Aromatic C–H bond functionalization through organocatalyzed asymmetric intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction: a recent update

• Anup Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72

• reaction proceeding through aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction and lactonization steps. Main focus of this article was to demonstrate a racemic process between α-naphthol or phenol derivatives and in situ-generated N-acetyl ketimine from methyl 2-acetamidoacrylate (18) in the course of preparing 3-NHAc

• substituent at the aforesaid position for which a much diminished enantioselectivity (44%) was obtained (Scheme 24) [54]. Pyrophosphoric acids In 2018, Ishihara and co-workers demonstrated a highly para-selective aza-Friedel–Crafts process using phenols and ortho-monosubstituted phenol analogues 104. As

• potential electrophiles, N-methoxycarbonyl-substituted aldimines 105 were explored to activate the para-carbon of the phenol derivatives catalyzed by the chiral pyrophosphoric acid Py1. The high regioselectivity was mainly caused by catalyst–substrate interactions via intermolecular H-bonding which could

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• subsequent removal of MeOH, dehydration and aromatization affords N-substituted pyrroles 21. In 2013, Chatzopoulou [63] and co-workers reported a high-yielding Clauson–Kaas pyrrolyl-phenol synthesis using nicotinamide, which is a cheap and nontoxic catalyst and a vitamin and enzyme cofactor. The authors

Intermediates and shunt products of massiliachelin biosynthesis in Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Till Steinmetz,
• Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 909–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.69

• correlation spectroscopy (COSY; Figure 3). The first spin system is part of a 2,3-substituted phenol moiety featuring proton signals at δH 7.15 (H-5), 6.70 (H-6) and 6.69 ppm (H-4; Table 1). Three aromatic carbon atoms could be assigned due to heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) correlations from H

• position. An HMBC correlation from H-4 to the carbon atom at 32.7 ppm (C-7) allowed the linkage of the phenol moiety with an n-pentyl sidechain in meta position to the hydroxy group. The spin system of the latter includes proton resonances at δH 2.54 (H-7a), 2.62 (H-7b), 1.49 (H-8), 1.25 (H-9), 1.25 (H-10

• substituent at C-2 of the phenol moiety. The final carbon atom at 171.9 ppm (C-15) could be attributed to a carboxylic acid function with HMBC correlations from H-13 and H-14, thereby completing the determination of the planar structure of 1. To determine the configuration of 1, we measured its optical

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

• -dihydrodibenzo[b,f]heteropines via intramolecular Wurtz reaction. Phenol deprotonation and intramolecular etherification in the synthesis of bauhinoxepine J. Palladium-catalysed N-arylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine. Cu- and Ni-catalysed N-arylation. N-Alkylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) and dihydrodibenzo[b,f

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

• alkene of the azabicycle producing 154. A C–N bond cleavage occurs creating π-allylrhodium 155. Subsequently, the phenol oxygen then adds to the π–allyl species in a cis fashion, furnishing 156 which is proposed to be the enantiodetermining step. The carbonyl–rhodium species 156 inserts into the alkene

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

• ] between halide 37 and phenol 38 leading to the formation of diaryl ether 39, which was subjected to a regioselective iodination reaction to give compound 40. Conversion of the nitrile in compound 40 into the corresponding aldehyde 41 followed by Z-selective Still–Gennari olefination gave the cis α,β

• furnished the α,β-unsaturated ester 69. The subsequent catalytic hydrogenation led to the desired phenol 70 (Scheme 13) [44][45]. An Ullmann coupling reaction using compounds 66 and 70 gave the corresponding diaryl ether 71, which was submitted to an asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction using (DHQD)2PHAL to

• ether moiety. The best result was obtained when phenol 101 was subjected to anodic oxidation, leading to the formation of spiro-dimer 102 in 61% yield. Protection of the alcohol using TBSOTf followed by cyclic ether cleavage and re-aromatization gave compound 104. Subsequent dehalogenation followed by

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

• highly versatile, and a wide range of applications is meanwhile established in organic synthesis [1][2][3][4][5]. They can be applied as mild oxidants [6][7][8], in phenol dearomatizations [9] or in α-oxygenation reactions [10]. In a complemental reactivity, diaryliodonium salts are potent electrophilic

Preparation of β-cyclodextrin/polysaccharide foams using saponin

• Max Petitjean and
• José Ramón Isasi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 78–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.7

