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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 999–1009, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.81
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Figure 1: Reactivity of enamides and enamide cyclizations.
Scheme 1: Total synthesis of (−)-dihydrolycopodine and (−)-lycopodine.
Scheme 2: Collective total synthesis of fawcettimine-type alkaloids.
Scheme 3: Total syntheses of cephalotaxine and cephalezomine H.
Scheme 4: Collective total syntheses of Cephalotaxus alkaloids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric tandem cyclization/Pictet–Spengler reaction of tertiary enamides.
Scheme 6: Tandem cyclization/Pictet–Spengler reaction for the synthesis of chiral tetracyclic compounds.
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of (−)-cephalocyclidin A.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 226–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.14
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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...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 173–180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.17
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Figure 1: Structure of target compounds 1 and 2.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of target compounds 1 and 2. Key: a) NIS, AgOTf (20 mol %), 4 Å molecular sieves, CH2Cl2,...
Figure 2: Comparison of the 1H,13C HSQC spectra of 1 (top) and 3’-O-sulfated 2 (bottom), with circles highlig...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43
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Figure 1: Natural bioactive naphthoquinones.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of vitamins K.
Figure 3: Redox cycle of menadione.
Scheme 1: Selected approaches for menadione synthesis using silver(I) as a catalyst.
Scheme 2: Methylation approaches for the preparation of menadione from 1,4-naphthoquinone using tert-butyl hy...
Scheme 3: Methylation approach of 1,4-naphthoquinone using i) rhodium complexes/methylboronic acid and ii) bi...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of menadione (10) from itaconic acid.
Scheme 5: Menadione synthesis via Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of menadione (10) using p-cresol as a synthetic precursor.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of menadione (10) via demethoxycarbonylating annulation of methyl methacrylate.
Scheme 8: Furan 34 used as a diene in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 9: o-Toluidine as a dienophile in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 10: Representation of electrochemical synthesis of menadione.
Figure 4: Reaction sites and reaction types of menadione as substrate.
Scheme 11: DBU-catalyzed epoxidation of menadione (10).
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer catalysis for the epoxidation of menadione.
Scheme 13: Menadione epoxidation using a hydroperoxide derived from (+)-norcamphor.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of asymmetric quinone 50 catalyzed by a chi...
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions for the synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]pyranone.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]furanone, anthra[9,1-bc]pyridine, and anthra[9,1-bc]pyrrole derivatives.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of derivatives employing protected trienes.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutene derivatives of menadione.
Scheme 19: Menadione reduction reactions using sodium hydrosulfite.
Scheme 20: Green methodology for menadiol synthesis and pegylation.
Scheme 21: Menadione reduction by 5,6-O-isopropylidene-ʟ-ascorbic acid under UV light irradiation.
Scheme 22: Selected approaches of menadione hydroacetylation to diacetylated menadiol.
Scheme 23: Thiele–Winter reaction catalyzed by Bi(OTf)3.
Scheme 24: Carbonyl condensation of menadione using resorcinol and a hydrazone derivative.
Scheme 25: Condensation reaction of menadione with thiosemicarbazide.
Scheme 26: Condensation reaction of menadione with acylhydrazides.
Scheme 27: Menadione derivatives functionalized with organochalcogens.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of selenium-menadione conjugates derived from chloromethylated menadione 84.
Scheme 29: Menadione alkylation by the Kochi–Anderson method.
Scheme 30: Menadione alkylation by diacids.
Scheme 31: Menadione alkylation by heterocycles-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 32: Menadione alkylation by bromoalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 33: Menadione alkylation by complex carboxylic acids.
Scheme 34: Kochi–Anderson method variations for the menadione alkylation via oxidative decarboxylation of carb...
Scheme 35: Copper-catalyzed menadione alkylation via free radicals.
Scheme 36: Nickel-catalyzed menadione cyanoalkylation.
Scheme 37: Iron-catalyzed alkylation of menadione.
Scheme 38: Selected approaches to menadione alkylation.
Scheme 39: Menadione acylation by photo-Friedel–Crafts acylation reported by Waske and co-workers.
Scheme 40: Menadione acylation by Westwood procedure.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-benzoylmenadione via metal-free TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 42: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione reported by Kallmayer.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of amino-menadione derivatives using polyalkylamines.
Scheme 44: Selected examples for the synthesis of different amino-substituted menadione derivatives.
Scheme 45: Selected examples of Michael-type addition of complex amines to menadione (10).
Scheme 46: Addition of different natural α-amino acids to menadione.
Scheme 47: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione using silica-supported perchloric acid.
Scheme 48: Indolylnaphthoquinone or indolylnaphthalene-1,4-diol synthesis reported by Yadav et al.
Scheme 49: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis reported by Tanoue and co-workers.
Scheme 50: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis from menadione by Escobeto-González and co-workers.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of menadione analogues functionalized with thiols.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of menadione-derived symmetrical derivatives through reaction with dithiols.
Scheme 53: Mercaptoalkyl acids as nucleophiles in Michael-type addition reaction to menadione.
Scheme 54: Reactions of menadione (10) with cysteine derivatives for the synthesis of quinoproteins.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of menadione-glutathione conjugate 152 by Michael-type addition.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2822–2831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.193
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Figure 1: Selected bioactive compounds.
Scheme 1: The chemistry of TosMIC in the reactions with olefins.
Scheme 2: ZnI2-catalyzed C–S-bond cleavage of TosMIC for the synthesis of diarylmethyl sulfones 3a–m. Reactio...
Scheme 3: Cases encountered by other p-QMs examinations.
Figure 2: Crystal structure of diarylmethyl sulfone 3e.
Scheme 4: DBU-catalyzed 1,6-conjugate addition for the synthesis of isonitrile diarylmethanes 4a–h. Reaction ...
Scheme 5: Synthetic applications of the synthesized compound 3b.
Scheme 6: Mechanistic studies and proposed mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163
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Scheme 1: Ag/I2-mediated electrophilic annulation of 2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 2: The proposed mechanism of Ag-catalyzed aza-annulation.
Scheme 3: The proposed mechanism of I2-mediated aza-annulation.
Scheme 4: Copper-catalyzed amination of (E)-2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 5: The proposed mechanism of copper-catalyzed amination.
Scheme 6: The derivatization of sulfonated aminonicotinates.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalyzed chalcogenoamination of (E)-2-en-4-ynyl azides 1.
