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(Bio)isosteres of ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes
- H. Erik Diepers and
- Johannes C. L. Walker
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 859–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.78
- esterification of alcohol (±)-5 gave redox active ester (±)-6, which was itself shown to be a suitable substrate for nickel-catalysed decarboxylative cross coupling reactions to aryl-substituted BCPs (±)-7. Oxidation of alcohol (±)-8 gave acid (±)-9 which yielded amine (±)-10 after a Curtius rearrangement
- reduction. Deprotection of the alcohol followed by two-step oxidation to the carboxylic acid yielded the non-natural β-amino acid (±)-50, which could then be transformed into diamine (±)-51 by Curtius rearrangement. Recently, Mykhailiuk and co-workers also reported the synthesis of 1,2-BCHs using an
- fluxapyroxad from amine (±)-63, which was itself accessed via Curtius rearrangement of the corresponding 1,5-BCH (Scheme 5C) [42]. In 2023, Yoo and co-workers reported the synthesis of 1,5-BCHs by derivatization of 5-oxo-BCHs (±)-67 (Scheme 5D) [43]. They accessed the 5-oxo-BCHs by Simmons–Smith
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Scaffolds commonly reported as bioisosteric replacements of para-substituted benzene and examples p...
Figure 2: 1,2-BCPs as isosteres for ortho-and meta-substituted benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector p...
Scheme 1: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. A: Baran, Coll...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1,2-BCPs from BCP 15 by bridge C–H bromination as reported by MacMillan and co-workers ...
Figure 3: Comparative physicochemical data of telmisartan, lomitapide and their BCP isosteres [26,33]. Shake flask d...
Figure 4: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes: Exit vector parameters of t...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via alkene insertion into bicyclo[1.1.0]butane...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via intramolecular crossed [2 + 2] cycloadditi...
Figure 5: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,2-BCH bioisosteres [36]. Sh...
Figure 6: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-55, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 7: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. Comparison of e...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes via intramolecu...
Figure 8: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,5-BCH bioisosteres [45]. Sh...
Figure 9: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-64, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 10: 1,5-Disubstituted 3-oxabicylco[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes: Comparison of exit ve...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted 3-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intra...
Figure 11: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisostere...
Figure 12: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisosteres (±)-75 and (±...
Figure 13: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes. Schematic representation o...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via alkene in...
Figure 14: 1,2-Disubstituted stellanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of selected exit vector paramete...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted stellanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes reported by Ryabukhin, Vol...
Figure 15: 1,2-Disubstituted cubanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of substituent distances and angle...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 1,2-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes. A: Synthesis of 1,2-cubane d...
Figure 16: 1,3-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes reported by Wal...
Figure 17: 1,4-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1}hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intramolec...
Figure 18: 1,4-Disubstituted-2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as meta-benzene isosteres: comparison of selected exit...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Mykhai...
Figure 19: Comparative physicochemical data for 2- and 3-oxa-1,4-BCHs and para-substituted benzene equivalents...
Figure 20: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of exit vector p...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of [3.1.1]propellane as a precursor for 1,5-disubsituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes. A: aGass...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of iodine-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for meta-benz...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of nitrogen-, chalcogen- and tin-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as ...
Figure 21: Comparative physicochemical data of URB597 and 1,5-BCHep isostere 146 [27]. Kinetic aqueous solubility ...
Figure 22: [2]-Ladderanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector parameters [63].
Scheme 16: Synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.0]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Brown a...
Figure 23: Comparative physicochemical data of meta-benzene 158 and [2]-ladderane isostere 159 [63]. Partition coe...
Figure 24: 1,3-Disubstituted cubanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector paramet...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1,3-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: MacMillan and co-workers’ ...
Figure 25: Comparative physicochemical data of lumacaftor and its 1,3-cubane bioisostere 183 [51]. Distribution co...
Figure 26: 1,3-Disubstituted cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector parame...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzene. A: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes reported by La...
Figure 27: Comparative physicochemical data of sonidegib and its 1,3-cuneane isostere 190 [71]. aSolubility was to...
Figure 28: Exemplary polysubstituted scaffolds related to disubstituted scaffolds suggested as isosteres of or...
Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues
- Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
- Alicia Bauduin,
- Chloé Le Roux,
- Romain Fouinneteau,
- Wilfried Berthe,
- Mathieu Berchel,
- Hélène Couthon and
- Paul-Alain Jaffrès
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges
- Jorge García-Lacuna and
- Marcus Baumann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182
- group where an immobilized lipase (e.g., CALB) facilitated the derivatization of high-boiling benzyl alcohol in scaled Curtius rearrangement reactions. Ultimately, this approach negated the use of column chromatography in favor of a simple trituration process to isolate pure carbamate products [106
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Automated in-line chromatography with the Advion puriFlash® system. The rightmost part of the schem...
Scheme 2: Purification via pH tuning and several Zaiput membranes. Redrawn from [51].
Scheme 3: Two-phase recirculating system for purifications of an immobilized enzyme-based reaction. Redrawn f...
Scheme 4: Countercurrent L–L purification using large Zaiput membranes in the presence of a phase transfer ca...
Scheme 5: General scheme of a telescoped flow process using L–L separators.
Scheme 6: Example of phase separation using a computer-vision approach. Redrawn from [68].
Scheme 7: Example of an inline purification using heterogeneous scavenging. Redrawn from [76].
Scheme 8: General scheme of a telescoped process using heterogenous cartridges.
Scheme 9: Comparison of two strategies for flow-based imatinib syntheses. Redrawn from [91] and [92].
Scheme 10: General purification scheme using the catch and release strategy.
Scheme 11: Exemplar catch and release purification of a stereoselective oxidation. Redrawn from [105].
Scheme 12: Catch and release-type purification using conventional SiO2. Redrawn from [107].
Scheme 13: Schematic representation of an industrial continuous crystallization. Redrawn from [109].
Scheme 14: General scheme of an academic inline crystallization approach.
Scheme 15: Simplified overview of purification options and selected criteria.
A new route for the synthesis of 1-deazaguanine and 1-deazahypoxanthine
- Raphael Bereiter,
- Marco Oberlechner and
- Ronald Micura
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1617–1624, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.172
- through different formations of the 1-deazapurine heterocycle. The syntheses of the diethyl 2,6-pyridinedicarbamate precursors via Curtius rearrangement, however, involved explosive chelidamyl diazide intermediates 3 (Scheme 1) [18][19]. Markees and Kidder used an ethyl protection for the O6 and described
- (H-C(8)), 149.08 (H-C(4)), 160.86 (H-C(6)); ESIMS (m/z): [M − H]− calcd for 134.04; found, 134.03. Syntheses of C4-substituted diethyl 2,6-pyridinedicarbamates 4, passing hazardous and explosive diacylazide intermediates 3 that are required for Curtius rearrangement in the final step [19]. Synthesis
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Syntheses of C4-substituted diethyl 2,6-pyridinedicarbamates 4, passing hazardous and explosive dia...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1-deazaguanine (11) described by Markees and Kidder in 1956 [18].
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-deazaguanine (11) described by Gorton and Shive in 1957 [19].
Scheme 4: Six-step synthesis of 1-deazaguanine (11). Abbreviations: p-toluenesulfonic acid (TsOH), 4-(dimethy...
Scheme 5: 1-Deazahypoxanthine (30) synthesis described by Kubo and Hirao in 2019 [29]. For reason of simplicity o...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-deazahypoxanthine (30).
A versatile way for the synthesis of monomethylamines by reduction of N-substituted carbonylimidazoles with the NaBH4/I2 system
- Lin Chen,
- Xuan Zhou,
- Zhiyong Chen,
- Changxu Wang,
- Shunjie Wang and
- Hanbing Teng
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1032–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.104
- for carboxylic acids, the carbon source is the carboxyl group. When carboxylic acids were used, the carboxyl moiety was first converted to an isocyanate via Curtius rearrangement [82][83][84][85], then reacted with imidazole to form the carbonylimidazole, and eventually reduced to the methyl moiety
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The synthesis of formamides and monomethylamines.