• (Quillaja saponaria; Sp. ‘quillay’, from Mapuche ‘küllay’) saponin (Sigma-Aldrich, sapogenin content ≥ 10%, India), phenol (99.5%; Panreac, Spain), m-cresol (99%; Sigma, Germany), 4-ethylphenol (99%, Sigma, China), vanillin (99%; Panreac, Spain) and eugenol (99%; Sigma, Germany) were used as received

• -cyclodextrin/polysaccharides (blue curves for chitosan, red for locust bean gum, green for xanthan gum) with saponin (yellow curves correspond to cyclodextrin matrices, without polysaccharide). Sorption of phenols (V, vanillin; Ph, phenol; m-c, m-cresol; 4eP, 4-ethylphenol; Eu, eugenol) in β-cyclodextrin

Combining the best of both worlds: radical-based divergent total synthesis

• Kyriaki Gennaiou,
• Antonios Kelesidis,
• Maria Kourgiantaki and
• Alexandros L. Zografos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1

• to competitive oxidation of the C3 alcohol to the respective ketone. Increasing the equivalents of pyrone led to 83% of 54. On the other hand, employment of the same conditions to phenol 55 resulted only in the oxidation of the phenol. A more controlled delivery of electrons was realized by applying

A novel spirocyclic scaffold accessed via tandem Claisen rearrangement/intramolecular oxa-Michael addition

• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Alexander Yanovich,
• Dmitry Dar’in,
• Grigory Kantin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1649–1655, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.177

• Discussion The initial attempt to involve DAS 1b in the Rh2(esp)2-catalyzed insertion reaction with 4-(tert-butyl)phenol was successful. The initial adduct 5b was not purified and was heated at 140 °C in toluene to give compound 6b in 47% yield over two steps (Scheme 2). No further optimization of the

• synthesized as detailed in Scheme 3. The O–H insertion reaction worked well for electron-neutral or electron-rich phenols. The presence of chlorine substituents (such as 4-Cl or 2,4-diCl) in the phenol component drastically diminished the yield and led to the formation of the earlier reported DAS dimer [16

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

• involved a highly reactive difluoroethylene intermediate, which was produced by the reaction between halothane and KOH. Keywords: aryl 1-monofluorovinyl ether; electrophilic 1,1-difluoroethene; halothane; multi-halogenated alkene; phenol; Introduction 2-Bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (halothane

• halothane as a halogen and carbon source. Results and Discussion First, we optimized the reaction conditions for the formation of aryl fluoroalkenyl ethers with phenol (3a) as a model substrate. On the basis of our previous work, we performed the reaction of halothane with 3a under the standard conditions

• experiments were carried out under argon atmosphere in flame-dried glassware using standard inert techniques for introducing reagents and solvents unless otherwise noted. Typical procedures for synthesis of multi-halogenated alkene Ground KOH (5.0 mmol) was added to a solution of phenol (1.0 mmol) in DME (5.0

Using UHPLC–MS profiling for the discovery of new sponge-derived metabolites and anthelmintic screening of the NatureBank bromotyrosine library

• Sasha Hayes,
• Aya C. Taki,
• Kah Yean Lum,
• Joseph J. Byrne,
• Merrick G. Ekins,
• Robin B. Gasser and
• Rohan A. Davis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1544–1552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.164

• correlation from the imidazole proton at δH 6.55 to the downfield carbon at δC 146.8 indicated a 2-amino substituted histamine moiety [19]. Finally, the unassigned exchangeable protons at δH 10.11 and 7.36, were assigned to phenol (4-OH) and amino groups (14-NH2), respectively, following comparison of NMR

• data with related previously reported purealidins [19]. While no HMBC correlations were identified for these exchangeable proton signals, the presence of a phenol was further supported by a bathochromic shift that was seen in the UV spectrum of 1 upon addition of base [20]. The bromine atom and phenol

One-pot synthesis of 2-arylated and 2-alkylated benzoxazoles and benzimidazoles based on triphenylbismuth dichloride-promoted desulfurization of thioamides

• Arisu Koyanagi,
• Yuki Murata,
• Shiori Hayakawa,
• Mio Matsumura and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1479–1487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.155

