Transformation of the cyclohexane ring to the cyclopentane fragment of biologically active compounds

• Natalya Akhmetdinova,
• Ilgiz Biktagirov and
• Liliya Kh. Faizullina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2416–2446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.185

•  27). According to the authors, this transformation proceeded through stages of retro-Claisen condensation, intramolecular aldol-type condensation, and retro-Claisen deacetylation [77]. Photolysis of compound 152 proceeded more efficiently in C6H6/MeOH (1%) resulting in cyclopentanone derivative 153

C2 to C6 biobased carbonyl platforms for fine chemistry

• Jingjing Jiang,
• Muhammad Noman Haider Tariq,
• Florence Popowycz,
• Yanlong Gu and
• Yves Queneau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2103–2172, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.165

The application of desymmetric enantioselective reduction of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in the total synthesis of terpenoid and alkaloid natural products

• Dong-Xing Tan and
• Fu-She Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2085–2102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.164

• steps, respectively. As shown in Scheme 6 [58], the Cu-catalyzed 1,4-conjugated addition of 71 [59] with vinylMgBr followed by intramolecular Claisen condensation furnished bicyclic diketone 72 on a gram scale. Notably, for such a bicyclic substrate, it is quite challenging to achieve desymmetric

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

• oxalate (9) and alkylphenones 10 through a sterically hindered Claisen condensation, producing a six-membered lithium enolate salt. Subsequent cyclocondensation with hydrazines concludes the formation of pyrazoles. However, this process could not be performed as a one-pot synthesis, as the solvent had to

• , product 17a shows cytotoxic activity against Hep G2 hepatocellular carcinoma and MCF-7 breast carcinoma cell lines. The synthesis of 3,5-bis(arylamino)pyrazoles 21 involves the preparation of bisarylthioamides 22 via nucleophilic addition and double retro-Claisen condensation of isothiocyanates 19 and

Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations

• Ryo Tanifuji and
• Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151

• isolated [47][49]. As shown in Scheme 5A, the proposed biosynthetic pathway of chalcomoracin (3) commence with the addition of three C2 units from the acetate pathway to 4-coumaroyl-CoA supplied from the shikimate pathway, leading to compound 42 [47]. Subsequent Claisen condensation, dehydration and

Bioinformatic prediction of the stereoselectivity of modular polyketide synthase: an update of the sequence motifs in ketoreductase domain

• Changjun Xiang,
• Shunyu Yao,
• Ruoyu Wang and
• Lihan Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1476–1485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.131

• ) [3][4]. The building blocks for PKS biosynthesis often include malonyl-CoA or methylmalonyl-CoA, which are loaded onto the ACP by the AT domain. Subsequently, the KS domain catalyzes the decarboxylative Claisen condensation between the ACP-tethered extender unit and the KS-tethered growing chain. The

Substrate specificity of a ketosynthase domain involved in bacillaene biosynthesis

• Zhiyong Yin and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 734–740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.67

• : the acyl transferases (AT) for loading of the starter or extender units, the acyl carrier proteins (ACP) for anchoring the growing polyketide chain, and the ketosynthases (KS) for merging of the next extender unit with the existing chain by a decarboxylative Claisen condensation [2][4]. Today a high

Vicinal ketoesters – key intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products

• Marc Paul Beller and
• Ulrich Koert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1236–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.129

• also be used in photochemical reactions, as shown by Gramain et al. in the synthesis of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid (rac)-isoretronecanol (69, Scheme 11) [26]. A Claisen condensation of the lithium enolate of N-acetylpyrrolidine (66) with diethyl oxalate gave the ketoester 67. Irradiation of compound 67

First example of organocatalysis by cathodic N-heterocyclic carbene generation and accumulation using a divided electrochemical flow cell

• Daniele Rocco,
• Ana A. Folgueiras-Amador,
• Richard C. D. Brown and
• Marta Feroci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 979–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.98

• as ligands in organometallic catalysts [9] and as versatile organocatalysts [10] in a very wide range of organic reactions such as classical benzoin condensation, transesterification, acylation, Knoevenagel reaction, Claisen condensation etc. The electrochemical generation of carbenes from ILs avoids

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

• inthomycins [36]. These triene moieties are a sub-unit of the oxazolomycin class of antibiotics. To prepare the phenyl analogue of racemic inthomycin C (rac-3), at first, the phosphonate 28 was prepared using a Claisen condensation of ethyl propionate (25) followed by methylation of 26a, treatment with

Synthesis of 4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidines and 5-amino-4-fluoropyrazoles from a β-fluoroenolate salt

• Tobias Lucas,
• Jule-Philipp Dietz and
• Till Opatz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 445–450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.41

• (5). First, a Finkelstein halogen exchange reaction and a dehydration reaction were combined to obtain fluoroacetonitrile (7) in 82% yield [36]. The latter then underwent a Claisen condensation with ethyl formate to obtain 8 in 77% yield with a purity of 90%. The product contained about 10% (1H NMR

