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

• Fe2B2 can be used as electrocatalyst for the production of furanoic acid and HFO with potentials of −0.15 V and −0.93 V, respectively [117]. Chavan et al. reported a simple and efficient method for the synthesis of HFO from furan by using oxone as oxidant (Scheme 36a) [118]. Before this study Kumar et

Discovery of cytotoxic indolo[1,2-c]quinazoline derivatives through scaffold-based design

• Daniil V. Khabarov,
• Valeria A. Litvinova,
• Lyubov G. Dezhenkova,
• Dmitry N. Kaluzhny,
• Alexander S. Tikhomirov and
• Andrey E. Shchekotikhin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2062–2071, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.161

• interest, compound 2 applied as a useful substrate for a Baeyer–Villiger oxidation mediated by oxone, which selectively converted the aldehyde to the formate ester, yielding 6-oxo-5,6-dihydroindolo[1,2-c]quinazolin-12-yl formate (4). Subsequent hydrolysis of 4 furnished indolo[1,2-c]quinazoline-6,12-dione

Enantioselective desymmetrization strategy of prochiral 1,3-diols in natural product synthesis

• Lihua Wei,
• Rui Yang,
• Zhifeng Shi and
• Zhiqiang Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1932–1963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.151

• ring was assembled via a one-pot mercuriocyclization/reductive demercuration of 153 followed by two-step diol-deprotection to access compound 154. Using trifluoromethylmethyldioxirane, which was generated in situ from trifluoroacetone, Oxone®, and disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetate dihydrate (Na2EDTA

Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner’s guide

• Michela Marcon,
• Christoph Haag and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1808–1853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.143

• and subsequent reduction of 45 (if substrates 43 and 44 contain a NO2 group, this will also be reduced, Scheme 13A) [54], or by Wittig reaction and reduction of the isomeric mixture of alkenes 48 (Scheme 13B) [57]. Oxidation of 49 with oxone [58] or m-chloroperbenzoic acid [54] yields 35. Wittig

Reactivity of hypervalent iodine(III) reagents bearing a benzylamine with sulfenate salts

• Beatriz Dedeiras,
• Catarina S. Caldeira,
• José C. Cunha,
• Clara S. B. Gomes and
• M. Manuel B. Marques

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3281–3289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.272

• lengths and angles fall within the expected range for similar compounds [31]. Later, the β-sulfinyl esters 4 were prepared by Michael addition reaction of thiols and α,β-unsaturated esters [32], followed by oxidation of the corresponding sulfides 3 using two different oxidizing agents (oxone and m-CPBA

Synthesis of 2H-azirine-2,2-dicarboxylic acids and their derivatives

• Anastasiya V. Agafonova,
• Mikhail S. Novikov and
• Alexander F. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3191–3197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.264

• included oxidation of aldehydes 4 with Oxone to acids 5 and the conversion of the latter into acid chlorides with thionyl chloride. The first reaction sequence was suitable for obtaining compounds 1a–c,e,f with substituents tolerant to radical reaction conditions. A significant advantage of the method is

• separate impurities. In these cases, as well as in reactions giving low aldehyde yields in the first step (4b,d), the second developed reaction sequence turned out to be more effective. In the second approach, the oxidation of aldehydes 4 with Oxone to acids 5 occurs with yields close to quantitative, and

Visible-light-mediated flow protocol for Achmatowicz rearrangement

• Joachyutharayalu Oja,
• Sanjeev Kumar and
• Srihari Pabbaraja

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.213

• -prefunctionalized materials in order to proceed with the rearrangement. However, the Achmatowicz reaction or similar methodologies involve a catalytic to stoichiometric amount of oxidants such as m-CPBA [7], PCC [8], Br2 [9], NBS [10], DMDO [11], KBr/Oxone [12], Na2S2O8 [13], photosensitizers/O21 [14], or Me2S [15

Harnessing the versatility of hydrazones through electrosynthetic oxidative transformations

• Aurélie Claraz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1988–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.175

