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Skeletal rearrangement of 6,8-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols promoted by thionyl chloride or Appel conditions
- Martyn Jevric,
- Julian Klepp,
- Johannes Puschnig,
- Oscar Lamb,
- Christopher J. Sumby and
- Ben W. Greatrex
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 823–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.74
- the exo-face. This process was used to prepare the known compounds 10a–c, and the novel materials 10d–f [9]. Thus, the reaction of o-dibromoxylene with cyrene gave the alcohol 10d in 71% yield over two-steps through the spirocyclic ketone 9d. Alkylation of 2 with methyl iodide gave an inseparable
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Figure 1: Previous work on migration reactions in 6,8-dioxabicyclooctan-4-ols [18].
Scheme 1: Structures for 10a–c, preparation of 10d–f, and X-ray structure of 10e.
Scheme 2: Rearrangement reactions for 10a–f promoted by SOCl2.
Scheme 3: Reactions of allylic alcohols 15 and 18 with SOCl2.
Scheme 4: Appel reactions of dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-4-ols 10a,e,f and 15.
Scheme 5: Some transformations for the skeletal rearrangement products 11a and 12a and X-ray structure for 24....
Figure 2: Mechanism for the rearrangement of 10, and Newman projection and the X-ray structure of 10d project...
Facile access to pyridinium-based bent aromatic amphiphiles: nonionic surface modification of nanocarbons in water
- Lorenzo Catti,
- Shinji Aoyama and
- Michito Yoshizawa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 32–40, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.5
- methyl iodide yielding PA-CH3’, followed by ion exchange using an exchange resin to provide PA-CH3 as a yellow solid (74% yield over 2 steps; Figure 2a). Despite its large aromatic framework with a monocationic core, PA-CH3 was found to be soluble in water up to ≈0.9 mM. Using similar procedures
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Figure 1: a) Previous methods for the water-solubilization and modification of nanocarbons (NCs). b) Bent aro...
Figure 2: a) Synthetic route toward prePA and PA-CH3, including the optimized structure (DFT) of PA-CH3. b) S...
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectra (500 MHz, rt, 0.5 mM and 1.0 mM based on PA-CH3 and PA-OCH3, respectively, TMS in CD...
Figure 4: a) General protocol for the noncovalent encircling of C60 and s-CNT by PA-R. b) UV–visible spectra ...
Figure 5: 1H NMR spectra (500 MHz, D2O, rt, 0.5 mM based on PA-Im) of (PA-Im)n·(C60)m a) before and b) after ...
Figure 6: a) Protocol for the noncovalent encircling of g-C3N4 by PA-OCH3 and subsequent deposit of g-C3N4 on...
Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence
- Nadia Ledermann,
- Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99
- 100 °C (oil bath) for 15 min. After cooling to room temperature, N-iodosuccinimide (3, 338 mg, 1.50 mmol) and DMSO (1.00 mL) were added and the mixture stirred at room temperature for a further 2 to 5 h (monitored by TLC). Then, methyl iodide (4a, 639 mg, 4.50 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture
- temperature, NIS (338 mg, 1.50 mmol) and 1.00 mL DMSO were added. After complete conversion (via TLC control), methyl iodide (639 mg, 4.50 mmol) was added and also stirred at room temperature for 5 min. Water was added to the mixture and the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined
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Scheme 1: Consecutive alkynylation–cyclization–alkylation three-component synthesis and conception of a conse...
Scheme 2: Consecutive alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation four-component synthesis of trisubstitut...
Scheme 3: Consecutive double alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation pseudo-five-component synthesis o...
Scheme 4: Suzuki coupling of 3-iodoindole 5a with arylboronic acids 7 to give 1,2,3-trisubstituted indoles 8.
Figure 1: A: Absorption and emission spectra of 1-methyl-2-phenyl-3-(p-tolyl)-1H-indole (8b), recorded in dic...
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
- ) [107]. The synthesis starts from the lipid alcohol 19.1 which was deprotonated and alkylated with a mesylamine to produce 19.2. Then, the formation of the ammonium by reaction with methyl iodide followed by the deprotection of the benzyl protecting group under acidic conditions and the acetylation
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines via Pictet–Spengler reaction
- Elena Y. Mendogralo and
- Maxim G. Uchuskin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 991–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.74
- methyl iodide (Scheme 5). Conclusion In conclusion, we have developed a semi-one-pot method for the synthesis of 2,3-annulated furans based on the Pictet–Spengler reaction. This method provides a shortcut to 4-substituted tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines in reasonable yields starting from readily available
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Figure 1: Examples of natural and bioactive hydrogenated furo[3,2-c]pyridines.
Scheme 1: The described approaches to tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines and our work.
Scheme 2: The synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines 4. Conditions: athe reaction was performed at 1 mmo...
Scheme 3: The acid-catalyzed reversible transformation of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridine 4a and 3-(2-oxopropyl...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of tetrahydropyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridine 6a.
Scheme 5: Reactivity of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridine 4a.
Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine
- Alessio Regni,
- Francesca Bartoccini and
- Giovanni Piersanti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70
- demonstrated by the formal total synthesis of (±)-6,7-secoagroclavine (Scheme 4) [108][109][110][111][112][113][114]. Towards this end, compound 11 was methylated efficiently and selectively at the secondary amide by treatment with methyl iodide in DMF to afford compound 13. In additional two steps
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Figure 1: (a) Transformations of DMAT to different classes of ergot alkaloids. (b) and (c) Strategies for the...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compound 5.
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization of 5.
Figure 2: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of tryptophan derivatives 8 and 10.
Figure 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 4: Methylation of 11 and the formal total synthesis of (±)-6,7-secoagroclavine.
Synthesis of substituted 8H-benzo[h]pyrano[2,3-f]quinazolin-8-ones via photochemical 6π-electrocyclization of pyrimidines containing an allomaltol fragment
- Constantine V. Milyutin,
- Andrey N. Komogortsev,
- Boris V. Lichitsky,
- Mikhail E. Minyaev and
- Valeriya G. Melekhina
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 778–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.58
- results, we started the photochemistry study of the considered pyrimidines from the corresponding methylated derivatives of 9. The products 10 were obtained by alkylation of compounds 9 with methyl iodide in DMF in the presence of K2CO3 (Scheme 4). At first, the photochemical behavior was investigated for
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Scheme 1: Photochemical behavior of terarylenes containing an allomaltol fragment.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of starting compounds 9. Reaction conditions: 13 (1 mmol), NH2CN (14, 3 mmol, 0.13 g), Et...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for the formation of compounds 9.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of methylated derivatives 10. Reaction conditions: 9 (1 mmol), MeI (3 mmol, 0.43 g), K2CO3...
