Facile approach to N,O,S-heteropentacycles via condensation of sterically crowded 3H-phenoxazin-3-one with ortho-substituted anilines

• Eugeny Ivakhnenko,
• Vasily Malay,
• Pavel Knyazev,
• Nikita Merezhko,
• Nadezhda Makarova,
• Oleg Demidov,
• Gennady Borodkin,
• Andrey Starikov and
• Vladimir Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 336–345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.34

• probes, organic light-emitting diodes, and organic solar cells [2][7][8][9]. The principal way for the preparation of these heterocycles involves the coupling of 3H-phenoxazin-3-ones with variously functionalized aromatic amines. This is followed by the cyclization of the initially formed adducts [10][11

• formation [6]. In turn, without an acidic catalyst, it is driven by the distribution of the electron density (Figure 1), such that the nucleophilic attack occurs at the most electrophilic C(2) center. With this in mind, we presented a convenient procedure for the SNH reaction of aromatic amines with

• -di-tert-butyl-2-(arylamino)-3H-phenoxazin-3-ones 4. 6,8-Di-tert-butyl-2-(arylamino)-3H-phenoxazin-3-ones 4 prepared by the one-pot reaction between 6,8-di-tert-butyl-3H-phenoxazin-3-one (1) and aromatic amines 2b (the yield is given in parentheses). Synthesis of 14H-quinoxaline[2,3-b]phenoxazines 5

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

• Cu···Cu distance of ca. 2.3 Å was detected in these complexes. In 2017, Romanov et al. synthesized a series of amido and (phenolato)Cu–NHC complexes from the reaction of (AdL)MCl (M = Cu, Au) with phenols, thiophenols, or aromatic amines in the presence of NaOt-Bu at rt in anhydrous THF (Scheme 30

Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of amines with aryliodonium ylides in water

• Kasturi U. Nabar,
• Bhalchandra M. Bhanage and
• Sudam G. Dawande

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1008–1014, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.76

• ]. Further, a few reports are also available for the copper and palladium-catalyzed N-arylation of primary and secondary aliphatic as well as aromatic amines using diaryliodonium salts as aryl sources [33][34][35] (Scheme 1a). Similarly, iodonium ylides undergo a wide range of reactions through in situ

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• and co-workers [57] synthesized various N-substituted pyrrole derivatives 9 using the Clauson–Kaas reaction to study their structure–reactivity relationship (SRR). These compounds were synthesized in 15–90% yields from the reaction between various aliphatic and aromatic amines 8 and 2,5-DMTHF (2) in

• (P2O5) as a catalyst for the conversion of various aliphatic amines, aromatic amines, sulfonamides and primary amides into N-substituted pyrroles (Scheme 5). These pyrroles were synthesized in 46–100% yields by the modified Clauson–Kaas reaction between amines 10 and 2,5-DMTHF (2) in the presence of

• their expectation thus, they synthesized 13 derivatives of pyrroles in good yields in short reaction times (10–45 min). It has been observed that aromatic amines and amides take a longer time compared to the primary amines and sulfonamides. In another study, Rochais et al. [59] reported in 2004 the

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• unfavorable (DABCO, quinuclidine) and in the case of triarylamines containing no hydrogen atoms at carbon atoms connected to the cation radical center. Cation radicals of aromatic amines or N-heterocyclic cation radicals are usually involved in electron transfer processes due to their low affinity to hydrogen

• site-selectivity of CH-functionalization. Important advantages of this organocatalyst family are synthetic availability and activity tuning by variation of substituents. In contrast to the aliphatic amine cation radicals which typically abstract H-atoms, the cation radicals of aromatic amines are used

From amines to (form)amides: a simple and successful mechanochemical approach

• Federico Casti,
• Rita Mocci and
• Andrea Porcheddu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1210–1216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.126

• mechanochemical conditions are presented. The two methodologies exhibit complementary features as they enable the derivatization of aliphatic and aromatic amines. Keywords: acetamides; formamides; mechanochemistry; N-formylation; p-tosylimidazole; Introduction The preparation of N-formylated and N-acetylated

• hand, the methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of several formamides starting from a series of aromatic amines (Scheme 1). The N-formyl derivative 3 was prepared in good yields as well as formanilides bearing halogen substituents, which were well tolerated (Scheme 1, products 4 and 5

