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Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments
- Aissam Okba,
- Pablo Simón Marqués,
- Kyohei Matsuo,
- Naoki Aratani,
- Hiroko Yamada,
- Gwénaël Rapenne and
- Claire Kammerer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30
- tetracene molecule produced on a Cu(111) surface. Inset adapted with permission from [83]. Copyright 2016 American Chemical Society. This content is not subject to CC BY 4.0. Soluble precursors of hexacene, decacene and dodecacene incorporating 1,4-epoxides in their hydrocarbon scaffold, and on-surface
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Scheme 1: “Precursor approach” for the synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds, with the thermally- or...
Scheme 2: Valence isomerization of chalcogen heteropines and subsequent cheletropic extrusion in the case of ...
Scheme 3: Early example of phenanthrene synthesis via a chemically-induced S-extrusion (and concomitant decar...
Scheme 4: Top: Conversion of dinaphthothiepine bisimides 3a,b and their sulfoxide analogues 4a,b into PBIs 6a,...
Figure 1: Top view (a) and side view (b) of the X-ray crystal structure of thiepine 3b showing its bent confo...
Scheme 5: Modular synthetic route towards dinaphthothiepines 3a–f and the corresponding S-oxides 4a–d, incorp...
Scheme 6: Top: Conversion of dithienobenzothiepine monomeric units into dithienonaphthalenes, upon S-extrusio...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of S-doped extended triphenylene derivative 22 from 3-bromothiophene (17) with the therma...
Scheme 8: Top: Synthesis of thermally-stable O-doped HBC 26a. Bottom: Synthesis of S- and Se-based soluble pr...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of dinaphthooxepine bisimide 33 and conversion into PBI 6f by O-extrusion triggered by el...
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammogram of dinaphthooxepine 33, evidencing the irreversibility of the reduction process...
Scheme 10: Top: Early example of 6-membered ring contraction with concomitant S-extrusion leading to dinaphtho...
Scheme 11: Examples of S-extrusion from annelated 1,2-dithiins under photoactivation (top) or thermal activati...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of dibenzo[1,4]dithiapentalene upon photoextrusion of SO2 [78].
Scheme 13: Extrusion of SO in naphthotrithiin-2-oxides for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydrothiophene 1-oxides [79].
Scheme 14: SO-extrusion as a key step in the synthesis of fullerenes (C60 and C70) encapsulating H2 molecules [80,82]....
Scheme 15: Synthesis of diepoxytetracene precursor 56 and its on-surface conversion into tetracene upon O-extr...
Scheme 16: Soluble precursors of hexacene, decacene and dodecacene incorporating 1,4-epoxides in their hydroca...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of tetraepoxide 59 as soluble precursor of decacene [85].
Figure 3: Constant-height STM measurement of decacene on Au(111) using a CO-functionalized tip (sample voltag...
Using the phospha-Michael reaction for making phosphonium phenolate zwitterions
- Matthias R. Steiner,
- Max Schmallegger,
- Larissa Donner,
- Johann A. Hlina,
- Christoph Marschner,
- Judith Baumgartner and
- Christian Slugovc
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 41–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.6
- synthesis of carbonates from CO2 [24][25][26] and the synthesis of oxazolidines from isocyanates and epoxides [27]. Furthermore, their application in primary hydroxy group selective acylation of diols [28] and their use as organophotoredox catalysts [29][30] is known. The latter mentioned catalysts are
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Scheme 1: Reaction of 1 with various Michael acceptors (EWG = electron-withdrawing group) forming the zwitter...
Figure 1: 1H NMR spectrum of 2a recorded on a 300 MHz spectrometer in CDCl3 at 23 °C; the inset shows a 3D-mo...
Figure 2: a) Molecular structure of 2a, hydrogen atoms omitted for clarity, thermal ellipsoids drawn at 30% p...
Figure 3: Left: UV–vis spectra of 2a, 2b and 2d in chloroform (straight lines) and in methanol (dotted lines)...
Figure 4: Conversion of 1 (initial c = 0.25 mM) toward 2a, 2b, or 2d in the presence of the respective Michae...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for intramolecular proton transfer in zwitterion formation with Michael acceptor...
Anion–π catalysis on carbon allotropes
- M. Ángeles Gutiérrez López,
- Mei-Ling Tan,
- Giacomo Renno,
- Augustina Jozeliūnaitė,
- J. Jonathan Nué-Martinez,
- Javier Lopez-Andarias,
- Naomi Sakai and
- Stefan Matile
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1881–1894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.140
- ][76][77][78] in every step. Among the Baldwin compatible examples from nature, the cascade XIII leading to monensin A is arguably the most popular [79]. On anion–π catalysts other than carbon allotropes, up to four epoxides 34 have been cyclized into the monensin-like tetra-THF 35 as outlined in
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Figure 1: (A) Anion–π catalysis: Stabilization of anionic transition states from substrate S to product P on ...
Figure 2: Bioinspired enolate addition chemistry to benchmark anion–π catalysts: Stabilization of “enol” inte...
Figure 3: Structure and activity of fullerene-amine dyads to catalyze the intrinsically disfavored but biolog...
Figure 4: Asymmetric anion–π catalysis of intrinsically disfavored exo-selective Diels–Alder reactions on ful...
Figure 5: Asymmetric anion–π catalysis to install remote stereogenic centers on fullerene catalyst 21, with n...
Figure 6: Primary anion–π autocatalysis on monofunctional fullerene 31, with catalytic and autocatalytic rate...
Figure 7: (A) Macrodipoles induced by anionic transition states account for anion–π catalysis on fullerenes. ...
Figure 8: Structure and activity of covalently and non-covalently modified SWCNTs and MWCNTs, with A/D ratios...
Figure 9: (A) Epoxide-opening ether cyclization on pristine carbon nanotubes occurs with (XVI) but not withou...
Figure 10: Electric-field-induced anion–π catalysis on MWCNTs 3 on graphite 76 in electrochemical microfluidic...
Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
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Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities
- Jorge de Lima Neto and
- Paulo Henrique Menezes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31
- obtained in the combretastatin D-1 spectrum with the appropriate chiral epoxides, the authors assigned the absolute stereochemistry of the epoxide ring as 3R,4S. This attribution was controversial and was only definitively established years later, as will be shown in this review. In 2005, Vongvanich and co
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Figure 1: Structures of some members of the combretastatin D series, corniculatolides, and isocorniculatolide...
Scheme 1: Biosynthetic pathway proposed by Pettit and co-workers.
Scheme 2: Biosynthetic pathway towards corniculatolides or isocorniculatolides proposed by Ponnapalli and co-...
Scheme 3: Retrosynthetic approaches.
Scheme 4: Attempt of total synthesis of 2 by Boger and co-workers employing the Mitsunobu approach [27].
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) reported by Boger and co-workers employing an intramolecu...
Scheme 6: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Deshpande and co-workers using the Mitsunobu conditio...
