Photocatalyzed syntheses of phenanthrenes and their aza-analogues. A review

• Alessandra Del Tito,
• Havall Othman Abdulla,
• Davide Ravelli,
• Stefano Protti and
• Maurizio Fagnoni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1476–1488, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.123

• photocatalyst, have revolutionized the way chemists can arrive to important chemical scaffolds [24][25][26]. Indeed, the photocatalytic approach combines unparalleled mild conditions, due to the use of photons as traceless reagents that leave no residue behind [27][28], with the exploitation of rather

• highly regioselective strategy for the synthesis of a library of polyheteroaromatic compounds under photocatalytic conditions was reported (Scheme 13). The process made use of fac-Ir(ppy)3 (0.3 mol %) as the photoredox catalyst and occurred at room temperature under extremely mild conditions. The

• construction of the phenanthridone core by reaction with diethyl bromomalonate in the presence of fac-Ir(ppy)3. Notably, this process was characterized by mild conditions, operational simplicity, excellent functional group tolerance and offered high yields [86]. By following analogous approaches, the addition

An overview on disulfide-catalyzed and -cocatalyzed photoreactions

• Yeersen Patehebieke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1418–1435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.118

• . Under photoirradiation, organic disulfides can be easily cleaved into free thiyl radicals (RS•) and can reversibly add to unsaturated multiple bonds to catalyze a variety of functionalization reactions under mild conditions. In photoredox catalysis reactions, an excellent electron transfer ability and

• electron-rich aryl disulfides as the photocatalyst and oxygen as the oxidant [16]. At room temperature, bis(4-methoxyphenyl) disulfide was employed as the metal-free photocatalyst under visible-light and 1 bar of O2 to realize the aerobic oxidative cleavage of the C=C bonds. Under these mild conditions

• ]. Conclusion In conclusion, under photoirradiation, organic disulfides can be easily cleaved into free radicals and can reversibly add to unsaturated multiple bonds to catalyze a variety of functionalization reactions under mild conditions. Disulfide-catalyzed oxidations of alkenes and alkynes are highly

A simple and easy to perform synthetic route to functionalized thienyl bicyclo[3.2.1]octadienes

• Dragana Vuk,
• Irena Škorić,
• Valentina Milašinović,
• Krešimir Molčanov and
• Željko Marinić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1092–1099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.96

• the bicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene aldehyde 1 and acetone was conducted (Scheme 4). After purification of the reaction mixture the product 12 was obtained. The aim of this experiment was to obtain a system with an extended conjugation of the heteroaromatic moiety under mild conditions, while leaving the

Fluorinated phenylalanines: synthesis and pharmaceutical applications

• Laila F. Awad and
• Mohammed Salah Ayoup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1022–1050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.91

• selective enzymatic hydrolysis of 64 using an acylase under mild conditions (pH 8.0, 40 °C, 4 d, with CoCl2 as co-factor) [51] (Scheme 14). 1.5. Direct radiofluorination of ʟ-phenylalanine The direct radiofluorination of ʟ-phenylalanine (66) with either [18F]F2 or [18F]AcOF in trifluoroacetic acid (TFA

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions for the synthesis of chiral biaryl compounds with a large steric substituent at the 2-position

• Yongsu Li,
• Bendu Pan,
• Xuefeng He,
• Wang Xia,
• Yaqi Zhang,
• Hao Liang,
• Chitreddy V. Subba Reddy,
• Rihui Cao and
• Liqin Qiu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 966–973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.85

• enantioselectivities (up to 88% ee) under mild conditions. The chiral-bridged biphenyl monophosphine ligands developed by our group exhibit significant superiority to the naphthyl counterpart MOP in both reactivity and enantioselectivity control. The large steric hindrance from π-conjugated ortho-substituents of the

• compounds can be obtained in excellent yields and good enantioselectivities under mild conditions, by using brominated amides and arylboronic acids as substrates, as well as palladium and chiral-bridged biphenyl monophosphine ligands as catalysts. Results and Discussion 2-Bromo-3-methyl-N-phenylbenzamide

• yields (up to 99%) and with good enantioselectivities (up to 88% ee) under mild conditions. The chiral-bridged biphenyl monophosphine ligands developed by our group, especially L7, exhibited significant superiority to the naphthyl counterpart MOP in reactivity and enantioselectivity in the reactions. The

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

• . Conclusion In summary, we developed a photoredox-catalyzed C(sp³)–H alkylation of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines under mild conditions. Easily accessible and bench-stable pyridinium salts were used as precursors for the required alkyl radicals. The transformation gives good to moderate yields using benzyl and

Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp³)–Si and C(sp³)–B bond formation

• Balaram S. Takale,
• Ruchita R. Thakore,
• Elham Etemadi-Davan and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67

Towards the total synthesis of chondrochloren A: synthesis of the (Z)-enamide fragment

• Jan Geldsetzer and
• Markus Kalesse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 670–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.64

• ). A subsequent transesterification under mild conditions with Bu2SnO provided dihydroxy ester 7 in 72% yield. The 1,3-diol in 7 was methylated with an excess of the Meerwein reagent and TIPDS-removal afforded ester 9 in good yields. A double TBS-protection and liberation of the primary alcohol

Rhodium-catalyzed reductive carbonylation of aryl iodides to arylaldehydes with syngas

• Zhenghui Liu,
• Peng Wang,
• Zhenzhong Yan,
• Suqing Chen,
• Dongkun Yu,
• Xinhui Zhao and
• Tiancheng Mu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 645–656, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.61

• ligand, and Et3N as the base, for the synthesis of arylaldehydes via the reductive carbonylation of aryl iodides with CO and H2 under relatively mild conditions with a broad substrate range affording the products in good to excellent yields. Systematic investigations were carried out to study the

• carbonyl source and H2 as hydrogen source under relatively mild conditions with a broad substrate range. The low gas pressure, cost-effective ligand and low metal dosage significantly improved the practicability of the system for industrial productions. Another advantage of the method includes the use of

Asymmetric synthesis of CF₂-functionalized aziridines by combined strong Brønsted acid catalysis

• Xing-Fa Tan,
• Fa-Guang Zhang and
• Jun-An Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 638–644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.60

• in situ-generated aldimines and our recently developed difluorodiazo reagent PhSO2CF2CHN2 acting as the difluorinated nucleophile [32][33][34][35], providing access to a variety of chiral CF2-fuctionalized aziridines under mild conditions (Scheme 1b). The key to this multicomponent transformation

• phenyl sulfone under mild conditions by a combined strong Brønsted acid system consisting of chiral disulfonimide and 2-carboxyphenylboronic acid. The optical purity of the obtained CF2-substituted aziridines could be further improved by a practical dissolution–filtration procedure. Substrate expansion

Copper-catalyzed O-alkenylation of phosphonates

• Nuria Vázquez-Galiñanes,
• Mariña Andón-Rodríguez,
• Patricia Gómez-Roibás and
• Martín Fañanás-Mastral

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 611–615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.56

• /bjoc.16.56 Abstract Copper catalysis allows the direct oxygen alkenylation of dialkyl phosphonates with alkenyl(aryl)iodonium salts with selective transfer of the alkenyl group. This novel methodology proceeds with a wide range of phosphonates under mild conditions and gives straightforward access to

• under mild conditions, with excellent levels of selectivity and affords acyclic enol phosphonates in high yields. We believe that the reaction occurs through the formation of a high valent alkenyl–copper(III) species which gets attacked by the phosphoryl oxygen of the phosphonate. Synthesis of mixed

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• reaction proceeds under mild conditions, is effective, efficient, and requires no column purification in many cases. The Cu alkyne–azide cycloaddition (CuAAC) version also gives only 1,2,3-triazole products substituted at the 1- and 4-positions in an aqueous medium even at room temperature and requires no

• Scheme 24. The catalysts 108–111 were found to be effective in CuAAC reactions to form triazole products under mild conditions. The best results for NHC–copper(I) complexes were accomplished in THF at 50 °C. For the NHC–Cu(II) complexes 109 and 111, the best yields were obtained in MeOH. Importantly, the

KOt-Bu-promoted selective ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazolines to access 2-aminoethyl acetates and N-substituted thiazolidinones

• Qiao Lin,
• Shiling Zhang and
• Bin Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 492–501, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.44

• -substituted thiazolidinone derivatives under mild conditions (Scheme 1c). Results and Discussion To test this ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-oxazoline, benzyl bromide (1a) and 2-methyl-2-oxazoline (2) were chosen as the model substrates for the reaction in the presence of 20 mol % of CuBr2, 2 equiv of KOt-Bu

• new and simple transition-metal-free selective ring-opening N-alkylation of 2-methyl-2-oxazoline or 2-(methylthio)-4,5-dihydrothiazole with benzyl halides and allyl halides under mild conditions. Various 2-aminoethyl acetates and N-substituted thiazolidinone derivatives were successfully isolated in

Aerobic synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines mediated by N-heterocyclic carbene copper(I) catalysts

• Faïma Lazreg,
• Marie Vasseur,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Catherine S. J. Cazin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 482–491, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.43

