1H-Imidazol-4(5H)-ones and thiazol-4(5H)-ones as emerging pronucleophiles in asymmetric catalysis

• Antonia Mielgo and
• Claudio Palomo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 918–936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.90

• ][10][11][12][13]. Regarding reactions which involve proton transfer events, soft enolization [14][15][16] constitutes an efficient tool for the deprotonation of some carbonyl compounds [17][18]. In these cases, a relatively weak amine is generally used to reversibly deprotonate a relatively acidic

Strecker degradation of amino acids promoted by a camphor-derived sulfonamide

• M. Fernanda N. N. Carvalho,
• M. João Ferreira,
• Ana S. O. Knittel,
• Maria da Conceição Oliveira,
• João Costa Pessoa,
• Rudolf Herrmann and
• Gabriele Wagner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 732–744, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.73

• of imines with certain carbonyl compounds is the basis for enzymatic transamination and many other reactions [20][21] while the Strecker degradation is one cornerstone in food chemistry [22]. We present here details on the characterization of compound 2, which extends the scope of Strecker

• acid-catalyzed imine formation from amino groups and carbonyl compounds as well as imine hydrolysis can easily occur [25]. The key step in the reaction sequence leading to compound 2, would then be the loss of CO2 by a variant of the Strecker degradation. This step is taken “as granted” and is not

• Supporting Information File 3. From these calculations we can draw the following conclusions: i) imines formed by reaction of amino acids with carbonyl compounds have the tendency to lose CO2 upon deprotonation of the carboxyl group. Without a negative charge at the carboxyl group, decarboxylation is

(Thio)urea-mediated synthesis of functionalized six-membered rings with multiple chiral centers

• Giorgos Koutoulogenis,
• Nikolaos Kaplaneris and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 462–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.48

• designed and developed, the functionalization of carbonyl compounds via enamine and iminium ion intermediates are the most common [4][5] (Scheme 1). The carbonyl compound condenses with the amino catalyst, to form an iminium ion, subsequent deprotonation leads to the highly nucleophilic enamine. This kind

• efficient ways of constructing six-membered rings. Activation of carbonyl compounds via enamine and iminium intermediates [2]. Electronic and steric interactions present in enamine activation mode [2]. Electrophilic activation of carbonyl compounds by a thiourea moiety. Asymmetric synthesis of dihydro-2H

Cupreines and cupreidines: an established class of bifunctional cinchona organocatalysts

• Laura A. Bryant,
• Rossana Fanelli and
• Alexander J. A. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 429–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.46

• set up a 4π-electrocyclization, generating second intermediate 27. Elimination of the tertiary amine then gives γ-methylene cyclopentenone 28. 1,2-Addition reactions Henry reaction The use of cupreine and cupreidine derivatives in the addition of nitroalkanes to carbonyl compounds was first

Organocatalytic asymmetric Henry reaction of 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones with bifunctional amine-thiourea catalysts bearing multiple hydrogen-bond donors

• Ming-Liang Zhang,
• Deng-Feng Yue,
• Zhen-Hua Wang,
• Yuan Luo,
• Xiao-Ying Xu,
• Xiao-Mei Zhang and
• Wei-Cheng Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 295–300, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.31

• amino-alcohols, amino acids and carbonyl compounds [15]. Much attention has been devoted to the development of an efficient catalytic asymmetric version of this reaction from readily accessible nitroalkanes and carbonyl compounds [16], such as aldehydes [17][18][19], α-ketoesters [20], α

Thermal and oxidative stability of Atlantic salmon oil (Salmo salar L.) and complexation with β-cyclodextrin

• Daniel I. Hădărugă,
• Mustafa Ünlüsayin,
• Alexandra T. Gruia,
• Cristina Birău (Mitroi),
• Gerlinde Rusu and
• Nicoleta G. Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 179–191, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.20

• intermediates resulting from the oxidation of FAs are monohydroperoxides, hydroperoxy-epidioxides, as well as peroxy-, alkoxy-, and alkyl radicals [16]. Further thermal degradation or fragmentation of these intermediates leads to odor-active carbonyl compounds such as aldehydes, ketones, alcohols and esters

Facile synthesis of 4H-chromene derivatives via base-mediated annulation of ortho-hydroxychalcones and 2-bromoallyl sulfones