• ][19][20][21]. Among them, triarylbismuth dichlorides (Ar3BiCl2) have been widely used as aryl group donors for the C- and O-arylation of phenol derivatives [22][23][24], N-arylation of pyridin-2-ones [25][26], α-arylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyls [27][28], and tandem 1,3-bisarylation of

Mechanochemical synthesis of unsymmetrical salens for the preparation of Co–salen complexes and their evaluation as catalysts for the synthesis of α-aryloxy alcohols via asymmetric phenolic kinetic resolution of terminal epoxides

• Shengli Zuo,
• Shuxiang Zheng,
• Jianjun Liu and
• Ang Zuo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1416–1423, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.147

• -aryloxy alcohols were thereafter synthesized through the KR of epichlorohydrin with different phenols using chiral Co–salen catalyst 2f (Table 3). meta-Substituted methylphenol showed less reactivity and selectivity (Table 3, entry 2), while tert-butyl monosubstitution at the para-position on the phenol

• slightly increased in light of the yield and ee (Table 3, entry 3). Bulky phenol afforded no product (3e), which is in good agreement with the suggested Co–salen catalytic mechanism [6]. Phenols with both electron-donating and electron-withdrawing moieties participated in the asymmetric ring opening of

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

• ][6][7][8][9]. Therefore, many efficient methods have been developed in the past decades to synthesize different types of phosphoric esters [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. Traditional methods for the construction of P−O bonds in phosphoric esters rely on the phosphorylation of alcohols or phenol

Electro-conversion of cumene into acetophenone using boron-doped diamond electrodes

• Mana Kitano,
• Tsuyoshi Saitoh,
• Shigeru Nishiyama,
• Yasuaki Einaga and
• Takashi Yamamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1154–1158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.119

• hydroperoxide/dicumyl peroxide/phenol from cumene, acetophenone from ethylbenzene, and others. Generally, molecular oxygen has been utilized in the straightforward oxidation of aromatic alkyls. However, since molecular oxygen is highly stable, activation of the molecular oxygen itself is necessary, which

A Streptomyces P450 enzyme dimerizes isoflavones from plants

• Run-Zhou Liu,
• Shanchong Chen and
• Lihan Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1107–1115, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.113

• dimers or cross-coupling products, starting from simple monomers [17][18][19]. Nevertheless, our knowledge of enzyme-mediated dimerization is still limited in contrast to the numerous reported dimeric natural products. Phenol coupling in plant polyphenol biosynthesis is one of the earliest documented

• , Supporting Information File 1). Other plant polyketides, such as anthraquinones 19 and 20 and phenylpropanoids 21–24, failed to be dimerized. The reaction mechanism of P450-mediated phenol dimerization is believed to involve oxidative radical–radical coupling, though other mechanisms, such as radical

Electrochemical hydrogenation of enones using a proton-exchange membrane reactor: selectivity and utility

• Koichi Mitsudo,
• Haruka Inoue,
• Yuta Niki,
• Eisuke Sato and
• Seiji Suga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1055–1061, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.107

• . Interestingly, the generation of phenol was observed (7% yield), probably because 1a could serve as a hydrogen donor due to the low concentration of hydrogen [32]. Conclusion In conclusion, we have developed a system for the electroreduction of enones using a PEM reactor. The reactions proceeded under mild

Automated grindstone chemistry: a simple and facile way for PEG-assisted stoichiometry-controlled halogenation of phenols and anilines using N-halosuccinimides

• Dharmendra Das,
• Akhil A. Bhosle,
• Amrita Chatterjee and
• Mainak Banerjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 999–1008, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.100

• an improved yield (77%) of the monobromo product 2a, with a reduced amount of 3a (12%), and a nominal recovery of the starting material were observed (Table 1, entry 2). Incomplete consumption of starting phenol 1a was primarily due to over bromination. The LAG in the presence of water afforded

• monobromination under the optimized reaction conditions to validate the effectiveness of our method using an indigenous electrical grinder. The results are summarized in Scheme 3. At the outset, several electron-rich and electron-deficient phenol derivatives were converted to the corresponding monobrominated

• - and p-positions in the case of bromination as well as iodination (product 2b, 2d, 2h, 2k, 2s, 2w, 2ab, 2ag, etc. in Scheme 3). In some cases, the formation of negligible amounts of dihalo derivatives (3–5%) could not be avoided. Only for the attempted monobromination of unsubstituted phenol, the

