Evaluation of the enantioselectivity of new chiral ligands based on imidazolidin-4-one derivatives

• Jan Bartáček,
• Karel Chlumský,
• Jan Mrkvička,
• Lucie Paloušová,
• Miloš Sedlák and
• Pavel Drabina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 684–691, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.62

• ; Introduction The application of chiral metal complexes as enantioselective catalysts is among the fundamental strategies for preparing compounds in non-racemic forms [1][2][3][4]. These complexes typically comprise a chelating chiral ligand capable of coordinating with a metal ion; otherwise, a metal atom

A laterally-fused N-heterocyclic carbene framework from polysubstituted aminoimidazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium salts

• Andrew D. Gillie,
• Matthew G. Wakeling,
• Bethan L. Greene,
• Louise Male and
• Paul W. Davies

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.54

• provide scope to influence the reactivity profile of their resulting metal complexes through steric shielding, direct stabilising interactions with the metal, or by proximal effects to reactive species. Given the sensitivity of metal catalysis to even subtle steric and electronic changes in the ligand

• aminide 7 in good yield on a gram scale (Scheme 1b). With the novel 3-aminoimidazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium salt in hand, we examined its use as an NHC precursor for the preparation of late transition metal complexes. Treating compound 9a with triethylamine and either dimethyl sulfide gold(I) chloride or copper

• (I) chloride in acetone led to the formation of the desired AImOxAuCl and AImOxCuCl metal chloride complexes 13 and 14, respectively (Scheme 2) [7]. The 1H NMR spectra of the resulting AImOx metal complexes show a loss of symmetry for the diisopropyl substituents, indicating restricted rotation about

Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

• Pablo Msellem,
• Maksym Dekthiarenko,
• Nihal Hadj Seyd and
• Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

• particularly evident for metal complexes, where the system's geometry can be finely tuned to modulate its response based on the selection of metal and ligand components. This aspect has been extensively explored by Schmittel and co-workers in a recent review [17]. Molecular tweezers have been developed in this

• system and enable dynamic ligand formation due to the reversibility of the hydrazone bond formation [40]. More recently, Vives and co-workers have developed a family of terpyridine-based tweezers bearing metal–salphen complexes as functional units (Figure 9). Using metal complexes as arms brings

• using metal complexes as switching units (Figure 20). This concept named “weak link approach” (WLA) [78] uses square planar d8-transition metal complexes with two hemilabile bidentate ligands composed of a strong binding site (phosphorus) and a weaker one (generally sulfur, oxygen, selenium, or nitrogen

Perspectives on push–pull chromophores derived from click-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization reactions of electron-rich alkynes and electron-deficient alkenes

• Michio Yamada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 125–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.13

• and alkenes. The pioneering work by Bruce et al. in 1981 revealed that the cleavage of tetracyanoethylene (TCNE) under mild conditions via its reaction with metal acetylides yields metal complexes featuring the tetracyanobuta-1,3-diene (TCBD) structural motif [3]. Subsequently, numerous researchers

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

• candidates as well. Ortho-hydroxy-substituted phosphines have been mainly used as chelating ligands for metal complexes until recently [16][17][18]. Further, ortho-hydroxy phosphines have been used for the synthesis of probes in metabolic labeling [19], as a photocatalyst in the defluoroalkylation of

Aldiminium and 1,2,3-triazolium dithiocarboxylate zwitterions derived from cyclic (alkyl)(amino) and mesoionic carbenes

• Nedra Touj,
• François Mazars,
• Guillermo Zaragoza and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1947–1956, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.145

• of charges (Figure 1) [13][14][15][16]. Crabtree and co-workers first reported the abnormal binding of an imidazolium salt to an iridium hydride at the C4 carbon atom instead of C2 in 2001 [17][18]. Since then, many other metal complexes bearing imidazol-4-ylidene ligands (F) have been reported [7

Unprecedented synthesis of a 14-membered hexaazamacrocycle

• Anastasia A. Fesenko and
• Anatoly D. Shutalev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1728–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.126

• ., vitamin B12, chlorophyll, metalloproteins, cyclic peptides, etc). PAMs themselves and their metal complexes exhibit various useful properties [15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], particularly, they possess a wide range of biological activities and are used as contrast

Effects of the aldehyde-derived ring substituent on the properties of two new bioinspired trimethoxybenzoylhydrazones: methyl vs nitro groups

• Dayanne Martins,
• Roberta Lamosa,
• Talis Uelisson da Silva,
• Carolina B. P. Ligiero,
• Sérgio de Paula Machado,
• Daphne S. Cukierman and
• Nicolás A. Rey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1713–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.125