Scheme 8: The possible mechanism of chalcogenoamination.
Scheme 9: The derivatization of 5‑selenyl- and 5-sulfenyl-substituted nicotinates.
Scheme 10: The tandem reaction of nitriles, Reformatsky reagents, and 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 11: Nickel-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of 3-azetidinones with 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 12: Electrophilic iodocyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes to pyrroles.
Scheme 13: Electrophilic halogenation of 2-trifluoromethyl-1,3-enynes to pyrroles.
Scheme 14: Copper-catalyzed cascade cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes with amines.
Scheme 15: Tandem cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes, Togni reagent II, and amines.
Scheme 16: Tandem cyclization of 2-nitro-1,3-enynes, TMSN3, and amines.
Scheme 17: Cascade cyclization of 6-hydroxyhex-2-en-4-ynals to pyrroles.
Scheme 18: Au/Ag-catalyzed oxidative aza-annulation of 1,3-enynyl azides.
Scheme 19: The plausible mechanism of Au/Ag-catalyzed oxidative aza-annulation.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2-tetrazolyl-substituted 3-acylpyrroles from enynals.
Scheme 21: CuH-catalyzed coupling reaction of 1,3-enynes and nitriles to pyrroles.
Scheme 22: The mechanism of CuH-catalyzed coupling of 1,3-enynes and nitriles to pyrroles.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112
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Figure 1: Some examples of natural products and drugs containing quaternary carbon centers.
Scheme 1: Simplified mechanism for olefin hydrofunctionalization using an electrophilic transition metal as a...
Scheme 2: Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers formed by the intramolecular hydroalkylation of β-di...
Scheme 3: Control experiments and the proposed mechanism for the Pd(II)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroalkylat...
Scheme 4: Intermolecular olefin hydroalkylation of less reactive ketones under Pd(II) catalysis using HCl as ...
Scheme 5: A) Selected examples of Pd(II)-mediated quaternary carbon center synthesis by intermolecular hydroa...
Scheme 6: Selected examples of quaternary carbon center synthesis by gold(III) catalysis. This is the first r...
Scheme 7: Selected examples of inter- (A) and intramolecular (B) olefin hydroalkylations promoted by a silver...
Scheme 8: A) Intermolecular hydroalkylation of N-alkenyl β-ketoamides under Au(I) catalysis in the synthesis ...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric pyrrolidine synthesis through intramolecular hydroalkylation of α-substituted N-alkenyl ...
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the chiral gold(I) complex promotion of the intermolecular olefin hydroalkyl...
Scheme 11: Selected examples of carbon quaternary center synthesis by gold and evidence of catalytic system pa...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a spiro compound via an aza-Michael addition/olefin hydroalkylation cascade promoted b...
Scheme 13: A selected example of quaternary carbon center synthesis using an Fe(III) salt as a catalyst for th...
Scheme 14: Intermolecular hydroalkylation catalyzed by a cationic iridium complex (Fuji (2019) [47]).
Scheme 15: Generic example of an olefin hydrofunctionalization via MHAT (Shenvi (2016) [51]).
Scheme 16: The first examples of olefin hydrofunctionalization run under neutral conditions (Mukaiyama (1989) [56]...
Scheme 17: A) Aryl olefin dimerization catalyzed by vitamin B12 and triggered by HAT. B) Control experiment to...
Scheme 18: Generic example of MHAT diolefin cycloisomerization and possible competitive pathways. Shenvi (2014...
Scheme 19: Selected examples of the MHAT-promoted cycloisomerization reaction of unactivated olefins leading t...
Scheme 20: Regioselective carbocyclizations promoted by an MHAT process (Norton (2008) [76]).
Scheme 21: Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers synthetized via intra- (A) and intermolecular (B) MH...
Scheme 22: A) Proposed mechanism for the Fe(III)/PhSiH3-promoted radical conjugate addition between olefins an...
Scheme 23: Examples of cascade reactions triggered by HAT for the construction of trans-decalin backbone uniti...
Scheme 24: A) Selected examples of the MHAT-promoted radical conjugate addition between olefins and p-quinone ...
Scheme 25: A) MHAT triggered radical conjugate addition/E1cB/lactonization (in some cases) cascade between ole...
Scheme 26: A) Spirocyclization promoted by Fe(III) hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins. B) Simplified mecha...
Scheme 27: A) Selected examples of the construction of a carbon quaternary center by the MHAT-triggered radica...
Scheme 28: Hydromethylation of unactivated olefins under iron-mediated MHAT (Baran (2015) [95]).
Scheme 29: The hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins via iron-mediated reductive coupling with hydrazones (Br...
Scheme 30: Selected examples of the Co(II)-catalyzed bicyclization of dialkenylarenes through the olefin hydro...
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism for the bicyclization of dialkenylarenes triggered by a MHAT process (Vanderwal ...
Scheme 32: Enantioconvergent cross-coupling between olefins and tertiary halides (Fu (2018) [108]).
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between olefins and tertiary halide...
Scheme 34: Proposed catalytic cycles for a MHAT/Ni cross-coupling reaction between olefins and halides (Shenvi...
Scheme 35: Selected examples of the hydroalkylation of olefins by a dual catalytic Mn/Ni system (Shenvi (2019) ...
Scheme 36: A) Selected examples of quaternary carbon center synthesis by reductive atom transfer; TBC: 4-tert-...
Scheme 37: A) Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers synthetized by radical addition to unactivated ol...
Scheme 38: A) Selected examples of organophotocatalysis-mediated radical polyene cyclization via a PET process...
Scheme 39: A) Sc(OTf)3-mediated carbocyclization approach for the synthesis of vicinal quaternary carbon cente...
Scheme 40: Scope of the Lewis acid-catalyzed methallylation of electron-rich styrenes. Method A: B(C6F5)3 (5.0...
Scheme 41: The proposed mechanism for styrene methallylation (Oestreich (2019) [123]).
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3059–3068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.255
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Figure 1: Tandem acetate rearrangement/Nazarov cyclization of different substrates.
Figure 2: DFT-computed energy profile of the tandem Au(I)-catalyzed [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of 3...
Figure 3: DFT-computed energy profile of the tandem Au(I)-catalyzed [3,3]-rearrangement/Nazarov reaction of 2...
Figure 4: Computed comparison of the NBO charges of 2- and 3-substituted substrates.
Figure 5: Single-step transformation of IV to IX.
