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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
- electrocatalysis, have been achieved recently [53][54][55][56][57][58]. In addition, various transformations merging photoredox catalysis with transition-metal catalysis have been disclosed [59][60][61][62][63][64][65]. Among these different strategies, visible-light photoredox catalysis combined with nickel
Graphical Abstract
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.
Pauson–Khand reaction of fluorinated compounds
- Jorge Escorihuela,
- Daniel M. Sedgwick,
- Alberto Llobat,
- Mercedes Medio-Simón,
- Pablo Barrio and
- Santos Fustero
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1662–1682, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.138
- described, including the use of metals other than cobalt (such as rhodium, iridium, titanium, ruthenium, nickel, and palladium), or the use of CO surrogates such as aldehydes, alcohols and formates. Recently, its utility in flow chemistry has also been described [42]. Intramolecular Pauson–Khand reactions
- ], a bicyclic sesquiterpene that belongs to the cuparene family isolated from Thuja orientalis [76]. More specifically, the authors designed a simple route to enone 67, a key intermediate in several previous total syntheses [77][78]. Its synthesis was achieved in two steps, namely a nickel-catalyzed
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic representation of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 2: Substrates included in this review.
Scheme 3: Commonly accepted mechanism for the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 4: Regioselectivity of the PKR.
Scheme 5: Variability at the acetylenic and olefinic counterpart.
Scheme 6: Pauson–Khand reaction of fluoroolefinic enynes reported by the group of Ishizaki [46].
Scheme 7: PKR of enynes bearing fluorinated groups on the alkynyl moiety, reported by the group of Ishizaki [46]....
Scheme 8: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Billard [47].
Scheme 9: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Billard [48].
Scheme 10: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes by the group of Bonnet-Delpon [49]. Reaction conditions: i) Co(CO)8 (1...
Scheme 11: Intramolecular PKR of 1,6-enynes reported by the group of Ichikawa [50].
Scheme 12: Intramolecular Rh(I)-catalyzed PKR reported by the group of Hammond [52].
Scheme 13: Intramolecular PKR of allenynes reported by the group of Osipov [53].
Scheme 14: Intramolecular PKR of 1,7-enynes reported by the group of Osipov [53].
Scheme 15: Intramolecular PKR of fluorine-containing 1,6-enynes reported by the Konno group [54].
Scheme 16: Diastereoselective PKR with enantioenriched fluorinated enynes 34 [55].
Scheme 17: Intramolecular PKR reported by the group of Martinez-Solorio [56].
Scheme 18: Fluorine substitution at the olefinic counterpart.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of fluorinated enynes 37 [59].
Scheme 20: Fluorine-containing substrates in PKR [59].
Scheme 21: Pauson Khand reaction for fluorinated enynes by the Fustero group: scope and limitations [59].
Scheme 22: Synthesis of chloro and bromo analogues [59].
Scheme 23: Dimerization pathway [59].
Scheme 24: Synthesis of fluorine-containing N-tethered 1,7-enynes [61].
Scheme 25: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered fluorinated 1,7-enynes [61].
Scheme 26: Examples of further modifications to the Pauson−Khand adducts [61].
Scheme 27: Asymmetric synthesis the fluorinated enynes 53.
Scheme 28: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enynes 53 [64].
Scheme 29: Intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enyne bearing a vinyl fluoride [64].
Scheme 30: Catalytic intramolecular PKR of chiral N-tethered 1,7-enynes [64].
Scheme 31: Model fluorinated alkynes used by Riera and Fustero [70].
Scheme 32: PKR with norbornadiene and fluorinated alkynes 58 [71].
Scheme 33: Nucleophilic addition/detrifluoromethylation and retro Diels-Alder reactions [70].
Scheme 34: Tentative mechanism for the nucleophilic addition/retro-aldol reaction sequence.
Scheme 35: Catalytic PKR with norbornadiene [70].
Scheme 36: Scope of the PKR of trifluoromethylalkynes with norbornadiene [72].
Scheme 37: DBU-mediated detrifluoromethylation [72].
Scheme 38: A simple route to enone 67, a common intermediate in the total synthesis of α-cuparenone.
Scheme 39: Effect of the olefin partner in the regioselectivity of the PKR with trifluoromethyl alkynes [79].
Scheme 40: Intermolecular PKR of trifluoromethylalkynes with 2-norbornene reported by the group of Konno [54].
Scheme 41: Intermolecular PKR of diarylalkynes with 2-norbornene reported by the group of Helaja [80].
Scheme 42: Intermolecular PKR reported by León and Fernández [81].
Scheme 43: PKR reported with cyclopropene 73 [82].
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
- Raney nickel (Ra-Ni), sometimes as the main product, depending on the activity of the catalyst [10] (Scheme 2). The oxidative dimerization of 1-phenylisoindole (6a) to compound 5a took place under various conditions: when refluxing in benzene in the presence of air [5][11], during an attempted
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Rearrangement of methylenedioxy-substituted aminoaldehyde 1a to regioisomer 2a and formation of the...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1-arylisoindoles 6 and formation of dimers 5.
Scheme 3: Rearrangement of aminoaldehydes 1 to regioisomers 2 and formation of dimer-like products 3 and 8.
Figure 1: X-ray structures of compounds 3b (left) and 8b (right).
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism of the isomerization of aldehydes 1 via isoindoles 4.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism of the formation of dimer-like products 3a,b.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the formation of dimer-like products 8a,b.
Scheme 7: Dimerization of indole under acidic conditions.
Figure 2: Gibbs free energy diagram for the 1→2 rearrangement.
Scheme 8: Reaction of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehyde (1e) to give dimer-like products 23a and 23b.
Figure 3: X-ray structures of compounds 23a (left) and 23b (right).
Figure 4: Structures of the minimal energy conformer of stereoisomer 23a and those of two minimal energy conf...
Recent synthesis of thietanes
- Jiaxi Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of biologically active thietane-containing molecules.
Figure 2: The diverse methods for the synthesis of thietanes.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-(thietan-2-yl)ethan-1-ol (10) from 3,5-dichloropentan-2-ol (9).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of thietanose nucleosides 2,14 from 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane-1,3-diol (11).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of methyl 3-vinylthietane-3-carboxylate (19).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 1,6-thiazaspiro[3.3]heptane (24).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 6-amino-2-thiaspiro[3.3]heptane hydrochloride (28).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of optically active thietane 31 from vitamin C.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of an optically active thietane nucleoside from diethyl L-tartrate (32).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of thietane-containing spironucleoside 40 from 5-aldo-3-O-benzyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of optically active 2-methylthietane-containing spironucleoside 43.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of a double-linked thietane-containing spironucleoside 48.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of two diastereomeric thietanose nucleosides via 2,4-di(benzyloxymethyl)thietane (49).
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the thietane-containing PI3k inhibitor candidate 54.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the spirothietane 57 as the key intermediate to Nuphar sesquiterpene thioalkaloids.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of spirothietane 61 through a direct cyclic thioetherification of 3-mercaptopropan-1-ol.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of thietanes 66 from 1,3-diols 62.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of thietanylbenzimidazolone 75 from (iodomethyl)thiazolobenzimidazole 70.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 2-oxa-6-thiaspiro[3.3]heptane (80) from bis(chloromethyl)oxetane 76 and thiourea.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the thietane-containing glycoside, 2-O-p-toluenesulfonyl-4,6-thioanhydro-α-D-gulopyran...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of methyl 4,6-thioanhydro-α-D-glucopyranoside (89).
Scheme 20: Synthesis of thietane-fused α-D-galactopyranoside 93.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of thietane-fused α-D-gulopyranoside 100.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 3,5-anhydro-3-thiopentofuranosides 104.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of anhydro-thiohexofuranosides 110, 112 and 113 from from 1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene D-f...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of optically active thietanose nucleosides from D- and L-xyloses.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of thietane-fused nucleosides.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of 3,5-anhydro-3-thiopentofuranosides.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 2-amino-3,5-anhydro-3-thiofuranoside 141.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of thietane-3-ols 145 from (1-chloromethyl)oxiranes 142 and hydrogen sulfide.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of thietane-3-ol 145a from chloromethyloxirane (142a).
Scheme 30: Synthesis of thietane-3-ols 145 from 2-(1-haloalkyl)oxiranes 142 and 147 with ammonium monothiocarb...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 7-deoxy-5(20)thiapaclitaxel 154a, a thietane derivative of taxoids.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 5(20)-thiadocetaxel 158 from 10-deacetylbaccatin III (155).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of thietane derivatives 162 as precursors for deoxythiataxoid synthesis through oxiraneme...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 7-deoxy 5(20)-thiadocetaxel 154b.
Scheme 35: Mechanism for the formation of the thietane ring in 171 from oxiranes with vicinal leaving groups 1...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of cis-2,3-disubstituted thietane 175 from thiirane-2-methanol 172.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of a bridged thietane 183 from aziridine cyclohexyl tosylate 179 and ammonium tetrathiomo...
Scheme 38: Synthesis of thietanes via the photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition of thiobenzophenone 184a with va...
Scheme 39: Synthesis of spirothietanes through the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclic thiocarbonyls with ol...
Scheme 40: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietane-thioxanthenes 210 from thioxanthenethione (208) and butatr...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of thietanes 213 from 2,4,6-tri(tert-butyl)thiobenzaldehyde (211) with substituted allene...
