Synthesis of spiroindolenines through a one-pot multistep process mediated by visible light

• Francesco Gambuti,
• Jacopo Pizzorno,
• Chiara Lambruschini,
• Renata Riva and
• Lisa Moni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2722–2731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.230

• argon atmosphere to prevent the interaction of oxygen or reactive oxygen intermediates, which are not always compatible with the substrates, as well as the key intermediates. Moreover, BrCCl3 and its reduced form (chloroform) can be easily removed from the reaction mixture thanks to their low boiling

Computational design for enantioselective CO₂ capture: asymmetric frustrated Lewis pairs in epoxide transformations

• Maxime Ferrer,
• Iñigo Iribarren,
• Tim Renningholtz,
• Ibon Alkorta and
• Cristina Trujillo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2668–2681, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.224

• H2 over CO2 becomes crucial for effective CO2 reduction [7]. Additionally, the strength of the interaction between the catalyst and the resulting system after hydride transfer presents a limitation. The formation of a robust LA–oxygen interaction may impede proton transfer to the basic oxygen atom

• oxygen atoms [6][7]. Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies involve the extraction of CO2 from the atmosphere of the Earth to generate value-added chemicals, which can serve as platform chemicals in other chemical processes [20][21]. This is achieved by inserting CO2 as a C1 building block

• new intermediate (Min5) is stabilised, in which the oxygen of CO2 has attacked the electrophilic carbon of PO, and the oxygen atom of PO interacts with the LB. This mechanism is exclusive to phosphorus-containing FLPs, as nitrogen does not support this type of reactivity. Subsequently, the

Transition-metal-free decarbonylation–oxidation of 3-arylbenzofuran-2(3H)-ones: access to 2-hydroxybenzophenones

• Bhaskar B. Dhotare,
• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Chahna K. Sakhiya,
• Amey Wadawale and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2655–2667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.223

• catalyzed by both dissolved oxygen and atmospheric oxygen [27], we envisaged that degassed THF solvent kept under inert atmosphere would not produce hydroperoxides, and hence the reaction will not proceed under such circumstances. To confirm this hypothesis, we degassed freshly distilled THF with Ar for 2 h

Efficient modification of peroxydisulfate oxidation reactions of nitrogen-containing heterocycles 6-methyluracil and pyridine

• Alfiya R. Gimadieva,
• Yuliya Z. Khazimullina,
• Aigiza A. Gilimkhanova and
• Akhat G. Mustafin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2599–2607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.219

• reactions was made. It has been suggested that a nucleophilic substitution of the peroxide oxygen atom occurs in peroxydisulfate [32]. Regarding phenols (Elbs reaction), there is also a nucleophilic substitution of the phenolate ion. For aromatic amines (Boyland–Sims reaction), a neutral nitrogen atom of

• oxidized more completely due to a more efficient consumption of the oxidant (APS). Previously, the oxidation of orotic acid was studied and it was found that the presence of oxygen in the reaction medium affects the yield of the sulfate derivative [37]. Under anaerobic conditions, a low yield of the

• peroxydisulfate ion, leading to the production of oxygen [39]: Oxygen accumulation is additionally achieved by hydrogen peroxide self-decay, which is known to be increased in alkaline conditions [40]: Additionally, it has been reported [41] that hydroxyl radicals, produced from the decomposition of H2O2, can

Base-promoted cascade recyclization of allomaltol derivatives containing an amide fragment into substituted 3-(1-hydroxyethylidene)tetronic acids

• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Constantine V. Milyutin and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2585–2591, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.217

• formation of an intramolecular hydrogen bond and the double bond is located in the furanone ring. In contrast to the aforementioned example the considered compounds 4 have an exocyclic enol fragment and the intramolecular hydrogen bond is connected to the carbonyl oxygen atom. Thus, the absence of

Transition-metal-free synthesis of arylboronates via thermal generation of aryl radicals from triarylbismuthines in air

• Yuki Yamamoto,
• Yuki Konakazawa,
• Kohsuke Fujiwara and
• Akiya Ogawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2577–2584, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.216

• , entry 2 vs entries 3 and 4). Under atmospheric oxygen, the yield of 3a decreased slightly (Table 1, entry 5). The reaction was investigated at 60 °C and 100 °C, and it was found that the reaction was most efficient at 80 °C (Table 1, entry 2 vs entries 6 and 7). We have previously succeeded in