Figure 6: Triflate-promoted hydrogen abstraction and protodeauration with HOTf.
Figure 7: Triflate-mediated abstraction of the hydrogen atom Ha and protodeauration.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the enynyl acetate starting material 14.
Scheme 2: Synthesis and cyclization of enynyl acetate 20.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1662–1682, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.138
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Scheme 1: Schematic representation of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 2: Substrates included in this review.
Scheme 3: Commonly accepted mechanism for the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 4: Regioselectivity of the PKR.
Scheme 5: Variability at the acetylenic and olefinic counterpart.
Scheme 6: Pauson–Khand reaction of fluoroolefinic enynes reported by the group of Ishizaki [46].
Scheme 7: PKR of enynes bearing fluorinated groups on the alkynyl moiety, reported by the group of Ishizaki [46]....
Scheme 8: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Billard [47].
Scheme 9: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Billard [48].
Scheme 10: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes by the group of Bonnet-Delpon [49]. Reaction conditions: i) Co(CO)8 (1...
Scheme 11: Intramolecular PKR of 1,6-enynes reported by the group of Ichikawa [50].
Scheme 12: Intramolecular Rh(I)-catalyzed PKR reported by the group of Hammond [52].
Scheme 13: Intramolecular PKR of allenynes reported by the group of Osipov [53].
Scheme 14: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Osipov [53].
Scheme 15: Intramolecular PKR of fluorine-containing 1,6-enynes reported by the Konno group [54].
Scheme 16: Diastereoselective PKR with enantioenriched fluorinated enynes 34 [55].
Scheme 17: Intramolecular PKR reported by the group of Martinez-Solorio [56].
Scheme 18: Fluorine substitution at the olefinic counterpart.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of fluorinated enynes 37 [59].
Scheme 20: Fluorine-containing substrates in PKR [59].
Scheme 21: Pauson Khand reaction for fluorinated enynes by the Fustero group: scope and limitations [59].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of chloro and bromo analogues [59].
Scheme 23: Dimerization pathway [59].
Scheme 24: Synthesis of fluorine-containing N-tethered 1,7-enynes [61].
Scheme 25: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered fluorinated 1,7-enynes [61].
Scheme 26: Examples of further modifications to the Pauson−Khand adducts [61].
Scheme 27: Asymmetric synthesis the fluorinated enynes 53.
Scheme 28: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enynes 53 [64].
Scheme 29: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enyne bearing a vinyl fluoride [64].
Scheme 30: Catalytic intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enynes [64].
Scheme 31: Model fluorinated alkynes used by Riera and Fustero [70].
Scheme 32: PKR with norbornadiene and fluorinated alkynes 58 [71].
Scheme 33: Nucleophilic addition/detrifluoromethylation and retro Diels-Alder reactions [70].
Scheme 34: Tentative mechanism for the nucleophilic addition/retro-aldol reaction sequence.
Scheme 35: Catalytic PKR with norbornadiene [70].
Scheme 36: Scope of the PKR of trifluoromethylalkynes with norbornadiene [72].
Scheme 37: DBU-mediated detrifluoromethylation [72].
Scheme 38: A simple route to enone 67, a common intermediate in the total synthesis of α-cuparenone.
Scheme 39: Effect of the olefin partner in the regioselectivity of the PKR with trifluoromethyl alkynes [79].
Scheme 40: Intermolecular PKR of trifluoromethylalkynes with 2-norbornene reported by the group of Konno [54].
Scheme 41: Intermolecular PKR of diarylalkynes with 2-norbornene reported by the group of Helaja [80].
Scheme 42: Intermolecular PKR reported by León and Fernández [81].
Scheme 43: PKR reported with cyclopropene 73 [82].
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2465–2472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.239
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of ligand 1, as its syn-atropisomer.
Figure 1: X-ray structures of complex 1a, as two diastereoisomeric macrocycles (R,S-1)2·(AgOTf)2 with ligands...
Figure 2: X-ray structure of complex 1c, as a (R,S-1)4·(AgNO3)6 cage with three nitrate anions as coordinatin...
Figure 3: X-ray structure of complex 1d, as a racemic mixture of (R,R)- and (S,S)-(syn-1)·(PPh3AgOTf)2.
Figure 4: Variable temperature 1H NMR of complex 1a in CDCl3 (7 mM) from −30 °C to 60 °C.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165
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Figure 1: Various drugs having IP nucleus.
Figure 2: Participation percentage of various TMs for the syntheses of IPs.
Scheme 1: CuI–NaHSO4·SiO2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 2: Experimental examination of reaction conditions.
Scheme 3: One-pot tandem reaction for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridines.
Scheme 4: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridine.
Scheme 5: Copper-MOF-catalyzed three-component reaction (3-CR) for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 6: Mechanism for copper-MOF-driven synthesis.
Scheme 7: Heterogeneous synthesis via titania-supported CuCl2.
Scheme 8: Mechanism involving oxidative C–H functionalization.
Scheme 9: Heterogeneous synthesis of IPs.
Scheme 10: One-pot regiospecific synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 11: Vinyl azide as an unprecedented substrate for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 12: Radical pathway.
Scheme 13: Cu(I)-catalyzed transannulation approach for imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 14: Plausible radical pathway for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 15: A solvent-free domino reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 16: Cu-NPs-mediated synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 17: CuI-catalyzed synthesis of isoxazolylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 18: Functionalization of 4-bromo derivative via Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 19: A plausible reaction pathway.
Scheme 20: Cu(I)-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative C–H amidation reaction.
Scheme 21: One-pot synthetic reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 22: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 23: Cu(OAc)2-promoted synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 24: Mechanism for aminomethylation/cycloisomerization of propiolates with imines.
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Figure 3: Scope of pyridin-2(1H)-ones and acetophenones.
Scheme 26: CuO NPS-promoted A3 coupling reaction.
Scheme 27: Cu(II)-catalyzed C–N bond formation reaction.
Scheme 28: Mechanism involving Chan–Lam/Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of formyl-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 30: A tandem sp3 C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 31: Probable mechanistic approach.
Scheme 32: Dual catalytic system for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 33: Tentative mechanism.
Scheme 34: CuO/CuAl2O4/ᴅ-glucose-promoted 3-CCR.
Scheme 35: A tandem CuOx/OMS-2-based synthetic strategy.