• cell membrane integrity [21]. In the context of cancer therapy development, metal complexes of N-acylhydrazones stand out. For example, Firmino et al. demonstrated that gallium(III) complexes of isoniazid-derived hydrazones exhibit strong cytotoxicity against HL-60 and HCT-116 cancer cell lines [22

Decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of amino acids for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1677–1693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.123

• aldehydes and α-amino esters (via dehydration) or α-amino acids (via decarboxylation) could be classified based on the substitution groups on the N atom to: 1) N-substituted (N–R type), 2) hydrogen containing (N–H type), and 3) metal complexes (N–M type) (Figure 1) [16][17]. These AMYs could also be

Radical chemistry in polymer science: an overview and recent advances

• Zixiao Wang,
• Feichen Cui,
• Yang Sui and
• Jiajun Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1580–1603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.116

• (OMRP) is also a commonly used polymerization method, which uses transition-metal complexes such as titanium and vanadium for coordination polymerization [69]. However, due to the high cost of these complexes and their post-processing, OMRP is not widely used. The chain termination reaction of OMRP is

• mechanism (cf. section 3.2) [86]. 2.3 Metal-free ring opening metathesis polymerization (MF-ROMP) ROMP is a powerful and broadly applicable technique for synthesizing polymers. Traditional ROMP systems are initiated by transition-metal complexes and Ru-based alkylidene complexes, which are also known as

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

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

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

• the metal to the π* orbital of the NHC. Over the last two decades, NHC–metal complexes have been extensively used as efficient catalysts in different types of organic reactions. Of these, NHC–Cu(I) complexes found prominence for various reasons, such as ease of preparation, possibility of structural

• stable; as a result, the stability of the resulting metal complexes is enhanced [14]. This has led to the development of a variety of NHC-incorporating metal compounds exhibiting increased activity/selectivity in catalysis [15]. Nature of the NHC–metal bond NHCs constitute a well-established class of

• 12 years, i.e., from 2010 through 2022 only. Nevertheless, wherever necessary, earlier works may also be included to maintain coherence. Furthermore, in view of the enormous amount of research work done on NHC–metal complexes and their application as catalysts, the present review was restricted to

Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors

• Grace A. Lowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88

• predominantly earth-abundant materials. The recycling of NADH analogues has been carried out using precious metal complexes, such as [CpRh(bpy)(H2O)]2+ [47]. This rhodium complex was adhered to a photoelectrode in a photoelectrochemical cell which also contained a second photoelectrode functionalized with a set

Synthesis of aliphatic nitriles from cyclobutanone oxime mediated by sulfuryl fluoride (SO₂F₂)

• Xian-Lin Chen and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 901–908, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.68

• of novel synthetic methods and strategies toward nitrile group construction continues to be a focus for synthetic chemists. The cross-coupling reactions of C–C bonds catalyzed by transition-metal complexes play a crucial role in modern organic synthesis, as they make it feasible to synthesize complex

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

• . In the same year, Tsurugi and Mashima reported the use of rare earth metal complexes for the insertion of nonpolar unsaturated substrates (C=N) into the ortho-C–H bond of pyridine derivatives [54]. They carried out the C–H aminoalkylation of pyridines 1 using yttrium complex 26 with nonactivated

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

• David I. H. Maier,
• Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
• Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

• ). Carbamoylation of 151 gives the intermediate oxcarbazepine 152, whereafter hydrolysis of the methyl enol ether affords oxcarbazepine (153) [32][56]. 6.2.2 Ring functionalisation: Weng et al. [80] reported the synthesis of dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a)-based pincer ligands for Rh and Ir metal complexes. The

Direct C2–H alkylation of indoles driven by the photochemical activity of halogen-bonded complexes

• Martina Mamone,
• Giuseppe Gentile,
• Jacopo Dosso,
• Maurizio Prato and
• Giacomo Filippini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 575–581, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.42

• on noble metal complexes has been constantly declined over recent years due to cost, availability, and toxicity, therefore discouraged by the modern guidelines towards implementation of sustainable chemical production schemes [6]. In the last decades, organic photochemistry has become a prominent

A new oxidatively stable ligand for the chiral functionalization of amino acids in Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes

• Alena V. Dmitrieva,
• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 566–574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.41

• employing chiral auxiliaries [4][5] and asymmetric phase-transfer catalysis [6][7]. The former approach is commonly based on the application of chiral derivatives of glycine containing structurally diverse chiral auxiliaries, both cyclic [8][9][10][11] and acyclic [12][13]. Transition-metal complexes