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

• at 110–160 bar to form the O-allyl phenol which was heated in a second reactor to 265 °C where the Claisen rearrangement under near-critical conditions occurred to yield 2-allyl-4,6-difluorophenol (12) in 64% yield. In this example, the two reactors made of steel were heated directly by the external

• Petasis boron-Mannich (PBM) reaction of glyoxalic acid (30a) or salicylic aldehyde (30b), with morpholine (29) and p-methoxyphenylboronic acid (31) furnished α-aminocarboxylic acid 32a and phenol 32b in excellent yield (98% and 93%), again much higher than the yields found for the batch protocol (77% and

• heated flow system [65][66][67][68][69][70][71]. This is exemplified for the tandem synthesis of benzofuran 47 and phenylindole 48 (Scheme 10, case B) starting from phenol 44 and aniline derivative 46, respectively. The latter reaction was carried out in a glass reactor filled with MagSilicaTM [53

Cs₂CO₃-Promoted reaction of tertiary bromopropargylic alcohols and phenols in DMF: a novel approach to α-phenoxyketones

• Ol'ga G. Volostnykh,
• Olesya A. Shemyakina,
• Anton V. Stepanov and
• Igor' A. Ushakov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 420–428, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.44

• carbonate. In the light of the above, it was unclear, in which direction would proceed the reaction of bromopropargylic alcohols and phenols. In the present paper, we report on the results of these studies. Results and Discussion Initially, bromopropargylic alcohol 1a and phenol (2a) were chosen as the

• to the reaction system. It was shown that the reaction of 1a with 2a in aqueous DMF (1 equiv of Cs2CO3, DMF/H2O, 10:1, 50–55 °C) was highly selective to deliver phenoxyhydroxyketone 4a in 78% yield and dihydroxyketone 8a as a side product (Table 1, entry 6). Hence, the addition of phenol to the

• triple bond is a minor direction for the reaction of bromopropargylic alcohols and phenol in the presence of Cs2CO3/DMF, which was completely suppressed by addition of water. When DMF was replaced by DMSO (Table 1, entry 13), the preparative yield of reaction products decreased possibly due to product

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

• catalyst for the oxidation of 2-methylnaphthalene (16) with H2O2 [59]. The complex L1-Fe(III) (L1 = (2-((2-(2-((2-((2-hydroxyphenylimino)methyl)phenoxy)methyl)benzyloxy)benzylidene)amino)phenol) showed the best catalytic activity with 58.54% selectivity and 79.11% conversion (Table 1, entry 13) [59

• electrophilic bromination of the corresponding phenol, followed by hydrolysis promoted by H2O2 [66]. Variations in the methods of 2-methylnaphthol (17) oxidation to menadione (10) with H2O2 were made by changing the catalytic systems in order to increase the yield and selectivity. These include the catalysis by

Trichloroacetic acid fueled practical amine purifications

• Aleena Thomas,
• Baptiste Gasch,
• Enzo Olivieri and
• Adrien Quintard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 225–231, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.26

• isolated in its pure form starting from model mixtures containing various aromatics, phenols, alkanes or alkenes in overall purification yields ranging from 53 to 98%. The lower yields are observed for coordinating phenol and catechol (Table 2, entries 3 and 4), probably impacting the crystallization

Peptide stapling by late-stage Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling

• Hendrik Gruß,
• Rebecca C. Feiner,
• Ridhiwan Mseya,
• David C. Schröder,
• Michał Jewgiński,
• Kristian M. Müller,
• Rafał Latajka,
• Antoine Marion and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1–12, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.1

• bond in the staple (cis and trans, respectively). Synthesis of SMC stapled axin CBD peptides. Reaction conditions: (a) Pd2(dba)3, sSPhos, KF, DME/EtOH/H2O 9:9:2, 120 °C, µwave, 30 min; (b) TFA/TIS/H2O 95:2.5:2.5, DTT, phenol, 2 × 2 h. B(OR)2 = B(OH)2, B(pin), pin = pinacolato, t-Bu = tert-butyl, Trt

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

• Austin Pounder and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

• (sp3)–H compounds. Iron-catalyzed heteroatomic cross dehydrogenative coupling In 2013, Lei and Pappo independently reported an FeCl3-catalyzed oxidative coupling/cyclization cascade of phenol derivatives 86 and alkenes 87 (Scheme 15) [91][92]. Similar trends were reported by both groups namely electron