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Coupling biocatalysis with high-energy flow reactions for the synthesis of carbamates and β-amino acid derivatives
- Alexander Leslie,
- Thomas S. Moody,
- Megan Smyth,
- Scott Wharry and
- Marcus Baumann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 379–384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.33
- provide future chemists with hands-on experience in modern synthesis technologies. Apart from increased safety and scalability, reaction telescoping is one of the most attractive features of flow synthesis allowing for streamlined routes to minimize the need for the isolation and handling of potentially
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Scheme 1: The continuous flow set-up used.
Figure 1: Scope of Cbz-carbamate products obtained via flow process (*tRes = 60 min, **T = 80 °C; isolated yi...
Scheme 2: Side reaction during formation of product 3m.
Scheme 3: Flow set-up for the CALB-mediated impurity tagging approach.
Scheme 4: Strategies towards accessing β-amino acid derivatives 8.
Scheme 5: Complementary flow approaches towards the β-amino acid derivatives 8.
Scheme 6: Batch hydrolysis of the ester group in the presence of the carbamate.
A sustainable strategy for the straightforward preparation of 2H-azirines and highly functionalized NH-aziridines from vinyl azides using a single solvent flow-batch approach
- Michael Andresini,
- Leonardo Degannaro and
- Renzo Luisi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 203–209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.20
- could generate some risks, due to the explosive nature of organic azides, and possible overpressure issues caused by nitrogen generation at high temperatures. Consequently, scalability and control of this processes represents a real challenge. The exploitation of microfluidic technologies has therefore
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Scheme 1: Flow generation and transformation of 2H-azirines.
Scheme 2: Flow synthesis of 2H-azirines from vinyl azides. aThe solution of vinyl azide was re-introduced twi...
Scheme 3: Mixed flow-batch approach for the preparation of functionalized NH-aziridines from vinyl azides.
Dawn of a new era in industrial photochemistry: the scale-up of micro- and mesostructured photoreactors
- Emine Kayahan,
- Mathias Jacobs,
- Leen Braeken,
- Leen C.J. Thomassen,
- Simon Kuhn,
- Tom van Gerven and
- M. Enis Leblebici
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2484–2504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.202
- . This benchmark relates the productivity to the energy efficiency. Therefore, it is commonly applied in recent studies to assess the scalability of the process [15][20][21][22]. where STY is the space time yield, n is the amount of product produced, t is the time, Vreactor is the reactor volume, c0 is
- straightforward scalability with the same mass transfer characteristics by keeping the periodic heart-shaped static mixers [44]. The NETmix reactor (shown in Figure 5e) was originally developed by Brito Lopes et al. [60]. The NETmix reactor was coated with a TiO2 photocatalyst for the removal of oxytetracycline
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Figure 1: The momentum transport affects the mass transfer and the light field. All transport phenomena need ...
Figure 2: Common photomicroreactor designs: (a) Straight channel, (b) serpentine channel, (c) square serpenti...
Figure 3: Benchmarked photoreactors: (a) Microcapillaries in parallel, (b) microcapillaries in series, (c) fl...
Figure 4: Photochemical reactions that are detailed in Table 1.
Figure 5: Structured reactors designed for enhancing the mass transfer: (a) Packed bed photoreactor, (b) mono...
Figure 6: Comparison of the LED board designs of photomicroreactors: (a) CC array design, (b) MC array design...
Figure 7: Illustration of the light scattering phenomenon inside a photocatalytic flow reactor.
Figure 8: Efficiency of the absorption process in scattering situations with respect to pure absorption situa...
Figure 9: Different types of distributors: (a) Traditional or consecutive manifold, (b) bifurcation unit dist...
Photosensitized direct C–H fluorination and trifluoromethylation in organic synthesis
- Shahboz Yakubov and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2151–2192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.183
- . One exciting development in C–F bond formation is the use of small-molecule photosensitizers, allowing the reactions i) to proceed under mild conditions, ii) to be user-friendly, iii) to be cost-effective and iv) to be more amenable to scalability than typical photoredox-catalyzed methods. In this
- previously for benzylic fluorination [130]. In a later perspective [36], the authors speculated that the amide served as a directing group. Indeed, in situ-formed ammonium carbamates were recently identified to direct the HAT of a quinuclidinium radical cation [208]. 3.5 Scalability of C–H fluorinations That
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Figure 1: Fluorine-containing drugs.
Figure 2: Fluorinated agrochemicals.
Scheme 1: Selectivity of fluorination reactions.
Scheme 2: Different mechanisms of photocatalytic activation. Sub = substrate.
Figure 3: Jablonski diagram showing visible-light-induced energy transfer pathways: a) absorption, b) IC, c) ...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of TTET.
Figure 5: Organic triplet PSCats.
Figure 6: Additional organic triplet PSCats.
Figure 7: A) Further organic triplet PSCats and B) transition metal triplet PSCats.
Figure 8: Different fluorination reagents grouped by generation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of Selectfluor®.
Scheme 4: General mechanism of PS TTET C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 5: Selective benzylic mono- and difluorination using 9-fluorenone and xanthone PSCats, respectively.
Scheme 6: Chen’s photosensitized monofluorination: reaction scope.
Scheme 7: Chen’s photosensitized benzylic difluorination reaction scope.
Scheme 8: Photosensitized monofluorination of ethylbenzene on a gram scale.
Scheme 9: Substrate scope of Tan’s AQN-photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 10: AQN-photosensitized C–H fluorination reaction on a gram scale.
Scheme 11: Reaction mechanism of the AQN-assisted fluorination.
Figure 9: 3D structures of the singlet ground and triplet excited states of Selectfluor®.
Scheme 12: Associated transitions for the activation of acetophenone by violet light.
Scheme 13: Ethylbenzene C–H fluorination with various PSCats and conditions.
Scheme 14: Effect of different PSCats on the C(sp3)–H fluorination of cyclohexane (39).
Scheme 15: Reaction scope of Chen’s acetophenone-photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination reaction.
Figure 10: a) Site-selectivity of Chen’s acetophenone-photosensitized C–H fluorination reaction [201]. b) Site-sele...
Scheme 16: Formation of the AQN–Selectfluor® exciplex Int1.
Scheme 17: Generation of the C3 2° pentane radical and the Selectfluor® N-radical cation from the exciplex.
Scheme 18: Hydrogen atom abstraction by the Selectfluor® N-radical cation from pentane to give the C3 2° penta...
Scheme 19: Fluorine atom transfer from Selectfluor® to the C3 2° pentane radical to yield 3-fluoropentane and ...
Scheme 20: Barrierless fluorine atom transfer from Int1 to the C3 2° pentane radical to yield 3-fluoropentane,...
Scheme 21: Ketone-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 22: Ketone-directed fluorination through a 5- and a 6-membered transition state, respectively.
Scheme 23: Effect of different PSCats on the photosensitized C(sp3)–H fluorination of 47.
Scheme 24: Substrate scope of benzil-photoassisted C(sp3)–H fluorinations.
Scheme 25: A) Benzil-photoassisted enone-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination. B) Classification of the reaction mod...
Scheme 26: A) Xanthone-photoassisted ketal-directed C(sp3)–H fluorination. B) Substrate scope. C) C–H fluorina...
Scheme 27: Rationale for the selective HAT at the C2 C–H bond of galactose acetonide.
Scheme 28: Photosensitized C(sp3)–H benzylic fluorination of a peptide using different PSCats.
