Superelectrophilic activation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and 2,5-diformylfuran: organic synthesis based on biomass-derived products

• Dmitry S. Ryabukhin,
• Dmitry N. Zakusilo,
• Mikhail O. Kompanets,
• Anton A.Tarakanov,
• Irina A. Boyarskaya,
• Tatiana O. Artamonova,
• Mikhail A. Khohodorkovskiy,
• Iosyp O. Opeida and
• Aleksander V. Vasilyev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2125–2135, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.202

• -(chloromethyl)furfural (1b) and 5-(bromomethyl)furfural (1c), both of which are also promising biomass-derived products [58][59], were reacted with benzene under the action of various acids (Table 3). In all cases 5-(phenylmethyl)furfural (3a) as Friedel–Crafts reaction product was obtained. Thus, only the

Scope and mechanism of the highly stereoselective metal-mediated domino aldol reactions of enolates with aldehydes

• M. Emin Cinar,
• Bernward Engelen,
• Martin Panthöfer,
• Hans-Jörg Deiseroth,
• Jens Schlirf and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 813–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.80

• incorporation of the two enantiomers of 7h and they are held together by hydrogen bonds (intramolecular: 1.90 Å, intermolecular: 1.93 Å) (Figure 2). Various aldehydes were also probed in the domino aldol reaction with the indium enolate of butyrophenone (1f, Scheme 4). Reactions involving 2-furfural

Silver and gold-catalyzed multicomponent reactions

• Giorgio Abbiati and
• Elisabetta Rossi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 481–513, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.46

• amines in the presence of phenylacetylene, gave the corresponding coupling products in very good to excellent yields, apart from the reactions with furfural, which obtained low yields. An intriguing catalytic system composed of zinc oxide supported Au NP, activated by LED irradiation (plasmon mediated

Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

• Sebastian Krüger and
• Tanja Gaich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14

• , reduction of the remaining double bond and subsequent Krapcho decarboxylation [132] resulted in less functionalized ketone 150. Aldol condensation with furfural followed by O-allylation and Claisen rearrangement furnished enone 151. Standard functional group interconversiones were used to access TIPS

Efficient synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones via a three-component Biginelli-type reaction of urea, alkylaldehyde and arylaldehyde

• Haijun Qu,
• Xuejian Li,
• Fan Mo and
• Xufeng Lin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2846–2851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.320

• reaction was then investigated, and the results were presented in Table 2. First, we examined the scope of the aromatic aldehydes 3. Various aromatic aldehydes 3a–3l and furfural (3m) were suitable substrates, and the expected products were obtained in moderate isolated yields (39–70%) (Table 2, entries 1

Microflow photochemistry: UVC-induced [2 + 2]-photoadditions to furanone in a microcapillary reactor

• Sylvestre Bachollet,
• Kimitada Terao,
• Shin Aida,
• Yasuhiro Nishiyama,
• Kiyomi Kakiuchi and
• Michael Oelgemöller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2015–2021, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.237

• Sigma-Aldrich or Alfa-Aesar and were used without further purification. Furanone 1 was synthesized from furfural following literature procedures [49]. NMR spectra were recorded on an Oxford 300 (1H 300 MHz and 13C 75 MHz) with the Varian Software VnmrJ Revision D. The residual solvent signal as used as

Preparation and ring-opening reactions of N-diphenylphosphinyl vinyl aziridines

• Ashley N. Jarvis,
• Andrew B. McLaren,
• Helen M. I. Osborn and
• Joseph Sweeney

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 852–859, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.98

• reported direct synthesis of a vinyl aziridine bearing a phosphorus group on nitrogen [40]. Encouraged by this promising result, we next examined the scope of the reaction by using the same anion and N-Dpp imines derived from 4-bromo- and 4-fluorobenzaldehyde, furfural and 2,2-dimethylpropionaldehyde

• similar to that of the initial reaction. In particular, the imine derived from furfural yielded only (E)-vinyl aziridine 4. In the case of the vinyl aziridination of 2,2-dimethylpropionaldehyde, an inversion in stereoselectivity was observed, with Z–5 being the dominant partner of the mixture (d.r. = 5:1

N-Heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed direct cross-aza-benzoin reaction: Efficient synthesis of α-amino-β-keto esters

• Takuya Uno,
• Yusuke Kobayashi and
• Yoshiji Takemoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1499–1504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.169

• aromatic aldehydes, which are often known to be less reactive in NHC-catalyzed reactions, could be coupled with 4 to provide 5h and 5i in 66% and 68% yields, respectively (Table 2, entries 7 and 8). Notably, heteroaromatic aldehydes, such as 3-thiophenecarboxaldehyde and furfural, were also successful in

Syntheses and applications of furanyl-functionalised 2,2’:6’,2’’-terpyridines

• Jérôme Husson and
• Michael Knorr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 379–389, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.41

• synthesis starts with 6-carboxy-2-acetylpyridine (20), which is reacted with furfural (1), thus providing chalcone 21. This is then reacted with di-pyridinium salt 22 in the presence of ammonium acetate to afford quinquepyridine 23 (Scheme 4). Another possibility to access the key intermediate “1,5-diketone

Efficient, highly diastereoselective MS 4 Å-promoted one-pot, three-component synthesis of 2,6-disubstituted-4-tosyloxytetrahydropyrans via Prins cyclization

• Naseem Ahmed and
• Naveen Kumar Konduru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 177–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.19

• ). We further extended our method to aliphatic aldehydes (e.g., acetaldehyde) and hetero aromatic aldehydes (e.g., pyrrole aldehyde, furfural). Under optimal reaction conditions they reacted smoothly with homoallylic alcohols to afford the corresponding tetrahydropyran derivatives which show almost the

An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

• Marcus Baumann,
• Ian R. Baxendale,
• Steven V. Ley and
• Nikzad Nikbin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57

SbCl₃-catalyzed one-pot synthesis of 4,4′-diaminotriarylmethanes under solvent-free conditions: Synthesis, characterization, and DFT studies

• Ghasem Rezanejade Bardajee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 135–144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.19

• ). These heterocyclic derivatives have received increasing attention due to their biological activities such as antibacterial and antitumor properties [44][45]. Both, electron-rich and electron-poor heterocyclic aldehydes including furfural, thiophene-2- and pyridine-3-carbaldehydes react with N,N

Zeolite catalyzed solvent- free one-pot synthesis of dihydropyrimidin- 2(1H)-ones – A practical synthesis of monastrol

• Mukund G. Kulkarni,
• Sanjay W. Chavhan,
• Mahadev P. Shinde,
• Dnyaneshwar D. Gaikwad,
• Ajit S. Borhade,
• Attrimuni P. Dhondge,
• Yunnus B. Shaikh,
• Vijay B. Ningdale,
• Mayur P. Desai and
• Deekshaputra R. Birhade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 4, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.4

• catalyst also worked well even with an acid-sensitive aldehyde such as furfural (4k–4l) without leading to the formation of any side products. The structural variations in the aldehydes employed in the reaction has no effect on the yield of the reaction, which is uniformly high. Significantly, a variety of