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 8: Divergent synthesis of (±)-1 form combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 9: Enantioselective synthesis of 1 by Rychnovsky and Hwang employing Jacobsen catalyst [41].
Scheme 10: Synthesis of fragment 57 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 11: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 12: Synthesis of fragment 66 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of fragment 70 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 14: Synthesis of fragment 77 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of combretastatins 1 and 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 16: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Gangakhedkar and co-workers [48].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of fragment 14 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 18: Synthesis of fragment 91 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 19: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2 diolide by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 21: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Nishiyama and co-workers [54].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of fragment 112 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 23: Synthesis of fragment 114 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 24: Attempt to the synthesis of compound 2 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 25: Synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) starting from isovanilin (80) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 26: Attempted synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) derivatives through an SNAr approach [55].
Scheme 27: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 28: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 29: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 30: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-1 (1) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 11-O-methylcorniculatolide A (5) by Raut and co-workers [69].
Scheme 32: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide A (7) and O-methylated isocorniculatolide A 8 by Raut and co-worker...
Scheme 33: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide B (10) and hydroxyisocorniculatolide B 175 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 34: Synthesis of compound 9, 178, and 11 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 35: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 prodrug salts [55].
Figure 2: ED50 values of the combretastatin D family against murine P388 lymphocytic leukemia cell line (appr...
Figure 3: IC50 of compounds against α-glucosidase [19].
1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures
- Bram Ryckaert,
- Ellen Demeyere,
- Frederick Degroote,
- Hilde Janssens and
- Johan M. Winne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12
- ) into cis-stilbene (62), via the dihydrodithiin intermediate 61 [58]. The addition of lithiated dihydrodithiins with aldehydes, epoxides or ketones are also all feasible, but sometimes require some more attention (Scheme 11). Palumbo and co-workers have found that substituted dithiins such as 50 can
- give difficulties (Scheme 11a) [42]. The reactivity of the oxy-electrophiles can be enhanced by adding a Lewis acid catalyst such as titanium(IV) isopropoxide [59]. In this way, also epoxides can be smoothly reacted with lithiated dithiins, and both allyl and homoallyl alcohols can thus be prepared in
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Scheme 1: 1,3-Dithianes as useful synthetic building blocks: a) general synthetic utility (in Corey–Seebach-t...
Scheme 2: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [16,17].
Scheme 3: Thianes as synthetic building blocks in the construction of complex molecules [18].
Figure 1: a) 1,4-Dithiane-type building blocks that can serve as C2-synthons and b) examples of complex targe...
Scheme 4: Synthetic availability of 1,4-dithiane-type building blocks.
Scheme 5: Dithiins and dihydrodithiins as pseudoaryl groups [36-39].
Scheme 6: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [40-42].
Figure 2: Reactive conformations leading to β-fragmentation for lithiated 1,4-dithianes and 1,4-dithiin.
Scheme 7: Mild metalation of 1,4-dithiins affords stable heteroaryl-magnesium and heteroaryl-zinc-like reagen...
Scheme 8: Dithiin-based dienophiles and their use in synthesis [33,49-54].
Scheme 9: Dithiin-based dienes and their use in synthesis [55-57].
Scheme 10: Stereoselective 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-based synthesis of cis-olefins [42,58].
Scheme 11: Addition to aldehydes and applications in stereoselective synthesis.
Figure 3: Applications in the total synthesis of complex target products with original attachment place of 1,...
Scheme 12: Direct C–H functionalization methods for 1,4-dithianes [82,83].
Scheme 13: Known cycloaddition reactivity modes of allyl cations [84-100].
Scheme 14: Cycloadditions of 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cations derived from dihydrodithiin-methanol 90 [101-107].
Scheme 15: Dearomative [3 + 2] cycloadditions of unprotected indoles with 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl alcohol 90 [30]....
Scheme 16: Comparison of reactivity of dithiin-fused allyl alcohols and similar non-cyclic sulfur-substituted ...
Scheme 17: Applications of dihydrodithiins in the rapid assembly of polycyclic terpenoid scaffolds [108,109].
Scheme 18: Dihydrodithiin-mediated allyl cation and vinyl carbene cycloadditions via a gold(I)-catalyzed 1,2-s...
Scheme 19: Activation mode of ethynyldithiolanes towards gold-coordinated 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cation and ...
Scheme 20: Desulfurization problems.
Scheme 21: oxidative decoration strategies for 1,4-dithiane scaffolds.
One-pot synthesis of 2-arylated and 2-alkylated benzoxazoles and benzimidazoles based on triphenylbismuth dichloride-promoted desulfurization of thioamides
- Arisu Koyanagi,
- Yuki Murata,
- Shiori Hayakawa,
- Mio Matsumura and
- Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1479–1487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.155
- cyclopropanes with arenes [29]. They have also been used in Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions to react with hypervalent iodonium salts, organostananes, and vinyl epoxides [30][31][32]. Moreover, there are reports of them serving as oxidizing agents for alcohols [33]. Two papers have recently reported
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Scheme 1: Utilization of Ph3BiCl2 for organic reactions involving desulfurization.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of tafamidis (13).
Scheme 3: Control experiments.
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism.
Mechanochemical synthesis of unsymmetrical salens for the preparation of Co–salen complexes and their evaluation as catalysts for the synthesis of α-aryloxy alcohols via asymmetric phenolic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides
- Shengli Zuo,
- Shuxiang Zheng,
- Jianjun Liu and
- Ang Zuo
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1416–1423, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.147
- as an enantioselective catalyst for the asymmetric ring opening of terminal epoxides by phenols. A library of α-aryloxy alcohols 3 was thereafter synthesized in good yield and high ee using 2f via the phenolic KR of epichlorohydrin. Keywords: α-aryloxy alcohols; chiral Co–salen; HKR
- enantioselective synthesis in modern chemistry turns out to be accumulatively essential for the preparation of chiral drugs, which is a huge growing market in the future. Indeed, the asymmetric ring opening of terminal epoxides is one of the most important strategies for synthesizing drug-like building blocks and
- key organic intermediates in the drug discovery and process chemistry [4][5][6]. Chiral metal–salen complexes were designed for catalyzing reaction processes that resulted in good yield, high regioselective and enantioselective control for the asymmetric ring opening of terminal epoxides. Various
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative asymmetric Co–salen catalysts.
Scheme 1: Synthetic approach to our unsymmetrical Co–salen catalyst 2f for the asymmetric synthesis of α-aryl...
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical one-pot two-step synthesis of unsymmetrical salens 1a–h. Reaction conditions: salic...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of unsymmetrical metal–salen complexes 2. Reaction conditions a: metal acetate hydrate (1...
The stereochemical course of 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis
- Binbin Gu,
- Anwei Hou and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 818–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.82
- stereoisomers (5:2) that were separated by column chromatography (Scheme 2). Reduction of (E)-3 with DIBAl-H gave 2-methylgeraniol (4) that was converted under Sharpless conditions [36] into the epoxides (2R,3R)-5a using ᴅ-(−)-diisopropyl tartrate (DIPT) and (2S,3S)-5b with ʟ-(−)-DIPT. The enantiomeric purity
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Scheme 1: Biosynthesis of 2-MIB (1). A) Naturally observed pathway through methylation of GPP to 2-Me-GPP by ...