Scheme 29: Peptide scope of 5-benzosuberenone-photoassisted C(sp3)–H fluorinations.
Scheme 30: Continuous flow PS TTET monofluorination of 72.
Scheme 31: Photosensitized C–H fluorination of N-butylphthalimide as a PSX.
Scheme 32: Substrate scope and limitations of the PSX C(sp3)–H monofluorination.
Scheme 33: Substrate crossover monofluorination experiment.
Scheme 34: PS TTET mechanism proposed by Hamashima and co-workers.
Scheme 35: Photosensitized TFM of 78 to afford α-trifluoromethylated ketone 80.
Scheme 36: Substrate scope for photosensitized styrene TFM to give α-trifluoromethylated ketones.
Scheme 37: Control reactions for photosensitized TFM of styrenes.
Scheme 38: Reaction mechanism for photosensitized TFM of styrenes to afford α-trifluoromethylated ketones.
Scheme 39: Reaction conditions for TFMs to yield the cis- and the trans-product, respectively.
Scheme 40: Substrate scope of trifluoromethylated (E)-styrenes.
Scheme 41: Strategies toward trifluoromethylated (Z)-styrenes.
Scheme 42: Substrate scope of trifluoromethylated (Z)-styrenes.
Scheme 43: Reaction mechanism for photosensitized TFM of styrenes to afford E- or Z-products.
Access to highly substituted oxazoles by the reaction of α-azidochalcone with potassium thiocyanate
- Mysore Bhyrappa Harisha,
- Pandi Dhanalakshmi,
- Rajendran Suresh,
- Raju Ranjith Kumar and
- Shanmugam Muthusubramanian
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2108–2118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.178
- . Further, the scalability of the reaction using an optimized protocol was investigated by conducting the reaction on a multigram scale (Scheme 3). It was found that the reaction between 1i and 2 on a multigram scale proceeded to afford 3i in 97% yield. In Figure 2, photograph a shows the reaction mixture
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Figure 1: Examples of biologically active oxazole and aminothiazole scaffolds.
Scheme 1: Strategies for the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole from azirine. a) I2, PPh3; b) NaH, 1H-...
Scheme 2: Scope of the α-azidochalcones. The reactions were carried out at reflux temperature, using 1 (1 mmo...
Scheme 3: Large-scale synthesis of 3i.
Figure 2: Large-scale synthesis of 3i. a) At the start of the reaction, b) after the reaction.
Scheme 4: Acetyl derivative of 3d.
Figure 3: ORTEP diagram of compound 5.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of S-methyl/benzylated products 6 and 7.
Scheme 6: Control experiments.
Scheme 7: Plausible mechanism proposed for the formation of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles 3.
Scheme 8: Reaction of vinyl azide 1 and 3 with ferric nitrate. Reactions were carried out at reflux temperatu...
Figure 4: X-ray crystal structure of 4h.
When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis
- Lucas Guillemard and
- Joanna Wencel-Delord
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147
- photochemical reactions due to the inherent lack of scalability issues as a consequence of the Beer–Lambert law of absorption. Consequently, continuous-flow chemistry represents one of the few ways in which pharmaceutically relevant quantities of compounds can be synthesized through photoinduced transformations
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Figure 1: Concept of dual synergistic catalysis.
Figure 2: Classification of catalytic systems involving two catalysts.
Figure 3: General mechanism for the dual nickel/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 4: General mechanisms for C–H activation catalysis involving different reoxidation strategies.
Figure 5: Indole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 7: Oxidative Heck reaction on arenes via the dual catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 9: Oxidative Heck reaction on phenols via the dual catalysis.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on phenols via dual catalysis.
Figure 11: Carbazole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the carbazole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 13: Carbonylation of enamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for carbonylation of enamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 15: Annulation of benzamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the annulation of benzamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 17: Synthesis of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 19: General concept of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 20: The first example of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation with diazonium salts via dual catalysis.
Figure 22: Dual catalysis merging C–H activation/photoredox using diaryliodonium salts.
Figure 23: Direct arylation via the dual catalytic system reported by Xu.
Figure 24: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Balaraman.
Figure 25: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Guo.
Figure 26: C(sp3)–H bond arylation via the dual Pd/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 27: Acetanilide derivatives acylation via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 28: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation with α-ketoacids via dual catalysis.
Figure 29: Acylation of azobenzenes via the dual catalysis C–H activation/photoredox.
Figure 30: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 31: Proposed mechanism for the C2-acylation of indoles with aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 32: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 33: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 34: Proposed mechanism for perfluoroalkylation of arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 35: Sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 36: Proposed mechanism for sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 37: meta-C–H Alkylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 38: Alternative procedure for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 39: Proposed mechanism for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 40: C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 41: Proposed mechanism for C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 42: Undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross coupling via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 43: Proposed mechanism for the undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross-coupling via dual catalysis.
Figure 44: Undirected C–H arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual manganese/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 45: Proposed mechanism for the undirected arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 46: Photoinduced C–H arylation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 47: Photo-induced C–H chalcogenation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 48: Decarboxylative C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual cobalt/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 49: Proposed mechanism for the C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual catalysis.
Figure 50: General mechanisms for the “classical” (left) and Cu-free variant (right) Sonogoshira reaction.
Figure 51: First example of a dual palladium/photoredox catalysis for Sonogashira-type couplings.
Figure 52: Arylation of terminal alkynes with diazonium salts via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 53: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of terminal alkynes via dual catalysis.
Figure 54: C–H Alkylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer (HAT).
Figure 55: Proposed mechanism for the C–H alkylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 56: C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 57: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by HAT.
Figure 58: Direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 59: Proposed mechanism for the direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 60: C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 61: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 62: C–H functionalization of nucleophiles via excited ketone/nickel dual catalysis.
Figure 63: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization enabled by excited ketones.
Figure 64: Selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 65: Proposed mechanism for the selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by HAT.
Figure 66: Direct C(sp3)–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 67: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 68: C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 69: Proposed mechanism for the C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 70: Alternative procedure for the C–H hydroalkylation of ynones, ynoates, and ynamides.
Figure 71: Allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 72: Proposed mechanism for the allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 73: Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual Cr/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 74: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 75: Aldehyde C–H functionalization promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization of aldehydes promoted by HAT.
Figure 77: Direct C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 78: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 79: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 80: Proposed mechanism for the C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds.
Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors
- Christopher G. Thomson,
- Ai-Lan Lee and
- Filipe Vilela
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
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Figure 1: A) Bar chart of the publications per year for the topics “Photocatalysis” (49,662 instances) and “P...
Figure 2: A) Professor Giacomo Ciamician and Dr. Paolo Silber on their roof laboratory at the University of B...
Scheme 1: PRC trifluoromethylation of N-methylpyrrole (1) using hazardous gaseous CF3I safely in a flow react...
Figure 3: A) Unit cells of the three most common crystal structures of TiO2: rutile, brookite, and anatase. R...
Figure 4: Illustration of the key semiconductor photocatalysis events: 1) A photon with a frequency exceeding...
Figure 5: Photocatalytic splitting of water by oxygen vacancies on a TiO2(110) surface. Reprinted with permis...
Figure 6: Proposed adsorption modes of A) benzene, B) chlorobenzene, C) toluene, D) phenol, E) anisole, and F...
