Total synthesis of elansolids B1 and B2

• Liang-Liang Wang and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1280–1287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.124

• iodide 17 after O-acylation, iodination of the terminal alkyne and finally diimide-mediated syn-reduction [11]. Next, DDQ-mediated removal of the PMB protecting group yielded vinyl iodide 18. The synthesis of both fragments 13 and 18 set the stage for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling which delivered the

• , 695.1837. Synthesis of vinyl iodide 18 DDQ (56.5 mg, 0.25 mmol, 3.0 equiv) was added to a stirred solution of 17 (55.8 mg, 0.083 mmol, 1.0 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (4.5 mL)/pH 7.0 phosphate buffer (0.45 mL) at 0 °C. After stirring for 1.5 h, the reaction mixture was terminated by addition of a saturated, aqueous

Total syntheses of the archazolids: an emerging class of novel anticancer drugs

• Stephan Scheeff and
• Dirk Menche

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1085–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.108

• protection of the free alcohol and deprotection of the primary PMB-protected alcohol with DDQ, the resulting alcohol was oxidized to the corresponding aldehyde. The crude aldehyde was then directly transformed into the (Z)-α,β-unsaturated ester 62 as a single stereoisomer by a Still–Gennari [72] olefination

Synthesis of D-manno-heptulose via a cascade aldol/hemiketalization reaction

• Yan Chen,
• Xiaoman Wang,
• Junchang Wang and
• You Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 795–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.79

• , Scheme 4). In addition, a trace amount of the deacetylated product was also detected . DDQ-mediated oxidative cleavage of the PMB group in alcohol 14 produced only a moderate yield (≈50%) of the 5,7-diol probably due to the presence of the free 7-hydroxy group. We envisaged that protection of the free 7

• -hydroxy group in 14 followed by treatment with DDQ could yield the desired 5-hydroxy product in high yield. Indeed, acetylation of alcohol 14 with acetic anhydride delivered ester 15 in 91% yield. Removal of the PMB group in 15 with DDQ resulted in a very clean reaction, affording alcohol 16 in an

Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity

• Marika Turek,
• Dorota Szczęsna,
• Marek Koprowski and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48

Total synthesis of a Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 12F CPS repeating unit hexasaccharide

• Peter H. Seeberger,
• Claney L. Pereira and
• Subramanian Govindan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 164–173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.19

• reducing to the non-reducing end (Scheme 8). Union of 4 and 5 (Scheme 7) produced disaccharide 41 as the key intermediate, the naphthyl protecting group of which was cleaved in 70% yield using DDQ [37] to afford 42. Thioglycoside 43 failed to react with disaccharide 42 to furnish the desired trisaccharide

• activator proceeded to produce trisaccharide 44 in 65% yield. Removal of the C2 naphthyl ether using DDQ provided acceptor 45, which in turn was reacted with glucosyl thioglycoside 7 in the presence of NIS and TfOH to produce α-linked tetrasaccharide 46 in 62% yield (Scheme 8). At this stage, the 2

• protected hexasaccharide 51. Reagents and conditions: (a) DDQ, CH2Cl2/MeOH (9:1), rt, 70%; (b) 43, NIS, TfOH, CH2Cl2, −20 °C (no reaction) or 6, TMSOTf, Et2O/CH2Cl2 (4:1), −20 °C (65%); (c) DDQ, CH2Cl2/MeOH (9:1), rt, 55%; (d) 7, TMSOTf, Et2O/CH2Cl2 (4:1), −20 °C, 62%; (e) NaOMe (0.5 M in MeOH), THF/MeOH (1

Copper-catalyzed asymmetric sp³ C–H arylation of tetrahydroisoquinoline mediated by a visible light photoredox catalyst

• Pierre Querard,
• Inna Perepichka,
• Eli Zysman-Colman and
• Chao-Jun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2636–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.260

• of THIQs with arylboronic esters via asymmetric organocatalysis methodology [25][28]. The use of chiral tartaric acid derivatives, 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) and high temperature (70 °C) were found to be the optimal conditions to obtain the desired arylated product with

