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Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles
- Periklis X. Kolagkis,
- Eirini M. Galathri and
- Christoforos G. Kokotos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36
- his research group developed a novel sulfonic graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4-SO3H) as a nanosheet ionic liquid for the one-pot synthesis of BIMs [125]. Graphitic carbon nitride is a non-metal and non-toxic chemically stable nanostructure, which is obtained through a facile pyrolysis process that has
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Scheme 1: Examples of BIMs used for their medicinal properties.
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the synthesis of BIMs using protic or Lewis acids as catalysts.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 4: Competition experiments and synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM of using DBDMH.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2.
Scheme 7: General reaction mechanism upon halogen bonding.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2, introduced by Ji.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using Br2 in CH3CN.
Scheme 10: Βidentate halogen-bond donors.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using bidentate halogen-bond donor 26.
Scheme 12: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using iodoalkyne as catalyst.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions used by Ramshini.
Scheme 16: Activation of the carbonyl group by HPA/TPI-Fe3O4.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of nanoAg-Pt/SiO2-doped silicate.
Scheme 18: Mechanism of action proposed by Khalafi-Nezhad et al.
Scheme 19: Activation of the carbonyl group by the Cu–isatin Schiff base complex.
Scheme 20: Optimum reaction conditions published by Jain.
Scheme 21: Organocatalytic protocol utilizing nanoparticles introduced by Bankar.
Scheme 22: Activation of the carbonyl group by the AlCl3·6H2O-SDS-SiO2 complex.
Scheme 23: Optimal reaction conditions for the aforementioned nano-Fe3O4 based catalysts.
Scheme 24: Nanocatalytic protocol proposed by Kaur et al.
Scheme 25: Microwave approach introduced by Yuan.
Scheme 26: Microwave approach introduced by Zahran et al.
Scheme 27: Microwave irradiation protocol introduced by Bindu.
Scheme 28: Silica-supported microwave irradiation protocol.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM by Nongkhlaw.
Scheme 30: Microwave-assisted synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by succinic acid.
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism of action of MMO-4.
Scheme 32: Catalytic approach introduced by Muhammadpoor-Baltork et al.
Scheme 33: Reaction conditions used by Xiao-Ming.
Scheme 34: Ultrasonic irradiation-based protocol published by Saeednia.
Scheme 35: Pyruvic acid-mediated synthesis of BIMs proposed by Thopate.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of BIMs using [bmim]BF4 or [bmim]PF6 ionic liquids.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing In(OTf)3 in octylmethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as ionic liquid.
Scheme 38: FeCl3·6H2O-catalyzed synthesis of BIMs with use of ionic liquid.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing the [hmim]HSO4/EtOH catalytic system.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing acidic ionic liquid immobilized on silica gel (ILIS-SO2Cl).
Scheme 41: The [bmim][MeSO4]-catalyzed reaction of indole with various aldehydes.
Scheme 42: The role of [bmim][MeSO4] in catalyzing the reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing FeCl3-based ionic liquid ([BTBAC]Cl-FeCl3) as catalyst.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of BIMs using [Msim]Cl at room temperature.
Scheme 45: [Et3NH][H2PO4]-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 46: PILs-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 47: FSILs-mediated synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 48: Possible “release and catch” catalytic process.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [DABCO-H][HSO4].
Scheme 50: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [(THA)(SO4)].
Scheme 51: Synthesis of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 53: Chemoselectivity of the present method.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by chitosan-supported ionic liquid.
Scheme 55: Proposed mechanism of action of CSIL.
Scheme 56: Optimization of the reaction in DESs.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of BIMs using ChCl/SnCl2 as DES.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of BIMs derivatives in presence of DES.
Scheme 59: BIMs synthesis in choline chloride/urea (CC/U).
Scheme 60: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs by Ley.
Scheme 61: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs proposed by Nam et al.
Scheme 62: Amino-catalyzed reaction of indole with propionaldehyde.
Scheme 63: Aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 64: Proposed mechanism for the aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 65: Enzymatic reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 66: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by TLIM.
Scheme 67: Proposed reaction mechanism by Badsara.
Scheme 68: Mechanism proposed by D’Auria.
Scheme 69: Photoinduced thiourea catalysis.
Scheme 70: Proposed mechanism of photoacid activation.
Scheme 71: Proposed mechanism of action for CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 72: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs by Mandawad.
Scheme 73: Proposed mechanism for the (a) acid generation and (b) synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 74: a) Reaction conditions employed by Khaksar and b) activation of the carbonyl group by HFIP.
Scheme 75: Activation of the carbonyl group by the PPy@CH2Br through the formation of a halogen bond.
Scheme 76: Reaction conditions utilized by Mhaldar et al.
Scheme 77: a) Reaction conditions employed by López and b) activation of the carbonyl group by thiourea.
Scheme 78: Infrared irradiation approach introduced by Luna-Mora and his research group.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of BIMs with the use of the Fe–Zn BMOF.
Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds
- Cagatay Dengiz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141
- to nonaromatic limits based on the annulation modes employed [13][14]. Since Lothrop's initial successful synthesis of biphenylene in 1941 [15], numerous studies have been carried out, highlighting four prominent synthetic approaches. These methods include flash vacuum pyrolysis [16][17][18], [2 + 2
- ] cycloaddition [19][20], [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition [21], and the Ullmann reaction [15][22] (Scheme 1). Due to the observed low yields in flash vacuum pyrolysis, the difficulty in synthesizing starting materials, such as 3, and the impractical nature of scaling up the method for large quantities, the other three
- through the pyrolysis of indane-1,2,3-trione. When BBD 13 was subjected to reflux conditions with bis(cyanomethyl) compounds 14a (a benzene derivative) and 14b (a naphthalene derivative) in acetonitrile, the desired POAs 15a and 15b were obtained with yields of 25% and 48%, respectively (Scheme 2). It was
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Figure 1: The correlation between stability and Clar's rule in acenes.
Scheme 1: General synthetic strategies to access the biphenylene core 1.
Figure 2: [N]Phenylenes 7–12 with different topologies.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of POAs 15a and 15b via reactions of BBD 13 and bis(cyanomethyl) compounds 14a and 14b.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of benzo[b]biphenylene (18).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of benzobiphenylene 18 and POA 21.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of symmetric POAs 25a and 25b.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of POA 29 via palladium-catalyzed annulation/aromatization reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of bisphenylene-containing structures 34a–c.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of curved PAH 38 via Pd-catalyzed annulation and Ir-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of [3]naphthylenes.
Scheme 10: Sequential Pd-catalyzed annulation reactions.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of biphenylene-containing unsymmetrical azaacenes 54a–c.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of biphenylene containing symmetrical azaacenes 58a,b.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azaacene analogues 62–64.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of POA-type structure 69.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of boron-doped POA 73.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of “v”- and “z”-shaped B-POAs 77 and 78.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of boron-doped extended POA 84.