Scheme 42: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietanes 216 and 217 from N-methylthiophthalimide (214) with olefi...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of fused thietanes from quadricyclane with thiocarbonyl derivatives 219.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-methyldithiosuccinimides ...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-methylthiosuccinimide/thi...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-alkylmonothiophthalimides...
Scheme 47: Synthesis of spirothietanes from dithiosuccinimides 223 with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (215a).
Scheme 48: Synthesis of thietanes 248a,b from diaryl thione 184b and ketene acetals 247a,b.
Scheme 49: Photocycloadditions of acridine-9-thiones 249 and pyridine-4(1H)-thione (250) with 2-methylacrynitr...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of mono-, di-, and trithiobarbiturates 2...
Scheme 51: Synthesis of spirothietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-thioxo-1,2-dih...
Scheme 52: Synthesis of spirothietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of thiocoumarin 286 with olefins.
Scheme 53: Photochemical synthesis of thietanes 296–299 from semicyclic and acyclic thioimides 292–295 and 2,3...
Scheme 54: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietane 301 from 1,3,3-trimethylindoline-2-thione (300) and isobut...
Scheme 55: Synthesis of spirobenzoxazolethietanes 303 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of alkyl and aryl 2-...
Scheme 56: Synthesis of spirothietanes from tetrahydrothioxoisoquinolines 306 and 307 with olefins.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of spirothietanes from 1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-1-thiones 311 and benzothiophene-1-thione...
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 2-triphenylsilylthietanes from phenyl triphenylsilyl thioketone (316) with electron-po...
Scheme 59: Diastereoselective synthesis of spiropyrrolidinonethietanes 320 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition...
Scheme 60: Synthesis of bicyclic thietane 323 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyri...
Scheme 61: Photo-induced synthesis of fused thietane-2-thiones 325 and 326 from silacyclopentadiene 324 and ca...
Scheme 62: Synthesis of highly strained tricyclic thietanes 328 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddi...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of tri- and pentacyclic thietanes 330 and 332, respectively, through the intramolecular p...
Scheme 64: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes 334 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-vinylt...
Scheme 65: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes 336 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-but-3-...
Scheme 66: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-but-3-enyl...
Scheme 67: Synthesis of tetracyclic thietane 344 through the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-[...
Scheme 68: Synthesis of tri- and tetracyclic thietanes 348, 350, and 351, through the intramolecular photo [2 ...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of tetracyclic fused thietane 354 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of vinyl 2-thioxo-3H...
Scheme 70: Synthesis of highly rigid thietane-fused β-lactams via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloadditi...
Scheme 71: Asymmetric synthesis of a highly rigid thietane-fused β-lactam 356a via the intramolecular photo [2...
Scheme 72: Diastereoselective synthesis of the thietane-fused β-lactams via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] c...
Scheme 73: Asymmetric synthesis of thietane-fused β-lactams 356 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddi...
Scheme 74: Synthesis of the bridged bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-di...
Scheme 75: Synthesis of the bridged-difluorothietane 368 from 2,2,4,4-tetrafluoro-1,3-dithietane (367) and qua...
Scheme 76: Synthesis of bis(trifluoromethyl)thietanes from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dithietane (3...
Scheme 77: Synthesis of 2,2-dimethylthio-4,4-di(trifluoromethyl)thietane (378) from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoro...
Scheme 78: Formation of bis(trifluoromethyl)thioacetone (381) through nucleophilic attack of dithietane 363 by...
Scheme 79: Synthesis of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)thietanes from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dithietan...
Scheme 80: Synthesis of the bridged bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane 364 from of 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)...
Scheme 81: Synthesis of 2,4-diiminothietanes 390 from alkenimines and 4-methylbenzenesulfonyl isothiocyanate (...
Scheme 82: Synthesis of arylidene 2,4-diiminothietanes 393 starting from phosphonium ylides 391 and isothiocya...
Scheme 83: Synthesis of thietane-2-ylideneacetates 397 through a DABCO-catalyzed formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition ...
Scheme 84: Synthesis of 3-substituted thietanes 400 from (1-chloroalkyl)thiiranes 398.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of N-(thietane-3-yl)azaheterocycles 403 and 404 through reaction of chloromethylthiirane (...
Scheme 86: Synthesis of 3-sulfonamidothietanes 406 from sulfonamides and chloromethylthiirane (398a).
Scheme 87: Synthesis of N-(thietane-3-yl)isatins 408 from chloromethylthiirane (398a) and isatins 407.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 3-(nitrophenyloxy)thietanes 410 from nitrophenols 409 and chloromethylthiirane (398a).
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-aryl-N-(thietane-3-yl)cyanamides 412 from N-arylcyanamides 411 and chloromethylthiir...
Scheme 90: Synthesis of 1-(thietane-3-yl)pyrimidin-2,4(1H,3H)-diones 414 from chloromethylthiirane (398a) and ...
Scheme 91: Synthesis of 2,4-diiminothietanes 418 from 2-iminothiiranes 416 and isocyanoalkanes 415.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of 2-vinylthietanes 421 from thiiranes 419 and 3-chloroallyl lithium (420).
Scheme 93: Synthesis of thietanes from thiiranes 419 and trimethyloxosulfonium iodide 424.
Scheme 94: Mechanism for synthesis of thietanes 425 from thiiranes 419 and trimethyloxosulfonium iodide 424.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of functionalized thietanes from thiiranes and dimethylsulfonium acylmethylides.
Scheme 96: Mechanism for the rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized thietanes 429 from thiiranes 419 an...
Scheme 97: Synthesis of 3-iminothietanes 440 through thermal isomerization from 4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazole-4-spir...
Scheme 98: Synthesis of thietanes 443 from 3-chloro-2-methylthiolane (441) through ring contraction.
Scheme 99: Synthesis of an optically active thietanose 447 from D-xylose involving a ring contraction.
Scheme 100: Synthesis of optically thietane 447 via the DAST-mediated ring contraction of 448.
Scheme 101: Synthesis of the optically thietane nucleoside 451 via the ring contraction of thiopentose in 450.
Scheme 102: Synthesis of spirothietane 456 from 3,3,5,5-tetramethylthiolane-2,4-dithione (452) and benzyne (453...
Scheme 103: Synthesis of thietanes 461 via photoisomerization of 2H,6H-thiin-3-ones 459.
Scheme 104: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,4-diarylthietanes 465.
Scheme 105: Mechanism of the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,4-diarylthietanes 465.
Scheme 106: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of trisubstituted thietanes (±)-470.
Scheme 107: Mechanism on the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of trisubstituted thietanes.
Scheme 108: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of thietanes (±)-475.
Scheme 109: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes from aldehydes 476 and acrylon...
Scheme 110: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes via a one-pot three-component ...
Scheme 111: Mechanism for the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes via three-co...
Scheme 112: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of substituted 3-nitrothietanes.
Scheme 113: Mechanism on the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes (±)-486.
Scheme 114: Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-2-phenylthietane (497).
Scheme 115: Asymmetric synthesis of optically active 2,4-diarylthietanes.
Scheme 116: Synthesis of 3-acetamidothietan-2-one 503 via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoal...
Scheme 117: Synthesis of 4-substituted thietan-2-one via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoalk...
Scheme 118: Synthesis of 4,4-disubstituted thietan-2-one 511 via the intramolecular thioesterification of the 3...
Scheme 119: Synthesis of a spirothietan-2-one 514 via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoalkano...
Scheme 120: Synthesis of thiatetrahydrolipstatin starting from (S)-(−)-epichlorohydrin ((S)-142a).
Scheme 121: Synthesis of 2-phenethyl-4-(propan-2-ylidene)thietane (520) from 5-bromo-6-methyl-1-phenylhept-5-en...
Scheme 122: Synthesis of 2-phenethyl-4-(propan-2-ylidene)thietane (520) directly from S-(5-bromo-6-methyl-1-phe...
Scheme 123: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietanes from S-(2-bromoalk-1-en-4-yl)thioacetates.
Scheme 124: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietanes from S-(2-bromo/chloroalk-1-en-4-yl)thiols.
Scheme 125: Synthesis of spirothietan-3-ol 548 from enone 545 and ammonium hydrosulfide.
Scheme 126: Asymmetric synthesis of the optically active thietanoside from cis-but-2-ene-1,4-diol (47).
Scheme 127: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietan-3-ols 557 via the fluoride-mediated cyclization of thioacylsilanes ...
Scheme 128: Synthesis of 2-iminothietanes via the reaction of propargylbenzene (558) and isothiocyanates 560 in...
Scheme 129: Synthesis of 2-benzylidenethietane 567 via the nickel complex-catalyzed electroreductive cyclizatio...
Scheme 130: Synthesis of 2-iminothietanes 569 via the photo-assisted electrocyclic reaction of N-monosubstitute...
Scheme 131: Synthesis of ethyl 3,4-diiminothietane-2-carboxylates from ethyl thioglycolate (570) and bis(imidoy...
Scheme 132: Synthesis of N-(thietan-3-yl)-α-oxoazaheterocycles from azaheterocyclethiones and chloromethyloxira...
Scheme 133: Synthesis of thietan-3-yl benzoate (590) via the nickel-catalyzed intramolecular reductive thiolati...