Figure 1: A) Active site of 2MIBS with the bound substrate surrogate 2FGPP (generated with Pymol from the cry...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of (R)- and (S)-2-Me-LPP.
Figure 2: Structures of 2MIBS side products and spontaneous degradation products of 2-Me-LPP. The enantiomers...
Figure 3: Total ion chromatograms of extracts from an incubation of A) enantiomerically pure (R)-2-Me-LPP wit...
Scheme 3: Hypothetical mechanism for the isomerization of (S)-2-Me-LPP through 2-Me-GPP to (R)-2-Me-LPP.
Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis
- Prodip Howlader and
- Michael Schmittel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62
- catalysts that allow ON/OFF reaction control in photoredox catalysis [120], phosphate diester transesterification [121], Friedel–Crafts reaction, ring opening of epoxides, oligomerization [116], and acyl-transfer reactions [122][123]. While there are further examples by Mirkin [124][125][126], Schmittel
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Figure 1: Butterfly 1 (Figure was reprinted with permission from [45]. Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society. ...
Figure 2: Synthesis of the three-component heteroleptic molecular boat 8 and its use as a catalyst for the Kn...
Figure 3: Synthesis of the two-component triangle 14 and three-component heteroleptic prism 15 [59]. Figure was a...
Figure 4: Catalytic Michael addition reaction using the urea-decorated molecular prism 15 [59].
Figure 5: Self-assembly of two-component tetragonal prismatic architectures with different cavity size. Figur...
Figure 6: Construction of artificial LHS using rhodamine B as an acceptor and 24b as donor generating a photo...
Figure 7: Synthesis of supramolecular spheres with varying [AuCl] concentration inside the cavity. Figure was...
Figure 8: Hydroalkoxylation reaction of γ-allenol 34 in the presence of [AuCl]-encapsulated molecular spheres ...
Figure 9: Two-component heteroleptic triangles of different size containing a BINOL functionality. Figure was...
Figure 10: Asymmetric conjugate addition of chalcone 42 with trans-styrylboronic acid (43) catalyzed by BINOL-...
Figure 11: Encapsulation of monophosphoramidite-Rh(I) catalyst into a heteroleptic tetragonal prismatic cage 47...
Figure 12: (a) Representations of the basic HETPYP, HETPHEN, and HETTAP complex motifs. (b) The three-componen...
Figure 13: Two representative four-component rotors, with a (top) two-arm stator and (bottom) a four-arm stato...
Figure 14: Four-component rotors with a monohead rotator. Figure was adapted with permission from [94]. Copyright ...
Figure 15: (left) Click reaction catalyzed by rotors [Cu2(55)(60)(X)]2+. (right) Yield as a function of the ro...
Figure 16: A supramolecular AND gate. a) In truth table state (0,0) two nanoswitches serve as the receptor ens...
Figure 17: Two supramolecular double rotors (each has two rotational axes) and reference complex [Cu(78)]+ for...
Figure 18: The slider-on-deck system (82•X) (X = 83, 84, or 85). Figure is from [98] and was reprinted from the jo...
Figure 19: Catalysis of a conjugated addition reaction in the presence of the slider-on-deck system (82•X) (X ...
Figure 20: A rotating catalyst builds a catalytic machinery. For catalysis of the catalytic machinery, see Figure 21. F...
Figure 21: Catalytic machinery. Figure was adapted from [100] (“Evolution of catalytic machinery: three-component n...
Figure 22: An information system based on (re)shuffling components between supramolecular structures [99]. Figure ...
Figure 23: Switching between dimeric heteroleptic and homoleptic complex for OFF/ON catalytic formation of rot...
Figure 24: A chemically fueled catalytic system [112]. Figure was adapted from [112]. Copyright 2021 American Chemical S...
Figure 25: (Top) Operation of a fuel acid. (Bottom) Knoevenagel addition [112].
Figure 26: Development of the yield of Knoevenagel product 118 in a fueled system [112]. Figure was reprinted with ...
Figure 27: Weak-link strategy to increased catalytic activity in epoxide opening [119]. Figure was adapted from [24]. C...
Figure 28: A ON/OFF polymerization switch based on the weak-link approach [118]. Figure was reprinted with permissi...
Figure 29: A weak-link switch turning ON/OFF a Diels–Alder reaction [132]. Figure was reprinted with permission fro...
Figure 30: A catalyst duo allowing selective activation of one of two catalytic acylation reactions [133] upon subs...
Figure 31: A four-state switchable nanoswitch (redrawn from [134]).
Figure 32: Sequential catalysis as regulated by nanoswitch 138 and catalyst 139 in the presence of metal ions ...
Figure 33: Remote control of ON/OFF catalysis administrated by two nanoswitches through ion signaling (redrawn...
Cs2CO3-Promoted reaction of tertiary bromopropargylic alcohols and phenols in DMF: a novel approach to α-phenoxyketones
- Ol'ga G. Volostnykh,
- Olesya A. Shemyakina,
- Anton V. Stepanov and
- Igor' A. Ushakov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 420–428, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.44
- -phenoxyketones, the most common methodologies are base-catalyzed alkylation of the corresponding phenols with halo- [28][29][30] and mesyl [31][32][33] ketones (Scheme 9), the preparation of which are not always selective and high-yielded. The ring opening of ArOCH2-epoxides [34][35], the SmI2-catalyzed
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Scope of the reaction of bromopropargylic alcohol 1a and phenols 2b–i.
Scheme 2: Reaction of bromopropargylic alcohol 1b and phenols 2a and 2d.
Scheme 3: Reaction of bromopropargylic alcohol 1c and phenol (2a).
Scheme 4: Reaction of chloropropargylic alcohol and phenol (2a).
Scheme 5: Reaction of bromopropargylic alcohol 1a and anilines.
Scheme 6: Control experiments.
Scheme 7: A plausible mechanism for the formation of phenoxyhydroxyketone 4.
Scheme 8: A plausible mechanism for the formation of diphenoxyketone 5.
Scheme 9: Examples of representative preparation of phenoxyketones 4.
Scheme 10: α-Ketol rearrangement of phenoxyketones 4a and 4f.
Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis
- Acácio S. de Souza,
- Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
- Dora C. S. Costa,
- Fernanda P. Pauli,
- David R. Pinho,
- Matheus G. de Moraes,
- Fernando de C. da Silva,
- Luana da S. M. Forezi and
- Vitor F. Ferreira
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43
- nucleus, due to its greater reactivity when compared to the adjacent aromatic ring, which depends on previous modifications in the menadione intermediates [95]. Epoxidation reactions The use of menadione in the preparation of epoxides is widely reported in the scientific literature. In nature, menadione
- epoxides are formed through oxidation reactions in vivo, that occur in protein processes dependent on vitamin K [96][97]. Dwyer and co-workers described a procedure using sugar-derived hydroperoxides for the synthesis of epoxides in the presence of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene (DBU) as base [98][99
- anomeric hydroperoxides (HPO) to obtain epoxides 40 with moderate ees (Scheme 11B) [100][101]. Bunge and co-workers used the enantiomerically pure dihydroperoxide 41 in the DBU-mediated epoxidation of menadione (10) for the enantioselective synthesis of epoxide 42 (92% yield and 45–66% ee) (Scheme 11C
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Natural bioactive naphthoquinones.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of vitamins K.
Figure 3: Redox cycle of menadione.
Scheme 1: Selected approaches for menadione synthesis using silver(I) as a catalyst.
Scheme 2: Methylation approaches for the preparation of menadione from 1,4-naphthoquinone using tert-butyl hy...
Scheme 3: Methylation approach of 1,4-naphthoquinone using i) rhodium complexes/methylboronic acid and ii) bi...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of menadione (10) from itaconic acid.
Scheme 5: Menadione synthesis via Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of menadione (10) using p-cresol as a synthetic precursor.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of menadione (10) via demethoxycarbonylating annulation of methyl methacrylate.
Scheme 8: Furan 34 used as a diene in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 9: o-Toluidine as a dienophile in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 10: Representation of electrochemical synthesis of menadione.
Figure 4: Reaction sites and reaction types of menadione as substrate.
Scheme 11: DBU-catalyzed epoxidation of menadione (10).
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer catalysis for the epoxidation of menadione.
Scheme 13: Menadione epoxidation using a hydroperoxide derived from (+)-norcamphor.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of asymmetric quinone 50 catalyzed by a chi...
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions for the synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]pyranone.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]furanone, anthra[9,1-bc]pyridine, and anthra[9,1-bc]pyrrole derivatives.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of derivatives employing protected trienes.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutene derivatives of menadione.
Scheme 19: Menadione reduction reactions using sodium hydrosulfite.
Scheme 20: Green methodology for menadiol synthesis and pegylation.
Scheme 21: Menadione reduction by 5,6-O-isopropylidene-ʟ-ascorbic acid under UV light irradiation.
Scheme 22: Selected approaches of menadione hydroacetylation to diacetylated menadiol.
Scheme 23: Thiele–Winter reaction catalyzed by Bi(OTf)3.
Scheme 24: Carbonyl condensation of menadione using resorcinol and a hydrazone derivative.
Scheme 25: Condensation reaction of menadione with thiosemicarbazide.
Scheme 26: Condensation reaction of menadione with acylhydrazides.
Scheme 27: Menadione derivatives functionalized with organochalcogens.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of selenium-menadione conjugates derived from chloromethylated menadione 84.
Scheme 29: Menadione alkylation by the Kochi–Anderson method.
Scheme 30: Menadione alkylation by diacids.
Scheme 31: Menadione alkylation by heterocycles-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 32: Menadione alkylation by bromoalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 33: Menadione alkylation by complex carboxylic acids.
Scheme 34: Kochi–Anderson method variations for the menadione alkylation via oxidative decarboxylation of carb...
Scheme 35: Copper-catalyzed menadione alkylation via free radicals.
Scheme 36: Nickel-catalyzed menadione cyanoalkylation.
Scheme 37: Iron-catalyzed alkylation of menadione.
Scheme 38: Selected approaches to menadione alkylation.
Scheme 39: Menadione acylation by photo-Friedel–Crafts acylation reported by Waske and co-workers.
Scheme 40: Menadione acylation by Westwood procedure.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-benzoylmenadione via metal-free TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 42: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione reported by Kallmayer.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of amino-menadione derivatives using polyalkylamines.
Scheme 44: Selected examples for the synthesis of different amino-substituted menadione derivatives.
Scheme 45: Selected examples of Michael-type addition of complex amines to menadione (10).
Scheme 46: Addition of different natural α-amino acids to menadione.
Scheme 47: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione using silica-supported perchloric acid.
Scheme 48: Indolylnaphthoquinone or indolylnaphthalene-1,4-diol synthesis reported by Yadav et al.
Scheme 49: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis reported by Tanoue and co-workers.
Scheme 50: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis from menadione by Escobeto-González and co-workers.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of menadione analogues functionalized with thiols.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of menadione-derived symmetrical derivatives through reaction with dithiols.
Scheme 53: Mercaptoalkyl acids as nucleophiles in Michael-type addition reaction to menadione.
Scheme 54: Reactions of menadione (10) with cysteine derivatives for the synthesis of quinoproteins.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of menadione-glutathione conjugate 152 by Michael-type addition.
Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers
- Rui Wang and
- Yang Yu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35
- containers. The emphasis is on those reactions that give different product distributions on the potential reactive sites inside the containers than they do outside, free in solution. Specific cases include site-selective cycloaddition and addition of arenes, reduction of epoxides, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes
- , azides, halides and alkenes, oxidation of remote C–H bonds and alkenes, and substitution reactions involving ring-opening cyclization of epoxides, nucleophilic substitution of allylic chlorides, and hydrolysis reactions. The product selectivity is interpreted as the consequence of the space shape and
- ones. Substitution In 2008, the Rebek group reported a very intriguing site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand host I, which possessed an inwardly directed carboxylic acid module (Figure 11) [72]. The ring-opening of substituted epoxides results in regioisomeric products
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Site-selective Diels–Alder reaction of anthracene and phthalimide mediated by aqueous organopalladi...
Figure 2: Site-selective Diels–Alder and [2 + 2]-photoaddition reactions between naphthalene and phthalimide ...
Figure 3: Cage host A-mediated selective 1,4-radical addition of o-quinone 10.
Figure 4: Cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective reductions.
Figure 5: Selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound mediated by water-soluble cavitand D.
Figure 6: Selective radical reduction of α,ω-dihalides mediated by water-soluble cavitands E and F.
Figure 7: Site-selective hydrogenation of polyenols mediated by supramolecular encapsulated rhodium catalyst.
Figure 8: Site-selective oxidation of steroids using cyclodextrin as the anchoring template.
Figure 9: Site-selective oxidations of linear diterpenoids with the help of cage host A.
Figure 10: Site-selective monoepoxidation of α,ω-dienes mediated by the water-soluble cavitand host E.
Figure 11: Site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand I with an inwardly directed c...
Figure 12: Site-selective nucleophilic substitution reaction of allylic chlorides mediated by cage host J.
Figure 13: Site-selective monohydrolysis of α,ω-difunctional compounds using deep water-soluble cavitands.