Scheme 2: The possible reaction mechanism. RDS = rate determining step.
Recent advances in the syntheses of anthracene derivatives
- Giovanni S. Baviera and
- Paulo M. Donate
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131
- 3-amino-2-naphthoic acid (97) to a Sandmeyer reaction and obtained 98. Then, a Curtius rearrangement of 98 by using diphenylphosphoryl azide (DPPA) yielded 3-iodonaphthalen-2-amine, that was subjected to a Suzuki cross-coupling with potassium vinyltrifluoroborate resulting in aminostyrene 99. The
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of anthracene derivatives and their applications.
Scheme 1: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions of arylboronic acids with internal alkynes.
Scheme 2: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative benzannulation reactions of 1-adamantoyl-1-naphthylamines with internal...
Scheme 3: Gold/bismuth-catalyzed cyclization of o-alkynyldiarylmethanes.
Scheme 4: [2 + 2 + 2] Cyclotrimerization reactions with alkynes/nitriles in the presence of nickel and cobalt...
Scheme 5: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cyclotrimerization reactions with bis(trimethylsilyl)acetylene (23).
Scheme 6: [2 + 2 + 2] Alkyne-cyclotrimerization reactions catalyzed by a CoCl2·6H2O/Zn reagent.
Scheme 7: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H alkenylation of diphenyl carboxylic acids with acrylates.
Scheme 8: Pd(II)-catalyzed sp3 C–H arylation with o-tolualdehydes and aryl iodides.
Scheme 9: Alkylation of arenes with aromatic aldehydes in the presence of acetyl bromide and ZnBr2/SiO2.
Scheme 10: BF3·H2O-catalyzed hydroxyalkylation of arenes with aromatic dialdehyde 44.
Scheme 11: Bi(OTf)3-promoted Friedel–Crafts alkylation of triarylmethanes and aromatic acylals and of arenes a...
Scheme 12: Reduction of anthraquinones by using Zn/pyridine or Zn/NaOH reductive methods.
Scheme 13: Two-step route to novel substituted Indenoanthracenes.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 1,8-diarylanthracenes through Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction in the presence of Pd-P...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of five new substituted anthracenes by using LAH as reducing agent.
Scheme 16: One-pot procedure to synthesize substituted 9,10-dicyanoanthracenes.
Scheme 17: Reduction of bromoanthraquinones with NaBH4 in alkaline medium.
Scheme 18: In(III)-catalyzed reductive-dehydration intramolecular cycloaromatization of 2-benzylic aromatic al...
Scheme 19: Acid-catalyzed cyclization of new O-protected ortho-acetal diarylmethanols.
Scheme 20: Lewis acid-mediated regioselective cyclization of asymmetric diarylmethine dipivalates and diarylme...
Scheme 21: BF3·OEt2/CF3SO3H-mediated cyclodehydration reactions of 2-(arylmethyl)benzaldehydes and 2-(arylmeth...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 2,3,6,7-anthracenetetracarbonitrile (90) by double Wittig reaction followed by deprote...
Scheme 23: Homo-elongation protocol for the synthesis of substituted acene diesters/dinitriles.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of two new parental BN anthracenes via borylative cyclization.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of substituted anthracenes from a bifunctional organomagnesium alkoxide.
Scheme 26: Palladium-catalyzed tandem C–H activation/bis-cyclization of propargylic carbonates.
Scheme 27: Ruthenium-catalyzed C–H arylation of acetophenone derivatives with arenediboronates.
Scheme 28: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization of (Z,Z)-p-styrylstilbene derivatives.
Scheme 29: AuCl-catalyzed double cyclization of diiodoethynylterphenyl compounds.
Scheme 30: Iodonium-induced electrophilic cyclization of terphenyl derivatives.
Scheme 31: Oxidative photocyclization of 1,3-distyrylbenzene derivatives.
Scheme 32: Oxidative cyclization of 2,3-diphenylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 33: Suzuki-Miyaura/isomerization/ring closing metathesis strategy to synthesize benz[a]anthracenes.
Scheme 34: Green synthesis of oxa-aza-benzo[a]anthracene and oxa-aza-phenanthrene derivatives.
Scheme 35: Triple benzannulation of substituted naphtalene via a 1,3,6-naphthotriyne synthetic equivalent.
Scheme 36: Zinc iodide-catalyzed Diels–Alder reactions with 1,3-dienes and aroyl propiolates followed by intra...
Scheme 37: H3PO4-promoted intramolecular cyclization of substituted benzoic acids.
Scheme 38: Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular direct acylation of aromatic aldehydes and o-iodoesters.
Scheme 39: Cycloaddition/oxidative aromatization of quinone and β-enamino esters.
Scheme 40: ʟ-Proline-catalyzed [4 + 2] cycloaddition reaction of naphthoquinones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes....
Scheme 41: Iridium-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of a 1,2-bis(propiolyl)benzene derivative with alkynes.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of several anthraquinone derivatives by using InCl3 and molecular iodine.
Scheme 43: Indium-catalyzed multicomponent reactions employing 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (186), β-naphthol (...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of substituted anthraquinones catalyzed by an AlCl3/MeSO3H system.
Scheme 45: Palladium(II)-catalyzed/visible light-mediated synthesis of anthraquinones.
Scheme 46: [4 + 2] Anionic annulation reaction for the synthesis of substituted anthraquinones.
Total synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline alkaloid: trigonoine B
- Takashi Nishiyama,
- Erina Hamada,
- Daishi Ishii,
- Yuuto Kihara,
- Nanase Choshi,
- Natsumi Nakanishi,
- Mari Murakami,
- Kimiko Taninaka,
- Noriyuki Hatae and
- Tominari Choshi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 730–736, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.62
- ), and E (3e) comprising the pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline skeleton [25]. As demonstrated in Scheme 1, Curtius rearrangement of carboxylic acid 4 resulted in the formation of isocyanate 5, which, upon electrocyclization furnished pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline 6. Intermediate 6 was subsequently transformed into
- prepared from an appropriate carboxylic acid through a Curtius rearrangement reaction (50–98% yield). Treatment of urea derivatives 19a–d with CBr4, PPh3, and Et3N afforded carbodiimides 20a–d in 64–75% yield. Compounds 21a–d were obtained in situ following the removal of the TIPS protecting group in 20a–d
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Natural products possessing the pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline skeleton.
Scheme 1: Total synthesis of marinoquinolines and the failure of the introduction of a tetrahydroquinoline mo...
Scheme 2: Retrosynthetic analysis of the pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline ring construction.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of N-substituted 4-aminopyrrolo[3,2-c]quinoline 18.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the tetrahydroquinoline moiety through cycloamination.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of trigonoine B (1).
Coupling biocatalysis with high-energy flow reactions for the synthesis of carbamates and β-amino acid derivatives
- Alexander Leslie,
- Thomas S. Moody,
- Megan Smyth,
- Scott Wharry and
- Marcus Baumann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 379–384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.33
- flow process is presented that couples a Curtius rearrangement step with a biocatalytic impurity tagging strategy to produce a series of valuable Cbz-carbamate products. Immobilized CALB was exploited as a robust hydrolase to transform residual benzyl alcohol into easily separable benzyl butyrate. The
- species. This strategy thus highlights the applicability of this work towards the creation of important chemical building blocks for the pharmaceutical and speciality chemical industries. Keywords: biocatalysis; CALB; Curtius rearrangement; flow synthesis; reaction telescoping; Introduction Continuous
- into benzyl butyrate in view of facilitating the downstream purification of continuous flow Curtius rearrangement reactions [21]. In this paper, we will give a full account on this valuable approach and showcase the utility of the carbamate products towards generating sets of β-amino acid species
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The continuous flow set-up used.