Scheme 134: Synthesis of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane from 3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dithiolane.
Scheme 135: Synthesis of thietanes from enamines and sulfonyl chlorides.
Scheme 136: Synthesis of spirothietane 603 via the [2 + 3] cycloaddition of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-...
Scheme 137: Synthesis of thietane (605) from 1-bromo-3-chloropropane and sulfur.
Photocatalysis with organic dyes: facile access to reactive intermediates for synthesis
- Stephanie G. E. Amos,
- Marion Garreau,
- Luca Buzzetti and
- Jerome Waser
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1163–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.103
- the C(sp3) radical, which is intercepted by an organometallic intermediate, obtained by the oxidative addition of a nickel catalyst to the (hetero)aryl bromide 5.2. The desired (hetero)arene product 5.3 is obtained after the reductive elimination of the nickel complex. In this method, the reduced
- organic photocatalyst (E(PC/PC−) ≈ −1.2 V) is responsible for turning over the nickel catalytic cycle by reducing the Ni(I) intermediate. Organosilicates can also be exploited as alkyl radical sources in organic photocatalytic reactions. For example, Molander and co-workers developed a photochemical
- : a biradical capable of abstracting an H atom from C–H bonds. Recently, Martin exploited this feature in a nickel-catalyzed process for the alkylation of arenes (Scheme 8) [57]. In this report, the excited state of a push–pull benzophenone OD10 can abstract an H atom from the substrate
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected examples of organic dyes. Mes-Acr+: 9-mesityl-10-methylacridinium, DCA: 9,10-dicyanoanthra...
Scheme 1: Activation modes in photocatalysis.
Scheme 2: Main strategies for the formation of C(sp3) radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 3: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from carboxylic acids:...
Scheme 4: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from redoxactiv...
Figure 2: Common substrates for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals.
Scheme 5: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of radicals from dihydropyridines ...
Scheme 6: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of C(sp3) radicals from trifluorob...
Scheme 7: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of C(sp3) radicals from benzylic h...
Scheme 8: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via direct HAT: the cross...
Scheme 9: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of C(sp3) radicals via indirect HAT: the deu...
Scheme 10: Selected precursors for the generation of aryl radicals using organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 11: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl diazoni...
Scheme 12: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from haloarenes:...
Scheme 13: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from aryl halides...
Scheme 14: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of aryl radicals from arylsulfonyl...
Scheme 15: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of aryl radicals from triaryl sulf...
Scheme 16: Main strategies towards acyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 17: Illustrative example for the decarboxylative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from α-keto...
Scheme 18: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of acyl radicals from acyl silanes...
Scheme 19: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of carbamoyl radicals from 4-carba...
Scheme 20: Illustrative example of the photocatalytic HAT approach for the generation of acyl radicals from al...
Scheme 21: General reactivity of a) radical cations; b) radical anions; c) the main strategies towards aryl an...
Scheme 22: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of alkene radical cations from alk...
Scheme 23: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of an alkene radical anion from al...
Figure 3: Structure of C–X radical anions and their neutral derivatives.
Scheme 24: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reduction of imines and the generation of an α-amino C(...
Scheme 25: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of aryl radical cations from arene...
Scheme 26: NCR classifications and generation.
Scheme 27: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of iminyl radicals from O-aryl oxi...
Scheme 28: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals from α-N-oxy ac...
Scheme 29: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of iminyl radicals via an N–H bond...
Scheme 30: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from Weinreb am...
Scheme 31: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from hydroxylam...
Scheme 32: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic reductive generation of amidyl radicals from N-aminopyr...
Scheme 33: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of amidyl radicals from α-amido-ox...
Scheme 34: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of aminium radicals: the N-aryltet...
Scheme 35: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 36: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of nitrogen-centered radical catio...
Scheme 37: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic oxidative generation of hydrazonyl radical from hydrazo...
Scheme 38: Generation of O-radicals.
Scheme 39: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from N-alkoxypyridinium salts...
Scheme 40: Illustrative examples for the photocatalytic generation of O-radicals from alkyl hydroperoxides: th...
Scheme 41: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of thiyl radicals from thiols: the...
Scheme 42: Main strategies and reagents for the generation of sulfonyl radicals used in organophotocatalysis.
Scheme 43: Illustrative example for the reductive photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from arylsulf...
Scheme 44: Illustrative example of a Cl atom abstraction strategy for the photocatalytic generation of sulfamo...
Scheme 45: Illustrative example for the oxidative photocatalytic generation of sulfonyl radicals from sulfinic...
Scheme 46: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Scheme 47: Illustrative example for the photocatalytic generation of electronically excited triplet states: th...
Accelerating fragment-based library generation by coupling high-performance photoreactors with benchtop analysis
- Quentin Lefebvre,
- Christophe Salomé and
- Thomas C. Fessard
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 982–988, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.87
- Quentin Lefebvre Christophe Salome Thomas C. Fessard SpiroChem AG, Rosental area, WRO-1047-3, Mattenstrasse 24, 4058 Basel, Switzerland 10.3762/bjoc.16.87 Abstract Herein we report a workflow coupling photoredox-nickel dual-catalyzed N-arylation reactions to benchtop analysis for the efficient
- thus be rapidly accessed, identifying privileged or challenging scaffolds and paving the way for further exploration. Keywords: benchtop analytics; fragment-based library; heterocyclic sp2–sp3 fragments; N-arylation; photoredox-nickel dual catalysis; Introduction Heterocyclic sp2–sp3 fragments are
- -catalyzed cross-coupling reactions [9]. Recently, milder cross-coupling methods using more abundant and affordable metals such as nickel, in combination with photochemistry or electrochemistry, significantly improved accessibility to N-arylated complex amines [10][11][12]. Results and Discussion As we
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: One-day workflow for fragment-based library generation. QC: Quality control. MPLC: Medium-pressure ...
Figure 1: Top: high-power blue LED photoreactors. Bottom, from left to right: photoreactor OFF, ON, and ON th...
Figure 2: TLC–MS equipment: analysis of 5 reactions in 5 minutes.
Figure 3: Pre-QC validation by 60 MHz benchtop NMR.
Scheme 2: Scope of the fragment-based library generation: BCP-amines and azetidines. See Supporting Information File 1 for experimental de...
Scheme 3: Scope of the fragment-based library generation: pyrrolidines, piperidines and morpholines. See Supporting Information File 1 for...
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
- -bromo amides (Scheme 6). Many metalloporphyrins are applied as catalysts in industrial processes, such as in the oxidation of cyclohexane to cyclohexanone catalyzed by Co(II) tetraphenylporphyrin on a ton-scale [21]. Recently, Sarkar and co-workers reported the use of nickel(II) tetraphenylporphyrin
- (NiTPP) as an efficient photocatalyst in both oxidative and reductive quenching [22]. The ability of NiTPP as both photooxidant and photoreductant was observed in maleimide annulation and chalcogenylation reactions, respectively (Scheme 7). For both processes, nickel(II) was determinant for the success
Graphical Abstract
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.
Aldehydes as powerful initiators for photochemical transformations
- Maria A. Theodoropoulou,
- Nikolaos F. Nikitas and
- Christoforos G. Kokotos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 833–857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.76
- reported a selective photoredox merger C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation of ethers using benzaldehyde as the photoorganocatalyst and nickel as the transition metal catalyst [57]. For the coupling between (3-bromopropyl)benzene (132) and THF (131), presented in Scheme 28, NiBr2·glyme (134) was employed as the
- precatalyst, 4,4’-di-tert-butyl-2,2’-bipyridyl (dtbbpy) as the ligand for the nickel catalyst, benzaldehyde (8) as the photosensitizer and hydrogen abstractor, K2HPO4 as the base, and UV-A light for the excitation of 8. The reaction mixture was placed under a N2 atmosphere and irradiated for 72 h. Their
- presence of the nickel catalyst and a base via a typical oxidative addition, insertion, and reductive elimination sequence to afford the desired product (Scheme 29). In the absence of K2HPO4, only traces of the desired product were detected. Other known photosensitizers, such as acetone (4), acetophenone
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Norrish type I and II dissociations.
Scheme 2: Proposed radical pair formation after the photolysis of benzaldehyde (8).
Scheme 3: Aldehydes in the Paterno–Büchi reaction.
Scheme 4: 2,3-Diazabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (DBH).
Scheme 5: Dissociation pathways of benzaldehyde.
Scheme 6: Reactions that lead to polarized products detectable by CIDNP.
Scheme 7: MMA (26), DEABP (27), and Michler’s ketone (28).
Scheme 8: Radical intermediates of DEABP.
Scheme 9: Photoinitiated polymerization of monomeric MMA (26) using the quinoxalines 32 and benzaldehyde (8).
Scheme 10: Acetone (4) and formaldehyde (35) as photografting initiators.
Scheme 11: Photografting by employing acetaldehyde (36) as the photoinitiator.
Scheme 12: Proposed photolysis mechanism for aliphatic ketones 44 and formaldehyde (35).
Scheme 13: Initiator 50, reductant 51, and benzaldehyde derivatives 52–54 for the polymerization of the methac...
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism of the photomediated atom transfer radical polymerization employing the benzalde...
Scheme 15: cis/trans isomerization employing triplet states of photosensitizers.
Scheme 16: Salicylaldehyde (68) forms an internal hydrogen bond.