• Srinivas Thadkapally,
• Athira C. Kunjachan and
• Rajeev S. Menon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 16–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.3

• ], multicomponent reactions [8], ring-closing metathesis approaches [9][10], tandem reactions of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds [11][12] and cyclocondenzation reactions of salicylic aldehydes with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [13][14][15]. The utility of some of these methods are limited by drawbacks such as

New metathesis catalyst bearing chromanyl moieties at the N-heterocyclic carbene ligand

• Agnieszka Hryniewicka,
• Szymon Suchodolski,
• Agnieszka Wojtkielewicz,
• Jacek W. Morzycki and
• Stanisław Witkowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2795–2804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.300

• coordination to the ruthenium atom, and finally, facilitates the initiating process. In the new catalyst 9, which is modified in the NHC ligand, different effects are responsible for its activity. According to Grubbs [31], catalyst 1 is able to react with α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to form an enoic

Iron complexes of tetramine ligands catalyse allylic hydroxyamination via a nitroso–ene mechanism

• David Porter,
• Belinda M.-L. Poon and
• Peter J. Rutledge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2549–2556, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.275

• context there has been a renewed focus on the chemistry of acylnitroso species in recent times [12][13][14][15], in particular on α-hydroxyamination of carbonyl compounds via nitrosocarbonyl aldol reactions [16][17][18][19][20][21] and allylic hydroxyamination of alkenes via nitroso–ene reactions [22][23

• ) revealed two peaks with equal peak areas (tR = 8.6 and 8.8 minutes); the same peaks in the same ratio were observed using a reference sample of racemic 9. Several groups have recently reported efficient methods for the asymmetric hydroxyamination of carbonyl compounds using acylnitroso species generated in

Efficient synthetic protocols for the preparation of common N-heterocyclic carbene precursors

• Morgan Hans,
• Jan Lorkowski,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2318–2325, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.252

• ][23] and organic synthesis [24][25][26]. In particular, they were successfully employed for the umpolung of carbonyl compounds, sometimes in an asymmetric fashion [27][28][29]. Currently, the NHCs most frequently encountered are based on the imidazol-2-ylidene and imidazolin-2-ylidene scaffolds, which

A new approach to ferrocene derived alkenes via copper-catalyzed olefination

• Vasily M. Muzalevskiy,
• Aleksei V. Shastin,
• Alexandra D. Demidovich,
• Namiq G. Shikhaliev,
• Abel M. Magerramov,
• Victor N. Khrustalev,
• Rustem D. Rakhimov,
• Sergey Z. Vatsadze and
• Valentine G. Nenajdenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2072–2078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.223

• , 28 Vavilov Street, Moscow 119991, Russia 10.3762/bjoc.11.223 Abstract A new approach to ferrocenyl haloalkenes and bis-alkenes was elaborated. The key procedure involves copper catalyzed olefination of N-unsubstituted hydrazones, obtained from ferrocene-containing carbonyl compounds and hydrazine

Preparative semiconductor photoredox catalysis: An emerging theme in organic synthesis

• David W. Manley and
• John C. Walton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1570–1582, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.173

• further oxidation. SCPC oxidations that take place with varying success include toluene to benzaldehyde and benzoic acid [25], cyclohexane to cylohexanone [26], benzylic and allylic alcohols to carbonyl compounds [27] and alkene epoxidations [28]. Conventional syntheses of coumarins, which are important

• 64 but a significant quantity of ring opened byproduct was also formed. Carbonyl compounds are also good electron acceptors and so SCPC hydrogenations seemed likely. Actually there is a literature precedent for photocatalytic hydrogenation of acetophenone derivatives with TiO2 [80][81]. We studied a

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

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

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

• alkenyl chain of sufficient length the [n]paracyclophane 172 was obtained by an intramolecular cyclization (Scheme 27). Alcaide and co-workers [153] have reported the synthesis of different bis(dihydrofuryl)cyclophane scaffolds 179 from carbonyl compounds. 1,4-Bis(3-bromoprop-1-ynyl)benzene (175) was

Highly selective palladium–benzothiazole carbene-catalyzed allylation of active methylene compounds under neutral conditions

• Antonio Monopoli,
• Pietro Cotugno,
• Carlo G. Zambonin,
• Francesco Ciminale and
• Angelo Nacci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 994–999, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.111