Figure 1: Scope of Cbz-carbamate products obtained via flow process (*tRes = 60 min, **T = 80 °C; isolated yi...
Scheme 2: Side reaction during formation of product 3m.
Scheme 3: Flow set-up for the CALB-mediated impurity tagging approach.
Scheme 4: Strategies towards accessing β-amino acid derivatives 8.
Scheme 5: Complementary flow approaches towards the β-amino acid derivatives 8.
Scheme 6: Batch hydrolysis of the ester group in the presence of the carbamate.
The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives
- Kymbat S. Adekenova,
- Peter B. Wyatt and
- Sergazy M. Adekenov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25
- hydrogenolysis of benzyl ethers (H2, Pd) [72], DIBAL-H reduction of esters to form alcohols [73], oxidative cleavage of vinyl groups to form carboxylic acids (KMnO4) [74], and the conversion of the acids into amines using the Curtius rearrangement (SOCl2, followed by Me3SiN3, thermolysis, and acid hydrolysis of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane (2).
Scheme 2: Cyclopropanation via dehydrohalogenation of chlorodifluoromethane.
Scheme 3: Difluorocyclopropanation of methylstyrene 7 using dibromodifluoromethane and zinc.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropanes from the reaction of dibromodifluoromethane and triphenylphosphi...
Scheme 5: Generation of difluorocarbene in a catalytic two-phase system and its addition to tetramethylethyle...
Scheme 6: The reaction of methylstyrene 7 with chlorodifluoromethane (11) in the presence of a tetraarylarson...
Scheme 7: Pyrolysis of sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (12) in refluxing diglyme in the presence of alkene 13.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of boron-substituted gem-difluorocyclopropanes 16.
Scheme 9: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to alkenes.
Scheme 10: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to silyloxy-substituted cyclopropanes 20.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of difluorinated nucleosides.
Scheme 12: Addition of butyl acrylate (26) to difluorocarbene generated from TFDA (25).
Scheme 13: Addition of difluorocarbene to propargyl esters 27 and conversion of the difluorocyclopropenes 28 t...
Scheme 14: The generation of difluorocyclopropanes using MDFA 30.
Scheme 15: gem-Difluorocyclopropanation of styrene (32) using difluorocarbene generated from TMSCF3 (31) under...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a gem-difluorocyclopropane derivative using HFPO (41) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 17: Cyclopropanation of (Z)-2-butene in the presence of difluorodiazirine (44).
Scheme 18: The cyclopropanation of 1-octene (46) using Seyferth's reagent (45) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 19: Alternative approaches for the difluorocarbene synthesis from trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)tin (48).
Scheme 20: Difluorocyclopropanation of cyclohexene (49).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropane derivative 53 using bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium (51) as the diflu...
Scheme 22: Addition of difluorocarbene generated from tris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth (54).
Scheme 23: Addition of a stable (trifluoromethyl)zinc reagent to styrenes.
Scheme 24: The preparation of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acids of type 58.
Scheme 25: Difluorocyclopropanation via Michael cyclization.
Scheme 26: Difluorocyclopropanation using N-acylimidazolidinone 60.
Scheme 27: Difluorocyclopropanation through the cyclization of phenylacetonitrile (61) and 1,2-dibromo-1,1-dif...
Scheme 28: gem-Difluoroolefins 64 for the synthesis of functionalized cyclopropanes 65.
Scheme 29: Preparation of aminocyclopropanes 70.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of fluorinated methylenecyclopropane 74 via selenoxide elimination.
Scheme 31: Reductive dehalogenation of (1R,3R)-75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of chiral monoacetates by lipase catalysis.
Scheme 33: Transformation of (±)-trans-81 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 34: Transformation of (±)-trans-83 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 35: Hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes through enantioselective hydrocupration.
Scheme 36: Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes with a Ru-based catalyst.
Scheme 37: The thermal transformation of trans-1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluorocyclopropane (84).
Scheme 38: cis–trans-Epimerization of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane.
Scheme 39: 2,2-Difluorotrimethylene diradical intermediate.
Scheme 40: Ring opening of stereoisomers 88 and 89.
Scheme 41: [1,3]-Rearrangement of alkenylcyclopropanes 90–92.
Scheme 42: Thermolytic rearrangement of 2,2-difluoro-1-vinylcyclopropane (90).
Scheme 43: Thermal rearrangement for ethyl 3-(2,2-difluoro)-3-phenylcyclopropyl)acrylates 93 and 95.
Scheme 44: Possible pathways of the ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropane.
Scheme 45: Equilibrium between 1,1-difluoro-2-methylenecyclopropane (96) and (difluoromethylene)cyclopropane 97...
Scheme 46: Ring opening of substituted 1,1-difluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopropane 98.
Scheme 47: 1,1-Difluorospiropentane rearrangement.
Scheme 48: Acetolysis of (2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)methyl tosylate (104) and (1,1-difluoro-2-methylcyclopropyl)...
Scheme 49: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 106 and 108 by thiolate nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Hydrolysis of gem-difluorocyclopropyl acetals 110.
Scheme 51: Ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113 in the presence of ionic liquid as a s...
Scheme 52: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113a by MgI2-initiated reaction with diarylimines 1...
Scheme 53: Ring-opening reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropylstannanes 117.
Scheme 54: Preparation of 1-fluorovinyl vinyl ketone 123 and the synthesis of 2-fluorocyclopentenone 124. TBAT...
Scheme 55: Iodine atom-transfer ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-(1-iodoalkyl)cyclopropanes 125a–c.
Scheme 56: Ring opening of bromomethyl gem-difluorocyclopropanes 130 and formation of gem-difluoromethylene-co...
Scheme 57: Ring-opening aerobic oxidation reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 132.
Scheme 58: Dibrominative ring-opening functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 134.
Scheme 59: The selective formation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-fluorodienals 136 and 137 from difluorocyclopropyl acet...
Scheme 60: Proposed mechanism for the reaction of difluoro(methylene)cyclopropane 139 with Br2.
Scheme 61: Thermal rearrangement of F2MCP 139 and iodine by CuI catalysis.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of 2-fluoropyrroles 142.
Scheme 63: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 143 mediated by BX3.
Scheme 64: Lewis acid-promoted ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (148).
Scheme 65: Ring-opening reaction of the gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketone 106 by methanolic KOH.
Scheme 66: Hydrogenolysis of 1,1-difluoro-3-methyl-2-phenylcyclopropane (151).
Scheme 67: Synthesis of monofluoroalkenes 157.
Scheme 68: The stereoselective Ag-catalyzed defluorinative ring-opening diarylation of 1-trimethylsiloxy-2,2-d...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 2-fluorinated allylic compounds 162.
Scheme 70: Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of gem-difluorinated cyclopropanes 161.
Scheme 71: The (Z)-selective Pd-catalyzed ring-opening sulfonylation of 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)naphthalene...
Figure 1: Structures of zosuquidar hydrochloride and PF-06700841.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of methylene-gem-difluorocyclopropane analogs of nucleosides.
Figure 2: Anthracene-difluorocyclopropane hybrid derivatives.
Figure 3: Further examples of difluorcyclopropanes in modern drug discovery.
Recent progress in the synthesis of homotropane alkaloids adaline, euphococcinine and N-methyleuphococcinine
- Dimas J. P. Lima,
- Antonio E. G. Santana,
- Michael A. Birkett and
- Ricardo S. Porto
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 28–41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.4
- accomplished, followed by the reductive workup of the resulting selenoxide and an increase in its temperature, eliminating selenoxide to generate carboxylic acid (−)-83 in 90% yield. This acid was subjected to Curtius rearrangement [55] in the presence of DPPA as a source of azide, providing isocyanate (−)-84
- , Spino et al. firstly made the quaternary center, followed by cyclization. Furthermore, Spino's synthesis involved key reactions such as Claisen rearrangement, olefin metathesis, and the Curtius rearrangement that allowed both natural products in good yields. Davis synthesis – 2010 Davis and Edupuganti
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Homotropane (azabicyclononane) systems.