Figure 1: 1H NMR monitoring of the photoreaction of compound 10a under UV irradiation (365 nm) in DMSO-d6 sol...
Figure 2: The crystal structure of compound 11a (one of two polymorph modifications; p = 50%), CCDC 2248033.
Scheme 5: Photochemical synthesis of compounds 11 and 12.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the studied photoreaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of compounds 11g–j starting from pyrimidines 9. Reaction conditions: 9 (0.5 mmol), DMF (1...
Figure 3: One of crystallographically unique molecules of 11g (p = 50%), CCDC 2248035.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of photoproducts 12. Reaction conditions: method A) 10 (0.5 mmol), DMF (15 mL) irradiatio...
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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Figure 1: Ring-strain energies of homobicyclic and heterobicyclic alkenes in kcal mol−1. a) [2.2.1]-Bicyclic ...
Figure 2: a) Exo and endo face descriptions of bicyclic alkenes. b) Reactivity comparisons for different β-at...
Scheme 1: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyl propiolates 2 ...
Scheme 2: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 8 with β-iodo-(Z)-propenoat...
Scheme 3: Ni-catalyzed two- and three-component difunctionalizations of norbornene derivatives 15 with alkyne...
Scheme 4: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component difunctionalization of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyn...
Scheme 5: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component carboacylation of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 6: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 31 with heterobicyclic alkene...
Scheme 7: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of α-amino radicals with heterobicyclic alkenes 30.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed rearrangement/allylic alkylation of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes 47 with Grignard r...
Scheme 9: Cu-catalyzed aminoboration of bicyclic alkenes 1 with bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) (53) and O-be...
Scheme 10: Cu-catalyzed borylalkynylation of oxabenzonorbornadiene (30b) with B2pin2 (53) and bromoalkynes 62.
Scheme 11: Cu-catalyzed borylacylation of bicyclic alkenes 1.
Scheme 12: Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective 1,2-difunctionalization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 for the synthe...
Scheme 13: Fe-catalyzed carbozincation of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with arylzinc reagents 74.
Scheme 14: Co-catalyzed addition of arylzinc reagents of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 15: Co-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes 30 via C–H activation of arenes.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation/ring-opening/dehydration domino reaction of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 w...
Scheme 17: Co-catalyzed enantioselective carboamination of bicyclic alkenes 1 via C–H functionalization.
Scheme 18: Ru-catalyzed cyclization of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives with propargylic alcohols for the synthe...
Scheme 19: Ru-catalyzed coupling of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives 30 with propargylic alcohols and ethers 106...
Scheme 20: Ru-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes via the C–H activation of anilides.
Scheme 21: Ru-catalyzed of azabenzonorbornadiene derivatives with arylamides.
Scheme 22: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with arylboronate esters 118.
Scheme 23: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with dienyl- and heteroaromatic boronate esters.
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed domino lactonization of doubly bridgehead-substituted oxabicyclic alkenes with seconda...
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed domino carboannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes with 2-cyanophenylboronic acid and 2-f...
Scheme 26: Rh-catalyzed synthesis of oxazolidinone scaffolds 147 through a domino ARO/cyclization of oxabicycl...
Scheme 27: Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling of salicylaldehyde derivatives 151 with diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed reaction of O-acetyl ketoximes with bicyclic alkenes for the synthesis of isoquinoline...
Scheme 29: Rh-catalyzed domino coupling reaction of 2-phenylpyridines 165 with oxa- and azabicyclic alkenes 30....
Scheme 30: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with N-sulfonyl 2-aminob...
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with arylphosphine deriv...
Scheme 32: Rh-catalyzed domino ring-opening coupling reaction of azaspirotricyclic alkenes using arylboronic a...
Scheme 33: Tandem Rh(III)/Sc(III)-catalyzed domino reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with alkynols 184 dir...
Scheme 34: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric domino cyclization and addition reaction of 1,6-enynes 194 and oxa/azabenzo...
Scheme 35: Rh/Zn-catalyzed domino ARO/cyclization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with phosphorus ylides 201.
Scheme 36: Rh-catalyzed domino ring opening/lactonization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with 2-nitrobenzenesulf...
Scheme 37: Rh-catalyzed domino C–C/C–N bond formation of azabenzonorbornadienes 30 with aryl-2H-indazoles 210.
Scheme 38: Rh/Pd-catalyzed domino synthesis of indole derivatives with 2-(phenylethynyl)anilines 212 and oxabe...
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed domino carborhodation of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with B2pin2 (53).
Scheme 40: Rh-catalyzed three-component 1,2-carboamidation reaction of bicyclic alkenes 30 with aromatic and h...
Scheme 41: Pd-catalyzed diarylation and dialkenylation reactions of norbornene derivatives.
Scheme 42: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 43: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of norbornene and DFT mechanistic study.
Scheme 44: Pd-catalyzed three-component coupling N-tosylhydrazones 236, aryl halides 66, and norbornene (15a).
Scheme 45: Pd-catalyzed arylboration and allylboration of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 46: Pd-catalyzed, three-component annulation of aryl iodides 66, alkenyl bromides 241, and bicyclic alk...
Scheme 47: Pd-catalyzed double insertion/annulation reaction for synthesizing tetrasubstituted olefins.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed aminocyclopropanation of bicyclic alkenes 1 with 5-iodopent-4-enylamine derivatives 249...
Scheme 49: Pd-catalyzed, three-component coupling of alkynyl bromides 62 and norbornene derivatives 15 with el...
Scheme 50: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization/ring-opening reaction of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with 2-i...
Scheme 51: Pd-catalyzed dimer- and trimerization of oxabenzonorbornadiene derivatives 30 with anhydrides 268.
Scheme 52: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene 15b yielding fused xa...
Scheme 53: Pd-catalyzed hydroarylation and heteroannulation of urea-derived bicyclic alkenes 158 and aryl iodi...