Figure 7: Structures of the sulfonate-containing organic dyes RB5 (3) and MX-5B (4) and the adsorption isothe...
Figure 8: Idealised triclinic unit cell of a g-C3N4 type polymer, displaying possible hopping transport scena...
Figure 9: Idealised structure of a perfect g-C3N4 sheet. The central unit highlighted in red represents one t...
Figure 10: Timeline of the key processes of charge transport following the photoexcitation of g-C3N4, leading ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic bifunctionalisation of heteroarenes using mpg-C3N4, with the selected examples 5 and ...
Figure 11: A) Structure of four linear conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, displaying th...
Figure 12: Graphical representation of the common methods used to immobilise molecular photocatalysts (PC) ont...
Figure 13: Wireless light emitter-supported TiO2 (TiO2@WLE) HPCat spheres powered by resonant inductive coupli...
Figure 14: Graphical representation of zinc–perylene diimide (Zn-PDI) supramolecular assembly photocatalysis v...
Scheme 3: Upconversion of NIR photons to the UV frequency by NaYF4:Yb,Tm nanocrystals sequentially coated wit...
Figure 15: Types of reactors employed in heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow. A) Fixed bed reactors and the s...
Figure 16: Electrochemical potential of common semiconductor, transition metal, and organic dye-based photocat...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms of an immobilised molecular photoredox catalyst by oxidative or reductive quenc...
Scheme 5: Scheme of the CMB-C3N4 photocatalytic decarboxylative fluorination of aryloxyacetic acids, with the...
Scheme 6: Scheme of the g-C3N4 photocatalytic desilylative coupling reaction in flow and proposed mechanism [208].
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism of the radical cyclisation of unsaturated alkyl 2-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds...
Scheme 8: N-alkylation of benzylamine and schematic of the TiO2-coated microfluidic device [213].
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism of the Pt@TiO2 photocatalytic deaminitive cyclisation of ʟ-lysine (23) to ʟ-pipe...
Scheme 10: A) Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic oxidation of phenylboronic acid (24). B) Photos and SE...
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism for the DA-CMP3 photocatalytic aza-Henry reaction performed in a continuous flow...
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the cyclic product 32 by TiO2-NC HPCats in a slurry flow re...
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for the photocatalytic synthesis of homo and hetero disulfides in flow and scope of...
Scheme 14: Reaction scheme for the MoOx/TiO2 HPCat oxidation of cyclohexane (34) to benzene. The graph shows t...
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism of the TiO2 HPC heteroarene C–H functionalisation via aryl radicals generated fr...
Scheme 16: Scheme of the oxidative coupling of benzylamines with the HOTT-HATN HPCat and selected examples of ...
Scheme 17: Photocatalysis oxidation of benzyl alcohol (40) to benzaldehyde (41) in a microflow reactor coated ...
Figure 17: Mechanisms of Dexter and Forster energy transfer.
Scheme 18: Continuous flow process for the isomerisation of alkenes with an ionic liquid-immobilised photocata...
Scheme 19: Singlet oxygen synthetic step in the total synthesis of canataxpropellane [265].
Scheme 20: Scheme and proposed mechanism of the singlet oxygen photosensitisation by CMP_X HPCats, with the st...
Scheme 21: Structures of CMP HPCat materials applied by Vilela and co-workers for the singlet oxygen photosens...
Scheme 22: Polyvinylchloride resin-supported TDCPP photosensitisers applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisat...
Scheme 23: Structure of the ionically immobilised TPP photosensitiser on amberlyst-15 ion exchange resins (TPP...
Scheme 24: Photosensitised singlet oxygen oxidation of citronellol (46) in scCO2, with automatic phase separat...
Scheme 25: Schematic of PS-Est-BDP-Cl2 being applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisation in flow. A) Pseudo-...
Scheme 26: Reaction scheme of the singlet oxygen oxidation of furoic acid (54) using a 3D-printed microfluidic...
Figure 18: A) Photocatalytic bactericidal mechanism by ROS oxidative cleavage of membrane lipids (R = H, amino...
Figure 19: A) Suggested mechanisms for the aqueous pollutant degradation by TiO2 in a slurry flow reactor [284-287]. B)...
Figure 20: Schematic of the flow system used for the degradation of aqueous oxytetracycline (56) solutions [215]. M...
Scheme 27: Degradation of a salicylic acid (57) solution by a coupled solar photoelectro-Fenton (SPEF) process...
Figure 21: A) Schematic flow diagram using the TiO2-coated NETmix microfluidic device for an efficient mass tr...
One-pot synthesis of 1,3,5-triazine-2,4-dithione derivatives via three-component reactions
- Gui-Feng Kang and
- Gang Zhang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1447–1455, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.120
- tributyl orthoformate (3d) provided the corresponding products similarly to trimethyl orthoformate and the results are summarized in Scheme 3. To assess the scalability of the multicomponent reaction, a 10 mmol scale synthesis of 6-(methylthio)-4-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine-2(1H)-thione (6aa) was
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Figure 1: Selected examples of triazinethione-containing bioactive compounds.
Scheme 1: Strategies for the synthesis of triazinethiones.
Scheme 2: Aldehyde substrate scope of three-component reaction of aldehydes, thiourea and trimethyl orthoform...
Scheme 3: Orthoformate substrate scope of the three component reaction of benzaldehyde, thiourea, and orthofo...
Scheme 4: Gram-scale synthesis of 6aa.
Figure 2: X-ray structure of 6-(methylthio)-4-phenyl-3,4-dihydro-1,3,5-triazine-2(1H)-thione (6aa) with therm...
Scheme 5: Control experiments for investigation of the mechanism.
Scheme 6: Plausible mechanism.
Disposable cartridge concept for the on-demand synthesis of turbo Grignards, Knochel–Hauser amides, and magnesium alkoxides
- Mateo Berton,
- Kevin Sheehan,
- Andrea Adamo and
- D. Tyler McQuade
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1343–1356, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.115
- stability in the steady state and the scalability up to ≈100 mmol was verified using two perfluorinated tubular reactors of 9.5 mm (ID) on the Vapourtec flow system. The first column containing Mg was heated at 80 °C, using a temperature-controlled glass manifold [51]. The LiCl column was kept at 25 °C. The
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Figure 1: Comparing on-demand coffee and turbo Grignard pod-style machines.
Figure 2: Ranking of the 20 most cited Grignard reagents (SciFinder March 26, 2019).
Figure 3: On-demand prototype. A) Inside view of the pump with a flexible bag containing a yellow liquid layi...
Figure 4: Temperature evolution measured with thermocouples along the column outer surface at three different...
Figure 5: Stratified bicomponent column (Diba Omnifit EZ Solvent Plus) composed of magnesium (chips/powder, 1...
Scheme 1: Continuous flow synthesis of TMPMgCl⋅LiCl with a stratified packed-bed column of activated magnesiu...
Scheme 2: Continuous flow synthesis of TMPMgCl⋅LiBr with a stratified packed-bed column of activated magnesiu...
Scheme 3: Continuous flow synthesis of t-AmylOMgCl⋅LiCl with a stratified packed-bed column of activated magn...
Figure 6: Steady-state concentration stability during the conversion of iPrCl in THF (56 mL, 2.2 M) into iPrM...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of iPrMgCl⋅LiCl on the ODR prototype.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of HMDSMgCl⋅LiCl on the ODR prototype.
Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches
- Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
- Luely Oliveira da Silva,
- Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
- Timothy John Brocksom and
- Kleber Thiago de Oliveira
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83
- scale. The scalability of these processes had been limited by the requirement for small-volume batch reactors equipped with mercury vapor discharge lamps [1]. In general, the use of batch reactors on a large-scale is hampered due to the attenuation effect of photon transport (Bouguer–Lambert–Beer law
- corresponding functionalized dienes. A scope with 23 substrates is presented and the products were obtained in 10–96% yield with scalability (up to 1 g-scale in a telescoped protocol). In 2019, Opatz and co-workers reported one of the most efficient and elegant total syntheses of (–)-oxycodone, using as key
- porphyrins as photocatalysts under sunlight irradiation furnished the corresponding sulfoxides with high chemoselectivity (up to 100%), scalability (up to 2.6 mmol) and high yields (up to 100%) [94]. According to the authors, the protonation of the porphyrins causes a red-shift of the photosensitizer with an
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of the porphyrinoids and their absorption spectra: in bold are highlighted the ...
Figure 2: Photophysical and photochemical processes (Por = porphyrin). Adapted from [12,18].
Figure 3: Main dual photocatalysts and their oxidative/reductive excited state potentials, including porphyri...
Scheme 1: Photoredox alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates using porphyrins and a Ru complex. aUsing a ...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for the alkylation of aldehydes with diazo acetates in the presence of TPP.
Scheme 3: Arylation of heteroarenes with aryldiazonium salts using TPFPP as photocatalyst, and corresponding ...
Scheme 4: A) Scope with different aryldiazonium salts and enol acetates. B) Photocatalytic cycles and compari...
Scheme 5: Photoarylation of isopropenyl acetate A) Comparison between batch and continuous-flow approaches an...
Scheme 6: Dehalogenation induced by red light using thiaporphyrin (STPP).
Scheme 7: Applications of NiTPP as both photoreductant and photooxidant.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for obtaining tetrahydroquinolines by reductive quenching.
Scheme 9: Selenylation and thiolation of anilines.
Scheme 10: NiTPP as photoredox catalyst in oxidative and reductive quenching, in comparison with other photoca...
Scheme 11: C–O bond cleavage of 1-phenylethanol using a cobalt porphyrin (CoTMPP) under visible light.
Scheme 12: Hydration of terminal alkynes by RhIII(TSPP) under visible light irradiation.
Scheme 13: Regioselective photocatalytic hydro-defluorination of perfluoroarenes by RhIII(TSPP).
Scheme 14: Formation of 2-methyl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran by intramolecular hydro-functionalization of allylpheno...
Scheme 15: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photoca...
Scheme 16: Photocatalytic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids using MOF-525 as heterogeneous photocat...
Scheme 17: Preparation of the heterogeneous photocatalyst CNH.
Scheme 18: Photoinduced sulfonation of alkenes with sulfinic acid using CNH as photocatalyst.
Scheme 19: Sulfonic acid scope of the sulfonation reactions.
Scheme 20: Regioselective sulfonation reaction of arimistane.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of quinazolin-4-(3H)-ones.
Scheme 22: Selective photooxidation of aromatic benzyl alcohols to benzaldehydes using Pt/PCN-224(Zn).
Scheme 23: Photooxidation of benzaldehydes to benzoic acids using Pt or Pd porphyrins.
Scheme 24: Photocatalytic reduction of various nitroaromatics using a Ni-MOF.
Scheme 25: Photoinduced cycloadditions of CO2 with epoxides by MOF1.
Figure 4: Electronic configurations of the species of oxygen. Adapted from [66].
Scheme 26: TPP-photocatalyzed generation of 1O2 and its application in organic synthesis. Adapted from [67-69].
Scheme 27: Pericyclic reactions involving singlet oxygen and their mechanisms. Adapted from [67].
Scheme 28: First scaled up ascaridole preparation from α-terpinene.
Scheme 29: Antimalarial drug synthesis using an endoperoxidation approach.
Scheme 30: Photooxygenation of colchicine.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of (−)-pinocarvone from abundant (+)-α-pinene.
Scheme 32: Seeberger’s semi-synthesis of artemisinin.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of artemisinin using TPP and supercritical CO2.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of artemisinin using chlorophyll a.
Scheme 35: Quercitol stereoisomer preparation.
Scheme 36: Photocatalyzed preparation of naphthoquinones.
Scheme 37: Continuous endoperoxidation of conjugated dienes and subsequent rearrangements leading to oxidized ...
Scheme 38: The Opatz group total synthesis of (–)-oxycodone.
Scheme 39: Biomimetic syntheses of rhodonoids A, B, E, and F.
Scheme 40: α-Photooxygenation of chiral aldehydes.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric photooxidation of indanone β-keto esters by singlet oxygen using PTC as a chiral inducer...
Scheme 42: Asymmetric photooxidation of both β-keto esters and β-keto amides by singlet oxygen using PTC-2 as ...
Scheme 43: Bifunctional photo-organocatalyst used for the asymmetric oxidation of β-keto esters and β-keto ami...
Scheme 44: Mechanism of singlet oxygen oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides.
Scheme 45: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using protonated porphyrins as photocatalysts. aIsol...
Scheme 46: Photochemical oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 47: Controlled oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides using SnPor@PAF as a photosensitizer.
Scheme 48: Syntheses of 2D-PdPor-COF and 3D-Pd-COF.
Scheme 49: Photocatalytic oxidation of A) thioanisole to methyl phenyl sulfoxide and B) various aryl sulfides,...
Scheme 50: General mechanism for oxidation of amines to imines.
Scheme 51: Oxidation of secondary amines to imines.
Scheme 52: Oxidation of secondary amines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 53: Oxidative amine coupling using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of Por-COF-1 and Por-COF-2.
Scheme 55: Photocatalytic oxidation of amines to imines by Por-COF-2.
Scheme 56: Photocyanation of primary amines.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of ᴅ,ʟ-tert-leucine hydrochloride.
Scheme 58: Photocyanation of catharanthine and 16-O-acetylvindoline using TPP.
Scheme 59: Photochemical α-functionalization of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines using Pd-TPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 60: Ugi-type reaction with 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 61: Ugi-type reaction with dibenzylamines using molecular oxygen and TPP.
Scheme 62: Mannich-type reaction of tertiary amines using PdTPFPP as photocatalyst.
Scheme 63: Oxidative Mannich reaction using UNLPF-12 as heterogeneous photocatalyst.
Scheme 64: Transformation of amines to α-cyanoepoxides and the proposed mechanism.
Room-temperature Pd/Ag direct arylation enabled by a radical pathway
- Amy L. Mayhugh and
- Christine K. Luscombe
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 384–390, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.36
- that proceed under mild conditions, improving energy requirements and scalability. Work is ongoing to leverage this insight into new direct arylation methods utilizing palladium-involved radicals. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) of (a) 5-iodo-1-octylindole monomer (b) PIn prepared according to conditions in
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Scheme 1: A high yielding, highly selective room-temperature direct arylation reaction between indole and iod...
Figure 1: 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) of (a) 5-iodo-1-octylindole monomer (b) PIn prepared according to condition...
Figure 2: MALDI–TOF MS of PIn, indicating octylindole repeat units with three different types of end groups. ...
Scheme 2: Commonly discussed mechanisms for C2 selective direct arylation, none containing radical intermedia...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism for palladium radical involved reaction between indole and iodobenzene.