Total synthesis of leopolic acid A, a natural 2,3-pyrrolidinedione with antimicrobial activity

• Atul A. Dhavan,
• Rahul D. Kaduskar,
• Loana Musso,
• Leonardo Scaglioni,
• Piera Anna Martino and
• Sabrina Dallavalle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1624–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.159

• cleavage with cerium ammonium nitrate (CAN) or 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone (DDQ). Thus, 2,3-pyrrolidinedione 3 was obtained by the reaction of ethyl acrylate with p-methoxybenzylamine, followed by treatment with diethyl oxalate (Scheme 1) [12]. On the basis of NMR data, the compound exists as an

• DIBAL-H gave the corresponding primary alcohol, which was converted into bromide 5 by Appel reaction with PPh3 and CBr4. The phosphonium salt obtained from this bromide was subjected to a Wittig reaction with nonanal, to afford compound 6 [12]. Attempts to remove the PMB protecting group (CAN, DDQ, TFA

Efficient syntheses of climate relevant isoprene nitrates and (1R,5S)-(−)-myrtenol nitrate

• Sean P. Bew,
• Glyn D. Hiatt-Gipson,
• Graham P. Mills and
• Claire E. Reeves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1081–1095, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.103

• bromide (56), we envisaged its subsequent deprotonation and addition to chloroacetone would afford (E)-1-((2-methyl-4-chlorobut-2-enyloxy)methyl)-4-methoxybenzene (57). Inclusion of the PMB-ether was beneficial due to the ease with which it can be cleaved using readily available reagents, e.g., DDQ or CAN

• -methoxybenzyloxy)-3-methylbut-2-enyl nitrate (68% yield) as stable, colourless oils. Mild oxidative cleavage of the PMB groups using DDQ in wet DCM generated the desired 1° allylic alcohol (E)-3-methyl-4-hydroxybut-2-enyl nitrate ((E)-11) and (Z)-3-methyl-4-hydroxybut-2-enyl nitrate ((Z)-12) in 62% and 53% yields

• the moderate yield was not problematic as rac-68 and rac-69 were readily separable, allowing rac-68 to be recycled (based on recovered starting material the yield was almost quantitative). Oxidative O-PMB deprotection of rac-69 using DDQ in biphasic dichloromethane/water generated 1° alcohol (±)-2

Indenopyrans – synthesis and photoluminescence properties

• Andreea Petronela Diac,
• Ana-Maria Ţepeş,
• Albert Soran,
• Ion Grosu,
• Anamaria Terec,
• Jean Roncali and
• Elena Bogdan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 825–834, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.81

• -benzoquinone (DDQ), led to indeno-α-pyrones 4–6 (Scheme 2), in not very satisfying yields. Investigations carried out for the dehydrogenation reaction of the isomeric mixture 2'a/3''a (Scheme 2) revealed the formation of the α-pyrone 6a (15% yield), which was the oxidation product of isomer 3''a. In the same

Muraymycin nucleoside-peptide antibiotics: uridine-derived natural products as lead structures for the development of novel antibacterial agents

• Daniel Wiegmann,
• Stefan Koppermann,
• Marius Wirth,
• Giuliana Niro,
• Kristin Leyerer and
• Christian Ducho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 769–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.77

• Bu4NBr resulted in bromohydrine 47, followed by levulinyl (Lev) protection of the hydroxy group (product 48). Nucleophilic substitution at the 6'-position with Bu4NN3 gave the naturally occurring (5'S,6'S)-stereochemistry of the uridine core structure in a double inversion manner [78][99]. DDQ oxidation

A selective and mild glycosylation method of natural phenolic alcohols

• Mária Mastihubová and
• Monika Poláková

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 524–530, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.51

• by the reduction of the corresponding acetylated aldehydes or acids. Various stereoselective 1,2-trans-O-glycosylation methods were studied, including the DDQ–iodine or ZnO–ZnCl2 catalyst combination. Among them, ZnO–iodine has been identified as a new glycosylation promoter and successfully applied