• catalytic strategy for the one-pot synthesis of N-sulfonylamidines is described. The cationic copper(I) complexes were found to be highly active and efficient under mild conditions in air and in the absence of solvent. A copper acetylide is proposed as key intermediate in this transformation. Keywords

• shown applicable to phosphoryl azides; and reaction of phenylacetylene with diisopropylamine and diphenylphosphoryl azide leads to the formation of the corresponding phosphorylamidine product [34] in good yield (Scheme 7), using 2 mol % of catalyst under mild conditions (solvent-free, room temperature

Synthesis of 4-amino-5-fluoropyrimidines and 5-amino-4-fluoropyrazoles from a β-fluoroenolate salt

• Tobias Lucas,
• Jule-Philipp Dietz and
• Till Opatz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 445–450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.41

• Tobias Lucas Jule-Philipp Dietz Till Opatz Institute of Organic Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Duesbergweg 10–14, 55128 Mainz, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.16.41 Abstract A synthesis of fluorinated pyrimidines under mild conditions from amidine hydrochlorides and the recently described

• hydrazine on the more reactive carbon atom of the fluoroenolate in a Michael-type addition. The cyclization did not require a deprotonation of the RNH moiety. Conclusion In summary, a synthesis of fluorinated pyrimidines under mild conditions using fluoroenolate 8 and amidines in a cyclocondensation was

Room-temperature Pd/Ag direct arylation enabled by a radical pathway

• Amy L. Mayhugh and
• Christine K. Luscombe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 384–390, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.36

• both high molecular weight and regioregularity, and elevated reaction temperatures are typically required [3]. Mild conditions for C–H functionalization is of growing interest within the broader synthetic community as an opportunity to improve functional group tolerance, and environmental impact [4][5

• /iodoarene direct arylation method reported by Larrosa is notable: proceeding in high yields, at room temperature, and with no reported regioselectivity issues (Scheme 1) [12]. This system is hypothesized to proceed under mild conditions due to a highly electrophilic Pd catalyst generated in situ. In this

• that proceed under mild conditions, improving energy requirements and scalability. Work is ongoing to leverage this insight into new direct arylation methods utilizing palladium-involved radicals. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) of (a) 5-iodo-1-octylindole monomer (b) PIn prepared according to conditions in

Copper-promoted/copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation reactions

• Clément Ghiazza and
• Anis Tlili

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 305–316, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.30

• moieties. One year later, the group of Goossen demonstrated the direct conversion of diazo compounds into trifluoromethylselenolated products using a catalytic amount of copper(I) thiocyanate (Scheme 11) [28][29]. The reaction proceeded under mild conditions, and the desired products were usually obtained

Recent developments in photoredox-catalyzed remote ortho and para C–H bond functionalizations

• Rafia Siddiqui and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 248–280, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.26

• the aid of photoredox catalyst 12a, the reaction took place under mild conditions with high regioselectivity and excellent functional group tolerance, as shown in Scheme 11 [127]. On the other hand, Xu and co-workers reported the preparation of arylated products via dual photoredox catalysis using the

• competent organic photoredox catalyst 9,10-dihydroacridine (1) under mild conditions at room temperature [128]. As usual, no reaction was observed without photoredox catalyst 1 or LED light. Mechanistic studies showed that the reaction proceeded via the generation of an aryl radical. As such, a list of

Synthesis of 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin: experimental and computational evidence for intramolecular and intermolecular C–F···H–C bonds

• Vuyisa Mzozoyana,
• Fanie R. van Heerden and
• Craig Grimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 190–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.22

• -fluorophenylcoumarin 6 4-(2-Fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin (6) was synthesized under mild conditions via a three-step reaction (Scheme 1) and the first step was the synthesis of the fluorinated β-keto ester 3. Methyl acetoacetate (2) was treated with MgCl2, Et3N and n-BuLi in DCM and then with 2-fluorobenzoyl

• Vuyisa Mzozoyana Fanie R. van Heerden Craig Grimmer School of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Private Bag X01, Scottsville, 3209, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa 10.3762/bjoc.16.22 Abstract 4-(2-Fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin (6) was synthesized by Pechmann reaction under mild

• conditions via a three-step reaction. The solution-state 1H NMR spectra of 6 showed a strong intramolecular interaction between F and H5 (JFH = 2.6 Hz) and 13C NMR suggested that this C–F···H–C coupling is a through-space interaction. The 2D 19F-{1H} HOESY and 1H-{19F} 1D experiments were done to confirm

The reaction of arylmethyl isocyanides and arylmethylamines with xanthate esters: a facile and unexpected synthesis of carbamothioates