Chiral terpene auxiliaries V: Synthesis of new chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine oxides derived from α-pinene

• Anna Kmieciak and
• Marek P. Krzemiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.242

• to the allylic alcohol. Thus, Claisen condensation of 8 with ethyl formate gave β-hydroxyenone 9, which was subjected to transaldolization with formaldehyde producing the corresponding 4-methyleneisopinocamphone (10) in 83% yield. Luche reduction of the latter compound provided (1R,2R,3R,5R)-4

Application of chiral 2-isoxazoline for the synthesis of syn-1,3-diol analogs

• Juanjuan Feng,
• Tianyu Li,
• Jiaxin Zhang and
• Peng Jiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1840–1847, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.179

• methods using Claisen condensation. (b) Our new method using cycloaddition. Attempted oxidations of 4. Preparations of 16 and related syn-1,3-diol compounds. Attempted oxidations of 6'. Attempted selective protections of internal 1,3-hydroxy groups: (a) acetonizations of 1,3-diols; (b) removal of co

A convenient and practical synthesis of β-diketones bearing linear perfluorinated alkyl groups and a 2-thienyl moiety

• Ilya V. Taydakov,
• Yuliya M. Kreshchenova and
• Ekaterina P. Dolotova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3106–3111, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.290

• ]. This compound was first obtained by Reid and Calvin in 1950 [15] by Claisen condensation of 2-acetylthiophene and ethyl trifluoroacetate in the presence of NaOEt in Et2O (Scheme 1). The purification procedure was laborious and included copper chelate precipitation and its subsequent acid decomposition

• alkoxides (predominantly NaOMe or NaOEt) and Et2O were used most frequently as the base and solvent, respectively, in the Claisen condensation of 2-acetylthiophene (1) with various esters of aliphatic, aromatic or heterocyclic carboxylic acids [24] (Table 1). In our initial experiments we tested several

• NaOEt from freshly opened metal cans, while old samples were much less reactive. We believe that slow degradation of alkoxides take place during storage under ambient conditions. Nevertheless, these samples of alkoxides are still suitable for many reactions other than the Claisen condensation of 2

Quinolines from the cyclocondensation of isatoic anhydride with ethyl acetoacetate: preparation of ethyl 4-hydroxy-2-methylquinoline-3-carboxylate and derivatives

• Nicholas G. Jentsch,
• Jared D. Hume,
• Emily B. Crull,
• Samer M. Beauti,
• Amy H. Pham,
• Julie A. Pigza,
• Jacques J. Kessl and
• Matthew G. Donahue

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2529–2536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.229

• quinolines of type 10 via C→D, the ethyl acetopyruvate has two carbonyls a and b as depicted in 13 that result in regioisomeric products upon ring closure. The desired quinoline 11 requires ring closure onto carbonyl b. To that end, ethyl sodioacetopyruvate was prepared via Claisen condensation of acetone

Synthesis of a leopolic acid-inspired tetramic acid with antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria

• Luce Mattio,
• Loana Musso,
• Leonardo Scaglioni,
• Andrea Pinto,
• Piera Anna Martino and
• Sabrina Dallavalle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2482–2487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.224

• could be a Lacey–Dieckmann cyclization starting from a N-acetoacetyl-α-amino ester. Interestingly, the biosynthetic pathways of the tetramic acid scaffold involves Lacey–Dieckmann cyclases [23] or a spontaneous intramolecular Claisen condensation, which occurs in the cytosol. To protect the α-amino

Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity

• Marika Turek,
• Dorota Szczęsna,
• Marek Koprowski and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48

• 55 via a formal 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to β-aryl-α,β-unsaturated ketones and esters [39]. Thus, the α,β-unsaturated diester 52 was coupled with arylboronic acid in the presence of rhodium(I)/Chiraphos® complex as a catalyst to obtain derivative 53, which next underwent a Claisen

• condensation to form 1-indanone 54. The latter was further used as a substrate for the synthesis of selective endothelin A receptor antagonist 55 (Scheme 19). A simple and efficient synthesis of 1-indanones 60 from methyl vinyl ketone (57) has been proposed by Felpin et al. [40]. In this synthesis, the authors

Chemical probes for competitive profiling of the quorum sensing signal synthase PqsD of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

• Michaela Prothiwa,
• Dávid Szamosvári,
• Sandra Glasmacher and
• Thomas Böttcher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2784–2792, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.277

• ]. The biosynthesis of AQs has been matter of a long-standing debate that could only recently be resolved. Although HHQ could be produced in vitro by a PqsD catalyzed “head-to-head” decarboxylative Claisen condensation of activated anthranilic acid with β-keto fatty acid derivatives [10][11], isotope