• -formylation reaction of several aromatic amines. On the other side, p-Ts-Im, activated by the acid reagent, proved an efficient activating agent under mild mechanochemical conditions for the formylation and acylation of those amines with less marked or limited (see protonated aliphatic amines) reactivity

Synthetic strategies for the preparation of γ-phostams: 1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides and 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxides

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 889–915, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.90

• synthetic method showed very limited substrate scope. Only less bulky primary amines underwent the first aza-Michael addition and then intramolecular nucleophilic substitution. However, aromatic amines, aniline, 2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-4-amine, and the bulky aliphatic primary amine adamantylamine did not

Direct C–H amination reactions of arenes with N-hydroxyphthalimides catalyzed by cuprous bromide

• Dongming Zhang,
• Bin Lv,
• Pan Gao,
• Xiaodong Jia and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 647–652, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.65

• constructing C–N bonds are in high demand in organic synthesis since nitrogen-containing organic compounds are widely used in biologically active substances [1], multifunctional materials [2][3], and metal ligands [4][5]. Among them, the synthesis of aromatic amines has been important to researchers in recent

• (reaction 3) [27]. Herein, we report a method for the construction of aromatic amines via the copper-catalyzed intermolecular radical amination of arenes with N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI) under air. Results and Discussion Initially, N-hydroxyphthalimide (NHPI, 2a) was reacted with benzene, catalyzed by CuBr

• envisaged that this work will provide a simple amination strategy for synthesizing aromatic amines. Experimental All new compounds were fully characterized. 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra were obtained with Agilent Technologies AVANCE-400 MHz or 600 MHz spectrometers in CDCl3 as the solvent with TMS as an

Chemistry of polyhalogenated nitrobutadienes, 17: Efficient synthesis of persubstituted chloroquinolinyl-1H-pyrazoles and evaluation of their antimalarial, anti-SARS-CoV-2, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities

• Viktor A. Zapol’skii,
• Isabell Berneburg,
• Ursula Bilitewski,
• Melissa Dillenberger,
• Katja Becker,
• Stefan Jungwirth,
• Aditya Shekhar,
• Bastian Krueger and
• Dieter E. Kaufmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.54

• acid. The next step of our investigation was the two-step synthesis of persubstituted aminopyrazoles 5 upon reaction of the benzotriazolyl derivative 2c with primary, secondary, aliphatic, or (het)aromatic amines (first step) and successive reaction of the obtained dienes 4 with 7-chloro-4

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

• Soumyadip Basu,
• Sauvik Chatterjee,
• Suman Ray,
• Suvendu Maity,
• Prasanta Ghosh,
• Asim Bhaumik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

• primary amines 1 afford an excellent yield. Ortho-, meta-, and para-substituted aromatic amines with both electron-donating and -withdrawing groups were used in this protocol. Aromatic amines with electron-donating groups offered a slightly higher yield compared to those with electron-withdrawing groups

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• addition, several authors concluded that this was a good method for analytically determining low levels of activated aromatic amines in drugs. This method continued to be used over the years and was subsequently optimized by a spectrophotometric determination technique coupled with continuous flow [55]. In

• highlights some important drugs containing primary or secondary amino groups in capsules, tablets, powders, formulations, formulations of associated drugs, injection formulations, and biological fluids [42][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69]. β-NQS reacts with aliphatic and aromatic amines

• position C4 provides 26 (Scheme 4). The same group developed reaction conditions using different hydrophilic solvents to synthesize unsymmetrical 2-amino-4-imino compounds 28 from 27 in good yields by employing primary aromatic amines (Scheme 5) [78]. Ortiz and co-workers [79] performed several reactions

Recent advances and perspectives in ruthenium-catalyzed cyanation reactions

• Thaipparambil Aneeja,
• Cheriya Mukkolakkal Abdulla Afsina,
• Padinjare Veetil Saranya and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 37–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.4

• aromatic amines with electron-donating substituents than electron-withdrawing ones. Under the optimized conditions, tributylamine was found inactive to afford the desired product. Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) analysis confirmed the purity of the prepared compounds

Recent advances in the asymmetric phosphoric acid-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral compounds

• Alemayehu Gashaw Woldegiorgis and
• Xufeng Lin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2729–2764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.185

