Functionalization of imidazole N-oxide: a recent discovery in organic transformations

• Koustav Singha,
• Imran Habib and
• Mossaraf Hossain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1575–1588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.168

• 27. Here, heteroaromatic, aromatic, and aliphatic aldehydes along with formaldehyde were taken into consideration providing the corresponding products in 33–76% yield (Scheme 6). Based on the plausible mechanism proposed by the authors, most likely the reaction began with the nucleophilic addition

• 35a–q were obtained in 29–96% yields (Scheme 7). Various aldehydes, like heteroaromatic, aromatic, aliphatic, and formaldehyde as 37% solutions in water were chosen to react with several 1-arylimidazole N-oxides, 2-unsubstituted 1-alkyl-4,5-dimethylimidazole N-oxides, and 1-alkyl-2,4-unsubstituted

Lewis acid-catalyzed Pudovik reaction–phospha-Brook rearrangement sequence to access phosphoric esters

• Jin Yang,
• Dang-Wei Qian and
• Shang-Dong Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1188–1194, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.123

• formaldehyde or ketone groups could also be transformed into the desired diphosphination products 3bm and 3bn in moderate to good yield. The generality of the system was further showcased by tolerating quinoline and isoquinoline groups, and the desired products 3bp and 3bq were afforded in a high yield

A versatile way for the synthesis of monomethylamines by reduction of N-substituted carbonylimidazoles with the NaBH₄/I₂ system

• Lin Chen,
• Xuan Zhou,
• Zhiyong Chen,
• Changxu Wang,
• Shunjie Wang and
• Hanbing Teng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1032–1039, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.104

• the methylation reagents and the reductive amination reactions by using formaldehyde or paraformaldehyde as the “indirect” alkylation reagents [16][17][18][19]. Recently, a variety of promising methylating agents or C1 sources such as formic acid [20][21], methanol [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

• Conrad Kuhwald,
• Sibel Türkhan and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

• (25), formaldehyde (26), and aniline (27) and 10 mol % of the organocatalyst to yield β-aminoketone 28 in 85% yield (88% ee), in less than 1 h. Although a significantly higher yield was achieved compared to the batch experiment, a slight reduction in enantioselectivity was observed. The Petasis or

New synthesis of a late-stage tetracyclic key intermediate of lumateperone

• Mátyás Milen,
• Bálint Nyulasi,
• Tamás Nagy,
• Gyula Simig and
• Balázs Volk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 653–659, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.66

• reduced with sodium cyanoborohydride in acetic acid to cis-indoline derivative (±)-35. Removal of the trifluoroacetyl group to (±)-36 followed by N-methylation with formaldehyde and sodium cyanoborohydride gave target compound (±)-9a. It has to be mentioned that the preparation of compound 31 has been

Cholyl 1,3,4-oxadiazole hybrid compounds: design, synthesis and antimicrobial assessment

• Anas J. Rasras,
• Mohamed El-Naggar,
• Nesreen A. Safwat and
• Raed A. Al-Qawasmeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 631–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.63

• of 22 diverse compounds. Briefly, the alkyne 3 was treated with formaldehyde, a secondary amine, and CuI as catalyst in DMSO (Scheme 3). The three components were stirred at room temperature for 3 h to furnish the desired compounds 4a–v in moderate to excellent yields [14][34]. By this route, diverse

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

• Acácio S. de Souza,
• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Dora C. S. Costa,
• Fernanda P. Pauli,
• David R. Pinho,
• Matheus G. de Moraes,
• Fernando de C. da Silva,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

• the reaction of menadione (10) with formaldehyde in the presence of gaseous HCl bubbled into the reaction medium [129][130]. Then, the chloromethyl derivative 84 was treated with diselenides, generated in situ from the reaction between Se0, NaBH4 and different acid chlorides, to form conjugates 86 in

Study on the interactions between melamine-cored Schiff bases with cucurbit[n]urils of different sizes and its application in detecting silver ions