Biosynthesis of α-pyrones

• Till F. Schäberle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 571–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.56

• ), and of derivatives (by post-PKS reactions) is shown in Figure 18. The authors suggested that seven malonyl-CoA building blocks are connected via Claisen-condensation reactions, followed by aldol-type cyclizations between C-2 and C-7, as well as between C-8 and C-13. The subsequent lactonization yields

• elongated by a butyrate moiety. Subsequently three further elongation steps, this time using malonate as extender units, follow. This results in the incorporation of acetate units via Claisen-condensation reactions. The reductive domains, i.e., ketoreductase (KR) and dehydration (DH) domains, present in the

Catalytic asymmetric formal synthesis of beraprost

• Yusuke Kobayashi,
• Ryuta Kuramoto and
• Yoshiji Takemoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2654–2660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.285

• yield (Table 1, entry 8). With both the AIOM adducts 5 and 6 in hand, we next investigated the construction of the tricyclic core (Scheme 3 and Scheme 4). The cross-Claisen condensation of 6 with lithium tert-butyl acetate afforded the corresponding β-ketoester, which was then treated with 2-azido-1,3

• ) at the ortho position was methyl, or via coupling reactions with C4 units when X was a bromo substituent. The cis-fused tricyclic core of 3 was assumed to be constructed by a stereoselective C–H insertion of diazoester 4, which can be readily prepared from the Weinreb amides 5 or 6 via Claisen

• condensation followed by diazo-transfer reaction. The chiral dihydrobenzofuran scaffold (5 or 6) could be synthesized by asymmetric intramolecular oxa-Michael reaction (AIOM) of α,β-unsaturated amides 7 or 8. Such reactions are generally considered to be challenging due to low nucleophilicity of the oxygen

A novel and widespread class of ketosynthase is responsible for the head-to-head condensation of two acyl moieties in bacterial pyrone biosynthesis

• Darko Kresovic,
• Florence Schempp,
• Zakaria Cheikh-Ali and
• Helge B. Bode

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1412–1417, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.152

• photopyrone synthase (PpyS), which catalyzes the head-to-head condensation of two acyl moieties. Ketosynthases (KS) are the key enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of fatty acids and polyketides [8]. They are known to catalyze C–C bond formations via a Claisen condensation between acyl- and malonylthioesters

Antioxidant potential of curcumin-related compounds studied by chemiluminescence kinetics, chain-breaking efficiencies, scavenging activity (ORAC) and DFT calculations

• Adriana K. Slavova-Kazakova,
• Silvia E. Angelova,
• Timur L. Veprintsev,
• Petko Denev,
• Davide Fabbri,
• Maria Antonietta Dettori,
• Maria Kratchanova,
• Vladimir V. Naumov,
• Aleksei V. Trofimov,
• Rostislav F. Vasil’ev,
• Giovanna Delogu and
• Vessela D. Kancheva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1398–1411, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.151

• studied compounds. Results and Discussion Claisen condensation of biphenyl ketone 6 and monomer 2 with diethyl oxalate was carried out in the presence of a base to give β-diketo ethyl esters 8 and 4 in good yields (Scheme 1). All compounds prepared were solid and stable in air. Trans-configuration was

The synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) using continuous flow chemistry

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1194–1219, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.134

• whilst also safely handling the toxic and pyrophoric methyl dichlorophosphine reagent (Scheme 11). As the subsequent Claisen condensation step was also known to generate a considerable exotherm, a similar flow setup was used in order to allow the reaction heat to dissipate. The superiority of the heat

• an iodine mediated aromatisation, followed by high temperature mono-methylation using dimethyl carbonate/dimethylimidazole as a more benign alternative to methyl iodide at scale. The subsequent Claisen condensation step between ketone 112 and diethyl oxalate (113) was reportedly hampered by product

An intramolecular C–N cross-coupling of β-enaminones: a simple and efficient way to precursors of some alkaloids of Galipea officinalis

• Hana Doušová,
• Radim Horák,
• Zdeňka Růžičková and
• Petr Šimůnek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 884–892, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.99

• the starting substrates A simple retrosynthesis of enaminones 3 leads to the corresponding β-diketones 4 accessible through Claisen condensation of 3-phenylpropionic ester 5 with the appropriate acetophenone 6 (Scheme 3). The synthesis of ester 5 was accomplished according to Scheme 4. The classic

• -Diketones 4 were obtained using tert-butoxide or tert-pentoxide mediated Claisen condensation of esters 5 with the appropriate acetophenones 6a–d (Scheme 5, step c). The substitution pattern on compounds 6 was chosen so that the final products 1 are the precursors for the synthesis of galipinine, galipeine

Diastereoselective and enantioselective conjugate addition reactions utilizing α,β-unsaturated amides and lactams

• Katherine M. Byrd

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 530–562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.60