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HPW-Catalyzed environmentally benign approach to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines
- Luan A. Martinho and
- Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.55
- (insomnia). Some recent synthetic approaches to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine scaffolds include synthetic pathways of transition metal-catalyzed reactions [14], cyclization [15], condensation [16], heteroannular [17], and photocatalytic reactions [18]. These approaches usually involve non-trivial reaction
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Figure 1: Selected examples of commercial drugs containing the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine core [13].
Figure 2: Examples of application of HPW as catalyst in the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds through multi...
Scheme 1: a) Reported phosphomolybdic acid-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via GBB-3CR. b) Att...
Scheme 2: Substrate scope of the HPW-catalyzed GBB reactions using a range of aromatic/heteroaromatic aldehyd...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of the HPW-catalyzed GBB reaction using aliphatic aldehydes. Reaction conditions: 2...
Scheme 4: Unsuccessful substrates for the HPW-catalyzed GBB-3CR for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 5: 10-Fold scale-up of the HPW-catalyzed GBB reaction (5.0 mmol) between 2-aminopyridine (1a), 4-nitro...
Scheme 6: Plausible reaction mechanism for the HPW-catalyzed GBB reaction.
Pyridine C(sp2)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis
- Haritha Sindhe,
- Malladi Mounika Reddy,
- Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
- Akshay Kamble,
- Amardeep Singh,
- Anand Kumar and
- Satyasheel Sharma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62
- )–H Functionalization of pyridine rings in bipyridine systems The functionalization and synthesis of bipyridine derivatives is of great interest and importance in synthetic chemistry. These compounds are well-studied for their roles as chelating ligands in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions
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Figure 1: Representative examples of bioactive natural products and FDA-approved drugs containing a pyridine ...
Scheme 1: Classical and traditional methods for the synthesis of functionalized pyridines.
Scheme 2: Rare earth metal (Ln)-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 3: Pd-catalyzed C–H alkylation of pyridine N-oxide.
Scheme 4: CuI-catalyzed C–H alkylation of N-iminopyridinium ylides with tosylhydrazones (A) and a plausible r...
Scheme 5: Zirconium complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 6: Rare earth metal-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with nonpolar unsaturated substrates.
Scheme 7: Heterobimetallic Rh–Al complex-catalyzed ortho-C–H monoalkylation of pyridines.
Scheme 8: Mono(phosphinoamido)-rare earth complex-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 9: Rhodium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation with acrylates and acrylamides.
Scheme 10: Ni–Al bimetallic system-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 11: Iridium-catalyzed pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 12: para-C(sp2)–H Alkylation of pyridines with alkenes.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective pyridine C–H alkylation.
Scheme 14: Pd-catalyzed C2-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 15: Ru-catalyzed C-6 (C-2)-propenylation of 2-arylated pyridines.
Scheme 16: C–H addition of allenes to pyridines catalyzed by half-sandwich Sc metal complex.
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed stereodivergent synthesis of alkenylated pyridines.
Scheme 18: Pd-catalyzed ligand-promoted selective C3-olefination of pyridines.
Scheme 19: Mono-N-protected amino acids in Pd-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 20: Amide-directed and rhodium-catalyzed C3-alkenylation of pyridines.
Scheme 21: Bimetallic Ni–Al-catalyzed para-selective alkenylation of pyridine.
Scheme 22: Arylboronic ester-assisted pyridine direct C–H arylation.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalyzed C–H arylation/benzylation with toluene.
Scheme 24: Pd-catalyzed pyridine C–H arylation with potassium aryl- and heteroaryltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 25: Transient activator strategy in pyridine C–H biarylation.
Scheme 26: Ligand-promoted C3-arylation of pyridine.
Scheme 27: Pd-catalyzed arylation of nicotinic and isonicotinic acids.
Scheme 28: Iron-catalyzed and imine-directed C–H arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 29: Pd–(bipy-6-OH) cooperative system-mediated direct pyridine C3-arylation.
Scheme 30: Pd-catalyzed pyridine N-oxide C–H arylation with heteroarylcarboxylic acids.
Scheme 31: Pd-catalyzed C–H cross-coupling of pyridine N-oxides with five-membered heterocycles.
Scheme 32: Cu-catalyzed dehydrative biaryl coupling of azine(pyridine) N-oxides and oxazoles.
Scheme 33: Rh(III)-catalyzed cross dehydrogenative C3-heteroarylation of pyridines.
Scheme 34: Pd-catalyzed C3-selective arylation of pyridines.
Scheme 35: Rhodium-catalyzed oxidative C–H annulation of pyridines to quinolines.
Scheme 36: Rhodium-catalyzed and NHC-directed C–H annulation of pyridine.
Scheme 37: Ni/NHC-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective C–H cyclization of pyridines.
Scheme 38: Rare earth metal-catalyzed intramolecular C–H cyclization of pyridine to azaindolines.
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed alkenylation of bipyridine with terminal silylacetylenes.
Scheme 40: Rollover cyclometallation in Rh-catalyzed pyridine C–H functionalization.
Scheme 41: Rollover pathway in Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of N,N,N-tridentate chelating compounds.
Scheme 42: Pd-catalyzed rollover pathway in bipyridine-6-carboxamides C–H arylation.
Scheme 43: Rh-catalyzed C3-acylmethylation of bipyridine-6-carboxamides with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 44: Rh-catalyzed C–H functionalization of bipyridines with alkynes.
Scheme 45: Rh-catalyzed C–H acylmethylation and annulation of bipyridine with sulfoxonium ylides.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed C4-borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 47: C3-Borylation of pyridines.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed regioselective synthesis of silylated dihydropyridines.
Mechanochemical halogenation of unsymmetrically substituted azobenzenes
- Dajana Barišić,
- Mario Pajić,
- Ivan Halasz,
- Darko Babić and
- Manda Ćurić
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 680–687, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.69
- ; N-halosuccinimide; palladium(II); Introduction Electrophilic aromatic substitution [1][2][3] and ligand-directed transition-metal-catalyzed reactions [4][5][6][7][8] are among the most widely used synthetic approaches for the preparation of halogenated arenes. They are important precursors in cross
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Figure 1: Molecular structures of the monomeric cyclopalladated intermediate and brominated product observed ...
Scheme 1: Halogenation of azobenzenes with strong electron-donating substituents.
Figure 2: a) Two-dimensional (2D) plot of the time-resolved Raman monitoring of NG of L2 (0.50 mmol) with NBS...
Figure 3: Experimental X-ray molecular structure of succinimide product L4-III.
Scheme 2: PdII-catalyzed halogenation of azobenzene and its para-halogenated derivatives.
Figure 4: Experimental X-ray molecular structure of the intermediate I6-I.
Figure 5: a) In situ observation of I6-I during the time-resolved Raman monitoring of LAG of L6 (0.50 mmol) w...
Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study
- Angel Ho,
- Austin Pounder,
- Krish Valluru,
- Leanne D. Chen and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30
- attractive. Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of strained bicyclic derivatives have been an intense area of research in the last 20 years (Scheme 1) [14][15][16][17]. Of particular interest is oxabenzonorbornadiene (OBD, 1), as it bears multiple points of reactivity that allow for diverse
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Scheme 1: Previously reported metal-catalyzed reactions of heterobicyclic alkenes and applications towards th...
Scheme 2: Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation of C1-substituted OBDs 13a–k with salicylaldehyde 14.