Scheme 54: Access to fused 8-membered sulfoximine heterocycles 284/285 via Pd-catalyzed Catellani annulation c...
Scheme 55: Pd-catalyzed 2,2-bifunctionalization of bicyclic alkenes 1 generating spirobicyclic xanthone deriva...
Scheme 56: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene (15b) producing subst...
Scheme 57: Pd-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] annulation furnishing bicyclic-fused indanes 281 and 283.
Scheme 58: Pd-catalyzed ring-opening/ring-closing cascade of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 59: Pd-NHC-catalyzed cyclopentannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 60: Pd-catalyzed annulation cascade generating diazabicyclic-fused indanones 292 and indanols 294.
Scheme 61: Pd-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement of spirotricyclic alkenes 176 towards large polycyclic benzofur...
Scheme 62: Pd-catalyzed oxidative annulation of aromatic enamides 298 and diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 63: Accessing 3,4,5-trisubstituted cyclopentenes 300, 301, 302 via the Pd-catalyzed domino reaction of ...
Scheme 64: Palladacycle-catalyzed ring-expansion/cyclization domino reactions of terminal alkynes and bicyclic...
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed carboesterification of norbornene (15a) with alkynes, furnishing α-methylene γ-lactone...
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
- ]. At 0 °C, attempts to generate the ‘ortho-lithiated’ dithiins resulted in quantitative ring opening, giving the dimethylated derivative 22 as the sole product (Scheme 6b). The lithiated 1,4-dithiins are also not stable at −70 °C in diethyl ether, and cannot be alkylated using methyl iodide. With a
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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.
Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-based dimers with selectively methylated rims and their use for solubilization of tetracene
- Konstantin Lebedinskiy,
- Volodymyr Lobaz and
- Jindřich Jindřich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1596–1606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.170
- undermethylated products regardless of the reaction time or the amount of methyl iodide added. In the literature [25], this problem is solved by using methyltriphenylphosphine bromide as a phase-transfer catalyst, and it has also worked in our reaction. Refluxing in NH4F methanol solution was chosen to cleave the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The synthesis of 6A-azido-6A-deoxy-per-6-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-β-cyclodextrin.
Scheme 2: The synthesis of β-cyclodextrin dimers with permethylated secondary rims.
Scheme 3: The synthesis of β-cyclodextrin dimers with permethylated primary rims.
Figure 1: The fragments of 1H NOESY NMR spectra of 4 (a), 10 (b), and 9 (c) indicating the interaction betwee...
Figure 2: The fragment of the 1H NMR spectrum of compounds 9 (green); 10 (red); 12 (blue) representing the si...
Figure 3: Other cyclodextrins that were used in the solubilization experiments with tetracene.
Figure 4: The tetracene UV absorbance dependence on concentration at 476 nm.
Figure 5: The relative concentrations of tetracene in DMSO solutions with hosts 4, 5, 10, 12, 13–18 referred ...
Figure 6: "Tail-to-tail" (a) and "head-to-head" (b) orientation of two cyclodextrin moieties and primary-rim ...
Figure 7: Isotherms of the titration of tetracene with "dimeric" CD solutions in DMSO at 298 K (circles – 10;...
Figure 8: Isotherms of the titration of tetracene with "monomeric" CD solutions in DMSO at 298 K (circles – 16...
Modular synthesis of 2-furyl carbinols from 3-benzyldimethylsilylfurfural platforms relying on oxygen-assisted C–Si bond functionalization
- Sebastien Curpanen,
- Per Reichert,
- Gabriele Lupidi,
- Giovanni Poli,
- Julie Oble and
- Alejandro Perez-Luna
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1256–1263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.131
- details). We also contemplated the use of alkyl iodides as electrophiles. Methylation with methyl iodide was efficient, as shown through the preparation of 28 in 61% yield from 4c. In contrast, higher alkyl iodides, such as ethyl iodide, failed to provide the alkylation product (i.e., 29) and only
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: C3–Si bond functionalization of biomass-derived 3-silylated furfural platforms.
Scheme 2: Preparation of 3-silylated 2-furyl carbinols.
Scheme 3: C–Si bond functionalization of 2,3-disubstituted furyl carbinols by 1,4-silyl migration.
Scheme 4: Attempts of C3–Si bond functionalization promoted by intramolecular activation via alkoxide.
Scheme 5: Alkoxide-promoted cyclic siloxane formation from 2-[(3-benzyldimethylsilyl)furyl] carbinol 4c.
Scheme 6: TBAF-promoted cyclic siloxane formation from 2-[(3-benzyldimethylsilyl)furyl] carbinol 4c.
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed arylation of 2-[(3-benzyldimethylsilyl)furyl] carbinol 4c.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed allylation and methylation of 2-[(3-benzyldimethylsilyl)furyl] carbinols. aCuI⋅PPh3 (1...
Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indoles and fluorescence studies of the products
- Nisha Devi and
- Virender Singh
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 926–934, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.92
- ʟ-tryptophan (1) was much faster than with the tryptophan ester, taking only 45 minutes to complete. Interestingly, KMnO4 oxidation was selective, with no decarboxylation seen. Within 15 minutes, further treatment of 3a–e with methyl iodide in the presence of K2CO3 provided the corresponding methyl
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Few examples of β-carboline-based drugs and bioactive natural products.
Figure 2: 1/3-Formyl-9H-β-carboline: new synthons for the synthesis of β-carboline-fused and substituted fram...
Figure 3: A summary of previous reports toward exploration of 3-formyl-9H-β-carbolines.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 3-formyl-9H-pyrido[3,4-b]indole derivatives.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of C-3 substituted pyrido[3,4-b]indole MBH derivatives (7 and 8).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of C-3 substituted pyrido[3,4-b]indole MBH derivatives 10.
Figure 4: Library of C-3-substituted pyrido[3,4-b]indole MBH derivatives 7, 8 and 10.
Figure 5: Results of optimization for fluorescence studies: a) contact time; b) concentration; c) solvent.
Figure 6: Pictorial representation of structure–fluorescence activity relationship of C-3 substituted pyrido[...