Allylic alcohols and amines by carbenoid eliminative cross-coupling using epoxides or aziridines
- Matthew J. Fleming and
- David M. Hodgson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2385–2389, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.155
- Matthew J. Fleming David M. Hodgson Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom 10.3762/bjoc.17.155 Abstract α-Lithiated terminal epoxides and N-(tert-butylsulfonyl)aziridines undergo eliminative cross-coupling with
- alkoxide. Keywords: alkenes; aziridines; epoxides; lithiation; synthetic methods; Introduction Methods for the convergent generation of alkenes can be of significant utility in organic synthesis [1]. A relatively under-examined approach is through the interaction of two carbenoids [2]. Dimerisation of
- carbenoids may compete with a desired carbenoid transformation although its value has been demonstrated in, for example, our studies on lithium 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidide (1, LTMP)-induced syntheses of 2-ene-1,4-diols and 2-ene-1,4-diamines from terminal epoxides [3] and aziridines [4][5], respectively
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Dimerisation of α-lithio epoxides or aziridines [3-5].
Scheme 2: Proposed eliminative cross-coupling of carbenoids to allylic alcohols (X = O) or allylic amines (X ...
Scheme 3: Allylic alcohol 6 by one-carbon homologation from epoxide 5.
Scheme 4: Internal allylic alcohols from epoxides and stannane 7.
Scheme 5: Cyclopropylidene synthesis from epoxide 5.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of vinylsilane 14.
Scheme 7: Allylic alcohol 8 from epoxide 5 and sulfone 15.
Scheme 8: Allylic amines from aziridine 17.
Scheme 9: Cyclopropylidene synthesis from aziridine 20.
Scheme 10: Cinnamylamine 23 synthesis from aziridine 17.
Scheme 11: Cinnamylamine 23 synthesis from isopropyl or neopentyl benzylic ethers 26 and 27.
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
- OMe, NO2, or Cl groups, and epoxides (149 and 150), DBU as catalyst, CTAB as surfactant, and water as solvent. The use of cyclohexene oxide (149) provided oxa-aza-benzo[a]anthracene derivatives 151 in excellent yields (90–96%). On the other hand, the use of styrene oxide (150) provided oxa-aza
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.
Natural products in the predatory defence of the filamentous fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus
- Jana M. Boysen,
- Nauman Saeed and
- Falk Hillmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1814–1827, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.124
- decatetraenedioic acid connected via an ester bond. There is also a methoxy group, an epoxide and a terpene derived aliphatic chain that contains another epoxide, linked to cyclohexane. These unstable di-epoxides are responsible for the biological activity of fumagillin, which targets the active site of the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic overview of fungal interactions in the environment. Fungi can be found in essentially all...
Figure 2: Fungal derived bioactive natural compounds with ecological and/or economic relevance.
Figure 3: Gliotoxin biosynthetic gene cluster and it major biosynthetic transformations: Gliotoxin (5) is the...
Figure 4: Amoebicidal secondary metabolites trypacidin and fumagillin of Aspergillus fumigatus.
Figure 5: Intermediates of the DHN-melanin biosynthesis in Aspergillus fumigatus.
Figure 6: Intermediates and products of the fumigaclavine C biosynthesis.
Figure 7: Bioactive secondary metabolites of Aspergillus fumigatus.
Figure 8: Helvolic acid gene cluster of A. fumigatus.
Methodologies for the synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins: twenty years of advances
- Thiago S. Silva and
- Fernando Coelho
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112
- as Mn(0) and MnO2, that had been employed in the previous work by the same authors to ensure catalytic turnover [110]. Substrates containing functional groups, like esters, phthalimides, silyl enol ethers, boronates, ketones, tertiary alcohols, epoxides, and cyclobutanes, were compatible with the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Some examples of natural products and drugs containing quaternary carbon centers.
Scheme 1: Simplified mechanism for olefin hydrofunctionalization using an electrophilic transition metal as a...
Scheme 2: Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers formed by the intramolecular hydroalkylation of β-di...
Scheme 3: Control experiments and the proposed mechanism for the Pd(II)-catalyzed intermolecular hydroalkylat...
Scheme 4: Intermolecular olefin hydroalkylation of less reactive ketones under Pd(II) catalysis using HCl as ...
Scheme 5: A) Selected examples of Pd(II)-mediated quaternary carbon center synthesis by intermolecular hydroa...
Scheme 6: Selected examples of quaternary carbon center synthesis by gold(III) catalysis. This is the first r...
Scheme 7: Selected examples of inter- (A) and intramolecular (B) olefin hydroalkylations promoted by a silver...
Scheme 8: A) Intermolecular hydroalkylation of N-alkenyl β-ketoamides under Au(I) catalysis in the synthesis ...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric pyrrolidine synthesis through intramolecular hydroalkylation of α-substituted N-alkenyl ...
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the chiral gold(I) complex promotion of the intermolecular olefin hydroalkyl...
Scheme 11: Selected examples of carbon quaternary center synthesis by gold and evidence of catalytic system pa...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a spiro compound via an aza-Michael addition/olefin hydroalkylation cascade promoted b...
Scheme 13: A selected example of quaternary carbon center synthesis using an Fe(III) salt as a catalyst for th...
Scheme 14: Intermolecular hydroalkylation catalyzed by a cationic iridium complex (Fuji (2019) [47]).
Scheme 15: Generic example of an olefin hydrofunctionalization via MHAT (Shenvi (2016) [51]).
Scheme 16: The first examples of olefin hydrofunctionalization run under neutral conditions (Mukaiyama (1989) [56]...
Scheme 17: A) Aryl olefin dimerization catalyzed by vitamin B12 and triggered by HAT. B) Control experiment to...
Scheme 18: Generic example of MHAT diolefin cycloisomerization and possible competitive pathways. Shenvi (2014...
Scheme 19: Selected examples of the MHAT-promoted cycloisomerization reaction of unactivated olefins leading t...
Scheme 20: Regioselective carbocyclizations promoted by an MHAT process (Norton (2008) [76]).
Scheme 21: Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers synthetized via intra- (A) and intermolecular (B) MH...
Scheme 22: A) Proposed mechanism for the Fe(III)/PhSiH3-promoted radical conjugate addition between olefins an...
Scheme 23: Examples of cascade reactions triggered by HAT for the construction of trans-decalin backbone uniti...
Scheme 24: A) Selected examples of the MHAT-promoted radical conjugate addition between olefins and p-quinone ...
Scheme 25: A) MHAT triggered radical conjugate addition/E1cB/lactonization (in some cases) cascade between ole...
Scheme 26: A) Spirocyclization promoted by Fe(III) hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins. B) Simplified mecha...
Scheme 27: A) Selected examples of the construction of a carbon quaternary center by the MHAT-triggered radica...
Scheme 28: Hydromethylation of unactivated olefins under iron-mediated MHAT (Baran (2015) [95]).
Scheme 29: The hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins via iron-mediated reductive coupling with hydrazones (Br...
Scheme 30: Selected examples of the Co(II)-catalyzed bicyclization of dialkenylarenes through the olefin hydro...
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism for the bicyclization of dialkenylarenes triggered by a MHAT process (Vanderwal ...
Scheme 32: Enantioconvergent cross-coupling between olefins and tertiary halides (Fu (2018) [108]).
