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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

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  • research team disclosed a new protocol for 1,2-thiofunctionalization of arylalkenes 160 with N-arylthiophthalimide 14 and various nucleophiles, including aryl ethers, carboxylic acids, indoles, and pyrroles in the presence of HCl (Scheme 69) [99]. The procedure utilized no toxic metal catalyst, or additive
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Published 27 Sep 2023

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

  • Nosheen Beig,
  • Varsha Goyal and
  • Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

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  • been found to be highly efficient catalysts in this transformation. Nolan and co-workers reported the catalytic activity of [Cu(IPr)Cl] in the hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds to form silyl ethers in high yield [48][49]. A series of bis-NHC–copper complexes was synthesized and the compounds were
  • of the NHC–CuCl-catalyzed hydroborylation of propargylic alcohols (157, R = H) and ethers (157, R = aryl, alkyl) was dependent on the size of the NHC [85] (Scheme 62). Interestingly, the application of the catalyst 158 comprising a bulkier NHC preponderantly led to the sterically crowded α
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Published 20 Sep 2023

Visible-light-induced nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxytrifluoroethylation of alkyl carboxylic acids: Access to trifluoromethyl alkyl acyloins

  • Feng Chen,
  • Xiu-Hua Xu,
  • Zeng-Hao Chen,
  • Yue Chen and
  • Feng-Ling Qing

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1372–1378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.98

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  • reaction showed a good tolerance of a diverse range of functional groups, including methoxy (3b), methyl (3c), chloro (3d,i), fluoro (3f,g), and ethers (3i,l,p). Notably, aryl bromide (3e) was also tolerated in this protocol, probably due to the higher reactivity of the mixed anhydride formed between
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Published 11 Sep 2023

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp3)–H to construct C–C bonds

  • Hui Yu and
  • Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

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  • CDC reaction to be a new generation method for the construction of C–C bonds and it has received extensive attention and in-depth research [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]. The building blocks of ethers are widely found in biomass, chemical feedstocks, biologically active drugs, and natural
  • benzylic ethers occurs at room temperature in the presence of Cu(OTf)2/InCl3 as catalysts and DDQ as oxidant (Scheme 3) [51]. By this route, a series of 2-alkoxymalonate diester derivatives was synthesized through direct CDC reaction. The mechanism study showed that the first step of the catalytic cycle
  • oxidative alkylation of cyclic benzyl ethers with malonates or ketones. Oxygen is used as a terminal oxidant at atmospheric pressure. The key intermediate of this oxidative coupling reaction is benzyl alcohol intermediate C (Scheme 4) [52]. The generation of N–O radicals from NHPI in the presence of oxygen
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Published 06 Sep 2023

Acetaldehyde in the Enders triple cascade reaction via acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal

  • Alessandro Brusa,
  • Debora Iapadre,
  • Maria Edith Casacchia,
  • Alessio Carioscia,
  • Giuliana Giorgianni,
  • Giandomenico Magagnano,
  • Fabio Pesciaioli and
  • Armando Carlone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1243–1250, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.92

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  • acetaldehyde have been reported [20][21][22][23][24]. The safety and handling problems associated with acetaldehyde can be solved by synthetic equivalents that can be generated in situ through different paths. Some examples are represented by vinyl acetate [25], silyl vinyl ethers [26], ethanol, pyruvic acid
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Published 24 Aug 2023

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

  • Mattia Lepori,
  • Simon Schmid and
  • Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

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Asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and reaction with carbocations on acylimidazole Michael acceptors

  • Brigita Mudráková,
  • Renata Marcia de Figueiredo,
  • Jean-Marc Campagne and
  • Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.65

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  • of −7.13 eV and an even more negative NBO charge of −0.368 at the C-2 position. We can confer from these data that Zn enolates obtained from acylimidazoles are somewhat less reactive than silyl enol ethers obtained in the Lewis acid-promoted conjugate addition of Grignard reagents [23]. This finding
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Published 16 Jun 2023

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

  • David I. H. Maier,
  • Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
  • Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

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  • categorised according to the major or final catalytic step employed to form the 7-membered heterocycle as several synthetic methods use multiple catalytic steps. 3.1 Buchwald–Hartwig amination, etherification and thioetherification The Buchwald–Hartwig reaction gives access to arylamines, -ethers and
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Published 22 May 2023

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

  • Péter Kisszékelyi and
  • Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

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  • array of organic synthetic transformations. Enolates are usually formed by deprotonation of the corresponding organic compound. However, other synthetic approaches for their generation exist, such as cleavage of enol ethers and esters, halogen–metal exchange, transmetalations, and conjugate additions to
  • TMSOTf) promoted trapping gave the aldol adducts 4 in good to excellent diastereoselectivity (up to a single diastereomer), but the yields were relatively low (25–44%). To overcome this limitation, the authors used TMSOTf to prepare and isolate the corresponding silyl enol ethers, which were later
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Published 04 May 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

  • Austin Pounder,
  • Eric Neufeld,
  • Peter Myler and
  • William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

