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

• yield was only 10%, but after the addition of MTO and acetic anhydride, the yield increased to 46% (Table 1, entry 5) [51]. The authors suggested two simultaneous reaction pathways: a direct oxidation by rhenium bisperoxo complex and an MTO-catalyzed in situ generation of peroxyacetic acid as oxidant

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

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

• derivative 99, followed by aromatization under the described conditions. The preliminary in vitro antitumor studies of the compounds displayed low to moderate activity. Scheme 37 depicts the mechanism wherein an initial in situ generation of α,β-unsaturated intermediate A occur due to the Knoevenagel

[2 + 1] Cycloaddition reactions of fullerene C₆₀ based on diazo compounds

• Yuliya N. Biglova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 630–670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.55

• voltammetry. One of the approaches for in situ generation of unstable diazo compounds involves the use of stable hydrazones, followed by their oxidation with MnO2. For example, the scientists led by van Koten and co-workers synthesized a group of methanofullerenes with monoanionic terdentate diaminoaryl

Synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines via cyclocondensation of 2-(aminomethyl)pyridines with electrophilically activated nitroalkanes

• Dmitrii A. Aksenov,
• Nikolai A. Arutiunov,
• Vladimir V. Maliuga,
• Alexander V. Aksenov and
• Michael Rubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2903–2910, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.239

• approach, however, seems less attractive as it requires an additional step for the proper modification of the starting material. An alternative, more appealing method would capitalize on the in situ generation of a less sterically hindered, and therefore more reactive electrophilic nitronate. As we have

Anion exchange resins in phosphate form as versatile carriers for the reactions catalyzed by nucleoside phosphorylases

• Julia N. Artsemyeva,
• Ekaterina A. Remeeva,
• Tatiana N. Buravskaya,
• Irina D. Konstantinova,
• Roman S. Esipov,
• Anatoly I. Miroshnikov,
• Natalia M. Litvinko and
• Igor A. Mikhailopulo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2607–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.212

• of dIno) in 10 mM Na-phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) at 22 °C for 6 h. Noteworthy, the formation of the 2'd-N7- and 2'd-N9-glycosides of N2-acetylguanine (AcGua) was observed in the transglycosylation of AcGua using dGuo/E. coli PNP (67.5 IU per 1 mmol base) for an in situ generation of dRib-1Pi (5 mM K

• reaction of OMG (Ara-U as a donor of Ara-1Pi) and 2-fluoroadenine [1-(β-ᴅ-arabinofuranosyl)cytosine (Ara-C) + cytidine deaminase for an in situ generation of Ara-1Pi], respectively, and the recombinant E. coli UP and PNP as biocatalysts in an one-pot mode. Unexpectedly, a significantly lower efficiency of

Synthesis of 1,4-benzothiazinones from acylpyruvic acids or furan-2,3-diones and o-aminothiophenol

• Ekaterina E. Stepanova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev and
• Andrey N. Maslivets

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2322–2331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.193

• acylpyruvic acid-based approach could be considered as a furandione-based one with in situ generation of furandiones 5. Since the acylpyruvic acid-based approach gave higher yields of the target compounds 3, we investigated its substrate scope by involvement of various acylpyruvic acids 2a–m and o

• available precursors, but produced more waste. The acylpyruvic acid-based approach can be considered as furandione-based one with in situ generation of furandiones 5. The BTAs 3 were formed together with the corresponding 2-hydroxy-2H-1,4-benzothiazin-3(4H)-ones 4, which can be interesting for pharmaceutics

Chan–Evans–Lam N1-(het)arylation and N1-alkеnylation of 4-fluoroalkylpyrimidin-2(1H)-ones

• Viktor M. Tkachuk,
• Oleh O. Lukianov,
• Mykhailo V. Vovk,
• Isabelle Gillaizeau and
• Volodymyr A. Sukach

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2304–2313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.191

• situ generation of reactive phenylboronic acid (2а). The reaction attempted at the lower (room) temperature and with lower amounts of copper acetate and pyridine practically failed to occur (Table 2, entries 3–5). In view of the availability of boronic acid pinacol esters, and particularly of

• , entry 1). However, the addition of 2 equiv of boric acid drastically increased the arylation efficiency, with the yield of pyrimidone 3а reaching 86% (Table 2, entry 2). We assume that the boric acid added triggers the transesterification of phenylboronic acid pinacol ester 6а thereby leading to the in

