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Confirmation of the stereochemistry of spiroviolene
- Yao Kong,
- Yuanning Liu,
- Kaibiao Wang,
- Tao Wang,
- Chen Wang,
- Ben Ai,
- Hongli Jia,
- Guohui Pan,
- Min Yin and
- Zhengren Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 852–858, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.77
- hydroxy group, or a keto group) for further derivatization. Spiroviolene was not transformed when subjected to conditions for allylic oxidation (SeO2) even at elevated temperature [27], and the starting material was fully recovered. We have also tried hydroboration/oxidation conditions for transforming
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Figure 1: Structures of spiroviolene and related natural products.
Scheme 1: Possible cyclization mechanisms for spiroviolene (1) and related natural products. A) Revised cycli...
Figure 2: Heterologous production of spiroviolene using the isopentenol utilization pathway. A) Gas chromatog...
Scheme 2: Derivatization of spiroviolene for X-ray crystallography. A) Hydroboration/oxidation reaction of sp...
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides and polyketides via thioesterase-catalyzed macrocyclization
- Senze Qiao,
- Zhongyu Cheng and
- Fuzhuo Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 721–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.66
- then transformed into aldehyde 31 through several protecting group adjustments and the corresponding alcohol and Ley oxidation. After the preparation of 33 using Evans syn-aldol condensation as a critical step, 34 was produced by thioester formation, desilylation, and allylic oxidation. Incubating 34
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Scheme 1: Brief introduction of thioesterase (TE) domain. (a) NRPS and PKS assembly lines. (b) Mechanism of T...
Scheme 2: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of tyrocidine A and its analogs. (a) First-gen chemoenzymatic synthesis of...
Scheme 3: Representative examples of NAC-activated thioesters-mediated biocatalytic macrolactamization.
Scheme 4: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of CDA, daptomycin and their analogs. (a) Biocatalytic macrocyclization of...
Scheme 5: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of surugamide B and related natural products. (a) Three synthetic strategi...
Scheme 6: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the pikromycins. (a) Macrocyclization of 10-deoxymethynolide catalyzed ...
Scheme 7: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the juevnimicins.
Scheme 8: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the cryptophycins.
Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes
- Ranran Li,
- Di Wang,
- Shengtao Li and
- Peng An
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54
- . And the derivative 16 was also synthesized by allylic oxidation of compound 15 using selenium dioxide. As helical chiral NGs, helicene 14 and its derivatives 15 and 16 showed highly distorted helical conformation and also exhibited a relatively high isomerization barrier (over 28.9 kcal/mol determined
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Scheme 1: Construction of HBC by Scholl reaction from hexaphenylbenzene.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of nitrogen-doped, seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of π-extended [7]- and [9]helicene containing chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of axis-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based nanoribbons.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of HBC-based multilayer nanographenes.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by “HBC-tetramers”.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of a triskelion-shaped nanographene constructed by four HBCs.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of a three-dimensional nanographene bearing four HBCs.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by five HBC units.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by seven HBC units.
A new and efficient methodology for olefin epoxidation catalyzed by supported cobalt nanoparticles
- Lucía Rossi-Fernández,
- Viviana Dorn and
- Gabriel Radivoy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 519–526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.46
- and industrial applications [1]. Among them, allylic oxidation and olefin epoxidation constitute fundamental tools for the synthesis of homoallylic alcohols or α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, and epoxides, respectively. In particular, epoxides are pivotal building blocks for the synthetic chemists
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Figure 1: TEM micrograph and size distribution graphic for CoNPs@MgO catalyst (scale bar = 20 nm).
Scheme 1: Plausible mechanistic pathway for olefin epoxidation catalyzed by CoNPs/MgO in the presence of t-Bu...
All-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis
- Zhuo Wang and
- Junyang Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3015–3031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.251
- the desired alcohol 133 in 75% yield as a single diastereomer. Allylic oxidation of freshly prepared 133 with SeO2 followed by silylation with TBSOTf/Et3N afforded enyne 134. Enyne 134 was subjected to rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition with a catalytic amount of [Rh(cod)OH]2 to
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Figure 1: Highly-substituted five-membered carbocycle in biologically significant natural products.
Figure 2: Natural product synthesis featuring the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition. (Quaternary carbon center...
Scheme 1: Representative natural product syntheses that feature the all-carbon [3 + 2] cyclization as the key...
Scheme 2: (A) An intramolecular trimethylenemethane diyl [3 + 2] cycloaddition with allenyl diazo compound 38...
Scheme 3: (A) Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular carboxylative TMM cycloaddition [36]. (B) The proposed mechanism....
Scheme 4: Natural product syntheses that make use of palladium-catalyzed intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition...
Scheme 5: (A) Phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition [17]. (B) The proposed mechanism.
Scheme 6: Lu’s [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis. (A) Synthesis of longeracinphyllin A (10) [41]...
Scheme 7: (A) Phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of unsymmetric isoindigo 100 with allene in the preparat...
Scheme 8: (A) Rhodium-catalyzed intracmolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition [49]. (B) The proposed catalytic cycle of t...
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of natural products reported by Yang and co-workers applying rhodium-catalyzed intr...
Scheme 10: (A) Platinum(II)-catalyzed intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition of propargyl ether 139 and n-butyl ...
Scheme 11: (A) Platinum-catalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition of propargylic ketal derivative 142 to ...
Scheme 12: (A) Synthesis of phyllocladanol (21) features a Lewis acid-catalyzed formal intramolecular [3 + 2] ...
Scheme 13: The recent advances of [3 + 2] annulation in natural product synthesis. (A) The preparation of melo...
Regioselective cobalt(II)-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of fluoroalkylated alkynes with 2-formylphenylboronic acids: easy access to 2-fluoroalkylated indenols
- Tatsuya Kumon,
- Miroku Shimada,
- Jianyan Wu,
- Shigeyuki Yamada and
- Tsutomu Konno
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2193–2200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.184
- ][32]. Therefore, we also accomplished the synthesis of 2-fluoroalkylated indenone and indanone by simple reactions (Scheme 3). An allylic oxidation was carried out with 10 equiv of manganese dioxide in dichloromethane as the solvent at 0 °C for 30 minutes, leading to the corresponding 2
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Figure 1: Indenol skeleton.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indene derivatives.
