Synthesis of odorants in flow and their applications in perfumery

• Merlin Kleoff,
• Paul Kiler and
• Philipp Heretsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 754–768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.76

• -nonadien-1-al are nearly ubiquitous in modern perfumery for both women and men, even appearing in dark or woody fragrances such as Hugo Boss: Soul. In 2012, Barbaro and co-workers developed a synthesis for alkene 32 by selective hydrogenation of the corresponding alkyne (Scheme 7) [37]. Instead of using a

• Lindlar catalyst containing toxic lead salts, selectivity is achieved by the improved reaction control in flow. A solution of alkyne 31 in methanol is mixed with a stream of hydrogen and pumped at room temperature and 2.5 bar through a tubular glass column containing a Dowex-supported palladium catalyst

• . Optimization of process parameters revealed that at a conversion of 75% a good selectivity of 89% for hydrogenation of alkyne 31 to alkene 32 is achieved affording a mixture of (Z)- and (E)-isomers in a ratio of 80:20 [37]. Floral odorants Floral notes, such as rose, jasmine, orange blossom, or lavender, are

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

• Conrad Kuhwald,
• Sibel Türkhan and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

• an aldehyde 5, a secondary amine 6, and a terminal alkyne 7, afforded arylpropargylamines 8 in up to 84% yield under flow conditions (Scheme 7, reaction 2). Microwave irradiation interacted with a thin foil of Cu or Au that served as catalyst inside the glass capillary. The work must be highlighted

Cholyl 1,3,4-oxadiazole hybrid compounds: design, synthesis and antimicrobial assessment

• Anas J. Rasras,
• Mohamed El-Naggar,
• Nesreen A. Safwat and
• Raed A. Al-Qawasmeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 631–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.63

• of 22 diverse compounds. Briefly, the alkyne 3 was treated with formaldehyde, a secondary amine, and CuI as catalyst in DMSO (Scheme 3). The three components were stirred at room temperature for 3 h to furnish the desired compounds 4a–v in moderate to excellent yields [14][34]. By this route, diverse

• spectra of the synthesized compounds resonating at around δ = 68.0, 72.0, and 73.0 ppm. All aromatic compounds showed clear and correct carbon signals in the aromatic region. The two alkyne carbon atoms can be recognized for most of the compounds, while the other compounds had week signals. The two

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

• Prodip Howlader and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

• cooperative effect resulting from an additional η2-binding of the second copper(I) at the acetylene unit at which the second click reaction would take place. In case of distance mismatch, it is the formation of this copper–alkyne η2-complex that compensates for the build-up of strain as demonstrated by DFT

Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides

• Md Imran Hossain,
• Md Imdadul H. Khan,
• Seong Jong Kim and
• Hoang V. Le

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 446–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.47

• -trisubstituted isoxazoles (Figure 1) [21][22]. Similarly, palladium catalysts were used for the electrophilic intramolecular cyclization of alkynes and aldoximes to produce 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles, but the scope of the substrates of the method was limited as the substituted 2-alkyne-1-one O-methyl oximes

Recent developments and trends in the iron- and cobalt-catalyzed Sonogashira reactions

• Surendran Amrutha,
• Sankaran Radhika and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 262–285, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.31

• reaction between an aryl/vinyl halide (Cl, Br, I, OTf) and a terminal alkyne in the presence of a Cu(I) co-catalyst under basic conditions to form a Csp2–Csp bond generating an arylalkyne is known as the Sonogashira (Sonogashira–Hagihara) coupling [1] and has become an important C–C bond-forming reaction

• products. Both, asymmetric and symmetric alkynes were synthesized by this one pot method without the use of any organic solvent. For a better yield of the coupled alkyne product, Zn powder was used as a reductant. Lower yields were obtained by the use of ortho-substituted arylynols as the substrate due to

• with XPhoS provided only 12% of the product. Both, Fe and Pd are essentially required for the successive coupling in nanocomposites, and hence iron composition plays a major role in the activity of the nanoparticles. Selective reaction between an aryl iodide/bromide with the terminal alkyne was facile

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• explanation towards the sole production of the experimentally observed anti-acylated product 15. Although Weller and co-workers have elegantly demonstrated hydride migration, rather than the alternative carbometalation, occurs during rhodium-catalyzed intermolecular alkyne hydroacylation [78], no such

Anomeric 1,2,3-triazole-linked sialic acid derivatives show selective inhibition towards a bacterial neuraminidase over a trypanosome trans-sialidase

• Peterson de Andrade,
• Sanaz Ahmadipour and
• Robert A. Field

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 208–216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.24

• sialic acid derivatives in good yields and high purity via copper-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC, click chemistry) and evaluated their activity towards TcTS and neuraminidase. Surprisingly, the compounds showed practically no TcTS inhibition, whereas ca. 70% inhibition was observed for

