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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

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  • -step ynamide annulation and imidazolium ring-formation sequence. Metalation with Au(I), Cu(I) and Ir(I) at the C2 position provides an L-shaped NHC ligand scaffold that has been validated in gold-catalysed alkyne hydration and arylative cyclisation reactions. Keywords: annulation; carbene; gold
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Published 18 Mar 2024

(E,Z)-1,1,1,4,4,4-Hexafluorobut-2-enes: hydrofluoroolefins halogenation/dehydrohalogenation cascade to reach new fluorinated allene

  • Nataliia V. Kirij,
  • Andrey A. Filatov,
  • Yurii L. Yagupolskii,
  • Sheng Peng and
  • Lee Sprague

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 452–459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.40

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  • important synthons, which are widely used in agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals and other fields [24][25][26]. Fluoroorganic lithium and Grignard reagents have been obtained by the metalation reactions of organofluorine compounds containing bromine and iodine atoms with alkyllithium and Grignard reagents
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Published 27 Feb 2024

Mono or double Pd-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization for the annulative π-extension of 1,8-dibromonaphthalene: a one pot access to fluoranthene derivatives

  • Nahed Ketata,
  • Linhao Liu,
  • Ridha Ben Salem and
  • Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 427–435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.37

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  • (Table 1, entries 14–16). The decisive influence of the base for this reaction is probably due to a concerted metalation–deprotonation mechanism [27][28][29][30]. Then, the scope of the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation for access to fluoranthenes was investigated (Scheme 2). The first step of the catalytic
  • cycle involves the oxidative addition of 1,8-dibromonaphthalene. Then, a concerted metalation–deprotonation of the arene, which usually occurs at the ortho-position of an activating group such as a fluorine or a chlorine atom, followed by reductive elimination, gives the corresponding intermediate 1
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Published 23 Feb 2024

Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins

  • Maksym Matviyishyn and
  • Bartosz Szyszko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120

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  • attraction between the two parts. Boitrel developed a crown ether-double-capped zinc(II) porphyrin 11 (Figure 9) [42]. The tritopic receptor incorporated symmetrically positioned diaza-crown-6 units above and below the central porphyrin core. The metalation of the tetrakis(o-aminophenyl)porphyrin (TAPP) core
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Published 27 Oct 2023

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

  • Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
  • Alicia Bauduin,
  • Chloé Le Roux,
  • Romain Fouinneteau,
  • Wilfried Berthe,
  • Mathieu Berchel,
  • Hélène Couthon and
  • Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

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  • polyunsaturated analogues, the reaction started with the metalation of tert-butyl methyl ether according to the conditions reported by Corey and Eckrich [140], followed by the nucleophilic addition on unsaturated or polyunsaturated aldehyde to produce, as an example, 31.5. Then, the alkylation of the secondary
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Published 08 Sep 2023

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

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  • , displaying broad substrate scope and high yields (Scheme 20c). Based on literature reports and experimental studies, a possible mechanism (Scheme 20d) was proposed in which coordination of the DG 102 to the rhodium cationic species followed by ortho-metalation and migratory insertion of 103 into the Rh–C
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Published 12 Jun 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

  • Austin Pounder,
  • Eric Neufeld,
  • Peter Myler and
  • William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

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Published 24 Apr 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

  • Louis Monsigny,
  • Floriane Doche and
  • Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

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  • C(sp2)–H bond activation involving a concerted metalation–deprotonation pathway affords the metallacycle K. After an oxidative addition in the N-SCF3 bond of the Munavalli reagent V, the palladium(IV) species L is obtained. Finally, the reductive elimination affords the product and regenerates the
  • isolated in 70% yield. Mechanistic studies indicated that the C–H bond activation event was the rate-limiting step and the authors suggested a similar mechanism to the one depicted in Scheme 20: formation of a palladacycle thanks to a concerted metalation deprotonation (CMD) process followed by oxidation
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Published 17 Apr 2023

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

  • Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

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  • °C [34] (Scheme 8). Further, nickel derivatives 44b–48b were also obtained from their zinc analogues by demetallation with concentrated HCl and metalation with nickel acetate. The preliminary photophysical results revealed a significant intramolecular energy transfer between the porphyrin core and
  • porphyrin 126 was accomplished in four steps as shown in Scheme 24. First, porphyrin 123 was obtained by zinc metalation of the free-base porphyrin 122 using zinc acetate in a chloroform-methanol mixture. Further, the azide–alkyne click reaction between porphyrin 123 and 6-azido-6-deoxy-PM-β-CD 124 in the
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Published 22 Mar 2023