• allylation; Introduction The α-allylation of carbonyl compounds is one of the most important reactions in organic chemistry, since it opens the way to the synthesis of a plethora of interesting molecules such as pheromones, perfumes, or bio-active compounds such as prostaglandin E2 or F2α. After the

Diastereoselective and enantioselective conjugate addition reactions utilizing α,β-unsaturated amides and lactams

• Katherine M. Byrd

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 530–562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.60

• of boron to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Enantioenriched organoboron reagents are useful because they can be used in cross-coupling reactions [98][100] or they can be converted into the corresponding alcohol [101] while retaining the stereochemical information. Transition metals such as Cu

• [102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112], Rh [113][114][115], Ni [116][117], Pd [116][118] and Pt [119][120] have all been successfully used to catalyze the 1,4-additon of boron to α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. Of the transition metals mentioned, copper is the most cost-effective

• )diboron to various α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [121]. Use of bisboronic acid and tetrakis(dimethylamino)diboron provides boron sources that are more atom economical than B2pin2. Scheme 11 shows an example of the asymmetric 1,4-borylation where the authors used an α,β-unsaturated amide as the

Ruthenium-catalyzed C–H activation of thioxanthones

• Danny Wagner and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 431–436, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.49

• -substituted olefin 4d was also successfully used in this reaction (Table 2, entry 7). The product 1bd is formed in good yield, however, it is prone to hydrolysis thus the isolated yield of the pure product was rather low. In contrast to literature precedence for other carbonyl compounds [19], other olefins

• cleavage catalyzed by hot sulfuric acid. In this case, methylation (Me2SO4, K2CO3) of the hydroxythioxanthones 1c, 1e and 1g provided the required methyl ethers 1d, 1f and 1h, respectively in good yields (80, 85 and 95%), Scheme 1. Ru-catalyzed C–H activation Following the precedence for other carbonyl

• compounds, we used the protocol of Murai et al. [19] to investigate the use of thioxanthones in this C–H-alkylation reaction (Scheme 2). For recent examples and reviews, also for related rhodium-catalyzed systems, see [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]. It should be noted that

Novel biphenyl-substituted 1,2,4-oxadiazole ferroelectric liquid crystals: synthesis and characterization

• Mahabaleshwara Subrao,
• Dakshina Murthy Potukuchi,
• Girish Sharada Ramachandra,
• Poornima Bhagavath,
• Sangeetha G. Bhat and
• Srinivasulu Maddasani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 233–241, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.26

• The synthesis of 1,2,4-oxadiazoles involves [30] a single stage dehydration of O-acylated amidoximes via a reaction between amidoximes and derivatives of carbonyl compounds (esters, amides, acids, acid chlorides, aldehydes, etc.). Otherwise, the reaction is based on the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of N

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

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

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

• these radicals are often non-selective and are accompanied by the formation of alcohols, carbonyl compounds, and fragmentation products. The examples of the C–O bond formation between two molecules using O-electrophiles are rare; electron-deficient peroxides with a specific structure can act as O

• -dicarbonyl compounds as C-reagents in cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling Most of cross-dehydrogenative C–O coupling reactions involving the α-position of carbonyl compounds (acetoxylation, alkoxylation, sulfonyloxylation) are based on the use of iodine-containing oxidizing agents. Transition metal salts

• commonly employed in the oxidative coupling of OH-reagents with carbonyl compounds. Methods were developed for the sulfonyloxylation of ketones, in which iodoarene is generated in situ by the iodination of arene with molecular iodine [183] or NH4I [184] in the presence of m-chloroperbenzoic acid. In the

The Shono-type electroorganic oxidation of unfunctionalised amides. Carbon–carbon bond formation via electrogenerated N-acyliminium ions

• Alan M. Jones and
• Craig E. Banks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3056–3072, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.323

• sulfinates afforded stable crystalline precursors of N-acyliminium ions that are activated by base [60]. The anodic methoxylation products of unfunctionalised amides can be converted to carbonyl compounds (aldehydes or esters) by treatment with cobaltacene [61] or be used as starting materials for the Morita

The unexpected influence of aryl substituents in N-aryl-3-oxobutanamides on the behavior of their multicomponent reactions with 5-amino-3-methylisoxazole and salicylaldehyde