Scheme 18: Ag(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 87.
Scheme 19: Au(100) and Au(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 91.
Scheme 20: Au(111) on-surface synthesis of POA 87.
Benzoimidazolium-derived dimeric and hydride n-dopants for organic electron-transport materials: impact of substitution on structures, electrochemistry, and reactivity
- Swagat K. Mohapatra,
- Khaled Al Kurdi,
- Samik Jhulki,
- Georgii Bogdanov,
- John Bacsa,
- Maxwell Conte,
- Tatiana V. Timofeeva,
- Seth R. Marder and
- Stephen Barlow
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1651–1663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.121
- ]. V derivatives have also been obtained as pyrolysis products of a variety of Y = aryl 1H derivatives [33], while Vb has also been found to be both a solution decomposition product of 1bH [27][34] and a beneficial additive for a 1bH-doped polymer [27], and has been crystallographically characterized
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Figure 1: DMBI+, DMBI-H, and (DMBI)2 derivatives discussed in this work (new compounds in red).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of DMBI-H and (DMBI)2 derivatives and structures of side products.
Figure 2: Crystallographically characterized molecules related to DMBI dimers.
Figure 3: Molecular structures from the single crystal structures of 1b2 (two crystallographically inequivale...
Figure 4: Molecular structures from the single crystal structures of 1bH (upper left), 1gH (upper right), 1hH...
Figure 5: Structures of the cations from the single crystal structures of 1g+I− (left), 1h+PF6− (center), and ...
Figure 6: Cyclic voltammograms (50 mV s−1, THF, 0.1 M Bu4NPF6) of 1g+PF6–, 1gH, and 1g2, in each case contain...
Figure 7: Acceptors used to examine reactivity of DMBI-H and (DMBI)2 derivatives.
Figure 8: a) Temporal evolution of the absorbance at 1030 nm, corresponding to an absorption maximum of VI•–,...
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
- challenge because of their relatively unreactive backbones. Pyrolysis of such polymers is currently experimented by the industry to recover a variety of small molecules. Researchers have introduced radical depolymerization of vinyl polymers as a promising candidate for this task. Oh and Stache reported the
- relatively low. Thermodynamics dominates the depolymerization of methacrylates [204][205]. Therefore, pyrolysis of PMMA gives a relatively high conversion to its monomer and the purification is straightforward [206][207]. Polyethylene and polypropylene make up a major fraction of commercial polymers. However
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Scheme 1: Oxidation of catechol and subsequent cross-linking. Scheme 1 redrawn from [3].
Scheme 2: (A) Structure of typical urushiol in Chinese lacquer, and (B) schematic process of laccase-catalyze...
Scheme 3: A) Primary amino acid sequence of mfp-1, mfp-3, and mfp-5 (Y: DOPA, K: lysine). B) Scheme showing e...
Scheme 4: Activation–deactivation equilibrium in nitroxide-mediated polymerizations. Bicomponent initiating s...
Scheme 5: Mechanism of a transition metal complex-mediated ATRP. Scheme 5 redrawn from [14].
Scheme 6: Mechanism of RAFT polymerization. Scheme 6 redrawn from [68].
Scheme 7: Degenerative transfer (a) and reversible termination (b) mechanism of OMRP. Scheme 7 redrawn from [70].
Scheme 8: Simplified mechanism of a RITP. Scheme 8 redrawn from [21].
Scheme 9: (A) Structures of π-conjugated conductive polymers. (B) Examples of conductive polymer synthesis vi...
Scheme 10: Possible regiochemical couplings in PATs. Scheme 10 redrawn from [79].
Scheme 11: General thiol-ene photopolymerization process. Scheme 11 redrawn from [81].
Scheme 12: (a) Three generations of Grubbs catalysts. (b) Proposed mechanism for photo-ROMP via a reductive qu...
Scheme 13: Pyrylium and thiopyrylium salts studied by Boydston et al. Scheme 13 redrawn from [91].
Scheme 14: A general illustration of post-polymerization modification by thiol–ene chemistry.
Scheme 15: Introduction of functionalities by nitroxide radical coupling of HO-TEMPO derivatives.
Scheme 16: Chemical reaction process scheme of DCP-induced crosslinking of LDPE. Scheme 16 redrawn from [126].
Scheme 17: A probable mechanism of radical-induced hydrosilylation.
Scheme 18: Polymer surface modification by homolytic dediazonation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 19: Photoinduced polymer surface modification or surface grafting using benzophenone.
Scheme 20: Depolymerization mechanism of common photoresists. (a) A possible mechanism of radiation decomposit...
Scheme 21: Proposed mechanisms of photooxidative depolymerization of polystyrene. (a) Scheme 21a was reprinted with perm...
Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities
- Jorge de Lima Neto and
- Paulo Henrique Menezes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31
- synthesis of combretastatin D-1 (1) using the flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) technique, which consisted on the contraction of 16-membered sulfone derivatives, by extrusion of sulfur dioxide [58]. The synthesis of the required sulfone was initiated by a Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction between the aldehyde 52
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Figure 1: Structures of some members of the combretastatin D series, corniculatolides, and isocorniculatolide...
Scheme 1: Biosynthetic pathway proposed by Pettit and co-workers.
Scheme 2: Biosynthetic pathway towards corniculatolides or isocorniculatolides proposed by Ponnapalli and co-...
Scheme 3: Retrosynthetic approaches.
Scheme 4: Attempt of total synthesis of 2 by Boger and co-workers employing the Mitsunobu approach [27].
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) reported by Boger and co-workers employing an intramolecu...
Scheme 6: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Deshpande and co-workers using the Mitsunobu conditio...
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 8: Divergent synthesis of (±)-1 form combretastatin D-2 (2) by Rychnovsky and Hwang [36].
Scheme 9: Enantioselective synthesis of 1 by Rychnovsky and Hwang employing Jacobsen catalyst [41].
Scheme 10: Synthesis of fragment 57 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 11: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [43,45].
Scheme 12: Synthesis of fragment 66 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 13: Synthesis of fragment 70 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 14: Synthesis of fragment 77 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of combretastatins 1 and 2 by Couladouros and co-workers [44,45].
Scheme 16: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Gangakhedkar and co-workers [48].
Scheme 17: Synthesis of fragment 14 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 18: Synthesis of fragment 91 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 19: Formal synthesis of compound 2 by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2 diolide by Cousin and co-workers [50].
Scheme 21: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Nishiyama and co-workers [54].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of fragment 112 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 23: Synthesis of fragment 114 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 24: Attempt to the synthesis of compound 2 by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 25: Synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) starting from isovanilin (80) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 26: Attempted synthesis of combretastatin-D2 (2) derivatives through an SNAr approach [55].
Scheme 27: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Pettit and co-workers [55].
Scheme 28: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 (2) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 29: Synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 30: Formal synthesis of combretastatin D-1 (1) by Harras and co-workers [57].
