CF₃-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

• Anthony J. Fernandes,
• Armen Panossian,
• Bastien Michelet,
• Agnès Martin-Mingot,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

• occurred with 41% inversion (and 59% racemization, i.e., product 23f was obtained with an enantiomeric ratio of ca. 70:30 in favor of the (S)-enantiomer), while complete racemization was observed in more ionizing TFA or HFIP as the solvent (Figure 5b) [48]. These observations are in agreement with a

Regioselective chemoenzymatic syntheses of ferulate conjugates as chromogenic substrates for feruloyl esterases

• Olga Gherbovet,
• Fernando Ferreira,
• Apolline Clément,
• Mélanie Ragon,
• Julien Durand,
• Sophie Bozonnet,
• Michael J. O'Donohue and
• Régis Fauré

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 325–333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.30

• solid. [α]D20 0 (c 2.0, CH3OH). The NMR data (CD3OD) of the racemate 11 were consistent with those previously reported for the pure (S)-enantiomer [37] ([α]D20 −52 (c 2.0, CH3OH)). (±)-4-O-(2-Hydroxy-4-nitrophenyl)-1-O-trans-feruloyl-1,2,4-butanetriol (12). The application of the general procedure for

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

• asymmetric aldol reaction in the presence of oxazaborolidinone derivative 68 and silyl ketene acetal 53 to produce the required α-hydroxy ester (+)-11 in 50% yield and 76% ee ((R)-stereochemistry of the major enantiomer). A competitive reduction of 71 was also observed to produce alcohol 72 in 43% yield

Circularly polarized luminescent systems fabricated by Tröger's base derivatives through two different strategies

• Cheng Qian,
• Yuan Chen,
• Qian Zhao,
• Ming Cheng,
• Chen Lin,
• Juli Jiang and
• Leyong Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 52–57, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.6

• DGG. In the CPL-active co-gels, noncovalent weak interactions might be formed between achiral fluorophores and a chiral gelator. So, the CPL emission of co-gels could be adjusted easily by external stimuli. The ᴅ-glutamic acid gelator DGG and its enantiomer LGG possess three hydrogen-bond sites, two

Recent progress in the synthesis of homotropane alkaloids adaline, euphococcinine and N-methyleuphococcinine

• Dimas J. P. Lima,
• Antonio E. G. Santana,
• Michael A. Birkett and
• Ricardo S. Porto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 28–41, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.4

• NMR, 13C NMR, MS) were identical to those of the natural product, and the specific rotation [α]D28 −11.4 (c 0.7, CHCl3) comparable to that found in the literature {[α]D20 −13 (CHCl3), [17]}. Yu synthesis – 2009 Yu et al. prepared (−)-adaline (1) and the nonnatural enantiomer (−)-euphococcinine (2) in

• approach consisted of a 3,3-sigmatropic rearrangement to give an all-carbon quaternary center, a ring-closing alkene metathesis to give an 8-membered ring, and the use of a single enantiomer of p-menthane-3-carboxaldehyde to make two natural alkaloids of opposite configuration. Firstly, (+)-euphococcinine

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

• Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
• Anna V. Gulevskaya,
• Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
• Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

• embrace: π-deficient pyrazine ring of one enantiomer of 10a is located over the π-excessive pyrrole ring of another enantiomer (Figure 2a and Figure 2b). An intermolecular distance between the centroids of these rings was found to be equal to 3.74 Å making the π overlapping possible. In the case of

• helicene 10b, the enantiomeric molecules are aggregated into pairs differently: the pyrazine ring of one enantiomer is located over the E ring of another enantiomer and the distance between the layers is ca. 3.4 Å (Figure 2c and Figure 2d). The crystal packing of helicene 10c (Figure 2e) is peculiar: the

Chiral anion recognition using calix[4]arene-based ureido receptors in a 1,3-alternate conformation

• Tereza Horáčková,
• Jan Budka,
• Vaclav Eigner,
• Wen-Sheng Chung,
• Petra Cuřínová and
• Pavel Lhoták

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2999–3007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.249