Scheme 3: Competition reaction of different C1-substituted OBDs.
Figure 1: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the hydrometalation/reductive elimination p...
Figure 2: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the carbometalation/reductive elimination p...
Figure 3: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the endo hydrometalation/reductive eliminat...
Figure 4: Potential energy profile of the PCM solvation model for the Ir/diene-catalyzed hydroacylation of Me...
Recent advances and perspectives in ruthenium-catalyzed cyanation reactions
- Thaipparambil Aneeja,
- Cheriya Mukkolakkal Abdulla Afsina,
- Padinjare Veetil Saranya and
- Gopinathan Anilkumar
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 37–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.4
- demanded the need of an alternative method for the synthesis of nitriles. Nowadays transition-metal-catalyzed reactions have received tremendous interest. Various transition metals such as Fe [15], Co [16], Ni [17], Pd [18], Cu [19], Rh [20] etc. were well explored in cyanation owing to its cost-effective
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Scheme 1: Starch-immobilized ruthenium trichloride-catalyzed cyanation of tertiary amines.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the cyanation of tertiary amines using starch-immobilized ruthenium trichlor...
Scheme 3: Cyanation of tertiary amines using heterogeneous Ru/C catalyst.
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism for cyanation of tertiary amines using a heterogeneous Ru/C catalyst.
Scheme 5: Ruthenium-carbamato complex-catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines.
Scheme 6: Cyanation of tertiary amines using immobilized MCM-41-2N-RuCl3 as the catalyst.
Scheme 7: Cyanation of tertiary amines using RuCl3·nH2O as the catalyst and molecular oxygen as oxidant.
Scheme 8: RuCl3-catalyzed cyanation of tertiary amines using NaCN/HCN and H2O2 as oxidant.
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism for the ruthenium-catalyzed oxidative cyanation using H2O2.
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the ruthenium-catalyzed aerobic oxidative cyanation.
Scheme 11: RuCl3-catalyzed oxidative cyanation of tertiary amines using acetone cyanohydrin as the cyanating a...
Scheme 12: Cyanation of indoles using K4[Fe(CN)6] as cyano source and Ru(III)-exchanged NaY zeolite (RuY) as c...
Scheme 13: Cyanation of arenes and heteroarenes using a ruthenium(II) catalyst and N-cyano-N-phenyl-p-toluenes...
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the cyanation of arenes and heteroarenes using ruthenium(II) as catalyst and...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of N-(2-cyanoaryl)-7-azaindoles.
Figure 1: Structure of the TiO2-immobilized ruthenium polyazine complex.
Scheme 16: Visible-light-induced oxidative cyanation of aza-Baylis–Hillman adducts.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1° alkyl nitriles using [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 as the photocatalyst.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 2° and 3° alkyl nitriles using [Ru(bpy)3](PF6)2 as the photocatalyst.
Scheme 19: Photoredox cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of α-amino nitriles from amines via a one-pot strategy.
Scheme 21: Proposed mechanistic pathway for the cyanation of the aldimine intermediate.
Scheme 22: Strecker-type functionalization of N-aryl-substituted tetrahydroisoquinolines under flow conditions....
Scheme 23: One-pot synthesis of α-aminonitriles using RuCl3 as catalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of alkyl nitriles using (Ru(TMHD)3) as the catalyst.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of cyanated isoxazolines from alkenyl oximes catalyzed by [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2 in the prese...
Scheme 26: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of cyanated isoxazolines from alkenyl oximes.
Scheme 27: Oxidative cyanation of differently substituted alcohols.
Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues
- Umesh P. Aher,
- Dhananjai Srivastava,
- Girij P. Singh and
- Jayashree B. S
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182
- introduction on important classical approaches and older yet creative methods to provide the reader with a historical context. For comparison, this will be followed by a discussion of more modern techniques, including chiral auxiliaries for neighboring group participation and transition metal-catalyzed
- reactions, along with recent new promoter-dependent advances. It is generally agreed that the stereochemical outcome of glycosylation can be affected by multiple factors [66][67][68][69], which include i) structure and conformation of the glycosyl substrates, ii) glycosylation reagents or promoters, iii
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Figure 1: Representative modified 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues.
Figure 2: Mechanism of antiviral action of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides, 3TC (1) and FTC (2), as chain termina...
Figure 3: Synthetic strategies for the construction of the 1,3-oxathiolane sugar ring.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 4 from benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a) and 2-mercapto-substituted dimethyl acetal 3na.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 8 from protected glycolic aldehyde 3b and 2-mercaptoacetic acid (3o).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 20 from ᴅ-mannose (3c).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 20 from 1,6-thioanhydro-ᴅ-galactose (3d).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 8 from 2-(tert-butyldiphenylsilyloxy)methyl-5-oxo-1,2-oxathiolane (3m).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 20a from ʟ-gulose derivative 3f.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 31 from (+)-thiolactic acid 3p and 2-benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 35a from 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) and glyoxylic acid (3g) hydrate.
Scheme 9: Synthetic routes toward 41 through Pummerer reaction from methyl 2-mercaptoacetate (3j) and bromoac...
Scheme 10: Strategy for the synthesis of 2,5-substituted 1,3-oxathiolane 41a using 4-nitrobenzyl glyoxylate an...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 44 by a resolution method using Mucor miehei lipase.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 45 from benzoyloxyacetaldehyde (3a) and 2-mercaptoacetaldehyde bis(2-methoxyethyl) ace...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of 46 from 2-mercaptoacetaldehyde bis(2-methoxyethyl) acetal (3nc) and diethyl 3-phosphon...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of 48 from 1,3-dihydroxyacetone dimer 3l.
Scheme 15: Approach toward 52 from protected alkene 3rb and lactic acid derivative 51 developed by Snead et al....
Scheme 16: Recent approach toward 56a developed by Kashinath et al.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 56a from ʟ-menthyl glyoxylate (3h) hydrate by DKR.
Scheme 18: Possible mechanism with catalytic TEA for rapid interconversion of isomers.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of 35a by a classical resolution method through norephedrine salt 58 formation.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 63 via [1,2]-Brook rearrangement from silyl glyoxylate 61 and thiol 3nb.
Scheme 21: Combined use of STS and CAL-B as catalysts to synthesize an enantiopure oxathiolane precursor 65.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 1 and 1a from glycolaldehyde dimer 64 and 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) using STS and CAL...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 68 by using Klebsiella oxytoca.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 71 and 72 using Trichosporon taibachii lipase and kinetic resolution.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 1,3-oxathiolan-5-ones 77 and 78 via dynamic covalent kinetic resolution.
Figure 4: Pathway for glycosidic bond formation.
Scheme 26: First synthesis of (±)-BCH-189 (1c) by Belleau et al.
Scheme 27: Enantioselective synthesis of 3TC (1).
Scheme 28: Synthesis of cis-diastereomer 3TC (1) from oxathiolane propionate 44.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of (±)-BCH-189 (1c) via SnCl4-mediated N-glycosylation of 8.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of (+)-BCH-189 (1a) via TMSOTf-mediated N-glycosylation of 20.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 3TC (1) from oxathiolane precursor 20a.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 83 via N-glycosylation of 20 with pyrimidine bases.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of 85 via N-glycosylation of 20 with purine bases.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 86 and 87 via N-glycosylation using TMSOTf and pyrimidines.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of 90 and 91 via N-glycosylation using TMSOTf and purines.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 3TC (1) via TMSI-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 37: Stereoselective N-glycosylation for the synthesis of 1 by anchimeric assistance of a chiral auxilia...
