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Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles
- Periklis X. Kolagkis,
- Eirini M. Galathri and
- Christoforos G. Kokotos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36
- solvent-free reaction conditions has been introduced as a popular alternative to common organic solvents for many different organic transformations. The lack of an organic solvent can result in improved yields and reaction rates, more facile work-up processes and reduced waste, which are among the goals
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Scheme 1: Examples of BIMs used for their medicinal properties.
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the synthesis of BIMs using protic or Lewis acids as catalysts.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 4: Competition experiments and synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM of using DBDMH.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2.
Scheme 7: General reaction mechanism upon halogen bonding.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2, introduced by Ji.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using Br2 in CH3CN.
Scheme 10: Βidentate halogen-bond donors.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using bidentate halogen-bond donor 26.
Scheme 12: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using iodoalkyne as catalyst.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions used by Ramshini.
Scheme 16: Activation of the carbonyl group by HPA/TPI-Fe3O4.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of nanoAg-Pt/SiO2-doped silicate.
Scheme 18: Mechanism of action proposed by Khalafi-Nezhad et al.
Scheme 19: Activation of the carbonyl group by the Cu–isatin Schiff base complex.
Scheme 20: Optimum reaction conditions published by Jain.
Scheme 21: Organocatalytic protocol utilizing nanoparticles introduced by Bankar.
Scheme 22: Activation of the carbonyl group by the AlCl3·6H2O-SDS-SiO2 complex.
Scheme 23: Optimal reaction conditions for the aforementioned nano-Fe3O4 based catalysts.
Scheme 24: Nanocatalytic protocol proposed by Kaur et al.
Scheme 25: Microwave approach introduced by Yuan.
Scheme 26: Microwave approach introduced by Zahran et al.
Scheme 27: Microwave irradiation protocol introduced by Bindu.
Scheme 28: Silica-supported microwave irradiation protocol.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM by Nongkhlaw.
Scheme 30: Microwave-assisted synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by succinic acid.
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism of action of MMO-4.
Scheme 32: Catalytic approach introduced by Muhammadpoor-Baltork et al.
Scheme 33: Reaction conditions used by Xiao-Ming.
Scheme 34: Ultrasonic irradiation-based protocol published by Saeednia.
Scheme 35: Pyruvic acid-mediated synthesis of BIMs proposed by Thopate.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of BIMs using [bmim]BF4 or [bmim]PF6 ionic liquids.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing In(OTf)3 in octylmethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as ionic liquid.
Scheme 38: FeCl3·6H2O-catalyzed synthesis of BIMs with use of ionic liquid.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing the [hmim]HSO4/EtOH catalytic system.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing acidic ionic liquid immobilized on silica gel (ILIS-SO2Cl).
Scheme 41: The [bmim][MeSO4]-catalyzed reaction of indole with various aldehydes.
Scheme 42: The role of [bmim][MeSO4] in catalyzing the reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing FeCl3-based ionic liquid ([BTBAC]Cl-FeCl3) as catalyst.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of BIMs using [Msim]Cl at room temperature.
Scheme 45: [Et3NH][H2PO4]-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 46: PILs-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 47: FSILs-mediated synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 48: Possible “release and catch” catalytic process.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [DABCO-H][HSO4].
Scheme 50: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [(THA)(SO4)].
Scheme 51: Synthesis of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 53: Chemoselectivity of the present method.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by chitosan-supported ionic liquid.
Scheme 55: Proposed mechanism of action of CSIL.
Scheme 56: Optimization of the reaction in DESs.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of BIMs using ChCl/SnCl2 as DES.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of BIMs derivatives in presence of DES.
Scheme 59: BIMs synthesis in choline chloride/urea (CC/U).
Scheme 60: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs by Ley.
Scheme 61: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs proposed by Nam et al.
Scheme 62: Amino-catalyzed reaction of indole with propionaldehyde.
Scheme 63: Aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 64: Proposed mechanism for the aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 65: Enzymatic reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 66: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by TLIM.
Scheme 67: Proposed reaction mechanism by Badsara.
Scheme 68: Mechanism proposed by D’Auria.
Scheme 69: Photoinduced thiourea catalysis.
Scheme 70: Proposed mechanism of photoacid activation.
Scheme 71: Proposed mechanism of action for CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 72: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs by Mandawad.
Scheme 73: Proposed mechanism for the (a) acid generation and (b) synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 74: a) Reaction conditions employed by Khaksar and b) activation of the carbonyl group by HFIP.
Scheme 75: Activation of the carbonyl group by the PPy@CH2Br through the formation of a halogen bond.
Scheme 76: Reaction conditions utilized by Mhaldar et al.
Scheme 77: a) Reaction conditions employed by López and b) activation of the carbonyl group by thiourea.
Scheme 78: Infrared irradiation approach introduced by Luna-Mora and his research group.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of BIMs with the use of the Fe–Zn BMOF.
New one-pot synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones based on 5-aminopyrazoles and azlactones
- Vladislav Yu. Shuvalov,
- Ekaterina Yu. Vlasova,
- Tatyana Yu. Zheleznova and
- Alexander S. Fisyuk
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1155–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.83
- UV light, are used in forensics, in protection against forgery of banknotes, securities, and other important documents [34]. Conclusion In summary, we developed a simple one-pot synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones, based on the solvent-free reaction of the available starting compounds 5
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones.
Scheme 1: Methods for the synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones.
Scheme 2: One-pot synthesis of 4-arylpyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridin-6-ones 4a–i, 9a, and 10a.
Figure 2: Normalized absorption and fluorescence spectra of solutions of compounds 4a–i, 9a, and 10a in EtOH.
Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach
- Dileep Kumar Singh and
- Rajesh Kumar
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71
- derivatives 65 in 90–95% yields using a solvent-free reaction of amines 64 with 2,5-DMTHF (2) under microwave irradiation conditions (Scheme 31). This method has many advantages, including simpler, less expensive, and faster catalyst preparation, easy removal of the catalyst from the reaction mixture, and use
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Figure 1: Various pyrrole containing molecules.
Scheme 1: Various synthestic protocols for the synthesis of pyrroles.
Figure 2: A tree-diagram showing various conventional and green protocols for Clauson-Kaas pyrrole synthesis.
Scheme 2: A general reaction of Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: AcOH-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles 5 and 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 9.
Scheme 5: P2O5-catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 11.
Scheme 6: p-Chloropyridine hydrochloride-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles 13.
Scheme 7: TfOH-catalyzed synthesis of N-sulfonylpyrroles 15, N-sulfonylindole 16, N-sulfonylcarbazole 17.
Scheme 8: Scandium triflate-catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 19.
Scheme 9: MgI2 etherate-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of N-arylpyrrole derivatives 21.
Scheme 10: Nicotinamide catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles 23.
Scheme 11: ZrOCl2∙8H2O catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of pyrrole derivatives 25.