Scheme 2: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of the fluorinated alkynes 1 with various 2-formylp...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the fluoroalkylated indenone 6 and the indanone 7 from the indenol 3aA. The yields wer...
Scheme 4: Stereochemical assignment of 5aA and 7 based on NMR techniques. The cross-peaks were observed throu...
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review
- William A. Donaldson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166
- metathesis using Grubbs’ 2nd generation catalyst (G-II, Scheme 3) [13]. Replacing the N-Boc protecting group with an N-tosyl group and allylic oxidation gave 30. The introduction of the allyl group at C-11 made use of the Kishi protocol [22] of the allyl-Grignard addition, followed by an ionic reduction. The
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Figure 1: Structures of spliceostatins/thailanstatins.
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to protected (2Z,4S)-4-hydroxy-2-butenoic acid fragments.
Scheme 2: Kitahara synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 3: Koide synthesis of (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 4: Nicolaou synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 5: Jacobsen synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 6: Unproductive attempt to generate the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 7: Ghosh synthesis of the C-7–C-14 (all-cis)-tetrahydropyran segment.
Scheme 8: Ghosh’s alternative route to the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 9: Alternative synthesis of the dihydro-3-pyrone 58.
Scheme 10: Kitahara’s 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 11: Kitahara 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 12: Nimura/Arisawa synthesis of the C-1-phenyl segment.
Scheme 13: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1) from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide.
Scheme 14: Jacobsen synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 15: Koide synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 16: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-5 segment 102 of thailanstatin A (7).
Scheme 17: Nicolaou synthesis of the C-1–C-9 segments of spliceostatin D (9) and thailanstatins A (7) and B (5...
Scheme 18: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 segment 115 of spliceostatin E (10).
Scheme 19: Fragment coupling via Wittig and modified Julia olefinations by Kitahara.
Scheme 20: Fragment coupling via cross-metathesis by Koide.
Scheme 21: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin A (4), FR901464 (1), spliceostatin E (10), and thailanstatin m...
Scheme 22: Arisawa synthesis of a C-1-phenyl analog of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 23: Jacobsen fragment coupling by a Pd-catalyzed Negishi coupling.
Scheme 24: Nicolaou syntheses of thailanstatin A and B (7 and 5) and spliceostatin D (9) via a Pd-catalyzed Su...
Scheme 25: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin G (11) via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling.
Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules
- Valerian Dragutan,
- Ileana Dragutan,
- Albert Demonceau and
- Lionel Delaude
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68
- catalyst (3 mol %) to give the corresponding 1,3-diene intermediate in 85% yield (Scheme 16). The subsequent hydroboration and oxidation to homoallylic alcohol, followed by a palladium-catalyzed Heck cross-coupling, an allylic oxidation with SeO2, mesylation, and deprotection, afforded (−)-galanthamine (13
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Scheme 1: Intramolecular (A) and intermolecular (B) enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 2: Ene–yne and yne–ene mechanisms for intramolecular enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 3: Metallacarbene mechanism in intermolecular enyne metathesis.
Scheme 4: The Oguri strategy for accessing artemisinin analogs 1a–c through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 5: Access to the tetracyclic core of nanolobatolide (2) via tandem enyne metathesis followed by an Eu(...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-amphidinolide E (3) using an intermolecular enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of amphidinolide K (4) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 8: Trost synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N (5) [72].
Scheme 9: Enyne metathesis between the propargylic derivative and the allylic alcohol in the synthesis of the...
Scheme 10: Synthetic route to amphidinolide N (6a).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the stereoisomeric precursors of amphidinolide V (7a and 7b) through alkyne ring-closi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the anthramycin precursor 8 from ʟ-methionine by a tandem enyne metathesis–cross metat...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (−)‐clavukerin A (9) and (−)‐isoclavukerin A (10) by an enyne metathesis route startin...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (−)-isoguaiene (11) through an enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of erogorgiaene (12) by a tandem enyne metathesis/cross metathesis sequence using the sec...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (−)-galanthamine (13) from isovanilin by an enyne metathesis.
Scheme 17: Application of enyne metathesis for the synthesis of kempene diterpenes 14a–c.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the alkaloid (+)-lycoflexine (15) through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the AB subunits of manzamine A (16a) and E (16b) by enyne metathesis.
Scheme 20: Jung's synthesis of rhodexin A (17) by enyne metathesis/cross metathesis reactions.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of (−)-flueggine A (18) and (+)-virosaine B (19) from Weinreb amide by enyne metath...
Scheme 22: Access to virgidivarine (20) and virgiboidine (21) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 23: Enyne metathesis approach to (−)-zenkequinone B (22).
Scheme 24: Access to C-aryl glycoside 23 by an intermolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder cycloaddition.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro-C-aryl glycoside 24 by a tandem intramolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder reac...
Scheme 26: Pathways to (−)-exiguolide (25) by Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling and cross-metathesis [94].
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
- and reacted with 3,3-dimethylallyl bromide, followed by changing the protecting group from MOM ether to methyl ether to provide olefin 86. Allylic oxidation of 86 followed by nucleophilic bromination of the resulting allylic alcohol gave bromide 87. Dianion displacement of the bromide of 87 gave ester
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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.
Ring-closing-metathesis-based synthesis of annellated coumarins from 8-allylcoumarins
- Christiane Schultze and
- Bernd Schmidt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2991–2998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.278
- defined order. One class of products, pyrano[2,3-f]chromene-2,8-diones, were inaccessible through direct RCM of an acrylate, but became available from the analogous allyl ether via an assisted tandem catalytic RCM/allylic oxidation sequence. Keywords: coumarins; heterocycles; isomerization; olefin
- an assisted tandem catalytic [68] RCM/allylic oxidation sequence. Such tandem sequences are characterized by the combination of two mechanistically distinct catalytic reactions in a defined order, which proceed with a single precatalyst that undergoes a transformation in situ upon addition of a
- suitable reagent, a “chemical trigger” [69]. In the case of the RCM/allylic oxidation sequence tert-butyl hydroperoxide is added after completion of the metathesis reaction, which most likely induces a conversion of the metathesis active Ru–carbene species to a Ru(IV)–oxo species. The latter are known to
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Figure 1: Illustration of coumarin taxonomy.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of oxepin-2-one-annellated coumarins 13 by RCM of acrylates 12.