Scheme 33: Proposed mechanism for the Ni-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction between olefins and tertiary halide...
Scheme 34: Proposed catalytic cycles for a MHAT/Ni cross-coupling reaction between olefins and halides (Shenvi...
Scheme 35: Selected examples of the hydroalkylation of olefins by a dual catalytic Mn/Ni system (Shenvi (2019) ...
Scheme 36: A) Selected examples of quaternary carbon center synthesis by reductive atom transfer; TBC: 4-tert-...
Scheme 37: A) Selected examples of quaternary carbon centers synthetized by radical addition to unactivated ol...
Scheme 38: A) Selected examples of organophotocatalysis-mediated radical polyene cyclization via a PET process...
Scheme 39: A) Sc(OTf)3-mediated carbocyclization approach for the synthesis of vicinal quaternary carbon cente...
Scheme 40: Scope of the Lewis acid-catalyzed methallylation of electron-rich styrenes. Method A: B(C6F5)3 (5.0...
Scheme 41: The proposed mechanism for styrene methallylation (Oestreich (2019) [123]).
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Prins cyclization-mediated stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydropyrans and dihydropyrans: an inspection of twenty years
- Asha Budakoti,
- Pradip Kumar Mondal,
- Prachi Verma and
- Jagadish Khamrai
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 932–963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.77
- products [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Prins and related cyclization reactions [9][10], hetero-Diels–Alder cyclization [11], cyclization onto epoxides [12], Petasis–Ferrier rearrangement [13], intramolecular oxa-Michael reactions [14], cyclization through oxidative C–H bond functionalization [15], ring-closing
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: General strategy for the synthesis of THPs.
Scheme 2: Developments towards the Prins cyclization.
Scheme 3: General stereochemical outcome of the Prins cyclization.
Scheme 4: Regioselectivity in the Prins cyclization.
Scheme 5: Mechanism of the oxonia-Cope reaction in the Prins cyclization.
Scheme 6: Cyclization of electron-deficient enantioenriched alcohol 27.
Scheme 7: Partial racemization through 2-oxonia-Cope allyl transfer.
Scheme 8: Partial racemization by reversible 2-oxonia-Cope rearrangement.
Scheme 9: Rychnovsky modification of the Prins cyclization.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (−)-centrolobine and the C22–C26 unit of phorboxazole A.
Scheme 11: Axially selective Prins cyclization by Rychnovsky et al.
Scheme 12: Mechanism for the axially selectivity Prins cyclization.
Scheme 13: Mukaiyama aldol–Prins cyclization reaction.
Scheme 14: Application of the aldol–Prins reaction.
Scheme 15: Hart and Bennet's acid-promoted Prins cyclization.
Scheme 16: Tetrahydropyran core of polycarvernoside A as well as (−)-clavoslide A and D.
Scheme 17: Scheidt and co-workers’ route to tetrahydropyran-4-one.
Scheme 18: Mechanism for the Lewis acid-catalyzed synthesis of tetrahydropyran-4-one.
Scheme 19: Hoveyda and co-workers’ strategy for 2,6-disubstituted 4-methylenetetrahydropyran.
Scheme 20: Funk and Cossey’s ene-carbamates strategy.
Scheme 21: Yadav and Kumar’s cyclopropane strategy for THP synthesis.
Scheme 22: 2-Arylcylopropylmethanolin in centrolobine synthesis.
Scheme 23: Yadav and co-workers’ strategy for the synthesis of THP.
Scheme 24: Yadav and co-workers’ Prins–Ritter reaction sequence for 4-amidotetrahydropyran.
Scheme 25: Yadav and co-workers’ strategy to prelactones B, C, and V.
Scheme 26: Yadav and co-workers’ strategy for the synthesis of (±)-centrolobine.
Scheme 27: Loh and co-workers’ strategy for the synthesis of zampanolide and dactylolide.
Scheme 28: Loh and Chan’s strategy for THP synthesis.
Scheme 29: Prins cyclization of cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde.
Scheme 30: Prins cyclization of methyl ricinoleate (127) and benzaldehyde (88).
Scheme 31: AlCl3-catalyzed cyclization of homoallylic alcohol 129 and aldehyde 130.
Scheme 32: Martín and co-workers’ stereoselective approach for the synthesis of highly substituted tetrahydrop...
Scheme 33: Ene-IMSC strategy by Marko and Leroy for the synthesis of tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 34: Marko and Leroy’s strategy for the synthesis of tetrahydropyrans 146.
Scheme 35: Sakurai dimerization/macrolactonization reaction for the synthesis of cyanolide A.
Scheme 36: Hoye and Hu’s synthesis of (−)-dactyloide by intramolecular Sakurai cyclization.
Scheme 37: Minehan and co-workers’ strategy for the synthesis of THPs 157.
Scheme 38: Yu and co-workers’ allylic transfer strategy for the construction of tetrahydropyran 161.
Scheme 39: Reactivity enhancement in intramolecular Prins cyclization.
Scheme 40: Floreancig and co-workers’ Prins cyclization strategy to (+)-dactyloide.
Scheme 41: Panek and Huang’s DHP synthesis from crotylsilanes: a general strategy.
Scheme 42: Panek and Huang’s DHP synthesis from syn-crotylsilanes.
Scheme 43: Panek and Huang’s DHP synthesis from anti-crotylsilanes.
Scheme 44: Roush and co-workers’ [4 + 2]-annulation strategy for DHP synthesis [82].
Scheme 45: TMSOTf-promoted annulation reaction.
Scheme 46: Dobb and co-workers’ synthesis of DHP.
Scheme 47: BiBr3-promoted tandem silyl-Prins reaction by Hinkle et al.
Scheme 48: Substrate scope of Hinkle and co-workers’ strategy.
Scheme 49: Cho and co-workers’ strategy for 2,6 disubstituted 3,4-dimethylene-THP.
Scheme 50: Furman and co-workers’ THP synthesis from propargylsilane.
Scheme 51: THP synthesis from silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 52: Rychnovsky and co-workers’ strategy for THP synthesis from hydroxy-substituted silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 53: Li and co-workers’ germinal bissilyl Prins cyclization strategy to (−)-exiguolide.
Scheme 54: Xu and co-workers’ hydroiodination strategy for THP.
Scheme 55: Wang and co-workers’ strategy for tetrahydropyran synthesis.
Scheme 56: FeCl3-catalyzed synthesis of DHP from alkynylsilane alcohol.
Scheme 57: Martín, Padrón, and co-workers’ proposed mechanism of alkynylsilane Prins cyclization for the synth...
Scheme 58: Marko and co-workers’ synthesis of 2,6-anti-configured tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 59: Loh and co-workers’ strategy for 2,6-syn-tetrahydropyrans.
Scheme 60: Loh and co-workers’ strategy for anti-THP synthesis.
Scheme 61: Cha and co-workers’ strategy for trans-2,6-tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 62: Mechanism proposed by Cha et al.
Scheme 63: TiCl4-mediated cyclization to trans-THP.