Fluorohydration of alkynes via I(I)/I(III) catalysis

• Jessica Neufeld,
• Constantin G. Daniliuc and
• Ryan Gilmour

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1627–1635, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.135

• -based fluorination, a complementary organocatalytic variant [52], based on an I(I)/I(III) catalysis platform was explored (Figure 1C). It was envisaged that the in situ generation of p-TolIF2 via oxidation of p-TolI with Selectfluor® in the presence of an amine/HF complex might enable the title

• -fluoroketone motif from alkynes. Selectfluor®-mediated oxidation of p-TolI in the presence of an amine/HF source, which plays a dual function as fluoride source and Brønsted acid activator, enables in situ generation of p-TolIF2 (Figure 5). From these preliminary mechanistic investigations, conclusions

Copper-based fluorinated reagents for the synthesis of CF₂R-containing molecules (R ≠ F)

• Louise Ruyet and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1051–1065, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.92

• -defined copper-based reagent or to new tools for the in situ generation of an active CuCF2H species and its application in several transformations. Pre-defined difluoromethylating reagents In the quest for well-defined and isolable MCF2H species, Sanford depicted for the first time in 2017 the synthesis

• ). It is important to highlight that, in the course of their study for the synthesis of a stable and isolable (NHC)CuCF2H complex and the study of its reactivity, Sanford and co-workers demonstrated the possibility to develop a catalytic version of the reaction through the in situ generation of the

• ) and 1,10-phenanthroline as a ligand was crucial in their system. In 2012, Prakash also studied the in situ generation of CuCF2H from n-Bu3SnCF2H, the presence of DMF being the key to stabilize the CuCF2H intermediate [41] (Scheme 2). From these seminal works, a handful of reports was then published by

Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp³)–Si and C(sp³)–B bond formation

• Balaram S. Takale,
• Ruchita R. Thakore,
• Elham Etemadi-Davan and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

• presented for in situ generation of Cu(I) to initiate the polymerization with the alkyl bromide. In this system, the Cu(II) complex was exposed to UV light to form Cu(I) which can react with alkyl halide resulting in generation of reactive radicals and Cu(II), Scheme 9. Those reactive radicals add monomer

A review of asymmetric synthetic organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis: concepts, applications, recent developments and future directions

• Munmun Ghosh,
• Valmik S. Shinde and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2710–2746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.264

• oxidation. The radical–radical coupling reaction between 101 and 95 is proposed to afford the corresponding intermediate 102. Then release of the Lewis acid catalyst gives the final product 97. The stereocontrol step is related to the in situ generation of radicals with π-systems of chiral enamines and

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

• conditions as for the 1H-pyridine from alkynone 3a was conducted, but only starting material could be isolated. Another option for the formation of the 1H-pyridine 5a was envisioned by an in situ generation of a dimer of ethyl cyanoacetate (4). The dimer 7 can be synthesized by iridium catalysis [30]. With

• 5a. While the in situ generation of dimer 7 does not happen during the formation of 1H-pyridine 5a, we examined the reaction between ethyl cyanoacetate (4) and the optimized base system by adding alkynone 3a to the reaction after different times (Table 3). In the first attempt, alkynone 3a was added

Metal-free mechanochemical oxidations in Ertalyte^® jars

• Andrea Porcheddu,
• Francesco Delogu,
• Lidia De Luca,
• Claudia Fattuoni and
• Evelina Colacino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1786–1794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.172

• a catalytic amount of KBr promotes the in situ generation of HOBr, which is a stronger oxidant than HOCl [57]. The results improved remarkably by using as oxidant a 6% aqueous solution of NaOCl (1.14 mL, 1.1 mmol) adsorbed on NaHCO3 (6.5 g) in the presence of a catalytic amount of TEMPO (5.0 mol

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

• reaction mechanism comprises of an in situ generation of the imine from the aldehyde and 2-AP. Further, the addition of alkyne and activation by CuO(II)/Cu2O(I) yielded the A3-coupled propargyl amine [40]. Tautomerization/5-exo-dig cyclization led to the formation of the final product. The reaction enjoyed

A three-component, Zn(OTf)₂-mediated entry into trisubstituted 2-aminoimidazoles

• Alexei Lukin,
• Anna Bakholdina,
• Anna Kryukova,
• Alexander Sapegin and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1061–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.103