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 11-O-methylcorniculatolide A (5) by Raut and co-workers [69].
Scheme 32: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide A (7) and O-methylated isocorniculatolide A 8 by Raut and co-worker...
Scheme 33: Synthesis of isocorniculatolide B (10) and hydroxyisocorniculatolide B 175 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 34: Synthesis of compound 9, 178, and 11 by Kim and co-workers [71].
Scheme 35: Synthesis of combretastatin D-2 prodrug salts [55].
Figure 2: ED50 values of the combretastatin D family against murine P388 lymphocytic leukemia cell line (appr...
Figure 3: IC50 of compounds against α-glucosidase [19].
Germacrene B – a central intermediate in sesquiterpene biosynthesis
- Houchao Xu and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 186–203, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.18
- reaction of 1 with bis(benzonitrile) palladium chloride generates the palladium chloride complex of 5 from which 5 can be liberated by treatment with dimethyl sulfoxide [43]. Compound 5, with tentatively assigned structure, was first obtained as a pyrolysis product of elemol phenylurethane (6) [44]. Its
- reports, so it remains unknown if the isolated materials arose from 1 by enzymatic or acid-catalysed reactions. The sesquiterpenes 9 and 10, besides several other products, were also prepared through pyrolysis of elemyl p-nitrobenzoate (23) (Scheme 8A) [56]. Because of the enantiomerically pure starting
- deprotonation of K1 or K2, was first isolated from the guaiac wood oil of Bulnesia sarmientoi [108] and later also observed in Pogostemon cablin [109]. Bulnesol (57), a compound of known absolute configuration [110] that occurs in the same essential oil [108], has been converted through pyrolysis of its acetate
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Possible cyclisation modes of FPP.
Scheme 2: Structures of germacrene B (1), germacrene A (2) and hedycaryol (3).
Scheme 3: The chemistry of germacrene B (1). A) Synthesis from germacrone (4), B) the four conformers of 1 es...
Scheme 4: The chemistry of germacrene B (1). A) Cyclisation of 1 to 9 and 10 upon treatment with alumina, B) ...
Scheme 5: Possible cyclisation reactions upon reprotonation of 1. A) Cyclisations to eudesmane sesquiterpenes...
Scheme 6: Cyclisation modes for 1 to the eudesmane skeleton. A) The reprotonation of 1 at C-1 potentially lea...
Scheme 7: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 8: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Pyrolysis of 23 to yield 9 and 10, B) deprotonation–r...
Scheme 9: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Acid-catalysed conversion of 18 into 26, B) conversio...
Scheme 10: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Formation of 20 by pyrolysis of 33, B) acid-catalysed...
Scheme 11: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I2. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 12: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I2. A) Acid catalysed conversion of 41 into 38, B) dehydrati...
Scheme 13: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I3. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 14: Cyclisation modes for 1 to the guaiane skeleton. A) The reprotonation of 1 at C-4 potentially leads...
Scheme 15: The sesquiterpenes derived from cations K1, K2 and K4. A) Mechanisms of formation for compounds 53–...
Scheme 16: The sesquiterpenes derived from cations L1–L4. A) Mechanisms of formation for compounds 54, 56, 59 ...
Preparation of β-cyclodextrin/polysaccharide foams using saponin
- Max Petitjean and
- José Ramón Isasi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 78–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.7
- the presence of porosity and some chemical functions after pyrolysis. Chitosan–saponin–bentonite composite films can also be produced to absorb methyl orange and Cr(VI) [27]. Native [28] or derivatized [29] chitosans allow also a good sorption of Quillaja saponins useful to liberate them from wound
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Figure 1: Quillaja saponin foamability (left) and foam stability over time for the β-cyclodextrin/polysacchar...
Figure 2: SEM images of crushed β-c-LBG as a function of the synthesis pathways (see below, Experimental sect...
Figure 3: SEM of β-csp after crosslinking with or without washing the sample.
Figure 4: β-csp (left) and c-CSsp (right) matrices unwashed showing the “foam-like” morphologies.
Figure 5: Values (in mg/g) of equivalent ‘free β-cyclodextrin’ in the polysaccharide (PS) matrices, as a func...
Figure 6: 1-Naphthol isotherms of crosslinked β-cyclodextrin/polysaccharides (blue curves for chitosan, red f...
Figure 7: Sorption of phenols (V, vanillin; Ph, phenol; m-c, m-cresol; 4eP, 4-ethylphenol; Eu, eugenol) in β-...
Figure 8: Six synthesis routes (*lyophilized matrices) used to prepare samples β-c-XGsp; β-c-LBGsp; β-c-CSsp ...
Improving the accuracy of 31P NMR chemical shift calculations by use of scaling methods
- William H. Hersh and
- Tsz-Yeung Chan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 36–56, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.4
- chemical shift of −181 ppm. Compound 32 underwent a stereospecific thermal [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement to bicyclic 33 exhibiting a 31P NMR chemical shift of −79 ppm. Pyrolysis of 33 at 480 °C gave isomeric 34 having a 31P NMR chemical shift of −14 ppm, while H2O2 oxidation of compounds 33 and 34 gave
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Figure 1: Training set of tri- and tetracoordinate phosphorus compounds; chemical shifts are in ppm, referenc...
Figure 2: (a) Plot of experimental vs calculated chemical shifts of tri- and tetracoordinate phosphorus compo...
Figure 3: Plot of experimental vs calculated chemical shifts of training set compounds reported by Latypov et...
Figure 4: “Large” compounds selected for 31P NMR calculation by Latypov [37].
Figure 5: Stereoisomers and unusual phosphorus compounds used for chemical shift calculations.
Figure 6: Phosphorus-catalyzed oxygen transfer reaction intermediates.
Figure 7: Phosphirane reactions.
Figure 8: (a) Plot of experimental vs scaled chemical shifts derived from the tri- and tetracoordinate phosph...
Oxa-Michael-initiated cascade reactions of levoglucosenone
- Julian Klepp,
- Thomas Bousfield,
- Hugh Cummins,
- Sarah V. A.-M. Legendre,
- Jason E. Camp and
- Ben W. Greatrex
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1457–1462, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.151
- chemistry; levoglucosenone; oxa-Michael reaction; Introduction (−)-Levoglucosenone (1) is formed from the acid-catalyzed pyrolysis of cellulose along with minor amounts of furfural and 5-methylfurfural [1][2][3]. It has emerged as a promising starting material for enantioselective synthesis from materials
- derived from biomass pyrolysis, due to its reactive functionality, and the chirality which derives from glucose [4][5][6][7]. Reactions of 1 where the α,β-unsaturated ketone participates as an electrophile are usually completely diastereoselective, as the approach of the nucleophile is controlled by the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Levoglucosenone (1), known dimerization product 2, and adducts 3 and 4.
