Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

• Sebastian Krüger and
• Tanja Gaich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14

• carbon dioxide [74][75] resulted in the formation of carboxylic acid 75. Birch reduction with concomitant methylation [76][77] followed by selective hydrogenation and reduction of the carboxylic acid resulted in the formation of alcohol 76. Installation of the remaining quarternary carbon center was

Continuous-flow Heck synthesis of 4-methoxybiphenyl and methyl 4-methoxycinnamate in supercritical carbon dioxide expanded solvent solutions

• Phei Li Lau,
• Ray W. K. Allen and
• Peter Styring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2886–2897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.325

• , 43500 Semenyih, Selangor Darul Shsan, Malaysia 10.3762/bjoc.9.325 Abstract The palladium metal catalysed Heck reaction of 4-iodoanisole with styrene or methyl acrylate has been studied in a continuous plug flow reactor (PFR) using supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) as the solvent, with THF and

• ; flow chemistry; Heck; palladium; supercritical carbon dioxide; Introduction The use of cross-coupling reactions between organometallic reagents and organic halides as a straightforward method of carbon–carbon bond formation has gained much popularity over the past three decades. The development of

• the more reactive nature of the methyl acrylate as a substrate. Indeed the methyl acrylate is almost four times more reactive than styrene under identical conditions of temperature and pressure. Conclusion Supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO2) can be effectively used as a reaction solvent for the

Recent advances in transition metal-catalyzed Csp²-monofluoro-, difluoro-, perfluoromethylation and trifluoromethylthiolation

• Grégory Landelle,
• Armen Panossian,
• Sergiy Pazenok,
• Jean-Pierre Vors and
• Frédéric R. Leroux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2476–2536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.287

• radical to the double bond. The CF3-substituted alkene is finally obtained after elimination of carbon dioxide and Cu(I) (Figure 13). 3.3 Catalysis by other metals than Pd and Cu 3.3.1 Ru-catalyzed perfluoroalkylation of Csp2–H bonds. More than two decades ago, the group of N. Kamigata pursued extensive

One-pot sequential synthesis of isocyanates and urea derivatives via a microwave-assisted Staudinger–aza-Wittig reaction

• Diego Carnaroglio,
• Katia Martina,
• Giovanni Palmisano,
• Andrea Penoni,
• Claudia Domini and
• Giancarlo Cravotto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2378–2386, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.274

• by carbon dioxide (CO2), which is nontoxic, abundant, and economical, is the main advantage of this reaction. The mechanism of this transformation passes through iminophosphoranes that are versatile intermediates and can react with CO2 to generate isocyanates [20]. This reaction is compatible with a

An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

• combined with the liberation of large amounts of gases such as nitric oxides and carbon dioxide which must be scrubbed from the system (Scheme 2). Interestingly, despite these considerations this method of synthesis is currently still run by the speciality chemicals company Lonza but now as a continuous

The chemistry of amine radical cations produced by visible light photoredox catalysis

• Jie Hu,
• Jiang Wang,
• Theresa H. Nguyen and
• Nan Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1977–2001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.234

• to reductively quench the photoexcited state while they are oxidized to amine radical cations. This single-electron transfer process was investigated intensively in the late 1970s and early 1980s because amines were used as a sacrificial electron donor in water splitting [31][32] and carbon dioxide

Integrating reaction and analysis: investigation of higher-order reactions by cryogenic trapping

• Skrollan Stockinger and
• Oliver Trapp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1837–1842, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.214

• ][26], an oxidizing agent [27] or by physical decomposition by radiation [28] or heating [29][30][31] of a precursor system. Here, we used benzenediazonium-2-carboxylate as a benzyne precursor, which thermally decomposes by elimination of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. Results and Discussion Initially

Iron-catalyzed decarboxylative alkenylation of cycloalkanes with arylvinyl carboxylic acids via a radical process

• Jincan Zhao,
• Hong Fang,
• Jianlin Han and
• Yi Pan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1718–1723, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.197

• product 3, Fe(II) and carbon dioxide. The Fe(III) catalyst is then reformed via DTBP oxidation [71]. Conclusion In conclusion, an efficient procedure for the Fe(acac)3-catalyzed direct alkenylation of sp3 C–H bonds of cycloalkanes with DTBP as an oxidant has been reported. This method provides a useful

Thermochemistry and photochemistry of spiroketals derived from indan-2-one: Stepwise processes versus coarctate fragmentations

• Götz Bucher,
• Gernot Heitmann and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1668–1676, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.191

• we investigate the fragmentation reactions of cyclic ketals. Three ketals with different ring sizes derived from indan-2-one were decomposed by photolysis and pyrolysis. Particularly clean is the photolysis of the indan-2-one ketal 1, which gives o-quinodimethane, carbon dioxide and ethylene. The

• spectroscopy. Unfortunately no product could be unambiguously identified. The FVP of 2 yielded the product spectrum shown in Figure 5. Again, both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide were formed along with the organic products. Carbon monoxide was formed in large excess over carbon dioxide (CO/CO2 = 13.5:1