• aldehyde hydrazones and alkenes for the preparation of pyrazolines was proposed by Tong, Song, et al., achieving similar efficiency using oxone/KBr as an environmentally friendly oxidative system [59]. Most recently, Zhou and Ma et al. described the electrochemical access to 3‑aminopyrazoles 79 from

Synthesis of polycyclic aromatic quinones by continuous flow electrochemical oxidation: anodic methoxylation of polycyclic aromatic phenols (PAPs)

• Hiwot M. Tiruye,
• Solon Economopoulos and
• Kåre B. Jørgensen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1746–1757, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.153

• radical (potassium nitrosodisulfonate) [13] or catalytic systems like methyltrioxorhenium(VII) (MeReO3) [14] and 2-iodobenzenesulfonic acids (IBS)/Oxone® [15] led to either p-quinones or o-quinones, depending on the substituents in the para-position to the hydroxy group. Recently, hypervalent iodine

Tetrabutylammonium iodide-catalyzed oxidative α-azidation of β-ketocarbonyl compounds using sodium azide

• Christopher Mairhofer,
• David Naderer and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1510–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.135

• -ketoester 4. On the other hand, oxone performed significantly better (Table 1, entry 2) but was also found to be inferior as compared to DBPO, which allowed for the more or less quantitative “spot-to-spot” formation of 2a without any noteworthy side-product formation (Table 1, entry 5). Screening different

Light on the sustainable preparation of aryl-cored dibromides

• Fabrizio Roncaglia,
• Alberto Ughetti,
• Nicola Porcelli,
• Biagio Anderlini,
• Andrea Severini and
• Luca Rigamonti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1076–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.95

• redox couple NaBr–NaBrO3 in acidic media [40][41]. Other variations include the system KBr–Oxone® [42]. However, based on a literature review, we concluded that unparalleled efficiency and sustainability can be achieved through the well-established redox equilibria between hydrogen peroxide and halide

Auxiliary strategy for the general and practical synthesis of diaryliodonium(III) salts with diverse organocarboxylate counterions

• Naoki Miyamoto,
• Daichi Koseki,
• Kohei Sumida,
• Elghareeb E. Elboray,
• Naoko Takenaga,
• Ravi Kumar and
• Toshifumi Dohi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1020–1028, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.90

• a cartridge filled with powdered oxone® for in situ generation of bis(trifluoroacetoxyiodo)arenes and their reaction with electron-rich arene or arylboronic acid [19] (Scheme 1B). Carboxylic acids, such as acetic acid and benzoic acid, characterized by substantial difference in pKa values when

Selective and scalable oxygenation of heteroatoms using the elements of nature: air, water, and light

• Damiano Diprima,
• Hannes Gemoets,
• Stefano Bonciolini and
• Koen Van Aken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1146–1154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.82

• selectivity and safety. Traditional oxidants, such as Oxone, CrO3, NaIO4, or KMnO4, produce significant amounts of toxic waste, exacerbating these issues (Scheme 1A) [1]. As environmental concerns and economic factors increasingly affect chemical processes, hydrogen peroxide and oxygen (or air) are becoming

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• compounds are insoluble in water and provides poor yields of the product in solvent-free conditions. Gullapelli et al. [92] described the Clauson–Kaas synthesis of N-arylpyrroles 79 under microwave irradiation using oxone (2KHSO5∙KHSO4∙K2SO4) as a catalyst (Scheme 38a). Many solvents (EtOH, CH3CN, THF, DMF

• , H2O, neat), reaction times (10–22 minutes), and amount of oxone were investigated in order to stabilize the best reaction conditions. Among these, CH3CN as the best solvent system, 0.09 g of oxone, and a temperature of 110 ± 10 °C were chosen as optimized reaction conditions and used for the synthesis

• of N-arylpyrroles from various amines 78 via the reaction with 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran (2). Oxone is a mild, inexpensive, nontoxic, stable, and transition-metal-free catalyst that is very easy to handle during this transformation and provided high yields of the product. The authors also proposed

Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field

• Elena R. Lopat’eva,
• Igor B. Krylov,
• Dmitry A. Lapshin and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179

• that hydrogen bonding is considered as one of the key factors determining the selectivity of catalyst-free sulfoxidations [68]. In such reactions, the selectivity of sulfide oxidation by oxone (sulfoxide/sulfone ratio) was controlled by the solvent nature (deeper oxidation was observed in water than in

Synthesis and HDAC inhibitory activity of pyrimidine-based hydroxamic acids

• Virginija Jakubkiene,
• Gabrielius Ernis Valiulis,
• Markus Schweipert,
• Asta Zubriene,
• Daumantas Matulis,
• Franz-Josef Meyer-Almes and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 837–844, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.84

• -methylthiopyrimidines with m-CPBA and oxone and found that oxone gave better results, so we have chosen it for this reaction. Thus, heating compound 3 in dimethylformamide at 40 °C for 0.5 h with oxone gave compound 5 in 80% yield. In the NMR spectra of compound 5, the peaks of the methylsulfonyl group are downfield

• of compounds 3–18. Reagents and conditions: (a) ethyl 2-bromoethanoate, TBAB, TEA, 50–60 °C, 0.5 h; (b) oxone, DMF, 40 °C, 0.5 h; (c) corresponding amine, DMSO, 50–70 °C, 0.5 h; (d) H2O, DMSO, 100 °C, 0.5 h; (e) H2O, reflux, 1 h; (f) aqueous NaOH, dioxane, rt, 12 h, then, conc. HCl to pH 2; (g

DDQ in mechanochemical C–N coupling reactions

• Shyamal Kanti Bera,
• Rosalin Bhanja and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 639–646, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.64

• reagents, but none of them gave better yields (Table 1, entries 4–7). On the other hand, oxone as an oxidant yielded product 2a with up to 43% yield (Table 1, entry 8). Similarly, we have optimized the reaction conditions for the synthesis of 2-phenylquinazolin-4(3H)-one (5a) from anthranilamide and

• the other hand, increasing the amount of DDQ to 1.2 equiv resulted in 98% yield of the product (Supporting Information File 1, Table S1, entries 1 and 3). Further studies revealed that other commonly used oxidants such as PIDA and oxone gave 30% and 61% the desired product, respectively (Supporting

Substituent effect on TADF properties of 2-modified 4,6-bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazolyl)-5-methylpyrimidines

• Irina Fiodorova,
• Tomas Serevičius,
• Rokas Skaisgiris,
• Saulius Juršėnas and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 497–507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.52

• methylsulfonyl group was necessary to perform. A suitable oxidant for this purpose appeared to be oxone [40]. Thus, the oxidation of tCbz-mPYR with oxone proceeded in DMF at 80 °C to provide the 2-methylsulfonyl derivative 3 in 92% yield. Then, treatment of compound 3 with NaCN or 4-(tert-butyl)thiophenol led to

• the formation of the 2-cyano- and 2-(4-tert-butylphenylthio) derivatives 4 and 5 in 65% and 77% yield, respectively. Finally, compound 5 in the reaction with oxone furnished 2-(4-tert-butylphenylsulfonyl) derivative 6 in reasonable 68% yield. 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and HRMS were employed to

• , 130.3, 131.2, 134.0, 137.8, 139.0, 144.5, 160.4, 161.7 ppm; HRMS–ESI (m/z): [M + H]+ calcd for C51H56BrN4, 803.3683; found, 803.3675. 4,6-Bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9H-carbazol-9-yl)-5-methyl-2-methylsulfonylpyrimidine (3). A mixture of compound tCbz-mPYR (60 mg, 0.086 mmol), oxone (133.2 mg, 0.217 mmol, 2.5

Highly stereocontrolled total synthesis of racemic codonopsinol B through isoxazolidine-4,5-diol vinylation