Scheme 1: Proposed pathway for the formation of 5.
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectra (500 MHz) of 1 (A), 1:1 1/PhCHO reaction mixture at 1 h at 60° C (B), mixture after ...
Scheme 2: Known reactions giving 11, and reactions of dihydrolevoglucosenone 12 and aromatic aldehydes with D...
Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery
- Merlin Kleoff,
- Paul Kiler and
- Philipp Heretsch
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 754–768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.76
- and co-workers developed a flow protocol to overcome these limitations and prepared various macrolactones from triperoxides by pyrolysis in an inductively heated flow reactor (Scheme 13) [50][51]. Due to the commercial relevance of juniper lactone (56), they designed a flow setup for a scalable and
- heated tube reactor made from stainless steel 316L. In this reactor, the second step, i.e. pyrolysis of triperoxide 55 is achieved at 270 °C with a residence time of 12 min. The reaction mixture is collected and analyzed by GC/MS indicating formation of juniper lactone (56) in a yield of 10% along with
- conducting both generation and pyrolysis of triperoxide 55 in flow reactors, while phase separation of the biphasic mixture containing triperoxide 55 is realized in a PTFE membrane reactor [50]. Since many macrocyclic musks (or their precursors) contain internal olefins, they are frequently prepared by ring
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Figure 1: The olfactory spectrum wheel ordering different types of odorants from fruity to musky.
Figure 2: Classification of odorants as “top note”, “middle note” and “base note” depending on their substant...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of raspberry ketone (5) and raspberry ketone methyl ether (6) in two steps in flow.
Scheme 2: Autoxidation of (+)-valencene (7) to (+)-nootkatone (8) under catalyst and solvent-free conditions ...
Scheme 3: Enzyme-catalyzed acetylation of isoamyl alcohol (9) in a biphasic n-heptane/water mixture utilizing...
Scheme 4: Esterification of alcohols by transesterification, catalyzed by immobilized acyltransferase in a pa...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of homologated alcohols 20 by iterative homologation of terpenyl boronate esters 17 follo...
Scheme 6: Sequential three-step synthesis of (S)-α-phellandrene (30) from (R)-carvone (25) via selective hydr...
Scheme 7: Selective hydrogenation of alkyne 31 to “leaf alcohol” 32 employing a solid-supported palladium cat...
Scheme 8: A) Synthesis of jasmonal (35) by crossed aldol condensation of benzaldehyde (33) and heptanal (34) ...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of thymol (41) from m-cresol (39) and isopropyl alcohol via Fries-type rearrangement of e...
Scheme 10: Preparation of coumarin (46) by reaction of salicylaldehyde (44) with potassium acetate, acetic aci...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of phthalide (50) by photoinduced decatungstate catalysis.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of woody acetate (54) by reduction of cyclohexanone 51 and subsequent acetylation; ADH200...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of juniper lactone (56) by pyrolysis of triperoxide 55 generated by oxidation of cyclohex...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of macrocyclic olefine 60 by ring-closing metathesis of diene 58 in a continuously stirre...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of macrocycles 65 and 66 by ring-closing metathesis of dienes 62 or 63, respectively, in ...
Scheme 16: Z-Selective synthesis of civetone (69) enabled by metathesis catalyst 68 in a tube-in-tube reactor.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of macrocyclic olefine 72 by ring-closing metathesis of diene 70.
Complementarity of solution and solid state mechanochemical reaction conditions demonstrated by 1,2-debromination of tricyclic imides
- Petar Štrbac and
- Davor Margetić
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 746–753, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.75
- -reactions with solvent. An alternative method for the synthesis 7-oxanorbornadiene-2,3-anhydrides and imides is via retro Diels−Alder reaction employing the flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) technique [16]. However, the FVP also has disadvantages such as limited scope of functionalities which can withstand harsh
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Highly reactive dienophiles.
Figure 2: Dibromide substrates and product 12.
Scheme 1: Mechanochemical reaction of 10 with anthracene.
Figure 3: Scope of the Zn/Cu reaction with dibromide 10 (dienes are colored in red).
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical reaction of 11 with furan.
Scheme 3: Reactivity of bicyclo[2.2.2] dibromide 42 with dienes.
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
- naturally occurring waste. Two factors that mainly affect the conversion rate of biodiesel are the use of catalysts and the heating process chosen. Inductive heating is applied to improve the pyrolysis of bio-oils, a process used to obtain high quality biofuels. Inductive heating is advantageous in this
- heating [41]. A potential energy source for biofuel production is napier grass. The group of Lin investigated the yield and pyrolytic products of HF heating in the pyrolysis of napier grass (Scheme 5) [42]. The yield of liquid products increased with heating rates up to 150 °C/min. Pine sawdust and its
- amounts of lignin as a byproduct. The authors compared the fast pyrolysis of poplar wood and switchgrass by RF heating. The highest yield of bio-oil was obtained for switchgrass at a pyrolysis temperature as low as 450 °C. 2.8 Water electrolysis Electrolysis of water as a power-to-hydrogen (PtH) concept
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Inductive heating, a powerful tool in industry and the Life Sciences.
Figure 2: Electric displacement field of a ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic material.
Figure 3: Temperature profiles of reactors heated conventionally and by RF heating (Figure 3 redrawn from [24]).
Scheme 1: Continuous flow synthesis of isopulegol (2) from citronellal (1).
Scheme 2: Dry (reaction 1) and steam (reaction 2) methane reforming.
Scheme 3: Calcination and RF heating.
Scheme 4: The continuously operated “Sabatier” process.
Scheme 5: Biofuel production from biomass using inductive heating for pyrolysis.
Scheme 6: Water electrolysis using an inductively heated electrolysis cell.
Scheme 7: Dimroth rearrangement (reaction 1) and three-component reaction (reaction 2) to propargyl amines 8 ...
Figure 4: A. Flow reactor filled with magnetic nanostructured particles (MagSilicaTM) and packed bed reactor ...
Scheme 8: Claisen rearrangement in flow: A. comparison between conventional heating (external oil bath), micr...
Scheme 9: Continuous flow reactions and comparison with batch reaction (oil bath). A. Pd-catalyzed transfer h...
Scheme 10: Continuous flow reactions and comparison with batch reaction (oil bath). A. pericyclic reactions an...
Scheme 11: Reactions under flow conditions using inductively heated fixed-bed materials serving as stoichiomet...
Scheme 12: Reactions under flow conditions using inductively heated fixed-bed materials serving as catalysts: ...
Scheme 13: Two step flow protocol for the preparation of 1,1'-diarylalkanes 77 from ketones and aldehydes 74, ...
Scheme 14: O-Alkylation, the last step in the multistep flow synthesis of Iloperidone (80) accompanied with a ...
Scheme 15: Continuous two-step flow process consisting of Grignard reaction followed by water elimination bein...
Scheme 16: Inductively heated continuous flow protocol for the synthesis of Iso E Super (88) [91,92].
