Biocatalytic synthesis of the Green Note trans-2-hexenal in a continuous-flow microreactor

• Morten M. C. H. van Schie,
• Tiago Pedroso de Almeida,
• Gabriele Laudadio,
• Florian Tieves,
• Elena Fernández-Fueyo,
• Timothy Noël,
• Isabel W. C. E. Arends and
• Frank Hollmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 697–703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.58

• spectrophotometer, following the oxidation of ABTS (ε405 = 36,800 M−1 cm−1) by horseradish peroxidase (POD) at the expense of hydrogen peroxide. In general, 0.044 µM PeAAOx was used to convert 3 mM of trans-2-hex-2-enol. The hydrogen peroxide formed in this reaction was subsequently used to convert 2 mM of ABTS to

Functionalization of N-arylglycine esters: electrocatalytic access to C–C bonds mediated by n-Bu₄NI

• Mi-Hai Luo,
• Yang-Ye Jiang,
• Kun Xu,
• Yong-Guo Liu,
• Bao-Guo Sun and
• Cheng-Chu Zeng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 499–505, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.35

• terminal oxidants [14]. The protocol was also extended to reactions with 2-alkylquinoline [15] and phenols [16] using O2 and di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP) as oxidant, respectively (Scheme 1). A CuCl-catalyzed oxidative cross coupling of glycine derivatives with indoles has been developed by Hou et al

Preparation of trinucleotide phosphoramidites as synthons for the synthesis of gene libraries

• Ruth Suchsland,
• Bettina Appel and
• Sabine Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 397–406, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.28

• solvents and to precipitate upon the addition of a polar solvent, typically methanol. After coupling of a standard phosphoramidite building block followed by oxidation with 2-butanone peroxide in dichloromethane, the resulting dimer on the support was again precipitated with methanol and filtered, before

One-pot preparation of 4-aryl-3-bromocoumarins from 4-aryl-2-propynoic acids with diaryliodonium salts, TBAB, and Na₂S₂O₈

• Teppei Sasaki,
• Katsuhiko Moriyama and
• Hideo Togo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 345–353, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.22

• [27], with R-CH=O/(n-Bu)4NBr (TBAB, cat.)/K2S2O8 at 90 °C [28], with ArSO2H/Eosin Y(cat.)/tert-butyl hydrogen peroxide (TBHP) at rt [29], and with ArSO2NHNH2/n-Bu4NI(cat.)/TBHP at 80 °C [30]. In addition, the formation of coumarins via the bromine-radical-mediated reaction of aryl 2-alkynoates with

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

• pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivatives starting from 5-amino-4-cyanopyrazoles 208 (Scheme 57). 5-Amino-4-cyanopyrazole 208 was benzoylated with p-nitrobenzoyl chloride (209) and subsequently cyclized to pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine derivative 211 by refluxing in sodium hydroxide and hydrogen peroxide

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• showed lower efficiency. Then, they extended the substrate scope to 1,3-azoles and perfluoroarenes. Di-tert-butyl peroxide was chosen as a suitable oxidant instead of air. Functional groups, such as chloro and bromo, were compatible in this reaction, providing a complementary platform for further

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• radical anion then deprotonates the thiyl radical cation. Subsequent addition to the alkene yields the anti-Markovnikov radical intermediate. Radical addition to dioxygen leads finally to the β-ketosulfide, which subsequently is oxidized by the in situ generated hydrogen peroxide radical to the respective

• β-ketosulfoxide. No additional sacrificial substrates are needed in order to regenerate the photocatalyst or for the oxidation of the sulfenyl intermediate to the respective sulfoxide moiety. Hydrogen peroxide, which is generated as a byproduct, directly is consumed by oxidizing the sulfide to the

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• to a wide range of alkenes featuring various functional groups. Further reduction of the N–O bond by Mo(CO)6 gave the corresponding alcohols. A protocol free of peroxide initiator was developed by Yang, Vicic and co-workers using a manganese salt and O2 from air [35]. Styrene derivatives were

• generation of the peroxide from the combination of NMP and O2 as the radical initiator was proposed by Lei and co-workers [36]. This method was based on a previous work by Maiti (see Scheme 5) [24] but did not require a metal to generate the CF3 radical. Tertiary β-trifluoromethyl alcohols 36 were obtained

• by reaction of tert-butyl hydroperoxide with CF3SO2Na in the presence of a copper(II) catalyst (Scheme 34). Substrates with sensitive functional groups may not be tolerated under such reaction conditions and a large excess amount of peroxide was necessary to reach high yields. That is how, in 1998

Synthesis and photophysical properties of novel benzophospholo[3,2-b]indole derivatives

• Mio Matsumura,
• Mizuki Yamada,
• Atsuya Muranaka,
• Misae Kanai,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Daisuke Hashizume,
• Masanobu Uchiyama and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2304–2309, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.226

