Tandem hydrothiocyanation/cyclization of CF₃-iminopropargyl alcohols with NaSCN in the presence of AcOH

• Ruslan S. Shulgin,
• Ol’ga G. Volostnykh,
• Anton V. Stepanov,
• Igor’ A. Ushakov,
• Alexander V. Vashchenko and
• Olesya A. Shemyakina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2694–2702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.207

• , providing products 2b,c and 3b,c with similar yields (Table 2, entries 1 and 2). The slightly decreased yield observed for product 3c obtained from iminopropargyl alcohol having a cyclohexyl substituent, is probably due to the steric effect (Table 2, entry 2). The more sterically hindered CF3-iminopropargyl

Bioinspired total syntheses of natural products: a personal adventure

• Zhengyi Qin,
• Yuting Yang,
• Nuran Yan,
• Xinyu Liang,
• Zhiyu Zhang,
• Yaxuan Duan,
• Huilin Li and
• Xuegong She

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2048–2061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.160

• -phellandrene provided a steric effect to the cycloaddition. Then, sarglamides D and E arose from C through acid-promoted oxy-cyclizations. This biosynthetic approach rapidly constructs the complex structure from simple precursors, thus we intended to achieve the total synthesis of sarglamides through the

• bioinspired synthetic approach [44]. Initially, we prepared a bicyclic precursor similar with toussaintine C to react with α-phellandrene to mimic the bioinspired Diels–Alder reaction, which, however, showed no reactivity due to the strong steric hindrance. To decrease the steric effect, we finally used

• simple 1,4-benzoquinone to act as the dienophile, and the expected Diels–Alder reaction proceeded smoothly to provide the endo adducts 48a and 48b, in which 48b was the major product dominated by the isopropyl steric effect. Isomers 48a and 48b were separable and determined through X-ray diffraction

Synthesis of chiral cyclohexane-linked bisimidazolines

• Changmeng Xi,
• Qingshan Sun and
• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1786–1790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.140

• transition states can be regulated depending upon the structures of substrates, achieving excellent stereoselectivities among various substrates in the catalytic asymmetric aziridination of α,β-unsaturated ketones [21]. The steric effect of cHBOX ligands can be changed easily by the use of different chiral

Recent advances in synthetic approaches for bioactive cinnamic acid derivatives

• Betty A. Kustiana,
• Galuh Widiyarti and
• Teni Ernawati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1031–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.85

Origami with small molecules: exploiting the C–F bond as a conformational tool

• Patrick Ryan,
• Ramsha Iftikhar and
• Luke Hunter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 680–716, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.54

Non-covalent organocatalyzed enantioselective cyclization reactions of α,β-unsaturated imines

• Sergio Torres-Oya and
• Mercedes Zurro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3221–3255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.268

• 35 bearing two adjacent stereocenters could be obtained in moderate to high yields (47–97%), moderate diastereoselectivities (1:1–3.1:1 dr) and excellent enantioselectivities (94–99% ee). It is worth noting that the steric effect of the isocyanate substituents had an important effect on the reaction

Recent advances in transition-metal-free arylation reactions involving hypervalent iodine salts

• Ritu Mamgain,
• Kokila Sakthivel and
• Fateh V. Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2891–2920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.243

Enantioselective synthesis of β-aryl-γ-lactam derivatives via Heck–Matsuda desymmetrization of N-protected 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles

• Arnaldo G. de Oliveira Jr.,
• Martí F. Wang,
• Rafaela C. Carmona,
• Danilo M. Lustosa,
• Sergei A. Gorbatov and
• Carlos R. D. Correia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 940–949, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.84

• methanolysis, the hemiaminal ether product 3 is formed. We hypothesize that the enantioselectivity-determining step consists of the migratory insertion of the aryl group bonded to palladium to the pyrroline. The steric effect of the t-Bu group favors the coordination of the pyrroline with the protecting group

Enhanced reactivity of Li⁺@C₆₀ toward thermal [2 + 2] cycloaddition by encapsulated Li⁺ Lewis acid

• Hiroshi Ueno,
• Yu Yamazaki,
• Hiroshi Okada,
• Fuminori Misaizu,
• Ken Kokubo and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 653–660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.58