Scheme 12: AcONa catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 27.
Scheme 13: Squaric acid-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of N-substituted pyrroles 29.
Figure 3: Reusability of catalyst γ-Fe2O3@SiO2-Sb-IL in six cycles.
Scheme 14: Magnetic nanoparticle-supported antimony catalyst used in the synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 31...
Scheme 15: Iron(III) chloride-catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 33.
Scheme 16: Copper-catalyzed Clauson–Kaas synthesis and mechanism of pyrroles 35.
Scheme 17: β-CD-SO3H-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of pyrroles 37.
Figure 4: Recyclability of β-cyclodextrin-SO3H.
Scheme 18: Solvent-free and catalyst-free synthesis and plausible mechanism of N-substituted pyrroles 39.
Scheme 19: Nano-sulfated TiO2-catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 41.
Figure 5: Plausible mechanism for the formation of N-substituted pyrroles catalyzed by nano-sulfated TiO2 cat...
Scheme 20: Copper nitrate-catalyzed Clauson–Kaas synthesis and mechanism of N-substituted pyrroles 43.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 45 by using Co catalyst Co/NGr-C@SiO2-L.
Scheme 22: Zinc-catalyzed synthesis of N-arylpyrroles 47.
Scheme 23: Silica sulfuric acid-catalyzed synthesis of pyrrole derivatives 49.
Scheme 24: Bismuth nitrate-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles 51.
Scheme 25: L-(+)-tartaric acid-choline chloride-catalyzed Clauson–Kaas synthesis and plausible mechanism of py...
Scheme 26: Microwave-assisted synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 55 in AcOH or water.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of pyrrole derivatives 57 using a nano-organocatalyst.
Figure 6: Nano-ferric supported glutathione organocatalyst.
Scheme 28: Microwave-assisted synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 59 in water.
Scheme 29: Iodine-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of pyrroles 61.
Scheme 30: H3PW12O40/SiO2-catalyzed synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 63.
Scheme 31: Fe3O4@-γ-Fe2O3-SO3H-catalyzed synthesis of pyrroles 65.
Scheme 32: Mn(NO3)2·4H2O-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of pyrroles 67.
Scheme 33: p-TsOH∙H2O-catalyzed (method 1) and MW-assisted (method 2) synthesis of N-sulfonylpyrroles 69.
Scheme 34: ([hmim][HSO4]-catalyzed Clauson–Kaas synthesis of pyrroles 71.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 73 using K-10 montmorillonite catalyst.
Scheme 36: CeCl3∙7H2O-catalyzed Clauson–Kaas synthesis of pyrroles 75.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles 77 using Bi(NO3)3∙5H2O.
Scheme 38: Oxone-catalyzed synthesis and proposed mechanism of N-substituted pyrroles 79.
N-Sulfinylpyrrolidine-containing ureas and thioureas as bifunctional organocatalysts
- Viera Poláčková,
- Dominika Krištofíková,
- Boglárka Némethová,
- Renata Górová,
- Mária Mečiarová and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2629–2641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.176
- ). Michael additions under solvent-free reaction conditions To evaluate the applicability of the new catalysts C1 and C2, we decided to test them in the Michael addition under solvent-free conditions. Ball-milling experiments were conducted in a mixer mill, in which the milling vessels perform radial
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Catalyst design principles.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of isothiocyanate 3a and isocyanate 3b.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of sulfinylthioureas C1 and ureas C2.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of adducts 8a,d,f in solution.
Figure 2: DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2X/def2-TZVP) structures of catalyst (S,R) and (S,S)-C2, en...
Figure 3: a) Arrangements of reactants in the transition states; b) DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2...
Figure 4: DFT-calculated (PBEh-3c/def2-SV(P)//M06-2X/def2-TZVP) reaction profile for the Michael addition of ...
Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective
- Teruo Umemoto,
- Yuhao Yang and
- Gerald B. Hammond
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Fluorination with N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 2: Preparation of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 3: Reactions of N-F amine 1-1.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of N-F perfluoroimides 2-1 and 2-2.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Scheme 6: Fluorination with 1-fluoro-2-pyridone (3-1).
Figure 1: Synthesis of N-F sulfonamides 4-1a–g.
Scheme 7: Fluorination with N-F reagent 4-1b,c,f.
Scheme 8: Fluorination of alkenyllithiums with N-F 4-1h.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of N-fluoropyridinium triflate (5-4a).
Scheme 10: Synthetic methods for N-F-pyridinium salts.
Figure 2: Synthesis of various N-fluoropyridinium salts. Note: athis yield was the one by the improved method...
Scheme 11: Fluorination power order of N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 12: Fluorinations with N-F salts 5-4.
Scheme 13: Fluorination of Corey lactone 5-7 with N-F-bis(methoxymethyl) salt 5-4l.
Scheme 14: Fluorination with NFPy.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of the N-F reagent, N-fluoroquinuclidinium fluoride (6-1).
Scheme 16: Fluorinations achieved with N-F fluoride 6-1.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of N-F imides 7-1a–g.
Scheme 18: Fluorination with (CF3SO2)2NF, 7-1a.
Scheme 19: Fluorination reactions of various substrates with 7-1a.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of N-F triflate 8-1.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 22: Fluorination with chiral N-fluoro sultams 9-1 and 9-2.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of saccharin-derived N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 24: Fluorination with N-fluorosultam 10-2.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 26: Fluorination with N-F reagent 11-2.
Scheme 27: Synthesis and reaction of N-fluorolactams 12-1.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 29: Fluorination with NFOBS 13-2.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of NFSI (14-2).
Scheme 31: Fluorination with NFSI 14-2.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of N-fluorosaccharin (15-1) and N-fluorophthalimide (15-2).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-F salts 16-3.
Scheme 34: Fluorination with N-F salts 16-3.
Figure 3: Monofluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Figure 4: Difluorination with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 35: Transfer fluorination of Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 36: Fluorination of substrates with Selectfluor (16-3a).
Scheme 37: Synthesis of chiral N-fluoro-sultam 17-2.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 17-2.
Figure 5: Synthesis of Zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts 18-2a–h.
Scheme 39: Fluorinating power order of zwitterionic N-fluoropyridinium salts.
Scheme 40: Fluorination with zwitterionic 18-2.
Scheme 41: Activation of salt 18-2h with TfOH.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 43: Fluorination with NFTh, 19-2.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 3-fluorobenzo-1,2,3-oxathiazin-4-one 2,2-dioxide (20-2).
Scheme 45: Fluorination with 20-2.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of N-F amide 21-3.
Scheme 47: Fluorination with N-F amide 21-2.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorodiazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane salts 22-1.
Scheme 49: One-pot synthesis of N,N’-difluoro-1,4-diazoniabicyclo[2.2.2]octane bistetrafluoroborate salt (22-1d...
Figure 6: Fluorination of anisole with 22-1a, d, e.