Scheme 38: Whitehead and co-workers’ approach for the synthesis of 1 via direct N-glycosylation without an act...
Scheme 39: ZrCl4-mediated stereoselective N-glycosylation.
Scheme 40: Plausible reaction mechanism for stereoselective N-glycosylation using ZrCl4.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure oxathiolane nucleosides 1 and 2.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of tetrazole analogues of 1,3-oxathiolane nucleosides 97.
Scheme 43: Synthetic approach toward 99 from 1,3-oxathiolane 45 by Camplo et al.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 100 from oxathiolane phosphonate analogue 46.
Scheme 45: Synthetic approach toward 102 and the corresponding cyclic thianucleoside monophosphate 102a by Cha...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of emtricitabine (2) from 1,4-dithiane-2,5-diol (3q) and glyoxylic acid (3g).
Scheme 47: Synthesis of 1 and 2, respectively, from 56a–d using iodine-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 48: Plausible mechanism for silane- and I2-mediated N-glycosylation.
Scheme 49: Pyridinium triflate-mediated N-glycosylation of 35a.
Scheme 50: Possible pathway for stereoselective N-glycosylation via in situ chelation with a metal ligand.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of novel 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside 108 from oxathiolane precursor 8 and 3-benzyloxy-2-me...
Scheme 52: Synthesis of 110 using T-705 as a nucleobase and 1,3-oxathiolane derivative 8 via N-glycosylation.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of 1 using an asymmetric leaving group and N-glycosylation with bromine and mesitylene.
Scheme 54: Cytidine deaminase for enzymatic separation of 1c.
Scheme 55: Enzymatic resolution of the monophosphate derivative 116 for the synthesis of (−)-BCH-189 (1) and (...
Scheme 56: Enantioselective resolution by PLE-mediated hydrolysis to obtain FTC (2).
Scheme 57: (+)-Menthyl chloroformate as a resolving agent to separate a racemic mixture 120.
Scheme 58: Separation of racemic mixture 1c by cocrystal 123 formation with (S)-(−)-BINOL.
Synthesis of highly substituted fluorenones via metal-free TBHP-promoted oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls. Application to the total synthesis of nobilone
- Ilya A. P. Jourjine,
- Lukas Zeisel,
- Jürgen Krauß and
- Franz Bracher
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2668–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.181
- ][27][28]. Various approaches starting from functionalized biaryls have hereby attracted considerable interest, since the precursors are readily available by established cross-coupling reactions. Beyond transition-metal-catalyzed reactions, acid-mediated cyclizations of biphenylcarboxylic acids and
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Scheme 1: Selected fluorenone-type natural products.
Scheme 2: Overview of published cyclization methodologies for the synthesis of fluorenones starting from func...
Scheme 3: Preliminary considerations for the oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls to fluorenones....
Scheme 4: Substrate scope and yields for oxidative cyclizations of N-methyl-2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls 9a–d bea...
Scheme 5: Substrate scope for the oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls. Conditions: a) Boc2O, NEt...
Scheme 6: Substrate scope for the oxidative cyclization of 2-(aminomethyl)biphenyls with main focus on protec...
Scheme 7: Total synthesis of nobilone (1d). Conditions: a) TBS-Cl, imidazole, DMF, 50 °C, 18 h; b) n-BuLi, B(...
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for the oxidative cyclization of amines 2a and 2b to fluorenone (3).
1,2,3-Triazoles as leaving groups: SNAr reactions of 2,6-bistriazolylpurines with O- and C-nucleophiles
- Dace Cīrule,
- Irina Novosjolova,
- Ērika Bizdēna and
- Māris Turks
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 410–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.37
- is introduced at the C6 position of the purine ring using SNAr reactions (Ia→II, Scheme 1). If purine contains identical leaving groups at C2 and C6 positions the reactivity order in its SNAr reactions is C6 > C2 [71][72]. Also transition metal catalyzed reactions can be used for C6 functionalization
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Scheme 1: Synthetic pathways for the synthesis of 6-substituted 2-triazolylpurine derivatives IV.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 2,6-bistriazolylpurine derivatives 2a–c.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 6-alkyloxy-2-triazolylpurine derivatives 3a–f.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 6-alkyloxy-2-triazolylpurine nucleosides 3g–j.
Scheme 5: 2,6-Bistriazolylpurine derivatives in SNAr reactions with H2O/HO− as nucleophiles.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of C6-substituted 2-triazolylpurine derivatives 5.
Figure 1: Possible tautomeric structures of compounds 5a–d.
Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups
- Xiaowei Li,
- Xiaolin Shi,
- Xiangqian Li and
- Dayong Shi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218
- review covers mainly two types of transition-metal-catalyzed reactions: 1) cross-couplings with a fluorinated organometallic species or a halogenated fluorinated species and 2) the direct introduction of fluorinated moieties into nonfunctionalized substrates with a fluorinated reagent. We hope that this
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Scheme 1: The main three strategies of fluorination: nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical fluorination.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s Pd-catalyzed fluorination of allylic chlorides.
Scheme 3: Allylic fluorination of 2- and 3-substituted propenyl esters.
Scheme 4: Regioselective allylic fluorination of cinnamyl phosphorothioate esters.
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalyzed aliphatic C–H fluorination reported by Doyle.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of α-ketoesters followed by stereoselective reduction to...
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination of oxindoles.
Scheme 8: C–H fluorination of 8-methylquinoline derivatives with F− reagents.
Scheme 9: Fluorination of α-cyano acetates reported by van Leeuwen.
Scheme 10: The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic C–H fluorination of α-chloro-β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 11: Fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds directed by the bidentate PIP auxiliary.
Scheme 12: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds at the β-position of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective benzylic C–H fluorination with a chiral transient directing group.
Scheme 14: Microwave-heated Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl alcohols.
Scheme 15: Fluorination of aryl potassium trifluoroborates.
Scheme 16: C(sp2)–F bond formation using precatalyst [L·Pd]2(cod).
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed fluorination of (hetero)aryl triflates and bromides.
Scheme 18: The Pd-catalyzed C–H fluorination of arenes with Selectfluor/NFSI.
Scheme 19: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-monofluorination protocol for benzoic acids.
Scheme 20: Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–H bond fluorination of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.
Scheme 21: Nitrate-promoted fluorination of aromatic and olefinic C(sp2)–H bonds and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Fluorination of oxalyl amide-protected benzylamine derivatives.
Scheme 23: C–H fluorination of benzaldehydes with orthanilic acids as transient directing group.
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed aryl C–H fluorination with various directing groups.
Scheme 25: Cu-catalyzed aliphatic, allylic, and benzylic fluorination.
Scheme 26: Cu-catalyzed SN2 fluorination of primary and secondary alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed fluorination of alkyl triflates.
Scheme 28: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of allylic bromides and chlorides.
Scheme 29: Synthetic strategy for the fluorination of active methylene compounds.
Scheme 30: Fluorination of β-ketoesters using a tartrate-derived bidentate bisoxazoline-Cu(II) complex.
Scheme 31: Highly enantioselective fluorination of β-ketoesters and N-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 32: Amide group-assisted site-selective fluorination of α-bromocarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 33: Cu-mediated aryl fluorination reported by Sanford [77].