• likely due to the steric effect caused by the methyl group directly connected to the alkenyl C=C bond in reactant 1. After optimizing the reaction conditions, compounds 5a and 5b were isolated in 71% and 53% yields, respectively. Importantly, the generation of multiadducts in the thermal [2 + 2

Radical chemistry in polymer science: an overview and recent advances

• Zixiao Wang,
• Feichen Cui,
• Yang Sui and
• Jiajun Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1580–1603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.116

• can decompose to produce a stoichiometric pair of the primary initiating radical and a nitroxide radical, thus combining the roles of a conventional initiator and a control agent. The mechanism is shown in Scheme 4 [35]. Due to the steric effect of TEMPO, the dissociation rate constant, kd, of the

N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

• Fatemeh Doraghi,
• Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
• Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
• Bagher Larijani and
• Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

• exo ratio was either related to the electron density of the alkene or the steric effect of a substituent. The tether lengths could affect the cyclization. For example, the two-carbon-tethered substrate completely showed endo selectivity, while the four-carbon-tethered substrate exclusively led to

• the product 162 and regenerated HX. In path II, I reacted with nucleophile 161 to produce a byproduct, phthalimide, and HX (Scheme 70). The coupling reaction was influenced by nucleophilic properties and the steric effect of the nucleophile reagents. In the same year, the treatment of amines with N

Selective construction of dispiro[indoline-3,2'-quinoline-3',3''-indoline] and dispiro[indoline-3,2'-pyrrole-3',3''-indoline] via three-component reaction

• Ziying Xiao,
• Fengshun Xu,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1234–1242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.91

• indicated that only one diastereoisomer was predominately produced in the reaction, while the other possible diastereomers were not detected. This result shows that this reaction has a high diastereoselectivity due to the large steric effect of two oxindole scaffolds and the thermodynamically controlling

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

• Carlee A. Montgomery and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

• bonding occurring between the Lewis basic ether and a σ-hole on the electropositive iodine (Scheme 14, inset). These results suggest that with iodonium ylides, ortho-substituents impose an electronic effect (compare 62a vs 62b and 62b vs 62c), contrary to the steric effect observed for radiofluorination

Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes

• Ranran Li,
• Di Wang,
• Shengtao Li and
• Peng An

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54

• . By the steric effect of the existing tert-butyl groups in precursor 90, another two extended carbo[5]helicenes were formed in the final Scholl reaction of precursor 90 except for the centred carbo[7]helicene in the final structure 91. Initial analysis of the final products by chiral stationary phase

Ferrocenoyl-adenines: substituent effects on regioselective acylation

• Mateja Toma,
• Gabrijel Zubčić,
• Jasmina Lapić,
• Senka Djaković,
• Davor Šakić and
• Valerije Vrček

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1270–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.133

• the acylation of purines from a regioselective to a regiospecific mode. Keywords: DFT; ferrocene; nucleophilicity; purine; steric effect; Introduction Nucleosides in which the sugar part is replaced with an organometallic moiety have attracted remarkable interest [1][2][3]. One important class are

• group. In case when the steric effect is negligible (e.g., H atom at the C6-position), the N9-isomer is a minor product (less than 30%), and the acylation of the N7 position is strongly favored. In the parent purine, therefore, the nucleophilic attack is mostly controlled by electronic effects, i.e

• -weighted parameters, which are conformationally dependent, and thus may define the steric effect for any conceivable substituent. They are multidimensional parameters, that is, they describe steric bulk along different principal axes, hence, the effects of unsymmetrical substituents are better described

Radical cation Diels–Alder reactions of arylidene cycloalkanes

• Kaii Nakayama,
• Hidehiro Kamiya and
• Yohei Okada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1100–1106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.112

• at the β-position had a significant impact on the reaction. In general, tertiary radicals (or cations) are more stable than secondary ones and therefore, the additional methyl group seems to have a strong steric effect (Figure 3). If so, tying up the two methyl groups as a cyclopropane ring may

Bioinspired tetraamino-bisthiourea chiral macrocycles in catalyzing decarboxylative Mannich reactions

• Hao Guo,
• Yu-Fei Ao,
• De-Xian Wang and
• Qi-Qiang Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 486–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.51

• linking components to afford Lewis base sites and also for introduction of chirality. Different alkyl substituents including methyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, and 3-pentyl were incorporated in order to tune the size and steric effect of the macrocyclic cavity and thus to enable diverse cavity environments