Figure 2: Alkaloids (−)-adaline (1), (+)-euphococcinine (2) and (+)-N-methyleuphococcinine (3).
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies before 1995.
Scheme 2: Synthesis (±)-adaline (1) and (±)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. dihydropyran, ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) H2O2, SeO2 (cat), acetone, rt, 88%; i...
Scheme 4: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 2,4-bis(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-dithia-2...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (±)-euphococcinine precursor (±)-42. Reagents and conditions: i) Bu3SnH, AIBN, toluene...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) LiH2NBH3, THF, 40 °C, 88%; ii) TPAP, NMO,...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1) and (−)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. BuLi, t-BuO...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) Ref. [52]; ii) Et3N, TBDMSOTf, CH2Cl2, 0 °C t...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. Cp2ZrCl2,AlMe3, CH2Cl2; 2. p-me...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (−)-adaline 1. Reagents and conditions: i) 1. CuBr.DMS, Et2O/DMS, -42 ºC; 2. 1-heptyne...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of (−)-euphococcinine (2) and (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) 102, KHMDS, Et2...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of N-methyleuphococcinine 3. Reagents and conditions: i) 108 (1.5 equiv), 3,5-di-F-C6H3B(...
Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes
- Mingbing Zhong,
- Xavier Pannecoucke,
- Philippe Jubault and
- Thomas Poisson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42
- -photocatalyzed intramolecular decarboxylative C–N coupling of NHP esters using an in situ-formed heteroleptic copper complex (Scheme 23) [38]. This protocol, a versatile alternative to the Curtius rearrangement, was applied to a large variety of substrates, including primary/secondary alkyl, cycloalkyl, and
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl-catalyzed ATRA reaction under green light irradiation.
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic allylation of α-haloketones.
Scheme 3: [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl-photocatalyzed chlorosulfonylation and chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 4: Photocatalytic perfluoroalkylchlorination of electron-deficient alkenes using the Sauvage catalyst.
Scheme 5: Photocatalytic synthesis of fluorinated sultones.
Scheme 6: Photocatalyzed haloperfluoroalkylation of alkenes and alkynes.
Scheme 7: Chlorosulfonylation of alkenes catalyzed by [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl. aNo Na2CO3 was added. b1 equiv of Na2CO...
Scheme 8: Copper-photocatalyzed reductive allylation of diaryliodonium salts.
Scheme 9: Copper-photocatalyzed azidomethoxylation of olefins.
Scheme 10: Benzylic azidation initiated by [Cu(I)(dap)2]Cl.
Scheme 11: Trifluoromethyl methoxylation of styryl derivatives using [Cu(I)(dap)2]PF6. All redox potentials ar...
Scheme 12: Trifluoromethylation of silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of annulated heterocycles upon oxidation with the Sauvage catalyst.
Scheme 14: Oxoazidation of styrene derivatives using [Cu(dap)2]Cl as a precatalyst.
Scheme 15: [Cu(I)(dpp)(binc)]PF6-catalyzed ATRA reaction.
Scheme 16: Allylation reaction of α-bromomalonate catalyzed by [Cu(I)(dpp)(binc)]PF6 following an ATRA mechani...
Scheme 17: Bromo/tribromomethylation reaction using [Cu(I)(dmp)(BINAP)]PF6.
Scheme 18: Chlorotrifluoromethylation of alkenes catalyzed by [Cu(I)(N^N)(xantphos)]PF6.
Scheme 19: Chlorosulfonylation of styrene and alkyne derivatives by ATRA reactions.
Scheme 20: Reduction of aryl and alkyl halides with the complex [Cu(I)(bcp)(DPEPhos)]PF6. aIrradiation was car...
Scheme 21: Meerwein arylation of electron-rich aromatic derivatives and 5-exo-trig cyclization catalyzed by th...
Scheme 22: [Cu(I)(bcp)(DPEPhos)]PF6-photocatalyzed synthesis of alkaloids. aYield over two steps (cyclization ...
Scheme 23: Copper-photocatalyzed decarboxylative amination of NHP esters.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic decarboxylative alkynylation using [Cu(I)(dq)(binap)]BF4.
Scheme 25: Copper-photocatalyzed alkylation of glycine esters.
Scheme 26: Copper-photocatalyzed borylation of organic halides. aUnder continuous flow conditions.
Scheme 27: Copper-photocatalyzed α-functionalization of alcohols with glycine ester derivatives.
Scheme 28: δ-Functionalization of alcohols using [Cu(I)(dmp)(xantphos)]BF4.
Scheme 29: Photocatalytic synthesis of [5]helicene and phenanthrene.
Scheme 30: Oxidative carbazole synthesis using in situ-formed [Cu(I)(dmp)(xantphos)]BF4.
Scheme 31: Copper-photocatalyzed functionalization of N-aryl tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 32: Bicyclic lactone synthesis using a copper-photocatalyzed PCET reaction.
Scheme 33: Photocatalytic Pinacol coupling reaction catalyzed by [Cu(I)(pypzs)(BINAP)]BF4. The ligands of the ...
Scheme 34: Azide photosensitization using a Cu-based photocatalyst.
Safe and highly efficient adaptation of potentially explosive azide chemistry involved in the synthesis of Tamiflu using continuous-flow technology
- Cloudius R. Sagandira and
- Paul Watts
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2577–2589, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.251
- effort to address the safety concerns raised by the potentially explosive acyl azide 1a (Scheme 1), Hayashi and co-workers [14] demonstrated the handling of the Curtius rearrangement reaction (transformation from acyl azide 1a to isocyanate 1b) in a microreactor system (Scheme 1 and Figure 1). Acyl azide
- compound 2 from acyl chloride 1 via Curtius rearrangement using a continuous-flow system [14]. Continuous-flow system for C-3 azidation of mesyl shikimate using aqueous sodium azide. Mesyl shikimate azidation conversion in a continuous-flow system using NaN3. Desired azide 5 selectivity in a continuous
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Handling of azide chemistry in Tamiflu synthesis by Hayashi and co-workers [14].
Figure 1: Synthesis of compound 2 from acyl chloride 1 via Curtius rearrangement using a continuous-flow syst...
Scheme 2: Azide chemistry in the synthesis of Tamiflu.
Scheme 3: Azidation of mesyl shikimate 5.
Figure 2: Continuous-flow system for C-3 azidation of mesyl shikimate using aqueous sodium azide.
Figure 3: Mesyl shikimate azidation conversion in a continuous-flow system using NaN3.
Figure 4: Desired azide 5 selectivity in a continuous-flow system using NaN3.
Figure 5: Effect of NaN3 concentration on mesyl shikimate 4 conversion and azide 5 selectivity.
Figure 6: Regio- and stereospecific nucleophilic -N3 group attack.
Figure 7: Continuous-flow system for C-3 azidation of mesyl shikimate using DPPA or TMSA.
Figure 8: Mesyl shikimate azidation conversion in a continuous-flow system using DPPA.
Figure 9: Desired azide 5 selectivity in a continuous-flow system using DPPA.
Scheme 4: DPPA azidating mechanism in the presence of a base.
Figure 10: Effect of TEA concentration on the reaction selectivity.
Figure 11: Mesyl shikimate azidation conversion in a continuous-flow system using TMSA.
Figure 12: Desired azide 5 selectivity in a continuous-flow system using TMSA.
Figure 13: Continuous-flow system for C-3 azidation of mesyl shikimate using TBAA.
Figure 14: Continuous-flow system for C-3 azidation of mesyl shikimate using TBAA.