Scheme 34: Mono- or difluorination reactions of benzoic acid derivatives.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.
Scheme 36: Copper(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-pyridylaryl bromides.
Scheme 37: AgNO3-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: The Mn-catalyzed aliphatic and benzylic C–H fluorination.
Scheme 39: Iron(II)-promoted C–H fluorination of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 40: Ag-catalyzed fluorodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 41: Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 42: AgNO3-catalyzed radical deboronofluorination of alkylboronates and boronic acids.
Scheme 43: Selective heterobenzylic C–H fluorination with Selectfluor reported by Van Humbeck.
Scheme 44: Fe(II)-catalyzed site-selective fluorination guided by an alkoxyl radical.
Scheme 45: Fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates reported by Nguyen et al.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed fluorination of allylic carbonates with TBAF(t-BuOH)4.
Scheme 47: Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates.
Scheme 48: Cobalt-catalyzed α-fluorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 49: Nickel-catalyzed α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters.
Scheme 50: Ni(II)-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of oxindoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 51: Scandium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H fluorination of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed directed C–H fluorination.
Scheme 53: Electrophilic silver-catalyzed Ar–F bond-forming reaction from arylstannanes.
Figure 1: Nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical CF3 sources.
Scheme 54: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins.
Scheme 55: Direct copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes.
Scheme 56: Cupper-catalyzed enantioselective trifluoromethylation of five and six-membered ring β-ketoesters.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed highly stereoselective trifluoromethylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates.
Scheme 58: Remote C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of carboxamides and sulfonamides.
Scheme 59: Trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes with photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 60: Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids in aqueous CH3CN.
Scheme 61: Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids via combined photoredox and copp...
Scheme 62: Palladium-catalyzed Ar–CF3 bond-forming reaction.
Scheme 63: Palladium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes with diverse heterocyclic directing groups.
Scheme 64: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of indoles as reported by Liu.
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of vinyl triflates and vinyl nonaflates.
Scheme 66: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of aromatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of acetanilides with CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 68: CuI-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids.
Scheme 69: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinylboronic acids.
Scheme 70: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 71: Formation of C(sp2)–CF3 bond catalyzed by copper(I) complex.
Scheme 72: Loh’s Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of enamides and electron-deficient alkenes.
Scheme 73: Copper and iron-catalyzed decarboxylative tri- and difluoromethylation.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of hydrazones developed by Bouyssi.
Scheme 75: Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 76: Cu/Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed direct alkenyl C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 78: Copper(I/II)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives.
Scheme 79: Regioselective trifluoromethylation of pivalamido arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of trifluoromethylquinones in the presence of copper(I).
Scheme 81: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazoheterocycles in ionic liquid/water.
Scheme 82: A mild and fast continuous-flow trifluoromethylation of coumarins using a CuI/CF3SO2Na/TBHP system.
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylation of various 8-aminoquinolines.
Scheme 84: PA-directed copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of anilines.
Scheme 85: Trifluoromethylation of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates catalyzed by Fe(II).
Scheme 86: Alkenyl trifluoromethylation catalyzed by Ru(phen)3Cl2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 87: Ru-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkenes by Akita’s group.
Scheme 88: Ir-catalyzed Cvinyl–CF3 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 89: Ag(I)-catalyzed denitrative trifluoromethylation of β-nitrostyrenes.
Scheme 90: Photocatalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl C–H bonds.
Scheme 91: Rhenium (MTO)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aromatic substrates.
Scheme 92: Trifluoromethylation of unprotected anilines under [Ir(ppy)3] catalyst.
Scheme 93: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazopyridines and imidazoheterocycles.
Scheme 94: Ruthenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride.
Scheme 95: Phosphovanadomolybdic acid-catalyzed direct C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 96: Picolinamide-assisted ortho-trifluoromethylation of arylamines.
Scheme 97: A nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of free anilines.
Scheme 98: Cu-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes reported by Qing.
Scheme 99: Huang’s C(sp)–H trifluoromethylation using Togni’s reagent.
Scheme 100: Cu-catalyzed methods for trifluoromethylation with Umemoto’s reagent.
Scheme 101: The synthesis of alkynyl-CF3 compounds in the presence of fac-[Ir(ppy)3] under visible-light irradi...
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction reported by Reutrakul.
Scheme 103: Difluoromethylation of enamides and ene-carbamates.
Scheme 104: Difluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 105: Copper-catalyzed direct C(sp2)–H difluoroacetylation reported by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 106: Difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones with functionalized difluoromethyl bromides.
Scheme 107: Photoredox-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones.
Scheme 108: Synergistic ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H difluoromethylation reported by Ackermann.
Scheme 109: Visible-light photocatalytic decarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 110: Synthesis of difluorinated ketones via S-alkyl dithiocarbamates obtained from acyl chlorides and po...
Scheme 111: Synthesis of aryl and heteroaryl difluoromethylated phosphonates.
Scheme 112: Difluoroalkylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates using Cu as the catalyst.
Scheme 113: Ru(II)-mediated para-selective difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives.
Scheme 114: Bulky diamine ligand promoted cross-coupling of difluoroalkyl bromides.
Scheme 115: Copper-catalyzed C3–H difluoroacetylation of quinoxalinones.
Scheme 116: Copper(I) chloride-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 117: Copper-boxmi-catalyzed asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 118: Direct Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of boronic acids and alkynes.
Scheme 119: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthio-substituted ketones.
Scheme 120: Trifluoromethylthiolation reactions promoted by diazotriflone and copper.
Scheme 121: Halide activation of N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide.
Scheme 122: The visible light-promoted trifluoromethylthiolation reported by Glorius.
Scheme 123: Synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthioesters via Goossen’s approach.
Scheme 124: Photoinduced trifluoromethylthiolation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 125: Ag-mediated trifluoromethoxylation of aryl stannanes and arylboronic acids.
Scheme 126: Catalytic (hetero)aryl C–H trifluoromethoxylation under visible light.
Scheme 127: Photoinduced C–H-bond trifluromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes.
Synthesis of benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]benzoselenoazoles: Cs2CO3-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)benzimidazoles with selenium
- Mio Matsumura,
- Yuki Kitamura,
- Arisa Yamauchi,
- Yoshitaka Kanazawa,
- Yuki Murata,
- Tadashi Hyodo,
- Kentaro Yamaguchi and
- Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2029–2035, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.199
- , reaction 3) [8]. However, to the best of our knowledge, the synthesis of imidazoselenoazoles has been limited to highly substituted derivatives and the basic physical properties of the parent skeleton have not been clarified. Transition metal-catalyzed reactions are one of the most popular methods to form
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Scheme 1: Previously reported synthetic methods for the preparation of imidazo[2,1-b]selenoazoles.
Figure 1: (a) Ortep drawing of 2a (50% probability, only one of two independent molecules is shown) and (b) p...
Figure 2: Cs2CO3-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)imidazoles with Se. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.5 mmol)...
Figure 3: Absorption spectra of selected compounds (2a, 10 and 11) in CHCl3.
Scheme 2: Control reactions.
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism.