Scheme 2: Attempted synthesis of pyran-2-one-annellated coumarin 15d via isomerization-RCM.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of aza-annellated coumarin 21 and attempted synthesis of indole 22.
Cobalt-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of the allylic C(sp3)–H bond of simple alkenes to ketones
- Tsuyoshi Mita,
- Masashi Uchiyama,
- Kenichi Michigami and
- Yoshihiro Sato
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2012–2017, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.176
- remained underdeveloped even though C–O bond formation of allylic C(sp3)–H bonds was firmly established by using SeO2 [14] or CrO3/3,5-dimethylpyrazole [15] (ene-type allylic oxidation). Although the most prominent work on catalytic allylic functionalization studied thus far is considered to be a palladium
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Figure 1: Precedent examples of catalytic allylic C(sp3)–H additions to carbonyl electrophiles.
Figure 2: Substrate scope for acetophenone derivatives. aPreparative scale synthesis using 1 mmol of 2a.
Figure 3: Substrate scope for α-olefins.
Figure 4: A possible catalytic cycle.
One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry
- Arif Dastan,
- Haydar Kilic and
- Nurullah Saracoglu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98
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Scheme 1: Tropone (1), tropolone (2) and their resonance structures.
Figure 1: Natural products containing a tropone nucleus.
Figure 2: Possible isomers 11–13 of benzotropone.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of benzotropones 11 and 12.
Scheme 3: Oxidation products of benzotropylium fluoroborate (16).
Scheme 4: Oxidation of 7-bromo-5H-benzo[7]annulene (22).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) using o-phthalaldehyde (27).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) starting from oxobenzonorbornadiene 31.
Scheme 7: Acid-catalyzed cleavage of oxo-bridge of 34.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) from o-xylylene dibromide (38).
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) via the carbene adduct 41.
Scheme 10: Heck coupling strategy for the synthesis of 11.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of benzofulvalenes via carbonyl group of 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Figure 3: Some cycloheptatrienylium cations.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of condensation product 63 and its subsequent oxidative cyclization products.
Figure 4: A novel series of benzo[7]annulenes prepared from 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Scheme 13: Preparation of substituted benzo[7]annulene 72 using the Mukaiyama-Michael reaction.
Figure 5: Possible benzo[7]annulenylidenes 73–75.
Scheme 14: Thermal and photochemical decomposition of 7-diazo-7H-benzo[7]annulene (76) and the trapping of int...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of benzoheptafulvalene 86.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 7-(diphenylmethylene)-7H-benzo[7]annulene (89).
Scheme 17: Reaction of 4,5-benzotropone (11) with dimethyl diazomethane.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of dihydrobenzomethoxyazocine 103.
Scheme 19: Synthesis and reducibility of benzo-homo-2-methoxyazocines.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 4,5-benzohomotropones 104 and 115 from 4,5-benzotropones 11 and 113.
Scheme 21: A catalytic deuterogenation of 4,5-benzotropone (11) and synthesis of 5-monosubstituted benzo[7]ann...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of methyl benzo[7]annulenes 131 and 132.
Scheme 23: Ambident reactivity of halobenzo[7]annulenylium cations 133a/b.
Scheme 24: Preparation of benzo[7]annulenylidene–iron complexes 147.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 1-ethynylbenzotropone (150) and the etheric compound 152 from 4,5-benzotropone (11) wi...
Scheme 26: Thermal decomposition of 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Scheme 27: Reaction of 4,5-benzotropone (11) with 1,2-ethanediol and 1,2-ethanedithiol.
Scheme 28: Conversions of 1-benzosuberone (162) to 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 29: Synthesis strategies for 2,3-bezotropone (12) using 1-benzosuberones.
Scheme 30: Oxidation-based synthesis of 2,3-benzotropone (12) via 1-benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 2,3-benzotropone (12) from α-tetralone (171) via ring-expansion.
Scheme 32: Preparation of 2,3-benzotropone (12) by using of benzotropolone 174.
Figure 6: Benzoheptafulvenes as condensation products of 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 33: Conversion of 2,3-benzotropone (12) to tosylhydrazone salt 182 and gem-dichloride 187.
Figure 7: Benzohomoazocines 191–193 and benzoazocines 194–197.
Scheme 34: From 2,3-benzotropone (12) to carbonium ions 198–201.
Scheme 35: Cycloaddition reactions of 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 36: Reaction of 2,3-benzotropone (12) with various reagents and compounds.
Figure 8: 3,4-Benzotropone (13) and its resonance structure.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 6,7-benzobicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-dien-2-one (230).
Figure 9: Photolysis and thermolysis products of 230.
Figure 10: Benzotropolones and their tautomeric structures.
Scheme 38: Synthesis strategies of 4,5-benzotropolone (238).
Scheme 39: Synthesis protocol for 2-hydroxy-4,5-benzotropone (238) using oxazole-benzo[7]annulene 247.
Figure 11: Some quinoxaline and pyrazine derivatives 254–256 prepared from 4,5-benzotropolone (238).
Scheme 40: Nitration product of 4,5-benzotropolone (238) and its isomerization to 1-nitro-naphthoic acid (259)....
Scheme 41: Synthesis protocol for 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239) from benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 42: Various reactions via 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239).
Scheme 43: Photoreaction of 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239).
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 45: Synthesis strategy for 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from ketone 276.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from β-naphthoquinone (280).
Scheme 47: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from bicyclic endoperoxide 213.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) by ring-closing metathesis.
Figure 12: Various monosubstitution products 289–291 of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241).
Scheme 49: Reaction of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) with various reagents.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropones 174 and 304 from diketones 300/301.