• spiroketal linkage. The relative ratio of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide being formed (CO2/CO = 1:27) indicates that a coarctate fragmentation of 1 can play a minor role only, if any. The composition of the product mixture is best rationalized by a series of stepwise processes, which starts with either a

Simple and rapid hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol with aqueous formic acid in catalytic flow reactors

• Rahat Javaid,
• Shin-ichiro Kawasaki,
• Akira Suzuki and
• Toshishige M. Suzuki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1156–1163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.129

• residence time in the porous PdO reactor at 40 °C. Evolution of carbon dioxide (CO2) was observed during the reaction, although hydrogen (H2) was not found in the gas phase. Dehydrogenation of formic acid did not occur to any practical degree in the absence of p-nitrophenol. Consequently, the nitro group

• have studied flow reactions, including the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, oxidation of organic dyes, carbon–carbon coupling, and conversion of formic acid to hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2), using catalytic tubular reactors [10][11][12][13]. p-Aminophenol is an important intermediate

Camera-enabled techniques for organic synthesis

• Steven V. Ley,
• Richard J. Ingham,
• Matthew O’Brien and
• Duncan L. Browne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1051–1072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.118

• with various solid-phase Brønsted acid catalysts in supercritical carbon dioxide (Figure 7), Poliakoff and co-workers studied the effect of varying the concentration of the organic reagent in the liquid CO2 solvent [46]. The high pressures required (100–400 bar) stipulated the use of a sealed reaction

Isotopically labeled sulfur compounds and synthetic selenium and tellurium analogues to study sulfur metabolism in marine bacteria

• Nelson L. Brock,
• Christian A. Citron,
• Claudia Zell,
• Martine Berger,
• Irene Wagner-Döbler,
• Jörn Petersen,
• Thorsten Brinkhoff,
• Meinhard Simon and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 942–950, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.108

• ][15] followed by its conversion into its CoA-thioester by DmdB and oxidation by the FAD-dependent dehydrogenase DmdC. The addition of water to 3-(methylthio)acryloyl-CoA by the enoyl-CoA hydratase DmdD results in a hemithioacetal, which collapses under release of acetaldehyde, carbon dioxide and MeSH

Direct alkenylation of indolin-2-ones by 6-aryl-4-methylthio-2H-pyran-2-one-3-carbonitriles: a novel approach

• Sandeep Kumar,
• Ramendra Pratap,
• Abhinav Kumar,
• Brijesh Kumar,
• Vishnu K. Tandon and
• Vishnu Ji Ram

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.92

• carbon dioxide to deliver product 8 without undergoing further cyclization to yield either 6 or 7, possibly due to the lower dielectric constant of THF (7.42) compared to methanol (32.7) (Scheme 3). As is evident from Scheme 3, there are three possible tautomeric forms for 8, viz. 8x, 8y, 8z for the

1-n-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium-2-carboxylate: a versatile precatalyst for the ring-opening polymerization of ε-caprolactone and rac-lactide under solvent-free conditions

• Astrid Hoppe,
• Faten Sadaka,
• Claire-Hélène Brachais,
• Gilles Boni,
• Jean-Pierre Couvercelle and
• Laurent Plasseraud

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 647–654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.73

• carbon dioxide transfer in the formation of ketoacetates [46][47] and carboxylation of epoxides [48]. Some of us have recently reported a green application of BMIM-2-CO2, highlighting its efficiency for the conversion of raw glycerol to glycerol carbonate by transesterification [49]. More recently, this

• previous study reported by Tommasi et al. [47], we suggest that the liberated carbon dioxide reacts with the alcohol initiator ROH, leading to the formation of a ROC(O)O− anion (monobenzylcarbonate if benzyl alcohol is used as initiator, Scheme 3). The expelled proton reacts with the carbene species and

S-Fluorenylmethyl protection of the cysteine side chain upon N^α-Fmoc deprotection

• Johannes W. Wehner and
• Thisbe K. Lindhorst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2149–2155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.242

• reaction of the E1cb type, in which Nα is deprotected with the release of carbon dioxide and formation of dibenzofulvene (Scheme 3). Then, presumably, the cysteine thiol is deprotonated by morpholine. Since the nucleophilicity of the so formed thiolate is higher than that of morpholine or the generated

Cyclodextrin-based nanosponges as drug carriers

• Francesco Trotta,
• Marco Zanetti and
• Roberta Cavalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2091–2099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.235

• nanosponges have shown an ability to store large amounts of carbon dioxide, 1-methylcyclopropene and oxygen [8]. Three different cyclodextrin nanosponges were synthesised cross-linking α-, β- or γ-cyclodextrin with carbonyldiimidazole as oxygen-encapsulating formulations [50]. The nanosponges were able to

Flow photochemistry: Old light through new windows

• Jonathan P. Knowles,
• Luke D. Elliott and
• Kevin I. Booker-Milburn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2025–2052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.229