Mechanochemical solid state synthesis of copper(I)/NHC complexes with K₃PO₄

• Ina Remy-Speckmann,
• Birte M. Zimmermann,
• Mahadeb Gorai,
• Martin Lerch and
• Johannes F. Teichert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 440–447, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.34

• to the wide area of applications of mechanochemical synthesis but also showcase that transition metal complexes bearing additional functional groups can be prepared with a ball milling synthesis. We think that our protocol could be useful for the atom economic preparation of other complex catalysts

Cyclometalated iridium complexes-catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenative coupling reaction: construction of quinoline derivatives and evaluation of their antimicrobial activities

• Hongling Shui,
• Yuhong Zhong,
• Renshi Luo,
• Zhanyi Zhang,
• Jiuzhong Huang,
• Ping Yang and
• Nianhua Luo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1507–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.159

• as raw material. In order to solve such problems, chemists have developed ADC reactions catalyzed by metal complexes (such as Ir [18][19], Ru [20][21][22][23][24], Re [25], Mn [26][27], Pd [28], Ni [29], Cu [30], etc.) to synthesize quinolines using o-aminobenzyl alcohol as starting material. ADC

1,4,6,10-Tetraazaadamantanes (TAADs) with N-amino groups: synthesis and formation of boron chelates and host–guest complexes

• Artem N. Semakin,
• Ivan S. Golovanov,
• Yulia V. Nelyubina and
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1424–1434, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.148

• as synthetic receptors to form host–guest complexes based on H-bond interactions with amide/carbamoyl groups [31][32]. In addition, N-TAADs can be viewed as analogs of hexahydrazide ligands, which were reported to stabilize high-valent metal complexes [33][34]. Since N-amino groups can be easily

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

• Merve Karaman,
• Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
• Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Lorenzo Mardegan,
• Daniel Tordera,
• Henk J. Bolink,
• Sen Wu,
• Stuart Warriner,
• Ifor D. Samuel and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

• and emission takes place within the intrinsic region [2][3][4][5][6]. Two families of widely investigated emitters for LEECs are ionic transition metal complexes (iTMCs) [7][8][9][10] and conjugated polymers (CPs) [4]. From the early use of ruthenium(II) complexes, a significant amount of research has

• focussed on developing high-performance iTMC-based LEECs [11][12], with iridium(III) complexes typically showing the greatest potential. A detracting feature of many iTMC LEECs is the use of scarce noble metal complexes. Despite the enormous number of low molecular weight organic emitters designed for use

Scope of tetrazolo[1,5-a]quinoxalines in CuAAC reactions for the synthesis of triazoloquinoxalines, imidazoloquinoxalines, and rhenium complexes thereof

• Laura Holzhauer,
• Chloé Liagre,
• Olaf Fuhr,
• Nicole Jung and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1088–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.111

• investigated and the denitrogenative annulation towards imidazoloquinoxalines could be observed as a competing reaction depending on the alkyne concentration and the substitutions at the quinoxaline. Keywords: click reaction; CuAAC; denitrogenative annulation; imidazole; metal complexes; quinoxaline

• diversity of metal complexes incorporating 1,2,3-triazoles as ligands have been reported [16][17][18]. Triazole ligands with N-heterocycles such as Pyta (4-(2-pyridyl)-1,2,3-triazole) and related structures were employed to obtain novel metal complexes as catalysts [19][20] and imaging probes [21], as well

• -diisopropylethylamine; OLED, organic-light emitting diode; SCE, saturated calomel electrode; TADF, thermally activated delayed fluorescence; TEMPO, 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyloxyl; TIQ, triazoloimidazoquinoxaline. UV–vis absorption spectra of the obtained metal complexes (18 µM solutions) in acetonitrile at 20 °C

Post-synthesis from Lewis acid–base interaction: an alternative way to generate light and harvest triplet excitons

• Hengjia Liu and
• Guohua Xie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 825–836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.83

• are fluorescent compounds. Based on the spin statistics, the fluorescent emitters can only use singlet excitons for light generation [5]. In contrast, phosphorescent materials based on metal complexes could achieve a high internal quantum efficiency (IQE) up to 100% through intersystem crossing (ISC

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

• Conrad Kuhwald,
• Sibel Türkhan and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

• reaction. Reactions with soluble metal complexes or metal nanoparticles, utilized in transition-metal catalysis, are often avoided, especially if the metal contamination in the product exceeds certain limits. This is particularly true for the pharmaceutical industry. A continuous flow protocol for

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

• (Scheme 24). Tang and co-workers described the synthesis of thiosemicarbazone 80 from menadione (10) through a condensation reaction with thiosemicarbazide (79), which was used as a ligand in the synthesis of metal complexes using different transition metals, in refluxing ethanol (Scheme 25) [125