Scheme 51: Catalytic hydrogenation of diketones 300 and 174.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of halo-benzotropones from alkoxy-naphthalenes 306, 307 and 310.
Figure 13: Unexpected byproducts 313–315 during synthesis of chlorobenzotropone 309.
Figure 14: Some halobenzotropones and their cycloadducts.
Scheme 53: Multisep synthesis of 2-chlorobenzotropone 309.
Scheme 54: A multistep synthesis of 2-bromo-benzotropone 26.
Scheme 55: A multistep synthesis of bromo-2,3-benzotropones 311 and 316.
Scheme 56: Oxidation reactions of 8-bromo-5H-benzo[7]annulene (329) with some oxidants.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of 2-bromo-4,5-benzotropone (26).
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 6-chloro-2,3-benzotropone (335) using LiCl and proposed intermediate 336.
Scheme 59: Reaction of 7-bromo-2,3-benzotropone (316) with methylamine.
Scheme 60: Reactions of bromo-2,3-benzotropones 26 and 311 with dimethylamine.
Scheme 61: Reactions of bromobenzotropones 311 and 26 with NaOMe.
Scheme 62: Reactions of bromobenzotropones 26 and 312 with t-BuOK in the presence of DPIBF.
Scheme 63: Cobalt-catalyzed reductive cross-couplings of 7-bromo-2,3-benzotropone (316) with cyclic α-bromo en...
Figure 15: Cycloadduct 357 and its di-π-methane rearrangement product 358.
Scheme 64: Catalytic hydrogenation of 2-chloro-4,5-benzotropone (311).
Scheme 65: Synthesis of dibromo-benzotropones from benzotropones.
Scheme 66: Bromination/dehydrobromination of benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 67: Some transformations of isomeric dibromo-benzotropones 261A/B.
Scheme 68: Transformations of benzotropolone 239B to halobenzotropolones 369–371.
Figure 16: Bromobenzotropolones 372–376 and 290 prepared via bromination/dehydrobromination strategy.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of some halobenzotropolones 289, 377 and 378.
Figure 17: Bromo-chloro-derivatives 379–381 prepared via chlorination.
Scheme 70: Synthesis of 7-iodo-3,4-benzotropolone (382).
Scheme 71: Hydrogenation of bromobenzotropolones 369 and 370.
Scheme 72: Debromination reactions of mono- and dibromides 290 and 375.
Figure 18: Nitratation and oxidation products of some halobenzotropolenes.
Scheme 73: Azo-coupling reactions of some halobenzotropolones 294, 375 and 378.
Figure 19: Four possible isomers of dibenzotropones 396–399.
Figure 20: Resonance structures of tribenzotropone (400).
Scheme 74: Two synthetic pathways for tribenzotropone (400).
Scheme 75: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from dibenzotropone 399.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from 9,10-phenanthraquinone (406).
Scheme 77: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from trifluoromethyl-substituted arene 411.
Figure 21: Dibenzosuberone (414).
Figure 22: Reduction products 415 and 416 of tribenzotropone (400).
Figure 23: Structures of tribenzotropone dimethyl ketal 417 and 4-phenylfluorenone (412) and proposed intermed...
Figure 24: Structures of benzylidene- and methylene-9H-tribenzo[a,c,e][7]annulenes 419 and 420 and chiral phos...
Figure 25: Structures of tetracyclic alcohol 422, p-quinone methide 423 and cation 424.
Figure 26: Structures of host molecules 425–427.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of non-helical overcrowded derivatives syn/anti-431.
Figure 27: Hexabenzooctalene 432.
Figure 28: Structures of possible eight isomers 433–440 of naphthotropone.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of naphthotropone 437 starting from 1-phenylcycloheptene (441).
Scheme 80: Synthesis of 10-hydroxy-11H-cyclohepta[a]naphthalen-11-one (448) from diester 445.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of naphthotropone 433.
Scheme 82: Synthesis of naphthotropones 433 and 434 via cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 83: Synthesis of naphthotropone 434 starting from 452.
Figure 29: Structures of tricarbonyl(tropone)irons 458, and possible cycloadducts 459.
Scheme 84: Synthesis of naphthotropone 436.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of precursor 465 for naphthotropone 435.
Scheme 86: Generation of naphthotropone 435 from 465.
Figure 30: Structures of tropylium cations 469 and 470.
Figure 31: Structures of tropylium ions 471+.BF4−, 472+.BF4−, and 473+.BF4−.
Scheme 87: Synthesis of tropylium ions 471+.BF4− and 479+.ClO4−.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 1- and 2-methylanthracene (481 and 482) via carbene–carbene rearrangement.
Figure 32: Trapping products 488–490.
Scheme 89: Generation and chemistry of a naphthoannelated cycloheptatrienylidene-cycloheptatetraene intermedia...
Scheme 90: Proposed intermediates and reaction pathways for adduct 498.
Scheme 91: Exited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 505.
Figure 33: Benzoditropones 506 and 507.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of benzoditropone 506e.
Scheme 93: Synthetic approaches for dibenzotropone 507 via tropone (1).
Scheme 94: Formation mechanisms of benzoditropone 507 and 516 via 515.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of benzoditropones 525 and 526 from pyromellitic dianhydride (527).
Figure 34: Possible three benzocyclobutatropones 534–536.
Scheme 96: Synthesis of benzocyclobutatropones 534 and 539.
Scheme 97: Synthesis attempts for benzocyclobutatropone 545.
Scheme 98: Generation and trapping of symmetric benzocyclobutatropone 536.
Scheme 99: Synthesis of chloro-benzocyclobutatropone 552 and proposed mechanism of fluorenone derivatives.
Scheme 100: Synthesis of tropolone analogue 559.
Scheme 101: Synthesis of tropolones 561 and 562.
Figure 35: o/p-Tropoquinone rings (563 and 564) and benzotropoquinones (565–567).
Scheme 102: Synthesis of benzotropoquinone 566.
Scheme 103: Synthesis of benzotropoquinone 567 via a Diels–Alder reaction.