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  • similar cationic species may be generated in MeOH [60]. In 2011, Tenaglia and co-workers investigated the Ru-catalyzed coupling of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives 30 with propargylic alcohols and ethers 106 to access benzonorcaradienes 107 (Scheme 19) [61]. While discriminating between the neutral and
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Published 24 Apr 2023

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

  • Louis Monsigny,
  • Floriane Doche and
  • Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

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  • advances have been made for the formation of a C(sp2)–OCHRCF3 bond by transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation. Indeed, fluorinated ethers [71][141][142][143][144][145][146][147][148][149][150][151][152][153] are key compounds, with especially molecules substituted with the 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy
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Published 17 Apr 2023

Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins

  • Benjamin Joyeux,
  • Antoine Gamet,
  • Nicolas Casaretto and
  • Bastien Nay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32

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  • oxidation in presence of DMP. The assembly of aldehyde 8 and methyl ketone 15 was envisaged through a stereoselective aldol reaction. After unsuccessful attempts of Mukaiyama aldol reactions with silyl enol ethers [28], we found that dicyclohexylboron enolate 20, made in situ from ketone 15 and Cy2BCl in
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Published 03 Apr 2023

Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities

  • Jorge de Lima Neto and
  • Paulo Henrique Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31

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  • ” (macrocyclic diaryl ethers) series found in plants present on the African and Asian continent [15]. The first report of this class of compounds was made by Pettit and co-workers when they isolated combretastatin D-1 (1) from a CH2Cl2/MeOH extract of Combretum caffrum, a South African tree [16]. From 77 kg of
  • alcohol 143 with pivaloyl chloride [64] and subsequent dihydroxylation of the double bond in 144 according to the Sharpless protocol using AD-mix-β [65], furnished the required syn-diol 145 in 59% yield and >99% ee. The hydroxy groups were protected [66] as TIPS ethers 146 and treatment with DIBAL-H led
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Published 29 Mar 2023

Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis

  • Dominic R. Willcox and
  • Stephen P. Thomas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28

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  • , acetals, aminals, and alkyl ethers (Scheme 26) [119][120][121]. The proposed mechanism was analogous to the GaI catalysis by Schneider, with an In‒O/B‒C exchange proposed to drive catalytic turnover. Nakazawa reported an iron–indium cooperative catalytic system for the hydroboration of nitriles with HBpin
  • /propargylation of acetals and aminals and the proposed mechanism. Indium(I)-catalysed allylation/propargylation of acetals, aminals, and alkyl ethers. Iron–indium cocatalysed double hydroboration of nitriles and the proposed mechanism. Funding S.P.T. thanks the Royal Society for a University Research Fellowship
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Published 21 Mar 2023

Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones

  • Benedikt Kolb,
  • Daniela Silva dos Santos,
  • Sanja Krause,
  • Anna Zens and
  • Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17

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  • ethers 12 [19] and metal-catalyzed cross coupling of alkenes 13 and enones 14 [20][21] have been reported. However, these reactions face multiple disadvantages such as limited substrate scope, use of hazardous solvents and harsh reaction conditions such as high temperatures or acidic/basic conditions
  • example, the sequential hydrozirconation/carbonylation of propargylic ethers 18 reported by Donato [58] yielded α,β-unsaturated lactones 19. Beside the hydrozirconation/acylation sequence of nitriles utilizing acid chlorides published by Majoral/Floreancig [59][60], Cox revealed that terminal alkynes 16
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Published 17 Feb 2023

1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures

  • Bram Ryckaert,
  • Ellen Demeyere,
  • Frederick Degroote,
  • Hilde Janssens and
  • Johan M. Winne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12

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  • transformations of aryl substrates have also been reported for thiovinyl ethers, and also for dihydrodithiins (Scheme 5), although there are obvious limitations to this point of view. Classical electrophilic aromatic substitution procedures such as the Vilsmeier–Haack reaction or a simple nitration have been
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Published 02 Feb 2023

NaI/PPh3-catalyzed visible-light-mediated decarboxylative radical cascade cyclization of N-arylacrylamides for the efficient synthesis of quaternary oxindoles

  • Dan Liu,
  • Yue Zhao and
  • Frederic W. Patureau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 57–65, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.5

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  • ethers and N-heteroarenes by using a novel catalytic system based on sodium iodide (NaI) and triphenylphosphine (PPh3), suggested to function as an electron donor–acceptor (EDA) complex [55][56][57][58][59][60]. Compared to previously reported radical reactions, this novel catalytic system has the key
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Published 16 Jan 2023

Total synthesis of grayanane natural products

  • Nicolas Fay,
  • Rémi Blieck,
  • Cyrille Kouklovsky and
  • Aurélien de la Torre

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1707–1719, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.181

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  • selectivity was achieved by chelation of the Sm(III) intermediate with hydroxy groups present on the structure. As the direct coupling with the A-ring precursor failed, a strategy to build this part was developed, starting with a sequence involving a protection of the alcohols as MOM ethers, lactone
  • was selectively reduced in the presence of LiEt3BH, while the Peterson adduct was eliminated concurrently, upon heating. Finally, treatment with H2SO4 allowed total deprotection of the MOM ethers, leading to the formation of principinol D, in complete correspondence with reported spectral data
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Published 12 Dec 2022