Scheme 17: Three-step continuous flow synthesis of macrocycles 89 and 90 with musk-like olfactoric properties.
Synthesis of phenanthridines via a novel photochemically-mediated cyclization and application to the synthesis of triphaeridine
- Songeziwe Ntsimango,
- Kennedy J. Ngwira,
- Moira L. Bode and
- Charles B. de Koning
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.152
- antiparasitic compounds, trisphaeridine (3), decarine (4) and nortidiene (5) (Figure 1). The importance of the phenanthridine framework has inspired the development of numerous synthetic strategies to access these compounds. These include the classical Pictet and Ankersmit pyrolysis of N-benzylideneaniline [2
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Biologically active phenanthridines.
Figure 2: Synthetic routes to phenanthridines via iminyl radicals.
Scheme 1: Previous unexpected synthesis of the phenanthridine framework.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of biaryl benzaldehydes.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of biaryl oximes.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of phenanthridines. Reagents and conditions (i) UV irradiation (450 W medium pressure Hg ...
Figure 3: Two possible mechanistic routes and intermediates in the synthesis of phenanthridines.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of trisphaeridine. Reagents and conditions (i) cat. Pd(PPh3)4, aq Na2CO3, DME, reflux, Ar...
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Chiral isothiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of 4-hydroxy[2.2]paracyclophane
- David Weinzierl and
- Mario Waser
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 800–804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.68
- ) via gas phase pyrolysis of para-xylene in 1949 [5]. Over the years, these compounds established themselves as a unique class of “bent and battered” [6] strained molecules with remarkable chemical and physical properties [1][2][3][4][7][8][9]. Besides their potential applications in material and
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Overview about established methods to access enantioenriched 2 and the herein investigated kinetic ...
Scheme 2: Use of alternative acylating agents 4 for the kinetic resolution of rac-2.
Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation
- Francesca Liguori,
- Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
- Pierluigi Barbaro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53
- decomposition of the polymeric chain, monomers or oligomers, depending on the waste polymer and the process. The as-obtained compounds can be reused as raw materials for the process industry (hence the term feedstock) to produce chemicals, fuels or other polymers. Thermochemical processes include pyrolysis [55
- packaging, squeezable bottles, plastic bags and medical devices [140]. PEs (except cross-linked samples) are partially soluble in (hot) aromatic hydrocarbons or in chlorinated solvents [141]. Depolymerisation of PE by catalytic pyrolysis or cracking into liquid fuels was recently reviewed [67][142]. Most of
- in >97% yield into liquid hydrocarbon (alkane) products having a narrow distribution of the molecular weight (960–1130 g⋅mol−1) under 11.7 bar H2 at 300 °C and solvent-free conditions [146]. The pyrolysis oils produced may be used as lubricants, waxes or further processed into detergents and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Potential classification of plastic recycling processes. The area covered by the present review is ...
Figure 2: EG produced during glycolytic depolymerisation of PET using DEG + DPG as solvent and titanium(IV) n...
Scheme 1: Simplified representation of the conversion of 1,4-PBD to C16–C44 macrocycles using Ru metathesis c...
Figure 3: Main added-value monomers obtainable by catalytic depolymerisation of PET via chemolytic methods.
Scheme 2: Hydrogenolytic depolymerisation of PET by ruthenium complexes.
Scheme 3: Depolymerisation of PET via catalytic hydrosilylation by Ir(III) pincer complex.
Scheme 4: Catalytic hydrolysis (top) and methanolysis (bottom) reactions of PET.
Scheme 5: Depolymerisation of PET by glycolysis with ethylene glycol.
Figure 4: Glycolysis of PET: evolution of BHET yield over time, with and without zinc acetate catalyst (196 °...
Scheme 6: Potential activated complex for the glycolysis reaction of PET catalysed by metallated ILs and evol...
Scheme 7: One-pot, two-step process for PET repurposing via chemical recycling.
Scheme 8: Synthetic routes to PLA.
Scheme 9: Structures of the zinc molecular catalysts used for PLA-methanolysis in various works. a) See [265], b) ...
Scheme 10: Depolymerisation of PLLA by Zn–N-heterocyclic carbene complex.
Scheme 11: Salalen ligands.
Scheme 12: Catalytic hydrogenolysis of PLA.
Scheme 13: Catalytic hydrosilylation of PLA.
Scheme 14: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBT and PCL by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 15: Glycolysis reaction of PCT by diethylene glycol.
Scheme 16: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 3,4-T6GBL.
Scheme 17: Polymerisation–depolymerisation cycle of 2,3-HDB.
Scheme 18: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PBPAC by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 19: Catalytic hydrolysis (top), alcoholysis (middle) and aminolysis (bottom) reactions of PBPAC.
Scheme 20: Hydrogenative depolymerisation of PPC (top) and PEC (bottom) by molecular Ru catalysts.
Scheme 21: Polymerisation-depolymerisation cycle of BEP.
Scheme 22: Hydrogenolysis of polyamides using soluble Ru catalysts.
Scheme 23: Catalytic depolymerisation of epoxy resin/carbon fibres composite.
Scheme 24: Depolymerisation of polyethers with metal salt catalysts and acyl chlorides.
Scheme 25: Proposed mechanism for the iron-catalysed depolymerisation reaction of polyethers. Adapted with per...
Annulation of a 1,3-dithiole ring to a sterically hindered o-quinone core. Novel ditopic redox-active ligands
- Sergey V. Norkov,
- Anton V. Cherkasov,
- Andrey S. Shavyrin,
- Maxim V. Arsenyev,
- Viacheslav A. Kuropatov and
- Vladimir K. Cherkasov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 273–282, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.26
- benzothiete species. There are some reports concerning benzodithietes, but all of them describe the synthesis by flash pyrolysis technique followed by characterization with NMR spectroscopy [32][33]. Benzothiete is regarded as an isomeric form of o-thioquinone methide [34]. A study of the chemical properties
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic pathways for the preparation of o-quinone derivatives with annulated 1,3-dithiole ring.
Figure 1: Active methylene compounds used for the preparation of gem-dithiolates.
Figure 2: Fragment of coordination polymer chain of adduct 8 in the crystal phase. Hydrogen atoms and CF3 gro...
Scheme 2: The tentative pathway for the formation of o-quinone 7 with annulated thiete ring.
Scheme 3: Reactions of o-quinone 6a.
Scheme 4: Stepwise reduction of o-quinones with metals to semiquinonates and catecholates, respectively.
The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives
- Kymbat S. Adekenova,
- Peter B. Wyatt and
- Sergazy M. Adekenov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25
- : Hexafluoropropylene oxide (HFPO, 41) is an effective and cheap reagent for the difluorocyclopropanation of simple alkyl- and aryl-substituted alkenes [52]. It undergoes decomposition to form difluorocarbene (Scheme 16) at temperatures above 170 °C either under autoclave conditions or by gas-phase co-pyrolysis [53
- ]. Photolytic generation of difluorocarbene: Difluorodiazirine (44) is a convenient photochemical source of difluorocarbene (Scheme 17). The compound readily produces difluorocarbene upon photolysis. N2 is the leaving group and it is good for LFP studies [54]. Furthermore, pyrolysis is also suitable for
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane (2).