Scheme 50: Fluorination with N,N’-diF bisBF4 22-1d.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of bis-N-F reagents 23-1–5.
Scheme 52: Fluorination with 23-2, 4, 5.
Figure 7: Synthesis of N,N’-difluorobipyridinium salts 24-2.
Figure 8: Controlled fluorination of N,N’-diF 24-2.
Scheme 53: Fluorinating power of N,N’-diF salts 24-2 and N-F salt 5-4a.
Scheme 54: Fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 55: Additional fluorination reactions with SynfluorTM (24-2b).
Scheme 56: Synthesis of N-F 25-1.
Scheme 57: Fluorination of polycyclic aromatics with 25-1.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 26-1 and dimethyl analog 26-2.
Scheme 59: Fluorination with reagents 26-1, 26-2, 1-1, and 26-3.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of N-F reagent 27-2.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 27-6.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of chiral N-F 27-7–9.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric fluorination with 27-6.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-3.
Scheme 65: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-3.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of chiral N-F reagents 28-7.
Figure 9: Asymmetric fluorination with 28-7.
Scheme 67: In situ formation of N-fluorinated cinchona alkaloids with SelectfluorTM.
Scheme 68: Asymmetric fluorination with N-F alkaloids formed in situ.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of N-fluorocinchona alkaloids with Selectfluor.
Scheme 70: Asymmetric fluorination with 30-1–4.
Scheme 71: Transfer fluorination from various N-F reagents.
Figure 10: Asymmetric fluorination of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of N-fluoro salt 32-2.
Scheme 73: Reactivity of N-fluorotriazinium salt 32-2.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of bulky N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide NFBSI 33-3.
Scheme 75: Comparison of NFSI and NFBSI.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of p-substituted N-fluorobenzenesulfonimides 34-3.
Figure 11: Asymmetric fluorination with 34-3 and a chiral catalyst 34-4.
Scheme 77: 1,4-Fluoroamination with Selecfluor and a chiral catalyst.
Figure 12: Asymmetric fluoroamination with 35-5a, b.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of Selectfluor analogs 35-5a, b.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of chiral dicationic DABCO-based N-F reagents 36-5.
Scheme 80: Asymmetric fluorocyclization with chiral 36-5b.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 82: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 83: Asymmetric fluorination with chiral 37-2b.
Scheme 84: Reaction of indene with chiral 37-2a,b.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of Me-NFSI, 38-2.
Scheme 86: Fluorination of active methine compounds with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 87: Fluorination of malonates with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 88: Fluorination of keto esters with Me-NFSI.
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-F 39-3 derived from the ethylene-bridged Tröger’s base.
Scheme 90: Fluorine transfer from N-F 39-3.
Scheme 91: Fluorination with N-F 39-3.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of SelectfluorCN.
Scheme 93: Bistrifluoromethoxylation of alkenes using SelectfluorCN.
Figure 13: Synthesis of NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 94: Radical fluorination with different N-F reagents.
Scheme 95: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2.
Scheme 96: Radical fluorination of alkenes with NFAS 41-2f.
Scheme 97: Decarboxylative fluorination with NFAS 41-2a,f.
Scheme 98: Fluorine plus detachment (FPD).
Figure 14: FPD values of representative N-F reagents in CH2Cl2 and CH3CN (in parentheses). Adapted with permis...
Scheme 99: N-F homolytic bond dissociation energy (BDE).
Figure 15: BDE values of representative N-F reagents in CH3CN. Adapted with permission from ref. [127]. Copyright 2...
Figure 16: Quantitative reactivity scale for popular N-F reagents. Adapted with permission from ref. [138], publish...
Scheme 100: SET and SN2 mechanisms.
Scheme 101: Radical clock reactions.
Scheme 102: Reaction of potassium enolate of citronellic ester with N-F reagents, 10-1, NFSI, and 8-1.
Scheme 103: Reaction of compound IV with Selectfluor (OTf) and NFSI.
Scheme 104: Reaction of TEMPO with Selecfluor.
N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles
- Joseane A. Mendes,
- Paulo R. R. Costa,
- Miguel Yus,
- Francisco Foubelo and
- Camilla D. Buarque
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: General strategy for the enantioselective synthesis of N-containing heterocycles from N-tert-butane...
Scheme 2: Methodologies for condensation of aldehydes and ketones with tert-butanesulfinamides (1).
Scheme 3: Transition models for cis-aziridines and trans-aziridines.
Scheme 4: Mechanism for the reduction of N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 5: Transition models for the addition of organomagnesium and organolithium compounds to N-tert-butanes...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 2,2-dibromoaziridines 15 from aldimines 14 and bromoform, and proposed non-chelation-c...
Scheme 7: Diastereoselective synthesis of aziridines from tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of vinylaziridines 22 from aldimines 14 and 1,3-dibromopropene 23, and proposed chelation...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of vinylaziridines 27 from aldimines 14 and α-bromoesters 26, and proposed transition sta...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 2-chloroaziridines 28 from aldimines 14 and dichloromethane, and proposed transition s...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of cis-vinylaziridines 30 and 31 from aldimines 14 and bromomethylbutenolide 29.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 2-chloro-2-aroylaziridines 36 and 32 from aldimines 14, arylnitriles 34, and silyldich...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of trifluoromethylaziridines 39 and proposed transition state of the aziridination.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of aziridines 42 and proposed state transition.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 1-substituted 2-azaspiro[3.3]heptanes, 1-phenyl-2-azaspiro[3.4]octane and 1-phenyl-2-a...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 1-substituted 2,6-diazaspiro[3.3]heptanes 48 from chiral imines 14 and 1-Boc-azetidine...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of β-lactams 52 from chiral imines 14 and dimethyl malonate (49).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of spiro-β-lactam 57 from chiral (RS)-N-tert-butanesulfinyl isatin ketimine 53 and ethyl ...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of β-lactam 60, a precursor of (−)-batzelladine D (61) and (−)-13-epi-batzelladine D (62)...
Scheme 20: Rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of 3-substituted pyrrolidines 66 from chiral imine (RS)-63 a...
Scheme 21: Asymmetric synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted isoindolines 69 and 70 from chiral imine 67.
Scheme 22: Asymmetric synthesis of cis-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines 73 from chiral imine (RS)-71.
Scheme 23: Asymmetric synthesis of 3-hydroxy-5-substituted pyrrolidin-2-ones 77 from chiral imine (RS)-74.
Scheme 24: Asymmetric synthesis of 4-hydroxy-5-substituted pyrrolidin-2-ones 80 from chiral imines 79.
Scheme 25: Asymmetric synthesis of 3-pyrrolines 82 from chiral imines 14 and ethyl 4-bromocrotonate (81).
Scheme 26: Asymmetric synthesis of γ-amino esters 84, and tetramic acid derivative 86 from chiral imines (RS)-...
Scheme 27: Asymmetric synthesis of α-methylene-γ-butyrolactams 90 from chiral imines (Z,SS)-87 and ethyl 2-bro...