Figure 36: Products 575–577 through 1,2,3-benzotropoquinone hydrate 569.
Scheme 104: Structures 578–582 prepared from tropoquinone 567.
Figure 37: Two possible structures 583 and 584 for dibenzotropoquinone, and precursor compound 585 for 583.
Scheme 105: Synthesis of saddle-shaped ketone 592 using dibenzotropoquinone 584.
The chemistry and biology of mycolactones
- Matthias Gehringer and
- Karl-Heinz Altmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Initial proposal for the core macrolactone structure (left) and the established complete structure ...
Figure 2: Mycolactone congeners and their origins.
Figure 3: Misassigned mycolactone E structure according to Small et al. [50] (11) and the correct structure (6) f...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of Kishi’s improved mycolactone TLC detection method exploiting derivatizati...
Figure 5: Fluorescent probes derived from natural mycolactone A/B (1a,b) or its synthetic 8-desmethyl analogs...
Figure 6: Tool compounds used by Pluschke and co-workers for elucidating the molecular targets of mycolactone...
Figure 7: Synthetic strategies towards the extended mycolactone core. A) General strategies. B) Kishi’s appro...
Scheme 1: Kishi’s 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 2: Kishi’s 2nd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 3: Kishi’s 3rd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 4: Negishi’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 5: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones....
Scheme 6: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation approach towards the extended mycolactone core s...
Scheme 7: Altmann’s synthesis of alkyl iodide 91. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) PMB-trichloroacetimidate, T...
Scheme 8: Final steps of Altmann’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and con...
Scheme 9: Basic principles of the Aggarwal lithiation–borylation homologation process [185,186].
Scheme 10: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) Cl...
Scheme 11: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the linear C1–C20 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions...
Figure 8: Synthetic strategies towards the mycolactone A/B lower side chain.
Scheme 12: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the C1’–C8’ fragment of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chai...
Scheme 13: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the benzyl-protected mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reag...
Scheme 14: Kishi’s synthesis of model compounds for elucidating the stereochemistry of the C7’–C16’ fragment o...
Scheme 15: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. (a) (i) NaH, (EtO)2P(O)CH2CO2Et, T...
Scheme 16: Feringa and Minnaard's incomplete synthesis of mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and...
Scheme 17: Altmann’s approach towards the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 18: Negishi’s access to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone A. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) n-BuLi, ...
Scheme 19: Negishi’s approach to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone B. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-...
Scheme 20: Negishi’s synthesis of the C8’–C16’ fragment of mycolactone A/B. Reagents and conditions: a) 142, BF...
Scheme 21: Negishi’s assembly of the mycolactone A and B pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 22: Blanchard’s approach to the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. a) (i) Ph3P=C(Me)COOEt, CH2Cl2,...
Scheme 23: Kishi’s approach to the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain exemplified for the 13’R,15’S-isomer 1...
Scheme 24: Altmann’s (unpublished) synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditi...
Scheme 25: Blanchard’s synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 26: Kishi’s synthesis of the tetraenoate side chain of mycolactone F exemplified by enantiomer 165. Rea...
Scheme 27: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CH2=...
Scheme 28: Wang and Dai’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (...
Scheme 29: Kishi’s synthesis of the dithiane-protected tetraenoate side chain of the minor oxo-metabolite of m...
Scheme 30: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone S1 and S2 pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a)...
Scheme 31: Kishi’s 1st generation and Altmann’s total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b) and Negishi’s select...
Scheme 32: Kishi’s 2nd generation total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b). Reagents and conditions: a) 2,4,6...
Scheme 33: Blanchard’s synthesis of the 8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TsCl, TEA...
Scheme 34: Altmann’s (partially unpublished) synthesis of the C20-hydroxylated mycolactone core. Reagents and ...
Scheme 35: Altmann’s and Blanchard’s approaches towards the 11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents...
Scheme 36: Blanchard’s synthesis of the saturated variant of the C11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Re...
Scheme 37: Structure elucidation of photo-mycolactones generated from tetraenoate 224.
Scheme 38: Kishi’s synthesis of the linear precursor of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents an...
Scheme 39: Kishi’s synthesis of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) LiTMP, ...
Scheme 40: Kishi’s synthesis of a stabilized lower mycolactone side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TBD...
Scheme 41: Blanchard’s variation of the C12’,C13’,C15’ stereocluster. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-H,...
Scheme 42: Blanchard’s synthesis of aromatic mycolactone polyenoate side chain analogs. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 43: Small’s partial synthesis of a BODIPY-labeled mycolactone derivative and Demangel’s partial synthes...
Scheme 44: Blanchard’s synthesis of the BODIPY-labeled 8-desmethylmycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i...
Scheme 45: Altmann’s synthesis of biotinylated mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CDI, THF, rt, 2 d...
Figure 9: Kishi’s elongated n-butyl carbamoyl mycolactone A/B analog.
Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides
- Franziska Hemmerling and
- Frank Hahn
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148
- is followed by allylic oxidation at the 9a-position in 78 and cyclisation [13]. This reaction was exploited in the chemoenzymatic total synthesis of (+)-aureothin (79) [67][68]. The molecule also contains a pyran-4-one. Reminiscent of type II and type III-PKS, this results from elimination
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic description of the cyclisation reaction catalysed by TE domains. In most cases, the nucle...
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the formation of oxygen heterocycles. The degree of substitution can differ from tha...
Scheme 3: Pyran-ring formation in pederin (24) biosynthesis. Incubation of recombinant PedPS7 with substrate ...
Scheme 4: The domain AmbDH3 from ambruticin biosynthesis catalyses the dehydration of 25 and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 5: SalBIII catalyses dehydration of 29 and subsequent cyclisation to tetrahydropyran 30 [18].
Figure 1: All pyranonaphtoquinones contain either the naphtha[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-dione (32) or the regioisomeri...
Scheme 6: Pyran-ring formation in actinorhodin (34) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H...
Scheme 7: Pyran formation in granaticin (36) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H-napht...
Scheme 8: Pyran formation in alnumycin (37) biosynthesis. Adapted from [21].
