An eco-compatible strategy for the diversity-oriented synthesis of macrocycles exploiting carbohydrate-derived building blocks

• Sushil K. Maurya and
• Rohit Rana

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1106–1118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.110

• , Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India 10.3762/bjoc.13.110 Abstract An efficient, eco-compatible diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) approach for the generation of library of sugar embedded macrocyclic compounds with various ring size containing 1,2,3-triazole has been developed. This concise strategy involves

• attached through Cu-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction (couple phase). Noteworthy, herein we utilized the CuAAC reaction as a medium for coupling different building blocks assembled iteratively to generate a 1,2,3-triazole moiety. This 1,2,3-triazole moiety linked as a spacer due to its

• ratio of integration of the terminal alkyne proton in the propargyl building block and the characteristic triazole–alkene proton in the cyclo-adducts. The click reaction proceeds under various conditions with a plenty of sources of Cu(I) [19]. We have selected copper iodide (CuI) as Cu(I) source for the

New tricks of well-known aminoazoles in isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions and antibacterial activity of the compounds synthesized

• Maryna V. Murlykina,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Sergey M. Desenko,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Oleg V. Shishkin,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Erik V. Van der Eycken and
• Valentin A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1050–1063, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.104

• sometimes similar to 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that was described as a component of GBB-3CR earlier [71][72][73][74][75]. Therefore, the first type of aminoazoles studied in our work was 5-amino-N-aryl-1H-pyrazole-4-carboxamide that showed 1,3-binucleophile properties in the condensation with aromatic

Synthesis of ribavirin 2’-Me-C-nucleoside analogues

• Fanny Cosson,
• Aline Faroux,
• Jean-Pierre Baltaze,
• Jonathan Farjon,
• Régis Guillot,
• Jacques Uziel and
• Nadège Lubin-Germain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 755–761, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.74

• carbon atom in the 2’-position are an indium-mediated alkynylation and a 1,3-dipolar cyclization. Keywords: alkynylation; antiviral; cancer; C-nucleosides; ribavirin; Introduction The triazole nucleoside ribavirin (RBV, Figure 1) is used for the treatment of a number of viral infections and may be

• catalytic hydrogenolysis. The latter reaction simultaneously cleaves the benzyl and isopropylidene groups affording compound 2 as a single isomer [22]. In the case of 5-(2’-deoxy-2’-methyl-2’-fluoro-β-D-ribosyl)-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxamide (3) the synthesis was more delicate as it is necessary to

• procedures for compounds 2, 5–7, and 10–18 are covered by the Ph.D. thesis of Fanny Cosson [22]. 5-(2’-C-Methyl-β-D-ribofuranosyl)-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboxamide (2) [22]: Through the solution of compound 7 (mixture of 7a and 7b, 0.49 g, 1.1 mmol) in anhydrous methanol (14 mL) was bubbled ammonia gas for 2 h

Ultrasound-promoted organocatalytic enamine–azide [3 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for the synthesis of ((arylselanyl)phenyl-1H-1,2,3-triazol-4-yl)ketones

• Gabriel P. Costa,
• Natália Seus,
• Juliano A. Roehrs,
• Raquel G. Jacob,
• Ricardo F. Schumacher,
• Thiago Barcellos,
• Rafael Luque and
• Diego Alves

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 694–702, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.68

• have been used for this cycloaddition reaction [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]. Organocatalytic approaches based on β-enamine–azide or enolate–azide cycloadditions have been employed to synthesize 1,2,3-triazole scaffolds [30][31][32]. Depending on the organocatalyst employed, different

• -(phenylselanylmethyl)-1,2,3-triazole A (Se-TZ) demonstrated an antidepressant-like effect (Figure 1) [60]. In another example, 5-phenyl-1-(2-(phenylselanyl)phenyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbonitrile B (Se-TZCN) was reported to exhibit antioxidant activities in different in vitro assays (Figure 1) [36]. Selenanyl-quinone

• found to be amenable to a range of 1,3-diketones or aryl azidophenyl selenides, providing an efficient access to novel selenium-containing 1,2,3-triazole compounds in good to excellent yields, in a few minutes of reaction at room temperature. The protocol was extended to activated ketones and

Derivatives of the triaminoguanidinium ion, 5. Acylation of triaminoguanidines leading to symmetrical tris(acylamino)guanidines and mesoionic 1,2,4-triazolium-3-aminides

• Jan Szabo,
• Julian Greiner and
• Gerhard Maas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 579–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.57

• heating yield 3-hydrazinyl-4-amino-4H-1,2,4-triazole hydrochloride (I, R = H) (Scheme 1) [13]. With the higher homologs of formic acid, the authors of that study observed the formation of resinous materials only. In a recent paper, however, evidence for the formation of the corresponding derivatives of I

• effectively with 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl chloride (2b) to form the N,N’,N’’-tris(acylamino)guanidinium chloride 3 (Scheme 2). Hydrolysis of the acyl chloride is not a competitive reaction under these conditions, and formation of a 1,2,4-triazole, as observed for the reaction of 1 with formic acid at reflux

• crystal structure of salt 8b (Figure 2) shows a nearly planar core of the molecule (the triazole ring, N4, N5, N6). One face of this core is occupied by the three benzylic substituents, leaving the other face open for the chloride anion which is held in place by two N–H···Cl hydrogen bonds, one of them

Synthesis of 1-indanones with a broad range of biological activity

• Marika Turek,
• Dorota Szczęsna,
• Marek Koprowski and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 451–494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.48