• ]indole 3 in 66% yield. Then, the chemical modification of the phosphorus atom of 3 was carried out and the results are shown in Scheme 2. The treatment of 3 with hydrogen peroxide, elemental sulfur, and elemental selenium afforded the corresponding phosphine oxide 4, sulfide 5, and selenide 6

Difunctionalization of alkenes with iodine and tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) at room temperature for the synthesis of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes

• Hao Wang,
• Cui Chen,
• Weibing Liu and
• Zhibo Zhu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2023–2027, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.200

• , which are inaccessible through conventional synthetic methods. This method generates multiple radical intermediates in situ and has excellent regioselectivity, a broad substrate scope and mild conditions. The iodine and peroxide groups of 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes have several potential

• light [19][20], hypervalent iodine reagents [21][22], acids [23], organoammonium iodides [24] and iodine [25]. These catalysts are often employed in combination with a peroxide and generally produce an organoperoxide. Organic peroxides are important and useful compounds because of their unique chemical

• for iodination and peroxidation of the C=C double bond of alkenes and shows good functional group compatibility. Furthermore, the mild reaction conditions of this methodology and the ease of further modification of the iodine and peroxide groups in 1-(tert-butylperoxy)-2-iodoethanes indicate that this

New bio-nanocomposites based on iron oxides and polysaccharides applied to oxidation and alkylation reactions

• Daily Rodríguez-Padrón,
• Alina M. Balu,
• Antonio A. Romero and
• Rafael Luque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1982–1993, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.194

• supported iron oxide based catalytic systems [46] have been extensity reported to be active, stable and selective catalysts for the oxidation of alcohols with hydrogen peroxide. Specifically, the oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde has generated great interest in order to study the oxidation of

• was measured at room temperature at low frequency (470 Hz) using a Bartington MS-2 instrument. Catalytic experiments The oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde was performed using 25 mg of catalyst, 0.2 mL of benzyl alcohol, 0.3 mL of hydrogen peroxide, and 2 mL of acetonitrile as the solvent

Synthesis of benzannelated sultams by intramolecular Pd-catalyzed arylation of tertiary sulfonamides

• Valentin A. Rassadin,
• Mirko Scholz,
• Anastasiia A. Klochkova,
• Armin de Meijere and
• Victor V. Sokolov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1932–1939, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.187

• examples [25][26]. More recently, Zard et al. have developed a sequence of lauroyl peroxide-catalyzed radical additions of xanthate to substituted N-aryl vinyl sulfonamides and subsequent intramolecular cyclization to yield benzo-annelated γ-sultams [27]. Quite interestingly, the obtained sultams were

Chiral phase-transfer catalysis in the asymmetric α-heterofunctionalization of prochiral nucleophiles

• Johannes Schörgenhumer,
• Maximilian Tiffner and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1753–1769, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.170

• -transfer reactions is hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). Unfortunately, the direct use of this base-chemical under asymmetric organocatalysis turned out to be rather tricky for α-hydroxylation reactions. One recent report by the Ooi group overcame some of the limitations by using H2O2 in combination with

Oxidative dehydrogenation of C–C and C–N bonds: A convenient approach to access diverse (dihydro)heteroaromatic compounds

• Santanu Hati,
• Ulrike Holzgrabe and
• Subhabrata Sen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1670–1692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.162

• that enables such transformation requires special mention. Herein we indicate such an elegant report where o-aminobenzamide 43 were reacted with various methyl(hetero)arenes in the presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP, 0.9 mmol), p-toluenesulfonic acid (0.6 mmol) in DMSO at 110 °C for ≈20 hours to

• -mediated oxidative dehydrogenation. NBS-mediated oxidative dehydrogenation of tetrahydro-β-carbolines. One-pot synthesis of various methyl(hetero)arenes from o-aminobenzamide in presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP). Oxidative dehydrogenation of 1, 4-DHPs. Synthesis of quinazolines in the presence of

The chemistry and biology of mycolactones

• Matthias Gehringer and
• Karl-Heinz Altmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159

New electroactive asymmetrical chalcones and therefrom derived 2-amino- / 2-(1H-pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines, containing an N-[ω-(4-methoxyphenoxy)alkyl]carbazole fragment: synthesis, optical and electrochemical properties

• Daria G. Selivanova,
• Alexei A. Gorbunov,
• Olga A. Mayorova,
• Alexander N. Vasyanin,
• Igor V. Lunegov,
• Elena V. Shklyaeva and
• Georgii G. Abashev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1583–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.158

• ethanolic media resulted in the formation of 1,3-diarylsubstituted prop-2-en-1-ones 6a,b [23]. Cyclization of chalcones 6a,b with guanidine sulfate followed by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide gave rise to 2-amino-4,6-disubstituted pyrimidines 7a,b [24]. 2-(1H-Pyrrol-1-yl)pyrimidines 8a,b were synthesized

Synthesis of oligonucleotides on a soluble support

• Harri Lönnberg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1368–1387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.134