Scheme 17: Olefin isomerization via energy transfer from a carbonyl compound.
Scheme 18: Mechanistic pathways for the Paterno–Büchi reaction.
Scheme 19: Isomeric oxetanes formed after photochemical addition of aryl aldehydes to 2-butenes.
Scheme 20: Rotation of the C3–C4 bond of the biradical intermediate may lead to all four conformations.
Scheme 21: Photolysis products of benzaldehyde (8) in different solvents. a) In benzene or ethanol. b) In hex-...
Scheme 22: N-tert-Butylbenzamide formation proceeds via a benzoyl radical.
Scheme 23: Photochemical pinacol coupling.
Scheme 24: Photochemical ATRA catalyzed by 4-anisaldehyde (52).
Scheme 25: Proposed triplet sensitization mechanism of the ATRA reaction in the presence of 4-anisaldehyde (52...
Scheme 26: Benzaldehyde-mediated photoredox CDC reaction: compatible amides and ethers.
Scheme 27: Photoredox cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) conditions and proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 28: Optimized conditions for the photoredox merger reaction.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation of ethers.
Scheme 30: Substrate scope for the photochemical alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 31: C(sp3)–H Functionalization of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 32: Substrate scope for the photochemical alkylation of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 33: Additional products yielded by the photochemical alkylation reaction of N-containing molecules.
Scheme 34: C(sp3)–H functionalization of thioethers.
Scheme 35: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation of N-containing molecules and thioethers.
Scheme 36: Hydroacylation using 4-cyanobenzaldehyde (53) as the photoinitiator.
Scheme 37: Selectivity for the formation of the α,α-disubstituted aldehydes.
Scheme 38: Substrate scope for the photochemical addition of aldehydes to Michael acceptors.
Scheme 39: Proposed mechanism for the hydroacylation of Michael acceptors using 4-cyanobenzaldehyde (53) as th...
Scheme 40: Catalytic arylation of aromatic aldehydes by aryl bromides in which the reaction product acts as th...
Scheme 41: Proposed mechanism for the catalytic arylation of benzaldehydes by aryl bromides in which the react...
Scheme 42: Functionalization of the chiral cyclobutanes 180.
Scheme 43: Optimized reaction conditions and proposed mechanism for the sulfonylcyanation of cyclobutenes.
Photocatalytic deaminative benzylation and alkylation of tetrahydroisoquinolines with N-alkylpyrydinium salts
- David Schönbauer,
- Carlo Sambiagio,
- Timothy Noël and
- Michael Schnürch
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 809–817, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.74
- , electrophilic alkyl radicals were used in several transformations, such as electrophilic cross couplings under nickel catalysis, either with boronic acids [35] or different (aryl)halides [36][37][38]. Furthermore, visible light-promoted uncatalyzed electron transfer via the formation of electron donor–acceptor
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Examples of photocatalytic C–C bond formation by nucleophilic trapping of a reactive THIQ intermedi...
Figure 1: Kinetic profile for the benzylation of 1 to 3.
Scheme 2: Benzylation of N-phenyl-THIQ.
Scheme 3: Benzylation of substituted N-arylTHIQs.
Scheme 4: Removal of the PMP protecting group.
Scheme 5: Alkylation of N-phenyl-THIQ derivatives. Conditions: a2 mol % [Ir(dtbbpy)(ppy)2]PF6, DMA, 60 h; b2 ...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism.
Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays
- Gemma M. Locke,
- Keith J. Flanagan and
- Mathias O. Senge
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70
- confirm full conversion. For this reason, it may be that the ethynyl bond was not completely deprotected before the next coupling reaction. After the TBAF deprotection step, the second Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction was carried out with the nickel porphyrin 15 [41] under the same reaction conditions
- bands observed for the zinc dimer and monomer had low full-width at half-maxima (FWHM) of ≈26 nm (3.85 × 105 cm−1), i.e., a narrow band, the zinc-nickel dimer 16 exhibited a high FWHM of ≈50 nm (2 × 105 cm−1), potentially caused by overlapping of the nickel and zinc porphyrin Q bands which could be due
- dimers and 8 nm (1.25 × 106 cm−1) for the monomer. The difference in properties of the unsymmetric zinc-nickel dimer 16 is observed significantly more in the corresponding fluorescence emission spectrum (Figure 7). The emission observed for the zinc monomer and dimer, 14 and 9, respectively, was
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Triptycene as a scaffold and selected porphyrin and BODIPY arrays.
Scheme 1: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form symmetric porphyrin and BODIPY triptycene-linked dyads....
Scheme 2: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form a triptycene-substituted porphyrin monomer and an unsy...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the triptycene-porphyrin-triptycene complex 18.
Figure 2: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene 5. (a) Molecular structure of 5 in the crystal with hy...
Figure 3: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the conf...
Figure 4: Views of the single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 sho...
Figure 5: Expanded structure view of the triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the repeati...
Figure 6: UV–vis of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and the triptycene porphy...
Figure 7: Emission spectrum of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene-linked porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and a t...
Figure 8: Compounds used for spectroscopic comparisons.
Figure 9: UV–vis spectra of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in CHCl3.
Figure 10: Fluorescence emission spectrum of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in C...
Formal preparation of regioregular and alternating thiophene–thiophene copolymers bearing different substituents
- Atsunori Mori,
- Keisuke Fujita,
- Chihiro Kubota,
- Toyoko Suzuki,
- Kentaro Okano,
- Takuya Matsumoto,
- Takashi Nishino and
- Masaki Horie
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.31
- a monomer. Nickel-catalyzed polymerization of bithiophene with substituents at the 3-position, including alkyl-, fluoroalkyl-, or oligosiloxane-containing groups, afforded the corresponding copolymers in good to excellent yield. The solubility test in organic solvents was performed to reveal that
- copolymer; nickel(II) catalyst; oligosiloxane; regioregular polythiophene; solubility; Introduction Polythiophenes attract much attention in materials science because of their extended π-conjugation, which is applied for a wide range of electronic materials. In particular, the regioregular polymers with a
- by polymerization catalyzed by a nickel complex, leading to the regioregular HT polythiophene (Scheme 1) [8][9]. An additional feature of the deprotonative protocol for polythiophene is the possibility to use chlorothiophene 3, in which the use of a nickel N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) complex was
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Cross-coupling polymerization of thiophene.
Scheme 2: Polymerization of bithiophene.
Scheme 3: Preparation of chlorobithiophenes.
Scheme 4: Polymerization of chlorobithiophenes.
Figure 1: Solubility tests of alternating copolymer 6 (1 mg of material dissolved in 1 mL of the solvent).
Figure 2: XRD measurement and prediction of the bilayer lamellar structure of polymer 6c. a) XRD analysis. b)...
Pigmentosins from Gibellula sp. as antibiofilm agents and a new glycosylated asperfuran from Cordyceps javanica
- Soleiman E. Helaly,
- Wilawan Kuephadungphan,
- Patima Phainuphong,
- Mahmoud A. A. Ibrahim,
- Kanoksri Tasanathai,
- Suchada Mongkolsamrit,
- Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard,
- Souwalak Phongpaichit,
- Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul and
- Marc Stadler
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2968–2981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.293
- spectra were recorded on a Bruker Avance III 700 spectrometer with a 5 mm TXI cryoprobe (1H NMR: 700 MHz, 13C NMR: 175 MHz) and a Bruker Avance III 500 (1H NMR: 500 MHz, 13C NMR: 125 MHz) spectrometer. Optical rotations were recorded on an Anton Paar MCP 150 polarimeter (sodium D line, Nickel alloy sample
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Chemical structures of the isolated compounds 1–6.
Figure 2: Experimental and TDDFT-calculated ECD spectra of compounds 1 (A), 2 (B), and 3 (C) in MeOH.
Figure 3: A) Selected COSY (bold bonds) and HMBC (red arrows) correlations for compounds 2 and 3. B) Partial ...
Figure 4: Chemical structures of selected, literature-known compounds that are related to this study.
Figure 5: HPLC–UV–vis profiles (200–600 nm) generated from the culture filtrate extracts of several isolates ...
Figure 6: HPLC–UV–vis profiles (200–600 nm) generated from the culture filtrate extracts of several isolates ...
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
- corresponding alcohol 2 with 14.7% optical yield [21]. Control experiments confirmed that the modified electrodes served as chiral inductors (Scheme 1). In 1982, Fujihira and Osa reported the modification of Raney nickel powder electrodes with optically active tartaric acid and used these electrodes for the
- asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones [22]. They showed that upon reduction with Raney nickel powder electrodes modified with (R,R)-(+)-tartaric acid, 2-hexanone 3 was converted to (S)-(+)-2-hexanol 4 with an average optical purity of 4%, whereas Raney nickel powder electrodes modified with (S,S)-(−)-tartaric
- diastereoselective Michael addition reactions [103][104]. The glycine–nickel complex 184 was deprotonated using a radical anion generated from the electrochemical reduction of azobenzene. The anionic Ni complex 185 acted as a good C-nucleophile towards Michael acceptors 186 resulting in diastereoisomeric mixtures of
Graphical Abstract
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...