• Jun-Xian Gou,
• Yang Luo,
• Xi-Nan Yang,
• Wei Zhang,
• Ji-Hong Lu,
• Zhu Tao and
• Xin Xiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2950–2958, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.204

• attracted much attention due to its three-branched structure and excellent physical and chemical properties, which is commonly used in many applications including plastic dishes, the main raw material for formaldehyde resin, etc. [15]. Cucurbit[n]urils (Q[n]s, Scheme 1), a kind of supramolecular compound

Selective sulfonylation and isonitrilation of para-quinone methides employing TosMIC as a source of sulfonyl group or isonitrile group

• Chuanhua Qu,
• Run Huang,
• Yong Li,
• Tong Liu,
• Yuan Chen and
• Guiting Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2822–2831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.193

• decompose to a Ts anion and formaldehyde, possibly accompanied by the formation of a cyanide ion [54]. The previous reports on the reaction mechanism of TosMIC as a source of Ts are mainly a radical mechanism [19][20][21][22][23]. To assess the possibility of radical intermediates, a stoichiometric amount

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

• ) will be obtained by treatment of the deprotected pyrrolidine 2 with formaldehyde under reductive amination conditions. As described in Scheme 2, isoxazolidine-4,5-diol 3 was readily synthesized in four steps according to our procedure [16], starting from commercially available (E)-4

• two steps) under the same reaction conditions when using formaldehyde (37 wt % in H2O). The 1H and 13C NMR spectra recorded on compounds (±)-1 and (±)-2 were in good agreement with those previously reported for the natural sample [1] as well as for the synthetic products [2]. Biological evaluation

• %; (c) 12WO3·H3PO4×H2O, H2O2 (35 wt % in H2O), pyridine, ethyl acetate, rt, 48 h, 70%; (d) BF3·OEt2, CH2Cl2, 0 °C, 15 min, 69%; (e) H2 (1 atm), Pd(OH)2/C (5 wt %), MeOH, rt, 2 h, (±)-2, 71%; (f) H2 (1 atm), Pd(OH)2/C (5 wt %), MeOH, rt, 2 h; then formaldehyde (37 wt % in H2O), H2 (1 atm), Pd(OH)2/C (5

Recent advances in the tandem annulation of 1,3-enynes to functionalized pyridine and pyrrole derivatives

• Yi Liu,
• Puying Luo,
• Yang Fu,
• Tianxin Hao,
• Xuan Liu,
• Qiuping Ding and
• Yiyuan Peng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163

• of ammonia, formaldehyde, and acetaldehyde; and iii) preparation from furfural and ammonia. In addition, Hantzsch pyridine synthesis from ethyl acetoacetate, formaldehyde, and ammonia is a commonly used laboratory synthetic method. Recently, extensive and efficient methods for the construction of

• ][28][29]. In industry, pyrrole mainly comes from the extraction of coal tar, the condensation reaction of furan and ammonia under high temperature, or the cascade cyclization reaction of acetylene, formaldehyde, and ammonia. In the laboratory, there are many efficient methods for the synthesis of

Synthesis of phenanthridines via a novel photochemically-mediated cyclization and application to the synthesis of triphaeridine

• Songeziwe Ntsimango,
• Kennedy J. Ngwira,
• Moira L. Bode and
• Charles B. de Koning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.152

• ) would allow for the stabilization of the radical by the methoxy substituent in the ortho position to the departing substituent. The methoxy substituent then presumably loses a hydrogen radical to form acetic acid and intermediate 17c. Further loss of formaldehyde would restore aromaticity and furnish

• . Once intermediate 18b is formed an H+ is abstracted by an acetate ion from the methoxy substituent again forming formaldehyde and acetic acid, along with subsequent quenching of the cation to restore aromaticity. Examples of photoredox-catalyzed cation radical accelerated reactions with the aromatic

Synthesis of O⁶-alkylated preQ₁ derivatives

• Laurin Flemmich,
• Sarah Moreno and
• Ronald Micura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2295–2301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.147