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

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  • HFIP. The regioselective amination of benzylic positions in alkylarenes [82] and ethers [83] directed by steric effects was achieved by the development of sterically hindered “bowl-shaped” imide-N-oxyl radical precursors (Scheme 7). The presented example with a sterically hindered N-hydroxyimide
  • kinetic resolution of racemic alcohols [99] and for the oxidation of benzylic cyclic ethers to lactones [100] was demonstrated. The CuI/9-azabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane N-oxyl (ABNO) catalytic system successfully promotes the oxidative coupling of alcohols with primary amines [101] (Scheme 13). The reaction
  • (for example, amines, alkenes, benzyl ethers) by electron-deficient aryl cyanides under photoredox conditions. An example of such process is presented in Scheme 23 [122]. The key stages of the proposed mechanism include the photoredox-catalyzed generation of a thiyl radical and anion radical from ArCN
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Simple synthesis of multi-halogenated alkenes from 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (halothane)

  • Yukiko Karuo,
  • Atsushi Tarui,
  • Kazuyuki Sato,
  • Kentaro Kawai and
  • Masaaki Omote

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1567–1574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.167

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  • Yukiko Karuo Atsushi Tarui Kazuyuki Sato Kentaro Kawai Masaaki Omote Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Setsunan University, 45-1 Nagaotoge-cho, Hirakata, Osaka 573-0101, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.18.167 Abstract A series of aryl fluoroalkenyl ethers that contain chlorine and bromine as well as
  • afford 1,1-difluoro-2-haloethyl ethers, although their boiling points are below 6 °C, which often causes handling problems (Scheme 1A) [8]. 1,1-Difluoro-2-haloethyl ethers have been obtained by reacting HCFC-133a with alcohols in the presence of a small amount of water, but the reaction requires the use
  • difluoroalkyl ethers (1), along with small amounts of fluoroalkenyl ethers (2), which were obtained from 1 via an E2-elimination mechanism (Scheme 1B) [14][15]. The fluoroalkenyl group in 2 is a potentially useful moiety that could participate in cross-coupling reactions for replacement of the bromine atom with
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Published 21 Nov 2022

Preparation of an advanced intermediate for the synthesis of leustroducsins and phoslactomycins by heterocycloaddition

  • Anaïs Rousseau,
  • Guillaume Vincent and
  • Cyrille Kouklovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1385–1395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.143

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  • advantages over the related enol silyl ethers [24][25]: they are more stable towards acidic conditions, their electronic character contributes to high regioselectivity in cycloaddition reactions, and they can be converted to many other functions, including their hydrolysis to ketones [26]. In the other hand
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Electrochemical Friedel–Crafts-type amidomethylation of arenes by a novel electrochemical oxidation system using a quasi-divided cell and trialkylammonium tetrafluoroborate

  • Hisanori Senboku,
  • Mizuki Hayama and
  • Hidetoshi Matsuno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1040–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.105

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  • has also been applied to organic synthesis [17][18][19][20]. However, when electrochemical oxidation of amides/carbamates in the presence of nucleophiles, such as electron-rich arenes or silyl enol ethers, is carried out for Friedel–Crafts-type amidomethylation, electrochemical oxidation of electron
  • -rich arenes or silyl enol ethers preferentially takes place at the anode due to their, in general, more positive oxidation potentials than those of amides/carbamates. Therefore, Friedel–Crafts-type amidomethylation by using Shono oxidation is successfully carried out as a two-step process
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Published 18 Aug 2022

Synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)propiophenones: a new set of reagents for the light-mediated perfluoroalkylation of aromatics

  • Durbis J. Castillo-Pazos,
  • Juan D. Lasso and
  • Chao-Jun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 788–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.79

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  • also employed crown ethers, 15-crown-5 and 18-crown-6, to test whether a “naked” sulfinate ion would help us achieve a better yield. Unfortunately, the addition of such ethers shut down all reactivity, most likely due to side reactions with the sulfinate salt. Moreover, it is worth mentioning that
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Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • the electrostatic interaction of crown ethers and alkali metals [4]. While, in the beginning, crown ethers were an excellent choice for metal ion complexation, they later received ample recognition as supramolecular catalysts [49]. The majority of host capsules, however, has been constructed using
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Published 27 May 2022

Unusual highly diastereoselective Rh(II)-catalyzed dimerization of 3-diazo-2-arylidenesuccinimides provides access to a new dibenzazulene scaffold

  • Anastasia Vepreva,
  • Alexander S. Bunev,
  • Andrey Yu. Kudinov,
  • Grigory Kantin,
  • Mikhail Krasavin and
  • Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 533–538, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.55

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  • method for the preparation of this class of compounds [2] and showed that DAS can undergo Rh(II)-catalyzed insertion reactions into the heteroatom–H bonds [3]. In 2020, it was shown that under Rh(II) catalysis, DAS can enter insertion reactions into the C–O bond of ethers [4], a rare transformation for
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