• atmosphere and in the open-air. In the absence of oxygen, the color of the reaction mixture changed only slightly. In contrast, the reaction in air resulted in the formation of black and a small amount of white insoluble solid (probably metallic bismuth or bismuth oxide) [55], and 3a was successfully

• confirmed and characterized by the 1H NMR measurement of the crude reaction mixture (Scheme 4b) [48]. These results clearly showed that the thermal generation of aryl radicals from triarylbismuthines is one of the key factors for the transition-metal-free synthesis of arylboronates, and oxygen (air) would

A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis

• Nian Li,
• Ruzal Sitdikov,
• Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
• Joost Steverlynck,
• Bo Li and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214

Photoredox-catalyzed intramolecular nucleophilic amidation of alkenes with β-lactams

• Valentina Giraldi,
• Giandomenico Magagnano,
• Daria Giacomini,
• Pier Giorgio Cozzi and
• Andrea Gualandi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2461–2468, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.210

• their investigation of the hydrofunctionalization reaction of unsaturated amides and thioamides [28]. They have found that the oxygen atom of the amide group, rather than the nitrogen atom, acted as a nucleophile, leading to the formation of 2-oxazolines and 2-thiazolines. Another recent example of

• attack the radical cation A, giving the bicyclic radical intermediate B. Amide is an ambident nucleophile, and oxygen attack of radical cation A is also conceivable to give the corresponding imidate [28]. In our reaction, O-addition is disfavored due to the formation of an unsaturated four-membered ring

Hypervalent iodine-mediated cyclization of bishomoallylamides to prolinols

• Smaher E. Butt,
• Konrad Kepski,
• Jean-Marc Sotiropoulos and
• Wesley J. Moran

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2455–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.209

• the alkene and the amide increased from two to three atoms. In the latter case, cyclization at the amide nitrogen to form the pyrrolidine ring was favored over cyclization at the amide oxygen. A DFT study was undertaken to rationalize the change in mechanism of this cyclization process. In addition

• amide at both the oxygen and the nitrogen, however, the ΔG‡ value for the latter was lower by 2.5 kcal·mol−1. This demonstrates a clear kinetic preference for formation of the five-membered ring over the seven-membered one [19]. Subsequent deprotonation of 11 leads to tertiary amide 12. Upon cyclization

• atoms separating the functional groups, cyclization at the amide oxygen occurs to generate five- and six-membered rings, respectively. However, when there is a three-carbon atom link, the corresponding seven-membered ring is not formed. Instead, cyclization at nitrogen occurs to generate a five-membered

Synthesis and conformational analysis of pyran inter-halide analogues of ᴅ-talose

• Olivier Lessard,
• Mathilde Grosset-Magagne,
• Paul A. Johnson and
• Denis Giguère

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2442–2454, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.208

• 109.36°, respectively. However, there is a bond angle narrowing for the other analogues (Cl: 108.07°; Br: 107.94°; I: 107.78°). Finally, the angles involving the exo-anomeric oxygen (O1–C1–O5) are similar with a difference of about 1° between the larger (compound 17) and smaller (compound 14) angle. As

• ][62][63][64][65]. In our case, for compound 15, I4 interacts with H4 (d = 3.521 Å, a = 93.77°) and I4 also interact with the oxygen of the carbonyl of the acetate at C6 (I4···O, d = 3.147 Å; a = 179.70°) (Figure 4b and Table 7). This result is in line with hydrogen (C–I···H) and halogen (C–I···O

• , 17, and α-ᴅ-talose 18. ORTEP diagram showing 50% thermal ellipsoid probability (except for 18): carbon (gray), oxygen (red), fluorine (green), chlorine (orange), bromine (dark red), iodine (purple), and hydrogen (white). Packing arrangement of compound compound 15; a) View down the b axis; b

Phenylseleno trifluoromethoxylation of alkenes

• Clément Delobel,
• Armen Panossian,
• Gilles Hanquet,
• Frédéric R. Leroux,
• Fabien Toulgoat and
• Thierry Billard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2434–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.207

• oxygen atom which disfavors the episelenonium opening with the CF3O− anion in the closest position to the oxygen atom. It is noteworthy that the regioisomeric ratio of terminal alkenes (2e, 2i) evolved with the reaction time. The amount of the kinetic terminal regioisomer (anti-Markovnikov – 2e’, 2i