• performed in the presence of known mild catalysts such as Ag2O [33] (method A), the less frequently used ZnO–ZnCl2 system [34] (method B) and the combination of 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-1,4-benzoquinone (DDQ) with iodine (DDQ–I2) [35] (method C). In addition ZnO–I2 (method D) was successfully applied as a

• reactions in DCM promoted by Ag2O (Table 1, entry 1, 57%) and ZnO–I2 (Table 1, entry 4, 56%) gave comparably good yields. DDQ–I2 in ACN (Table 1, entry 3, 68%) gave 21b in the highest yield, in addition to the exclusive selectivity and the shortest reaction time (Table 1, entry 5). Therefore this promoter

Study on the synthesis of the cyclopenta[f]indole core of raputindole A

• Nils Marsch,
• Mario Kock and
• Thomas Lindel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 334–342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.36

• –Schuster products could also be observed, but in small amounts and not as pure compounds. It is worth mentioning that treatment of 22 with DDQ led to removal of the DMB group, affording the major product 27 (23%) exhibiting a keto group in the benzylic indole position (Scheme 4). This transformation might

Recent developments in copper-catalyzed radical alkylations of electron-rich π-systems

• Kirk W. Shimkin and
• Donald A. Watson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2278–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.248

• dihydrofurans could be easily converted into furans using DDQ in a one-pot process. In addition to α-bromo esters and ketones, Lei and co-workers have also recently shown that benzylic halides could undergo radical alkenylation via copper catalysis [39]. By exploiting the propensity of benzyl halides to form

Easy access to heterobimetallic complexes for medical imaging applications via microwave-enhanced cycloaddition

• Nicolas Desbois,
• Sandrine Pacquelet,
• Adrien Dubois,
• Clément Michelin and
• Claude P. Gros

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2202–2208, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.239

• trifluoroacetic acid, followed by oxidation under the action of DDQ. Cu and Ga complexes were prepared by the strategy outlined in Scheme 2. The insertion of Cu into corrole 1 was easily achieved with Cu(OAc)2·H2O in THF during 15 min. To obtain the gallium corrole 8b, free-base azidocorrole 1 was dissolved in a

Recent applications of ring-rearrangement metathesis in organic synthesis

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Milind Meshram,
• Priti Khedkar,
• Shaibal Banerjee and
• Deepak Deodhar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1833–1864, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.199

• required RRM product 208 was formed in 26% yield. Later, the expected chiral buckybowl 209 was assembled via aromatization of 208 in the presence of DDQ (Scheme 42). Design of intricate polyquinanes has been considered as a challenging task for synthetic chemists. To this end, Fallis and co-workers [46

Structure and conformational analysis of spiroketals from 6-O-methyl-9(E)-hydroxyiminoerythronolide A

• Ana Čikoš,
• Irena Ćaleta,
• Dinko Žiher,
• Mark B. Vine,
• Ivaylo J. Elenkov,
• Marko Dukši,
• Dubravka Gembarovski,
• Marina Ilijaš,
• Snježana Dragojević,
• Ivica Malnar and
• Sulejman Alihodžić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1447–1457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.157

• 3: 1H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3) δ 0.85 (d, J = 7.3 Hz, 3H, 8-Me), 0.87 ( t, J = 7.3 Hz, 3H,15-H), 1.10 (s, 3H, 6-Me), 1.23 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 3H, 4-Me), 1.27 (s, 3H, 12-Me), 1.32 (d, J = 7.2 Hz, 3H, 2-Me), 1.35 (ddq, J = 14.0, 11.9, 7.3 Hz, 1H, 14-H), 1.46 (dd, J = 14.1 Hz, 1H, 7-H), 1.66 (dqd, J = 14.0

• , 3H, 6-Me), 1.42 (ddq, J = 14.0, 11.0, 7.3 Hz, 1H, 14-H), 1.61 (dd, J = 12.4, 4.0 Hz, 1H, 7-H), 1.68 (dqd, J = 14.0, 7.3, 2.4 Hz, 1H, 14-H), 1.67–1.72 (m, 1H, 7-H), 1.72 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 3H, 10-Me), 1.87 (dqd, J = 13.3, 6.7, 4.2 Hz, 1H, 8-H), 2.31 (q, J = 7.1 Hz, 1H, 4-H), 2.89 (dq, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H, 2-H