Scheme 2: Cyclopropanation via dehydrohalogenation of chlorodifluoromethane.
Scheme 3: Difluorocyclopropanation of methylstyrene 7 using dibromodifluoromethane and zinc.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropanes from the reaction of dibromodifluoromethane and triphenylphosphi...
Scheme 5: Generation of difluorocarbene in a catalytic two-phase system and its addition to tetramethylethyle...
Scheme 6: The reaction of methylstyrene 7 with chlorodifluoromethane (11) in the presence of a tetraarylarson...
Scheme 7: Pyrolysis of sodium chlorodifluoroacetate (12) in refluxing diglyme in the presence of alkene 13.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of boron-substituted gem-difluorocyclopropanes 16.
Scheme 9: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to alkenes.
Scheme 10: Addition of sodium bromodifluoroacetate (17) to silyloxy-substituted cyclopropanes 20.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of difluorinated nucleosides.
Scheme 12: Addition of butyl acrylate (26) to difluorocarbene generated from TFDA (25).
Scheme 13: Addition of difluorocarbene to propargyl esters 27 and conversion of the difluorocyclopropenes 28 t...
Scheme 14: The generation of difluorocyclopropanes using MDFA 30.
Scheme 15: gem-Difluorocyclopropanation of styrene (32) using difluorocarbene generated from TMSCF3 (31) under...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a gem-difluorocyclopropane derivative using HFPO (41) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 17: Cyclopropanation of (Z)-2-butene in the presence of difluorodiazirine (44).
Scheme 18: The cyclopropanation of 1-octene (46) using Seyferth's reagent (45) as a source of difluorocarbene.
Scheme 19: Alternative approaches for the difluorocarbene synthesis from trimethyl(trifluoromethyl)tin (48).
Scheme 20: Difluorocyclopropanation of cyclohexene (49).
Scheme 21: Synthesis of difluorocyclopropane derivative 53 using bis(trifluoromethyl)cadmium (51) as the diflu...
Scheme 22: Addition of difluorocarbene generated from tris(trifluoromethyl)bismuth (54).
Scheme 23: Addition of a stable (trifluoromethyl)zinc reagent to styrenes.
Scheme 24: The preparation of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarboxylic acids of type 58.
Scheme 25: Difluorocyclopropanation via Michael cyclization.
Scheme 26: Difluorocyclopropanation using N-acylimidazolidinone 60.
Scheme 27: Difluorocyclopropanation through the cyclization of phenylacetonitrile (61) and 1,2-dibromo-1,1-dif...
Scheme 28: gem-Difluoroolefins 64 for the synthesis of functionalized cyclopropanes 65.
Scheme 29: Preparation of aminocyclopropanes 70.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of fluorinated methylenecyclopropane 74 via selenoxide elimination.
Scheme 31: Reductive dehalogenation of (1R,3R)-75.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of chiral monoacetates by lipase catalysis.
Scheme 33: Transformation of (±)-trans-81 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 34: Transformation of (±)-trans-83 using Rhodococcus sp. AJ270.
Scheme 35: Hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes through enantioselective hydrocupration.
Scheme 36: Enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of difluorocyclopropenes with a Ru-based catalyst.
Scheme 37: The thermal transformation of trans-1,2-dichloro-3,3-difluorocyclopropane (84).
Scheme 38: cis–trans-Epimerization of 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane.
Scheme 39: 2,2-Difluorotrimethylene diradical intermediate.
Scheme 40: Ring opening of stereoisomers 88 and 89.
Scheme 41: [1,3]-Rearrangement of alkenylcyclopropanes 90–92.
Scheme 42: Thermolytic rearrangement of 2,2-difluoro-1-vinylcyclopropane (90).
Scheme 43: Thermal rearrangement for ethyl 3-(2,2-difluoro)-3-phenylcyclopropyl)acrylates 93 and 95.
Scheme 44: Possible pathways of the ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-vinylcyclopropane.
Scheme 45: Equilibrium between 1,1-difluoro-2-methylenecyclopropane (96) and (difluoromethylene)cyclopropane 97...
Scheme 46: Ring opening of substituted 1,1-difluoro-2,2-dimethyl-3-methylenecyclopropane 98.
Scheme 47: 1,1-Difluorospiropentane rearrangement.
Scheme 48: Acetolysis of (2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)methyl tosylate (104) and (1,1-difluoro-2-methylcyclopropyl)...
Scheme 49: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 106 and 108 by thiolate nucleophiles.
Scheme 50: Hydrolysis of gem-difluorocyclopropyl acetals 110.
Scheme 51: Ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113 in the presence of ionic liquid as a s...
Scheme 52: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 113a by MgI2-initiated reaction with diarylimines 1...
Scheme 53: Ring-opening reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropylstannanes 117.
Scheme 54: Preparation of 1-fluorovinyl vinyl ketone 123 and the synthesis of 2-fluorocyclopentenone 124. TBAT...
Scheme 55: Iodine atom-transfer ring opening of 1,1-difluoro-2-(1-iodoalkyl)cyclopropanes 125a–c.
Scheme 56: Ring opening of bromomethyl gem-difluorocyclopropanes 130 and formation of gem-difluoromethylene-co...
Scheme 57: Ring-opening aerobic oxidation reaction of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 132.
Scheme 58: Dibrominative ring-opening functionalization of gem-difluorocyclopropanes 134.
Scheme 59: The selective formation of (E,E)- and (E,Z)-fluorodienals 136 and 137 from difluorocyclopropyl acet...
Scheme 60: Proposed mechanism for the reaction of difluoro(methylene)cyclopropane 139 with Br2.
Scheme 61: Thermal rearrangement of F2MCP 139 and iodine by CuI catalysis.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of 2-fluoropyrroles 142.
Scheme 63: Ring opening of gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketones 143 mediated by BX3.
Scheme 64: Lewis acid-promoted ring-opening reaction of 2,2-difluorocyclopropanecarbonyl chloride (148).
Scheme 65: Ring-opening reaction of the gem-difluorocyclopropyl ketone 106 by methanolic KOH.
Scheme 66: Hydrogenolysis of 1,1-difluoro-3-methyl-2-phenylcyclopropane (151).
Scheme 67: Synthesis of monofluoroalkenes 157.
Scheme 68: The stereoselective Ag-catalyzed defluorinative ring-opening diarylation of 1-trimethylsiloxy-2,2-d...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of 2-fluorinated allylic compounds 162.
Scheme 70: Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of gem-difluorinated cyclopropanes 161.