Scheme 4: Radical trap effects on literature methods for the direct arylation at room temperature. A) From re...
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
- sequences, these strategies enable advancements in reaction scalability as well as tunability. Having described the research that has been conducted to achieve suitable ‘electrical’ replacements of conventional ‘chemical’ organic transformations, it is clear that the establishment of stereoselective
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Figure 1: General classification of asymmetric electroorganic reactions.
Scheme 1: Asymmetric reduction of 4-acetylpyridine using a modified graphite cathode.
Scheme 2: Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones using Raney nickel powder electrodes modified with optically ac...
Scheme 3: Asymmetric reduction of prochiral activated olefins with a poly-ʟ-valine-coated graphite cathode.
Scheme 4: Asymmetric reduction of prochiral carbonyl compounds, oximes and gem-dibromides on a poly-ʟ-valine-...
Scheme 5: Asymmetric hydrogenation of prochiral ketones with poly[RuIII(L)2Cl2]+-modified carbon felt cathode...
Scheme 6: Asymmetric hydrogenation of α-keto esters using chiral polypyrrole film-coated cathode incorporated...
Scheme 7: Quinidine and cinchonidine alkaloid-induced asymmetric electroreduction of acetophenone.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric electroreduction of 4- and 2-acetylpyridines at a mercury cathode in the presence of a c...
Scheme 9: Enantioselective reduction of 4-methylcoumarin in the presence of catalytic yohimbine.
Scheme 10: Cinchonine-induced asymmetric electrocarboxylation of 4-methylpropiophenone.
Scheme 11: Enantioselective hydrogenation of methyl benzoylformate using an alkaloid entrapped silver cathode.
Scheme 12: Alkaloid-induced enantioselective hydrogenation using a Cu nanoparticle cathode.
Scheme 13: Alkaloid-induced enantioselective hydrogenation of aromatic ketones using a bimetallic Pt@Cu cathod...
Scheme 14: Enantioselective reduction of ketones at mercury cathode using N,N'-dimethylquininium tetrafluorobo...
Scheme 15: Asymmetric synthesis of an amino acid using an electrode modified with amino acid oxidase and elect...
Scheme 16: Asymmetric oxidation of p-tolyl methyl sulfide using chemically modified graphite anode.
Scheme 17: Asymmetric oxidation of unsymmetric sulfides using poly(amino acid)-coated electrodes.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective, electocatalytic oxidative coupling on TEMPO-modified graphite felt electrode in t...
Scheme 19: Asymmetric electrocatalytic oxidation of racemic alcohols on a TEMPO-modified graphite felt electro...
Scheme 20: Asymmetric electrocatalytic lactonization of diols on TEMPO-modified graphite felt electrodes.
Scheme 21: Asymmetric electrochemical pinacolization in a chiral solvent.
Scheme 22: Asymmetric electroreduction using a chiral supporting electrolyte.
Scheme 23: Asymmetric anodic oxidation of enol acetates using chiral supporting electrolytes.
Scheme 24: Kinetic resolution of primary amines using a chiral N-oxyl radical mediator.
Scheme 25: Chiral N-oxyl-radical-mediated kinetic resolution of secondary alcohols via electrochemical oxidati...
Scheme 26: Chiral iodoarene-mediated asymmetric electrochemical lactonization.
Scheme 27: Os-catalyzed electrochemical asymmetric dihydroxylation of olefins using the Sharpless ligand and i...
Scheme 28: Asymmetric electrochemical epoxidation of olefins catalyzed by a chiral Mn-salen complex.
Scheme 29: Asymmetric electrooxidation of 1,2-diols, and amino alcohols using a chiral copper catalyst.
Scheme 30: Mechanism of asymmetric electrooxidation of 1,2-diols, and amino alcohols using a chiral copper cat...
Scheme 31: Enantioselective electrocarboxylation catalyzed by an electrogenerated chiral [CoI(salen)]− complex....
Scheme 32: Asymmetric oxidative cross coupling of 2-acylimidazoles with silyl enol ethers.
Scheme 33: Ni-catalyzed asymmetric electroreductive cleavage of allylic β-keto ester 89.
Scheme 34: Asymmetric alkylation using a combination of electrosynthesis and a chiral Ni catalyst.
Scheme 35: Mechanism of asymmetric alkylation using a combination of electrosynthesis and a chiral Ni catalyst....
Scheme 36: Asymmetric epoxidation by electrogenerated percarbonate and persulfate ions in the presence of chir...
Scheme 37: α-Oxyamination of aldehydes via anodic oxidation catalyzed by chiral secondary amines.
Scheme 38: The α-alkylation of aldehydes via anodic oxidation catalyzed by chiral secondary amines.
Scheme 39: Mechanism of α-alkylation of aldehydes via anodic oxidation catalyzed by chiral secondary amines.
Scheme 40: Electrochemical chiral secondary amine-catalyzed intermolecular α-arylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 41: Mechanism of electrochemical chiral secondary amine-catalyzed intermolecular α-arylation of aldehyd...
Scheme 42: Asymmetric cross-dehydrogenative coupling of tertiary amines with simple ketones via an electrochem...
Scheme 43: Electroenzymatic asymmetric reduction using enoate reductase.
Scheme 44: Assymetric reduction using alcohol dehydrogenase as the electrocatalyst.
Scheme 45: Asymmetric electroreduction catalyzed by thermophilic NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase.
Scheme 46: Asymmetric epoxidation of styrene by electrochemical regeneration of flavin-dependent monooxygenase....
Scheme 47: Asymmetric electroreduction using a chloroperoxidase catalyst.
Scheme 48: Asymmetric electrochemical transformation mediated by hydrophobic vitamin B12.
Scheme 49: Diastereoselective cathodic reduction of phenylglyoxalic acids substituted with amines as chiral au...
Scheme 50: Ni-catalyzed asymmetric electroreductive cross coupling of aryl halides with α-chloropropanoic acid...
Scheme 51: Electrochemical Mannich addition of silyloxyfuran to in situ-generated N-acyliminium ions.
Scheme 52: Stereoselective electroreductive homodimerization of cinnamates attached to a camphor-derived chira...
Scheme 53: Diastereoselective electrochemical carboxylation of chiral α-bromocarboxylic acid derivatives.
Scheme 54: Electrocatalytic stereoselective conjugate addition of chiral β-dicarbonyl compounds to methyl viny...
Scheme 55: Stereoselective electrochemical carboxylation of chiral cinnamic acid derivatives under a CO2 atmos...
Scheme 56: Electrochemical diastereoselective α-alkylation of pyrrolidines attached with phosphorus-derived ch...
Scheme 57: Electrogenerated cyanomethyl anion-induced synthesis of chiral cis-β-lactams from amides bearing ch...
Scheme 58: Diastereoselective anodic oxidation followed by intramolecular cyclization of ω-hydroxyl amides bea...
Scheme 59: Electrochemical deprotonation of Ni(II) glycinate containing (S)-BPB as a chiral auxiliary: diaster...
Scheme 60: Enantioselective electroreductive coupling of diaryl ketones with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compound...
Scheme 61: Asymmetric total synthesis of ropivacaine and its analogues using a electroorganic reaction as a ke...
Scheme 62: Asymmetric total synthesis of (−)-crispine A and its natural enantiomer via anodic cyanation of tet...
Scheme 63: Asymmetric oxidative electrodimerization of cinnamic acid derivatives as key step for the synthesis...