Scheme 9: Biosynthesis of pseudomonic acid A (61). The pyran ring is initially formed in 57 after dehydrogena...
Scheme 10: Epoxidation–cyclisation leads to the formation of the tetrahydropyran ring in the western part of t...
Scheme 11: a) Nonactin (70) is formed from heterodimers of (−)(+)-dimeric nonactic acid and (+)(−)-dimeric non...
Figure 2: Pamamycins (73) are macrodiolide antibiotics containing three tetrahydrofuran moieties, which are a...
Scheme 12: A PS domain homolog in oocydin A (76) biosynthesis is proposed to catalyse furan formation via an o...
Scheme 13: Mechanism of oxidation–furan cyclisation by AurH, which converts (+)-deoxyaureothin (77) into (+)-a...
Scheme 14: Leupyrrin A2 (80) and the proposed biosynthesis of its furylidene moiety [69,70].
Scheme 15: Asperfuranone (93) biosynthesis, adapted from [75].
Figure 3: The four major aflatoxins produced by Aspergilli are the types B1, B2, G1 and G2 (94–97). In the di...
Scheme 16: Overview on aflatoxin B1 (94) biosynthesis. HOMST = 11-hydroxy-O-methylsterigmatocystin [78,79,82-106].
Scheme 17: A zipper mechanism leads to the formation of oxygen heterocycles in monensin biosynthesis [109-111].
Scheme 18: Formation of the 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane (DBO) ring system in aurovertin B (118) biosynthesis ...
Figure 4: Structures of the epoxide-containing polyketides epothilone A (119) and oleandomycin (120) [123-125].
Scheme 19: Structures of phoslactomycin B (121) (a) and jerangolid A (122) (b). The heterocycle-forming steps ...
Scheme 20: a) Structures of rhizoxin (130) and cycloheximide (131). Model for the formation of δ-lactones (b) ...
Scheme 21: EncM catalyses a dual oxidation sequence and following processing of the highly reactive intermedia...
Figure 5: Mesomeric structures of tetronates [138,139].
Figure 6: Structures of tetronates for which gene clusters have been sequenced. The tetronate moiety is shown...
Scheme 22: Conserved steps for formation and processing in several 3-acyl-tetronate biosynthetic pathways were...
Scheme 23: In versipelostatin A (153) biosynthesis, VstJ is a candidate enzyme for catalysing the [4 + 2] cycl...
Scheme 24: a) Structures of some thiotetronate antibiotics. b) Biosynthesis of thiolactomycin (165) as propose...
Scheme 25: Aureusidine synthase (AS) catalyses phenolic oxidation and conjugate addition of chalcones leading ...
Scheme 26: a) Oxidative cyclisation is a key step in the biosynthesis of spirobenzofuranes 189, 192 and 193. b...
Scheme 27: A bicyclisation mechanism forms a β-lactone and a pyrrolidinone and removes the precursor from the ...
Scheme 28: Spontaneous cyclisation leads to off-loading of ebelactone A (201) from the PKS machinery [163].
Scheme 29: Mechanisms for the formation of nitrogen heterocycles.
Scheme 30: Biosynthesis of highly substituted α-pyridinones. a) Feeding experiments confirmed the polyketide o...
Scheme 31: Acridone synthase (ACS) catalyses the formation of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone (224) by condensa...
Scheme 32: A Dieckmann condensation leads to the formation of a 3-acyl-4-hydroxypyridin-2-one 227 and removes ...
Scheme 33: a) Biosynthesis of the pyridinone tenellin (234). b) A radical mechanism was proposed for the ring-...
Scheme 34: a) Oxazole-containing PKS–NRPS-derived natural products oxazolomycin (244) and conglobatin (245). b...
Scheme 35: Structure of tetramic acids 251 (a) and major tautomers of 3-acyltetramic acids 252a–d (b). Adapted...
Scheme 36: Equisetin biosynthesis. R*: terminal reductive domain. Adapted from [202].
Scheme 37: a) Polyketides for which a similar biosynthetic logic was suggested. b) Pseurotin A (256) biosynthe...
Figure 7: Representative examples of PTMs with varying ring sizes and oxidation patterns [205,206].
Scheme 38: Ikarugamycin biosynthesis. Adapted from [209-211].
Scheme 39: Tetramate formation in pyrroindomycin aglycone (279) biosynthesis [213-215].
Scheme 40: Dieckmann cyclases catalyse tetramate or 2-pyridone formation in the biosynthesis of, for example, ...
Iron complexes of tetramine ligands catalyse allylic hydroxyamination via a nitroso–ene mechanism
- David Porter,
- Belinda M.-L. Poon and
- Peter J. Rutledge
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2549–2556, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.275
- iron(II) triflate as previously reported to generate the complexes [Fe(TPA)(CH3CN)2](OTf)2 (FeTPA, 4) [52], [Fe(BPMEN)(OTf)2] (FeBPMEN, 5) [48] and [Fe(R,R′-PDP)(OTf)2] (Fe(R,R′)-PDP, 6) [51]. Allylic amination reactions As an extension of our previously reported iron-catalysed allylic oxidation of
- loading of FeTPA from 10 to 5 mol % led to a small increase in the yield of allylic hydroxylamine 9 with a significant decrease in the appearance of allylic oxidation products 10 and 11. The amount of FeTPA (4) could be further lowered to 2 and 1 mol %, bringing further small increases in the yield of 9
- . However increasing loading of FeTPA (4) to 20 mol % halts the amination reaction, returning only allylic oxidation products 10 and 11. In contrast, changing the catalyst loading of FeBPMEN (5) up or down from 10 mol % lowers yields of 9; at 1 mol % or 20 mol % loading of catalyst 5, increased levels of 10
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: TPA (1), BPMEN (2) and (R,R′)-PDP (3) ligands.
Scheme 1: Allylic hydroxyamination of cyclohexene (7) using iron catalysts 4 and 5; i. 4 or 5 (10 mol %), Boc...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for hydroxyamination of cyclohexene (7) by FeTPA (4) and FeBPMEN (5): (a) iron-m...
