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

• a methyl group, for instance, increased the barrier by 1.4 kcal·mol−1, a phenyl group by 1.7 kcal·mol−1, and a tert-butyl group by more than 2 kcal·mol−1 (Table S1, Supporting Information File 1). This observation is consistent with reports in the literature [24][53][54][55][56]. Based on this

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

• , and 4ma. Whereas compound 4ja and 4ma showed an ideal single crystal behavior, compound 4fb showed a dynamic disordered structure due to intramolecular vibrations in the unit cells, particularly because of the presence of the tert-butyl group, which can assume any rotation angle [24]. Nevertheless

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

• . For example, Liu and colleagues demonstrated the electrochemical oxidation of benzylic C–H bonds to ketones using tert-butyl hydroperoxide as the radical initiator [14]. This method was applied to functionalize bioactive molecules, with celestolide, ibuprofen methyl ester, and papaverine being

• oxidized at the benzylic position in good yields. A gram-scale test was conducted to confirm the potential for large-scale applications. According to the authors, the electrochemical oxidation of t-BuOOH at the anode leads to a tert-butyl peroxyl radical that activates the C–H bond at the benzylic position

• generated tert-butyl peroxide to form an allylic peroxide, which ultimately transforms into an enone upon elimination of t-BuOH (Scheme 24). One year later, they developed an electrochemical transformation closely related to their electrochemical allylic oxidation, i.e. the oxidation of unactivated C(sp3)–H

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

• , enhances charge transfer by stabilizing the mesityl moiety. Conversely, the introduction of tert-butyl groups increases the life time of the excited state [52][53][54][55][56]. As a consequence, the PC IV is a strong oxidant in the excited state and displays unique oxidizing properties (E1/2[*PC+/PC

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

• -triazole, thiazole, or pyridine were synthesized by the reaction of 3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone or 3,5-di-tert-butyl-6-methoxymethylcatechol with different heterocyclic thiols. The S-functionalized catechols were prepared by the Michael reaction from 3,5-di-tert-butyl-o-benzoquinone and the

• corresponding thiols. The starting reagents such as substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole-2-thiols and 4H-triazole-3-thiols are characterized by thiol–thione tautomerism, therefore their reactions with 3,5-di-tert-butyl-6-methoxymethylcatechol can proceed at the sulfur or nitrogen atom. In the case of mercapto

• -derivatives of thiazole or pyridine, this process leads to the formation of the corresponding thioethers with a methylene linker. At the same time, thiolated 1,3,4-oxadiazole or 1,2,4-triazole undergo alkylation at the nitrogen atom in the reaction with 3,5-di-tert-butyl-6-methoxymethylcatechol to form the

Stereoselective mechanochemical synthesis of thiomalonate Michael adducts via iminium catalysis by chiral primary amines

• Michał Błauciak,
• Dominika Andrzejczyk,
• Błażej Dziuk and
• Rafał Kowalczyk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2313–2322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.198

• proved by X-ray studies. Assuming the mechanism of addition is similar in the case of other nucleophiles, the configuration of others was assigned by analogy. More sterically demanding di-tert-butyl thiomalonate (2) reacted in a similar fashion as the dibenzyl thiomalonate (1), leading also to desired

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

• N-tert-butyl-α-phenylnitrone (PBN) afforded the aziridine product 3b in 60% NMR yield (Scheme 4d), suggesting a radical pathway was unlikely to be operative. An 1H NMR experiment was carried out to probe the speciation of 2a in HFIP, and we observed that 2a underwent reversible ligand exchange with

Cell-free protein synthesis with technical additives – expanding the parameter space of in vitro gene expression

• Tabea Bartsch,
• Stephan Lütz and
• Katrin Rosenthal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2242–2253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.192

• dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), methanol (MeOH), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), and n-hexane. Measurements in triplicates. 0.5–1% only for MC and CMC. PEG, MC, CMC: % % w/v. Other: % % v/v. Note: 2% PEG-8000 is present as a standard component in all reactions, unless otherwise stated. n.d.: not determined

• ), methylcellulose (MC), carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), choline chloride/urea (ChCl/urea), choline chloride/glycerol (ChCl/glycerol), and betaine/ethylene glycol (betaine/EG). The reference experiment is labeled as shaded bars. B) represents dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), methanol (MeOH), methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE

Factors influencing the performance of organocatalysts immobilised on solid supports: A review

• Zsuzsanna Fehér,
• Dóra Richter,
• Gyula Dargó and
• József Kupai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2129–2142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.183