• ) has also been introduced at C-2 of α-triazole-linked sialic acid derivatives modified at C-9 as ligands for the transmembrane glycoprotein CD22 [21]. In this sense, we have synthesised a small series of 1,2,3-triazole-linked sialic acid derivatives via copper-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• steps from N-acetylneuraminic acid [26] – and terminal alkyne (72 µmol) in DMF/H2O 4:1 (1 mL) in a glass vial. The mixture was stirred for 24 h at 60 °C [33] and solvents were evaporated under vacuum with addition of toluene (3 × 5 mL). EtOAc (10 mL) was added to the crude and washed with H2O (3 × 5 mL

Earth-abundant 3d transition metals on the rise in catalysis

• Nikolaos Kaplaneris and
• Lutz Ackermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 86–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.8

• syntheses, crop protection or medicinal chemistry. Particularly, cross-coupling reactions [1], as well as alkene and alkyne metathesis [2][3], have considerably changed the art of molecular synthesis, with a major impact on neighboring disciplines, such as molecular biology or materials sciences. Despite of

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

• Austin Pounder and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

Electrocatalytic C(sp³)–H/C(sp)–H cross-coupling in continuous flow through TEMPO/copper relay catalysis

• Bin Guo and
• Hai-Chao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2650–2656, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.178

• electrosynthesis was conducted in a microreactor equipped with two Pt electrodes as the anode and cathode and operated with a constant current (Table 1). Under the optimized conditions, a solution of tetrahydroisoquinoline 1a (1 equiv), alkyne 2 (1.5 equiv), Cu(OTf)2 (10 mol %), TEMPO (20 mol %), n-Bu4NPF6 (0.2

• electrosynthesis was investigated by varying the substituents of the tetrahydroisoquinoline and the alkyne (Scheme 2). The N-phenyl ring of the tetrahydroisoquinoline could be substituted with groups such as OMe (4, 5), Me (6), Et (7), t-Bu (8), F (9), and Cl (10). An N-2-naphthalenyl-substituted

• tetrahydroisoquinoline bearing two OMe groups at 6,7-positions (11) also reacted successfully. The alkyne coupling partner also tolerated variation. The reactions were found to be compatible with arylalkynes such as phenylacetylenes bearing at the para position a H (12), Me (13), t-Bu (14, 16), or Br (15), 2

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qian Wang,
• Zongsheng Yan,
• Donglai Ma and
• Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

• complexes to photocatalysis are reported. Copper-photocatalyzed reactions, including alkene and alkyne functionalization, organic halide functionalization, and alkyl C–H functionalization that have been reported over the past 5 years, are included. Keywords: copper-photocatalyzed reactions; green chemistry

• ruthenium-based catalysts and copper-based catalysts are discussed, and the strong reduction ability of copper complexes is explained. Subsequently, mechanisms of the photoredox catalysis by CuI and CuII are summarized, and the copper-catalyzed reactions, including alkene functionalization, alkyne

• bonds and can be applied to radical chemistry. This review discusses copper-catalyzed reactions including alkene and alkyne, organic halide, and alkyl C–H functionalization. 3. Visible-light-mediated copper-catalyzed alkene and alkyne functionalization 3.1 Olefinic C–H functionalization and allylic

Copper-catalyzed monoselective C–H amination of ferrocenes with alkylamines

• Zhen-Sheng Jia,
• Qiang Yue,
• Ya Li,
• Xue-Tao Xu,
• Kun Zhang and
• Bing-Feng Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2488–2495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.165

• derivatives were also developed by the groups of You [30], Ackermann [31] and Shi [32][33] with 1,4,2-dioxazol-5-ones as versatile amidating reagents. In 2019, the alkynylated ferrocenes were isolated in the formation of alkyne-Cu(I) π-complexes by the Tan group via Cu-mediated C–H alkynylations [34]. Later

Exfoliated black phosphorous-mediated CuAAC chemistry for organic and macromolecular synthesis under white LED and near-IR irradiation

• Azra Kocaarslan,
• Zafer Eroglu,
• Önder Metin and
• Yusuf Yagci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2477–2487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.164

• , Turkey King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department, 21589 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 10.3762/bjoc.17.164 Abstract The development of long-wavelength photoinduced copper-catalyzed azide–alkyne click (CuAAC) reaction routes is attractive for organic and polymer chemistry. In this study

• its conduction (CB) and valence band (VB), respectively. The excited electrons thus formed were then transferred to the CuII ions to produce active CuI catalysts. The ability of BPNs to initiate the CuAAC reaction was investigated by studying the reaction between various low molar mass alkyne and