Fluorinated maleimide-substituted porphyrins and chlorins: synthesis and characterization
- Valentina A. Ol’shevskaya,
- Elena G. Kononova and
- Andrei V. Zaitsev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2704–2709, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.263
- 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin (1) [35] was used as starting compound. The synthesis includes the metallation of the free base porphyrin 1 with an excess of zinc acetate or nickel acetate resulting in the corresponding porphyrin Zn(II) and Ni(II) complexes 2a [36] and 2b [37], respectively
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of fluorinated maleimide-substituted porphyrins 5a, 6, 7a, 7b, and 8.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of fluorinated maleimide-substituted chlorins 12,13.
Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups
- Xiaowei Li,
- Xiaolin Shi,
- Xiangqian Li and
- Dayong Shi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218
- different catalysts, such as palladium, copper, silver, iron, nickel, ruthenium, cobalt, etc. Palladium catalysis Palladium is a member of the nickel triad in the periodic table, and palladium complexes exist in three oxidation states, Pd(0), Pd(II), and Pd(IV). Straightforward interconversion between
- were thus obtained with good enantioselectivity. In the same year, Kim’s group [97] accomplished an efficient enantioselective electrophilic α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters catalyzed by chiral nickel complexes with good enantioselectivity (up to 99% ee). Notably, the chiral nickel
- -diamine complexes are air and moisture-stable (Scheme 49). In 2011, two nickel-catalyzed protocols for the enantioselective α-fluorination of β-ketoesters were reported separately. In van Leeuwen’s reaction, SPANamine derivatives were synthesized and applied as chiral ligands in the asymmetric α
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The main three strategies of fluorination: nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical fluorination.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s Pd-catalyzed fluorination of allylic chlorides.
Scheme 3: Allylic fluorination of 2- and 3-substituted propenyl esters.
Scheme 4: Regioselective allylic fluorination of cinnamyl phosphorothioate esters.
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalyzed aliphatic C–H fluorination reported by Doyle.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of α-ketoesters followed by stereoselective reduction to...
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination of oxindoles.
Scheme 8: C–H fluorination of 8-methylquinoline derivatives with F− reagents.
Scheme 9: Fluorination of α-cyano acetates reported by van Leeuwen.
Scheme 10: The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic C–H fluorination of α-chloro-β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 11: Fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds directed by the bidentate PIP auxiliary.
Scheme 12: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds at the β-position of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective benzylic C–H fluorination with a chiral transient directing group.
Scheme 14: Microwave-heated Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl alcohols.
Scheme 15: Fluorination of aryl potassium trifluoroborates.
Scheme 16: C(sp2)–F bond formation using precatalyst [L·Pd]2(cod).
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed fluorination of (hetero)aryl triflates and bromides.
Scheme 18: The Pd-catalyzed C–H fluorination of arenes with Selectfluor/NFSI.
Scheme 19: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-monofluorination protocol for benzoic acids.
Scheme 20: Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–H bond fluorination of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.
Scheme 21: Nitrate-promoted fluorination of aromatic and olefinic C(sp2)–H bonds and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Fluorination of oxalyl amide-protected benzylamine derivatives.
Scheme 23: C–H fluorination of benzaldehydes with orthanilic acids as transient directing group.
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed aryl C–H fluorination with various directing groups.
Scheme 25: Cu-catalyzed aliphatic, allylic, and benzylic fluorination.
Scheme 26: Cu-catalyzed SN2 fluorination of primary and secondary alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed fluorination of alkyl triflates.
Scheme 28: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of allylic bromides and chlorides.
Scheme 29: Synthetic strategy for the fluorination of active methylene compounds.
Scheme 30: Fluorination of β-ketoesters using a tartrate-derived bidentate bisoxazoline-Cu(II) complex.
Scheme 31: Highly enantioselective fluorination of β-ketoesters and N-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 32: Amide group-assisted site-selective fluorination of α-bromocarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 33: Cu-mediated aryl fluorination reported by Sanford [77].
Scheme 34: Mono- or difluorination reactions of benzoic acid derivatives.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.
Scheme 36: Copper(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-pyridylaryl bromides.
Scheme 37: AgNO3-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: The Mn-catalyzed aliphatic and benzylic C–H fluorination.
Scheme 39: Iron(II)-promoted C–H fluorination of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 40: Ag-catalyzed fluorodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 41: Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 42: AgNO3-catalyzed radical deboronofluorination of alkylboronates and boronic acids.
Scheme 43: Selective heterobenzylic C–H fluorination with Selectfluor reported by Van Humbeck.
Scheme 44: Fe(II)-catalyzed site-selective fluorination guided by an alkoxyl radical.
Scheme 45: Fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates reported by Nguyen et al.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed fluorination of allylic carbonates with TBAF(t-BuOH)4.
Scheme 47: Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates.
Scheme 48: Cobalt-catalyzed α-fluorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 49: Nickel-catalyzed α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters.
Scheme 50: Ni(II)-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of oxindoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 51: Scandium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H fluorination of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed directed C–H fluorination.
Scheme 53: Electrophilic silver-catalyzed Ar–F bond-forming reaction from arylstannanes.
Figure 1: Nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical CF3 sources.
Scheme 54: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins.
Scheme 55: Direct copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes.
Scheme 56: Cupper-catalyzed enantioselective trifluoromethylation of five and six-membered ring β-ketoesters.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed highly stereoselective trifluoromethylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates.
Scheme 58: Remote C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of carboxamides and sulfonamides.
Scheme 59: Trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes with photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 60: Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids in aqueous CH3CN.
Scheme 61: Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids via combined photoredox and copp...
Scheme 62: Palladium-catalyzed Ar–CF3 bond-forming reaction.
Scheme 63: Palladium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes with diverse heterocyclic directing groups.
Scheme 64: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of indoles as reported by Liu.
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of vinyl triflates and vinyl nonaflates.
Scheme 66: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of aromatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of acetanilides with CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 68: CuI-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids.
Scheme 69: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinylboronic acids.
Scheme 70: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 71: Formation of C(sp2)–CF3 bond catalyzed by copper(I) complex.
Scheme 72: Loh’s Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of enamides and electron-deficient alkenes.
Scheme 73: Copper and iron-catalyzed decarboxylative tri- and difluoromethylation.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of hydrazones developed by Bouyssi.
Scheme 75: Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 76: Cu/Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed direct alkenyl C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 78: Copper(I/II)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives.
Scheme 79: Regioselective trifluoromethylation of pivalamido arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of trifluoromethylquinones in the presence of copper(I).
Scheme 81: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazoheterocycles in ionic liquid/water.
Scheme 82: A mild and fast continuous-flow trifluoromethylation of coumarins using a CuI/CF3SO2Na/TBHP system.
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylation of various 8-aminoquinolines.
Scheme 84: PA-directed copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of anilines.
Scheme 85: Trifluoromethylation of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates catalyzed by Fe(II).
Scheme 86: Alkenyl trifluoromethylation catalyzed by Ru(phen)3Cl2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 87: Ru-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkenes by Akita’s group.
Scheme 88: Ir-catalyzed Cvinyl–CF3 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 89: Ag(I)-catalyzed denitrative trifluoromethylation of β-nitrostyrenes.
Scheme 90: Photocatalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl C–H bonds.
Scheme 91: Rhenium (MTO)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aromatic substrates.
Scheme 92: Trifluoromethylation of unprotected anilines under [Ir(ppy)3] catalyst.
Scheme 93: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazopyridines and imidazoheterocycles.
Scheme 94: Ruthenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride.
Scheme 95: Phosphovanadomolybdic acid-catalyzed direct C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 96: Picolinamide-assisted ortho-trifluoromethylation of arylamines.
Scheme 97: A nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of free anilines.
Scheme 98: Cu-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes reported by Qing.
Scheme 99: Huang’s C(sp)–H trifluoromethylation using Togni’s reagent.
Scheme 100: Cu-catalyzed methods for trifluoromethylation with Umemoto’s reagent.
Scheme 101: The synthesis of alkynyl-CF3 compounds in the presence of fac-[Ir(ppy)3] under visible-light irradi...
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction reported by Reutrakul.
Scheme 103: Difluoromethylation of enamides and ene-carbamates.
Scheme 104: Difluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 105: Copper-catalyzed direct C(sp2)–H difluoroacetylation reported by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 106: Difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones with functionalized difluoromethyl bromides.
Scheme 107: Photoredox-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones.
Scheme 108: Synergistic ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H difluoromethylation reported by Ackermann.
Scheme 109: Visible-light photocatalytic decarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 110: Synthesis of difluorinated ketones via S-alkyl dithiocarbamates obtained from acyl chlorides and po...
Scheme 111: Synthesis of aryl and heteroaryl difluoromethylated phosphonates.
Scheme 112: Difluoroalkylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates using Cu as the catalyst.
Scheme 113: Ru(II)-mediated para-selective difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives.
Scheme 114: Bulky diamine ligand promoted cross-coupling of difluoroalkyl bromides.
Scheme 115: Copper-catalyzed C3–H difluoroacetylation of quinoxalinones.
Scheme 116: Copper(I) chloride-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 117: Copper-boxmi-catalyzed asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 118: Direct Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of boronic acids and alkynes.
Scheme 119: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthio-substituted ketones.
Scheme 120: Trifluoromethylthiolation reactions promoted by diazotriflone and copper.
Scheme 121: Halide activation of N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide.
Scheme 122: The visible light-promoted trifluoromethylthiolation reported by Glorius.