• dibenzylamine–formaldehyde and 2-acylaminopyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4(3H)-one as key step, thereby selectively installing a dibenzylaminomethyl moiety [22]. Exchange of the dibenzylamine group in the Mannich base with NH3 provided preQ1 [22]. Alternatively, Klebe demonstrated a Michael addition of 2,6

Methodologies for the synthesis of quaternary carbon centers via hydroalkylation of unactivated olefins: twenty years of advances

• Thiago S. Silva and
• Fernando Coelho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1565–1590, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.112

• alkyl radical with formaldehyde hydrazone, which resulted in hydrazide 74 that could afford formal hydromethylated compounds 75 after the extrusion of nitrogen and sulfinic acid (Scheme 28) [95]. The hydrazone was generated in situ due its instability, and a simple exchange of the solvent from THF to

Antiviral therapy in shrimp through plant virus VLP containing VP28 dsRNA against WSSV

• Santiago Ramos-Carreño,
• Ivone Giffard-Mena,
• Jose N. Zamudio-Ocadiz,
• Alfredo Nuñez-Rivera,
• Ricardo Valencia-Yañez,
• Jaime Ruiz-Garcia,
• Maria Teresa Viana and
• Ruben D. Cadena-Nava

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1360–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.95

• 0.002% formaldehyde solution in seawater for 30 min before transferring them to the aquariums to remove any fouling present. Six shrimp were placed per aquarium, containing seawater of 34 ppt at 28 ± 0.3 °C, oxygen between 5.0 to 8.0 mg / L, pH 7.6 ± 0.16 and total ammonium < 0.5 mg/L. A photoperiod of

Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”

• Gian Cesare Tron,
• Alberto Minassi,
• Giovanni Sorba,
• Mara Fausone and
• Giovanni Appendino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1335–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.93

• sheet was then sterilized with phenol and formaldehyde to avoid microbial degradation and eventually flattened to partially recover the original size. Thanks to this very labor-intensive work, almost 3,000 parchment pages could be recovered [63]. Guareschi is considered the father of the scientific

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

• -sulfinyl imine 160. A subsequent base promoted cyclization of chloroamides (158 and 162) and the products 165 and 163 were obtained in 91% and 93% yields respectively. The N-methylation of alkaloids 163 and 165 using 37% formaldehyde and sodium borohydride formed the tetrahydroisoquinoline 164 and 166 in

Stereoselective synthesis and transformation of pinane-based 2-amino-1,3-diols

• Ákos Bajtel,
• Mounir Raji,
• Matti Haukka,
• Ferenc Fülöp and
• Zsolt Szakonyi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 983–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.80

• -amino-1,3-diols, which underwent a regioselective ring closure with formaldehyde or benzaldehyde delivering pinane-condensed oxazolidines. During the preparation of 2-phenyliminooxazolidine, an interesting ring–ring tautomerism was observed in CDCl3. Keywords: 2-amino-1,2-diol; monoterpene; oxazolidin

• necessity to use a stronger reducing agent and more severe conditions. The reduction step, therefore, was performed by applying LAH, a stronger reducing agent, and longer reflux, resulting in N-benzyl-2-amino-1,3-diol 16 (Scheme 4). When compound 16 was treated with formaldehyde at room temperature, pinane

• -diols underwent a regioselective ring closure with formaldehyde and benzaldehyde producing pinane-condensed oxazolidines. In the case of 2-phenyliminooxazolidine, an interesting ring–ring tautomerism was observed in CDCl3. The prepared trifunctional compounds may serve as chiral catalysts in

Enhanced target cell specificity and uptake of lipid nanoparticles using RNA aptamers and peptides

• Roslyn M. Ray,
• Anders Højgaard Hansen,
• Maria Taskova,
• Bernhard Jandl,
• Jonas Hansen,
• Citra Soemardy,
• Kevin V. Morris and
• Kira Astakhova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 891–907, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.75