Scheme 28: Asymmetric synthesis of methylenepyrrolidines 92 from chiral imines (RS)-14 and 2-(trimethysilylmet...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of dibenzoazaspirodecanes from cyclic N-tert-butanesulfinyl imines.
Scheme 30: Stereoselective synthesis of cyclopenta[c]proline derivatives 103 from β,γ-unsaturated α-amino acid...
Scheme 31: Stereoselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-angustureine (107) and (−)-cuspareine (108).
Scheme 32: Stereoselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-pelletierine (112) and (+)-coniine (117).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of piperidine alkaloids (+)-dihydropinidine (122a), (+)-isosolenopsin (122b) and (+)-isos...
Scheme 34: Stereoselective synthesis of the alkaloids(+)-sedamine (125) from chiral imine (SS)-119.
Scheme 35: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted-2-piperidinones 127 and 129 from chiral ...
Scheme 36: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted ethanone-2-piperidinones 132 from chiral...
Scheme 37: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-3-benzyl-5-hydroxy-6-substituted-2-piperidinones 136 from chiral...
Scheme 38: Stereoselective synthesis of trans-5-hydroxy-6-substituted 2-piperidinones 139 from chiral imine 138...
Scheme 39: Stereoselective synthesis of ʟ-hydroxypipecolic acid 145 from chiral imine 144.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of 1-substituted isoquinolones 147, 149 and 151.
Scheme 41: Stereoselective synthesis of 3-substituted dihydrobenzo[de]isoquinolinones 154.
Scheme 42: Enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids (S)-1-benzyl-6,7-dimethoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (...
Scheme 43: Enantioselective synthesis of alkaloids (−)-cermizine B (171) and (+)-serratezomine E (172) develop...
Scheme 44: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-isosolepnosin (177) and (+)-solepnosin (178) from homoallylamine d...
Scheme 45: Stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydroquinoline derivatives 184, 185 and 187 from chiral imines (RS...
Scheme 46: Stereoselective synthesis of pyridobenzofuran and pyridoindole derivatives 193 from homopropargylam...
Scheme 47: Stereoselective synthesis of 2-substituted 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridines 196 from chiral imines (RS)-...
Scheme 48: Stereoselective synthesis of 2-substituted trans-2,6-disubstituted piperidine 199 from chiral imine...
Scheme 49: Stereoselective synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted piperidines 200, and alkaloid (+)-241D, from chi...
Scheme 50: Stereoselective synthesis of 6-substituted piperidines-2,5-diones 206 and 1,7-diazaspiro[4.5]decane...
Scheme 51: Stereoselective synthesis of spirocyclic oxindoles 210 from chiral imines (RS)-53.
Scheme 52: Stereoselective synthesis of azaspiro compound 213 from chiral imine 211.
Scheme 53: Stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives from chiral imines (RS)-214.
Scheme 54: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-crispine A 223 from chiral imine (RS)-214.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of (−)-harmicine (228) using tert-butanesulfinamide through haloamide cyclization.
Scheme 56: Stereoselective synthesis of tetraponerines T1–T8.
Scheme 57: Stereoselective synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines 246a and (−)-tylophorine (246b), and phenanthr...
Scheme 58: Stereoselective synthesis of indoline, tetrahydroquinoline and tetrahydrobenzazepine derivatives 253...
Scheme 59: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-epohelmin A (258) and (+)-epohelmin B (260) from aldimine (RS)-79.
Scheme 60: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epiquinamide (266) from chiral aldimine (SS)-261.
Scheme 61: Synthesis synthesis of (–)-hippodamine (273) and (+)-epi-hippodamine (272) using chiral sulfinyl am...
Scheme 62: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-grandisine D (279) and (+)-amabiline (283).
Scheme 63: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epiquinamide (266) and (+)-swaisonine (291) from aldimine (SS)-126....
Scheme 64: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-C(9a)-epi-epiquinamide (294).
Scheme 65: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-lasubine II (298) from chiral aldimine (SS)-109.
Scheme 66: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-epimyrtine (300a) and (−)-lasubine II (ent-302) from β-amino keton...
Scheme 67: Stereoselective synthesis of (−)-tabersonine (310), (−)-vincadifformine (311), and (−)-aspidospermi...
Scheme 68: Stereoselective synthesis of (+)-epohelmin A (258) and (+)-epohelmin B (260) from aldehyde 313 and ...
Scheme 69: Total synthesis of (+)-lysergic acid (323) from N-tert-butanesulfinamide (RS)-1.
Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation
- Francesca Liguori,
- Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
- Pierluigi Barbaro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Potential classification of plastic recycling processes. The area covered by the present review is ...
Figure 2: EG produced during glycolytic depolymerisation of PET using DEG + DPG as solvent and titanium(IV) n...
Scheme 1: Simplified representation of the conversion of 1,4-PBD to C16–C44 macrocycles using Ru metathesis c...
Figure 3: Main added-value monomers obtainable by catalytic depolymerisation of PET via chemolytic methods.
Scheme 2: Hydrogenolytic depolymerisation of PET by ruthenium complexes.
Scheme 3: Depolymerisation of PET via catalytic hydrosilylation by Ir(III) pincer complex.
Scheme 4: Catalytic hydrolysis (top) and methanolysis (bottom) reactions of PET.
Scheme 5: Depolymerisation of PET by glycolysis with ethylene glycol.
Figure 4: Glycolysis of PET: evolution of BHET yield over time, with and without zinc acetate catalyst (196 °...
Scheme 6: Potential activated complex for the glycolysis reaction of PET catalysed by metallated ILs and evol...
Scheme 7: One-pot, two-step process for PET repurposing via chemical recycling.
Scheme 8: Synthetic routes to PLA.
Scheme 9: Structures of the zinc molecular catalysts used for PLA-methanolysis in various works. a) See [265], b) ...
Scheme 10: Depolymerisation of PLLA by Zn–N-heterocyclic carbene complex.
Scheme 11: Salalen ligands.
Scheme 12: Catalytic hydrogenolysis of PLA.
Scheme 13: Catalytic hydrosilylation of PLA.
Scheme 14: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBT and PCL by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 15: Glycolysis reaction of PCT by diethylene glycol.
Scheme 16: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 3,4-T6GBL.
Scheme 17: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 2,3-HDB.
Scheme 18: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBPAC by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 19: Catalytic hydrolysis (top), alcoholysis (middle) and aminolysis (bottom) reactions of PBPAC.
Scheme 20: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PPC (top) and PEC (bottom) by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 21: Polymerisation-depolymerisation cycle of BEP.
Scheme 22: Hydrogenolysis of polyamides using soluble Ru catalysts.
Scheme 23: Catalytic depolymerisation of epoxy resin/carbon fibres composite.
Scheme 24: Depolymerisation of polyethers with metal salt catalysts and acyl chlorides.
Scheme 25: Proposed mechanism for the iron-catalysed depolymerisation reaction of polyethers. Adapted with per...