• ), 1.18 (s, 3H, 12-Me), 1.33 (s, 3H, 6-Me), 1.35 (ddq, J = 14.5, 11.3, 7.2 Hz, 1H, 14-H), 1.50 (dd, J = 12.7 Hz, 1H, 7-H), 1.62 (dd, J = 12.0, 3.7 Hz, 1H, 7-H), 1.67 (dqd, J = 14.0, 7.5, 2.4 Hz, 1H, 14-H), 1.66 (d, J = 1.6 Hz, 3H, 10-Me), 1.86 (dqd, J = 13.4, 6.6, 3.8 Hz, 1H, 8-H), 2.18 (qdd, J = 7.8, 3.0

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

Advances in the synthesis of functionalised pyrrolotetrathiafulvalenes

• Luke J. O’Driscoll,
• Sissel S. Andersen,
• Marta V. Solano,
• Dan Bendixen,
• Morten Jensen,
• Troels Duedal,
• Jess Lycoops,
• Cornelia van der Pol,
• Rebecca E. Sørensen,
• Karina R. Larsen,
• Kenneth Myntman,
• Christian Henriksen,
• Stinne W. Hansen and
• Jan O. Jeppesen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1112–1122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.125

• -benzoquinone (DDQ) gives 6, which is purified by column chromatography, in 52% overall yield (22.5 g) from 12. We have also consistently obtained comparable yields of around 55% using the same method at approximately half this scale. The ability to isolate multigram quantities of 6, which can be stored for

• . Reagents and conditions: a) PhMe, reflux, 19 h, 74%; b) LiBr, NaBH4, THF, MeOH, −10 °C → rt, 20 h, 77%; c) PBr3, THF, 0 °C → rt, 20 h, 75%; d) (i) 13, MeCN, DMF, 80 °C, 15 min, (ii) Hg(OAc)2, CHCl3, AcOH, rt, 24 h, (iii) DDQ, PhCl, reflux, 4 h, 52% (from 12). Preparation of 7. Reagents and conditions: a

Glycoluril–tetrathiafulvalene molecular clips: on the influence of electronic and spatial properties for binding neutral accepting guests

• Yoann Cotelle,
• Marie Hardouin-Lerouge,
• Stéphanie Legoupy,
• Olivier Alévêque,
• Eric Levillain and
• Piétrick Hudhomme

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1023–1036, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.115

• onto compound 11 [34]. The hydroquinone moieties were subjected to a dehydrogenation reaction using DDQ in THF to reach desired glycolurildiquinone 13 [35] in 91% yield. The Diels–Alder cycloaddition was carried out by treatment of bis-dienophile 13 with TTF derivative 14 [36], able to give rise in

Discrete multiporphyrin pseudorotaxane assemblies from di- and tetravalent porphyrin building blocks

• Mirko Lohse,
• Larissa K. S. von Krbek,
• Sebastian Radunz,
• Suresh Moorthy,
• Christoph A. Schalley and
• Stefan Hecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 748–762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.85

• ), BF3·Et2O, DDQ, CHCl3, rt; b) Zn(OAc)2, CHCl3/MeOH, rt; c) dipyrromethane 6, BF3·Et2O, DDQ, CHCl3, rt; d) Zn(OAc)2, CHCl3/MeOH, rt; e) 1. benzylamine, trimethyl orthoformate, rt, 2. NaBH4, THF/MeOH, rt; f) Boc2O, triethylamine, CH2Cl2, rt; g) 1. ethynyltrimethylsilane, CuI, PPh3, Pd(PPh3)4, TEA