Scheme 5: C-5 azidation of acetamide 6 in our proposed route.
Figure 15: Continuous flow system for C-5 azidation of acetamide 6 using NaN3.
Figure 16: Continuous-flow C-5 azidation of acetamide 6 using NaN3.
Figure 17: Continuous flow C-5 azidation of acetamide 6 using various azidating agents.
Figure 18: Continuous flow synthesis of azide 7 from acetamide 6 using various azidating agents.
A review of the total syntheses of triptolide
- Xiang Zhang,
- Zaozao Xiao and
- Hongtao Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194
- trifluoroacetate 60 by a known electrophilic substitution procedure that was developed by Tahara and co-workers [64]. Curtius rearrangement of 60 gave an isocyanate intermediate, which was reduced with LiAlH4 followed by reductive amination affording tertiary amine intermediate 61. Oxidation of 61 to its
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of triptolide (1), triptonide (2), tripdiolide (3), 16-hydroxytriptolide (4), triptrioli...
Figure 2: Syntheses of triptolide.
Scheme 1: Berchtold’s synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 2: Li’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 3: van Tamelen’s asymmetric synthesis of triptonide and triptolide.
Scheme 4: Van Tamelen’s (method II) formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 5: Sherburn’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 6: van Tamelen’s biogenetic type total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 7: Yang’s total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 8: Key intermediates or transformations of routes J–N.
Sigmatropic rearrangements of cyclopropenylcarbinol derivatives. Access to diversely substituted alkylidenecyclopropanes
- Guillaume Ernouf,
- Jean-Louis Brayer,
- Christophe Meyer and
- Janine Cossy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 333–350, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.29
- ]. Alkylidene(aminocyclopropane) derivatives constitute another interesting class of heterosubstituted alkylidenecyclopropanes which have been previously synthesized by a Curtius rearrangement of acyl azides derived from alkylidenecyclopropane carboxylic acids [43] or by elimination reactions applied to
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Representative strategies for the formation of alkylidenecyclopropanes from cyclopropenes and scope...
Scheme 2: [2,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of phosphinites 2a–h.
Scheme 3: [2,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of a phosphinite derived from enantioenriched cyclopropenylcarbinol...
Scheme 4: Selective reduction of phosphine oxide (E)-3f.
Scheme 5: Attempted thermal [2,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of phosphinite 6a.
Scheme 6: Computed activation barriers and free enthalpies.
Scheme 7: [2,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of phosphinites 6a–j.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for the Lewis base-catalyzed rearrangement of phosphinites 6.
Scheme 9: [3,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of tertiary cyclopropenylcarbinyl acetates 10a–c.
Scheme 10: [3,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of secondary cyclopropenylcarbinyl esters 10d–h.
Scheme 11: [3,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of trichoroacetimidates 12a–i.
Scheme 12: Reaction of trichloroacetamide 13f with pyrrolidine.
Scheme 13: Catalytic hydrogenation of (arylmethylene)cyclopropropane 13f.
Scheme 14: Instability of trichloroacetimidates 21a–c derived from cyclopropenylcarbinols 20a–c.
Scheme 15: [3,3]-Sigmatropic rearrangement of cyanate 27 generated from cyclopropenylcarbinyl carbamate 26.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of alkylidene(aminocyclopropane) derivatives 30–37 from carbamate 26.
Scheme 17: Scope of the dehydration–[3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement sequence of cyclopropenylcarbinyl carbamat...
Scheme 18: Formation of trifluoroacetamide 50 from carbamate 49.
Scheme 19: Formation of alkylidene[(N-trifluoroacetylamino)cyclopropanes] 51–54.
Scheme 20: Diastereoselective hydrogenation of alkylidenecyclopropane 51.
Scheme 21: Ireland–Claisen rearrangement of cyclopropenylcarbinyl glycolates 56a–l.
Scheme 22: Synthesis and Ireland–Claisen rearrangement of glycolate 61 possessing gem-diester substitution at ...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of alkylidene(gem-difluorocyclopropanes) 66a–h, and 66k–n from propargyl glycolates 64a–n....
Scheme 24: Ireland–Claisen rearrangement of N,N-diBoc glycinates 67a and 67b.
Scheme 25: Diastereoselective hydrogenation of alkylidenecyclopropanes 58a and 74.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of functionalized gem-difluorocyclopropanes 76 and 77 from alkylidenecyclopropane 66a.
Scheme 27: Access to oxa- and azabicyclic compounds 78–80.
Novel amide-functionalized chloramphenicol base bifunctional organocatalysts for enantioselective alcoholysis of meso-cyclic anhydrides
- Lingjun Xu,
- Shuwen Han,
- Linjie Yan,
- Haifeng Wang,
- Haihui Peng and
- Fener Chen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 309–317, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.19
- ), anhydride 8h was prepared in three steps in 54% overall yield. The crucial chloramphenicol base amide 7i catalyzed enantioselective alcoholysis gave monoester 9h in multigram scale. The resulting monoester with the desired stereocenter at C-3 was converted to triprotected derivative of GABOB 11 via Curtius
- rearrangement in 75% yield over two steps. After Pd/C-catalyzed hydrogenative deprotection of hydroxy group in methanol under acidic conditions, the corresponding alcohol 12 was transferred to the product 13 via acid-promoted deprotection. A single recrystallization from ethanol allowed 13 to be isolated with
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chloramphenicol-base-derived bifunctional organocatalysts.
Figure 2: Design of new chloramphenicol base amide organocatalysts.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bifunctional amide catalysts 7a–q.
Scheme 2: Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-GABOB (13).
Catalytic Wittig and aza-Wittig reactions
- Zhiqi Lao and
- Patrick H. Toy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2577–2587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.253
- reactions to the conversion of carboxylic acid derivatives 49 into 1,4-benzodiazepin-5-ones 50 using catalyst 44 (Scheme 15) [32]. The overall transformations were reported to occur via acyl azide intermediates 51 that were not purified, but instead used directly in thermal Curtius rearrangement reactions
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Prototypical Wittig reaction involving in situ phosphonium salt and phosphonium ylide formation.
Scheme 2: Bu3As-catalyzed Wittig-type reactions.
Scheme 3: Ph3As-catalyzed Wittig-type reactions using Fe(TCP)Cl and ethyl diazoacetate for arsonium ylide gen...
Figure 1: Recyclable polymer-supported arsine for catalytic Wittig-type reactions.
Scheme 4: Bu2Te-catalyzed Wittig-type reactions.
Scheme 5: Polymer-supported telluride catalyst cycling.
Scheme 6: Stable and odourless telluronium salt pre-catalyst for Wittig-type reactions.
Scheme 7: Phosphine-catalyzed Wittig reactions.
Figure 2: Various phosphine oxides used as pre-catalysts.
Scheme 8: Enantioselective catalytic Wittig reaction reported by Werner.
Scheme 9: Base-free catalytic Wittig reactions reported by Werner.
Scheme 10: Catalytic Wittig reactions reported by Lin.
Scheme 11: Catalytic Wittig reactions reported by Plietker.
Scheme 12: Prototypical aza-Wittig reaction involving in situ iminophosphorane formation.
Scheme 13: First catalytic aza-Wittig reaction reported by Campbell.
Scheme 14: Intramolecular catalytic aza-Wittig reactions reported by Marsden.
Scheme 15: Catalytic aza-Wittig reactions in 1,4-benzodiazepin-5-one synthesis.
Scheme 16: Catalytic aza-Wittig reactions in benzimidazole synthesis.
Scheme 17: Phosphine-catalyzed Staudinger and aza-Wittig reactions.
Scheme 18: Catalytic aza-Wittig reactions in 4(3H)-quinazolinone synthesis.
Scheme 19: Catalytic aza-Wittig reactions of in situ generated carboxylic acid anhydrides.
