the other hand, employment of tri-O-acetyl-α-ʟ-rhamnosyl

Access to optically active tetrafluoroethylenated amines based on [1,3]-proton shift reaction

• Yuta Kabumoto,
• Eiichiro Yoshimoto,
• Bing Xiaohuan,
• Masato Morita,
• Motohiro Yasui,
• Shigeyuki Yamada and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2776–2783, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.233

• and 94% ee for (S)-23g). Disappointingly, when R is an alkyl group, the desired rearrangement products were rarely obtained, resulting in unidentified products together with a large amount of starting material. This may be due to the following reasons. Namely, when the substituent R is an aryl group

5th International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis (ISySyCat2023)

• Anthony J. Burke and
• Elisabete P. Carreiro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2704–2707, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.227

• preparation of biologically active compounds [15]. The synthesis was achieved via a sulfonyl group rearrangement driven by the azide–tetrazole equilibrium in quinazolines. The researchers utilized two synthetic pathways to prepare the target compounds. The first pathway involved a nucleophilic aromatic

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

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

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

• -hydroxybenzophenones are conventionally prepared via Fries rearrangement of a phenyl ester [10]. Organocatalytic methods have also been reported for the synthesis of 2-hydroxybenzophenones [11]. In addition, several metal-mediated methods for their synthesis have been reported. For example, the Rh-catalyzed

• rearrangement of 2-aryloxybenzaldehydes yielded 2-hydroxybenzophenone [12]. Pd-catalyzed o-hydroxylation of benzophenones gave moderate yield of the title compound, and Br-substituted substrates were found to be not compatible with this method [13]. Various metals (Rh, Cu, Ir etc.) were applied to catalyze the

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

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

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

• alternative to the harsh Pummerer rearrangement. Methanol played a crucial role in achieving the desired transformation and it was suggested to promote the self-assembly of reagents 24 and 25 for the formation of 27, which allows the selective abstraction of H+ from the less sterically hindered side

Visible-light-mediated flow protocol for Achmatowicz rearrangement

• Joachyutharayalu Oja,
• Sanjeev Kumar and
• Srihari Pabbaraja

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.213

• platform developed with an integrated system enabling a downstream process in a time and labor-efficient manner which facilitates the Achmatowicz rearrangement, resulting in a fast (10 min) formation of the dihydropyranone products. Keywords: Achmatowicz reaction; flow chemistry; furfuryl alcohols

• Achmatowicz rearrangement substrates for accessing highly decorated dihydropyranones [5]. In recent years, several groundbreaking approaches for the synthesis of dihydropyranones have been described by diverse groups of researchers [6]. These techniques do not require any pre-functionalization of non

• -prefunctionalized materials in order to proceed with the rearrangement. However, the Achmatowicz reaction or similar methodologies involve a catalytic to stoichiometric amount of oxidants such as m-CPBA [7], PCC [8], Br2 [9], NBS [10], DMDO [11], KBr/Oxone [12], Na2S2O8 [13], photosensitizers/O21 [14], or Me2S [15

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• ; rearrangement; Introduction Nitrogen-containing organic compounds (sometimes referred to as alkaloids due to their basic properties) are of critical importance in medicinal chemistry because of their unique binding properties to biomolecules [1]. Out of 55 drug candidates, approved by the FDA in 2023, 28 (51

• diaziridine 110 with 88% ee albeit with a modest 42% yield. Overall, this is an interesting example of dearomative allylation of Ν-acylquinolinium salts, though enantioselectivity currently is too low to ensure wider practical application of the method. Enantioselective 2-aza-Cope rearrangement In 2008, a

• conceptually different methodology was reported by Rueping and co-workers [41] that was based on the aza-Cope rearrangement of in situ-formed N-α,α’-diphenyl-(α’’-allyl)methyliminium cations catalysed by the BINOL-derived chiral phosphoric acid 112 (Scheme 23). The amine 113 acting as the allyl donor source

Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis

• Stefan P. Schmid,
• Leon Schlosser,
• Frank Glorius and
• Kjell Jorner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196

• enantioselectivities of a kinetic resolution of benzyl alcohols and an enantiodivergent fluorination of allylic alcohols, observing good correlations for both reactions. Since then, the proposed NCI descriptors have been successfully applied to multiple different reactions, such as an allenoate Claisen rearrangement