• .15.103 Abstract A three-component reaction involving in situ generation of propargylureas and subsequent Zn(OTf)2-mediated cyclocondensation with a primary amine yielded trisubstituted 2-aminoimidazoles. These findings are in contrast to the previously reported base-promoted unimolecular cyclization of

Synthesis of the aglycon of scorzodihydrostilbenes B and D

• Katja Weimann and
• Manfred Braun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 610–616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.56

• . Here, a modified version based upon an in situ generation of the ruthenium complex described by Genet and Darses [16] was applied. Thus, O-protected 2,5-dihydroxyacetophenones 6 were submitted to a hydroarylation reaction with two equivalents of styrenes 7 in the presence of [Ru(p-cymene)Cl2]2 and P(4

Synthesis and selected transformations of 2-unsubstituted 1-(adamantyloxy)imidazole 3-oxides: straightforward access to non-symmetric 1,3-dialkoxyimidazolium salts

• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Małgorzata Celeda,
• Katarzyna Urbaniak,
• Marcin Jasiński,
• Vladyslav Bakhonsky,
• Peter R. Schreiner and
• Heinz Heimgartner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 497–505, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.43

• . Deprotonation of the latter with triethylamine in the presence of elemental sulfur allows the in situ generation of the corresponding imidazol-2-ylidene, which traps elemental sulfur yielding a 1,3-dihydro-2H-imidazole-2-thione as the final product. Keywords: alkoxyamines; imidazole N-oxides; imidazolium salts

Syntheses and chemical properties of β-nicotinamide riboside and its analogues and derivatives

• Mikhail V. Makarov and
• Marie E. Migaud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 401–430, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.36

• results in the in situ generation of pyridinium hydroxide, resulting in further NR+ hydrolysis. This unfavorable reactivity of the C-1′ position was briefly addressed in the earlier sections of this review, as evidenced by the needs of anhydrous conditions and low temperatures in the deprotection steps to

Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region

• Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Jacques Lalevée and
• Didier Gigmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282

• regioselective hydroformylation of aromatic olefins [84]. Interestingly, if transition metals can initiate an ionic hydroformylation reaction of aryl olefins, a free radical pathway could be promoted by use of diethoxyacetic acid and 4CzIPN, inducing the in situ generation of an equivalent of a formyl radical

A tutorial review of stereoretentive olefin metathesis based on ruthenium dithiolate catalysts

• Daniel S. Müller,
• Olivier Baslé and
• Marc Mauduit

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2999–3010, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.279

• render this class of catalyst available to every practicing chemist [25]. A very practical and operationally simple protocol for the in situ generation of Ru-dithiolate catalysts was reported. First, the commercially available dithiol 48 is deprotonated with Et2Zn to provide Zn-dithiolate 49 (Scheme 8

Copper(I)-catalyzed tandem reaction: synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles from alkyl diacyl peroxides, azidotrimethylsilane, and alkynes

• Muhammad Israr,
• Changqing Ye,
• Munira Taj Muhammad,
• Yajun Li and
• Hongli Bao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2916–2922, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.270

• are considered to be unstable moieties that can decompose spontaneously, with which the reactions are difficult or dangerous to handle [16]. Thus, a one-pot two-step process for the in situ generation of organic azides is highly required. A frequently used method to in situ generate organic azides is

Unprecedented nucleophile-promoted 1,7-S or Se shift reactions under Pummerer reaction conditions of 4-alkenyl-3-sulfinylmethylpyrroles

• Takashi Go,
• Akane Morimatsu,
• Hiroaki Wasada,
• Genzoh Tanabe,
• Osamu Muraoka,
• Yoshiharu Sawada and
• Mitsuhiro Yoshimatsu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2722–2729, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.250

• (diols). Seleno-Pummerer reactions of 3-selanylmethylpyrroles also proceeded via in situ generation of selenoxides, followed by a treatment with TBAH. Keywords: hydroamination; Pummerer reaction; pyrrole; pyrroloazepine; 1,7-sulfur shift; Introduction Pyrrolo- and indoloazepine skeletons are chemical

One-pot synthesis of epoxides from benzyl alcohols and aldehydes

• Edwin Alfonzo,
• Jesse W. L. Mendoza and
• Aaron B. Beeler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2308–2312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.205

• through in situ generation of sulfonium salts from benzyl alcohols and their subsequent deprotonation for use in Corey–Chaykovsky epoxidation of aldehydes. The generality of the method is exemplified by the synthesis of 34 epoxides that were made from an array of electronically and sterically varied