Evaluating the halogen bonding strength of a iodoloisoxazolium(III) salt

• Dominik L. Reinhard,
• Anna Schmidt,
• Marc Sons,
• Julian Wolf,
• Elric Engelage and
• Stefan M. Huber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2401–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.204

• than prototypic iodolium 1OTf, the oxygen-bridged iodoxinium 4OTf exhibited improved performance and the polyfluorinated iodolium 2OTf was by far the most active. A previous study on gold activation by halogen bonding showed significantly higher activity when the weakly coordinating counteranion

• % conversion after already 4 h (≈55% after 2 h) and the oxygen-bridged iodoxinium 4BArF performed slightly better (≈70% after 2 h). For these two catalysts, a very slight sigmoidal curve shape was also observed. The polyfluorinated XB donor 2BArF performed the best, with ≈90% conversion after 2 h. The

• ). Halogen bonding dimer found in the crystal structure of 7Br. Ellipsoids are shown at 50% probability (carbon: grey, nitrogen: blue, oxygen: red, bromine: orange, iodine: purple) and hydrogen atoms are shown in standard ball-and-stick model (white). Halogen and hydrogen bonding is indicated dashed. 1H NMR

Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and antioxidant activity of sterically hindered catechols with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-triazole, thiazole or pyridine fragments

• Daria A. Burmistrova,
• Andrey Galustyan,
• Nadezhda P. Pomortseva,
• Kristina D. Pashaeva,
• Maxim V. Arsenyev,
• Oleg P. Demidov,
• Mikhail A. Kiskin,
• Andrey I. Poddel’sky,
• Nadezhda T. Berberova and
• Ivan V. Smolyaninov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2378–2391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.202

• planes of the cycles corresponds to 5°). These pairs (Figure 3) are bound in a supramolecular chain along the 0c axis owing to two H-bonds between the OH group of catechol and the oxygen atom of nitro-group (O1–H1···O4B (1−x, 1−y, −1+z): the H1···O4 distance is 2.46(1) Å, the O1···O4 distance is 2.886(3

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• attributed to the chair-like transition state where the organoboron reagent 1 exchanges one isopropoxy group for one of the BINOL 3 oxygen atoms, whereas the free OH group of the BINOL forms a hydrogen bond to the carbonyl of substrate 2. The flanking phenyl groups on the BINOL facilitate recognition between

• method involves squaramide 51-catalysed chloride abstraction from readily accessible N-carbamoyl α-chloroglycinates 48 or 54 (Scheme 11) [35], with a simultaneous nucleophilic attack of allylsilane 49 (Scheme 11A) or allylstannane 55 (Scheme 11B). The reactions are highly sensitive to moisture and oxygen

Hydrogen-bond activation enables aziridination of unactivated olefins with simple iminoiodinanes

• Phong Thai,
• Lauv Patel,
• Diyasha Manna and
• David C. Powers

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2305–2312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.197

• center [26][27]. Despite the prevalence of acid-activation in promoting carbon [28], oxygen [29][30], sulfur [31], chlorine [32], and fluorine [33] transfer reactions of hypervalent iodine compounds, these strategies have not been applied to activation of iminoiodinanes for nitrene transfer chemistry. We

Synthesis and reactivity of the di(9-anthryl)methyl radical

• Tomohiko Nishiuchi,
• Kazuma Takahashi,
• Yuta Makihara and
• Takashi Kubo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2254–2260, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.193

• radical. The unpaired electron is primarily located at the central sp2 carbon, a highly reactive site. The DAntM radical readily reacts with oxygen, leading to 1,2-dioxetane intermediate and decomposition to give anthryl aldehyde and a stable anthroxyl radical. Results and Discussion The synthetic route

• pathway involving hydrogen abstraction from water yielding 4, and a major pathway involving oxygen addition to the central carbon to afford 1,2-dioxetane (DOT) intermediate. Usually, DOT derivatives are known to readily decompose [38], and this DOT intermediate is also considered to decompose upon C–C and

• the DAntM radical were successfully conducted. Although the DAntM radical exhibits σ-dimerization in solution, it readily dissociates into a monomeric radical due to the presence of two bulky 9-anthryl groups. However, the DAntM radical retains a highly reactive nature with oxygen, resulting in the

Natural resorcylic lactones derived from alternariol

• Joachim Podlech

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2171–2207, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.187

O,S,Se-containing Biginelli products based on cyclic β-ketosulfone and their postfunctionalization