Synergistic approach to polycycles through Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling and metathesis as key steps
- Sambasivarao Kotha,
- Milind Meshram and
- Chandravathi Chakkapalli
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2468–2481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.223
- -Doctoral Fellow at the KU Leuven, Belgium under the EMINTE programme. During post-doctoral work his research work was related to organic synthesis under microwave reaction conditions. Presently, he is Research Associate with Prof. S. Kotha. His research interests include various transition-metal-catalyzed
- reactions and their applications in organic synthesis. Chandravathi Chakkapalli obtained her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemistry from Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India. She completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. J. S. Yadav from IICT, Hyderabad in 2016. Her research interests are in the area of
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Figure 1: Various catalysts used for metathesis reactions.
Scheme 1: SM coupling and RCM protocol to substituted indene derivative 10.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of polycycles via SM and RCM approach.
Figure 2: Various angucyclines.
Scheme 3: SM coupling and RCM protocol to the benz[a]anthracene skeleton 26.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of substituted spirocycles via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of highly functionalized bis-spirocyclic derivative 37.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of spirofluorene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling sequence.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of truxene derivatives via RCM and SM coupling.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of substituted isoquinoline derivative via SM and RCM protocol.
Scheme 9: Synthesis to 8-aryl substituted coumarin 64 via RCM and SM sequence.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of cyclic sulfoximine 70 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1-benzazepine derivative 75 via SM and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of naphthoxepine derivative 79 via RCM followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 13: Sequential CM and SM coupling approach to Z-stilbene derivative 85.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of substituted trans-stilbene derivatives via SM coupling and RCM.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of biaryl derivatives via sequential EM, DA followed by SM coupling.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of the dibenzocyclooctadiene core of schisandrene.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of cyclophane 115 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclophane 120 and 122 via SM coupling and RCM as key steps.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of cyclophanes via SM and RCM.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of MK-6325 (141) via RCM and SM coupling.
Cobalt-catalyzed C–H cyanations: Insights into the reaction mechanism and the role of London dispersion
- Eric Detmar,
- Valentin Müller,
- Daniel Zell,
- Lutz Ackermann and
- Martin Breugst
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1537–1545, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.130
- ][10][11], London dispersion can also play a crucial role in different transition-metal-catalyzed reactions [12][13][14][15][16][17]. The C–H-rich di-1-adamantylphosphine oxide – a typical dispersion element – was experimentally found to be an excellent preligand for ruthenium- and palladium-catalyzed
- exclusively act as a sterically demanding ligand in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions. Conclusion We have analyzed the cobalt(III)-catalyzed C–H cyanation of differently substituted 2-phenylpyridines with N-cyano-N-aryl-p-toluenesulfonamide using density functional theory. On the basis of our computational
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Scheme 1: Cycloaddition reaction of in situ generated benzynes resulting in the sterically more hindered addu...
Scheme 2: Recently developed cobalt-catalyzed C–H cyanation [30].
Figure 1: Calculated free-energy profile for the cobalt-catalyzed C–H cyanation of 2-phenylpyridine (1a) [in ...
Figure 2: Calculated structures, selected bond lengths (in Å), and imaginary frequencies for representative i...
Scheme 3: Kinetic profile of the cobalt-catalyzed C–H cyanation with differently substituted cyanating agents ...
Figure 3: Noncovalent interaction (NCI) analysis for selected intermediates and transition states. The gradie...
Figure 4: Projected dispersion interaction density (DID) plots for selected intermediates and transition stat...
Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, allenes, and aldehydes catalyzed by a Co/Cr-hybrid catalyst
- Kimihiro Komeyama,
- Shunsuke Sakiyama,
- Kento Iwashita,
- Itaru Osaka and
- Ken Takaki
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.118
- organometallics, involving a wide range of transition metal-catalyzed reactions. For example, transmetalation between an organonickel (or organocobalt) complex and chromium salt results in the formation of a highly nucleophilic organochromium species, which enables efficient addition to aldehydes to give
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Scheme 1: Nucleophilic and π-electrophilic characters of organometallics depending on the central metals.
Scheme 2: Ni/Cr or Co/Cr-catalyzed NHK reaction.
Scheme 3: Functionalization of alkynes via carbocobaltation.
Scheme 4: Cyclization/borylation of alkynyl iodoarenes using the Co/Cr catalyst.
Scheme 5: Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, arenes, and aldehydes using Co/Cr catalyst (this work).
Scheme 6: Screening of aldehydes in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are det...
Scheme 7: Screening of aryl iodides in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are ...
Scheme 8: Screening of allenes in the Co/Cr-catalyzed three-component coupling reaction. All yields are deter...
Scheme 9: Reversed diastereoselectivity using allenyl ethers 5 and 6. a4-chlorobenzaldehyde was used instead ...
Scheme 10: Stoichiometric reaction of phenylchromium(II or III) reagents (reaction 1) and the three-component ...
Scheme 11: The origin of the diastereoselectivity in the present three-component coupling.
Scheme 12: Plausible reaction mechanism of the three-component coupling.
Bromide-assisted chemoselective Heck reaction of 3-bromoindazoles under high-speed ball-milling conditions: synthesis of axitinib
- Jingbo Yu,
- Zikun Hong,
- Xinjie Yang,
- Yu Jiang,
- Zhijiang Jiang and
- Weike Su
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 786–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.66
- transition-metal-catalyzed reactions [1][2], which has shown itself as a powerful synthetic tool in both academic and industrial practice [3][4][5][6][7]. The transformation has been enrolled as key steps for numerous synthetic routes, including the recent President Green Chemistry Award winner route of
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Scheme 1: Representative pharmaceutically useful indazoles.
Scheme 2: Model Heck reaction of 3-bromo-N-methyl-1H-indazole (1a) and n-butyl acrylate (2a). (173 stainless-...
Figure 1: Investigation of additives in the Heck reaction: 1a (1.5 mmol), 2a (2.25 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (5 mol %),...
Scheme 3: The control experiments. aTEA (1.8 mmol), silica gel (5.0 g), bPd(OAc)2 (5 mol %), PPh3 (10 mol %),...
Scheme 4: Plausible reaction pathway.
Figure 2: Influence of milling time and rotation speed on the Heck reaction: 1a (1.5 mmol), 2a (2.25 mmol), P...
Figure 3: Influence of the milling ball filling degree with different size on the Heck reaction: 1a (1.5 mmol...
Scheme 5: Examination of the substrate scope. Reaction conditions: 1 (1.5 mmol), 2 (2.25 mmol), Pd(OAc)2 (5 m...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of axitinib by mechanochemical Heck–Migita coupling. Reagents and conditions: (i) NBS, Na...
The reductive decyanation reaction: an overview and recent developments
- Jean-Marc R. Mattalia
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 267–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.30
- on transition-metal-catalyzed reactions focuses on selected examples that show the wide scope of reduced substrates including alkyl cyanides, challenging substrates due to their propensity to undergo β-hydride elimination from alkylmetal intermediates. Nakazawa et al. reported the photoinduced C–CN
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Scheme 1: Mechanism for the reduction under metal dissolving conditions.
Scheme 2: Example of decyanation in metal dissolving conditions coupled with deprotection [30]. TBDMS = tert-buty...
Scheme 3: Preparation of α,ω-dienes [18,33].
Scheme 4: Cyclization reaction using a radical probe [18].
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (±)-xanthorrhizol (8) [39].
Scheme 6: Mechanism for the reduction of α-aminonitriles by hydride donors.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines and phenanthroquinolizidines [71].