Scheme 123: Synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthioesters via Goossen’s approach.
Scheme 124: Photoinduced trifluoromethylthiolation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 125: Ag-mediated trifluoromethoxylation of aryl stannanes and arylboronic acids.
Scheme 126: Catalytic (hetero)aryl C–H trifluoromethoxylation under visible light.
Scheme 127: Photoinduced C–H-bond trifluromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes.
Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage
- Gagandeep Kour Reen,
- Ashok Kumar and
- Pratibha Sharma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165
- used for functionalization/derivatization reactions compared to MCRs in the syntheses of IPs. The role of lanthanum/scandium/nickel/vanadium in synthetic chemistry The application of scandium complexes in organic chemistry has been very scarce due to their low availability and difficulties in
- –C bond formations, and ring opening reactions [83][84][85][86][87]. Along with these nickel and vanadium were also well known to catalyze a number of organic reactions. Recent reviews published on the catalytic applications of these metals in various forms have underlined the indispensable
- alcohols and asymmetric sulfide oxidation [91]. Diverse reactivity, cost efficiency and variable oxidation state [Ni(0)–Ni(IV)] associated with nickel led to remarkable developments in the field of catalytic applications [68]. Nickel catalysis involved cycloaddition, cyclization, C–H bond functionalization
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Various drugs having IP nucleus.
Figure 2: Participation percentage of various TMs for the syntheses of IPs.
Scheme 1: CuI–NaHSO4·SiO2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 2: Experimental examination of reaction conditions.
Scheme 3: One-pot tandem reaction for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridines.
Scheme 4: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridine.
Scheme 5: Copper-MOF-catalyzed three-component reaction (3-CR) for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 6: Mechanism for copper-MOF-driven synthesis.
Scheme 7: Heterogeneous synthesis via titania-supported CuCl2.
Scheme 8: Mechanism involving oxidative C–H functionalization.
Scheme 9: Heterogeneous synthesis of IPs.
Scheme 10: One-pot regiospecific synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 11: Vinyl azide as an unprecedented substrate for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 12: Radical pathway.
Scheme 13: Cu(I)-catalyzed transannulation approach for imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 14: Plausible radical pathway for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 15: A solvent-free domino reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 16: Cu-NPs-mediated synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 17: CuI-catalyzed synthesis of isoxazolylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 18: Functionalization of 4-bromo derivative via Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 19: A plausible reaction pathway.
Scheme 20: Cu(I)-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative C–H amidation reaction.
Scheme 21: One-pot synthetic reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 22: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 23: Cu(OAc)2-promoted synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 24: Mechanism for aminomethylation/cycloisomerization of propiolates with imines.
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Figure 3: Scope of pyridin-2(1H)-ones and acetophenones.
Scheme 26: CuO NPS-promoted A3 coupling reaction.
Scheme 27: Cu(II)-catalyzed C–N bond formation reaction.
Scheme 28: Mechanism involving Chan–Lam/Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of formyl-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 30: A tandem sp3 C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 31: Probable mechanistic approach.
Scheme 32: Dual catalytic system for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 33: Tentative mechanism.
Scheme 34: CuO/CuAl2O4/ᴅ-glucose-promoted 3-CCR.
Scheme 35: A tandem CuOx/OMS-2-based synthetic strategy.
Figure 4: Biomimetic catalytic oxidation in the presence of electron-transfer mediators (ETMs).
Scheme 36: Control experiment.
Scheme 37: Copper-catalyzed C(sp3)–H aminatin reaction.
Scheme 38: Reaction of secondary amines.
Scheme 39: Probable mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 40: Coupling reaction of α-azidoketones.
Scheme 41: Probable pathway.
Scheme 42: Probable mechanism with free energy calculations.
Scheme 43: MCR for cyanated IP synthesis.
Scheme 44: Substrate scope for the reaction.
Scheme 45: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 46: Probable mechanistic pathway for Cu/ZnAl2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 47: Copper-catalyzed double oxidative C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 48: Application towards different coupling reactions.
Scheme 49: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 50: Condensation–cyclization approach for the synthesis of 1,3-diarylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 51: Optimized reaction conditions.
Scheme 52: One-pot 2-CR.
Scheme 53: One-pot 3-CR without the isolation of chalcone.
Scheme 54: Copper–Pybox-catalyzed cyclization reaction.
Scheme 55: Mechanistic pathway catalyzed by Cu–Pybox complex.
Scheme 56: Cu(II)-promoted C(sp3)-H amination reaction.
Scheme 57: Wider substrate applicability for the reaction.
Scheme 58: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 59: CuI assisted C–N cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 60: Probable reaction mechanism involving sp3 C–H amination.
Scheme 61: One-pot MCR-catalyzed by CoFe2O4/CNT-Cu.
Scheme 62: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 63: Synthetic scheme for 3-nitroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 64: Plausible mechanism for CuBr-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 65: Regioselective synthesis of halo-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of diarylated compounds.
Scheme 68: CuBr2-mediated one-pot two-component oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 69: Decarboxylative cyclization route to synthesize 1,3-diarylimidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 70: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 71: C–H functionalization reaction of enamines to produce diversified heterocycles.
Scheme 72: A plausible mechanism.
Scheme 73: CuI-promoted aerobic oxidative cyclization reaction of ketoxime acetates and pyridines.
Scheme 74: CuI-catalyzed pathway for the formation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 75: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 76: Mechanistic rationale for the synthesis of products.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed synthesis of vinyloxy-IP.
Scheme 78: Regioselective product formation with propiolates.
Scheme 79: Proposed mechanism for vinyloxy-IP formation.
Scheme 80: Regioselective synthesis of 3-hetero-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with different reaction su...
Scheme 81: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 82: CuI-mediated synthesis of 3-formylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 83: Radical pathway for 3-formylated IP synthesis.
Scheme 84: Pd-catalyzed urea-cyclization reaction for IPs.
Scheme 85: Pd-catalyzed one-pot-tandem amination and intramolecular amidation reaction.
Figure 5: Scope of aniline nucleophiles.
Scheme 86: Pd–Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 87: One-pot amide coupling reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 88: Urea cyclization reaction for the synthesis of two series of pyridines.
Scheme 89: Amidation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Figure 6: Amide scope.
Scheme 90: Pd NPs-catalyzed 3-component reaction for the synthesis of 2,3-diarylated IPs.
Scheme 91: Plausible mechanistic pathway for Pd NPs-catalyzed MCR.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of chromenoannulated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 93: Mechanism for the synthesis of chromeno-annulated IPs.
Scheme 94: Zinc oxide NRs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines/diazines.
Scheme 95: Zinc oxide-catalyzed isocyanide based GBB reaction.
Scheme 96: Reaction pathway for ZnO-catalyzed GBB reaction.
Scheme 97: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 98: ZnO NRs-catalyzed MCR for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines.
Scheme 99: Ugi type GBB three-component reaction.
Scheme 100: Magnetic NPs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 101: Regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines catalyzed by Fe-SBA-15.
Scheme 102: Plausible mechanistic pathway for the synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazopyridine.
Scheme 103: Iron-catalyzed synthetic approach.
Scheme 104: Iron-catalyzed aminooxygenation reaction.
Scheme 105: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 106: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-substituted imidazoles and alkynes.
Scheme 107: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 108: Rh(III)-catalyzed non-aromatic C(sp2)–H bond activation–functionalization for the synthesis of imid...
Scheme 109: Reactivity and selectivity of different substrates.
Scheme 110: Rh-catalyzed direct C–H alkynylation by Li et al.
Scheme 111: Suggested radical mechanism.
Scheme 112: Scandium(III)triflate-catalyzed one-pot reaction and its mechanism for the synthesis of benzimidazo...
Scheme 113: RuCl3-assisted Ugi-type Groebke–Blackburn condensation reaction.
Scheme 114: C-3 aroylation via Ru-catalyzed two-component reaction.
Scheme 115: Regioselective synthetic mechanism.
Scheme 116: La(III)-catalyzed one-pot GBB reaction.
Scheme 117: Mechanistic approach for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 118: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine using LaMnO3 NPs under neat conditions.
Scheme 119: Mechanistic approach.
Scheme 120: One-pot 3-CR for regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxy-3-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 121: Formation of two possible products under optimization of the catalysts.
Scheme 122: Mechanistic strategy for NiFe2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 123: Two-component reaction for synthesizing imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 124: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 125: CuI-catalyzed arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 126: Mechanism for arylation reaction.
Scheme 127: Cupric acetate-catalyzed double carbonylation approach.
Scheme 128: Radical mechanism for double carbonylation of IP.
Scheme 129: C–S bond formation reaction catalyzed by cupric acetate.
Scheme 130: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 131: Control experiments for signifying the role of DMSO and oxygen.
Scheme 132: Mechanism pathway.
Scheme 133: Copper bromide-catalyzed CDC reaction.
Scheme 134: Extension of the substrate scope.
Scheme 135: Plausible radical pathway.
Scheme 136: Transannulation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 137: Plausible reaction pathway for denitrogenative transannulation.
Scheme 138: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 carbonylation reaction.
Scheme 139: Plausible mechanism for regioselective C-3 carbonylation.
Scheme 140: Alkynylation reaction at C-2 of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 141: Two-way mechanism for C-2 alkynylation of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 142: Palladium-catalyzed SCCR approach.