Figure 4: Biomimetic catalytic oxidation in the presence of electron-transfer mediators (ETMs).
Scheme 36: Control experiment.
Scheme 37: Copper-catalyzed C(sp3)–H aminatin reaction.
Scheme 38: Reaction of secondary amines.
Scheme 39: Probable mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 40: Coupling reaction of α-azidoketones.
Scheme 41: Probable pathway.
Scheme 42: Probable mechanism with free energy calculations.
Scheme 43: MCR for cyanated IP synthesis.
Scheme 44: Substrate scope for the reaction.
Scheme 45: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 46: Probable mechanistic pathway for Cu/ZnAl2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 47: Copper-catalyzed double oxidative C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 48: Application towards different coupling reactions.
Scheme 49: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 50: Condensation–cyclization approach for the synthesis of 1,3-diarylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 51: Optimized reaction conditions.
Scheme 52: One-pot 2-CR.
Scheme 53: One-pot 3-CR without the isolation of chalcone.
Scheme 54: Copper–Pybox-catalyzed cyclization reaction.
Scheme 55: Mechanistic pathway catalyzed by Cu–Pybox complex.
Scheme 56: Cu(II)-promoted C(sp3)-H amination reaction.
Scheme 57: Wider substrate applicability for the reaction.
Scheme 58: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 59: CuI assisted C–N cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 60: Probable reaction mechanism involving sp3 C–H amination.
Scheme 61: One-pot MCR-catalyzed by CoFe2O4/CNT-Cu.
Scheme 62: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 63: Synthetic scheme for 3-nitroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 64: Plausible mechanism for CuBr-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 65: Regioselective synthesis of halo-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of diarylated compounds.
Scheme 68: CuBr2-mediated one-pot two-component oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 69: Decarboxylative cyclization route to synthesize 1,3-diarylimidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 70: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 71: C–H functionalization reaction of enamines to produce diversified heterocycles.
Scheme 72: A plausible mechanism.
Scheme 73: CuI-promoted aerobic oxidative cyclization reaction of ketoxime acetates and pyridines.
Scheme 74: CuI-catalyzed pathway for the formation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 75: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 76: Mechanistic rationale for the synthesis of products.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed synthesis of vinyloxy-IP.
Scheme 78: Regioselective product formation with propiolates.
Scheme 79: Proposed mechanism for vinyloxy-IP formation.
Scheme 80: Regioselective synthesis of 3-hetero-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with different reaction su...
Scheme 81: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 82: CuI-mediated synthesis of 3-formylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 83: Radical pathway for 3-formylated IP synthesis.
Scheme 84: Pd-catalyzed urea-cyclization reaction for IPs.
Scheme 85: Pd-catalyzed one-pot-tandem amination and intramolecular amidation reaction.
Figure 5: Scope of aniline nucleophiles.
Scheme 86: Pd–Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 87: One-pot amide coupling reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 88: Urea cyclization reaction for the synthesis of two series of pyridines.
Scheme 89: Amidation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Figure 6: Amide scope.
Scheme 90: Pd NPs-catalyzed 3-component reaction for the synthesis of 2,3-diarylated IPs.
Scheme 91: Plausible mechanistic pathway for Pd NPs-catalyzed MCR.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of chromenoannulated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 93: Mechanism for the synthesis of chromeno-annulated IPs.
Scheme 94: Zinc oxide NRs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines/diazines.
Scheme 95: Zinc oxide-catalyzed isocyanide based GBB reaction.
Scheme 96: Reaction pathway for ZnO-catalyzed GBB reaction.
Scheme 97: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 98: ZnO NRs-catalyzed MCR for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines.
Scheme 99: Ugi type GBB three-component reaction.
Scheme 100: Magnetic NPs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 101: Regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines catalyzed by Fe-SBA-15.
Scheme 102: Plausible mechanistic pathway for the synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazopyridine.
Scheme 103: Iron-catalyzed synthetic approach.
Scheme 104: Iron-catalyzed aminooxygenation reaction.
Scheme 105: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 106: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-substituted imidazoles and alkynes.
Scheme 107: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 108: Rh(III)-catalyzed non-aromatic C(sp2)–H bond activation–functionalization for the synthesis of imid...
Scheme 109: Reactivity and selectivity of different substrates.
Scheme 110: Rh-catalyzed direct C–H alkynylation by Li et al.
Scheme 111: Suggested radical mechanism.
Scheme 112: Scandium(III)triflate-catalyzed one-pot reaction and its mechanism for the synthesis of benzimidazo...
Scheme 113: RuCl3-assisted Ugi-type Groebke–Blackburn condensation reaction.
Scheme 114: C-3 aroylation via Ru-catalyzed two-component reaction.
Scheme 115: Regioselective synthetic mechanism.
Scheme 116: La(III)-catalyzed one-pot GBB reaction.
Scheme 117: Mechanistic approach for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 118: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine using LaMnO3 NPs under neat conditions.
Scheme 119: Mechanistic approach.
Scheme 120: One-pot 3-CR for regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxy-3-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 121: Formation of two possible products under optimization of the catalysts.
Scheme 122: Mechanistic strategy for NiFe2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 123: Two-component reaction for synthesizing imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 124: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 125: CuI-catalyzed arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 126: Mechanism for arylation reaction.
Scheme 127: Cupric acetate-catalyzed double carbonylation approach.
Scheme 128: Radical mechanism for double carbonylation of IP.
Scheme 129: C–S bond formation reaction catalyzed by cupric acetate.
Scheme 130: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 131: Control experiments for signifying the role of DMSO and oxygen.
Scheme 132: Mechanism pathway.
Scheme 133: Copper bromide-catalyzed CDC reaction.
Scheme 134: Extension of the substrate scope.
Scheme 135: Plausible radical pathway.
Scheme 136: Transannulation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 137: Plausible reaction pathway for denitrogenative transannulation.
Scheme 138: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 carbonylation reaction.
Scheme 139: Plausible mechanism for regioselective C-3 carbonylation.
Scheme 140: Alkynylation reaction at C-2 of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 141: Two-way mechanism for C-2 alkynylation of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 142: Palladium-catalyzed SCCR approach.
Scheme 143: Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction.
Scheme 144: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 145: A phosphine free palladium-catalyzed synthesis of C-3 arylated imidazopyridines.
Scheme 146: Palladium-mediated Buchwald–Hartwig cross-coupling reaction.