Scheme 8: Two-step synthesis of 5-unsubstituted pyrrolidines (25 examples and 1 synthetic application, see be...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (±)-isoretronecanol 19. DBU = 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene [74].
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism with 14a for the NaBH4 induced decyanation reaction (“BH3” = BH3·THF) [74].
Scheme 11: Reductive decyanation by a sodium hydride–iodide composite (26 examples) [81].
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the reduction by NaH [81].
Scheme 13: Reductive decyanation catalyzed by nickel nanoparticles. Yields are given in weight % from GC–MS da...
Scheme 14: Decyanation of 2-cyanobenzo[b]thiophene [87].
Scheme 15: Simplified pathways involved in transition-metal-promoted reductive decyanations [93,95].
Scheme 16: Fe-catalyzed reductive decyanation. Numbers in square brackets represent turnover numbers. The TONs...
Scheme 17: Rh-catalyzed reductive decyanation of aryl nitriles (18 examples, 2 synthetic applications) [103].
Scheme 18: Rh-catalyzed reductive decyanation of aliphatic nitriles (15 examples, one synthetic application) [103].
Scheme 19: Ni-catalyzed reductive decyanation (method A: 28 examples and 2 synthetic applications; method B: 3...
Scheme 20: Reductive decyanation catalyzed by the nickel complex 58 (method A, 14 examples, yield ≥ 20% and 1 ...
Scheme 21: Proposed catalytic cycle for the nickel complex 58 catalyzed decyanation (method A). Only the cycle...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of bicyclic lactones [119,120].
Scheme 23: Reductive decyanation of malononitriles and cyanoacetates using NHC-boryl radicals (9 examples). Fo...
Scheme 24: Proposed mechanism for the reduction by NHC-boryl radicals. The other possible pathway (addition of ...
Scheme 25: Structures of organic electron-donors. Only the major Z isomer of 80 is shown [125,127].
Scheme 26: Reductive decyanation of malononitriles and cyanoacetates using organic electron-donors (method A, ...
Scheme 27: Photoreaction of dibenzylmalononitrile with 81 [128].
Scheme 28: Examples of decyanation promoted in acid or basic media [129,131,134,135].
Scheme 29: Mechanism proposed for the base-induced reductive decyanation of diphenylacetonitriles [136].
Scheme 30: Reductive decyanation of triarylacetonitriles [140].
Unusual reactions of diazocarbonyl compounds with α,β-unsaturated δ-amino esters: Rh(II)-catalyzed Wolff rearrangement and oxidative cleavage of N–H-insertion products
- Valerij A. Nikolaev,
- Jury J. Medvedev,
- Olesia S. Galkina,
- Ksenia V. Azarova and
- Christoph Schneider
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1904–1910, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.180
- ; transition-metal-catalyzed reactions; Wolff rearrangement; Introduction Transition-metal-catalyzed reactions of diazocarbonyl compounds (DCC) with different organic substrates comprise a powerful tool of organic synthesis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Of prime importance was found to be the ability of reactive
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Scheme 1: Catalytic reactions of diazocarbonyl compounds with unsaturated δ-amino esters.
Figure 1: The structures of the starting compounds 1–3 and catalysts used in this study.
Scheme 2: The assumed pathway for the occurance of amides 6a–c by way of the catalytic Wolff rearrangement.
Scheme 3: The assumed mechanism for the formation of the amides 4 and 7 during oxidative cleavage of the N–H-...
On the cause of low thermal stability of ethyl halodiazoacetates
- Magnus Mortén,
- Martin Hennum and
- Tore Bonge-Hansen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1590–1597, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.155
- transition metal-catalyzed reactions [5]. A large number of diazo esters have been synthesized and an order has been arranged for α-substituents that increase the stability of the diazoesters [3]. Halogen substituents are completely absent from this list of α-substituents. Hence, the relative position of
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Figure 1: Relative stability and nucleophilicity of non-stabilized (R = H, alkyl) diazo compounds (left) and ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of ethyl halodiazoacetates [11].
Figure 2: a) The decay of 2b in toluene-d8 at 35 °C. b) The plot of log(Δ[2b]) vs time.
Scheme 2: Proposed rate determining step for the thermal decomposition of 2a–c.
Figure 3: Transition-state energies (kcal/mol) for the release of N2 and formation of the singlet carbenes. T...
Figure 4: Thermal stability of 1 and 2a–c, and the α-substituents’ contribution to π-donation.
Figure 5: NBO atomic charges and IR stretching frequencies calculated [21] and experimentally recorded for 1 and ...
Figure 6: NBO atomic charges of the singlet carbenes from 1 and 2a,b, and d.
Figure 7: Relative thermal stability of halodiazoacetates (red color).
Figure 8: Relative nucleophilicity of halodiazoacetates (red color).
Conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation reactions
- James P. Phelan and
- Jonathan A. Ellman
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1203–1228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.116
- , protodemetalation liberates the product and regenerates 69. While the overall process provides the same product as a conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation sequence, mechanistically this, along with other transition metal-catalyzed reactions that invoke a conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Two general pathways for conjugate addition followed by enantioselective protonation.
Scheme 1: Tomioka’s enantioselective addition of arylthiols to α-substituted acrylates.
Scheme 2: Sibi’s enantioselective hydrogen atom transfer reactions.
Scheme 3: Mikami’s addition of perfluorobutyl radical to α-aminoacrylate 11.
Scheme 4: Reisman’s Friedel–Crafts conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation approach toward tryptophan...
Scheme 5: Pracejus’s enantioselective addition of benzylmercaptan to α-aminoacrylate 20.
Scheme 6: Kumar and Dike’s enantioselective addition of thiophenol to α-arylacrylates.
Scheme 7: Tan’s enantioselective addition of aromatic thiols to 2-phthalimidoacrylates.
Scheme 8: Glorius’ enantioselective Stetter reactions with α-substituted acrylates.
Scheme 9: Dixon’s enantioselective addition of thiols to α-substituted acrylates.
Figure 2: Chiral phosphorous ligands.
Scheme 10: Enantioselective addition of arylboronic acids to methyl α-acetamidoacrylate.
Scheme 11: Frost’s enantioselective additions to dimethyl itaconate.
Scheme 12: Darses and Genet’s addition of potassium organotrifluoroborates to α-aminoacrylates.
Scheme 13: Proposed mechanism for enantioselective additions to α-aminoacrylates.
Scheme 14: Sibi’s addition of arylboronic acids to α-methylaminoacrylates.
Scheme 15: Frost’s enantioselective synthesis of α,α-dibenzylacetates 64.
Scheme 16: Rovis’s hydroheteroarylation of α-substituted acrylates with benzoxazoles.
Scheme 17: Proposed mechanism for the hydroheteroarylation of α-substituted acrylates with benzoxazoles.
Scheme 18: Sodeoka’s enantioselective addition of amines to N-benzyloxycarbonyl acrylamides 75 and 77.
Scheme 19: Proposed catalytic cycle for Sodeoka’s enantioselective addition of amines.
Scheme 20: Sibi’s enantioselective Friedel–Crafts addition of pyrroles to imides 84.
Scheme 21: Kobayashi’s enantioselective addition of malonates to α-substituted N-acryloyloxazolidinones.
Scheme 22: Chen and Wu’s enantioselective addition of thiophenol to N-methacryloyl benzamide.