Scheme 20: Phosphine-catalyzed diaza-Wittig reactions.
The preparation of new functionalized [2.2]paracyclophane derivatives with N-containing functional groups
- Henning Hopf,
- Swaminathan Vijay Narayanan and
- Peter G. Jones
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 437–445, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.50
- at room temperature provided the isolable azidocarbonyl derivative 15 in 90% yield; for its analytical data see Supporting Information File 1. Compound 15 can even be purified by silica gel column chromatography although it was noted that Curtius rearrangement to the bis(isocyanate) 16 slowly set in
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: A selection of highly substituted/functionalized [2.2]paracyclophanes.
Figure 2: A selection of [2.2]paracyclophanes carrying several nitrogen-containing substituents.
Scheme 1: The preparation of 4,12-diamino[2.2]paracyclophane (8).
Scheme 2: Preparation of cyclic and acyclic urethanes from 4,12-diisocyanato[2.2]paracyclophane (16).
Figure 3: (a, above): The molecule of compound 18 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels...
Scheme 3: LiAlH4-reduction of crownophane 18.
Figure 4: (a, above): The molecule of compound 22 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 30% probability levels...
Scheme 4: The preparation of several derivatives of 4,16-dicarboxy[2.2]paracyclophane (25) carrying N-contain...
Figure 5: The molecule of compound 26 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels. Only the a...
Figure 6: (a, above): The molecule of compound 28 in the crystal; ellipsoids represent 50% probability levels...
Atherton–Todd reaction: mechanism, scope and applications
- Stéphanie S. Le Corre,
- Mathieu Berchel,
- Hélène Couthon-Gourvès,
- Jean-Pierre Haelters and
- Paul-Alain Jaffrès
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1166–1196, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.117
- phosphorazidate (DPPA) and diethyl phosphorocyanidate (DEPC) are widely employed as peptide coupling reagents [59][60][61][62]. DPPA was also used in many organic reactions such as the Curtius rearrangement [59], the thiol ester synthesis [63], the azidation of alcohol and phenol [64], and the synthesis of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Pioneer works of Atherton, Openshaw and Todd reporting on the synthesis of phosphoramidate starting...
Scheme 2: Mechanisms 1 (i) and 2 (ii) suggested by Atherton and Todd in 1945; adapted from [1].
Scheme 3: Two reaction pathways (i and ii) to produce chlorophosphate 2. Charge-transfer complex observed whe...
Scheme 4: Mechanism of the Atherton–Todd reaction with dimethylphosphite according to Roundhill et al. (adapt...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of dialkyl phosphate from dialkyl phosphite (i) and identification of chloro- and bromoph...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of chiral phosphoramidate with trichloromethylphosphonate as the suggested intermediate (...
Scheme 7: Selection of results that address the question of the stereochemistry of the AT reaction (adapted f...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of phenoxy spirophosphorane by the AT reaction (adapted from [34]).
Scheme 9: Suggested mechanism of the Atherton–Todd reaction, (i) and (ii) formation of chlorophosphate with a...
Scheme 10: AT reaction in biphasic conditions (adapted from [38]).
Scheme 11: AT reaction with iodoform as halide source (adapted from [37]).
Scheme 12: AT reaction with phenol at low temperature in the presence of DMAP (adapted from [40]).
Scheme 13: Synthesis of a triphosphate by the AT reaction starting with the preparation of chlorophosphate (ad...
Scheme 14: AT reaction with sulfonamide (adapted from [42]).
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a styrylphosphoramidate starting from the corresponding aniline (adapted from [43]).
Scheme 16: Use of hydrazine as nucleophile in AT reactions (adapted from [48]).
Scheme 17: AT reaction with phenol as a nucleophilic species; synthesis of dioleyl phosphate-substituted couma...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of β-alkynyl-enolphosphate from allenylketone with AT reaction (adapted from [58]).
Scheme 19: Synthesis of pseudohalide phosphate by using AT reaction (adapted from [67]).
Scheme 20: AT reaction with hydrospirophosphorane with insertion of CO2 in the product (adapted from [69]).
Scheme 21: AT reaction with diaryl phosphite (adapted from [70]).
Scheme 22: AT reaction with O-alkyl phosphonite (adapted from [71]).
Scheme 23: Use of phosphinous acid in AT reactions (adapted from [72]).
Scheme 24: AT reaction with secondary phosphinethiooxide (adapted from [76]).
Scheme 25: Use of H-phosphonothioate in the AT reaction (adapted from [78]).
Scheme 26: AT-like reaction with CuI as catalyst and without halide source (adapted from [80]).
Scheme 27: Reduction of phenols after activation as phosphate derivatives (adapted from [81] i ; [82], ii; and [83], iii).
Scheme 28: Synthesis of medium and large-sized nitrogen-containing heterocycles (adapted from [85]).
Scheme 29: Synthesis of arylstannane from aryl phosphate prepared by an AT reaction (adapted from [86]).
Scheme 30: Synthesis and use of aryl dialkyl phosphate for the synthesis of biaryl derivatives (adapted from [89])....
Scheme 31: Synthesis of aryl dialkyl phosphate by an AT reaction from phenol and subsequent rearrangement yiel...
Scheme 32: Selected chiral phosphoramidates used as organocatalyst; i) chiral phosphoramidate used in the pion...
Scheme 33: Determination of ee of H-phosphinate by the application of the AT reaction with a chiral amine (ada...
Scheme 34: Chemical structure of selected flame retardants synthesized by AT reactions; (BDE: polybrominated d...
Scheme 35: Transformation of DOPO (i) and synthesis of polyphosphonate (ii) by the AT reaction (adapted from [117] ...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of lipophosphite (bisoleyl phosphite) and cationic lipophosphoramidate with an AT reactio...
Scheme 37: Use of AT reactions to produce cationic lipids characterized by a trimethylphosphonium, trimethylar...
Scheme 38: Cationic lipid synthesized by the AT reaction illustrating the variation of the structure of the li...
Scheme 39: Helper lipids for nucleic acid delivery synthesized with the AT reaction (adapted from [130]).
Scheme 40: AT reaction used to produce red/ox-sensitive cationic lipids (adapted from [135]).
Scheme 41: Alkyne and azide-functionalized phosphoramidate synthesized by AT reactions,(i); illustration of so...
Scheme 42: Cationic lipids exhibiting bactericidal action – arrows indicate the bond formed by the AT reaction...
Scheme 43: β-Cyclodextrin-based lipophosphoramidates (adapted from [138]).
Scheme 44: Polyphosphate functionalized by an AT reaction (adapted from [139]).
Scheme 45: Synthesis of zwitterionic phosphocholine-bound chitosan (adapted from [142]).
Scheme 46: Synthesis of AZT-based prodrug via an AT reaction (adapted from [143]).
Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis
- Sebastian Krüger and
- Tanja Gaich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14
- Curtius rearrangement, upon heating the intermediate isocyanate was trapped with EtOH to yield ethyl carbamate protected amine 141. Deprotection of the Alloc-group [126] and chloro carbamate formation furnished 142. Exposure of this compound to a silver source led to the formation of the five-membered
- (see Scheme 21), followed by the formation of an acid-azide. Shiori version [146][147] of the Curtius rearrangement with concomitant addition of MeOH to the intermediate isocyanate afforded carbamate 171. Oxetane 171 was then opened under Lewis-acidic conditions. The deprotected alcohol was protected
- underwent Curtius rearrangement upon heating. The intermediate isocyanate was intercepted by benzyl alcohol to provide secondary Cbz-protected amine 192. Bredereck’s reagent (193) [162] was used to generate enamine 194. The enol-form of the remaining carbonyl moiety was transformed into the corresponding
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Vogel’s first approach towards the divinylcyclopropane rearrangement [4] and characterization of cis-d...
Scheme 2: Transition states for the Cope rearrangement and the related DVCPR. Ts = transition state.