• Volodymyr V. Tkachenko,
• Elena A. Muravyova,
• Sergey M. Desenko,
• Oleg V. Shishkin,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Dmytro O. Sysoiev,
• Thomas J. J. Müller and
• Valentin A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3019–3030, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.320

• . In all cases of three-component reactions involving aminoazoles and carbonyl compounds, which were previously studied in our group [13][18][21][22][23][24], the substitution of mechanical stirring by ultrasonication did not change the structure of the final products but only affected the purity and

(2R,1'S,2'R)- and (2S,1'S,2'R)-3-[2-Mono(di,tri)fluoromethylcyclopropyl]alanines and their incorporation into hormaomycin analogues

• Armin de Meijere,
• Sergei I. Kozhushkov,
• Dmitrii S. Yufit,
• Christian Grosse,
• Marcel Kaiser and
• Vitaly A. Raev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2844–2857, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.302

• of Schiff bases derived from glycine and (S)- or (R)-2-N-(N'-benzylprolyl)aminobenzophenone (BPB) [30][31], aminoacetophenone (BPA) [32] or aminobenzaldehyde (BPH) [33] can be used as chiral nucleophilic glycine equivalents in reactions with alkyl halides or carbonyl compounds. The most versatile one

Formal total syntheses of classic natural product target molecules via palladium-catalyzed enantioselective alkylation

• Yiyang Liu,
• Marc Liniger,
• Ryan M. McFadden,
• Jenny L. Roizen,
• Jacquie Malette,
• Corey M. Reeves,
• Douglas C. Behenna,
• Masaki Seto,
• Jimin Kim,
• Justin T. Mohr,
• Scott C. Virgil and
• Brian M. Stoltz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2501–2512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.261

• construction of building blocks bearing quaternary carbon and fully substituted tertiary centers [1][2]. A recent addition developed by our laboratory is the allylic alkylation of nonstabilized enolate precursors to form α-quaternary carbonyl compounds (Scheme 1) [3]. Once the key stereocenter is set by this

Electrocarboxylation: towards sustainable and efficient synthesis of valuable carboxylic acids

• Roman Matthessen,
• Jan Fransaer,
• Koen Binnemans and
• Dirk E. De Vos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2484–2500, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.260

• and lead to a decrease in faradaic efficiency. Electrocarboxylation, the electrochemical fixation of carbon dioxide in organic chemicals, involves the electroreduction of carbon dioxide and/or an organic substrate. For olefins, alkynes, carbonyl compounds, imines and organic halides, this leads to the

• acid compared to aldehydes, and especially compared to aliphatic aldehydes, like acetaldehyde, which give very poor yields [84]. Since carbonyl compounds have the tendency to accept an electron more easily than CO2, the reaction mixture contains a lot of carbonyl radical anions, which can form vicinal

• . The presence of protons drastically increases the amount of dimerization product and favors the hydrogenation of the carbonyl group to the alcohol [75][76][82][91]. The cathode material again plays an important role in the electrocarboxylation of carbonyl compounds. Toxic lead cathodes [85] and

Indium-mediated allylation in carbohydrate synthesis: A short and efficient approach towards higher 2-acetamido-2-deoxy sugars

• Christopher Albler,
• Ralph Hollaus,
• Hanspeter Kählig and
• Walther Schmid

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2230–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.231

• azide reduction followed by final deacetylation using methanolic sodium methoxide furnishes the title compounds. Keywords: allylation; carbohydrates; epoxidation; indium; multivalent glycosystems; organocatalysis; Introduction The indium-mediated allylation of carbonyl compounds has proven to be a

N–O Cleavage reactions of heterobicycloalkene-fused 2-isoxazolines

• Jaipal R. Nagireddy,
• Geoffrey K. Tranmer,
• Emily Carlson and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2200–2205, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.227

• yields (66–95%) and without the need for chromatographic purification. Keywords: azabicycloalkene; β-hydroxyketone; 2-isoxazoline; oxabicycloalkene; Raney nickel; Introduction 2-Isoxazolines 1 are practical precursors to countless structural motifs found in nature. Various carbonyl compounds 2, β

• as β-hydroxycarbonyl derivatives 12 and γ-aminoalcohols 13, as well as carbonyl compounds including phthalan 14 and isoindoline derivatives 15 (R2 = Ar; Scheme 2). Results and Discussion For our investigation of heterobicycloalkene-fused 2-isoxazoline cleavage, we initially planned to follow our