• Lukáš Ďurina,
• Anna Ďurinová,
• František Trejtnar,
• Ľuboš Janotka,
• Lucia Messingerová,
• Jana Doháňošová,
• Ján Moncol and
• Róbert Fischer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2781–2786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.188

• reported 2-chloropyridine reduced the product yield slightly to 60% [25]. The subsequent epoxidation of 9 with in situ-generated DMDO (a combination of oxone and NaHCO3 in acetone/water) provided isoxazolidinyl epoxide 10 in almost quantitative yield as a sole trans isomer (dr > 95:5). Finally, the acid

• rt, 16 h, 68%; (c) oxone, NaHCO3, acetone/H2O 3:2, 0 °C to rt, 80 min, 99%; (d) HCl (37 wt % in H2O), acetone/H2O 4:1, 0 °C, 30 min, 93%. Synthesis of final pyrrolidines (±)-1 and (±)-2. Reagents and conditions: (a) vinyl-MgBr, CeCl3, THF, 0 °C to rt, 16 h, 73%; (b) Zn dust, AcOH, 40 °C, 24 h, 85

A novel methodology for the efficient synthesis of 3-monohalooxindoles by acidolysis of 3-phosphate-substituted oxindoles with haloid acids

• Li Liu,
• Yue Li,
• Tiao Huang,
• Dulin Kong and
• Mingshu Wu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2321–2328, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.150

• Prathima group established an expedient approach for the direct oxidative chlorination of indole-3-carboxaldehyde to 3-monochlorooxindoles using a combination of NaCl and oxone as the chlorine source and oxidant in a CH3CN/H2O 1:1 system (Scheme 1, reaction 2) [22]. Nearly at the same time, Yu and co

• -monohalooxindoles involve the direct halogenation of oxindoles with various reactive halogenating reagents, including N-chloro-N-methoxybenzenesulfonamide [24][25], ammonium halides/oxone [13], Selectfluor® [26][27], and CuBr2 (Scheme 1, reaction 4) [15]. However, these protocols each have a certain scope and

Catalyzed and uncatalyzed procedures for the syntheses of isomeric covalent multi-indolyl hetero non-metallides: an account

• Ranadeep Talukdar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2102–2122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.137

• )indole (111). As the sulfur in 111 is methyl-protected, no dimerization occurs. Oxidation of sulfur by oxone followed by repetition of the previous steps afford the diindol-3-ylsulfonium salt 114, which in the presence of a base gives product 105a. Li et al. used 2-(fluorosulfonyl)difluoroacetic acid

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

Synthesis of 4-substituted azopyridine-functionalized Ni(II)-porphyrins as molecular spin switches

• Jannis Ludwig,
• Tobias Moje,
• Fynn Röhricht and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2589–2597, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.210

• Oxone™ (Wegner et al. [19][20][21], Scheme 1). Isolation of 3 was achieved, however, a one pot approach including a subsequent Baeyer–Mills reaction to yield 10 is preferred. 1-Iodo-3-nitrosobenzene (6) cannot be prepared by oxidation of the corresponding aniline because hypervalent iodine is formed [22

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

• generate the corresponding pyrazine-fused sumanene networks 169a–f and 170a–f in low-to-good yields (Scheme 44). As can be inspected from Scheme 45, oxidation of 155 and 160 with both oxone (potassium peroxymonosulfate) and H2O2 afforded the one-ring-opened product 177. Interestingly, when these compounds

• -7,7,8,8-tetracyanoquinodimethane (F4-TCNQ). On the other hand, when compounds 178 and 179 were reacted with oxidizing agents such as oxone and H2O2, selectively one benzene ring-cleaved products 180 and 181 were isolated (Scheme 46) [85]. Having the ring-opened products in hands, they were then subjected

When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis

• Lucas Guillemard and
• Joanna Wencel-Delord

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

• borylation under mild reaction conditions, thus delivering, after oxidation of the crude reaction mixture with Oxone, a large panel of the corresponding hydroxylated pyridine products. From the mechanistic point of view, this reaction is expected to differ from the previously described Ru-catalyzed meta