Figure 7: Structure of the ligands optimized.
Scheme 147: Palladium acetate-catalyzed direct arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 148: Palladium acetate-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 149: Palladium acetate-catalyzed regioselective arylation reported by Liu and Zhan.
Scheme 150: Mechanism for selective C-3 arylation of IP.
Scheme 151: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with styrenes.
Scheme 152: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with acrylates.
Scheme 153: A two way mechanism.
Scheme 154: Double C–H activation reaction catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 155: Probable mechanism.
Scheme 156: Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling.
Scheme 157: Mechanistic cycle for decarboxylative arylation reaction.
Scheme 158: Ligand-free approach for arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 159: Mechanism for ligandless arylation reaction.
Scheme 160: NHC-Pd(II) complex assisted arylation reaction.
Scheme 161: C-3 arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with aryl bromides catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 162: Pd(II)-catalyzed C-3 arylations with aryl tosylates and mesylates.
Scheme 163: CDC reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 164: Plausible reaction mechanism for Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 165: Pd-catalyzed C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 166: Mechanism for C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 167: One-pot synthesis for 3,6-di- or 2,3,6-tri(hetero)arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 168: C–H/C–H cross-coupling reaction of IPs and azoles catalyzed by Pd(II).
Scheme 169: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 170: Rh-catalyzed C–H arylation reaction.
Scheme 171: Mechanistic pathway for C–H arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 172: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 173: Rh(III)-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 174: Rh(III)-mediated oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 175: Reactions showing functionalization of the product obtained by the group of Kotla.
Scheme 176: Mechanism for Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 177: Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation reaction.
Scheme 178: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 179: Annulation reactions of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 180: Two-way reaction mechanism for annulations reaction.
Scheme 181: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2-catalyzed C–C bond formation reaction.
Scheme 182: Reported reaction mechanism.
Scheme 183: Fe(III) catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 184: SET mechanism-catalyzed by Fe(III).
Scheme 185: Ni(dpp)Cl2-catalyzed KTC coupling.
Scheme 186: Pd-catalyzed SM coupling.
Scheme 187: Vanadium-catalyzed coupling of IP and NMO.
Scheme 188: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 189: Selective C3/C5–H bond functionalizations by mono and bimetallic systems.
Scheme 190: rGO-Ni@Pd-catalyzed C–H bond arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 191: Mechanistic pathway for heterogeneously catalyzed arylation reaction.
Scheme 192: Zinc triflate-catalyzed coupling reaction of substituted propargyl alcohols.
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Figure 1: γ-Lactam-derived structures considered in this review.
Figure 2: Alkaloids containing an isoindolinone moiety.
Figure 3: Alkaloids containing the 2-oxindole ring system.
Figure 4: Drugs and biological active compounds containing an isoindolinone moiety.
Figure 5: Drugs and biologically active compounds bearing a 2-oxindole skeleton.
Scheme 1: Three-component reaction of benzoic acid 1, amides 2 and DMSO (3).
Scheme 2: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-iodobenzoic acids 10, alkynylcarboxylic acids 11 and...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of methylene isoindolinones 13.
Scheme 4: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-iodobenzamide 17, terminal alkyne 18 and pyrrole or ...
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of ethynylbenzamides 21, secondary amines 22 and CO (23...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the formation of methyleneisoindolinones 24.
Scheme 7: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of formyl benzoate 29, amines 2 and alkynes 18.
Scheme 8: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of formylbenzoate 29, amines 2 and ketones 31.
Scheme 9: Non-catalysed (A) and phase-transfer catalysed (B) three-component reactions of formylbenzoic acids ...
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the formation of isoindolinones 36.
Scheme 11: Three-component reaction of formylbenzoic acid 33, amines 2 and fluorinated silyl ethers 39.
Scheme 12: Three-component Ugi reaction of 2-formylbenzoic acid (33), diamines 41 and isocyanides 42.
Scheme 13: Non-catalysed (A, B) and chiral phosphoric acid promoted (C) three-component Ugi reactions of formy...
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the enantioselective formation of isoindolinones 46.
Scheme 15: Three-component reaction of benzoic acids 33 or 54, amines 2 and TMSCN (52).
Scheme 16: Several variations of the three-component reaction of formylbenzoic acids 33, amines 2 and isatoic ...
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of isoindoloquinazolinones 57.
Scheme 18: Three-component reaction of isobenzofuranone 61, amines 2 and isatoic anhydrides 56.
Scheme 19: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-aminobenzamides 59, 2-bromobenzaldehydes 62 and C...
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for the palladium-catalysed synthesis of isoindoloquinazolinones 57.
Scheme 21: Four-component reaction of 2-vinylbenzoic acids 67, aryldioazonium tetrafluoroborates 68, DABCO·(SO2...
Scheme 22: Plausible mechanism for the formation of isoindolinones 71.
Scheme 23: Three-component reaction of trimethylsilylaryltriflates 77, isocyanides 42 and CO2 (78).
Scheme 24: Plausible mechanism for the three-component synthesis of phthalimides 79.
Scheme 25: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-formylbenzonitriles 85, arenes 86 and diaryliodonium...
Scheme 26: Copper-catalysed three-component reaction of 2-formylbenzonitriles 85, diaryliodonium salts 87 and ...
Scheme 27: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2,3-diarylisoindolinones 88, 89 and 92.
Scheme 28: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of chloroquinolinecarbaldehydes 97 with isocyanides 42...
Scheme 29: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of imines 99 with CO (23) and ortho-iodoarylimines 100....
Scheme 30: Palladium-catalysed three-component reaction of amines 2 with CO (23) and aryl iodide 105.
Scheme 31: Three-component reaction of 2-ethynylanilines 109, perfluoroalkyl iodides 110 and carbon monoxide (...
Scheme 32: Ultraviolet-induced three-component reaction of N-(2-iodoaryl)acrylamides 113, DABCO·(SO2)2 (69) an...
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the preparation of oxindoles 115.
Scheme 34: Three-component reaction of acrylamide 113, CO (23) and 1,4-benzodiazepine 121.
Scheme 35: Multicomponent reaction of sulfonylacrylamides 123, aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates 68 and DABCO·(...
Scheme 36: Proposed mechanism for the preparation of oxindoles 124.
Scheme 37: Three-component reaction of N-arylpropiolamides 128, aryl iodides 129 and boronic acids 130.