Scheme 3: Reaction of isoprene (14) under (a) Kirby’s conditions [54,55] and (b) FeTPA- or FeBPMEN-mediated hydoxyam...
Electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol
- Jacek W. Morzycki and
- Andrzej Sobkowiak
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 392–402, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.45
- affords different products depending on the reaction conditions. Keywords: allylic oxidation; cholesterol; electrochemical halogenation; electrochemical oxidation; Introduction Cholesterol is the most common steroid in the mammalian body. It is necessary to ensure a proper membrane permeability and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Preferential sites of cholesterol electrooxidation.
Scheme 1: Functionalization of the cholesterol side chain.
Scheme 2: Oxidation of cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol triacetate (3) with the Gif system.
Scheme 3: Electrochemical oxidation of cholesteryl acetate (1a) with dioxygen and iron–picolinate complexes.
Scheme 4: Electrochemical chlorination of cholesterol catalyzed by FeCl3.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical chlorination of Δ5-steroids.
Scheme 6: Electrochemical bromination of Δ5-steroids in different solvents.
Scheme 7: Direct electrochemical acetoxylation of cholesterol at the allylic position.
Scheme 8: Direct anodic oxidation of cholesterol in dichloromethane.
Scheme 9: A plausible mechanism of the electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol in dichloromethane.
Scheme 10: The electrochemical formation of glycosides and glycoconjugates.
Scheme 11: Efficient electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol to cholesta-4,6-dien-3-one (24).
Selective allylic hydroxylation of acyclic terpenoids by CYP154E1 from Thermobifida fusca YX
- Anna M. Bogazkaya,
- Clemens J. von Bühler,
- Sebastian Kriening,
- Alexandrine Busch,
- Alexander Seifert,
- Jürgen Pleiss,
- Sabine Laschat and
- Vlada B. Urlacher
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1347–1353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.137
- Supporting Information File 1). There is no literature procedure for the synthesis of alcohol derivatives of geraniol (1) or nerol (2) by direct allylic oxidation. However, various conditions have been reported for geranyl acetate [32][33][34]. Following a modified procedure by Li [33], geranyl acetate ((E
- into neryl acetate ((Z)-19) in 87%, followed by allylic oxidation [38], to provide enal (Z)-20 and allylic alcohol (Z)-21 in 14% and 41% yield, respectively. Saponification of 8-hydroxyneryl acetate ((Z)-21) under the above mentioned conditions gave 8-hydroxynerol (4) in 73% yield (Scheme 2). Following
- ], modified Sharpless conditions [36] for the allylic oxidation of geranylacetone (9) were used. Purification of the crude product by chromatography yielded the enal (E)-22 (9%) and a 11:89 mixture of the alcohols 7-hydroxygeranylacetone (11) and 11-hydroxygeranylacetone (13) in 34% yield and 11% of starting
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Immediate heme surroundings shown for the nearest relative of CYP154E1 with available crystal struc...
Scheme 1: Terpene substrates (grey background) and their oxidised derivatives.
Scheme 2: a) Ac2O, pyridine, room temperature, 24 h; b) SeO2, t-BuOOH, CH2Cl2, 0 °C, 5 h; c) K2CO3, MeOH, roo...
Scheme 3: a) SeO2, t-BuOOH, CH2Cl2, 0 °C, 3.5 h.
Synthesis of complex intermediates for the study of a dehydratase from borrelidin biosynthesis
- Frank Hahn,
- Nadine Kandziora,
- Steffen Friedrich and
- Peter F. Leadlay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 634–640, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.55
- unconventional biosynthesis mechanisms [5][6]. The carbonitrile for example is probably formed by allylic oxidation of the 12-methyl group in 12-desnitrile-12-methylborrelidin to the corresponding aldehyde and transamination to the amine followed by oxidation [6]. In the course of our studies on borrelidin
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Structure of borrelidin (1); b) PKS intermediates are attached to an acyl carrier protein domain...
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic analysis of surrogate substrates for BorDH3 and reference molecules for enzyme assay...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the common precursor aldehyde 11. Compound 13 was prepared in six steps and with an ov...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the BorDH3 substrates. a) Thiophenolpropionate, Cy2BCl, Me2EtN, Et2O, −78 °C to −20 °C...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of reference compounds for the BorDH3 assay. a) 24, CH2Cl2, 50 °C, 3 h (88% over two step...
Elucidation of the regio- and chemoselectivity of enzymatic allylic oxidations with Pleurotus sapidus – conversion of selected spirocyclic terpenoids and computational analysis
- Verena Weidmann,
- Mathias Schaffrath,
- Holger Zorn,
- Julia Rehbein and
- Wolfgang Maison
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2233–2241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.262
- developed. The oxidations follow a radical mechanism and the regioselectivity of the reaction is mainly determined by bond-dissociation energies of the available allylic CH-bonds and steric accessibility of the oxidation site. Keywords: allylic oxidation; CH-activation; chiral separation; enones; flavors
- addition, metal-free and biocatalytic methods have been reported [5]. Several of these biocatalytic protocols have been applied to the synthesis of fine chemicals [20][21][22], drugs [23], and food ingredients [24][25][26]. A particularly interesting biocatalytic system for allylic oxidation is the edible
- responsible for the allylic oxidation of valencene to nootkatone, and the same enzyme oxidizes unsaturated fatty acids [29][31]. It is thus likely that this dioxygenase is the major oxidant in other allylic oxidations with PSA-lyophilisate, too. However, since the lyophilisate is a mixture of enzymes
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected biocatalytic allylic and benzylic oxidations with the lyophilisate of Pleurotus sapidus (P...
Scheme 1: Biocatalytic allylic oxidation of theaspirane (1) with lyophilisates of PSA. Only one enantiomer of...
Figure 2: Selected bioactive terpenoids based on spiroether backbones [38,39].
Scheme 2: Intramolecular silyl modified Sakurai reaction to spiroethers 7–9 and 11–13.
Scheme 3: Biocatalytic allylic oxidation of spiroethers 7, 8, 11 and 12 with the lyophilisate of PSA. Convers...