A novel three-component reaction between isocyanides, alcohols or thiols and elemental sulfur: a mild, catalyst-free approach towards O-thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates
- András György Németh,
- György Miklós Keserű and
- Péter Ábrányi-Balogh
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1523–1533, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.155
- characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS and melting point. After the successful application of various nucleophiles, it was our intention to investigate the scalability of the procedure. Thus, a twenty-fold scale-up of the reaction between the isocyanide 1a, sulfur and methanol (2a) was performed (Scheme 5). In
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Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to O-thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope of isocyanides. aReaction conditions: 1 (1 mmol), S8 (2 mmol), 2a (2mmol), NaH (2 m...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of alcohols. Reaction conditions: 1a (1 mmol), S8 (2 mmol), 2 (2mmol), NaH (2 mmol)...
Scheme 4: Substrate scope of thiols. Reaction conditions: 1a (1 mmol), S8 (1.2 mmol), 4 (2 mmol), NaOH (2 mmo...
Scheme 5: Scaled-up synthesis for 3a.
Scheme 6: Multicomponent domino synthesis of quinazolinone 7.
Scheme 7: Control experiments.
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism.
Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts with an N→Ru coordinate bond in a six-membered ring. Synthesis of stable, industrially scalable, highly efficient ruthenium metathesis catalysts and 2-vinylbenzylamine ligands as their precursors
- Kirill B. Polyanskii,
- Kseniia A. Alekseeva,
- Pavel V. Raspertov,
- Pavel A. Kumandin,
- Eugeniya V. Nikitina,
- Atash V. Gurbanov and
- Fedor I. Zubkov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 769–779, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.73
- alkaline media in a total yield of 61–73% (Table 2). It should be noted that the above-described method was useful for the synthesis of styrenes in quantities of up to 100 g (or even more, if necessary). This scalability was purposefully demonstrated by the multigram synthesis of 5e (see Experimental part
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Figure 1: Commercially available ruthenium catalysts for metathesis reactions.
Figure 2: Retrosynthesis of the ruthenium catalysts.
Scheme 1: Efficient multigram synthesis of N,N-dialkyl-2-vinylbenzylamines 4 (R1X = Me2SO4, Et2SO4 or BnCl, s...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of N-(2-ethenylbenzyl)heterocycles 5.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of N-monoalkyl-2-vinylbenzylamine 7.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of Hoveyda–Grubbs-type catalysts 11.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the “chloroform adduct” 9.
Figure 3: Selected X-ray data for ruthenium complexes 11a–c. All hydrogen atoms were deleted for clarity (exc...
Scheme 6: Catalytic activity of compounds 11 in the metathesis reactions.
Homo- and hetero-difunctionalized β-cyclodextrins: Short direct synthesis in gram scale and analysis of regiochemistry
- Gábor Benkovics,
- Mihály Bálint,
- Éva Fenyvesi,
- Erzsébet Varga,
- Szabolcs Béni,
- Konstantina Yannakopoulou and
- Milo Malanga
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 710–720, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.66
- reproducibility, ease of product purification, scalability of the reactions and versatility of the substituents introduced. Specifically, the prepared ditosylated β-CDs were separated using preparative reversed-phase column chromatography and their structures were elucidated by NMR experiments. Azidation led to
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic representation of β-CD with glucopyranose atom numbering and with alphabetic labeling of ...
Scheme 1: Syntheses of 6A,6X-diazido-β-CDs as reference compounds using the “capping” literature method [11,12].
Scheme 2: Syntheses of homo-difunctionalized β-CDs using different reaction conditions.
Figure 2: HPLC chromatograms of the authentic 6A,6X-diazido-β-CDs with known regiochemistry (references 1–3, Scheme 1...
Figure 3: NMR spectral regions of the three ditosyl regioisomers in D2O (500 MHz). The signals of the tosylat...
Scheme 3: Syntheses of 6A-monoazido-6X-monotosyl-β-CDs using starting materials obtained from different react...
Figure 4: Reversed-phase HPLC chromatograms of 6A-monoazido-6X-monotosyl-β-CDs prepared through reactions 4–8....
Figure 5: HPLC separation of regioisomers and pseudoenantiomers of 6A-monoazido-6X-monotosyl-β-CD prepared in...
Figure 6: Reversed-phase HPLC chromatograms of 6A,6X-diazido-β-CDs prepared in reactions 9–13.
The LANCA three-component reaction to highly substituted β-ketoenamides – versatile intermediates for the synthesis of functionalized pyridine, pyrimidine, oxazole and quinoxaline derivatives
- Tilman Lechel,
- Roopender Kumar,
- Mrinal K. Bera,
- Reinhold Zimmer and
- Hans-Ulrich Reissig
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 655–678, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.61
- reactions in larger scale, e.g., the synthesis of β-ketoenamides KE35 that was prepared in 3.5 g quantity [34]. The scalability of the three-component reactions seems therefore no problem which is important for the multistep preparation of subsequent products (see below). Aromatic dinitriles such as 1,3
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Scheme 1: Discovery of the LANCA three-component reaction. The reaction of pivalonitrile (1) with lithiated m...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism of the LANCA three-component reaction to β-ketoenamides KE and pyridin-4-ol deri...
Scheme 3: One-pot preparation of pyridin-4-ols PY and their subsequent transformations to highly substituted ...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of β-ketoenamides KE by the LANCA three-component reaction of alkoxyallenes, nitriles and...
Scheme 5: β-Ketoenamides KE36–43 derived from enantiopure components.
Scheme 6: Bis-β-ketoenamides KE44–46 derived from aromatic dicarboxylic acids.
Scheme 7: Conversion of alkyl propargyl ethers E into aryl-substituted β-ketoenamides KEAr and selected produ...
Scheme 8: Condensation of LANCA-derived β-ketoenamides KE with ammonium salts to give 5-alkoxy-substituted py...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of PM31–35 from β-ketoenamides KE37, KE38, KE40, KE41 and KE78 obtained by method A (NH4O...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of bis-pyrimidine derivatives PM36, PM39 and PM40 from β-ketoenamides KE44–46 by method A...
Scheme 11: Functionalization of pyrimidine derivatives PM through selenium dioxide oxidations of PM5, PM9, PM15...
Scheme 12: Conversion of 2-vinyl-substituted pyrimidine PM7 into aldehyde PM50; (NMO = N-methylmorpholine N-ox...
Scheme 13: Deprotection of 5-alkoxy-substituted pyrimidines PM2, PM20 and PM29 and conversion into nonaflates ...
Scheme 14: Palladium-catalyzed coupling reactions of PM54 and PM12 giving rise to new pyrimidine derivatives P...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of pyrimidyl-substituted pyridyl nonaflate PM60.
Scheme 16: Condensation of LANCA-derived β-ketoenamides KE with hydroxylamine hydrochloride leading to pyrimid...
Scheme 17: Reactions of β-ketoenamides KE15 and KE7 with hydroxylamine hydrochloride leading to pyrimidine N-o...
Scheme 18: Structures of pyrimidine N-oxides PO30–33 derived from β-ketoenamides KE43, KE45, KE78 and KE80.
Scheme 19: Reduction of PO4 to PM5 and Boekelheide rearrangements of PO13, PO14, PO4 and PO30 to 4-acetoxymeth...