The chemistry of bisallenes

• Henning Hopf and
• Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

• 1.2) [74][75][76] can probably also be exploited to introduce other substituents than TMS. Thus the quenching of the corresponding carbanions with, e.g., carbon dioxide to produce carboxylic acid derivatives of conjugated bisallenes could be tried [83][138][144]. 2. Acyclic nonconjugated bisallenes

Metal–ligand multiple bonds as frustrated Lewis pairs for C–H functionalization

• Matthew T. Whited

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1554–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.177

• were observed when carbon dioxide, carbonyl sulfide, and isocyanates were utilized, cleanly generating the Ir(I) carbonyl as a byproduct (Scheme 11) [71]. The nucleophilicity of the iridium center was demonstrated through a series of experiments. First, it was noted that the carbene complex does not

• ]. Single-crystal X-ray structure of a silver(I) triflate adduct of (PNP)Ir═C(H)Ot-Bu with most H atoms and phosphine substituents (except ipso carbon atoms) omitted for clarity. Heterolytic cleavage of H2 by a phosphine/borane FLP by H2 polarization in the P–B cavity [5][11]. Insertion of carbon dioxide

Photoreactions of cyclic sulfite esters: Evidence for diradical intermediates

• Rick C. White,
• Benny E. Arney Jr. and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1208–1212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.134

• in the photochemistry of vicinal diaryloxiranes based on the photochemical formation of methyl ethers in methanol solution [8]. Mechanistically, stereoselective oxygen scrambling was found in the photoextrusion of carbon dioxide from benzyl benzoate esters [9]. Furthermore, photodecarboxylation

Chiral multifunctional thiourea-phosphine catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation of Morita–Baylis–Hillman carbonates with maleimides

• Hong-Ping Deng,
• De Wang,
• Yin Wei and
• Min Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1098–1104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.121

• : phosphines attack the middle carbon atom of allenes to produce the 1,3-dipolar synthon (Scheme 1, reaction 1), and phosphines add to the β-position of MBH carbonate to remove carbon dioxide and tert-butanol, affording the 1,3-dipolar synthon (Scheme 1, reaction 2). Concerning the asymmetric [3 + 2

Functionalization of heterocyclic compounds using polyfunctional magnesium and zinc reagents

• Paul Knochel,
• Matthias A. Schade,
• Sebastian Bernhardt,
• Georg Manolikakes,
• Albrecht Metzger,
• Fabian M. Piller,
• Christoph J. Rohbogner and
• Marc Mosrin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1261–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.147

• has been shown to be of radical nature, and it affords the cross-coupling products in very short reaction times, often less than 5 min. 4 MgCl2-Enhanced reactivity of functionalized organozincs towards their addition to aldehydes, ketones and carbon dioxide The addition reactions of organometallic

• reagents to ketones, aldehydes and carbon dioxide are essential transformations in organic synthesis as they provide a convenient access to various types of alcohols or carboxylic acids. Usually, organozinc reagents only react with these types of electrophiles in the presence of catalytic amounts of

• transition metal salts and in a very limited scope. Recently, we showed that the cheap and non-toxic main group Lewis acid MgCl2 allows smooth addition reactions of different aromatic, heteroaromatic, alkyl and benzylic zinc reagents to various carbonyl derivatives and carbon dioxide without the use of polar

A practical microreactor for electrochemistry in flow

• Kevin Watts,
• William Gattrell and
• Thomas Wirth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1108–1114, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.127

• 1,2-diphenylethane (7a) were obtained with the device depicted in Figure 1; the reactions are shown in Scheme 3. The Kolbe reaction did not seem to be a very suitable reaction for a flow reactor due to the large amount of carbon dioxide and hydrogen that is formed at the anode during the

• decarboxylation reaction. This was partially overcome by neutralising the solution with triethylamine as base, hence carbon dioxide gas was not liberated during the reaction [18]. The reactions were carried out in acetonitrile instead of methanol to reduce the amount of side-products that could be formed due to

Kinetic evaluation of the solvolysis of isobutyl chloro- and chlorothioformate esters

• Malcolm J. D’Souza,
• Matthew J. McAneny,
• Dennis N. Kevill,
• Jin Burm Kyong and
• Song Hee Choi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 543–552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.62

• included a unimolecular fragmentation–ionization process with loss of carbon dioxide [5][6][11][12]. For 5, in nine of the more nucleophilic solvents the l/m ratio of 3.38 (Table 3) was a typical value for an addition–elimination (association–dissociation) mechanism [12]. We have proposed that neopentyl

Olefin metathesis in nano-sized systems

• Didier Astruc,
• Abdou K. Diallo,
• Sylvain Gatard,
• Liyuan Liang,
• Cátia Ornelas,
• Victor Martinez,
• Denise Méry and
• Jaime Ruiz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 94–103, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.13

• as possible and that polluting classic organic solvents be replaced by “greener” solvents such as water or super-critical carbon dioxide. Therefore during the last decade, we have attempted to make progress in this field with dendrimers using nano-organometallic chemistry [10]. There are several ways