• , 3,4-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, DMF, 85 °C; d) 1. pyrrole (4), propionic acid, 140 °C, 2. Zn(OAc)2, MeOH/CHCl3, rt; e) 1. dipyrromethane (6), BF3·Et2O, DDQ, CHCl3, rt, 2. Zn(OAC)2, MeOH/CHCl3, rt. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 370: Detailed synthetic procedures. Acknowledgements The

Bis(vinylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene analogues of BEDT-TTF

• Erdal Ertas,
• İlknur Demirtas and
• Turan Ozturk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 403–415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.46

• of 52 was prepared with the acceptor 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) 53 (1:1) in dichloromethane at room temperature to investigate the optical constant and optical band gap of the complex (Scheme 8) [56]. A solution of the salt was evaporated on a quartz substrate until ≈110 nm

• ([1,3]dithiolo[4,5-b][1,4]dithiinylidene) 52 – DDQ 53. Reaction conditions (i) (EtO)3P, 110 °C, N2, 2 h. Reaction conditions (i) EtOH, reflux, overnight; (ii) diisopropylethylamine in CH2Cl2, room temperature, overnight; (iii) (AcO)2Hg/AcOH, CHCl3, rt, 3h; iv) (EtO)3P, 110 °C, N2, 2 h; (v) sample in THF

A simple and efficient method for the preparation of 5-hydroxy-3-acyltetramic acids

• Johanna Trenner and
• Evgeny V. Prusov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 323–327, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.37

• DMB group with CAN [17] produced no product either. Successful removal of the DMB-protecting group from hydroxylated tetramic acid 16 and (trimethylsilyl)ethyl hemiaminal 19 was achieved upon treatment with an excess of DDQ in wet DCM. Treatment of the N-allyl-protected compound using catalytic

Photovoltaic-driven organic electrosynthesis and efforts toward more sustainable oxidation reactions

• Bichlien H. Nguyen,
• Robert J. Perkins,
• Jake A. Smith and
• Kevin D. Moeller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 280–287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.32

• ][25]. The reaction requires a careful balance between the initial condensation reaction and the oxidative step with either CAN or DDQ serving as the mediator. In the third reaction (Scheme 7), an intramolecular alcohol nucleophile was added to an olefin coupling reaction [26]. When a radical cation

Cross-dehydrogenative coupling for the intermolecular C–O bond formation

• Igor B. Krylov,
• Vera A. Vil’ and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 92–146, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.13

• synthesized also from aromatic aldehydes, α,β-unsaturated aldehydes, or allylic alcohols in the presence of the DDQ (2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyanobenzoquinone)/amberlyst-15 system in a methanol/toluene mixture under microwave irradiation [171]. Methyl, ethyl, and isopropyl benzoates were prepared from benzaldehyde

Articulated rods – a novel class of molecular rods based on oligospiroketals (OSK)

• Pablo Wessig,
• Roswitha Merkel and
• Peter Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 74–84, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.11

• , the PMB group was cleaved by DDQ to give the orthogonally protected trispiro rod 8 (Scheme 1). To demonstrate the capability of the approach outlined in Figure 3 we selectively activated both sides of building block 8 either by introduction of an azide group (9) or liberation of the terminal alkyne by

• –Martin-periodinane. iii: pentaerythritol, pTsOH (cat.). iv: 2-(4-methoxybenzyloxy)acetic acid, DCC, HOBt. v: (COCl)2/DMSO. vi: NaH, TMSCl, TMSOTf, vii DDQ, DCM, buffer pH 7). Synthesis of articulated rod 11 (i: CBr4, PPh3, NaN3. ii: K2CO3/MeOH. iii: Cu/C DCM/MeOH 1:1, cat. Et3N). Sequential deprotection

• of 11 and synthesis of triple articulated rod 14 (i: K2CO3/MeOH. ii: CBr4/PPh3/NaN3.iii: Cu/C, Et3N. iv: CBr4/PPh3/NaN3.). Synthesis of articulated rods 23–25 with increased solubility (i: 4-hydroxypiperidine, DCC, HOBt. ii: (COCl)2/DMSO. iii: 6, NaH, TMSCl, TMSOTf. iv: DDQ. v: K2CO3/MeOH. vi: CBr4