Oxime radicals: generation, properties and application in organic synthesis
- Igor B. Krylov,
- Stanislav A. Paveliev,
- Alexander S. Budnikov and
- Alexander O. Terent’ev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1234–1276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.107
- formed after hydrogen atom abstraction from the allyl or benzyl position couple with the di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical forming the oxime ethers 21 and 22. 1,4-Cyclohexadiene is dehydrogenated to benzene instantly and exothermally at room temperature [45]. The solvent-free reaction of oxime radical 8 and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Imine-N-oxyl radicals (IV) discussed in the present review and other classes of N-oxyl radicals (I–...
Figure 2: The products of decomposition of iminoxyl radicals generated from oximes by oxidation with Ag2O.
Scheme 1: Generation of oxime radicals and study of the kinetics of their decay by photolysis of the solution...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical and its decomposition products.
Scheme 3: The proposed reaction pathway of the decomposition of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical (experimentally...
Scheme 4: Monomolecular decomposition of the tert-butyl(triethylmethyl)oxime radical.
Scheme 5: The synthesis and stability of the most stable dialkyl oxime radicals – di-tert-butyliminoxyl and d...
Scheme 6: The formation of iminoxyl radicals from β-diketones under the action of NO2.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the diacetyliminoxyl radical.
Scheme 8: Examples of long-living oxime radicals with electron-withdrawing groups and the conditions for thei...
Figure 3: The electronic structure iminoxyl radicals and their geometry compared to the corresponding oximes.
Figure 4: Bond dissociation enthalpies (kcal/mol) of oximes and N,N-disubstituted hydroxylamines calculated o...
Scheme 9: Examples demonstrating the low reactivity of the di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical towards the substrat...
Scheme 10: The reactions of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with unsaturated hydrocarbons involving hydrogen ato...
Scheme 11: Possible mechanisms of reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with alkenes.
Scheme 12: Products of the reaction between di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical and phenol derivatives.
Scheme 13: The reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radical with amines.
Scheme 14: Reaction of di-tert-butyliminoxyl radicals with organolithium reagents.
Scheme 15: Cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with oximes under the action of mang...
Scheme 16: Cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with oximes under the action of Cu(BF...
Scheme 17: Oxidative C–O coupling of benzylmalononitrile (47) with 3-(hydroxyimino)pentane-2,4-dione (19).
Scheme 18: The proposed mechanism of the oxidative coupling of benzylmalononitrile (47) with diacetyl oxime (19...
Scheme 19: Oxidative C–O coupling of pyrazolones with oximes under the action of Fe(ClO4)3.
Scheme 20: The reaction of diacetyliminoxyl radical with pyrazolones.
Scheme 21: Oxidative C–O coupling of oximes with acetonitrile, ketones, and esters.
Scheme 22: Intramolecular cyclizations of oxime radicals to form substituted isoxazolines or cyclic nitrones.
Scheme 23: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 24: Proposed reaction mechanism of oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 25: Selectfluor/Bu4NI-mediated C–H oxidative cyclization of oximes.
Scheme 26: Oxidative cyclization of N-benzyl amidoximes to 1,2,4-oxadiazoles.
Scheme 27: The formation of quinazolinone 73a from 5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,2,4-oxadiazole 74 under air.
Scheme 28: DDQ-mediated oxidative cyclization of thiohydroximic acids.
Scheme 29: Plausible mechanism of the oxidative cyclization of thiohydroximic acids.
Scheme 30: Silver-mediated oxidative cyclization of α-halogenated ketoximes and 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 31: Possible pathway of one-pot oxidative cyclization of α-halogenated ketoximes and 1,3-dicarbonyl com...
Scheme 32: T(p-F)PPT-catalyzed oxidative cyclization of oximes with the formation of 1,2,4-oxadiazolines.
Scheme 33: Intramolecular cyclization of iminoxyl radicals involving multiple C=C and N=N bonds.
Scheme 34: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ- and γ,δ-unsaturated oximes employing the DEAD or TEMPO/DEAD system wi...
Scheme 35: Cobalt-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 36: Manganese-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 37: Visible light photocatalytic oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 38: TBAI/TBHP-mediated radical cascade cyclization of the β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 39: TBAI/TBHP-mediated radical cascade cyclization of vinyl isocyanides with β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 40: tert-Butylnitrite-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an ...
Scheme 41: Transformation of unsaturated oxime to oxyiminomethylisoxazoline via the confirmed dimeric nitroso ...
Scheme 42: tert-Butylnitrite-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a n...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of cyano-substituted oxazolines from unsaturated oximes using the TBN/[RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 ...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of trifluoromethylthiolated isoxazolines from unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 45: Copper-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an azido ...
Scheme 46: TBHP-mediated oxidative cascade cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes and unsaturated N-arylamides.
Scheme 47: Copper-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of an amino grou...
Scheme 48: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes followed by elimination.
Scheme 49: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a trifluoromethyl group.
Scheme 50: Oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes with the introduction of a nitrile group.
Scheme 51: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a nitrile ...
Scheme 52: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a sulfonyl...
Scheme 53: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ- and γ,δ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a...
Scheme 54: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes to isoxazolines with the introduction of a thiocyan...
Scheme 55: PhI(OAc)2-mediated oxidative cyclization of oximes with C–S and C–Se bond formation.
Scheme 56: PhI(OAc)2-mediated oxidative cyclization of unsaturated oximes accompanied by alkoxylation.
Scheme 57: PhI(OAc)2-mediated cyclization of unsaturated oximes to methylisoxazolines.
Scheme 58: Oxidative cyclization-alkynylation of unsaturated oximes.
Scheme 59: TEMPO-mediated oxidative cyclization of C-glycoside ketoximes to C-glycosylmethylisoxazoles.
Scheme 60: Silver-сatalyzed oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with formation of fluoroalkyl isox...
Scheme 61: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with the formation of haloalkyl isoxazolines.
Scheme 62: Cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes into haloalkyl isoxazolines under the action of the halogenat...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of haloalkyl isoxazoles and cyclic nitrones via oxidative cyclization and 1,2-halogen shi...
Scheme 64: Electrochemical oxidative cyclization of diaryl oximes.
Scheme 65: Copper-сatalyzed cyclization and dioxygenation oximes containing a triple C≡C bond.
Scheme 66: Photoredox-catalyzed sulfonylation of β,γ-unsaturated oximes by sulfonyl hydrazides.
Scheme 67: Oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes with introduction of sulfonate group.
Scheme 68: Ultrasound-promoted oxidative cyclization of β,γ-unsaturated oximes.
Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts with an N→Ru coordinate bond in a six-membered ring. Synthesis of stable, industrially scalable, highly efficient ruthenium metathesis catalysts and 2-vinylbenzylamine ligands as their precursors
- Kirill B. Polyanskii,
- Kseniia A. Alekseeva,
- Pavel V. Raspertov,
- Pavel A. Kumandin,
- Eugeniya V. Nikitina,
- Atash V. Gurbanov and
- Fedor I. Zubkov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 769–779, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.73
- styrenes 5 with a cyclic tertiary amino group from 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline (Scheme 2). In this case, the initial isoquinoline was reduced in the presence of formic acid and then converted into the desired products 5 by a one-pot solvent-free reaction under the action of the corresponding dihalide in
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Commercially available ruthenium catalysts for metathesis reactions.
Figure 2: Retrosynthesis of the ruthenium catalysts.
Scheme 1: Efficient multigram synthesis of N,N-dialkyl-2-vinylbenzylamines 4 (R1X = Me2SO4, Et2SO4 or BnCl, s...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of N-(2-ethenylbenzyl)heterocycles 5.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of N-monoalkyl-2-vinylbenzylamine 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of Hoveyda–Grubbs-type catalysts 11.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the “chloroform adduct” 9.
Figure 3: Selected X-ray data for ruthenium complexes 11a–c. All hydrogen atoms were deleted for clarity (exc...
Scheme 6: Catalytic activity of compounds 11 in the metathesis reactions.
An overview on recent advances in the synthesis of sulfonated organic materials, sulfonated silica materials, and sulfonated carbon materials and their catalytic applications in chemical processes
- Hashem Sharghi,
- Pezhman Shiri and
- Mahdi Aberi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2745–2770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.253
- supported 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane 70 was reacted with ClSO3H in cold chloroform to give new -SO3H functionalized SiO2. The authors studied its catalytic behavior in the synthesis of bis-coumarin derivatives 72 using a solvent-free reaction of aryl aldehydes containing electron-donating and electron
- protected aniline derivatives were obtained by the solvent-free reaction of anilines with 1,3-diketones at 120 °C or 140 °C in the presence of 2 equiv of water under 1 atm O2 atmosphere (Scheme 16). The probable reaction pathway for this reaction is shown in Scheme 16. Arylamine 15 attacks the activated
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Different types of sulfonated materials as acid catalysts.
Scheme 1: Synthetic route of 3-methyl-1-sulfo-1H-imidazolium metal chloride ILs and their catalytic applicati...
Scheme 2: Synthetic route of 1,3-disulfo-1H-imidazolium transition metal chloride ILs and their catalytic app...
Scheme 3: Synthetic route of 1,3-disulfoimidazolium carboxylate ILs and their catalytic applications in the s...
Scheme 4: Synthetic route of [BiPy](HSO3)2Cl2 and [Dsim]HSO4 ILs and their catalytic applications for the syn...
Scheme 5: The catalytic applications of (C4(DABCO-SO3H)2·4Cl) IL for the synthesis of spiro-isatin derivative...
Scheme 6: The catalytic applications of (C4(DABCO-SO3H)2·4Cl) IL for the synthesis of bis 2-amino-4H-pyran de...
Scheme 7: The synthetic route of N,N-disulfo-1,1,3,3-tetramethylguanidinium carboxylate ILs and their catalyt...
Scheme 8: The catalytic application of 1-methyl-3-sulfo-1H-imidazolium tetrachloroferrate IL in the synthesis...
Scheme 9: The synthetic route of 3-sulfo-1H-imidazolopyrimidinium hydrogen sulfate IL and its catalytic appli...
Scheme 10: The results for the synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes and di(bis(indolyl)methyl)benzenes in the pre...
Scheme 11: The catalytic applications of 1-(1-sulfoalkyl)-3-methylimidazolium chloride acidic ILs for the hydr...
Scheme 12: The synthetic route of immobilized 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octanesulfonic acid chloride on SiO2 and ...
Scheme 13: The catalytic application of a silica-bonded sulfoimidazolium chloride for the synthesis of 12-aryl...
Scheme 14: The synthetic route of the SBA-15-Ph-SO3H and its catalytic applications for the synthesis of 2H-in...
Scheme 15: The synthetic route for heteropolyanion-based ionic liquids immobilized on mesoporous silica SBA-15...
Scheme 16: Some mechanism aspects of SSA catalyst for the protection of amine derivatives.
Scheme 17: The synthetic route for MWCNT-SO3H and its catalytic application for the synthesis of N-substituted...
Scheme 18: The sulfonic acid-functionalized polymers (P-SO3H) covalently grafted on multi-walled carbon nanotu...
Scheme 19: The transesterification reaction in the presence of S-MWCNTs.
Scheme 20: The synthetic route for the new hypercrosslinked supermicroporous polymer via the Friedel–Crafts al...
Scheme 21: The synthetic route for a new microporous copolymer via the Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction of t...
Scheme 22: The synthetic route for sulfonated polynaphthalene and its catalytic application for the amidoalkyl...
Scheme 23: The synthetic route of the acidic carbon material and its catalytic application in the etherificatio...
Scheme 24: The synthetic route of the acidic carbon materials and their catalytic applications for the esterif...
Scheme 25: The sulfonated MWCNTs.
Scheme 26: The sulfonated nanoscaled diamond powder for the dehydration of D-xylose into furfural.
Scheme 27: The synthetic route and catalytic application of the GR-SO3H.
Main group mechanochemistry
- Agota A. Gečiauskaitė and
- Felipe García
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2068–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.204
- susceptible to variable factors, both human and environmental [23]. In contrast, modern milling technologies address these issues through the use of enclosed solvent-free reaction environments and well-defined experimental conditions throughout the mechanochemical process [24][25]. Amongst the commercially
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Variables associated with ball-milling (left) and solvent-based methodologies (right).
Scheme 2: Examples of mechanochemically produced species (a [48], b [62], c [63], d [64], e [65], f [66], g [67], h [68]). The symbol for mec...
Scheme 3: Mechanochemical synthesis of SrCp′2(OEt2) (Cp′ = C5Me4(n-Pr)).
Scheme 4: Mechanochemical synthesis of the Ar-BIAN ligands and indium(III) complexes (top). One-pot synthesis...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of germanes from germanium (Ge) or germanium oxide (GeO2).
Scheme 6: Ball-milling nucleophilic substitution reactions to produce acyclic and cyclic cyclodiphosphazanes.
Scheme 7: Mechanochemical reactions of potassium 1,3-bis(trimethylsillylallyl) with group 13 (top) and 15 (bo...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of adamantoid phosphazane framework from its double-decker isomer for R = iPr and t-Bu (l...
The synthesis of α-aryl-α-aminophosphonates and α-aryl-α-aminophosphine oxides by the microwave-assisted Pudovik reaction
- Erika Bálint,
- Ádám Tajti,
- Anna Ádám,
- István Csontos,
- Konstantin Karaghiosoff,
- Mátyás Czugler,
- Péter Ábrányi-Balogh and
- György Keglevich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 76–86, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.10
- B3LYP/6-31G (d,p) method. In the solvent-free reaction, the dielectric constant of the P reagent was estimated as 78.3553. This value was taken into account as an implicit solvent effect. First, the tautomeric equilibria of dialkyl phosphites and diphenylphosphine oxide were studied (Table 8). It was
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of starting N-benzylideneamines 1.