Scheme 20: Deprotection of 4-acetoxymethyl-substituted pyrimidine derivatives PM61 and PM63, oxidations to for...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of pyrimidinyl-substituted alkyne PM74 and conversion into furopyrimidine PM75 and Sonoga...
Scheme 22: Trifluoroacetic acid-promoted conversion of LANCA-derived β-ketoenamides KE into oxazoles OX and 1,...
Scheme 23: Conversion of β-ketoenamide KE79 into oxazole OX16 and transformation into 5-styryl-substituted oxa...
Scheme 24: Mechanisms of the formation of 1,2-diketones DK and of acetyl-substituted oxazole derivatives OX.
Scheme 25: Hydrogenolyses of benzyloxy-substituted β-ketoenamides KE52 and KE54 to 1,2-diketone DK14 and to di...
Scheme 26: Conversions of 2,4-dicyclopropyl-substituted oxazole OX7 into oxazole derivatives OX18–20 (PPA = po...
Scheme 27: Syntheses of vinyl and ethynyl-substituted oxazole derivatives OX21 and OX23 and their palladium-ca...
Scheme 28: Synthesis of C3-symmetric oxazole derivative OX28 and the STM current image of its 1-phenyloctane s...
Scheme 29: Condensation of 1,2-diketones DK with o-phenylenediamine to quinoxalines QU1–7 (CAN = cerium ammoni...
Scheme 30: The LANCA three-component reaction leading to β-ketoenamides KE and the structure of functionalized...
Assembly of fully substituted triazolochromenes via a novel multicomponent reaction or mechanochemical synthesis
- Robby Vroemans,
- Yenthel Verhaegen,
- My Tran Thi Dieu and
- Wim Dehaen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2689–2697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.246
- salicylaldehydes are used. Complementary to this the one-pot three-component reaction gave better results for liquid salicylaldehydes. In order to show the utility of the developed methodologies towards possible drug discovery, the scalability of the reactions was explored (Scheme 4). Both developed methodologies
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Scheme 1: Two-step reaction towards triazolochromene 5a and obtained oxidized side product 6.
Scheme 2: Reaction pathways leading to the different regioisomers.
Figure 1: Scope with respect to various salicylaldehydes 1a–f, nitroalkenes 2a–d and organic azides 4a–g. aRe...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of bis-chromenotriazole 5p.
Figure 2: Generality of products obtained via the two-pot mechanochemical procedure, varying the salicylaldeh...
Scheme 4: Scale-up of the one-pot three-component reaction and two-step ball milling procedure.
Scheme 5: Postfunctional transformations of triazolochromenes.
Microfluidic light-driven synthesis of tetracyclic molecular architectures
- Javier Mateos,
- Nicholas Meneghini,
- Marcella Bonchio,
- Nadia Marino,
- Tommaso Carofiglio,
- Xavier Companyó and
- Luca Dell’Amico
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2418–2424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.219
- spanning from 41% to 72% (Figure 3). In order to demonstrate the easy scalability of the present method (Scheme 1) two MFPs were used in a parallel setup producing 948 mg of 4a after 14 h with an overall productivity rate of 0.196 mmol·h−1 [15]. Subsequently, a series of manipulations were conducted on
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Figure 1: a) Light-driven reaction between 2-MBP A and maleimide B for the synthesis of C through a [4 + 2] c...
Figure 2: Generality and limits of the light-driven [4 + 2] cyclization reaction between 2-MBP 1a–g and couma...
Figure 3: Generality and limits of the light-driven [4 + 2] cyclization reaction between 2-MBP 1a–f and chrom...
Scheme 1: MFP parallel setup for higher scale production of 4a (top) and different molecular scaffolds 6a–9a ...
Catalyst-free synthesis of 4-acyl-NH-1,2,3-triazoles by water-mediated cycloaddition reactions of enaminones and tosyl azide
- Lu Yang,
- Yuwei Wu,
- Yiming Yang,
- Chengping Wen and
- Jie-Ping Wan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2348–2353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.210
- , authentically mild conditions (40 °C stirring) as well as practical scalability. Keywords: additive-free; catalyst-free; cycloaddition; enaminones; on water; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction Discovering sustainable chemical syntheses constitutes one central issue of modern organic chemistry. A large number of
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Figure 1: Scope of the water-mediated synthesis of 4-acyl-NH-1,2,3-triazoles. General conditions: enaminone 1...
Scheme 1: The gram scale synthesis of 3a: (a) before reaction; (b) completed reaction; (c) the purified produ...
Scheme 2: The proposed reaction mechanism.
Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry
- Michael K. Bogdos,
- Emmanuel Pinard and
- John A. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179
- reaction specifically investigated the dimerization of thiols. Some of the experiments carried out by the group were in a flow chemistry set up, exemplifying the scalability of the procedure. In addition, the oxidant that achieves the transformation is molecular oxygen, making this a very sustainable route
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Figure 1: Depiction of the energy levels of a typical organic molecule and the photophysical processes it can...
Figure 2: General catalytic cycle of a photocatalyst in a photoredox organocatalysed reaction. [cat] – photoc...
Figure 3: Structures and names of the most common photocatalysts encountered in the reviewed literature.
Figure 4: General example of a reductive quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocata...
Figure 5: General example of an oxidative quenching catalytic cycle. [cat] – photocatalyst, [cat]* – photocat...
Scheme 1: Oxidative coupling of aldehydes and amines to amides using acridinium salt photocatalysis.
Figure 6: Biologically active molecules containing a benzamide linkage.
Scheme 2: The photocatalytic reduction of amino acids to produce the corresponding free or protected amines.
Scheme 3: The organocatalysed photoredox base-mediated oxidation of thiols to disulfides.
Scheme 4: C-Terminal modification of peptides and proteins using organophotoredox catalysis.
Scheme 5: The reduction and aryl coupling of aryl halides using a doubly excited photocatalyst (PDI).
Figure 7: Mechanism for the coupling of aryl halides using PDI, which is excited sequentially by two photons.
Scheme 6: The arylation of five-membered heteroarenes using arenediazonium salts under organophotoredox condi...
Scheme 7: The C–H (hetero)arylation of five-membered heterocycles under Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 8: The C–H sulfurisation of imidazoheterocycles using Eosin B-catalyzed photochemical methods.
Scheme 9: The introduction of the thiocyanate group using Eosin Y photocatalysis.
Scheme 10: Sulfonamidation of pyrroles using oxygen as the terminal oxidant.
Scheme 11: DDQ-catalysed C–H amination of arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 12: Photoredox-promoted radical Michael addition reactions of allylic or benzylic carbons.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanistic rationale for the observed chemoselectivities.
Scheme 13: The photocatalytic manipulation of C–H bonds adjacent to amine groups.
Scheme 14: The perylene-catalysed organophotoredox tandem difluoromethylation–acetamidation of styrene-type al...
Figure 9: Examples of biologically active molecules containing highly functionalised five membered heterocycl...
Scheme 15: The [3 + 2]-cycloaddition leading to the formation of pyrroles, through the reaction of 2H-azirines...
Figure 10: Proposed intermediate that determines the regioselectivity of the reaction.
Figure 11: Comparison of possible pathways of reaction and various intermediates involved.
Scheme 16: The acridinium salt-catalysed formation of oxazoles from aldehydes and 2H-azirines.
Scheme 17: The synthesis of oxazolines and thiazolines from amides and thioamides using organocatalysed photor...
Figure 12: Biologically active molecules on the market containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole moieties.