• Kateryna V. Dil and
• Vitalii A. Palchykov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2143–2151, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.184

• signals clearly corresponds to the heterocycles depicted above. Figure S8 (see Supporting Information File 1) shows 1H NMR spectra for Ph-substituted O,S,Se-DHPMs 2a,h,o. It can be seen from them that when going from oxygen to selenium (2h→2a→2o), the signals of both NH groups shift to down field (7.87

Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps

• Ignaz Betcke,
• Alissa C. Götzinger,
• Maryna M. Kornet and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178

• , facilitating their cyclization with intermediary formed hydrazones to yield 5-hydroxypyrazolines. After subsequent interaction with atmospheric oxygen, the product 65 is formed. This method exhibits a high degree of substituent tolerance, and aliphatic compounds generally lead to higher yields. A special

1,2-Difluoroethylene (HFO-1132): synthesis and chemistry

• Liubov V. Sokolenko,
• Taras M. Sokolenko and
• Yurii L. Yagupolskii

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1955–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.171

• . Photochemical [2 + 2]-cycloaddition with fluorinated aldehydes and ketones gives access to a variety of fluorinated oxygen-containing heterocycles. We hope that this article will help chemists to utilize HFO-1132 and that this olefin will find applications as a useful synthon in organic chemistry. 1,2

Regioselective alkylation of a versatile indazole: Electrophile scope and mechanistic insights from density functional theory calculations

• Pengcheng Lu,
• Luis Juarez,
• Paul A. Wiget,
• Weihe Zhang,
• Krishnan Raman and
• Pravin L. Kotian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1940–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.170

• similar to 6. They observed high N1-selectivity using NaH in THF with pentyl bromide and electron-deficient indazoles, postulating a coordination of the indazole N2-atom and an electron-rich oxygen atom in a C-3 substituent with the Na+ cation from NaH. Under anhydrous conditions the yields ranged from 44

• the chelation pathway proposed in Figure 5, we hypothesized that 18 (Figure 9) would provide a model for exploring the mechanism further. If chelation between an electron-rich oxygen atom from a substituent and a Lewis acid (such as Cs+ or P+) were taking place, we would expect regioselectivity for

• indazole and the deprotonated indazole was only −0.2 kcal/mol (Figure 11). Again, no preorganized intermediates were found. The NCIs were consistent with the parent system. The hydrogen bond between the H on the electrophilic methyl group and an ester oxygen was found in the transition state leading to the

A new platform for the synthesis of diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives via nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions

• Vitor A. S. Almodovar and
• Augusto C. Tomé

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1933–1939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.169

• than the oxygen due to the preferential existence of 4-hydroxypyridine in the pyridin-4-one tautomeric form [37][38][39]. The structures of dyes 3a–f, 4a, 4d and 4f were unambiguously established through their 1H, 13C and 19F NMR and mass spectra. The 1H NMR spectra of the symmetrical compounds

Negishi-coupling-enabled synthesis of α-heteroaryl-α-amino acid building blocks for DNA-encoded chemical library applications

• Matteo Gasparetto,
• Balázs Fődi and
• Gellért Sipos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1922–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.168

• underrepresented in the peer-reviewed literature in comparison to phenyl groups or their six-membered counterparts (e.g., pyridines, pyrimidines) [42]. Furthermore, the increasing importance of small heteroaromatic rings containing nitrogen, sulfur and/or oxygen in medicinal chemistry is well depicted by the list

Solvent-dependent chemoselective synthesis of different isoquinolinones mediated by the hypervalent iodine(III) reagent PISA

• Ze-Nan Hu,
• Yan-Hui Wang,
• Jia-Bing Wu,
• Ze Chen,
• Dou Hong and
• Chi Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1914–1921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.167

• deprotonation with sulfamate, gives the 4-substituted isoquinolinone derivative 2a (Scheme 6). Looking into the formation of 2c' from 1c (Scheme 2), two other resonance structures for the initially formed intermediate 1CC, namely 1CC' and 1CC'', are shown in Scheme 7. The oxygen atom in the amide motif of the

The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)

• Cristina Martini,
• Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162

• oxidized to the corresponding imine 94 by oxygen in the air (as the cyclization did not proceed when the reaction was conducted under nitrogen atmosphere). The activation of the triple bond by tetrabutylammonium bromide regioselectively induced the 6-endo-dig cyclization to furnish 95 in moderate yields