• the yields, whereas the electronic properties of the substituents on the indole ring did. In 2019, Lin and co-workers reported the asymmetric three-component cascade reaction of 2,3-diketo esters 28, aromatic amines 29, and 1,3-cyclohexanediones 30 to prepare axially chiral arylindoles 31 in a highly

• with α-methylene carbonyl derivatives 78 catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid. In the presence of (R)-CPA 9, the Friedländer heteroannulation reaction between aromatic amines 77 and the carbonyl derivative 78 was carried out to form imine I-21, which tautomerized to generate intermediate I-22. Under

Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of amines and amides

• Pratibha Sharma,
• Raakhi Gupta and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2585–2610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.173

• aromatic amines, amides, imides, etc. require the use of an appropriate catalyst to undergo a Michael addition with a suitable acceptor. In view of this, chemists endeavoured to develop different types of catalysts, particularly the chiral catalysts to accomplish asymmetric aza-MRs. The development of

• the nitrogen nucleophiles, such as aromatic amines and amides which are otherwise averse to reacting. The organocatalysts have emerged as catalysts of choice due to various reasons, such as their compatibility with the ‘Green Chemistry’ and possibility of tailoring them according to the requirements

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qian Wang,
• Zongsheng Yan,
• Donglai Ma and
• Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

• undergoes radical addition with the N-substituted maleimide (Scheme 25). In 2017, Wu and co-workers [94] reported the α-amino C−H functionalization of aromatic amines 51 with nucleophiles, including arynes or aromatic olefins 52, indoles, acyclic β-ketoester 53, and β-diketone 54 (Scheme 26). Mechanistic

• quinolones 56, indolo[3,2-c]quinolines 57, β-amino acids 58, and 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives 59 were obtained through this route in moderate yields (Scheme 26). Besides nucleophiles, aromatic amines also reacted with redox-active radical precursors, such as NHPI [95] and N-alkoxyphthalimides 55 [96]. The

• and heteroarenes. Benzylic or α-amino C–H functionalization. α-Amino C–H functionalization of aromatic amines. C–H functionalization of aromatic amines. α-Amino-C–H and alkyl C–H functionalization reactions. Other copper-photocatalyzed reactions. Cross-coupling of oxime esters with phenols or amines

Recent advances in the tandem annulation of 1,3-enynes to functionalized pyridine and pyrrole derivatives

• Yi Liu,
• Puying Luo,
• Yang Fu,
• Tianxin Hao,
• Xuan Liu,
• Qiuping Ding and
• Yiyuan Peng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163

• standard conditions in moderate yield (40–71%). Notably, aromatic amines bearing electron-donating or electron-withdrawing groups were compatible. When 2-naphthylamine was used under standard conditions, α-trifluoromethyl-substituted 2-naphthylamine was obtained as major product (51% yield), and only a

• -nitro-1,3-enynes 34 with amines, and trimethylsilyl azide (TMSN3, Scheme 16) [61]. The reaction could be carried out efficiently in the presence of 2.0 equiv of Cu(OAc)2·H2O. Interestingly, the addition of 10 mol % MnCl2 could promote the reaction more smoothly. A wide range of substituted aromatic

• amines were reacted well, while amines substituted with strongly electron-withdrawing (such as nitro and trifluoromethyl) groups, heteroaryl amines, and aliphatic amines were not compatible. Control experiments showed that the addition of 2.0 equiv of (2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidin-1-yl)oxyl (TEMPO) under

Towards new NIR dyes for free radical photopolymerization processes

• Haifaa Mokbel,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Didier Gigmes,
• Frédéric Dumur and
• Jacques Lalevée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2067–2076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.133

• and the tertiary aromatic amines 3-(dimethylamino)benzyl alcohol (DABA) and N-phenylglycine (NPG), respectively, for the polymerization of a benchmark monomer (PETIA, Scheme 2). The polymerization profiles were recorded by real-time Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR, the procedure is

A recent overview on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles

• Pezhman Shiri,
• Ali Mohammad Amani and
• Thomas Mayer-Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1600–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.114

• using aliphatic secondary (aromatic) amines. In the next step, the effect of R1 and R2 groups on the triazole ring was also screened. These groups could be aliphatic or aromatic scaffolds. In almost all cases, the desired triazole compounds were formed in good to high yield. The short reaction time

Synthetic accesses to biguanide compounds

• Oleksandr Grytsai,
• Cyril Ronco and
• Rachid Benhida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1001–1040, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.82