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
- diphenyl-N-benzyl-N-methylphosphinamide (107) in the presence of sec-butyllithium followed by treatment with methanol, deuterium oxide, methyl iodide, and benzaldehyde, affording a series of cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams 108–112 in low regio- and stereoselectivies (Scheme 21) [46]. They further
- intramolecular nucleophilic dearomatization and protonation or electrophilic alkylation reactions, affording the corresponding dihydronaphthylene-fused γ-phosphinolactams 135–142. Methanol was used as the electrophile for protonation, while methyl iodide and allyl bromide were used as electrophiles for
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxide derivatives.
Figure 2: Diverse synthetic strategies for the preparation of 1,2-azaphospholidine and 1,2-azaphospholine 2-o...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-phenyl-2-phenylamino-γ-phosphonolactam (2) from N,N’-diphenyl 3-chloropropylphosphon...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 2-ethoxy-1-methyl-γ-phosphonolactam (6) from ethyl N-methyl-(3-bromopropyl)phosphonami...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-aryl-1-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphole 1-oxides 13 from N-aryl-2-chlorom...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphole 1-oxides from alkylarylphosphinyl or diarylphosph...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 3-arylmethylidene-2,3-dihydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphole 1-oxides via the TBAF-mediated ...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 2-hydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphol-3-one 1-oxides via the metal-free intramolecular oxida...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxides 42 and 44 from ethyl/benzyl 2-bromobenzy...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of azaphospholidine 2-oxides/sulfide from 1,2-oxaphospholane 2-oxides/sulfides and 1,2-th...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxides/sulfides from 2-aminobenzyl(phenyl)phosp...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-sulfide (59) from zwitterionic 2-aminobenzyl(ph...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxides from 2-aminobenzyl(methyl/phenyl)phosphi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of ethyl 2-methyl-1,2-azaphospholidine-5-carboxylate 2-oxide 69 from 2-amino-4-(hydroxy(m...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 2-methoxy-1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxide 71 from dimethyl 2-(methylamino...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of tricyclic γ-phosphonolactams via formation of the P–C bond.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of γ-phosphonolactams 85 from ethyl 2-(3-chloropropyl)aminoalkanoates with diethyl chloro...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of N-phosphoryl- and N-thiophosphoryl-1,2-azaphospholidine 2-oxides 90/2-sulfides 91 from...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1-methyl-1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxides 56a and 93 from P-(chloromethyl...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 2-allylamino-1,5-dihydro-1,2-azaphosphole 2-oxides from N,N’-diallyl-vinylphosphonodia...
Scheme 19: Diastereoselective synthesis of 2-allylamino-1,5-dihydro-1,2-azaphosphole 2-oxides from N,N’-dially...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 1-alkyl-3-benzoyl-2-ethoxy-1,3-dihydrobenzo[d][1,2]azaphosphole 2-oxides 106 from ethy...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from diphenyl-N-benzyl-N-methylphosphinamide (...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from diphenyl-N-alkyl-N-benzylphosphinamides.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from diphenyl-N-methyl-N-(1-phenylethyl)phosph...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of benzocyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from dinaphth-1-yl-N-alkyl-N-benzylphosph...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of benzocyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from dinaphth-1-yl-N-benzyl-N-methylphosp...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of carbonyl-containing benzocyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from dinaphth-1-yl-N-...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of benzocyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactams from dinaphthyl-N-benzyl-N-methylphosphin...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of cyclohexadiene-fused 1-(N-benzyl-N-methyl)amino-γ-phosphinolactams from aryl-N,N’-dibe...
Scheme 29: Synthesis of bis(cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactam)s from bis(diphenyl-N-benzylphosphinamide)s....
Scheme 30: Synthesis of bis(hydroxymethyl-derived cyclohexadiene-fused γ-phosphinolactam)s from tetramethylene...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 2-aryl/dimethylamino-1-ethoxy-2-hydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphol-3-one 1-oxides from ethy...
Scheme 32: Synthesis of ethyl 2-ethoxy-1,2-azaphospholidine-4-carboxylate 2-oxides from ethyl 2-((chloro(ethox...
Scheme 33: Synthesis of (1S,3R)-2-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyl)-3-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3-dihydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosp...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 2,3,3a,9a-tetrahydro-4H-1,2-azaphospholo[5,4-b]chromen-4-one (215) from 3-(phenylamino...
Scheme 35: Synthesis of quinoline-fused 1,2-azaphospholine 2-oxides from 2-azidoquinoline-3-carbaldehydes and ...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 1-hydro-1,2-azaphosphol-5-one 2-oxide from cyanoacetohydrazide with phosphonic acid an...
Scheme 37: Synthesis of chromene-fused 5-oxo-1,2-azaphospolidine 2-oxides.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of (R)-1-phenyl-2-((R)-1-phenylethyl)-2-hydrobenzo[c][1,2]azaphosphol-3-one 1-oxide (239)...
Scheme 39: Synthesis of dihydro[1,2]azaphosphole 1-oxides from aryl/vinyl-N-phenylphosphonamidates and aryl-N-...
Scheme 40: Synthesis of 1,3-dihydro-[1,2]azaphospholo[5,4-b]pyridine 2-oxides.
Double-headed nucleosides: Synthesis and applications
- Vineet Verma,
- Jyotirmoy Maity,
- Vipin K. Maikhuri,
- Ritika Sharma,
- Himal K. Ganguly and
- Ashok K. Prasad
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1392–1439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.98
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Double-headed nucleosides. B1 and B2 = nucleobases or heterocyclic/carbocyclic moieties; L = linker....
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2′-(pyrimidin-1-yl)methyl- or 2′-(purin-9-yl)methyl-substituted double-headed nucleosi...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 7 having two cytosine moieties.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 2′-deoxy-2′-C-(2-(thymine-1-yl)ethyl)-uridine (11).
Scheme 4: Double-headed nucleosides 14 and 15 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 19.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 24 and 25.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 28 and 29.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 33.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 37.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 1-(5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-C-((4-(pyren-1-yl)-1,2,...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of triazole-containing double-headed ribonucleosides 46a–c and 50a–e.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 54a–g.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 59 and 60.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 63 and 64.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 66a–c.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of benzoxazole-containing double-headed nucleosides 69 and 71 from 5′-amino-5′-deoxynucle...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 4′-C-((N6-benzoyladenin-9-yl)methyl)thymidine (75) and 4′-C-((thymin-1-yl)methyl)thymi...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 5′-(adenine-9-yl)-5′-deoxythymidine (79) and 5′-(adenine-9-y...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 85–87 via reversed nucleosides methodology.