Scheme 71: The (Z)-selective Pd-catalyzed ring-opening sulfonylation of 2-(2,2-difluorocyclopropyl)naphthalene...
Figure 1: Structures of zosuquidar hydrochloride and PF-06700841.
Scheme 72: Synthesis of methylene-gem-difluorocyclopropane analogs of nucleosides.
Figure 2: Anthracene-difluorocyclopropane hybrid derivatives.
Figure 3: Further examples of difluorcyclopropanes in modern drug discovery.
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
- 1,3,5-tris(bromomethyl)benzene (3) using the flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) technique as a key transformation (Scheme 1) [30]. As can be seen from an inspection of Scheme 1, they began their journey with the coupling reaction of 3 with 3-butenylmagnesium bromide in the presence of dilithium
- mixture of compounds. In sharp contrast, their attempt under flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP) at high temperature was also fruitless may be due to the presence of three benzylic sp3 carbons which are unable to endure such harsh reaction conditions. Therefore, next they converted compound 6 into 1,5,9
- the sumanene family, namely trithiasumanene 151 through tribenzannulation of benzotrithiophene 143 by means of a flash-vacuum pyrolysis process as a vital transformation (Scheme 39) [72][74]. As can be observed from an inspection of Scheme 39, their journey for its synthesis commenced from easily
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representation of corannulene (1) and sumanene (2), the subunits of fullerene (C60).
Scheme 1: Mehta’s unsuccessful effort for the synthesis of sumanene scaffold 2.
Scheme 2: First synthesis of sumanene 2 by Sakurai et al. from norbornadiene 10.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of trimethylsumanene 28 from easily accessible norbornadiene (10).
Scheme 4: Generation of anions 29–31 and the preparation of tris(trimethylsilyl)sumanene 32.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of tri- and hexa-substituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bowl-shaped π-extended sumanene derivatives 37a–f.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of monooxasumanene 38, trioxosumanene 40 along with imination of them.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of trimethylsumanenetrione 46 and exo-functionalized products 45a,b.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bisumanenylidene 47 and sumanene dimer 48 from 2.
Scheme 10: The mono-substitution of 2 to generate diverse mono-sumanene derivatives 49a–d.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of sumanene building block 53 useful for further extension.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of hexafluorosumanene derivative 55 by Sakurai and co-workers.
Scheme 13: Preparation of sumanene-based carbene 60 and its reaction with cyclohexane.
Scheme 14: Barton–Kellogg reaction for the synthesis of sterically hindered alkenes.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of hydroxysumanene 68 by employing Baeyer–Villiger oxidation.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of sumanene derivatives having functionality at an internal carbon.
Scheme 17: Mechanism for nucleophilic substitution reaction at the internal carbon.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of diverse monosubstituted sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of di- and trisubstituted sumanene derivatives from sumanene (2).
Scheme 20: Preparation of monochlorosumanene 88 and hydrogenation of sumanene (2).
Scheme 21: The dimer 90 and bissumanenyl 92 achieved from halosumannes.
Scheme 22: Pyrenylsumanene 93 involving the Suzuki-coupling as a key transformation.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of various hexaarylsumanene derivatives using the Suzuki-coupling reaction.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of hexasubstituted sumanene derivatives 96 and 97.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of thioalkylsumanenes via an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of tris(ethoxycarbonylethenyl)sumanene derivative 108.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of ferrocenyl-based sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of sumanenylferrocene architectures 118 and 119 via Negishi coupling.
Scheme 29: Diosmylation and the synthesis of phenylboronate ester 121 of sumanene.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of the iron-complex of sumanene.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of tri- and mononuclear sumanenyl zirconocene complexes.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of [CpRu(η6-sumanene)]PF6.
Scheme 33: Preparation of sumanene-based porous coordination networks 127 (spherical tetramer units) and 128 (...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of sumanenylhafnocene complexes 129 and 130.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 134 and 135 along with PdII coordination complex 136.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of alkali metals sumanene complex K7(C21H102−)2(C21H93−)·8THF (137) containing di- and tr...
Scheme 37: The encapsulation of a Cs+ ion between two sumanenyl anions.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of monothiasumanene 140 and dithiasumanene 141 from 139.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of trithiasumanene 151 by Otsubo and his co-workers.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of trithiasumanene derivatives 155 and 156.
Scheme 41: Synthetic route towards hexathiolated trithiasumanenes 158.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of triselenasumanene 160 by Shao and teammates.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of tritellurasumanene derivatives from triphenylene skeletons.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of pyrazine-fused sumanene architectures through condensation reaction.
Scheme 45: Treatment of the trichalcogenasumanenes with diverse oxidative reagents.
Scheme 46: Ring-opening reaction with H2O2 and oxone of heterasumanenes 178 and 179.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of polycyclic compounds from sumanene derivatives.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of diimide-based heterocycles reported by Shao’s and co-workers.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of pristine trichalcogenasumanenes, 151, 205, and 206.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanenes via hexaiodotriphenylene precursor 208.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of trisilasumanenes 214 and 215.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of trisilasumanene derivatives 218 and 219.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of novel trigermasumanene derivative 223.
Scheme 54: An attempt towards the synthesis of tristannasumanene derivative 228.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of triphosphasumanene trisulfide 232 from commercially available 229.
Scheme 56: The doping of sumanene derivatives with chalcogens (S, Se, Te) and phosphorus.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of heterasumanene containing three different heteroatoms.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 240 and 179.
Scheme 59: Preparation of trichalcogenasumanenes 245 and 248.
Scheme 60: Design and synthesis of trichalcogenasumanene derivatives 252 and 178.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of spirosumanenes 264–269 and non-spiroheterasumanenes 258–263.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of sumanene-type hetero polycyclic compounds.
Scheme 63: Synthesis of triazasumanenes 288 and its sulfone congener 287.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of C3-symmetric chiral triaryltriazasumanenes via cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of mononaphthosumanene 293 using Suzuki coupling as a key step.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of di- and trinaphthosumanene derivatives 302–304.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of hemifullerene skeletons by Hirao’s group.
Scheme 68: Design and construction of C70 fragment from a C60 sumanene fragment.
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
- putative azide tautomer 4, the latter deriving from the corresponding α-phenacyl azide precursor 2 via an acid-catalyzed enolization process [34]. The pyrolysis of α-azido ketones in conventional VOCs (trichlorobenzene) is known to take place under harsh conditions, which are based on heating the mixture
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: One-pot synthesis of 2,5-diarylpyrazines (A) (path a) or 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles (B) ...
Scheme 2: Transformation of phenacyl bromide (1a) in ChCl/Gly into phenacyl azide (2a) and 2-benzoyl-(4 or 5)...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles 3. Scope of the reaction. Typical conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles 3/3' from α-phenacyl ...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-benzoyl-(4 or 5)-phenyl-(1H)-imidazoles 3a/3a' and 2,4-di...