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

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  • blocks with respect to their homologous counterparts. This is mainly due to their problematic metalation reactions (Scheme 2). Many ‘olane-type’ saturated heterocycles do not afford stable metalated species [12][13][14][15]. The most well-known example of this is tetrahydrofuran, which decomposes in a
  • highly reactive electrophiles. The homologous 1,4-dithianes or 1,4-dioxanes are readily available as simple building blocks, but also undergo a swift β-elimination following the metalation of one of their ring carbons, again limiting their appeal as building blocks [16][17]. In his landmark synthesis of
  • acetylacetone (19, Scheme 5c) [39]. As mentioned in the Introduction, the metalation of 1,4-dithianes is quite problematic [12][16]. In the unsaturated 1,4-dithiin series, however, the metalation of the cyclic vinyl-1,2-disulfide moiety is somewhat more feasible. Even though linear vinyl-1,2-disulfides such as
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Published 02 Feb 2023

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

  • Jiaxi Xu

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

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  • hindrance of the N-alkyl group, although several regio- and diastereoisomers were generated in the reactions (Scheme 22) [19]. They further investigated the influences of the time of metalation, the concentration of base, cosolvents (additives), and the time of contact with the electrophiles on the regio
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Published 22 Jul 2022

Synthesis of sulfur karrikin bioisosteres as potential neuroprotectives

  • Martin Pošta,
  • Václav Zima,
  • Lenka Poštová Slavětínská,
  • Marika Matoušová and
  • Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 549–554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.57

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  • compounds 8, 20 and 21 albeit in low yields. Due to the extremely low isolated yield of compounds 20 and 21, we looked for an alternative more efficient procedure. In 2008 Sun et al. [32] described a method of karrikin alkylation in position 7 via direct metalation with lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide
  • (LiHMDS), followed by the addition of an alkyl halide. Application of this method to 8 provided the target molecule 21 in good yield (Scheme 4). It has to be mentioned that the metalation proceeds exclusively at C7, and thus cannot be used for the preparation of 20 via alkylation at C5. Our attempt to
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Published 16 May 2022

Efficient N-arylation of 4-chloroquinazolines en route to novel 4-anilinoquinazolines as potential anticancer agents

  • Rodolfo H. V. Nishimura,
  • Thiago dos Santos,
  • Valter E. Murie,
  • Luciana C. Furtado,
  • Leticia V. Costa-Lotufo and
  • Giuliano C. Clososki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2968–2975, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.206

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  • of the anticancer agent verubulin. Thus, after regioselective 4-chloroquinazoline metalation by an in situ trapping metalation strategy, reaction quenching with iodine allowed us to isolate 4-chloro-8-iodoquinazoline in 83% yield. Surprisingly, further reaction of 4-chloro-8-iodoquinazoline with 4
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Published 22 Dec 2021

Synthesis of highly substituted fluorenones via metal-free TBHP-promoted oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls. Application to the total synthesis of nobilone

  • Ilya A. P. Jourjine,
  • Lukas Zeisel,
  • Jürgen Krauß and
  • Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2668–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.181

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  • activated derivatives (intramolecular Friedel–Crafts acylation) [29][30][31] found wide application here. In a different approach, a total synthesis of dengibsin (1a) was accomplished by Wang and Snieckus in 15 steps by means of a directed remote metalation [32], using a benzamide residue as the directing
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Copper-catalyzed monoselective C–H amination of ferrocenes with alkylamines

  • Zhen-Sheng Jia,
  • Qiang Yue,
  • Ya Li,
  • Xue-Tao Xu,
  • Kun Zhang and
  • Bing-Feng Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2488–2495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.165

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  • development of efficient methods to access multifunctional ferrocenes has attracted tremendous attention. Conventionally, functionalized ferrocenes were derived via electrophilic aromatic substitution mediated by strong Lewis acids or direct metalation using strong bases, such as alkyllithium reagents [3][9
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Published 28 Sep 2021

Advances in mercury(II)-salt-mediated cyclization reactions of unsaturated bonds

  • Sumana Mandal,
  • Raju D. Chaudhari and
  • Goutam Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2348–2376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.153

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  • -metalation followed by a regioselective mercuri-cyclization reaction (Scheme 60). During the total syntheses of (±)-fastigilin C and (–)-fastigilin C (201), 2 equiv of Hg(TFA)2 were used to synthesize key intermediate tricyclic furan compounds 199, 200, and 203. Hg(TFA)2 helped in the desired ring-formation
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Published 09 Sep 2021

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

  • Renato L. Carvalho,
  • Amanda S. de Miranda,
  • Mateus P. Nunes,
  • Roberto S. Gomes,
  • Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
  • Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

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  • organometallic chemistry and catalysis [128]. The first example of a stoichiometric manganese-mediated C–H activation, reported by Stone, Bruce, and co-workers (1970) [129], was an ortho-metalation in azobenzenes. In recent years, with the expansion of the C–H activation field, manganese catalysts have been
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Published 30 Jul 2021