Scheme 18: The synthesis of 1,3,4-oxadiazoles from aldehyde semicarbazones using Eosin Y organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 19: The dimerization of primary thioamides to 1,2,4-thiadiazoles catalysed by the presence of Eosin Y a...
Scheme 20: The radical cycloaddition of o-methylthioarenediazonium salts and substituted alkynes towards the f...
Scheme 21: The dehydrogenative cascade reaction for the synthesis of 5,6-benzofused heterocyclic systems.
Figure 13: Trifluoromethylated version of compounds which have known biological activities.
Scheme 22: Eosin Y-catalysed photoredox formation of 3-substituted benzimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Oxidation of dihydropyrimidines by atmospheric oxygen using photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 24: Photoredox-organocatalysed transformation of 2-substituted phenolic imines to benzoxazoles.
Scheme 25: Visible light-driven oxidative annulation of arylamidines.
Scheme 26: Methylene blue-photocatalysed direct C–H trifluoromethylation of heterocycles.
Scheme 27: Photoredox hydrotrifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes and alkynes.
Scheme 28: Trifluoromethylation and perfluoroalkylation of aromatics and heteroaromatics.
Scheme 29: The cooperative asymmetric and photoredox catalysis towards the functionalisation of α-amino sp3 C–...
Scheme 30: Organophotoredox-catalysed direct C–H amidation of aromatics.
Scheme 31: Direct C–H alkylation of heterocycles using BF3K salts. CFL – compact fluorescent lamp.
Figure 14: The modification of camptothecin, demonstrating the use of the Molander protocol in LSF.
Scheme 32: Direct C–H amination of aromatics using acridinium salts.
Scheme 33: Photoredox-catalysed nucleophilic aromatic substitution of nucleophiles onto methoxybenzene derivat...
Scheme 34: The direct C–H cyanation of aromatics with a focus on its use for LSF.
Direct electrochemical generation of organic carbonates by dehydrogenative coupling
- Tile Gieshoff,
- Vinh Trieu,
- Jan Heijl and
- Siegfried R. Waldvogel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1578–1582, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.135
- technology [11][12]. Several groups developed interesting protocols to use electrochemistry for carbonate generation, but these approaches suffer from complex electrolysis set-ups and lack in scalability [13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. In this context, we decided to focus onto a novel electrochemical
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Figure 1: Current non-phosgene approaches to organic carbonates.
Scheme 1: Preparation of tetrabutylammonium methyl carbonate by direct carbon dioxide incorporation.
Scheme 2: Direct generation of mesityl methyl carbonate by dehydrogenative functionalization.
Figure 2: Influence of the electrode distance; a 1H NMR yield; bisolated yield.
Mild and selective reduction of aldehydes utilising sodium dithionite under flow conditions
- Nicole C. Neyt and
- Darren L. Riley
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1529–1536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.129
- chemicals increasing lab safety and direct scalability. These are all beneficial in moving towards more efficient and sustainable techniques in chemical processing [3][4][6][7]. The reduction of carbonyl groups are a standard type of transformation in organic synthesis, however, to date under flow
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Scheme 1: Sodium dithionite-mediated reductions under basic conditions.
Figure 1: Uniqsis FlowSyn Stainless Steel Flow reactor.
Figure 2: Flow reactor configuration for the reduction of aldehydes and ketones.
Figure 3: NMR spectra showing the optimisation of the dithionite reduction for the reduction of benzaldehyde.
Figure 4: Selective reduction of an aldehyde in the presence of a ketone.
Figure 5: Flow reactor set-up for the continuous reduction of aldehydes.
Nanoreactors for green catalysis
- M. Teresa De Martino,
- Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
- Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
- Jan C. M. van Hest
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61
- industry. A number of reasons can account for this. First of all, the construction of the nanoreactors is not always a cost-efficient process. Scalability and reproducibility in nanoreactor production also are key factors that have to be addressed. The recyclability and cost price should be improved to
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Figure 1: Assembly of catalyst-functionalized amphiphilic block copolymers into polymer micelles and vesicles...
Scheme 1: C–N bond formation under micellar catalyst conditions, no organic solvent involved. Adapted from re...
Scheme 2: Suzuki−Miyaura couplings with, or without, ppm Pd. Conditions: ArI 0.5 mmol 3a, Ar’B(OH)2 (0.75–1.0...
Figure 2: PQS (4a), PQS attached proline catalyst 4b. Adapted from reference [26]. Copyright 2012 American Chemic...
Figure 3: 3a) Schematic representation of a Pickering emulsion with the enzyme in the water phase (i), or wit...
Scheme 3: Cascade reaction with GOx and Myo. Adapted from reference [82].
Figure 4: Cross-linked polymersomes with Cu(OTf)2 catalyst. Reprinted with permission from [15].
Figure 5: Schematic representation of enzymatic polymerization in polymersomes. (A) CALB in the aqueous compa...
Figure 6: Representation of DSN-G0. Reprinted with permission from [100].
Figure 7: The multivalent esterase dendrimer 5 catalyzes the hydrolysis of 8-acyloxypyrene 1,3,6-trisulfonate...
Figure 8: Conversion of 4-NP in five successive cycles of reduction, catalyzed by Au@citrate, Au@PEG and Au@P...
Investigating radical cation chain processes in the electrocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction
- Yasushi Imada,
- Yohei Okada and
- Kazuhiro Chiba
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 642–647, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.51
- ). We finally turned our attention to the scalability of the reaction. On the basis of the above discussed radical cation chain mechanism, even higher concentrations of the substrates would still be effective (Table 2). To our delight, a high current efficiency of around 5000% was maintained even at 1.0
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Scheme 1: SET-triggered Diels–Alder reaction of trans-anethole (1) and isoprene (2).
Figure 1: Plausible mechanism for the electrocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction. Adapted from [22].
Scheme 2: Undesired dimerization of trans-anethole (1).
Figure 2: GC–MS monitoring of the electrocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction (1: 300 mM; 2: 3000 mM).
Figure 3: GC–MS monitoring of the electrocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction (1: 1 mM; 2: 2000 mM).
Figure 4: GC–MS monitoring of the electrocatalytic Diels–Alder reaction (1: 2 M; 2: 6 M). Blue dots show the ...
Latest development in the synthesis of ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA): a critical review
- Fabio Tonin and
- Isabel W. C. E. Arends
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 470–483, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.33
- rapid reaction [44]. In this field, flow reactors offer benefits in terms of mass and heat transfer, both enhanced by the geometry of the reactor. Furthermore, the possibility to have a continuous production and to easily perform multiple modular reactions, leads to the improved scalability of these
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of UDCA.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of bile acids and salts.
Figure 3: Comparison between Wolff–Kishner and Mozingo reduction. Notably the overall chemical reaction is th...
Figure 4: Reaction catalysed by the 12α-HSDH; the 12-OH group of CA or UCA is oxidized yielding 12-oxo-CDCA o...
Figure 5: Epimerization reaction catalysed by the 7α-HSDH and 7β-HSDH; the 7α-OH group of CA (R = OH) or CDCA...
Figure 6: Overview of the chemoenzymatic process for the production of UDCA from CA: The oxidation, reduction...
Figure 7: Schematic representation of the flow reactor for the continuous conversion of CDCA to UDCA [93].
Figure 8: Chemoenzymatic pathways for the formation of UDCA from CA that profit by the C7 hydroxylation activ...