• azodicarboxylate reagents. In the attempt to recycle catalyst 28 for the reaction between ethyl 2-oxocyclopentanecarboxylate (25) and di-tert-butyl azodicarboxylate (26) (Scheme 8), a decline in catalytic activity was initially noticed. While this could be attributed to the nucleophilic deactivation of thioureas

Efficacy of radical reactions of isocyanides with heteroatom radicals in organic synthesis

• Akiya Ogawa and
• Yuki Yamamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2114–2128, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.182

• )hydrazine ((Me3Si)2N–N(SiMe3)2, 10) undergoes ultraviolet light-induced homolysis of the N–N single bond of 10 to form bis(trimethylsilyl)aminyl radical ((Me3Si)2N•, 11). The aminyl radical 11 adds to tert-butyl isocyanide to form the corresponding imidoyl radical 2 (R = t-Bu, E = (Me3Si)2N), as confirmed

• yields. In the case of tert-butyl and benzyl isocyanides, the substituents on the nitrogen of imidoyl radical 2 (R = t-Bu or PhCH2, E = Et2P or Ph2P) were eliminated to give cyanophosphines (R’2P–CN, Scheme 7) [38]. On the other hand, we attempted a photoinduced addition of phosphorus–phosphorus

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

Harnessing the versatility of hydrazones through electrosynthetic oxidative transformations

• Aurélie Claraz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1988–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.175

• solvent for ethyl glyoxylate phenylhydrazone 72a while methyl tert-butyl ether was preferred for aromatic and aliphatic aldehyde-derived hydrazones 72b. Styrenes, enamines as well as electron poor aliphatic alkenes were all suitable dipolarophiles. From a mechanistic point of view, the authors proposed

• photocatalyst TAC+. The electrolysis was carried out at a constant cell potential of 1.5 V under white light irradiation. The carbonyl compound 144 was initially treated with tert-butyl carbazate (145) in acetonitrile in the presence of molecular sieves, followed by the addition of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to

Novel oxidative routes to N-arylpyridoindazolium salts

• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1906–1913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.166

• yields an inseparable mixture [21]. In case of amine S2, the electron-donating tert-butyl group in the para-position compensates the electron-withdrawing influence of the ortho-acyl substituent. This prevents formation of the phenazine byproduct (the ortho-position is occupied) in favor of the targeted

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

• earth (RE) triflates before the report by Longo et al. [5], who found La and Gd performing better than Eu and Yb, and similarly to Sc in a model reaction between 2-aminopyridine (1), benzaldehyde (2) and tert-butyl isocyanide to give 3 under microwave (MW) heating. However, when methyl isocyanoacetate

• replaced tert-butyl isocyanide, Gd(OTf)3 was superior to La(OTf)3, and again performed similarly to Sc(OTf)3 (Scheme 2). With these results in hand, Longo et al. evaluated the scope and limitations of this lanthanide, obtaining good to excellent results in the synthesis of 23 different GBB adducts, using

• the addition of tert-butyl isocyanide. On the other hand, the addition of tert-butyl isocyanide on the imine altered the orientation of adduct 19, suppressing the interaction with Ser105 (Scheme 8). Very recently, Tyagi et al. reported the double encapsulation of CALB and Pd(PPh3)4 within silica

Chiral bifunctional sulfide-catalyzed enantioselective bromolactonizations of α- and β-substituted 5-hexenoic acids

• Sao Sumida,
• Ken Okuno,
• Taiki Mori,
• Yasuaki Furuya and
• Seiji Shirakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1794–1799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.158

• , respectively). These findings led us to further optimize the hydroxy-type chiral sulfide catalysts of type (S)-1. Substituting an alkyl group on sulfur of catalyst (S)-1 with isobutyl and tert-butyl [(S)-1b and 1c, respectively] decreased enantioselectivity compared with the n-butyl group-substituted catalyst

Methyltransferases from RiPP pathways: shaping the landscape of natural product chemistry

• Maria-Paula Schröder,
• Isabel P.-M. Pfeiffer and
• Silja Mordhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1652–1670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.147

• efficiency. PoyB was proposed to produce the N-terminal tert-butyl group of the polytheonamide A (Figure 4), but later PoyC was demonstrated to be responsible for this modification [111][124]. This structural feature conveys hydrophobicity to the N-terminus and is in line with the decreasing hydrophobicity

Benzylic C(sp³)–H fluorination

• Alexander P. Atkins,
• Alice C. Dean and
• Alastair J. J. Lennox

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1527–1547, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.137