Scheme 20: Double-headed nucleosides 91 and 92 derived from ω-terminal-acetylenic sugar derivatives 90a,b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 96a–g.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 100 and 103.
Scheme 23: Double-headed nucleosides 104 and 105 with a triazole motif.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 107 and 108.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 110 with additional nucleobase in 5′-(S)-C-position joined th...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 111–113 with additional nucleobases in the 5′-(S)-C-position...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 114 by click reaction.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 118 with an additional nucleobase at the 5′-(S)-C-position.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of bicyclic double-headed nucleoside 122.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 125a–c derived from 2′-amino-LNA.
Scheme 31: Double-headed nucleoside 127 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 130.
Scheme 33: Double-headed nucleosides 132a–d and 134a–d synthesized by Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 137 and 138 via Suzuki coupling.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 140 and 141 via Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 143.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 146.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 5-C-alkynyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 151a–d.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 5-C-triazolyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 154a, b.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 157a–c.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 159, phosphoramidite 160 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 42: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 163, phosphoramidite 164 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 167, phosphoramidite 168, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 171, phosphoramidite 172, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 175, phosphoramidite 176, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 178.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 181 and 183.
Scheme 48: Alternative synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 183.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 188 through thermal [2 + 3] sydnone–alkyne cycloaddition reac...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 190 and 191.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of 1-((5S)-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-5-(2,6-dichloropurin-9-yl)-β-ᴅ-xylopyranosyl)uracil (195).
Scheme 52: Synthesis of hexopyranosyl double-headed pyrimidine homonucleosides 200a–c.
Figure 2: 3′-C-Ethynyl-β-ᴅ-allopyranonucleoside derivatives 201a–f.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 203–207.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 208 and 209.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleoside 210.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2S,3R)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213a) ...
Scheme 57: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2R,3S)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213c) ...
Scheme 58: Synthesis of double-headed acetylated 1,3,4-oxadiazino[6,5-b]indolium-substituted C-nucleosides 218b...
Scheme 59: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleoside 222.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of functionalized 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)ethane-1,2-diols 223a–f.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of acyclic double-headed 1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indole C-nucleosides 226–231.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of double-headed 1,3,4-thiadiazoline, 1,3,4-oxadiazoline, and 1,2,4-triazoline acyclo C-n...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleosides 240–242.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleoside 246.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 250.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 253.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleosides 259a–d.
Scheme 68: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 261.
Beyond ribose and phosphate: Selected nucleic acid modifications for structure–function investigations and therapeutic applications
- Christopher Liczner,
- Kieran Duke,
- Gabrielle Juneau,
- Martin Egli and
- Christopher J. Wilds
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 908–931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.76
- ) (TIPDS) protected uridine, protection of N3 was needed in order to prevent methylation at this position (Scheme 4). The N3-benzoylated derivative could then be treated with methyl iodide in the presence of silver oxide in order to methylate the 2'-OH. A similar strategy was employed to synthesize 3',5'-O
- -TIPDS-N4-benzoyl-2'-O-methylcytidine. Next, 3',5'-O-TIPDS-N6-benzoyladenosine suffered from methylation at the nucleobase and thus, 6-chloro-9-β-ᴅ-ribofuranosylpurine was instead used as the starting material. Once TIPDS protected, the 2'-OH could, once again, be selectively methylated with methyl
- iodide and silver oxide. The protected adenine base was regenerated by treatment with ammonia followed by benzoylation. Once the methyl group was incorporated into these ribonucleosides, the TIPDS group was selectively removed by tetrabutylammonium fluoride (TBAF) or hydrochloric acid treatment, followed
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of the chemically modified oligonucleotides (A) N3' → P5' phosphoramidate linkage, (B) a...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of a N3' → P5' phosphoramidate linkage by solid-phase synthesis. (a) dichloroacetic acid;...
Figure 2: Crystal structures of (A) N3' → P5' phosphoramidate DNA (PDB ID 363D) [71] and (B) amide (AM1) RNA in c...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of a phosphorodithioate linkage by solid-phase synthesis. (a) detritylation; (b) tetrazol...
Figure 3: Close-up view of a key interaction between the PS2-modified antithrombin RNA aptamer and thrombin i...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the (S)-GNA thymine phosphoramidite from (S)-glycidyl 4,4'-dimethoxytrityl ether. (a) ...
Figure 4: Surface models of the crystal structures of RNA dodecamers with single (A) (S)-GNA-T (PDB ID 5V1L) [54]...
Figure 5: Structures of 2'-O-alkyl modifications. (A) 2'-O-methoxy RNA (2'-OMe RNA), (B) 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the 2'-OMe uridine from 3',5'-O-(tetraisopropyldisiloxane-1,3-diyl)uridine. (a) Benzoy...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the 2'-O-MOE uridine from uridine. (a) (PhO)2CO, NaHCO3, DMA, 100 °C; (b) Al(OCH2CH2OCH...
Figure 6: Structure of 2'-O-(2-methoxyethyl)-RNA (MOE-RNA). (A) View into the minor groove of an A-form DNA d...
Figure 7: Structures of locked nucleic acids (LNA)/bridged nucleic acids (BNA) modifications. (A) LNA/BNA, (B...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the uridine LNA phosphoramidite. (a) i) NaH, BnBr, DMF, ii) acetic anhydride, pyridine...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the 2'-fluoroarabinothymidine. (a) 30% HBr in acetic acid; (b) 2,4-bis-O-(trimethylsil...
Figure 8: Sugar puckers of arabinose (ANA) and arabinofluoro (FANA) nucleic acids compared with the puckers o...
Figure 9: Structures of C4'-modified nucleic acids. (A) 4'-methoxy, (B) 4'-(2-methoxyethoxy), (C) 2',4'-diflu...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of the 4'-F-rU phosphoramidite. (a) AgF, I2, dichloromethane, tetrahydrofuran; (b) NH3, m...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of the thymine FHNA phosphoramidite. (a) thymine, 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene, ace...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the thymine Ara-FHNA phosphoramidite. (a) i) trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride, pyrid...
Figure 10: Crystal structures of (A) FHNA and (B) Ara-FHNA in modified A-form DNA decamers (PDB IDs 3Q61 and 3...