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

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

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

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  • . Later, carboxylate-ligand-assisted C–H bond activation takes place through a concerted metalation–deprotonation transformation to produce the next intermediate. Finally, the corresponding product 142 is formed by a reductive elimination process, along with the regeneration of the active catalytic
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Published 13 Jul 2021

Copper-mediated oxidative C−H/N−H activations with alkynes by removable hydrazides

  • Feng Xiong,
  • Bo Li,
  • Chenrui Yang,
  • Liang Zou,
  • Wenbo Ma,
  • Linghui Gu,
  • Ruhuai Mei and
  • Lutz Ackermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1591–1599, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.113

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  • in terms of a concerted metalation deprotonation (CMD) mechanism [50]. Interestingly, electron-rich alkyne 2f displayed a higher reactivity in the copper-promoted C−H activations as compared to the electron-poor analog 2h (Scheme 4b). A significant H/D scrambling was not detected in the ortho
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One-step synthesis of imidazoles from Asmic (anisylsulfanylmethyl isocyanide)

  • Louis G. Mueller,
  • Allen Chao,
  • Embarek AlWedi and
  • Fraser F. Fleming

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1499–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.106

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  • 3 that readily cyclizes to afford imidazole 4 (Scheme 1). The excellent efficiency is somewhat countered by requiring isocyanides that are readily deprotonated; metalation of alkylisocyanides is challenging except for methyl isocyanide which is why most isocyanides employed in accessing imidazoles
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Published 24 Jun 2021

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

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  • variety of the Prins-cyclized products. The allyl metalation, followed by intramolecular Sakurai cyclization (IMSC) provides an efficient route to a variety of tetrahydropyran derivatives, as described by Marko and Leroy [68][69]. In these approaches, an initial ene reaction between an aldehyde 139 and
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Published 29 Apr 2021

Synthesis of N-perfluoroalkyl-3,4-disubstituted pyrroles by rhodium-catalyzed transannulation of N-fluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with terminal alkynes

  • Olga Bakhanovich,
  • Viktor Khutorianskyi,
  • Vladimir Motornov and
  • Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 504–510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.44

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  • of pyrroles to the 3,4-disubstituted derivatives is challenging because an electrophilic aromatic substitution of pyrroles or the metalation of N-substituted pyrroles and the subsequent reaction with electrophiles take place in position two of the ring [6][7]. Recently, N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles
  • than the nitrile group and again the 3,4-disubstituted pyrrole 4 regioisomer dominated over the 2,4-disubstitued pyrrole 4’ (Scheme 4). To demonstrate the compatibility of the formed N-perfluoroalkylpyrroles with the conditions of pyrrole derivatization by metalation in position two and reaction with
  • , agrochemicals, and functional materials. Transformation of N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles to pyrroles via metal iminocarbenes. Transannulation of triazoles 2 with phenylacetylene. Transannulation of N-perfluoroalkyl-1,2,3-triazoles with aliphatic alkynes. Reaction of 1a with hex-5-ynenitrile. Metalation and
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Published 18 Feb 2021

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

  • Shakeel Alvi and
  • Rashid Ali

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

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  • ) complex 123 as an endo-coordinated complex at the concave side. The complex 123a was prepared through the metalation of sumanene involving ligand exchange with a cyclopentadienyl (Cp) group of ferrocene by heating in the presence of Al powder and AlCl3 under solvent-free conditions followed by a counter
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Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents

  • Paola Vitale,
  • Luciana Cicco,
  • Ilaria Cellamare,
  • Filippo M. Perna,
  • Antonio Salomone and
  • Vito Capriati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158

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  • ], (c) carbon–sulfur bond-forming reactions [9], (d) directed ortho-metalation and nucleophilic acyl substitution strategies [10], (e) Pd-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of aryl iodides, Suzuki–Miyaura and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions [11][12][13], (f) Cu-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions [14], and
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When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

  • Lucas Guillemard and
  • Joanna Wencel-Delord

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147

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  • undergoes cyclometalation via a concerted metalation–deprotonation (CMD) process furnishing a cyclometalated intermediate. Thereafter, coordination and subsequent insertion of the alkyne into the Co–C bond delivers a seven-membered cobaltacycle. The desired coupling product is then liberated by reductive
  • et al., allowing the synthesis of N-heterocycles such as indoles and pyrroles. The targeted heterocyclic products were obtained by cyclization of acetanilides with alkyne derivatives via a direct ortho-metalation pathway (Figure 17) [79]. Acetyl substituents acted as DG in this transformation
  • heterocyclic compounds in decreased yields. Once again, the use of Ru-based photocatalyst in combination with molecular oxygen as a terminal oxidant was crucial in this cyclization/C–H functionalization pathway (Figure 18). The classical C–H activation cycle involves an initial amide-directed ortho-metalation
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