• series. Thus, the selectivity factor s = KL/KD for phenylalaninate was 1.06 for 7a and 1.11 for 7b, and similar values were also obtained for 8a (1.05) and 8b (1.04), using the ʟ-enantiomer in each case. The highest chiral discrimination (for an ʟ-enantiomer) was achieved for N-acetyl-ʟ-leucinate, with a

3-Acetoxy-fatty acid isoprenyl esters from androconia of the ithomiine butterfly Ithomia salapia

• Florian Mann,
• Daiane Szczerbowski,
• Lisa de Silva,
• Melanie McClure,
• Marianne Elias and
• Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2776–2787, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.228

• -hydroxy-11-octadecenoate; Y: methyl 3-hydroxyoctadecanoate; E: (E)-isomer of (R)-25. The enantiomer (S,E)-25 elutes together with (R,Z)-25, indicated by the broader base of this peak in B compared to C. Pyrrolizidine alkaloid lycopsamine (1) and the putative pheromone compounds methyl hydroxydanaidoate (2

Nocarimidazoles C and D, antimicrobial alkanoylimidazoles from a coral-derived actinomycete Kocuria sp.: application of ¹J_C,H coupling constants for the unequivocal determination of substituted imidazoles and stereochemical diversity of anteisoalkyl chains in microbial metabolites

• Md. Rokon Ul Karim,
• Enjuro Harunari,
• Amit Raj Sharma,
• Naoya Oku,
• Kazuaki Akasaka,
• Daisuke Urabe,
• Mada Triandala Sibero and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2719–2727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.222

• -enantiomers with a ratio of 73:27, 4 is the pure (S)-enantiomer, and 5 is the (S)-enantiomer with 98% ee. The present study illustrates the diversity in the stereochemistry of anteiso branching in bacterial metabolites. Compounds 1−4 were moderately antimicrobial against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi, with

• (chromatographically equivalent to (R)-10-(R)-2A1P) and 184 min for (S)-10-(R)-2A1P, and nat-10-(R)-2A1P gave both peaks with the area ratio of 72.9:27.1 (Figure 4a). Therefore, 1 was confirmed as an enantiomeric mixture comprising 73% of the R- and 27% of the S-enantiomer. We also analyzed the absolute configuration

• -enantiomer (Figure 4b). Additionally, the same chiral analysis with bulbimidazole A (5) obtained in this study proved the enantiomeric ratio as R/S = 1.4:98.6 (Figure 4c). Nocarimidazole D (2) was isolated as a pale yellow amorphous solid. The molecular formula of 2 was deduced as C13H23N3O, 14 amu

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

• Callum Prentice,
• James Morrisson,
• Andrew D. Smith and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

• used, then ent-236•+ can be deprotonated, and therefore racemised faster than 236•+, leading to a build-up of one enantiomer. This process initially achieved an er of 86:14, but with the inclusion of a complementary chiral HAT catalyst 237 and a radical scavenger (Ph3CH), the er could be improved to 96

Hierarchically assembled helicates as reaction platform – from stoichiometric Diels–Alder reactions to enamine catalysis

• David Van Craen,
• Jenny Begall,
• Johannes Großkurth,
• Leonard Himmel,
• Oliver Linnenberg,
• Elisabeth Isaak and
• Markus Albrecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2338–2345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.195

• rigidity as well as an aromatic residue. The enantioselectivity increased to 58% ee (Table 1). Besides the aromatic ligands, terpenyl-substituted ligands were investigated, too. The largest ligand 7-H2 with a cholesteryl moiety favored the opposite enantiomer, however, only with −8% ee in only 11% yield

Design and synthesis of a bis-macrocyclic host and guests as building blocks for small molecular knots

• Elizabeth A. Margolis,
• Rebecca J. Keyes,
• Stephen D. Lockey IV and
• Edward E. Fenlon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2314–2321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.192

• trefoil knots have been prepared with an all-hydrocarbon example by the Itami group [7] and the synthesis of a single enantiomer by Leigh’s group [8]. Complexity has also been achieved with recent work showing that eight-crossing knots [9][10][11] and a nine-crossing composite knot can be synthesized [12

Reactions of 3-aryl-1-(trifluoromethyl)prop-2-yn-1-iminium salts with 1,3-dienes and styrenes