Scheme 38: Proposed mechanism for the formation of diarylmethylene- and diarylallylideneoxindoles 131 and 132.
Scheme 39: Three-component reaction of cyclohexa-1,3-dione (136), amines 2 and alkyl acetylenedicarboxylates 1...
Scheme 40: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-oxindoles 138.
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Figure 1: Strategies for cobalt-catalyzed alkoxylation.
Scheme 1: Reaction scope with respect to N-(naphthalen-1-yl)picolinamide derivatives. Reaction conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 2: Reaction scope with respect to alcohols. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.2 mmol), 2 (1.0 mL), CoF2 (20 m...
Scheme 3: Control experiments and mechanistic studies.
Scheme 4: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 5: Removal of the directing group.
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Scheme 1: Investigation of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylations.
Scheme 2: Synthesis and characterization of BI-alkyne derivatives 3a–f.
Scheme 3: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for deboronative alkynylation in photoredox catalysis. ...
Scheme 4: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylations in photoredox catalysis. Reac...
Scheme 5: Reaction of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for acyl radical alkynylation in photoredox catalysis. ...
Scheme 6: Mechanistic investigations of alkynylbenziodoxole for radical acceptor and oxidative quenching reac...
Scheme 7: The role of alkynylbenziodoxole derivatives for radical alkynylation in photoredox catalysis.
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Scheme 1: a) Acetylene hydratase catalyzes the hydration of acetylene to ethanal. b) Currently favored key-st...
Scheme 2: a) π-Activation pathway in Markovnikov selective alkyne hydration, e.g., with mercury catalysts. b)...
Scheme 3: a) Synthesis of complex (NEt4)2[WO(mnt)2] (1) [29]. b) Attempted catalytic hydration reaction with a te...
Scheme 4: a) Unexpected isolation of acetone 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone (10) from an attempted catalytic hydr...
Figure 1: Frequency of reported melting points for acetaldehyde 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone (9) from the Reaxy...
Figure 2: Experimental setup for the study of catalytic acetylene hydration. Red arrows indicate the directio...
Figure 3: Identification of ethyne (2) in the reaction solution by coupling pattern analysis of 13C-satellite...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1081–1095, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.103
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Scheme 1: Simplified overview outlining how a small number of different IPNs are synthesised and are able to ...
Scheme 2: Protocols for the synthesis of O-nitrated alcohols using (±)-isoprene epoxide and 2° alcohols as st...
Scheme 3: Attempted synthesis of O-nitrate ester rac-19 and rac-20 synthesis.
Scheme 4: Olah et al. O-nitrated alcohol syntheses of 23–33 using N-nitro-2,4-6-trimethylpyridinium tetrafluo...
Scheme 5: O-nitration study using 22 and the alcohols 34–37.
Scheme 6: Silver nitrate mediated synthesis of 2-oxopropyl nitrate 43.
Scheme 7: Application of isoprene for the synthesis of precursors to IPNs and synthesis via ‘halide for nitra...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (E)-3-methyl-4-chlorobut-2-en-1-ol ((E)-60) and (Z)-3-methyl-4-chlorobut-2-en-1-ol ((Z...
Scheme 9: Using NOESY interactions to establish the conformations of the C=C bonds within (E)-10 and (Z)-9.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of isoprene nitrates (E)-11 and (Z)-12 from ketone 63.
Scheme 11: Attempted synthesis of rac-8 from O-mesylate rac-71.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of O-nitrate 73 from O-mesylate 72.
Scheme 13: Attempted synthesis of 2° alcohol containing 1° nitrate ester rac-19 and the unexpected synthesis o...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of monoterpene derived (1R,5S)-(−)-myrtenol nitrate 86.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1040–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.99
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Figure 1: Road map to enhanced C–H activation reactivity.
Scheme 1: Concerted metalation–deprotonation and elelectrophilic palladation pathways for C–H activation.
Scheme 2: Routes for generation of cationic palladium(II) species.
Scheme 3: Optimized conditions for C–H arylations at room temperature.
Scheme 4: Biaryl formation catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Figure 2: C–H arylation results. Conditions A: Conducted at rt for 20 h in 2 wt % Brij 35/water (1 mL) with 1...
Figure 3: Monoarylations in water at rt. Conditions A: Conducted at rt for 20 h in 2 wt % Brij 35/water with ...
Scheme 5: Selective arylation of a 1-naphthylurea derivative.
Figure 4: Fujiwara–Moritani coupling rreactions in water. Conditions A: 10 mol % [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2, 1 equiv B...
Figure 5: Optimization. Conducted at rt for 8 h or as otherwise noted in EtOAc with 10 mol % Pd catalyst, AgO...
Figure 6: Representative results in EtOAc. Conducted at rt in EtOAc with 10 mol % Pd(OAc)2, HBF4 (1 equiv), a...
Scheme 6: Previous syntheses of boscalid®.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of boscalid®. aConducted at rt for 20 h in EtOAc with 10 mol % [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2, BQ (5 e...
Scheme 8: Hypothetical reaction sequence for cationic Pd(II)-catalyzed aromatic C–H activation reactions.
Scheme 9: Palladacycle formation.
Figure 7: X-ray structure of palladacycle 6 with thermal ellipsoids at the 50% probability level. BF4 and hyd...
Figure 8: NMR studies. A: The reaction of [Pd(MeCN)4](BF4)2 and 3-MeOC6H4NHCONMe2 in acetone-d6. B: The react...
Scheme 10: The generation of cationic Pd(II) from Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 11: Electrophilic substitution of aromatic hydrogen by cationic palladium(II) species.
Scheme 12: Attempted reactions of palladacycle 6.
Scheme 13: The impact of MeCN on C-H activation/coupling reactions.
Scheme 14: Stoichiometric MeCN-free reactions. a2% Brij 35 was used instead of EtOAc.
Scheme 15: The reactions of divalent palladacycles.
Scheme 16: Role of BQ in stoichiometric Fujiwara–Moritani and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions. aYields based...
Scheme 17: Proposed role of BQ in Fujiwara–Moritani reactions.
Scheme 18: Proposed role of BQ in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Scheme 19: Stoichiometric C–H arylation of iodobenzene. aYields based on Pd.
Scheme 20: Impact of acetate on the cationicity of Pd.
Scheme 21: Roles of additives in C–H arylation.
Scheme 22: Cross-coupling in the presence of AgBF4.