Scheme 2: Addition of diethyl phosphite to N-benzylidene(butyl)amine in acetonitrile.
Figure 1: IR spectra of the reaction components in acetonitrile solution.
Figure 2: A segment of the time-dependent IR spectrum for the addition of diethyl phosphite to N-benzylidene(...
Figure 3: Concentration profiles of the reaction components in the addition reaction at 80 °C in acetonitrile....
Figure 4: Atomic numbering with anisotropic displacements plot of 5b at −100 °C.
Figure 5: Atomic numbering with anisotropic displacements plot of 5d at −100 °C.
Figure 6: The energy diagram for the reaction with dimethyl phosphite.
Figure 7: The energy diagram for the reaction with diphenylphosphine oxide.
Orthogonal protection of saccharide polyols through solvent-free one-pot sequences based on regioselective silylations
- Serena Traboni,
- Emiliano Bedini and
- Alfonso Iadonisi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2748–2756, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.271
- experimentally simple tool for the straightforward access to saccharide building-blocks useful in organic synthesis. Keywords: carbohydrates; one-pot synthesis; regioselective protection; silyl protecting group; solvent-free reaction; Introduction The application of an orthogonal set of protecting groups
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Multiple O-trimethylsilylations of saccharide compounds.
Solvent-free synthesis of novel para-menthane-3,8-diol ester derivatives from citronellal using a polymer-supported scandium triflate catalyst
- Lubabalo Mafu,
- Ben Zeelie and
- Paul Watts
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2046–2054, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.193
- developed, where both hydroxy groups of para-menthane-3,8-diol could be simultaneous acylated under mild reaction conditions to form the corresponding diesters in good yields. The advantages of this method include a simple procedure from natural resources, using solvent-free reaction conditions. Keywords
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of menthol.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of para-menthane-3,8-diol.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of para-menthane diester derivatives.
Figure 1: PMD conversion using stoichiometric quantities of acetic anhydride.
Figure 2: Product distribution as a function of time.
Figure 3: Product distribution as a function of time.
Figure 4: Effect of molar ratio in product distribution.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of para-menthane mono-ester derivatives.
TMSBr-mediated solvent- and work-up-free synthesis of α-2-deoxyglycosides from glycals
- Mei-Yuan Hsu,
- Yi-Pei Liu,
- Sarah Lam,
- Su-Ching Lin and
- Cheng-Chung Wang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1758–1764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.164
- was manipulated by the neighbouring group effect on C2 [67][69][70][71], which is absent in 2-deoxyglycosides. Mild, work-up- and solvent-free reaction conditions for highly stereoselective 2-deoxyglycosylation is therefore desirable. Here, we present a solvent- and work-up-free approach to prepare S
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Iterative synthesis of trisaccharide 66.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanisms for TMSBr-mediated synthesis of 2-deoxyglycosides in the presence of TPPO.
Supported bifunctional thioureas as recoverable and reusable catalysts for enantioselective nitro-Michael reactions
- José M. Andrés,
- Miriam Ceballos,
- Alicia Maestro,
- Isabel Sanz and
- Rafael Pedrosa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 628–635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.61
- with chiral bifunctional thioureas looking for a greener process [28], easier recovering and recyclability of the catalyst, and solvent-free reaction conditions. Along these lines, we have recently reported the bottom-up synthesis of polymeric thioureas [29], and the anchorage of (L)-valine-derived
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Parent and supported bifunctional thioureas used in this work.
Scheme 1: Reaction of nitrostyrene with diethyl malonate and 2-ethoxycarbonyl cyclopentanone.
Scheme 2: Reaction of nitrostyrenes with malonates and β-diketones.
Scheme 3: Reaction of nitrostyrenes with β-keto esters and β-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 4: Reaction of nitrostyrenes with α-nitrocyclohexanone and ethyl α-nitropropionate.
Enantioselective additions of copper acetylides to cyclic iminium and oxocarbenium ions
- Jixin Liu,
- Srimoyee Dasgupta and
- Mary P. Watson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2696–2706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.290
- reaction of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines and alkynes can be accomplished under high-speed ball-milling conditions with copper balls (Scheme 9) [31]. Under these solvent-free reaction conditions, isoquinolines 28 were formed more quickly than the in-solvent reactions previously reported, but the ee’s are
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chiral ligands utilized in copper-catalyzed alkynylations of cyclic iminium and oxocarbenium ions.
Scheme 1: Li’s alkynylation of acyclic N-arylimines.
Scheme 2: Knochel’s alkynylation of acyclic N-alkylenamines.
Scheme 3: Li’s CDC of tetrahydroisoquinolines and alkynes.
Scheme 4: Li’s alkynylation of N-aryldihydroisoquinolinium ions.
Scheme 5: Schreiber’s alkynylation of N-alkylisoquinolinium ions.
Scheme 6: Ma’s alkynylation of pyridium ions.
Scheme 7: Arndtsen’s alkynylation of cyclic iminium ions.
Scheme 8: Maruoka’s alkynylation of azomethine imines.
Scheme 9: Su’s CDC of tetrahydroisoquinolines and alkynes under ball milling conditions.
Scheme 10: Ma’s A3-coupling.
Scheme 11: Li’s CDC reaction using photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 12: Liu’s CDC reaction of N-carbamoyltetrahydroisoquinolines. T+BF4– = 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine N-...
Scheme 13: Aponick’s alkynylation of N-carbomoylquinolinium ions using StackPhos as ligand.
Scheme 14: Carreira’s enantioselective, catalytic alkynylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 15: Watson’s alkynylation of isochroman oxocarbenium ions.
Scheme 16: Watson’s alkynylation of chromene oxocarbenium ions.
Scheme 17: Watson’s alkynylation to set diaryl tetrasubstituted stereocenters.
A complete series of 6-deoxy-monosubstituted tetraalkylammonium derivatives of α-, β-, and γ-cyclodextrin with 1, 2, and 3 permanent positive charges
- Martin Popr,
- Simona Hybelbauerová and
- Jindřich Jindřich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1390–1396, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.142
- modified procedure described by Tabushi et al. [33] (for β-CD only), which is a solvent-free reaction of the monotosylate with an excess of liquid triamine. The unreacted liquid triamine can be recovered from the reaction mixture by vacuum distillation and used repeatedly. Pure intermediates 27 and 28 were
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the prepared sets of permanently charged CD derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of monotrimethylammonio-CD derivatives.
Scheme 2: Preparation of diamines 7 and 8 as reagents for further synthesis [29].
Scheme 3: Synthesis of PEMEDA-CD derivatives.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of PEMPDA-CD derivatives.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1-azido-2-iodoethane.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of azidoethane-containing derivatives of PEMEDA and PEMPDA-β-CD.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of CD derivatives monosubstituted with a quaternary triamine moiety.