• Narasimhamurthy Rajeev,
• Toreshettahally R. Swaroop,
• Ahmad I. Alrawashdeh,
• Shofiur Rahman,
• Abdullah Alodhayb,
• Seegehalli M. Anil,
• Kuppalli R. Kiran,
• Chandra,
• Paris E. Georghiou,
• Kanchugarakoppal S. Rangappa and
• Maralinganadoddi P. Sadashiva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 159–167, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.18

• Information File 1) for the products observed. This alternative mechanism is therefore unlikely, considering the mild conditions employed (35–45 °C), as compared to the proposed reaction mechanism shown in Scheme 2 and Figure 4, which had an overall activation energy of only 42.2 kJ/mol (Figure 5). Due to the

Construction of trisubstituted chromone skeletons carrying electron-withdrawing groups via PhIO-mediated dehydrogenation and its application to the synthesis of frutinone A

• Qiao Li,
• Chen Zhuang,
• Donghua Wang,
• Wei Zhang,
• Rongxuan Jia,
• Fengxia Sun,
• Yilin Zhang and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2958–2965, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.291

• biologically interesting chromone skeleton was realized by PhIO-mediated dehydrogenation of chromanones under mild conditions. Interestingly, this method also found application in the synthesis of the naturally occurring frutinone A. Keywords: chromanone; chromone; dehydrogenation; frutinone A; PhIO

• high reaction temperature, extended reaction time, involvement of transition metal catalysts, and low yield. In these regards, the development of alternative approaches that can realize an efficient synthesis of chromones under mild conditions is desirable. In recent decades, hypervalent iodine

• , we have developed an efficient metal-free approach for the synthesis of chromone derivatives via PhIO-mediated dehydrogenative oxidation of chromanones. Compared with the existing methods, the new reaction features mild conditions, high efficiency, and is metal-free. Moreover, the product 2l could be

Why do thioureas and squaramides slow down the Ireland–Claisen rearrangement?

• Dominika Krištofíková,
• Juraj Filo,
• Mária Mečiarová and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2948–2957, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.290

• rearrangement, we tried to optimize its reaction course under mild conditions using various bases, solvents, and hydrogen-bond-donating catalysts. We also present a computational explanation and NMR kinetic study for the inefficient Ireland–Claisen rearrangement under thiourea and squaramide catalysis. Results

Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions in γ-valerolactone-based ionic liquids

• László Orha,
• József M. Tukacs,
• László Kollár and
• László T. Mika

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2907–2913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.284

• -ethoxyvalerate as a partially bio-based solvent can be utilized as alternative reaction medium for copper- and auxiliary base-free Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions of aryl iodides and functionalized acetylenes under mild conditions. Twenty-two cross-coupling products were isolated with good to

• important transformation. Herein we report a study on the palladium-catalyzed copper- and added base-free Sonogashira coupling reactions to synthesize various acetylenes in γ-valerolactone-based ionic liquids under mild conditions. Results and Discussion We recently demonstrated that copper-catalyzed

• and functionalized acetylenes under mild conditions. The reactions were performed by using 0.5 mol % catalyst loading and we pointed out that both copper and external base could be eliminated from the reaction mixture without any decrease in catalytic activity. The protocol was tested for a wide range

Photoreversible stretching of a BAPTA chelator marshalling Ca²⁺-binding in aqueous media

• Aurélien Ducrot,
• Arnaud Tron,
• Robin Bofinger,
• Ingrid Sanz Beguer,
• Jean-Luc Pozzo and
• Nathan D. McClenaghan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2801–2811, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.273

• cyclization reaction yielding the corresponding azobenzene 1f was performed using a Cu(I) catalyst generated in situ [36]. Finally, the esters were hydrolyzed under mild conditions resulting in the azobenzene-BAPTA macrocycle 1. To gain some insight into the possible structures of the 1E and 1Z chelators and

Iodine-mediated hydration of alkynes on keto-functionalized scaffolds: mechanistic insight and the regiospecific hydration of internal alkynes

• Zachary Lee,
• Brandon R. Jones,
• Nyochembeng Nkengbeza,
• Michael Phillips,
• Kayla Valentine,
• Alexis Stewart,
• Brandon Sellers,
• Nicholas Shuber and
• Karelle S. Aiken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2747–2752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.265

• innocuous, water-soluble byproducts, such as iodide and sulfate salts, and uses inexpensive molecular iodine to facilitate the hydration. Moreover, unlike other metal-free alkyne hydration procedures, heat and strong acids are not required [17][18][19][20]. The reaction proceeds under mild conditions at