Scheme 3: Two possible mechanisms of trans-cis isomerizations of divinylcyclopropanes.
Scheme 4: Proposed biosynthesic pathway to ectocarpene (21), an inactive degradation product of a sexual pher...
Scheme 5: Proposed biosynthesis of occidenol (25) and related natural compounds.
Scheme 6: Gaich’s bioinspired system using the DVCPR to mimick the dimethylallyltryptophan synthase. DMAPP = ...
Scheme 7: Iguchi’s total synthesis of clavubicyclone, part 1.
Scheme 8: Iguchi’s total synthesis of clavubicyclone, part 2.
Scheme 9: Wender’s syntheses of the two pseudoguainanes confertin (50) and damsinic acid (51) and Pier’s appr...
Scheme 10: Overman’s total synthesis of scopadulcic acid B.
Scheme 11: Davies’ total syntheses of tremulenolide A and tremulenediol A.
Scheme 12: Davies formal [4 + 3] cycloaddition approach towards the formal synthesis of frondosin B.
Scheme 13: Davies and Sarpongs formal [4 + 3]-cycloaddition approach towards barekoxide (106) and barekol (107...
Scheme 14: Davies formal [4 + 3]-cycloaddition approach to 5-epi-vibsanin E (115) containing an intermediate c...
Scheme 15: Echavarren’s total synthesis of schisanwilsonene A (126) featuring an impressive gold-catalzed casc...
Scheme 16: Davies early example of a formal [4 + 3]-cycloaddition in alkaloids synthesis.
Scheme 17: Fukuyama’s total synthesis of gelsemine, part 1.
Scheme 18: Fukuyama’s total synthesis of gelsemine, featuring a divinylcyclopropane rearrangement, part 2.
Scheme 19: Kende’s total synthesis of isostemofoline, using a formal [4 + 3]-cycloaddition, including an inter...
Scheme 20: Danishefsky’s total synthesis of gelsemine, part 1.
Scheme 21: Danishefsky’s total synthesis of gelsemine, part 2.
Scheme 22: Fukuyama’s total synthesis of gelsemoxonine.
Scheme 23: Wender’s synthetic access to the core skeleton of tiglianes, daphnanes and ingenanes.
Scheme 24: Davies’ approach towards the core skeleton of CP-263,114 (212).
Scheme 25: Wood’s approach towards actinophyllic acid.
Scheme 26: Takeda’s approach towards the skeleton of the cyanthins, utilitizing the divinylcyclopropane rearra...
Scheme 27: Donaldson’s organoiron route towards the guianolide skeleton.
Scheme 28: Stoltz’s tandem Wolff/DVCPR rearrangement.
Scheme 29: Stephenson’s tandem photocatalysis/arylvinylcyclopropane rearrangement.
Scheme 30: Padwa’s rhodium cascade involving a DVCPR.
Scheme 31: Matsubara’s version of a DVCPR.
Scheme 32: Toste’s tandem gold-catalyzed Claisen-rearrangement/DVCPR.
Scheme 33: Ruthenium- and gold-catalyzed versions of tandem reactions involving a DVCPR.
Scheme 34: Tungsten, platinum and gold catalysed cycloisomerizations leading to a DVCPR.
Scheme 35: Reisman’s total synthesis of salvileucalin B, featuring an (undesired) vinylcyclopropyl carbaldehyd...
Scheme 36: Studies on the divinylepoxide rearrangement.
Scheme 37: Studies on the vinylcyclopropanecarbonyl rearrangement.
Scheme 38: Nitrogen-substituted variants of the divinylcyclopropane rearrangement.
trans-2-(2,5-Dimethoxy-4-iodophenyl)cyclopropylamine and trans-2-(2,5-dimethoxy-4-bromophenyl)cyclopropylamine as potent agonists for the 5-HT2 receptor family
- Adam Pigott,
- Stewart Frescas,
- John D. McCorvy,
- Xi-Ping Huang,
- Bryan L. Roth and
- David E. Nichols
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1705–1709, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.194
- ester 7 followed by bromination of acid 9 using Br2-dioxane complex gave a good yield of bromo acid 10b. These acids were readily converted to their isocyanates using the Weinstock modification of the Curtius rearrangement [6]. Those isocyanates were heated with tert-butanol to afford the corresponding
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of well-known serotonin 5-HT2A agonists 1a,b, 2, and 3, and compounds 4 and 5 reported i...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of arylcyclopropane carboxylic acids from the corresponding cinnamic acids, followed by h...
Scheme 2: Conversion of arylcyclopropane carboxylic acids 10a,b to the amines 4 and 5, and chemical resolutio...
Scheme 3: Chemical resolution of arylcyclopropane carboxylic acid 9 followed by bromination.
Parallel and four-step synthesis of natural-product-inspired scaffolds through modular assembly and divergent cyclization
- Hiroki Oguri,
- Haruki Mizoguchi,
- Hideaki Oikawa,
- Aki Ishiyama,
- Masato Iwatsuki,
- Kazuhiko Otoguro and
- Satoshi Ōmura
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 930–940, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.105
- piperidine-based manifold 15 bearing an amino group in order to produce variations of branched precursors leading to distinct scaffolds (Scheme 5). The manifold 15 was readily prepared through Curtius rearrangement of 6 and subsequent removal of the resulting carbamate group. Ugi four-component condensation
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Biosynthetic outline of aromatic polyketides; (b) structure of indole alkaloids composed of ind...
Figure 2: (a) Synthetic plans based on modular assembly and divergent cyclizations leading to fused skeletons...
Scheme 1: Four-step synthesis of hexacyclic skeleton 25.
Scheme 2: Four-step synthesis of hexacyclic skeleton 30.
Scheme 3: Parallel and four-step synthesis of tetracyclic skeletons 39–42 and 47–48.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of branched precursors, 51 and 52, using amines 49 and 50, with different methylene lengt...
Scheme 5: Four-step synthesis of hexacyclic scaffold 63 employing manifold 15. For details of the synthesis o...
A novel high-yield synthesis of aminoacyl p-nitroanilines and aminoacyl 7-amino-4-methylcoumarins: Important synthons for the synthesis of chromogenic/fluorogenic protease substrates
- Xinghua Wu,
- Yu Chen,
- Herve Aloysius and
- Longqin Hu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1030–1035, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.117
- was found in the reaction mixture. Although the addition of DMAP improved the amidation yields, the formation of hydantoin by-product also increased [15]. A modified procedure using Curtius rearrangement with diphenyl phosphorazidate (DPPA) was reported to minimize the side reaction, affording
An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals
- Marcus Baumann,
- Ian R. Baxendale,
- Steven V. Ley and
- Nikzad Nikbin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57
- , making candesartan a pro-drug in the same way as olmesartan [62]. This synthesis of the benzimidazole precursor makes use of a 1,2,3-trisubstituted nitrophthalic acid 205, which had to be selectively monoesterified and subjected to a Curtius rearrangement, which is cumbersome when the reaction is scaled
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of atorvastatin and other commercial statins.
Figure 2: Structure of compactin.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of pentasubstituted pyrroles.
Scheme 2: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition to prepare 5-isopropylpyrroles.
Scheme 3: Regiospecific [3 + 2] cycloaddition to prepare the pyrrole scaffold.
Scheme 4: Formation of the pyrrole core of atorvastatin via [3 + 2] cycloaddition.
Scheme 5: Formation of pyrrole 33 via the Paal–Knorr reaction.
Scheme 6: Convergent synthesis towards atorvastatin.
Figure 3: Binding pocket of sunitinib in the TRK KIT.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of sunitinib.
Scheme 8: Alternative synthesis of sunitinib.
Scheme 9: Key steps in the syntheses of sumatriptan and zolmitriptan.
Scheme 10: Introduction of the N,N-dimethylaminoethyl side chain.