Amino- and polyaminophthalazin-1(2H)-ones: synthesis, coordination properties, and biological activity
- Zbigniew Malinowski,
- Emilia Fornal,
- Agata Sumara,
- Renata Kontek,
- Karol Bukowski,
- Beata Pasternak,
- Dariusz Sroczyński,
- Joachim Kusz,
- Magdalena Małecka and
- Monika Nowak
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 558–568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.50
- In conclusion, we have demonstrated an efficient synthesis of 2-substituted (alkyl, aminoalkyl) 4-aminophthalazinones 5 and 6 via the direct bromination of phthalazin-1(2H)-one (1) with potassium tribromide, followed by the alkylation of 4-bromophthalazinone 2 with methyl iodide, isopropyl iodide or
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of biologically active phthalazine derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthetic route to aminophthalazinones 5 and 6.
Figure 2: Proposed catalytic cycles for the amination of 4-bromophthalazinones of type 3 (Phthal: phthalazino...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 4-amino- and 4-polyaminophthalazinones 5 and 6 (the yields refer to the isolated compo...
Figure 3: The phthalazinone derivatives that were used to test the complexation of Cu(II) ions.
Scheme 3: The proposal of the fragmentation pathway of the Cu(II) complex with compound 7.
Figure 4: Structure of complex 17.
Figure 5: Molecular structure of complex 17 with atom numbering scheme. The anisotropic displacement paramete...
Figure 6: Determination of relative cell viability (% of control) in different cell lines (HT-29; PC-3 and L-...
Figure 7: Cytotoxic properties of the phthalazinone derivatives expressed as IC50 after 72 h of cell treatmen...
Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins
- Bidyut Kumar Senapati
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7
- which was methylated using methyl iodide and lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) to produce (–)-81a in 84% yield. Desilylation of (–)-81a followed by tert-butyldimethylsilyl (TBS) protection of (–)-82a gave ester (+)-83. Compound (+)-83 was converted to (Z,Z)-(+)-84 by using iodination and a diimide
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The inthomycins A–C (1–3) and structurally closely related compounds.
Figure 2: Syntheses of inthomycins A–C (1–3).
Scheme 1: The first total synthesis of racemic inthomycin A (rac)-1 by Whiting.
Scheme 2: Moloney’s synthesis of the phenyl analogue of inthomycin C ((rac)-3).
Scheme 3: Moloney’s synthesis of phenyl analogues of inthomycins A (rac-1) and B (rac-2).
Scheme 4: The first total synthesis of inthomycin B (+)-2 by R. J. K. Taylor.
Scheme 5: R. J. K. Taylor’s total synthesis of racemic inthomycin A (rac)-1.
Scheme 6: The first total synthesis of inthomycin C ((+)-3) by R. J. K. Taylor.
Scheme 7: The first total synthesis of naturally occurring inthomycin C ((–)-3) by Ryu et al.
Scheme 8: Preparation of E,E-iododiene (+)-84 and Z,E- iododiene 85a.
Scheme 9: Hatakeyama’s total synthesis of inthomycin A (+)-1 and inthomycin B (+)-2.
Scheme 10: Hatakeyama’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((–)-3).
Scheme 11: Maulide’s formal synthesis of racemic inthomycin C ((rac)-3).
Scheme 12: Hale’s synthesis of dienylstannane (+)-69 and enyne (+)-82b intermediates.
Scheme 13: Hale’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((+)-3).
Scheme 14: Hale and Hatakeyama’s resynthesis of (3R)-inthomycin C (−)-3 Mosher esters.
Scheme 15: Reddy’s formal syntheses of inthomycin C (+)-3 and inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the cross-metathesis precursors (rac)-118 and 121.
Scheme 17: Donohoe’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 18: Synthesis of dienylboronic ester (E,E)-128.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the alkenyl iodides (Z)- and (E)-130.
Scheme 20: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin B ((+)-2).
Scheme 21: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin C ((−)-3).
Scheme 22: Burton’s total synthesis of inthomycin A ((+)-1).
Scheme 23: Synthesis of common intermediate (Z)-(+)-143a.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of (Z)-and (E)-selective fragments (+)-145a–c.
Scheme 25: Kim’s total synthesis of inthomycins A (+)-1 and B (+)-2.
Scheme 26: Completion of total synthesis of inthomycin C ((–)-3) by Kim.
Recent progress in the synthesis of homotropane alkaloids adaline, euphococcinine and N-methyleuphococcinine
- Dimas J. P. Lima,
- Antonio E. G. Santana,
- Michael A. Birkett and
- Ricardo S. Porto
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 28–41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.4
- ) in 95% yield after 18 h (Scheme 12). Hydroxylamine (±)-104 was hydrolyzed in the presence of aqueous hydrochloric acid, and the resulting nitrone was heated in toluene to yield the homotropane (±)-105 in 57% yield over two steps. (±)-105 was alkylated with excess methyl iodide to form the
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Figure 1: Homotropane (azabicyclononane) systems.
Figure 2: Alkaloids (−)-adaline (1), (+)-euphococcinine (2) and (+)-N-methyleuphococcinine (3).
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies before 1995.
Scheme 2: Synthesis (±)-adaline (1) and (±)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. dihydropyran, ...
Scheme 3: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) H2O2, SeO2 (cat), acetone, rt, 88%; i...
Scheme 4: Synthesis (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 2,4-bis(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1,3-dithia-2...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (±)-euphococcinine precursor (±)-42. Reagents and conditions: i) Bu3SnH, AIBN, toluene...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) LiH2NBH3, THF, 40 °C, 88%; ii) TPAP, NMO,...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1) and (−)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. BuLi, t-BuO...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) Ref. [52]; ii) Et3N, TBDMSOTf, CH2Cl2, 0 °C t...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (+)-euphococcinine (2). Reagents and conditions: i) 1. Cp2ZrCl2,AlMe3, CH2Cl2; 2. p-me...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of (−)-adaline 1. Reagents and conditions: i) 1. CuBr.DMS, Et2O/DMS, -42 ºC; 2. 1-heptyne...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of (−)-euphococcinine (2) and (−)-adaline (1). Reagents and conditions: i) 102, KHMDS, Et2...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of N-methyleuphococcinine 3. Reagents and conditions: i) 108 (1.5 equiv), 3,5-di-F-C6H3B(...