• , generated from reduction of tert-butyl benzoperoxoate (TBPB), selective benzylic HAT afforded the benzylic radical. Subsequent oxidation by Ir(IV) generated the benzylic cation that could be trapped by fluoride to afford the benzyl fluorides. An impressive scope with broad functional group tolerance

Tetrabutylammonium iodide-catalyzed oxidative α-azidation of β-ketocarbonyl compounds using sodium azide

• Christopher Mairhofer,
• David Naderer and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1510–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.135

• of the tert-butyl-containing β-ketoester 1a (Table 1 gives an overview of the most significant results obtained hereby). First experiments testing different oxidants in combination with Bu4NI (30 mol %) in 1,2-dichloroethane (DCE), a solvent that we found to be well-suited for oxidative α

Towards an asymmetric β-selective addition of azlactones to allenoates

• Behzad Nasiri,
• Ghaffar Pasdar,
• Paul Zebrowski,
• Katharina Röser,
• David Naderer and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1504–1509, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.134

• investigated the generality of this protocol. As outlined in Scheme 2, differently substituted allenoates were reasonably well tolerated (see products 5a–d), albeit some erosion in enantioselectivity was observed when using a tert-butyl ester containing allenoate (product 5d). Various α-arylmethyl-substituted

Synthesis of 2-benzyl N-substituted anilines via imine condensation–isoaromatization of (E)-2-arylidene-3-cyclohexenones and primary amines

• Lu Li,
• Na Li,
• Xiao-Tian Mo,
• Ming-Wei Yuan,
• Lin Jiang and
• Ming-Long Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1468–1475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.130

• study began with the preparation of the (E)-2-arylidene-3-cyclohexenones 2 via DMAP-catalyzed elimination reaction of 2-cyclohexenone-MBH alcohols 1 and di-tert-butyl dicarbonate [22] as depicted in Scheme 2. Starting materials 2 were prepared in moderate to high yields. Next, we chose (E)-2

Synthesis of 4-functionalized pyrazoles via oxidative thio- or selenocyanation mediated by PhICl₂ and NH₄SCN/KSeCN

• Jialiang Wu,
• Haofeng Shi,
• Xuemin Li,
• Jiaxin He,
• Chen Zhang,
• Fengxia Sun and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1453–1461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.128

• substituents (R2 and R3), albeit the reaction afforded product 2n in a much lower yield, possibly caused by steric congestion. In addition, when the aryl substituent of R1 was replaced with a tert-butyl group, this method also worked well to give product 2o in moderate yield. Notably, when the C3 and C5

Rapid construction of tricyclic tetrahydrocyclopenta[4,5]pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine via isocyanide-based multicomponent reaction

• Xiu-Yu Chen,
• Ying Han,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1436–1443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.126

• . Under the optimized reaction conditions, the scope of the reaction was developed by using various substrates. The results are summarized in Table 2. At first, several alkyl isocyanides such as cyclohexyl, tert-butyl and benzyl isocyanide have been successfully employed in the reaction. Dimethyl but-2

Synthesis of cyclic β-1,6-oligosaccharides from glucosamine monomers by electrochemical polyglycosylation

• Md Azadur Rahman,
• Hirofumi Endo,
• Takashi Yamamoto,
• Shoma Okushiba,
• Norihiko Sasaki and
• Toshiki Nokami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.124

• the thioglycoside monomer 14 (Scheme 3) [17][18]. The electrochemical polyglycosylation of 14 was carried out in the presence of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methylpyridine (DTBMP) to ensure the formation of a β-glycosidic bonds [19]. Although we could suppress formation of 1,6-anhydrosugar 15, cyclic

Generation of alkyl and acyl radicals by visible-light photoredox catalysis: direct activation of C–O bonds in organic transformations

• Mithu Roy,
• Bitan Sardar,
• Itu Mallick and
• Dipankar Srimani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1348–1375, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.119

• components, such as various acrylates, α,β-unsaturated acids, enones, enals, acrylamides, vinyl phosphonates, and vinyl sulfones. Various cesium salts of oxalates also performed well using this protocol. Isopropyl and tert-butyl groups present in an adjacent position of oxalates do not disturb the reaction

Transition-metal-catalyst-free electroreductive alkene hydroarylation with aryl halides under visible-light irradiation

• Kosuke Yamamoto,
• Kazuhisa Arita,
• Masami Kuriyama and
• Osamu Onomura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1327–1333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.116

• found to be suitable coupling partners. Aryl chloride 1a reacted with tert-butyl acrylate (2b) without any difficulty, providing 3ab in a high yield. Methacrylamide (2c) and acrylonitrile (2d) were transformed into the corresponding products in high yields, but with slightly lower Faradaic efficiency