Scheme 143: Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction.
Scheme 144: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 145: A phosphine free palladium-catalyzed synthesis of C-3 arylated imidazopyridines.
Scheme 146: Palladium-mediated Buchwald–Hartwig cross-coupling reaction.
Figure 7: Structure of the ligands optimized.
Scheme 147: Palladium acetate-catalyzed direct arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 148: Palladium acetate-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 149: Palladium acetate-catalyzed regioselective arylation reported by Liu and Zhan.
Scheme 150: Mechanism for selective C-3 arylation of IP.
Scheme 151: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with styrenes.
Scheme 152: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with acrylates.
Scheme 153: A two way mechanism.
Scheme 154: Double C–H activation reaction catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 155: Probable mechanism.
Scheme 156: Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling.
Scheme 157: Mechanistic cycle for decarboxylative arylation reaction.
Scheme 158: Ligand-free approach for arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 159: Mechanism for ligandless arylation reaction.
Scheme 160: NHC-Pd(II) complex assisted arylation reaction.
Scheme 161: C-3 arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with aryl bromides catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 162: Pd(II)-catalyzed C-3 arylations with aryl tosylates and mesylates.
Scheme 163: CDC reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 164: Plausible reaction mechanism for Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 165: Pd-catalyzed C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 166: Mechanism for C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 167: One-pot synthesis for 3,6-di- or 2,3,6-tri(hetero)arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 168: C–H/C–H cross-coupling reaction of IPs and azoles catalyzed by Pd(II).
Scheme 169: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 170: Rh-catalyzed C–H arylation reaction.
Scheme 171: Mechanistic pathway for C–H arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 172: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 173: Rh(III)-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 174: Rh(III)-mediated oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 175: Reactions showing functionalization of the product obtained by the group of Kotla.
Scheme 176: Mechanism for Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 177: Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation reaction.
Scheme 178: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 179: Annulation reactions of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 180: Two-way reaction mechanism for annulations reaction.
Scheme 181: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2-catalyzed C–C bond formation reaction.
Scheme 182: Reported reaction mechanism.
Scheme 183: Fe(III) catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 184: SET mechanism-catalyzed by Fe(III).
Scheme 185: Ni(dpp)Cl2-catalyzed KTC coupling.
Scheme 186: Pd-catalyzed SM coupling.
Scheme 187: Vanadium-catalyzed coupling of IP and NMO.
Scheme 188: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 189: Selective C3/C5–H bond functionalizations by mono and bimetallic systems.
Scheme 190: rGO-Ni@Pd-catalyzed C–H bond arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 191: Mechanistic pathway for heterogeneously catalyzed arylation reaction.
Scheme 192: Zinc triflate-catalyzed coupling reaction of substituted propargyl alcohols.
Superelectrophilic carbocations: preparation and reactions of a substrate with six ionizable groups
- Sean H. Kennedy,
- Makafui Gasonoo and
- Douglas A. Klumpp
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1515–1520, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.153
- benzaldehyde. A nickel-catalyzed procedure gives the dipyridyl intermediate 7 [13]. This is easily oxidized to the diketone 8 and reaction of this substance with 2-lithiopyridine gives the precursor 9. The diol 9 is a substrate with six ionizable groups. Upon ionization in superacidic CF3SO3H (triflic acid
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Superelectrophilic species.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of diol substrate 9.
Scheme 3: Isolated yields of products from diol 9.
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanisms leading to products 10 and 11.
Scheme 5: Products and relative yields from the reaction of alcohol 18 with CF3SO3H and C6H6 [12].
Scheme 6: Comparison of superelectrophilic carbocations (3–5 and 14) and their chemistry.
Scheme 7: DFT calculated relative energies of pentacations 16 and 21 [14].
One-pot activation–alkynylation–cyclization synthesis of 1,5-diacyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines in a consecutive three-component fashion
- Christina Görgen,
- Katharina Boden,
- Guido J. Reiss,
- Walter Frank and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1360–1370, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.136
- (Figure 2) [26][27]. In addition, 1-acyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines are bidentate ligands for zinc complexes and by virtue of being ring tautomers of β-enolhydrazones they can also act as tridentate ligands for nickel [28] and tin [29][30] complexes. In contrast, dimethylzinc forms dimeric complexes where the 1
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected anticancer active 3,5-diaryl-1-acylpyrazoline (left) and xanthine oxygenase inhibitors (ce...
Figure 2: Selected 1-acyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines with analgesic (left, center) and antibacterial activity (cent...
Scheme 1: Glyoxylation–alkynylation (GA) and activation–alkynylation (AA) synthesis of alkynediones in a one-...
Scheme 2: Consecutive three-component synthesis to give 5-benzoyl-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole (6a) after alkaline de...
Figure 3: ORTEP plot of 5-benzoyl-3-phenyl-1H-pyrazole (6a) (thermal ellipsoids at 30% probability); the dire...
Scheme 3: Cyclization of 1,4-diphenylbut-3-yne-1,2-dione (3a) and Boc-hydrazine (4a) to give intermediate 5a.
Figure 4: Ellipsoid plot of 1-Boc-5-benzoyl-5-hydroxypyrazoline 5a.
Scheme 4: Model reaction for optimizing the activation–alkynylation–cyclization synthesis of 1,5-diacyl-5-hyd...
Scheme 5: One-pot activation–alkynylation–cyclization synthesis of 1,5-diacyl-5-hydroxypyrazolines 5.
Figure 5: ORTEP plot and dimer of compound 5r (thermal ellipsoids at 30% probability).
Synthesis of non-racemic 4-nitro-2-sulfonylbutan-1-ones via Ni(II)-catalyzed asymmetric Michael reaction of β-ketosulfones
- Alexander N. Reznikov,
- Anastasiya E. Sibiryakova,
- Marat R. Baimuratov,
- Eugene V. Golovin,
- Victor B. Rybakov and
- Yuri N. Klimochkin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1289–1297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.127
- ; Michael addition; nickel complexes; nitroalkenes; Introduction Sulfones are widely used in organic synthesis, particularly, in various reactions of C–C and C=C-bond formation [1][2][3][4]. The use of sulfones in Julia–Kocienski [1] and Ramberg–Bäcklund reactions [2] made this class of compounds
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Рharmacologically active sulfones.
Figure 2: Structures of the ligands L1–L8.
Figure 3: Evolution of the conversion of 5 and diastereomeric composition of the products of reaction of 5a w...
Figure 4: Time profile of epimerization and retro-Michael reaction of (2R,3S)-8a in chloroform-d solution.
Figure 5: ORTEP diagram of (2R,3S)-8d.
Scheme 1: The proposed mechanism of asymmetric addition of β-ketosulfones to nitroalkenes.
Scheme 2: Transition state models for asymmetric addition of β-ketosulfones to nitroalkenes.
Mechanochemistry of supramolecules
- Anima Bose and
- Prasenjit Mal
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 881–900, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.86
- example of a metal-directed self-assembly is shown [44]. The mixing of diacetyl and 2-aminoethanethiol led to a dynamic mixture of products including 1. The square-planar directing metal ion nickel(II) induces the formation of cyclic product 2 through a process called self-sorting [51][52][53
- ]. Subsequently, compound 2 underwent substitution with α,α’-dibromo-o-xylene to create the nickel(II) complex 3 [54]. In 2014, James and co-workers reported a one-pot two-step mechanochemical synthesis of metal complexes 7 (Figure 3). First, the salen-type ligand 6 was synthesized from o-hydroxybenzaldehyde (4
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Figure 1: A generalized overview of coordination-driven self-assembly.
Figure 2: Examples of self-assembly or self-sorting and subsequent substitution.
Figure 3: Synthesis of salen-type ligand followed by metal-complex formation in the same pot [55].
Figure 4: Otera’s solvent-free approach by which the formation of self-assembled supramolecules could be acce...
Figure 5: Synthesis of a Pd-based metalla-supramolecular assembly through mechanochemical activation for C–H-...
Figure 6: a) Schematic representation for the construction of a [2]rotaxane. b) Chiu’s ball-milling approach ...
Figure 7: Mechanochemical synthesis of the smallest [2]rotaxane.
Figure 8: Solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of pillar[5]arene-containing [2]rotaxanes [61].
Figure 9: Mechanochemical liquid-assisted one-pot two-step synthesis of [2]rotaxanes under high-speed vibrati...
Figure 10: Mechanochemical (ball-milling) synthesis of molecular sphere-like nanostructures [63].
Figure 11: High-speed vibration milling (HSVM) synthesis of boronic ester cages of type 22 [64].
Figure 12: Mechanochemical synthesis of borasiloxane-based macrocycles.
Figure 13: Mechanochemical synthesis of 2-dimensional aromatic polyamides.
Figure 14: Nitschke’s tetrahedral Fe(II) cage 25.
Figure 15: Mechanochemical one-pot synthesis of the 22-component [Fe4(AD2)6]4− 26, 11-component [Fe2(BD2)3]2− ...
Figure 16: a) Subcomponent synthesis of catalyst and reagent and b) followed by multicomponent reaction for sy...
Figure 17: A dynamic combinatorial library (DCL) could be self-sorted to two distinct products.
Figure 18: Mechanochemical synthesis of dynamic covalent systems via thermodynamic control.
