Recent advances in synthetic approaches for bioactive cinnamic acid derivatives

• Betty A. Kustiana,
• Galuh Widiyarti and
• Teni Ernawati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1031–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.85

• insertion to afford the acylpalladium intermediate 291. The same group (2021) also developed a Cu/Pd dual catalysis method to carry out the alkyne hydrocarboxylation using HCO2H as the CO surrogate to give the corresponding cinnamic acids 292 and 293 via the generation of vinylcopper species 294 followed by

Exploration of an epoxidation–ring-opening strategy for the synthesis of lyconadin A and discovery of an unexpected Payne rearrangement

• Brad M. Loertscher,
• Yu Zhang and
• Steven L. Castle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1179–1184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.132

• stereoselective sequence involving a Myers alkylation and a Shi epoxidation. Ring-opening of this epoxide with a vinylcopper complex afforded alcohol 26 instead of the expected product 27. An unusual Lewis acid promoted Payne rearrangement of an α-trityloxy epoxide is proposed to account for this outcome

• in Scheme 6. Coordination of a Lewis acid (likely a copper or magnesium species) to the trityl ether moiety of 25 could promote migration of the trityl group [31][32] to the epoxide, generating intermediate A. Payne rearrangement of A would then furnish epoxide B. Finally, attack of the vinylcopper

Regio- and stereoselective carbometallation reactions of N-alkynylamides and sulfonamides

• Yury Minko,
• Morgane Pasco,
• Helena Chechik and
• Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 526–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.57

• carbocupration reactions of heterosubstituted alkynes allow the regio- and stereoselective formation of vinyl organometallic species. N-Alkynylamides (ynamides) are particularly useful substrates for the highly regioselective carbocupration reaction, as they lead to the stereodefined formation of vinylcopper

• ), but for groups that are known to be sluggish in carbocupration reaction, such as the introduction of a Me group (Table 1, entry 2), yield is significantly lower. The presence of the vinylcopper was proved by the reaction with allyl bromide as a classical electrophile used in organocopper chemistry to

• species. To improve the chemical yield of this transformation, we considered the copper-catalyzed carbomagnesiation reaction. However, such catalytic reaction requires a transmetallation reaction of the intermediate vinylcopper into vinylmagnesium halide, and due to the intramolecular chelation, it is

Highly stereocontrolled synthesis of trans-enediynes via carbocupration of fluoroalkylated diynes

• Tsutomu Konno,
• Misato Kishi and
• Takashi Ishihara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2207–2213, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.249

• regioselectivity was observed [32][33][34][35].) Accordingly, a transfer of the R2 group on CuIII to the olefinic carbon distal to a CF3 group may take place preferably, with vinylcopper intermediate Int-E, not Int-F, being produced exclusively. As a result, vinyl iodide 13 can be given in a highly regio- and

Recent advances in carbocupration of α-heterosubstituted alkynes

• Ahmad Basheer and
• Ilan Marek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.77

• change the stereochemical outcome of the reaction. Representative examples are given in this mini-review. Keywords: alkynes; carbocupration; enamides; regioselectivity; stereoselectivity; syn-addition; vinylcopper; ynamides; ynol ether; Review The addition of a carbon-metal bond of an organometallic

• α-sulfinyl vinylcopper and zinc intermediates, 36 and 37 respectively, retain their geometry at room temperature is in sharp contrast to α-sulfinyl vinyllithium- or magnesium species that isomerize to the thermodynamically more stable geometric isomer at low temperature. When an enantiomerically