• ) (1.5–2.0 equiv) was then coupled in a 1:10 mixture of MeCN and DCM using 5-(benzylthio)-1H-tetrazole as an activator. After completion of the coupling, oxidation to the phosphate ester was carried out in the same pot by addition of 2-butanone peroxide in DCM. Dilution with MeOH precipitated the support

Detection of therapeutic radiation in three-dimensions

• John A. Adamovics

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1325–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.129

• reactive to a clinical radiation dose a radical initiator is required. The most effective class of initiators are halocarbons while azo- and peroxide-based initiators were unstable to the temperatures generated during the manufacture of the dosimeters [17][41]. The dose sensitivity was found to be

Urea–hydrogen peroxide prompted the selective and controlled oxidation of thioglycosides into sulfoxides and sulfones

• Adesh Kumar Singh,
• Varsha Tiwari,
• Kunj Bihari Mishra,
• Surabhi Gupta and
• Jeyakumar Kandasamy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1139–1144, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.113

• thioglycosides to corresponding glycosyl sulfoxides and sulfones is reported using urea–hydrogen peroxide (UHP). A wide range of glycosyl sulfoxides are selectively achieved using 1.5 equiv of UHP at 60 °C while corresponding sulfones are achieved using 2.5 equiv of UHP at 80 °C in acetic acid. Remarkably

• , oxidation susceptible olefin functional groups were found to be stable during the oxidation of sulfide. Keywords: monosaccharides; oxidation; sulfones; sulfoxides; thioglycosides; urea–hydrogen peroxide; Introduction Organosulfur compounds such as sulfides, sulfoxides and sulfones are useful intermediates

• , intolerance of other oxidation susceptible functional groups, etc. Thus, developing a mild and efficient method for the controlled oxidation of sulfides to corresponding glycosyl sulfoxides and sulfones, is of great interest. The utility of hydrogen peroxide–solid adducts in organic synthesis is well explored

Correction: Fluorescent carbon dots from mono- and polysaccharides: synthesis, properties and applications

• Stephen Hill and
• M. Carmen Galan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1136–1138, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.112

• residues in Scheme 15; the corrected scheme (Scheme 2) is shown below: The carbohydrate polymers in Schemes 20 and 22 were depicted as poly-peroxide with one oxygen atom too many in the repeating unit, repectively; the corrected schemes (Scheme 3 and Scheme 4) are shown below: Corrected Scheme 9 of the

α-Acetoxyarone synthesis via iodine-catalyzed and tert-butyl hydroperoxide-mediateded self-intermolecular oxidative coupling of aryl ketones

• Liquan Tan,
• Cui Chen and
• Weibing Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1079–1084, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.107

• transition-metal-catalyzed direct oxidative coupling reactions of carbonyl compounds with carboxylic acids (or their surrogates) [8][9]. Recently, robust approaches using organohypervalent iodine reagents and peroxide-mediated oxidative coupling have been developed [10][11]. Although impressive progress has

• ). However, decreasing the amount of Na2CO3 from 1.0 equiv to 0.1 equiv significantly decreased the product yield. The effects of other peroxides, i.e., di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP), benzoyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide (DCP), cumene hydroperoxide (CHP), potassium hydrogen persulfate, and 3

Adsorption of RNA on mineral surfaces and mineral precipitates

• Elisa Biondi,
• Yoshihiro Furukawa,
• Jun Kawai and
• Steven A. Benner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 393–404, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.42

• peroxide (30%) followed by water and then ethanol to remove potential organic surface contaminants. The samples were then dried in air while covered. To flat surfaces of the cleaned mineral were added droplets of an aqueous (unbuffered) solution of 5’-32P labeled 83-mer RNA (2 µL, 50 nM). This length was

• thousand other variables that might influence these results [32]. Mitigating this concern is the fact that the patterns of adsorbance were unchanged in these experiments whether or not the mineral was cleaned by treating with hydrogen peroxide or diluted acid. However, as a cautionary note, we point to the

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

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

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

• employing a more nucleophilic and less basic reagent such as a lithium hydroxide/hydrogen peroxide mixture did not provide relief from the problem, but instead also produced a mixture of undesired products. Adjustments in the sequence of deprotection steps by first carrying out hydrogenolysis using Pd/C in

Extrusion – back to the future: Using an established technique to reform automated chemical synthesis

• Deborah E. Crawford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 65–75, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.9

• by extrusion, the material has a resultantly higher surface area exposed directly to heat. The material is exposed to heat usually only for a couple of minutes, which then avoids polymer degradation [3]. Narayan reports the addition of an initiator, Lupersol, a di-tertiary alkyl peroxide which

TBHP-mediated highly efficient dehydrogenative cross-oxidative coupling of methylarenes with acetanilides

• Cui Chen,
• Weibing Liu and
• Peng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2250–2255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.217

• , entries 1–3). The results show that the reaction was completed after 24 h and led to the desired N-phenylbenzamide 3aa in 62% GC yield (Table 1, entry 2). Disappointingly, other peroxides like di-tert-butylperoxide (DTBP), benzoyl peroxide, dicumyl peroxide (DCP), methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP), tert