Scheme 11: Japp–Klingemann reaction in the synthesis of sumatriptan.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the intermediate sulfonyl chlorides 62 and 63.
Scheme 13: Alternative introduction of the sulfonamide.
Scheme 14: Negishi-type coupling to benzylic sulfonamides.
Scheme 15: Heck reaction used to introduce the sulfonamide side chain of naratriptan.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the oxazolinone appendage of zolmitriptan.
Scheme 17: Grandberg indole synthesis used in the preparation of rizatriptan.
Scheme 18: Improved synthesis of rizatriptan.
Scheme 19: Larock-type synthesis of rizatriptan.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of eletriptan.
Scheme 21: Heck coupling for the indole system in eletriptan.
Scheme 22: Attempted Fischer indole synthesis of elatriptan.
Scheme 23: Successful Fischer indole synthesis for eletriptan.
Scheme 24: Mechanistic rationale for the Bischler–Möhlau reaction.
Scheme 25: Bischler-type indole synthesis used in the fluvastatin sodium synthesis.
Scheme 26: Palladium-mediated synthesis of ondansetron.
Scheme 27: Fischer indole synthesis of ondansetron.
Scheme 28: Optimised Pictet–Spengler reaction towards tadalafil.
Figure 4: Structures of carvedilol 136 and propranolol 137.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of the carbazole core of carvedilol.
Scheme 30: Alternative syntheses of 4-hydroxy-9H-carbazole.
Scheme 31: Convergent synthesis of etodolac.
Scheme 32: Alternative synthesis of etodolac.
Figure 5: Structures of imidazole-containing drugs.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of functionalised imidazoles towards losartan.
Scheme 34: Direct synthesis of the chlorinated imidazole in losartan.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of trisubstituted imidazoles.
Scheme 36: Preparation of the imidazole ring in olmesartan.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of ondansetron.
Scheme 38: Alternative route to ondansetron and its analogues.
Scheme 39: Proton pump inhibitors and synthesis of esomeprazole.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of benzimidazole core pantoprazole.
Figure 6: Structure of rabeprazole 194.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of candesartan.
Scheme 42: Alternative access to the candesartan key intermediate 216.
Scheme 43: .Medicinal chemistry route to telmisartan.
Scheme 44: Improved synthesis of telmisartan.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of zolpidem.
Scheme 46: Copper-catalysed 3-component coupling towards zolpidem.
Figure 7: Structure of celecoxib.
Scheme 47: Preparation of celecoxib.
Scheme 48: Alternative synthesis of celecoxib.
Scheme 49: Regioselective access to celecoxib.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of pazopanib.
Scheme 51: Syntheses of anastrozole, rizatriptan and letrozole.
Scheme 52: Regioselective synthesis of anastrozole.
Scheme 53: Triazine-mediated triazole formation towards anastrozole.
Scheme 54: Alternative routes to 1,2,4-triazoles.
Scheme 55: Initial synthetic route to sitagliptin.
Figure 8: Binding of sitagliptin within DPP-IV.
Scheme 56: The process route to sitagliptin key intermediate 280.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of maraviroc.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of alprazolam.
Scheme 59: The use of N-nitrosoamidine derivatives in the preparation of fused benzodiazepines.
Figure 9: Structures of itraconazole, ravuconazole and voriconazole.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of itraconazole.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of rufinamide.
Scheme 62: Representative tetrazole formation in valsartan.
Figure 10: Structure of tetrazole containing olmesartan, candesartan and irbesartan.
Scheme 63: Early stage introduction of the tetrazole in losartan.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of cilostazol.
Figure 11: Structure of cefdinir.
Scheme 65: Semi-synthesis of cefdinir.
Scheme 66: Thiazole syntheses towards ritonavir.
Scheme 67: Synthesis towards pramipexole.
Scheme 68: Alternative route to pramipexole.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of famotidine.
Scheme 70: Efficient synthesis of the hyperuricemic febuxostat.
Scheme 71: Synthesis of ziprasidone.
Figure 12: Structure of mometasone.
Scheme 72: Industrial access to 2-furoic acid present in mometasone.
Scheme 73: Synthesis of ranitidine from furfuryl alcohol.
Scheme 74: Synthesis of nitrofurantoin.
Scheme 75: Synthesis of benzofuran.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of amiodarone.
Scheme 77: Synthesis of raloxifene.
Scheme 78: Alternative access to the benzo[b]thiophene core of raloxifene.
Scheme 79: Gewald reaction in the synthesis of olanzapine.
Scheme 80: Alternative synthesis of olanzapine.
Figure 13: Access to simple thiophene-containing drugs.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of clopidogrel.
Scheme 82: Pictet–Spengler reaction in the preparation of tetrahydrothieno[3,2-c]pyridine (422).
Scheme 83: Alternative synthesis of key intermediate 422.
Figure 14: Co-crystal structures of timolol (left) and carazolol (right) in the β-adrenergic receptor.
Scheme 84: Synthesis of timolol.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of tizanidine 440.
Scheme 86: Synthesis of leflunomide.
Scheme 87: Synthesis of sulfamethoxazole.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of risperidone.
Figure 15: Relative abundance of selected transformations.
Figure 16: The abundance of heterocycles within top 200 drugs (5-membered rings).
A short synthesis of (±)-cherylline dimethyl ether
- Bhima Y. Kale,
- Ananta D. Shinde,
- Swapnil S. Sonar,
- Bapurao B. Shingate,
- Sanjeev Kumar,
- Samir Ghosh,
- Soodamani Venugopal and
- Murlidhar S. Shingare
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 80, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.80
- Sciences and Humanities Department, SVNIT, Surat – 395 007, India 10.3762/bjoc.5.80 Abstract A synthesis of (±)-cherylline dimethyl ether is reported. The key steps involved are Michael-type addition, radical azidonation of an aldehyde, Curtius rearrangement, and reduction of an isocyanate intermediate
- followed by Pictet–Spengler cyclization. Keywords: Curtius rearrangement; Michael reaction; Pictet–Spengler cyclization; radical azidonation; Introduction Aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines have attracted much attention from the synthetic community owing to the potential biological activities of this
- are Michael addition, radical azidonation of aldehydes [18], Curtius rearrangement, and reduction of an isocyanate intermediate followed by Pictet–Spengler cyclization. Results and Discussion Our retrosynthetic analysis of (±)-cherylline dimethyl ether (5) is depicted in Scheme 1. It can be
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Aryl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic analysis of 5.
Scheme 2: (a) 1,2-Dimethoxybenzene, TFA, reflux, 3 h, 90%; (b) DIBAL-H, CH2Cl2, −78 °C, 3 h, 65%; (c) (i) NaN3...
Controlling hazardous chemicals in microreactors: Synthesis with iodine azide
- Johan C. Brandt and
- Thomas Wirth
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 30, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.30
- Discussion The radical addition of azide to aldehydes 1 initially forms acyl azides 2 which directly rearrange in a Curtius rearrangement to the corresponding isocyanates 3. Isocyanates are very reactive themselves and offer a wide range of possible conversions. An excess of azide leads to the formation of
- 1 was added to the reagent in the microreactor as shown in Figure 1. All reagents and the aldehyde 1 were used as solutions in acetonitrile. After mixing the aldehyde with the iodine azide reagent the solution is passed through a capillary (volume: 196 µL) in a heating zone to allow the Curtius
- rearrangement to occur. Flow rates of 20 µL/min or higher led to very low or no conversion. At slower flow rates the yields were enhanced but seemed to stop growing at one point. Optimal yields were constant within a range of 15 to 1.5 µl/min corresponding to residence times in the heating zone of 13–130
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Azide addition to aldehydes and formation of carbamoyl azides.
Figure 1: Microreactor setup for the in situ generation and use of iodine azide (IN3).
Scheme 2: Reaction of carbamoyl azide 4a with n-butyllithium.