• [40]. BPNs were tested as NIR photoinitiator for the CuAAC reactions of low molar mass compounds and polymers possessing antagonist azide and alkyne functionalities (Figure 1). The optical absorption spectra of BPNs, copper(I) chloride (CuICl, 0.05 mmol) and copper(II) chloride (CuIICl2, 0.05 mmol

Recent advances in the tandem annulation of 1,3-enynes to functionalized pyridine and pyrrole derivatives

• Yi Liu,
• Puying Luo,
• Yang Fu,
• Tianxin Hao,
• Xuan Liu,
• Qiuping Ding and
• Yiyuan Peng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163

• -annulation reaction may undergo a free-radical addition pathway. Firstly, NFSI oxidizes Cu(I) to form bissulfonylamidyl radical 10. Secondly, intermolecular nitrogen free-radical addition to the alkyne provides the vinyl radical 11. Then, there may be two possible pathways. Path a: vinyl radical 11 is

• be carried out at 90 °C in 8 h to provide the 5-sulfenyl-substituted nicotinates 19 efficiently. Based on previous literature and control experiments, the possible mechanism is outlined in Scheme 8. First, the Cu-complex-polarized X−X bond can promote the electrophilic addition onto the alkyne to

• esterified pyridines 29 in moderate to high yield. It is worth noting that 1,3-enynes 28 bearing internal alkyne moieties were not tolerated as substrates. In 2016, Aïssa and co-workers reported a nickel-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of 3-azetidinones 30 with 1,3-enynes 31 for the synthesis of 3‑hydroxy

Strategies for the synthesis of brevipolides

• Yudhi D. Kurniawan and
• A'liyatur Rosyidah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2399–2416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.157

• esterification step. In the retrosynthesis, compound 107 is conceived as the branching intermediate to access both brevipolides M and N (Scheme 13). The 5,6-dihydro-α-pyrone moiety can be derived from alkyne 108 via the sequential deprotection, Lindlar reduction, and oxidation. The propargylic alcohol moiety is

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 1H-1,2,3-triazole and carboxylate analogues of metronidazole

• Satya Kumar Avula,
• Syed Raza Shah,
• Khdija Al-Hosni,
• Muhammad U. Anwar,
• Rene Csuk,
• Biswanath Das and
• Ahmed Al-Harrasi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2377–2384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.154

• . The structure of metronidazide 3 was unambiguously confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis (Figure 3). The next step was carried out by using “click” chemistry involving the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between metronidazide 3 and alkyne derivative 4a in the presence of CuI and Hünig’s base

• , analogues 5b–i were obtained in 86–94% yield using the different alkyne derivatives 4b–i. The synthesis of the new 1H-1,2,3-triazole derivatives of metronidazole is summarized in Scheme 1 and Table 1. Their chemical structures (5a–i) were confirmed by spectroscopic techniques (1H NMR, 13C NMR) and HRMS. The

• compounds 5a–i and 7a–e. Reagents and conditions: (a) TsCl, Et3N, dry DCM, DMAP, 0 °C to room temperature, 5 h, 96%; (b) NaN3, DMF, 70 °C, 3 h, 88%; (c) alkyne derivative (4a–i), CuI, Et3N, CH3CN, room temperature, 3 h, (5a–i) 85–94%. Reagents and conditions: (a) acid chlorides 6a–e, pyridine, dry DCM, DMAP

Advances in mercury(II)-salt-mediated cyclization reactions of unsaturated bonds

• Sumana Mandal,
• Raju D. Chaudhari and
• Goutam Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2348–2376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.153

• the alkyne may be influenced by diastereomers; in the case of cis-isomer 82 exocyclic enol ether 83 was formed while for trans-isomer 84 the reaction takes place with a much slower rate yielding endocyclic enol ether 85 as the only product (Scheme 27) [79]. trans-Acetylenic alcohol 86 on treatment

• arylacetylenes 93, 95, and 97 yielded benzofurans 94, benzothiophenes 96, and indoles 98, respectively. When the carbonyl group was introduced between an aryl and a methoxy group (99) then six-membered isocoumarin ring 100 was formed, and when a carbonyl group was introduced in between an aryl and an alkyne

• HgCl2-mediated cyclization reaction of tethered alkynedithioacetals 110 to provide six- and five-membered carbocyclic and heterocyclic derivatives 111 and 112, respectively. They had observed that the formation of five-membered rings (112a–c) was preferred when substitutents were present at the alkyne

Synthesis of phenanthridines via a novel photochemically-mediated cyclization and application to the synthesis of triphaeridine

• Songeziwe Ntsimango,
• Kennedy J. Ngwira,
• Moira L. Bode and
• Charles B. de Koning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2340–2347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.152