Figure 19: Preferential formation of hexamer 33 under mechanochemical shaking via non-covalent interactions of...
Figure 20: Anion templated mechanochemical synthesis of macrocycles cycHC[n] by validating the concept of dyna...
Figure 21: Hydrogen-bond-assisted [2 + 2]-cycloaddition reaction through solid-state grinding. Hydrogen-bond d...
Figure 22: Formation of the cage and encapsulation of [2.2]paracyclophane guest molecule in the cage was done ...
Figure 23: Formation of the 1:1 complex C60–tert-butylcalix[4]azulene through mortar and pestle grinding of th...
Figure 24: Formation of a 2:2 complex between the supramolecular catalyst and the reagent in the transition st...
Figure 25: Halogen-bonded co-crystals via a) I···P, b) I···As, and c) I···Sb bonds [112].
Figure 26: Transformation of contact-explosive primary amines and iodine(III) into a successful chemical react...
Figure 27: Undirected C–H functionalization by using the acidic hydrogen to control basicity of the amines [114]. a...
Coordination chemistry and photoswitching of dinuclear macrocyclic cadmium-, nickel-, and zinc complexes containing azobenzene carboxylato co-ligands
- Jennifer Klose,
- Tobias Severin,
- Peter Hahn,
- Alexander Jeremies,
- Jens Bergmann,
- Daniel Fuhrmann,
- Jan Griebel,
- Bernd Abel and
- Berthold Kersting
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 840–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.81
- with λ = 365 nm reveals a photoisomerization of the co-ligand from the trans to the cis form. Keywords: azobenzene carboxylates; cadmium; complexes; macrocyclic ligands; nickel; zinc; Introduction The macrocyclic N6S2 donor ligand H2L is an effective dinucleating ligand that supports a large number
- , 5) were obtained directly from stoichiometric complexation reactions between H2L·6HCl, Zn(OAc)2·2H2O, and the corresponding azobenzene carboxylate ion (prepared in situ from the free acid by deprotonation with NEt3 as a base) in methanol. The green-brown nickel (2, 4, 7 and 9) and red-orange colored
- distance between the two planes through the co-ligands amounts to 3.45 Å. Magnetic properties of nickel complexes The paramagnetic nickel complexes 2, 4, and 7 were further investigated by temperature dependent magnetic susceptibility measurements between 2 and 300 K in an applied external field of 0.5 T
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Figure 1: Left: Mixed ligand complexes of the type [M2L(μ-L')]n+ supported by the macrocyclic ligand H2L (M =...
Figure 2: Synthesized compounds and their labels.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of complexes 1–9.
Figure 3: 1H NMR spectrum of 6 in CD3CN at 295 K (1.0–8.0 ppm). The resonances and assignments are listed in Table 2...
Figure 4: Structure of the [Zn2L(μ-azo-OH)]+ cation in crystals of [Zn2L(μ-azo-OH)][Zn2L(μ-azo-O)]·4MeCN·3H2O...
Figure 5: Space filling representation of the packing of two symmetry-related [Zn2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]+ cations in ...
Figure 6: Structure of the [Cd2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]+ cation in crystals of [Cd2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]ClO4·0.5MeOH (6·0.5MeO...
Figure 7: Space filling representation of the packing of four [Cd2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]+ cations in crystals of 6·0....
Figure 8: Structures of the two crystallographically independent [Ni2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]+ cations A (left) and B (...
Figure 9: Left: ORTEP representation of the molecular structure of the [Cd2L(μ-azo-CO2Me)]+ cation in crystal...
Figure 10: Plots of the effective magnetic moment μeff for 2 (open circles), 4 (open squares), and 7 (open tri...
Figure 11: UV–vis spectra of Hazo-H (red line), [Cd2L(μ-Cl)](ClO4) (black line) and [Cd2L(μ-azo-H)]ClO4 (1, bl...
Figure 12: UV–vis spectra of Hazo-NMe2 (red line), [Ni2L(μ-Cl)](ClO4) (black line) and [Ni2L(μ-azo-NMe2)]ClO4 (...
Figure 13: UV–vis spectra of solutions of [Cd2L(μ-azo-H)]ClO4 (1) in acetonitrile irradiated with a UV LED lam...
Scheme 2: Cis/trans isomerization process of the bound azo-carboxylato co-ligand in [Cd2L(μ-azo-H)]ClO4 (1) i...
Design, synthesis and spectroscopic properties of crown ether-capped dibenzotetraaza[14]annulenes
- Krzysztof M. Zwoliński and
- Julita Eilmes
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57
- ], little research has been undertaken regarding DBTAAs functionalized with crown ether moieties (see Figure 1). Kruse and Breitmaier [24] reported annulated DBTAA‘s containing benzo-15-crown-5 scaffolds fused with benzenoid rings of the macrocyclic core. Both nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes were
- prepared and their binding properties toward sodium and potassium ions were studied in addition to transition metals. Sakata et al. reported the syntheses and characterization of nickel(II), copper(II) [25] and oxovanadium(IV) [26] complexes of crown ether-annulated DBTAAs, which caused dimerization in the
- presence of alkali metal and ammonium ions. Sakata et al. reported the synthesis of peripherally functionalized DBTAAs with the two benzo-15-crown-5 scaffolds appended to the meso-benzoyl substituents [27]. Both crown ether-capped macrocycles in a form of free base and nickel(II) and cobalt(II) complexes
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Figure 1: Timeline for the structure evolution of crown-capped DBTAAs (created on the basis of references [24-28]).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the crown-capped DBTAA receptors 3a and 3b. Reagents and conditions: i) Et3N, CH3CN, r...
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectra (298 K, CDCl3) of: a) crown ether-capped receptor 3b and b) it’s corresponding paren...
Synthesis of C3-symmetric star-shaped molecules containing α-amino acids and dipeptides via Negishi coupling as a key step
- Sambasivarao Kotha and
- Saidulu Todeti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 371–377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.33
- electroluminescent devices [33]. To address these challenges, we [34] and others [35][36] have synthesized functionalized C3-symmetric molecules containing amino acids and peptides. The Negishi cross coupling [37][38] is a reliable synthetic method, which involves palladium or nickel-catalyzed coupling of organozinc
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Exemplar C3-symmetric peptide scaffolds reported in the literature.
Scheme 1: Preparation of compound 7 from L-serine (3).
Scheme 2: Preparation of the trimerized product 9.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of compound 11 via Negishi cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of C3-symmetric trimers 12, 13 and 14.
Thermophilic phosphoribosyltransferases Thermus thermophilus HB27 in nucleotide synthesis
- Ilja V. Fateev,
- Ekaterina V. Sinitsina,
- Aiguzel U. Bikanasova,
- Maria A. Kostromina,
- Elena S. Tuzova,
- Larisa V. Esipova,
- Tatiana I. Muravyova,
- Alexei L. Kayushin,
- Irina D. Konstantinova and
- Roman S. Esipov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3098–3105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.289
- , phenylmethylsulfonyl chloride, magnesium chloride, nickel sulfate, potassium dihydroorthophosphate, Ni-IDA sepharose, 5-phosphoribosyl-α-1-pyrophosphate and all bases (adenine, hypoxanthine, guanine, 2-chloroadenine, etc.) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (USA, MO). Bacterial strains: a) E. coli C3030 [MiniF lysY
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Figure 1: A multi-enzymatic synthesis of modified adenosine -5'-monophosphates.
Figure 2: Nucleotide synthesis using phosphoribosyltransferases.
Figure 3: Dependence of TthHPRT and TthAPRT activity on temperature (reaction mixtures (0.5 mL) contained 20 ...
Figure 4: Dependence of TthHPRT and TthAPRT activity on the Mg2+ concentration (reaction mixtures (0.5 mL) co...
Figure 5: Lineweaver–Burk plot for synthesis of inosine-5'-monophosphate and guanosine-5'-monophosphate.
Figure 6: Synthesis of nucleotides 2Cl-AMP and Allop-MP using phosphoribosyltransferases TthAPRT or TthHPRT r...
Synthesis of aryl sulfides via radical–radical cross coupling of electron-rich arenes using visible light photoredox catalysis
- Amrita Das,
- Mitasree Maity,
- Simon Malcherek,
- Burkhard König and
- Julia Rehbein
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2520–2528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.228
- triflates [8], and diazonium salts [9]. Typical metals used are palladium [10][11][12][13], copper [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21], nickel [22][23][24], iron [25][26][27][28][29], cobalt [30][31][32], and rhodium [33][34]. Aryl sulfides are also synthesized by cross coupling of thiols and aryl Grignard
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Selected examples of sulfenylated heterocycles used in pharmaceuticals and material chemistry.
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to organosulfur compounds.
Scheme 2: Aryl sulfide synthesis.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope for arylthiol syntheses. The reaction was performed with 1a–g (0.1 mmol) and 2a–d (...
Figure 2: Crystal structures of compounds 3a, 3d, 3e and 3i.
Scheme 4: Radical trapping experiments.
Figure 3: (a) Changes in the fluorescence spectra (in this case intensity, λEx = 455 nm) of [Ir(dF(CF3)ppy)2(...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for visible light mediated direct C–H sulfenylation.
Figure 4: Black line: UV–vis spectrum of the degassed [Ir] + 1,3,5-TMB mixture (solution A) in ACN. Blue and ...