Figure 3: Bond-dissociation enthalpies for three allylic C–H bonds in 11. Double stabilization of the radical...
Scheme 4: Improved 3-step synthesis of vitispirane (23) from theaspirane (1). Only one enantiomer of racemic ...
Scheme 5: Oxidation of vitispirane (23) with PSA gave enone 24 and two diastereomeric allyl alcohols 26a and ...
The chemistry of isoindole natural products
- Klaus Speck and
- Thomas Magauer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2048–2078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.243
- diastereoselective allylic oxidation to provide (±)-nominine (225). In 2008, the same group reported the first total synthesis of (+)-nominine by introducing the desired stereochemical information to the nitrile 235 [179]. Conclusion The outlined syntheses of natural products containing the uncommon isoindole
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Structural features and b) selected examples of non-natural congeners.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of isoindole 18.
Scheme 2: Staining amines with 1,4-diketone 19 (R = H).
Figure 2: Representative members of the indolocarbazole alkaloid family.
Figure 3: Staurosporine (26) bound to the adenosine-binding pocket [19] (from pdb1stc).
Figure 4: Structure of imatinib (34) and midostaurin (35).
Scheme 3: Biosynthesis of staurosporine (26).
Scheme 4: Wood’s synthesis of K-252a via the common intermediate 48.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 26, 27, 49 and 50 diverging from the common intermediate 48.
Figure 5: Selected members of the cytochalasan alkaloid family.
Scheme 6: Biosynthesis of chaetoglobosin A (57) [56].
Scheme 7: Synthesis of cytochalasin D (70) by Thomas [63].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of L-696,474 (78).
Scheme 9: Synthesis of aldehyde 85 (R = TBDPS).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (+)-aspergillin PZ (79) by Tanis.
Figure 6: Representative Berberis alkaloids.
Scheme 11: Proposed biosynthetic pathway to chilenine (93).
Scheme 12: Synthesis of magallanesine (97) by Danishefsky [84].
Scheme 13: Kurihara’s synthesis of magallanesine (85).
Scheme 14: Proposed biosynthesis of 113, 117 and 125.
Scheme 15: DNA lesion caused by aristolochic acid I (117) [102].
Scheme 16: Snieckus’ synthesis of piperolactam C (131).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of aristolactam BII (104).
Figure 7: Representative cularine alkaloids.
Scheme 18: Proposed biosynthesis of 136.
Scheme 19: The syntheses of 136 and 137 reported by Castedo and Suau.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 136 by Couture.
Figure 8: Representative isoindolinone meroterpenoids.
Scheme 21: Postulated biosynthetic pathway for the formation of 156 (adopted from George) [143].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of stachyflin (156) by Katoh [144].
Figure 9: Selected examples of spirodihydrobenzofuranlactams.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of stachybotrylactam I (157).
Scheme 24: Synthesis of pestalachloride A (193) by Schmalz.
Scheme 25: Proposed mechanism for the BF3-catalyzed metal-free carbonyl–olefin metathesis [149].
Scheme 26: Preparation of the isoindoline core of muironolide A (204).
Scheme 27: Proposed biosynthesis of 208.
Scheme 28: Model for the biosynthesis of 215 and 217.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of lactonamycin (215) and lactonamycin Z (217).
Figure 10: Hetisine alkaloids 225–228.
Scheme 30: Biosynthetic proposal for the formation of the hetisine core [167].
Scheme 31: Synthesis of nominine (225).
Synthesis of the tetracyclic core of Illicium sesquiterpenes using an organocatalyzed asymmetric Robinson annulation
- Lynnie Trzoss,
- Jing Xu,
- Michelle H. Lacoske and
- Emmanuel A. Theodorakis
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1135–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.126
- the way for a diversity-oriented synthesis. For example, a Mn(III) promoted C-2 allylic oxidation [24][101][102] would provide a C-2 oxygenated functionality. Similarly, C-10 α-substitution would provide a large diversity of neurotrophic analogues based on our recent findings [26]. Conclusion We
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative majucin-type Illicium sesquiterpenes.
Figure 2: Comparison of core skeleton synthetic strategies.
Scheme 1: Organocatalyzed asymmetric Robinson annulation.
Scheme 2: Early stage A-ring functionalization.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of core scaffold 9.
Synthesis and characterization of Sant-75 derivatives as Hedgehog-pathway inhibitors
- Chao Che,
- Song Li,
- Bo Yang,
- Shengchang Xin,
- Zhixiong Yu,
- Taofeng Shao,
- Chuanye Tao,
- Shuo Lin and
- Zhen Yang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 841–849, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.94
- the presence of catalytic NaOMe, followed by treatment with NH4Cl. Then, condensation of 13 with acetylacetaldehyde dimethyl acetal in 1,4-dioxane afforded 6-methyl-2-(4-pyridinyl)pyrimidine 14 in 62% yield [47]. Consequent allylic oxidation of 14 with selenium dioxide gave 11e in moderate yield
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of Smo antagonists and agonists.
Scheme 1: General synthetic route for Sant-75. Reagents and conditions: (a) Pd(PPh3)4, PhMe, Na2CO3, H2O, 85 ...
Scheme 2: Substituent-modifications on the motif A. Reagents and conditions: (a) CH2Cl2, Et3N; (b) CH2Cl2, TF...
Scheme 3: Substituent-modifications on the motif A. Reagents and conditions: (a) (i) FeCl3, Zn, H2O, DMF, 100...
Scheme 4: Core modification on the motif A. Reagents and conditions: (a) BOP, DIEA, DMF; (b) CH2Cl2, TFA.
Figure 2: Core modification on the motif B.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of key intermediate biaryl aldehydes. Reagents and conditions: (a) Pd(OAc)2, PPh3, 1,4-di...
Scheme 6: Chemical modifications on the motif C. Reagents and conditions: (a) Pd(OAc)2, PPh3, 1,4-dioxane, Na2...
Scheme 7: Chemical modifications on the motif D. Reagents and conditions: (a) R2COCl, CH2Cl2.