Access to highly substituted oxazoles by the reaction of α-azidochalcone with potassium thiocyanate
- Mysore Bhyrappa Harisha,
- Pandi Dhanalakshmi,
- Rajendran Suresh,
- Raju Ranjith Kumar and
- Shanmugam Muthusubramanian
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2108–2118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.178
- also obtained from 3m. S-Methylation of 3m was achieved in 91% yield with methyl iodide in the presence of NaH/THF and the S-benzylation has been carried out by a similar procedure (Scheme 5). To derive the mechanism of the reaction, a few control experiments have been executed (Scheme 6). Initially
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Figure 1: Examples of biologically active oxazole and aminothiazole scaffolds.
Scheme 1: Strategies for the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole from azirine. a) I2, PPh3; b) NaH, 1H-...
Scheme 2: Scope of the α-azidochalcones. The reactions were carried out at reflux temperature, using 1 (1 mmo...
Scheme 3: Large-scale synthesis of 3i.
Figure 2: Large-scale synthesis of 3i. a) At the start of the reaction, b) after the reaction.
Scheme 4: Acetyl derivative of 3d.
Figure 3: ORTEP diagram of compound 5.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of S-methyl/benzylated products 6 and 7.
Scheme 6: Control experiments.
Scheme 7: Plausible mechanism proposed for the formation of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles 3.
Scheme 8: Reaction of vinyl azide 1 and 3 with ferric nitrate. Reactions were carried out at reflux temperatu...
Figure 4: X-ray crystal structure of 4h.
Stereoselective Biginelli-like reaction catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid bearing two hydroxy groups
- Xiaoyun Hu,
- Jianxin Guo,
- Cui Wang,
- Rui Zhang and
- Victor Borovkov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1875–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.155
- ), sodium hydride (0.105 g, 4.2 mmol), and dried THF (16 mL). The mixture was stirred at rt for 2 h, and then methyl iodide (0.61 g, 4.3 mmol) was added and the mixture stirred at rt for 6 h. Then, distilled water (12 mL) and diethyl ether (15 mL) were added, the organic phase was separated, dried, and
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of chiral phosphoric acid 3.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of methylated chiral phosphoric acid 7.
Scheme 3: Control experiment with catalyst 7.
Figure 1: A plausible chiral transition-state structure in the Biginelli-like reaction catalyzed by phosphori...
A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions
- Pezhman Shiri and
- Jasem Aboonajmi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52
- DMF at 80 °C for 24 h. Through this, ionic liquid (IL)-supported silica nanoparticles were generated [32]. The resulting material was centrifuged, washed with methanol, and dried. Subsequently, the obtained nanoparticles and methyl iodide were reacted in dry toluene at room temperature. The resulting
- washed with acetonitrile and dried before being used in “click” reactions. CuI/AK (68) furnished the desired products of the reaction of phenacyl halides (with Me, Br, and Cl substituents), benzyl halides or methyl iodide, and phenylacetylene or propargyl alcohol as substrates using a catalytic amount of
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Scheme 1: Chemical structure of the catalysts 1a and 1b and their catalytic application in CuAAC reactions.
Scheme 2: Synthetic route to the catalyst 11 and its catalytic application in CuAAC reactions.
Scheme 3: Synthetic route of dendrons, illustrated using G2-AMP 23.
Scheme 4: The catalytic application of CuYAu–Gx-AAA–SBA-15 in a CuAAC reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthetic route to the catalyst 36.
Scheme 6: Application of the catalyst 36 in CuAAC reactions.
Scheme 7: The synthetic route to the catalyst 45 and catalytic application of 45 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 8: Synthetic route to the catalyst 48 and catalytic application of 48 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 9: Synthetic route to the catalyst 58 and catalytic application of 58 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 10: Synthetic route to the catalyst 64 and catalytic application of 64 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 11: Chemical structure of the catalyst 68 and catalytic application of 68 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 12: Chemical structure of the catalyst 69 and catalytic application of 69 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 13: Synthetic route to, and chemical structure of the catalyst 74.
Scheme 14: Application of the cayalyst 74 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 15: Synthetic route to, and chemical structure of the catalyst 78 and catalytic application of 78 in “c...
Scheme 16: Synthetic route to the catalyst 85.
Scheme 17: Application of the catalyst 85 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 18: Synthetic route to the catalyst 87 and catalytic application of 87 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 19: Chemical structure of the catalyst 88 and catalytic application of 88 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 20: Synthetic route to the catalyst 90 and catalytic application of 90 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 21: Synthetic route to the catalyst 96 and catalytic application of 96 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 22: Synthetic route to the catalyst 100 and catalytic application of 100 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 23: Synthetic route to the catalyst 102 and catalytic application of 23 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 24: Synthetic route to the catalysts 108–111.
Scheme 25: Catalytic application of 108–111 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 26: Synthetic route to the catalyst 121 and catalytic application of 121 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 27: Synthetic route to 125 and application of 125 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 28: Synthetic route to the catalyst 131 and catalytic application of 131 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 29: Synthetic route to the catalyst 136.
Scheme 30: Application of the catalyst 136 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 31: Synthetic route to the catalyst 141 and catalytic application of 141 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 32: Synthetic route to the catalyst 144 and catalytic application of 144 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 33: Synthetic route to the catalyst 149 and catalytic application of 149 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 34: Synthetic route to the catalyst 153 and catalytic application of 153 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 35: Synthetic route to the catalyst 155 and catalytic application of 155 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 36: Synthetic route to the catalyst 157 and catalytic application of 157 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 37: Synthetic route to the catalyst 162.
Scheme 38: Application of the catalyst 162 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 39: Synthetic route to the catalyst 167 and catalytic application of 167 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 40: Synthetic route to the catalyst 169 and catalytic application of 169 in “click” reactions.
Scheme 41: Synthetic route to the catalyst 172.
Scheme 42: Application of the catalyst 172 in “click” reactions.
Architecture and synthesis of P,N-heterocyclic phosphine ligands
- Wisdom A. Munzeiwa,
- Bernard Omondi and
- Vincent O. Nyamori
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 362–383, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.35
- methanesulfonyl chloride mediated cyclization of amide 97 and reaction with methyl iodide or methoxymethyl chloride afforded the N-substituted indole derivatives 99 (R = Me, MOM). The desired phosphinylated compounds 102 were obtained via three routes: The dicyclohexylphosphine derivatives 102a and b were only
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of pyridylphosphine ligands.