• and aromatic amines. Being free amines aliphatic amines reacted better with arylcyanoguanidine in the presence of excess copper(II) salts in aqueous ethanol, whereas aniline derivatives were more prompt to react as hydrochloride salts in a suitable high boiling point solvent. The reaction with copper

• the addition of aliphatic or aromatic amines to an activated cyanoguanidine derivative in a suitable solvent. The temperature requirements are lower compared to the fusion approach, and the work-up procedures are facilitated by the absence of copper complexes. Interestingly, microwave activation was

• biguanides by the sequential addition of various primary and secondary aliphatic and aromatic amines to sodium dicyanamide in acidic aqueous alcohol mixtures (Scheme 24). The first addition on the sodium dicyanamide occurred in variable yields depending on the structure of the amine with lower reactivities

Effective microwave-assisted approach to 1,2,3-triazolobenzodiazepinones via tandem Ugi reaction/catalyst-free intramolecular azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• Maryna O. Mazur,
• Oleksii S. Zhelavskyi,
• Eugene M. Zviagin,
• Svitlana V. Shishkina,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Maksim A. Kolosov,
• Elena H. Shvets,
• Anna Yu. Andryushchenko and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 678–687, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.57

• products 6aba, 6aca and 6bba, based on aromatic amines, a higher temperature was required. In contrast to IAAC on terminal alkynes, the yields for the cyclization of internal alkynes were significantly lower due to the abovementioned difficulties with isolation and thermal degradation. Conclusion In

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

• variety of defensive alkaloids that makes them unpleasant for various predators [1]. Over 50 alkaloids have been characterized from ladybirds until now, including perhydroazaphenalenes, aliphatic and aromatic amines, piperidines, pyrrolidines, azamacrolides, dimeric alkaloids and homotropanes [2]. The

Three-component reactions of aromatic amines, 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds, and α-bromoacetaldehyde acetal to access N-(hetero)aryl-4,5-unsubstituted pyrroles

• Wenbo Huang,
• Kaimei Wang,
• Ping Liu,
• Minghao Li,
• Shaoyong Ke and
• Yanlong Gu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2920–2928, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.241

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

• transformed into acid anhydrides which on further treatment with different aromatic amines afforded a variety of polyheterocylic compounds [82][86]. Furthermore, Shao’s group has also assembled the diimide-based heterocycles as depicted in Scheme 48 [83]. Quite recently, Tan et al. has disclosed a simple yet

Controlling the stereochemistry in 2-oxo-aldehyde-derived Ugi adducts through the cinchona alkaloid-promoted electrophilic fluorination

• Yuqing Wang,
• Gaigai Wang,
• Anatoly A. Peshkov,
• Ruwei Yao,
• Muhammad Hasan,
• Manzoor Zaman,
• Chao Liu,
• Stepan Kashtanov,
• Olga P. Pereshivko and
• Vsevolod A. Peshkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1963–1973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.163

• with the ee value consistently higher than 50%. Turning to the substrates 8d–g derived from aromatic amines we were able to achieve improved enantioselectivity. The best results were obtained with Q-Bn, DHQ-Bn, DHQD, and QD-Bn that performed consistently well with each of the substrates 8d–g delivering

• Q favored the formation of the same enantiomer of 12). In contrast, for the substrates 8d–g derived from aromatic amines a reversed trend was observed. In case of 8d–g, benzyl ether derivatives of cinchona alkaloids favored the formation of the opposite enantiomer of 12 as compared to the one

Microwave-assisted efficient one-pot synthesis of N²-(tetrazol-5-yl)-6-aryl/heteroaryl-5,6-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamines

• Moustafa Sherief Moustafa,
• Ramadan Ahmed Mekheimer,
• Saleh Mohammed Al-Mousawi,
• Mohamed Abd-Elmonem,
• Hesham El-Zorba,
• Afaf Mohamed Abdel Hameed,
• Tahany Mahmoud Mohamed and
• Kamal Usef Sadek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1706–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.142

• the synthesis of 6-substituted-N2-aryl-1,6-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamines via the reaction of aromatic amines, cyanoguanidine, and ketones which afforded the corresponding 1-aryl-1,6-dihydro-6-substituted-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamines in 21–56% yields followed by Dimroth rearrangement utilizing