Multigramme synthesis and asymmetric dihydroxylation of a 4-fluorobut-2E-enoate
- James A. B. Laurenson,
- John A. Parkinson,
- Jonathan M. Percy,
- Giuseppe Rinaudo and
- Ricard Roig
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2660–2668, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.301
- effective as the reaction solvent instead of carbon tetrachloride, allowing 23 and 24 to be isolated safely and reproducibly at scale (>300 mmol) in moderate yield (48–53%) after Kugelrohr distillation (Scheme 4). Fluorination was attempted using a range of conditions. The solvent-free reaction developed
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Key steps from the synthesis of 6-fluoro-D-olivose (6) from D-glucose (1).
Scheme 2: De novo asymmetric syntheses of 6-deoxy-6-fluorohexoses [13].
Scheme 3: Fluorobutenoate building block 14, and related species 16 and 19 from the literature [14-16].
Scheme 4: Fluorobutenoate building blocks 25 and 26 prepared from crotonic acid.
Figure 1: Side product 27 isolated from attempted fluorination.
Figure 2: The ligand panel used in the asymmetric dihydroxylation studies. The bold oxygen shows the point of...
Scheme 5: Typical AD procedure; see Table 1 for outcomes.
Scheme 6: Conversion of enantiomerically-enriched diols to dibenzoates for HPLC analysis.
Figure 3: Diisopropyl L-tartrate (30) used as a chiral modifier for NMR determination of ee.
Figure 4: Partial 19F{1H} NMR spectra (376 MHz, L-(+)-DIPT/CDCl3, 300 K) spectra of (a) racemate 28c, (b) dio...
Figure 5: Partial 19F{1H} NMR (400 MHz, L-(+)-DIPT/CDCl3, 300 K) spectra of 28b and 28a using optimised condi...
Scheme 7: Applying cyclic sulfate methodology to gain access to anti-diastereoisomers (transformations were d...
Scheme 8: Protecting and chain extending the educts of asymmetric dihydroxylation.
Silica sulfuric acid: a reusable solid catalyst for one pot synthesis of densely substituted pyrrole-fused isocoumarins under solvent-free conditions
- Sudipta Pathak,
- Kamalesh Debnath and
- Animesh Pramanik
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2344–2353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.269
- isocoumarins were formed in good yields. This synthetic method has several advantages such as the employment of solvent-free reaction conditions without the use of any toxic reagents and metal catalysts, the ease of product isolation, the use of a recyclable catalyst, the low cost, the easy availability of the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of pyrrole-fused isocoumarins.
Scheme 2: Reaction scheme for the synthesis of pyrrole-fused isocoumarins.
Figure 1: ORTEP diagram of 8c with atom numbering scheme. Thermal ellipsoids are shown at 50% probability wit...
Scheme 3: Mechanism of formation of isocoumarins 5 or 8 on the surface of SSA.
Figure 2: Reusability of SSA for the synthesis of pyrrole-fused isocoumarins.
Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A sustainable approach
- Pankaj Chauhan and
- Swapandeep Singh Chimni
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2132–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.240
- transformations assisted by mechanochemical techniques proved to be an excellent alternative to atom-economical stereoselective transformations under solvent-free reaction conditions. This review gives an overview of the solvent-free asymmetric organocatalytic transformation assisted by mechanochemical techniques
- cyclohexanone, cyclopentanone and acetone with various aromatic aldehydes 2 under solvent-free reaction conditions with the high-speed ball-milling (HSBM) technique (Scheme 4) [35]. Using 7 mol % of III the anti-aldol products (in the case of cyclohexanone) and syn-aldol product (in the case of cyclopentanone
- ]. The proposed transition state (TS 1) involves enamine formation between the pyrrolidine unit of the catalyst with the ketone and synergic activation of the aldehyde by hydrogen bonding between carbonyl oxygen and amidic NH of the catalyst. Higher stereoselectivity under solvent-free reaction
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Proline-catalysed aldol reaction in a ball-mill.
Scheme 2: Proline-catalysed aldol reaction between solid substrates (1b and 2a).
Scheme 3: (S)-Binam-L-prolinamide catalysed asymmetric aldol reaction by using a ball-mill. aConversion.
Scheme 4: Asymmetric aldol reaction assisted by ball-milling catalysed by dipeptides (A) with III and (B) wit...
Scheme 5: Thiodipeptide-catalysed asymmetric aldol reaction of (A) ketones with aldehydes and (B) acetone wit...
Scheme 6: Enantioselective Michael reaction of aldehydes with nitroalkenes catalysed by pyrrolidine-derived o...
Scheme 7: Chiral squaramide catalysed asymmetric Michael reaction assisted by ball-milling.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric organocatalytic Michael reaction assisted by pestle and mortar grinding.
Scheme 9: C-2 symmetric thiourea catalysed enantioselective MBH reaction.
Scheme 10: Quinine-catalysed ring opening of meso-anhydride by ball-milling.
Scheme 11: Ball-milling-assisted (A) synthesis of glycine schiff bases and (B) their organocatalytic asymmetri...
Scheme 12: Enantioselective amination of β-ketoester by using pestle and mortar.
Dioxane dibromide mediated bromination of substituted coumarins under solvent-free conditions
- Subrata Kumar Chaudhuri,
- Sanchita Roy and
- Sanjay Bhar
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 323–329, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.35
- of the substituents on the outcome of the reaction have been rationalized with a proposed mechanism. Keywords: coumarins; solvent-free reaction; substituents; vinylic bromination; Introduction Brominated coumarins have immense synthetic, biological and industrial importance due to their occurance
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Scheme 1: Dioxane dibromide-mediated solvent-free bromination of substituted coumarins.
Scheme 2: Failure of DD to react with coumarins substituted with an electron-withdrawing group.
Scheme 3: Efficacy of the solvent-free bromination protocol with DD.
Figure 1: Mechanism for bromination of the heterocyclic ring.
Figure 2: Mechanism for bromination of the carbocyclic ring.
EcoScale, a semi- quantitative tool to select an organic preparation based on economical and ecological parameters
- Koen Van Aken,
- Lucjan Strekowski and
- Luc Patiny
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 3, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-3
- -evaluated as expensive components. The use of an expensive solvent (e.g. ionic liquid) does not necessarily mean a lower score on the EcoScale, as a higher yield, a better safety profile or easier workup can favourably balance the score. In addition, two special cases can be noted. In a solvent-free
- reaction and when the solvent is used as the reagent, there is one reaction component less for which no extra penalties are deducted. It must be noted that the physicochemical characteristics are not taken into account here: solvents with a boiling point higher than 150°C (DMF, DMSO, diglyme, DMA, HMPTA
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline [23]
Scheme 2: Oxidation of benzyl chloride to benzoic acid [24]
Scheme 3: Synthesis of benzamide [25]
Scheme 4: Synthesis of benzamide using HMDS [26]