Figure 1: Pyridylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of piperidyl- and oxazinylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of linear multi-chelate pyridylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of chiral acetal pyridylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of diphenylphosphine-substituted triazine ligands.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (pyridine-2-ylmethyl)phosphine ligands.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of diphosphine pyrrole ligands.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 4,5-diazafluorenylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of thioether-containing pyridyldiphosphine ligands starting from ethylene sulfide and dip...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of monoterpene-derived phosphine pyridine ligands.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of N-phenylphosphine-substituted imidazole ligands.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of triazol-4-ylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of phosphanyltriazolopyridines and product selectivity depending on the substituents’ eff...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of PTA-phosphine ligands.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of isomeric phosphine dipyrazole ligands by varying the reaction temperature.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of N-tethered phosphine imidazolium ligands (route A) and diphosphine imidazolium ligands...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of {1-[2-(pyridin-2-yl)- (R = CH) and {1-[2-(pyrazin-2-yl)quinazolin-4-yl]naphthalen-2-yl...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxazolylindolylphosphine ligands 102.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of pyrrolylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of phosphine guanidinium ligands.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of a polydentate aminophosphine ligand.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of quinolylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of N-(triazolylmethyl)phosphanamine ligands.
Figure 2: Triazolylphosphanamine ligands synthesized by Wassenaar’s method [22].
Scheme 24: Synthesis of oxazaphosphorines.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of paracyclophane pyridylphosphine ligands.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of triazolylphosphine ligands.
Figure 3: Click-phosphine ligands.
Scheme 27: Ferrocenyl pyridylphosphine imine ligands.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of phosphinooxazolines (PHOX).
Scheme 29: Synthesis of ferrocenylphosphine oxazoles.
Synthesis and characterization of bis(4-amino-2-bromo-6-methoxy)azobenzene derivatives
- David Martínez-López,
- Amirhossein Babalhavaeji,
- Diego Sampedro and
- G. Andrew Woolley
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 3000–3008, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.296
- in DMF. Then, an aqueous solution of K2CO3 (6 mmol, 828 mg) was added, together with methyl iodide (Caution: toxic, potential carcinogen; 6 mmol, 851 mg). The mixture was stirred for 18 h until the starting reagent was consumed. Then, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure, resulting in a
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Figure 1: Structures of azonium ions studied.
Figure 2: a) Structures of model compounds used for computations (see Experimental section; in calculations, ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bis(4-amino-2-bromo-6-methoxy)azobenzene compounds.
Figure 3: a) UV–vis spectra of 4 in DCM (ca. 15 µM) at the PSS and 440 nm irradiation (thick dotted line; ca....
Figure 4: a) UV–vis spectra of 5 in aqueous solution (c ≈ 15 µM, 5% methanol, pH 7) at the PSS and 440 nm irr...
Harnessing enzyme plasticity for the synthesis of oxygenated sesquiterpenoids
- Melodi Demiray,
- David J. Miller and
- Rudolf K. Allemann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2184–2190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.215
- ]. Both of these alcohols were methylated with methyl iodide to yield 16 and 17 [32]. To produce the final FDP analogues, THP was removed to generate alcohols 18 and 19, and subsequently diphosphorylated via halogenated intermediates (Scheme 2 and Supporting Information File 1) [33][34][35]. GC–MS
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Scheme 1: Mechanism of the ADS-catalysed conversion of FDP (2) to amorpha-4,11-diene (3), a biosynthetic prec...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 8-methoxy-FDP (11) and 12-methoxy-FDP (12) (for full synthesis details see Supporting Information File 1).
Figure 1: Total-ion chromatogram of the pentane extractable products formed in an incubation of ADS with 8-me...
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectrum (500 MHz, CDCl3) of the 8-methoxy-γ-humulene (20) generated by ADS from 8-methoxy-F...
Scheme 3: Potential mechanisms for the ADS-catalysed conversion of 8-methoxy-FDP (11) to 8-methoxy-γ-humulene...
Figure 3: Total-ion chromatogram of the pentane extractable products formed in an incubation of ADS with 12-m...
Figure 4: 1H NMR spectrum (400 MHz, CDCl3) of 12-methoxy-β-sesquiphellandrene (26) and 12-methoxyzingiberene (...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms for the ADS-catalysed conversion of 12-methoxy-FDP (12) to 12-methoxy-β-sesquip...
1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-1,4,5,8-tetraazaanthracene revisited: properties and structural evidence of aromaticity loss
- Arnault Heynderickx,
- Sébastien Nénon,
- Olivier Siri,
- Vladimir Lokshin and
- Vladimir Khodorkovsky
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2059–2068, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.203
- undergoes alkylation by methyl iodide or propyl iodide in MeCN for 2 days to afford 7a and 7b in 90 and 92% yields, respectively (Scheme 2). The dimethyl derivative 8 can be prepared using a stronger methylating agent such as trimethyloxonium tetrafluoroborate. Comparison of the 1H NMR spectra clearly
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Figure 1: Quinoxaline derivatives 1–3.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of THTTA (3).
Scheme 2: Protonation, alkylation and acylation of 3.
Figure 2: The ORTEP view of 3. Torsion angles within the benzene ring are given in red.
Figure 3: The ORTEP view of 6a. Torsion angles within the benzene ring are given in red.
Figure 4: The ORTEP view of 7a (the iodine counter anion has been omitted for clarity). Torsion angles within...
Scheme 3: Charge transfer and delocalization within 3 and its diprotonated (6a) and monomethylated (7a) deriv...
Figure 5: Normalized absorption spectra of 3 in: toluene (black), acetone (blue), ethanol (green), water (red...
Figure 6: Protonation of 3 in ethanol. Two isosbestic points (IBP) are indicated by arrows.
Figure 7: Absorption spectra of 7a (blue) and 8 (red) in ethanol.
Figure 8: Absorption spectra of 10a (black), 10b (red). Solid curves: in toluene, dashed curves: in acetone.
Figure 9: View of the supramolecular array generated by 3 in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; c...
Figure 10: View of the supramolecular array generated by 6a in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; ...
Figure 11: View of the supramolecular array generated by 7a in the solid state. Color coding: nitrogen, blue; ...