Scheme 23: A proposed catalytic cycle for Fujiwara–Moritani reactions.
Scheme 24: Proposed catalytic cycle of C–H activation/Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions.
Scheme 25: A proposed catalytic cycle for C–H arylation involving a Pd(IV) intermediate.
Scheme 26: Selected reactions of divalent palladacycles.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 897–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.101
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Figure 1: Structures of some marine natural products 1–4.
Figure 2: Structures 5–7.
Scheme 1: Intramolecular gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization reaction of 8 to give 9 and 10.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 13 and its reaction with AuCl3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 6.
Figure 3: Geometry optimized structures of 6, 7, 30 and 31.
Scheme 4: Reaction of 15 with Au(I)/AgOTf in the presence of EtOH and CD3OD.
Scheme 5: Reaction of 7 with Au(I)/AgOTf in the presence of EtOH.
Scheme 6: Proposed reaction mechanism for the intramolecular gold-catalyzed cyclization followed by EtOH addi...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 481–513, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.46
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Scheme 1: General reaction mechanism for Ag(I)-catalyzed A3-coupling reactions.
Scheme 2: A3-coupling reaction catalyzed by polystyrene-supported NHC–silver halides.
Figure 1: Various NHC–Ag(I) complexes used as catalysts for A3-coupling.
Scheme 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for NHC–AgCl catalyzed A3-coupling reactions.
Scheme 4: Liu’s synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes 4.
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction mechanism for Liu’s synthesis of pyrrole-2-carboxaldehydes 4.
Scheme 6: Gold-catalyzed synthesis of propargylamines 1.
Scheme 7: A3-coupling catalyzed by phosphinamidic Au(III) metallacycle 6.
Scheme 8: Gold-catalyzed KA2-coupling.
Scheme 9: A3-coupling applied to aldehyde-containing oligosaccharides 8.
Scheme 10: A3-MCR for the preparation of propargylamine-substituted indoles 9.
Scheme 11: A3-coupling interceded synthesis of furans 12.
Scheme 12: A3/KA2-coupling mediated synthesis of functionalized dihydropyrazoles 13 and polycyclic dihydropyra...
Scheme 13: Au(I)-catalyzed entry to cyclic carbamimidates 17 via an A3-coupling-type approach.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Au(I)-catalyzed synthesis of cyclic carbamimidates 17.
Figure 2: Chiral trans-1-diphenylphosphino-2-aminocyclohexane–Au(I) complex 20.
Scheme 15: A3-coupling-type synthesis of oxazoles 21 catalyzed by Au(III)–salen complex.
Scheme 16: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of oxazoles 21.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of propargyl ethyl ethers 24 by an A3-coupling-type reaction.
Scheme 18: General mechanism of Ag(I)-catalyzed MCRs of 2-alkynylbenzaldehydes, amines and nucleophiles.
Scheme 19: General synthetic pathway to 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 29.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 35 and 36.
Scheme 22: Rh(II)/Ag(I) co-catalyzed synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted-1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 40.
Scheme 23: General synthetic pathway to 2-amino-1,2-dihydroquinolines.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 2-amino-1,2-dihydroquinolines 47.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of tricyclic H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinoline 48.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of tricyclic H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 48.
Scheme 27: Cu(II)/Ag(I) catalyzed synthesis of H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 48.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of 2-aminopyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 53.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of 1-(isoquinolin-1-yl)guanidines 55.
Scheme 30: Ag(I)/Cu(I) catalyzed synthesis of 2-amino-H-pyrazolo[5,1-a]isoquinolines 58.
Scheme 31: Ag(I)/Ni(II) co-catalyzed synthesis of 3,4-dihydro-1H-pyridazino[6,1-a]isoquinoline-1,1-dicarboxyla...
Scheme 32: Ag(I) promoted activation of the α-carbon atom of the isocyanide group.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of dihydroimidazoles 65.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of oxazoles 68.
Scheme 35: Stereoselective synthesis of chiral butenolides 71.
Scheme 36: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of butenolides 71.
Scheme 37: Stereoselective three-component approach to pirrolidines 77 by means of a chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 38: Stereoselective three-component approach to pyrrolidines 81 and 82 by means of a chiral catalyst.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of substituted five-membered carbocyles 86.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of regioisomeric arylnaphthalene lactones.
Scheme 41: Enantioselective synthesis of spiroacetals 96 by Fañanás and Rodríguez [105].
Scheme 42: Enantioselective synthesis of spiroacetals 101 by Gong [106].
Scheme 43: Synthesis of polyfunctionalized fused bicyclic ketals 103 and bridged tricyclic ketals 104.
Scheme 44: Proposed reaction mechanism for the synthesis of ketals 103 and 104.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of β-alkoxyketones 108.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-methyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 112.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of tetrahydrocarbazoles 115–117.
Scheme 48: Plausible reaction mechanism for the synthesis of tetrahydrocarbazoles 115–117.
Scheme 49: Carboamination, carboalkoxylation and carbolactonization of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 50: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylboronic acids and Selectfluor as reoxidant.
Scheme 51: Proposed reaction mechanism for oxyarylation of alkenes.
Scheme 52: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylsilanes and Selectfluor as reoxidant.
Scheme 53: Oxyarylation of alkenes with arylsilanes and IBA as reoxidant.
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Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed monofluoromethylation of pinacol phenylboronate [44].
Scheme 2: Cu-catalyzed monofluoromethylation with 2-PySO2CHFCOR followed by desulfonylation [49].
Scheme 3: Cu-catalyzed difluoromethylation with α-silyldifluoroacetates [57].
Figure 1: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed C–CHF2 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids through dec...
Scheme 4: Fe-catalyzed decarboxylative difluoromethylation of cinnamic acids [62].
Scheme 5: Preliminary experiments for investigation of the mechanism of the C–H trifluoromethylation of N-ary...
Figure 2: Plausible catalytic cycle proposed by Z.-J. Shi et al. for the trifluoromethylation of acetanilides ...
Figure 3: Plausible catalytic cycle proposed by M. S. Sanford et al. for the perfluoroalkylation of simple ar...
Figure 4: Postulated reaction pathway for the Ag/Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl iodides by Z. Q. W...
Figure 5: Postulated reaction mechanism for Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation reaction using MTFA as trifluor...
Scheme 6: Formal Heck-type trifluoromethylation of vinyl(het)arenes by M. Sodeoka et al. [83].