• ], rhodium-mediated alkyne [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions [3], and the palladium-catalysed aerobic domino Suzuki coupling/Michael addition reaction [4]. The most attractive and common strategies to phenanthridines rely on intramolecular cyclizations of various ortho-functionalized biaryl precursors

Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization

• Lusina Mantry,
• Rajaram Maayuri,
• Vikash Kumar and
• Parthasarathy Gandeepan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143

• /arylation of cyclic oxalates 33 with terminal alkyne 34 and aryl bromides 3 (Scheme 20) [73]. As to the scope, aryl bromides 3 containing various electron-withdrawing substituents displayed better efficiency over the electron-rich aryl bromides. The authors proposed a plausible catalytic cycle to account

• ) photocatalyst 10-III. The active iridium(III) photocatalyst 10-I is regenerated by a SET process between 10-III and the nickel(I) species 10-X. The addition of the tertiary radical 10-IV to the terminal alkyne 34 followed by an intramolecular 1,5-HAT results in a nucleophilic secondary alkyl radical species 10

Recent advances in the syntheses of anthracene derivatives

• Giovanni S. Baviera and
• Paulo M. Donate

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131

• monofunctionalized naphthyl substrates. These authors demonstrated that the rhodium-catalyzed oxidative 1:2 coupling reactions of arylboronic acids 7 with alkyne 8 occurred in the presence of a copper–air oxidant, to give the corresponding 1,2,3,4-tetrasubtituted anthracene derivatives 9a and 9b (Scheme 1) [34

• aromatic ring were well tolerated during the cyclization, affording the corresponding anthracenes 14a–d. The authors expanded the scope of the reaction to internal alkyne substrates and obtained the corresponding substituted anthracenes. The most representative examples included compounds 14e–h [36]. In

• methodology was notable for being an alternative method to synthesize 2,3,6,7-halogenated anthracene derivatives, which are difficult to obtain. In 2010, Okamoto et al. published a three-step procedure to synthesize substituted anthracenes, pentaphenes, and trinaphthylenes via a [2 + 2 + 2] alkyne

Cationic oligonucleotide derivatives and conjugates: A favorable approach for enhanced DNA and RNA targeting oligonucleotides

• Mathias B. Danielsen and
• Jesper Wengel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1828–1848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.125

• containing a stretch of four DNA nucleotides in the middle, flanked by the modifications in a ´mixmer´ design, which is important for designing gapmer ASOs [31]. Another well-established method for C-5 pyrimidine modification involves the Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction between an alkyne group and a 5

• -iodo-modified nucleobase/nucleoside followed, if desired, by reduction [44] to give a more flexible group, or the alkyne group can be retained, depending on the modification needed [45][46][47]. This method has been extensively used to study various modifications, and some of them can be seen in Table

Sustainable manganese catalysis for late-stage C–H functionalization of bioactive structural motifs

• Jongwoo Son

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1733–1751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.122

• conjugative transformations, such as azide–alkyne [3 + 2]-cycloaddition [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]. Based on their previous late-stage fluorination studies [22][25], Groves et al. further showcased a manganese(III)–salen-catalyzed azidation process using an aqueous azide solution as a convenient azide

• ). Based on additional mechanistic investigations, it was proposed that substrate 23 forms five-membered manganacycle complex 23A under basic conditions, which undergoes alkyne insertion to provide seven-membered manganacycle complex 23B (Figure 7). Subsequently, intermediate 23B undergoes β-bromo

Electron-rich triarylphosphines as nucleophilic catalysts for oxa-Michael reactions

• Susanne M. Fischer,
• Simon Renner,
• A. Daniel Boese and
• Christian Slugovc

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1689–1697, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.117

• , in this case, the activity of the catalyst is not rate determining. This observation is rationalized by the occurrence of a non-productive acid–base equilibrium involving the de- and re-protonation of the considerably acidic alkyne proton in d (pKa = 15.61 [20]) [21]. The reaction conditions

A recent overview on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles

• Pezhman Shiri,
• Ali Mohammad Amani and
• Thomas Mayer-Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1600–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.114

• -catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) for the synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives was initially discovered by the groups of Meldal and Sharpless. Then, Ru-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (RuAAC), affording selectively 1,5-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles, was introduced [38

• decrease in the yield [47]. Some research groups have utilized strain-promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition reactions (SPAAC) on side chains to afford polymer-based prodrugs. Generally, a range of key strained cyclooctyne derivatives 52 could be reacted with aliphatic azides 51 via this strategy to give

• bond of an alkyne into the Cu–triazole bond gives 64, which then undergoes syn-β-oxygen elimination to provide the target product. On the other hand, an oxidative addition and reductive elimination sequence can also generate the target product (Scheme 20) [50]. An immobilized copper complex has been