• disrupted by 4-substitution, and only trace conversion was observed for the 4-chloro or 4-bromo-substituted substrate (8o,s). This was probably caused by a steric effect as the 4-substituent is close to the imine reactive site and accordingly blocked it toward activation and nucleophilic attack

Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers

• Rui Wang and
• Yang Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35

• the 1,4-position of 1. On the other hand, the double bond of 2 hardly interacted with the 9,10-position of 1, because of the steric effect induced by the cage host A. This methodology was also compatible with several other anthracene substrates with different substituents at the 9-position. But when

Ready access to 7,8-dihydroindolo[2,3-d][1]benzazepine-6(5H)-one scaffold and analogues via early-stage Fischer ring-closure reaction

• Irina Kuznetcova,
• Felix Bacher,
• Daniel Vegh,
• Hsiang-Yu Chuang and
• Vladimir B. Arion

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 143–151, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.15

• led exclusively to the desired isomer 5 with the nitrophenyl group in position 3, most likely due to the steric effect. Then, the nitro group in 5 was reduced by hydrogenation under 4 bar using Pd/C as catalyst to yield the desired amine 6 in 78% yield. Subsequently, the desired chloroacetyl

Efficient and regioselective synthesis of dihydroxy-substituted 2-aminocyclooctane-1-carboxylic acid and its bicyclic derivatives

• İlknur Polat,
• Selçuk Eşsiz,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Emine Salamci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 77–85, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.7

• diol 5 as a single isomer in 91% yield. We assume that the trans selectivity of hydroxylation in ester 4 is due to the steric effect of the presence of the bulky Boc group. The structure of 5 was determined with the help of 1D (1H and 13C) and 2D (COSY and HMQC) NMR spectra. The diagonal peak at 4.10

Regioselective N-alkylation of the 1H-indazole scaffold; ring substituent and N-alkylating reagent effects on regioisomeric distribution

• Ryan M. Alam and
• John J. Keating

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1939–1951, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.127

• augmented by the steric effect that the C-3 substituent enforces. The high degree of N-1 regioselectivity obtained for indazoles bearing bulky substituents at the C-3 position that are not capable of engaging in tight ion pair formation, such as 14 and 15, further highlights the influence of steric effects

Changed reactivity of secondary hydroxy groups in C8-modified adenosine – lessons learned from silylation

• Jennifer Frommer and
• Sabine Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2854–2861, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.234

• of the linker L at C8 in derivative 7 changes the J1’-2’ coupling constant only slightly (4.8 Hz J1’-2’), however, brings in a strong steric effect and most likely induces a preferential syn-conformation of the nucleobase relative to the sugar residue. These effects together can be accounted for the

Efficient [(NHC)Au(NTf₂)]-catalyzed hydrohydrazidation of terminal and internal alkynes

• Maximillian Heidrich and
• Herbert Plenio

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2080–2086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.175

• conversion to 6 and provided isolated yields in excess of 90% using as little as 0.1–0.2 mol % of complex 1. Just like in related reactions, the nucleophile exclusively added to the β-carbon of the triple bond. A single substituent in the ortho-position of the alkyne did not exert a strong steric effect

Synthesis of 3(2)-phosphonylated thiazolo[3,2-a]oxopyrimidines

• Ksenia I. Kaskevich,
• Anastasia A. Babushkina,
• Vladislav V. Gurzhiy,
• Dmitrij M. Egorov,
• Nataly I. Svintsitskaya and
• Albina V. Dogadina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1947–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.161

• thiazolo[3,2-a]-5-oxopyrimidines 3a–f in good yields (Scheme 6). Likely, in this case the attack by the N3 atom was more favorable than by the N1 atom due to the steric effect of the substituent in position 6. The reactions proceeded under mild conditions within 3–5 hours. Anhydrous K2CO3 was used as a

Polarity effects in 4-fluoro- and 4-(trifluoromethyl)prolines

• Vladimir Kubyshkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1837–1852, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.151

• conformation. An electron-withdrawing substituent tends to adopt an axial position due to an orbital effect called the gauche-effect (stereoelectronic effect) [67][68]. Conversely, a bulky substituent adopts an equatorial position (steric effect) [69][70]. At the same time, there has been no evidence that a