Scheme 64: Feng and co-workers’ FeCl3-catalyzed Prins cyclization strategy to 4-hydroxy-substituted THP.
Scheme 65: Selectivity profile of the Prins cyclization under participation of an iron ligand.
Scheme 66: Sequential reactions involving Prins cyclization.
Scheme 67: Banerjee and co-workers’ strategy of Prins cyclization from cyclopropane carbaldehydes and propargy...
Scheme 68: Mullen and Gagné's (R)-[(tolBINAP)Pt(NC6F5)2][SbF6]2-catalyzed asymmetric Prins cyclization strateg...
Scheme 69: Yu and co-workers’ DDQ-catalyzed asymmetric Prins cyclization strategy to trisubstituted THPs.
Scheme 70: Lalli and Weghe’s chiral-Brønsted-acid- and achiral-Lewis-acid-promoted asymmetric Prins cyclizatio...
Scheme 71: List and co-workers’ iIDP Brønsted acid-promoted asymmetric Prins cyclization strategy.
Scheme 72: Zhou and co-workers’ strategy for chiral phosphoric acid (CPA)-catalyzed cascade Prins cyclization.
Scheme 73: List and co-workers’ approach for asymmetric Prins cyclization using chiral imidodiphosphoric acid ...
Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects
- Shivani Gulati,
- Stephy Elza John and
- Nagula Shankaraiah
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Marketed drugs with acridine moiety.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4-arylacridinediones.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for acridinedione synthesis.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of tetrahydrodibenzoacridinones.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of naphthoacridines.
Scheme 5: Plausible mechanism for naphthoacridines.
Figure 2: Benzoazepines based potent molecules.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of azepinone.
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism for azepinone formation.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of benzoazulenen-1-one derivatives.
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism for benzoazulene-1-one synthesis.
Figure 3: Indole-containing pharmacologically active molecules.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of functionalized indoles.
Scheme 11: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of functionalized indoles.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of spirooxindoles.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of substituted spirooxindoles.
Scheme 14: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of substituted spirooxindoles.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of pyrrolidinyl spirooxindoles.
Scheme 16: Proposed mechanism for pyrrolidinyl spirooxindoles.
Figure 4: Pyran-containing biologically active molecules.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of functionalized benzopyrans.
Scheme 18: Plausible mechanism for synthesis of benzopyran.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of indoline-spiro-fused pyran derivatives.
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for indoline-spiro-fused pyran.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of substituted naphthopyrans.
Figure 5: Marketed drugs with pyrrole ring.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of tetra-substituted pyrroles.
Scheme 23: Mechanism for silica-supported PPA-SiO2-catalyzed pyrrole synthesis.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,10]-phenanthrolines.
Scheme 25: Proposed mechanism for pyrrolo[1,10]-phenanthrolines.
Figure 6: Marketed drugs and molecules containing pyrimidine and pyrimidinones skeletons.
Scheme 26: MWA-MCR pyrimidinone synthesis.
Scheme 27: Two proposed mechanisms for pyrimidinone synthesis.
Scheme 28: MWA multicomponent synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for dihydropyrimidinones.
Figure 7: Biologically active fused pyrimidines.
Scheme 30: MWA- MCR for the synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines.
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism for pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidines.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of substituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diones.
Scheme 33: Probable pathway for pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diones.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of pyridopyrimidines.
Scheme 35: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of pyridopyrimidines.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of dihydropyridopyrimidine and dihydropyrazolopyridine.
Scheme 37: Proposed mechanism for the formation of dihydropyridopyrimidine.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of thiopyrano[4,3-d]pyrimidines.
Scheme 39: Plausible mechanism for the synthesis of thiopyrano[4,3-d]pyrimidines.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of decorated imidazopyrimidines.
Scheme 41: Proposed mechanism for imidazopyrimidine synthesis.
Figure 8: Pharmacologically active molecules containing purine bases.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of aza-adenines.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of 5-aza-7-deazapurines.
Scheme 44: Proposed mechanism for deazapurines synthesis.
Figure 9: Biologically active molecules containing pyridine moiety.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of steroidal pyridines.
Scheme 46: Proposed mechanism for steroidal pyridine.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of N-alkylated 2-pyridones.
Scheme 48: Two possible mechanisms for pyridone synthesis.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of pyridone derivatives.
Scheme 50: Postulated mechanism for synthesis of pyridone.
Figure 10: Biologically active fused pyridines.
Scheme 51: Benzimidazole-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines synthesis.
Scheme 52: Mechanism for the synthesis of benzimidazole-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine-5-spirocycloalkanedione derivatives.
Scheme 54: Proposed mechanism for spiro-pyridines.
Scheme 55: Functionalized macrocyclane-fused pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine derivatives.
Scheme 56: Mechanism postulated for macrocyclane-fused pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridine.
Scheme 57: Generation of pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines.
Scheme 58: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of pyrazolo[3,4-b]pyridines.
Scheme 59: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of azepinoindole.
Figure 11: Pharmaceutically important molecules with quinoline moiety.
Scheme 60: Povarov-mediated quinoline synthesis.
Scheme 61: Proposed mechanism for Povarov reaction.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of pyrazoloquinoline.
Scheme 63: Plausible mechanism for pyrazoloquinoline synthesis.
Figure 12: Quinazolinones as pharmacologically significant scaffolds.
Scheme 64: Four-component reaction for dihydroquinazolinone.
Scheme 65: Proposed mechanism for dihydroquinazolinones.
Scheme 66: Synthesis purine quinazolinone and PI3K-δ inhibitor.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of fused benzothiazolo/benzoimidazoloquinazolinones.
Scheme 68: Proposed mechanism for fused benzothiazolo/benzoimidazoloquinazolinones.
Scheme 69: On-water reaction for synthesis of thiazoloquinazolinone.
Scheme 70: Proposed mechanism for the thiazoloquinazolinone synthesis.
Scheme 71: β-Cyclodextrin-mediated synthesis of indoloquinazolinediones.
Scheme 72: Proposed mechanism for synthesis of indoloquinazolinediones.
Figure 13: Triazoles-containing marketted drugs and pharmacologically active molecules.
Scheme 73: Cu(I) DAPTA-catalyzed 1,2,3-triazole formation.
Scheme 74: Mechanism for Cu(I) DAPTA-catalyzed triazole formation.
Scheme 75: Synthesis of β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazole.
Scheme 76: Proposed mechanism for synthesis of β-hydroxy-1,2,3-triazoles.
Scheme 77: Synthesis of bis-1,2,4-triazoles.
Scheme 78: Proposed mechanism for bis-1,2,4-triazoles synthesis.
Figure 14: Thiazole containing drugs.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of a substituted thiazole ring.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of pyrazolothiazoles.
Figure 15: Chromene containing drugs.
Scheme 81: Magnetic nanocatalyst-mediated aminochromene synthesis.
Scheme 82: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of chromenes.
Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes
- Zhonglie Yang,
- Yutong Liu,
- Kun Cao,
- Xiaobin Zhang,
- Hezhong Jiang and
- Jiahong Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 771–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.67
- ] developed a visible-light-induced [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction between glycine derivatives 57 and aryl epoxides 58, which can efficiently prepare a series of multisubstituted 1,3-oxazolidines 59 at room temperature (Scheme 20). The strategy can be applied smoothly to an extensive range of glycine
- derivatives, including electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituent groups in the para- or meta positions at the benzene rings, giving corresponding products in moderate yield. This protocol is also suitable for the structural diversity of epoxides, providing a new activation approach for C(sp3)–H
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The electron transfer process in EDA complexes.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of benzo[b]phosphorus oxide 3 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 3: Mechanism of the synthesis of quinoxaline derivative 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of imidazole derivative 10 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 6: Mechanism of the synthesis of sulfamoylation product 12.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of indole derivative 22 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated pyrimidines 26 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 29 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 11: Mechanism of the synthesis of cis-tetrahydroquinoline derivative 32.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of phenanthridine derivative 38 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of spiropyrroline derivative 40 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of benzothiazole derivative 43 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-s-triazine derivative 45 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of indoline derivative 47 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 17: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 47.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutane product 50 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 19: Mechanism of the synthesis of spirocyclic indoline derivative 50.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1,3-oxazolidine compound 59 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of trifluoromethylated product 61 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of indole alkylation product 64 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 67 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hydrotrifluoromethylated product 70 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of β-trifluoromethylated alkyne product 71 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 26: Mechanism of the synthesis of 2-phenylthiophene derivative 74.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of allylated product 80 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of trifluoromethyl-substituted alkynyl product 84 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 30: Mechanism of the synthesis of dearomatized fluoroalkylation product 86.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of C(sp3)–H allylation product 91 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 93 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of spirocyclic indolene derivative 95 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylation product 97 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 36: Mechanism of the synthesis of alkylated indole derivative 100.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of arylated oxidized indole derivative 108 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 39: Mechanism of the synthesis of 4-ketoaldehyde derivative 111.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated olefin 118 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of alkylation product 121 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of acylation product 123 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 43: Mechanism of the synthesis of acylation product 123.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of trifluoromethylation product 126 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of unnatural α-amino acid 129 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of thioether derivative 132 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 48: Mechanism of the synthesis of S-aryl dithiocarbamate product 135.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of thioether product 141 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 50: Mechanism of the synthesis of borate product 144.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of boronation product 148 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of boration product 151 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of boronic acid ester derivative 154 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of β-azide product 157 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 55: Decarboxylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of amidated product 162 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate 165 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 58: Mechanism of the synthesis of diethyl phenylphosphonate derivative 165.
Scheme 59: Synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether 168 initiated by an EDA complex.
Scheme 60: Mechanism of the synthesis of (Z)-2-iodovinyl phenyl ether derivative 168.
Scheme 61: Dehalogenation reaction initiated by an EDA complex.
Stereoselective syntheses of 3-aminocyclooctanetriols and halocyclooctanetriols
- Emine Salamci and
- Yunus Zozik
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 705–710, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.59
- prepared by epoxidation of the cyclooctenediol with m-chloroperbenzoic acid followed by hydrolysis with HBr(g) in methanol. Treatment of bromotriol with NaN3 and the reduction of the azide group yielded the other desired 3-aminocyclooctanetriol. Hydrolysis of the epoxides with HCl(g) in methanol gave
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of some important aminocyclitols.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of cyclic sulfate 9.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of aminocyclooctanetriol 12.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of aminocyclooctanetriol 18.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of chlorocyclooctanetriol 20.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of chlorocyclooctanetriols 23 and 24.
α,γ-Dioxygenated amides via tandem Brook rearrangement/radical oxygenation reactions and their application to syntheses of γ-lactams
- Mikhail K. Klychnikov,
- Radek Pohl,
- Ivana Císařová and
- Ullrich Jahn
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 688–704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.58
- , 12843 Prague 2, Czech Republic 10.3762/bjoc.17.58 Abstract Pyrrolidones are common heterocyclic fragments in various biologically active compounds. Here, a two-step radical-based approach to γ-lactams bearing three to four stereocenters starting from epoxides, N-allylic silylacetamides and TEMPO is
- defined combinations of chiral epoxides and chiral amides. This represents a very rare example of an oxidative geminal C–C/C–O difunctionalization next to carbonyl groups. The resulting dioxygenated allylic amides are subsequently subjected to persistent radical effect-based 5-exo-trig radical cyclization
- thermal radical cyclization reactions according to the persistent radical effect [79][80] forming functionalized cyclopentanes 6 (Scheme 1B). Based on this sequence various other reaction pathways can be envisaged. Among them we hypothesized that the nucleophilic ring opening of simple epoxides 7 by N
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected alkaloids containing the pyrrolidone motif.
Scheme 1: A) Classical γ-lactam synthesis by atom transfer radical cyclizations; B) previously developed tand...
Figure 2: X-ray crystal structure of the major (2R,4S)-alkoxyamine hydrochloride derived from 9j. Displacemen...
Scheme 2: Formation of the α-(aminoxy)amides 9o,p.
Figure 3: X-ray crystal structure of the minor cis-diastereomers of the keto lactam 13j (left) and the hydrox...
Scheme 3: Thermal radical cyclization reactions of amides 9l–p bearing cyclic units. Conditions: a) t-BuOH, 1...
Scheme 4: Epimerization of spirolactams 12m,n.
Scheme 5: The Dess–Martin oxidation of lactams 12l–o. Conditions: a) DMP (1.3 equiv), t-BuOH (10 mol %), CH2Cl...
Scheme 6: Selected transformations of the lactams trans-12b and 12o.
Scheme 7: Diastereoselectivity for the formation of α-(aminoxy)amides 9i–k.
Scheme 8: Rationalization of the diastereoselectivity for the formation of the α-(aminoxy)amide 9l.
Scheme 9: Rationalization of the thermal radical cyclization diastereoselectivity of alkoxyamines 9a–k. (S)-C...
Scheme 10: The stereochemical course for the formation of products 12m,n by thermal radical cyclization of alk...
Scheme 11: Formation of bicycles 12o,p.
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
- materials and it could be recovered and reused maintaining its unaltered high activity. Keywords: alkenes; cobalt nanoparticles; epoxides; oxidation; TBHP; Introduction Olefin oxidation reactions are key synthetic transformations in the production of oxygenated chemicals of high interest for both academic
- 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
- because they are present in many important (bio)organic compounds and also allow access to more functionalized or complex structures through different chemical transformations on the reactive oxirane ring [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Despite many methodologies for the synthesis of epoxides have
Graphical Abstract
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...
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
- by nucleophiles. As is the case for the nucleophilic opening of epoxides, the regiochemistry of this process is often controlled very effectively by the combined steric and electronic effects of the substituents attached to the ring, with a spectrum of SN1 and SN2-like reactivity possible. Several
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.