• Thomas Schneider,
• Michael Keim,
• Bianca Seitz and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2064–2072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.173

• ). Both the R and the S enantiomer are present in the acentric unit cell of the crystal (space group P21, Z = 4). Diels–Alder reaction of propyn-1-iminium salt 1a compared with the reported [29] reaction of 4-phenyl-1,1,1-trifluorobut-3-yn-2-one. Sequential Diels–Alder/intramolecular SE(Ar) reaction of

Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review

• William A. Donaldson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166

• catalysts, this group found that the intramolecular oxa-Michael addition using 20 mol % of the diarylprolinol organocatalyst 37 in the presence of benzoic acid gave 38. The use of the enantiomer of 37 gave the dihydropyran with the opposite configuration at C-11. The catalytic hydrogenation of 38 proceeded

Controlling the stereochemistry in 2-oxo-aldehyde-derived Ugi adducts through the cinchona alkaloid-promoted electrophilic fluorination

• Yuqing Wang,
• Gaigai Wang,
• Anatoly A. Peshkov,
• Ruwei Yao,
• Muhammad Hasan,
• Manzoor Zaman,
• Chao Liu,
• Stepan Kashtanov,
• Olga P. Pereshivko and
• Vsevolod A. Peshkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1963–1973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.163

• another enantiomer of 12a (Table 3, entries 13–18) with the QD-promoted reaction affording the best ee value (Table 3, entry 13). Additionally, we tested N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (NFSI) as an alternative fluorinating agent in a combination with DHQ-Bn and QD with the outcome being indistinguishable with

• fluorinations with QD and DHQD led to the reversed stereoselectivity as compared to the reactions with Q and DHQ. For the benzylamine-derived substrates 8a–c benzyl ether derivatives of cinchona alkaloids favored the formation of the same enantiomer of 12 as their free alcohol counterparts (e.g., both Q-Bn and

• Q favored the formation of the same enantiomer of 12). In contrast, for the substrates 8d–g derived from aromatic amines a reversed trend was observed. In case of 8d–g, benzyl ether derivatives of cinchona alkaloids favored the formation of the opposite enantiomer of 12 as compared to the one

Stereoselective Biginelli-like reaction catalyzed by a chiral phosphoric acid bearing two hydroxy groups

• Xiaoyun Hu,
• Jianxin Guo,
• Cui Wang,
• Rui Zhang and
• Victor Borovkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1875–1880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.155

• activities [7][8]. For example, (S)-monastrol is 15-fold more effective in the inhibition of Eg 5 ATPase than its enantiomer, (R)-monastrol [9]. As more reports on the enantiospecific biological activity of DMPMs came to light, the development of an efficient and reliable asymmetric synthesis of enantiopure

• should be noted that the enantiomer self-disproportionation effect may take place during the purification by column chromatography especially in the case of products having strongly electronegative groups [25][26][27][28][29]. In particular, benzaldehyde (4a) and 3-bromobenzaldehyde (4c) gave products 5a

Rearrangement of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehydes: an experimental and computational study

• Csilla Hargitai,
• Györgyi Koványi-Lax,
• Tamás Nagy,
• Péter Ábrányi-Balogh,
• András Dancsó,
• Gábor Tóth,
• Judit Halász,
• Angéla Pandur,
• Gyula Simig and
• Balázs Volk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1636–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.136

• (67%), and traces (ca. 1%) of the isomeric dimer-like product (23b). After work-up, 18% of compound 23a was obtained in addition to 51% of 1e. As shown in the structures, the chiral center of the isoindoline moiety in the enantiomer of compound 23a shown in Figure 3 is R, while the other chiral center

One-step route to tricyclic fused 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline systems via the Castagnoli–Cushman protocol

• Aleksandar Pashev,
• Nikola Burdzhiev and
• Elena Stanoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1456–1464, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.121

• recrystallization. Compounds comprising a benzo[a]quinolizidine ring system. Representative NOE interactions in cis and trans-21–24 (only one enantiomer is shown). X-ray crystal structure of products 25 and 26. Representative NOE interactions in 28 and 29. Reactions between enolizable anhydrides and imines

Anthelmintic drug discovery: target identification, screening methods and the role of open science