Figure 6: Proposed catalytic cycle for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (het)arenes in presence o...
Figure 7: Proposed catalytic cycle for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of N,N-disubstituted (hetero...
Figure 8: Proposed catalytic cycle by Y. Zhang and J. Wang et al. for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylati...
Figure 9: Mechanistic rationale for the trifluoromethylation of arenes in presence of Langlois’s reagent and ...
Scheme 7: Trifluoromethylation of 4-acetylpyridine with Langlois’s reagent by P. S. Baran et al. (* Stirring ...
Scheme 8: Catalytic copper-facilitated perfluorobutylation of benzene with C4F9I and benzoyl peroxide [90].
Figure 10: F.-L. Qing et al.’s proposed mechanism for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)are...
Figure 11: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed/Ru-photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of ary...
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinyl boronic acids with ...
Figure 13: Possible mechanism for the Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids [62].
Scheme 9: Ruthenium-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of alkenes and (hetero)arenes with perfluoroalkylsulfonyl c...
Figure 14: N. Kamigata et al.’s proposed mechanism for the Ru-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of alkenes and (he...
Figure 15: Proposed mechanism for the Ru-catalyzed photoredox trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trif...
Figure 16: Late-stage trifluoromethylation of pharmaceutically relevant molecules with trifluoromethanesulfony...
Figure 17: Proposed mechanism for the trifluoromethylation of alkenes with trifluoromethyl iodide under Ru-bas...
Scheme 10: Formal perfluoroakylation of terminal alkenes by Ru-catalyzed cross-metathesis with perfluoroalkyle...
Figure 18: One-pot Ir-catalyzed borylation/Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of complex small molecules by Q. ...
Figure 19: Mechanistic proposal for the Ni-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of arenes and heteroarenes with perfl...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical Ni-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of 2-phenylpyridine (Y. H. Budnikova et al.) [71].
Scheme 12: Fe(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes with trifluoromethyl iodide (T. Ya...
Figure 20: Mechanistic proposal by T. Yamakawa et al. for the Fe(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes ...
Scheme 13: Ytterbium-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of dihydropyran with perfluoroalkyl iodide (Y. Ding et al.) ...
Figure 21: Mechanistic proposal by A. Togni et al. for the rhenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes an...
Figure 22: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylthiolation of arylboronic acids with TMSCF3 ...
Scheme 14: Removal of the 8-aminoquinoline auxiliary [136].
Figure 23: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of C–H bonds with a trifluoromethanesulfony...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2250–2264, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.264
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Figure 1: Gold-promoted 1,2-acyloxy migration on propargylic systems.
Scheme 1: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective intermolecular cyclopropanation.
Scheme 2: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective intramolecular cyclopropanation.
Scheme 3: Gold-catalyzed cyclohepta-annulation cascade.
Scheme 4: Application to the formal synthesis of frondosin A.
Scheme 5: Gold(I)-catalyzed enantioselective cyclopropenation of alkynes.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective cyclopropanation of diazooxindoles.
Figure 2: Proposed structures for gold-activated allene complexes.
Scheme 7: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective [2 + 2] cycloadditions of allenenes.
Scheme 8: Gold-catalyzed allenediene [4 + 3] and [4 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 9: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] cycloadditions of allenedienes.
Scheme 10: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 3] cycloadditions of allenedienes.
Scheme 11: Gold-catalyzed enantioselective [4 + 2] cycloadditions of allenamides.
Scheme 12: Enantioselective [2 + 2] cycloadditions of allenamides.
Scheme 13: Mechanistic rational for the gold-catalyzed [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective cascade cycloadditions between allenamides and oxoalkenes.
Scheme 15: Enantioselective [3 + 2] cycloadditions of nitrones and allenamides.
Scheme 16: Enantioselective formal [4 + 3] cycloadditions leading to 1,2-oxazepane derivatives.
Scheme 17: Enantioselective gold(I)-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar [3 + 3] cycloaddition between 2-(1-alkynyl)-2-alken-...
Scheme 18: Enantioselective [4 + 3] cycloaddition leading to 5,7-fused bicyclic furo[3,4-d][1,2]oxazepines.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2147–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.252
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Scheme 1: Gold-catalyzed synthesis of a disaccharide.
Scheme 2: Mechanistic rationale for the cleavage of the interglycosidic linkage.
Scheme 3: C-6 Benzyl ether hydrolysis and synthesis of a glycerol mannoside.
Scheme 4: Armed–disarmed effect in Ech-glycosides during gold-catalyzed reactions.
Scheme 5: Gold-catalyzed glycosidation at ambient temperature for the synthesis of trimannoside 25.
Scheme 6: Gold-catalyzed glycosidation at ambient temperature for the synthesis of higher saccharides.
Scheme 7: Gold-catalyzed glycosidation for synthesis of higher saccharides.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1797–1806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.209
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Scheme 1: Previous work on direct allylic etherification of allylic alcohols.
Figure 1: Initial side product with TMHQ.
Scheme 2: Proposed pathway.
Scheme 3: Control reactions.
Scheme 4: Reaction of 21 with added Brønsted acid co-catalyst.
Scheme 5: Suggested mechanism.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 891–899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.102
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Scheme 1: Representative phenanthridine compounds and our synthetic strategy based on Pd-catalyzed sequential...
Figure 1: Substrate scope of the Pd-catalyzed PA-directed C–H arylation reaction. All reactions were carried ...
Figure 2: Substrate scope of this phenanthridine synthesis. All reactions were carried out in a 10 mL glass v...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1657–1667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.190
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of the monosaccharide-substituted threonine building block (A = allo-L-threonine; B = D-t...
Scheme 2: Structures of monosaccharide-substituted AFGP analogues containing allo-L-threonine and L-alanine 5...
Figure 1: CD spectra of the monosaccharide-substituted AFGP analogues (5 and 7) and their corresponding aglyc...
Figure 2: (a) Temperature dependent CD spectra of the glycosylated allo-L-Thr containing peptide 5 from −10 t...
Figure 3: (a) Temperature-dependent CD spectra of the aglycon comprising allo-L-Thr 6 from −10 to 80 °C in wa...
Figure 4: (a) Temperature-dependent CD spectra of the glycosylated D-Thr and D-Ala containing peptide 7 from ...
Figure 5: Optical microphotographs taken after 0 and 120 min during the recrystallization process of polycrys...