Scheme 23: Tan’s enantioselective addition of secondary phosphine oxides and thiols to N-arylitaconimides.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective addition of thiols to α-substituted N-acryloylamides.
Scheme 25: Kobayashi’s enantioselective addition of thiols to α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 26: Feng’s enantioselective addition of pyrazoles to α-substituted vinyl ketones.
Scheme 27: Luo and Cheng’s addition of indoles to vinyl ketones by enamine catalysis.
Scheme 28: Curtin–Hammett controlled enantioselective addition of indole.
Scheme 29: Luo and Cheng’s enantioselective additions to α-branched vinyl ketones.
Scheme 30: Lou’s reduction–conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation.
Scheme 31: Luo and Cheng’s primary amine-catalyzed addition of indoles to α-substituted acroleins.
Scheme 32: Luo and Cheng’s proposed mechanism and transition state.
Figure 3: Shibasaki’s chiral lanthanum and samarium tris(BINOL) catalysts.
Scheme 33: Shibasaki’s enantioselective addition of 4-tert-butyl(thiophenol) to α,β-unsaturated thioesters.
Scheme 34: Shibasaki’s application of chiral (S)-SmNa3tris(binaphthoxide) catalyst 144 to the total synthesis ...
Scheme 35: Shibasaki’s cyanation–enantioselective protonation of N-acylpyrroles.
Scheme 36: Tanaka’s hydroacylation of acrylamides with aliphatic aldehydes.
Scheme 37: Ellman’s enantioselective addition of α-substituted Meldrum’s acids to terminally unsubstituted nit...
Scheme 38: Ellman’s enantioselective addition of thioacids to α,β,β-trisubstituted nitroalkenes.
Scheme 39: Hayashi’s enantioselective hydroarylation of diphenylphosphinylallenes.
Scheme 40: Hayashi’s enantioselective hydroarylation of diphenylphosphinylallenes.
Figure 4: Togni’s chiral ferrocenyl tridentate nickel(II) and palladium(II) complexes.
Scheme 41: Togni’s enantioselective hydrophosphination of methacrylonitrile.
Scheme 42: Togni’s enantioselective hydroamination of methacrylonitrile.
Iodine-mediated synthesis of 3-acylbenzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides
- Long-Yi Xi,
- Ruo-Yi Zhang,
- Lei Shi,
- Shan-Yong Chen and
- Xiao-Qi Yu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1072–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.101
- reaction conditions, causing the formation of byproducts. An alternative route to the benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxide ring are transition metal-catalyzed reactions. Various benzothiadiazine 1,1-dioxides were successfully prepared using this approach [16][17][18][19]. However, the separation of transitional
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Scheme 1: Selected benzothiadaiazine 1,1-dioxides with potent biological activities.
Scheme 2: Scope of acetophenones (reaction conditions: 1 (0.33 mmol), 2a (0.3 mmol), DMSO (2 mL), I2 (0.75 eq...
Scheme 3: Scope of 2-aminobenzenesulfonamides (reaction conditions: 1 (0.33 mmol), 2a (0.3 mmol), DMSO (2 mL)...
Scheme 4: Reactions of 2-aminobenzenesulfonamides bearing an alknyl group (reaction conditions: 1 (0.33 mmol)...
Scheme 5: Gram scale reaction between 1a and 2a.
Figure 1: X-ray crystal structure of 4b (CCDC 1444753).
Scheme 6: Control experiment.
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism.
Spiro-fused carbohydrate oxazoline ligands: Synthesis and application as enantio-discrimination agents in asymmetric allylic alkylation
- Jochen Kraft,
- Martin Golkowski and
- Thomas Ziegler
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 166–171, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.18
- of tertiary carbon stereocenters, remains an ongoing challenge. Over the last decades though, transition metal-catalyzed reactions like the asymmetric allylic alkylation (Tsuji–Trost reaction) have evolved into one of the more powerful tools for synthesizing such tertiary stereocenters [7][8]. As a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Pd-catalyzed cleavage of spiro-bis(isooxazoline) ligand A to isoxazole B and Pd-complex D prepared ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2-benzylsulfanyl-1,3-oxazolines 7 and 8.
Scheme 2: Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of benzylsulfanyloxazolines 7 and 8.
Scheme 3: Palladium catalyzed allylic substitution.
Scheme 4: Proposed transition state of allylic substitution.
Versatile deprotonated NHC: C,N-bridged dinuclear iridium and rhodium complexes
- Albert Poater
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 117–124, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.13
- bulky N-substituents [1]. However the existence of stable NHCs was before postulated by Wanzlick et al. during the 1960s [2][3][4] and supported later by Öfele [5][6]. NHCs have become useful ligands in many transition metal-catalyzed reactions, stimulating the study of the unique features of the M–NHC
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Scheme 1: Equilibrium between the monoiridum complex bearing a C-bound anionic imidazolide and its correspond...
Scheme 2: Experimental routes to the “equilibrium” between 3H-H and 3H-T.
Figure 1: View of the molecular structure of a) 3H-H and b) 3H-T. Hydrogen atoms have been omitted for the sa...
Figure 2: Steric maps for the NHC ligand of 3H-H, coordinated to iridium by a) carbene or b) nitrogen. The is...
Scheme 3: Equilibrium between complexes 3–6, in the presence of CO, PMe3, and MeI.
Figure 3: View of the molecular structure of a) 4H-H and b) 4H-T (main distances in Å).
Figure 4: View of the molecular structure of 6. Hydrogen atoms have been omitted for the sake of clarity (mai...
Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed Csp2-monofluoro-, difluoro-, perfluoromethylation and trifluoromethylthiolation
- Grégory Landelle,
- Armen Panossian,
- Sergiy Pazenok,
- Jean-Pierre Vors and
- Frédéric R. Leroux
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2476–2536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.287
- formation has become a landmark achievement in fluorine chemistry. This rapidly growing research field has been the subject of some excellent reviews. Our approach focuses exclusively on transition metal-catalyzed reactions that allow the introduction of –CFH2, –CF2H, –CnF2n+1 and –SCF3 groups onto sp
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Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed monofluoromethylation of pinacol phenylboronate [44].
Scheme 2: Cu-catalyzed monofluoromethylation with 2-PySO2CHFCOR followed by desulfonylation [49].
Scheme 3: Cu-catalyzed difluoromethylation with α-silyldifluoroacetates [57].
Figure 1: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed C–CHF2 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids through dec...
Scheme 4: Fe-catalyzed decarboxylative difluoromethylation of cinnamic acids [62].
Scheme 5: Preliminary experiments for investigation of the mechanism of the C–H trifluoromethylation of N-ary...
Figure 2: Plausible catalytic cycle proposed by Z.-J. Shi et al. for the trifluoromethylation of acetanilides ...
Figure 3: Plausible catalytic cycle proposed by M. S. Sanford et al. for the perfluoroalkylation of simple ar...
Figure 4: Postulated reaction pathway for the Ag/Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl iodides by Z. Q. W...
Figure 5: Postulated reaction mechanism for Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation reaction using MTFA as trifluor...
Scheme 6: Formal Heck-type trifluoromethylation of vinyl(het)arenes by M. Sodeoka et al. [83].
Figure 6: Proposed catalytic cycle for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (het)arenes in presence o...
Figure 7: Proposed catalytic cycle for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of N,N-disubstituted (hetero...