• Frederick A. Partridge,
• Ruth Forman,
• Carole J. R. Bataille,
• Graham M. Wynne,
• Marina Nick,
• Angela J. Russell,
• Kathryn J. Else and
• David B. Sattelle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1203–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.105

• derivative has been the basis of schistosomiasis treatment for over 30 years [20]. PZQ is currently administered as a racemic mixture (Figure 1), despite the (R)-enantiomer being the biologically active form [41]. As will be discussed later in this review, there has been success in producing the active

• enantiomer would be preferable for several reasons, for example, the inactive enantiomer has been linked to unwanted side-effects and also contributes a very bitter taste. With a view to finding a synthetic route to the active enantiomer, an open website was established, and several groups became involved

• not yet led to the pure enantiomer being widely available, but the setting up of an open science project was the stimulus to the solution of a challenging problem. A Phase III clinical trial testing safety and efficacy of ʟ-praziquantel is currently recruiting (NCT03845140). Conclusion The recent

Fluorinated phenylalanines: synthesis and pharmaceutical applications

• Laila F. Awad and
• Mohammed Salah Ayoup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1022–1050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.91

• -catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of the α-amidocinnamic acid 63 using the less frequently used ferrocene-based ligand Me-BoPhoz led to the N-acetyl-ʟ-phenylalanine derivative 64 with complete conversion and with 94% ee. The desired enantiomer (S)-65 was obtained as a single isomer (>99% ee) after

One-pot synthesis of dicyclopenta-fused peropyrene via a fourfold alkyne annulation

• Ji Ma,
• Yubin Fu,
• Junzhi Liu and
• Xinliang Feng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 791–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.72

• -fused PAHs in large π-systems. High-resolution MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of 1. Inset: isotopic distribution compared to mass spectrum simulated for C84H50. Single-crystal X-ray structure of 1. (a) Top view and (b) side view of the (P,P) isomer. c) Crystal packing of the enantiomer pairs (P,P and M,M) of 1

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• subsequent Eu(fod)3-catalyzed intermolecular Diels–Alder cycloaddition and epoxidation reactions (Scheme 5) [69]. In this stereoselective synthesis, the last biomimetic step was critical to obtain the proper enantiomer of the tetracyclic core of nanolobatolide. Amphidinolide macrolides Amphidinolides

• synthesis of the (−)-exiguolide enantiomer (25) was reported by Roulland et al. [94]. The method is a mechanistically distinct alternative to the enyne metathesis since it involves a Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling reaction associated with a Yamaguchi lactonization, a Grubbs Ru-catalyzed cross

Synthesis of C₇₀-fragment buckybowls bearing alkoxy substituents

• Yumi Yakiyama,
• Shota Hishikawa and
• Hidehiro Sakurai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 681–690, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.66

• crystal structure of 5c, two crystallographically independent units were observed (Figure 5a). 5c also contained both of the enantiomers and formed a columnar structure along the b axis with the slipped stack manner, which was composed of only one side of the enantiomer (Figure 5b,c). The columns with the

• ) and c), hydrogen atoms which are not engaged in any interactions and the contribution of the one enantiomer are omitted for clarity. Crystal structure of 5c. a) ORTEP drawing of the crystallographically independent unit with thermal ellipsoid at 50% probability b) Packing structure viewed from the b

Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated esters with chiral phenol–carbene ligands

• Shohei Mimura,
• Sho Mizushima,
• Yohei Shimizu and
• Masaya Sawamura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 537–543, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.50

• compounds was examined. Because the separation of the product from silicon-based byproducts was troublesome, the isolated yields were lower than the yields determined by NMR spectroscopy (2a, 52%, Table 2, entry 1). When (E)-1a was used as the substrate, the opposite enantiomer (S)-2a was obtained in >99

[1,3]/[1,4]-Sulfur atom migration in β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides

• Katarzyna Włodarczyk,
• Piotr Borowski and
• Marek Stankevič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 88–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.11

• ]-rearrangement proceeded with additional partial enrichment of one enantiomer. The latter may have occurred through the preferential acylation of one of two diastereoisomers under the reaction conditions where the second chirality center at the phosphorus atom influenced the ratio of the acylation reaction. With