• once with PBS and fixed with 4% ice-cold paraformaldehyde (in PBS) for 15 minutes at 4 °C. The formaldehyde was removed and the cells washed twice with ice-cold PBS. Thereafter, PBS containing DAPI (10 ng/mL) was added and the cells visualized using a Zeiss Observer II light microscope with a Zeiss

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

• derivatives via a reaction between 5-(4-R-benzyl amino)pyrazoles 137, cyclic 1,3-diketones 6 and formaldehyde (138) in ethanol as solvent. The protocol shows good functional group tolerance with both EDG and EWG on pyrazoles resulting in moderate to good yields (Scheme 53). An interesting observation revealed

• mechanism for the condensation reveals a straight Knoevenagel condensation between 138 and cyclic 1,3-diketones directing to Knoevenagel adduct A. A Michael type addition at the C-4 position of 137 with adduct A results in intermediate B. Finally in presence of another molecule of formaldehyde intermediate

A novel and robust heterogeneous Cu catalyst using modified lignosulfonate as support for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Bingbing Lai,
• Meng Ye,
• Ping Liu,
• Minghao Li,
• Rongxian Bai and
• Yanlong Gu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2888–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.238

• , the support was prepared through phenol–formaldehyde condensation reaction of LS and FAS. The FAS was chosen to embellish LS in consideration of the following reason: FAS skeleton consists of both aldehyde and sulfonic groups, so the grafting of FAS and LS can be easily realized via phenol

• –formaldehyde condensation reaction, and therefore equips the generated polymeric support with more sulfonic groups. The heterogeneous Cu catalyst (LS-FAS-Cu) was finally obtained through refluxing of LS-FAS with Cu(OTf)2 in ethanol, and the loading capacity of Cu was confirmed to be 0.92 mmol/g by means of ICP

• . For comparison, two controlled heterogeneous catalysts, namely Resin-Cu and LS-FM-Cu were prepared using commercially available Amberlyst-15 and the material [13] was synthesized by condensation of formaldehyde and LS as supports, respectively (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S1 and Figure

Host–guest interaction of cucurbit[8]uril with oroxin A and its effect on the properties of oroxin A

• Zhishu Zeng,
• Jun Xie,
• Guangyan Luo,
• Zhu Tao and
• Qianjun Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2332–2337, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.194

• the inclusion compound with Q[8]. Keywords: cucurbit[8]uril; host–guest interaction; inclusion complex; oroxin A; properties; Introduction Cucurbit[n]urils (Q[n]s) are a family of macrocyclic cage compounds synthesized by the condensation of glycoluril and formaldehyde in a strong acidic solution [1

Tuneable access to indole, indolone, and cinnoline derivatives from a common 1,4-diketone Michael acceptor

• Dalel El-Marrouki,
• Sabrina Touchet,
• Abderrahmen Abdelli,
• Hédi M’Rabet,
• Mohamed Lotfi Efrit and
• Philippe C. Gros

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1722–1731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.144

• ). The nitrenones 3a–d were obtained in three steps from the appropriate commercially available cyclohexenones (Scheme 2). First, a Baylis–Hillman reaction between cyclohexanone and formaldehyde led to the formation of the corresponding Baylis–Hillman alcohols 1a/b in good yield [58], followed by a DMAP

Recent synthesis of thietanes

• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116

• synthesis of thietane-containing spironucleosides. The easily available 5-aldo-3-O-benzyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D-glucofuranose (36) was first treated with formaldehyde in the presence of NaOH followed by MsCl, affording the dimesylate derivative 38, which was reacted with Na2S to afford the spirothietane

Activated carbon as catalyst support: precursors, preparation, modification and characterization

• Melanie Iwanow,
• Tobias Gärtner,
• Volker Sieber and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1188–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.104

• adding a reducing agent, such as hydrogen, formaldehyde or sodium borohydride [1]. Is the drying step replaced by filtration of the large excess of solution, the method is called ionic adsorption [134][137]. Deposition