Figure 8: Proposed catalytic cycle by Y. Zhang and J. Wang et al. for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylati...
Figure 9: Mechanistic rationale for the trifluoromethylation of arenes in presence of Langlois’s reagent and ...
Scheme 7: Trifluoromethylation of 4-acetylpyridine with Langlois’s reagent by P. S. Baran et al. (* Stirring ...
Scheme 8: Catalytic copper-facilitated perfluorobutylation of benzene with C4F9I and benzoyl peroxide [90].
Figure 10: F.-L. Qing et al.’s proposed mechanism for the copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)are...
Figure 11: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed/Ru-photocatalyzed trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of ary...
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinyl boronic acids with ...
Figure 13: Possible mechanism for the Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids [62].
Scheme 9: Ruthenium-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of alkenes and (hetero)arenes with perfluoroalkylsulfonyl c...
Figure 14: N. Kamigata et al.’s proposed mechanism for the Ru-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of alkenes and (he...
Figure 15: Proposed mechanism for the Ru-catalyzed photoredox trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trif...
Figure 16: Late-stage trifluoromethylation of pharmaceutically relevant molecules with trifluoromethanesulfony...
Figure 17: Proposed mechanism for the trifluoromethylation of alkenes with trifluoromethyl iodide under Ru-bas...
Scheme 10: Formal perfluoroakylation of terminal alkenes by Ru-catalyzed cross-metathesis with perfluoroalkyle...
Figure 18: One-pot Ir-catalyzed borylation/Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of complex small molecules by Q. ...
Figure 19: Mechanistic proposal for the Ni-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of arenes and heteroarenes with perfl...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical Ni-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of 2-phenylpyridine (Y. H. Budnikova et al.) [71].
Scheme 12: Fe(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes and heteroarenes with trifluoromethyl iodide (T. Ya...
Figure 20: Mechanistic proposal by T. Yamakawa et al. for the Fe(II)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes ...
Scheme 13: Ytterbium-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of dihydropyran with perfluoroalkyl iodide (Y. Ding et al.) ...
Figure 21: Mechanistic proposal by A. Togni et al. for the rhenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes an...
Figure 22: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylthiolation of arylboronic acids with TMSCF3 ...
Scheme 14: Removal of the 8-aminoquinoline auxiliary [136].
Figure 23: Mechanism of the Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of C–H bonds with a trifluoromethanesulfony...
Organocatalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of aziridines and epoxides
- Ping-An Wang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1677–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.192
- based on transition-metal catalyzed reactions has given rise to a variety of significant achievements both in academic and industrial chemistry [2][3]. Desymmetrization is the modification of a molecule which results in the loss of symmetry elements such as a mirror plane, a center of inversion or a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization.
Figure 2: Cinchona alkaloid-derived catalysts OC-1 to OC-11.
Scheme 1: The enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines in the presence of selected Cinchona alkal...
Figure 3: Cinchona alkaloid-derived catalysts OC-12 to OC-19.
Scheme 2: The enantioselective ring-opening of aziridines in the presence of OC-16.
Scheme 3: OC-16 catalyzed enantioselective ring-opening of aziridines.
Figure 4: The chiral phosphoric acids catalysts OC-20 and OC-21.
Scheme 4: OC-20 and OC-21 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines.
Figure 5: The proposed mechanism for chiral phosphorous acid-induced enantioselctive desymmetrization of meso...
Scheme 5: OC-21 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines by Me3SiSPh.
Scheme 6: OC-21 catalyzed the enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines by Me3SiSePh/PhSeH.
Figure 6: L-Proline and its derivatives OC-22 to OC-27.
Scheme 7: OC-23 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines.
Figure 7: Proposed bifunctional mode of action of OC-23.
Figure 8: The chiral thioureas OC-28 to OC-44 for the desymmetrization of meso-aziridines.
Scheme 8: Desymmetrization of meso-aziridines with OC-41.
Figure 9: The chiral guanidines (OC-45 to OC-48).
Scheme 9: OC-46 catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-aziridines by arylthiols.
Scheme 10: Desymmetrization of cis-aziridine-2,3-dicarboxylate.
Figure 10: The proposed activation mode of OC-46.
Scheme 11: The enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines by amine/CS2 in the presence of OC-46.
Figure 11: The chiral 1,2,3-triazolium chlorides OC-49 to OC-55.
Scheme 12: The enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-aziridines by Me3SiX (X = Cl or Br) in the presence o...
Figure 12: Early organocatalysts for enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides.
Scheme 13: Attempts of enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides in the presence of OC-58 or OC-60.
Scheme 14: The enantioselective desymmetrization of a meso-epoxide containing one P atom.
Figure 13: Some chiral phosphoramide and chiral phosphine oxides.
Scheme 15: OC-62 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides by SiCl4.
Figure 14: The proposed mechanism of the chiral HMPA-catalyzed desymmetrization of meso-epoxides.
Scheme 16: The enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides in the presence of OC-63.
Figure 15: The Chiral phosphine oxides (OC-70 to OC-77) based on an allene backbone.
Scheme 17: OC-73 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides by SiCl4.
Figure 16: Chiral pyridine N-oxides used in enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides.
Scheme 18: Catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides in the presence of OC-80 or OC-82.
Figure 17: Chiral pyridine N-oxides OC-85 to OC-94.
Scheme 19: Enantioselective desymmetrization of cis-stilbene oxide by using OC-85 to OC-92 as catalysts.
Figure 18: A novel family of helical chiral pyridine N-oxides OC-95 to OC-97.
Scheme 20: Desymmetrization of meso-epoxides catalyzed by OC-95 to OC-97.
Scheme 21: OC-98 catalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of meso-epoxides by SiCl4.
Iridium-catalyzed intramolecular [4 + 2] cycloadditions of alkynyl halides
- Andrew Tigchelaar and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1765–1770, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.201
- examples of intramolecular TMC [4 + 2] cycloadditions of diene-tethered alkynes. Reaction pathways of alkynyl halides in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions. Synthesis of diene-tethered alkynyl halides 1c and 1e. Synthesis of diene-tethered alkynyl halide 1g. Unsuccessful cycloaddition attempts with
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Literature examples of intramolecular TMC [4 + 2] cycloadditions of diene-tethered alkynes.
Scheme 2: Reaction pathways of alkynyl halides in transition-metal-catalyzed reactions.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of diene-tethered alkynyl halides 1c and 1e.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of diene-tethered alkynyl halide 1g.
Scheme 5: Unsuccessful cycloaddition attempts with substrates with a 4-atom tether.
Access to pyrrolo-pyridines by gold-catalyzed hydroarylation of pyrroles tethered to terminal alkynes
- Elena Borsini,
- Gianluigi Broggini,
- Andrea Fasana,
- Chiara Baldassarri,
- Angelo M. Manzo and
- Alcide D. Perboni
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1468–1474, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.170
- -azepines. Keywords: C–C coupling; gold catalysis; homogeneous catalysis; nitrogen heterocycles; rearrangement; Introduction Intramolecular transition-metal-catalyzed reactions represent one of the most challenging routes for the preparation of heterocyclic compounds [1][2][3][4][5]. Methodologies
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed cyclization of N-allyl-pyrrole-2-carboxamides.
Figure 1: Significant relationships among hydrogen and carbon atoms arising from 2D-NMR studies to determine ...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the six-membered products.