Scheme 6: Scope of the synthesis of 2,4-diaroyl-6-arylpyrimidines 7. Typical conditions: 2 (0.3 mmol), Et3N (...
Activated carbon as catalyst support: precursors, preparation, modification and characterization
- Melanie Iwanow,
- Tobias Gärtner,
- Volker Sieber and
- Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1188–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.104
- be produced by salt templating or ultrasonic spray pyrolysis as well as by microwave irradiation. The resulting activated carbon materials are characterized by a variety of techniques such as SEM, FTIR, nitrogen adsorption, Boehm titrations, adsorption of phenol, methylene blue and iodine, TPD, CHNS
- pyrolysis and activation steps and thus, the resulting elemental composition. They concluded that pyrolysis of agricultural waste provides up to twice the amount of char obtained from wood. Different starting materials yield activated carbons with different ash contents or BET surface areas. Nutshells and
- before pyrolysis and prepared carbon-supported metal catalysts in one-step. Nevertheless, the surface area of these materials is much lower compared to the conventional activated carbons, but high nitrogen contents are obtained depending on the composition of the deep eutectic solvents [79]. Precursor
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Experimental setup of ultrasonic spray pyrolysis. Reprinted with permission from [95], copyright 2006 T...
Figure 2: Overview of nitrogen-containing functional groups on the surface of activated carbons. Scheme was d...
One-pot synthesis of dicyclopenta-fused peropyrene via a fourfold alkyne annulation
- Ji Ma,
- Yubin Fu,
- Junzhi Liu and
- Xinliang Feng
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 791–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.72
- methods towards the (di-)cyclopenta-fused pyrene congeners (i–iii, Scheme 1) have mainly been reliant on the flash vacuum pyrolysis of suitable precursors under harsh conditions (T ≥ 900 °C), which resulted in relatively low yields [21][22][23][24]. Palladium-catalyzed annulation has been recently proven
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Chemical structures of dicyclopenta-fused pyrene derivatives i–iii, peropyrene and the dicyclopenta...
Scheme 2: Synthetic route towards compound 1. a) B2pin2, dtbpy, [Ir(OMe)cod]2, cyclohexane, 70 °C, 20 h, 67%;...
Figure 1: High-resolution MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of 1. Inset: isotopic distribution compared to mass spectru...
Figure 2: Single-crystal X-ray structure of 1. (a) Top view and (b) side view of the (P,P) isomer. c) Crystal...
Figure 3: (a) UV–vis absorption spectra of precursor 5 and 1 in CH2Cl2 solution (10−5 M). Inset: photograph o...
Figure 4: Molecular orbitals of peropyrene derivative 6 and the dicyclopenta-fused peropyrene 1.
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
- 100 °C for one day, cooled, and filtered. The material Pd–Cu@rGO (78), as heterogeneous nanocatalyst, was prepared by anchoring Pd(OAc)2 on Cu@rGO in toluene via pyrolysis. The catalyst was highly active in one-pot condensations of alkyl/aryl-substituted triazole heterocycles with cycloadditions and
Graphical Abstract
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.
1,5-Phosphonium betaines from N-triflylpropiolamides, triphenylphosphane, and active methylene compounds
- Vito A. Fiore,
- Chiara Freisler and
- Gerhard Maas
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2603–2611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.253
- of which finally would add to the propadienone. This pathway is notable insofar as propadienones (methylene ketenes) are short-lived compounds which have been generated by flash vapor pyrolysis at high temperatures and characterized spectroscopically or by follow-up products [23]. Under synthetically
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Stable betaines I–IV.
Scheme 2: Reactions of N-triflyl-propiolamides 1 with N- and P-nucleophiles. Tf = SO2CF3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of betaines 3 by a three-component reaction. N-triflylpropiolamides 1: R = Ph (a), 4-Cl-C6...
Figure 1: Phosphonium betaines 3 prepared. An E:Z ratio of 100:0 means that only the E-isomer was observed in...
Scheme 4: Unexpected synthesis of E-3o.
Scheme 5: Betaines 3 from propiolic acid chlorides.
Scheme 6: Two mechanistic scenarios for the formation of betaines 3.
Figure 2: Solid-state structure of E-3a (ORTEP plot), two symmetry-independent molecules in the triclinic uni...
Figure 3: Solid-state structure of E-3b·CH2Cl2 (ORTEP plot); CH2Cl2 solvate molecule not shown.
Figure 4: Solid-state structure of E-3e·H2O·CH2Cl2 (ORTEP plot). The CH2Cl2 solvate molecule is disordered. H...
Figure 5: Solid-state structure of Z-3e (ORTEP plot).
Scheme 7: Resonance structures describing the bonding in 1,2-oxaphospholes/1,5-betaines 8.
Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase
- Alexey Stepanyuk and
- Andreas Kirschning
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2590–2602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.252
- , that are synthetic fragrance components: 60: Iso damascone, 61: Precyclemone B, 62: Lyral®, 63: Cashmeran®, 64: Kephalis, and 65, 66: Givescone®. First synthesis of ionone (30) [11]. First synthesis of Ambrelux (32) [14]. Industrial synthesis of myrcene (1) by pyrolysis of β-pinene (8). First synthesis
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Terpene constituents 1–9 found in geranium and bergamot oils and specified odours of individual com...
Figure 2: Other selected mono- and sesquiterpenes (10–26) as fragrance materials [6].
Figure 3: Main constituents of natural iris oil: irone (27).
Scheme 1: First synthesis of ionone (30) [11].
Scheme 2: First synthesis of Ambrelux (32) [14].
Scheme 3: Industrial synthesis of myrcene (1) by pyrolysis of β-pinene (8).
Scheme 4: First synthesis of Iso E Super® (33), Iso E Super Plus® (34) and Georgywood® (35) as a mixture of i...
Figure 4: Iso E Super® region of GC spectra of Molecule 01 (left, 75 €–100 € per 100 mL; march 2019), a low-p...
Scheme 5: First synthetic route to (−)-Georgywood® (35) by Corey and Hong [33].
Scheme 6: First synthetic route to the odour-active (+)-enantiomer of Iso E Super Plus® (+)-34 [33].
Scheme 7: Analysis of the isomerisation process and formation of products. Most importantly, Iso E Super® (33...
Scheme 8: Isomerisation using additives such as alcohols or carboxylic acids. The product with the γ-position...
Scheme 9: Iso E Super Plus® (34) can undergo a third cyclisation to tetrahydrofuran 59 through compound rac-53...
Figure 5: (Adapted from ref. [8]) Ionone (30, 1893, odour threshold: 0.8 ng L−1), koavone (1982, odour threshold...
Figure 6: Branched, terpene-like cyclohexene derivatives, that are synthetic fragrance components: 60: Iso da...
Scheme 10: New unnatural terpenoid 70 from unnatural farnesyl pyrophosphate derivative 69 and comparison with ...