• carbene is an outstanding protocol for the synthesis of polyhydroxylated spiro- or fused 1-indanones [49]. Thus, the imidazole-based carbene catalyzed the conversion of phthalaldehydes 72 to dihydroxyspiro[indane-2,1′-isobenzofuran]-3-ones 73, whereas triazole-based carbene catalyzed the conversion of 72

Synthesis and optical properties of new 5'-aryl-substituted 2,5-bis(3-decyl-2,2'-bithiophen-5-yl)-1,3,4-oxadiazoles

• Anastasia S. Kostyuchenko,
• Tatyana Yu. Zheleznova,
• Anton J. Stasyuk,
• Aleksandra Kurowska,
• Wojciech Domagala,
• Adam Pron and
• Alexander S. Fisyuk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 313–322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.34

• enables the preparation of linear D–A–D compounds with one or two 1,3,4-oxadiazole [16][17][18][19], 1,3,4-thiadiazole [16][18][19][20][21][22] or 1,2,4-triazole [16][18] central rings symmetrically disubstituted with alkylbithiophene 1, 2 as well as star-shaped molecules with D–A arms 3 (Figure 1) [23

Versatile synthesis of end-reactive polyrotaxanes applicable to fabrication of supramolecular biomaterials

• Atsushi Tamura,
• Asato Tonegawa,
• Yoshinori Arisaka and
• Nobuhiko Yui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2883–2892, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.287

• (Scheme 2). After 60 min of reaction, 1H NMR spectra of the obtained products (5a–c) were measured (Figure 3A). In the 1H NMR spectra of 5a and 5b, the protons assignable to 1,2,3-triazole linkages are observed at 8.5 and 9.4 ppm, respectively, which were consistent with the previous report [28]. These

• , triazole). The same reaction was performed for 4b and 4c according to the above described procedure. Synthesis of water-soluble benzylazide group-terminated PRX (6) To solubilize 4a into an aqueous solutions, 2-(2-hydroxyethoxy)ethyl (HEE) groups were modified onto the threading α-CDs of 4a [28][29

New approaches to organocatalysis based on C–H and C–X bonding for electrophilic substrate activation

• Pavel Nagorny and
• Zhankui Sun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2834–2848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.283

• with halides (Ka ≈ 103–104 M−1 in acetone-d6). Not surprisingly, a higher number of hydrogen bonds with an anion correlated with the higher stability of the receptor/anion complex. 1,2,3-Triazole-based catalysts for the dearomatization of N-heteroarenes The Mancheno group recently explored triazole

• designed and synthesized various chiral triazole-based complexes such as L2–L4 (Scheme 2) [36][37][38][39]. It was proposed that while these triazole derivatives are conformationally flexible, upon their binding to halogen anions these complexes adopt a reinforced chiral helical conformation. The resultant

• 1,2,3-triazole, ammonium and pyridinium based catalysts. While the asymmetric transformations catalyzed by chiral 1,2,3-triazoles are now well precedented, the feasibility of asymmetric transformations promoted by other types of chiral C–H hydrogen bond donors is yet to be demonstrated. Similarly

Construction of bis-, tris- and tetrahydrazones by addition of azoalkenes to amines and ammonia

• Artem N. Semakin,
• Aleksandr O. Kokuev,
• Yulia V. Nelyubina,
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov,
• Petr A. Zhmurov,
• Sema L. Ioffe and
• Vladimir A. Tartakovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2471–2477, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.241

• on a support. This was demonstrated by the synthesis of a mixed triazole-hydrazone ligand 10 by CuAAC reaction of 3 with phenyl azide (Scheme 3) (for application of mixed triazole-imine ligands see [31][32][34]). Reaction of α-halogen-substituted hydrazones 1 with ammonia Addition of α-halohydrazones

• ://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/conts/retrieving.html (or from the CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge, CB21EZ, UK; or deposit@ccdc.cam.ac.uk). Proposed approach to the synthesis of I. Synthesis of α-halogen-substituted hydrazones 1 from α-halocarbonyl compounds and acylhydrazines or carbazates. Synthesis of a mixed triazole

Synthesis and characterization of benzodithiophene and benzotriazole-based polymers for photovoltaic applications

• Desta Gedefaw,
• Marta Tessarolo,
• Margherita Bolognesi,
• Mario Prosa,
• Renee Kroon,
• Wenliu Zhuang,
• Patrik Henriksson,
• Kim Bini,
• Ergang Wang,
• Michele Muccini,
• Mirko Seri and
• Mats R. Andersson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1629–1637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.160

• -difluoro-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole (Tz) have attracted much attention and effectively employed in BHJ PSCs due to their intrinsic advantages, potentials and versatility [14][15]. Thanks to the desirable properties such as structural rigidity, planarity, extended π-conjugation length and favorable

• , is a moderately weak electron-deficient unit that can be easily synthesized and its properties can be finely modulated by attaching groups on the reactive nitrogen atom of the triazole ring [15][19][20]. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of two novel donor polymers, PTzBDT-1 and

• , 0.23 mmol) and 4,7-bis(5-bromothiophen-2-yl)-2-(2-butyloctyl)-5,6-difluoro-2H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazole (3, 0.15 g, 0.23 mmol) were dissolved in toluene (10 mL) and degassed with N2 gas for 10 minutes. Pd2(dba)3 (4.2 mg, 2 mol %) and P(o-tolyl)3 (6.3 mg, 9 mol %) were added and purged with nitrogen gas

Catalytic Chan–Lam coupling using a ‘tube-in-tube’ reactor to deliver molecular oxygen as an oxidant

• Carl J. Mallia,
• Paul M. Burton,
• Alexander M. R. Smith,
• Gary C. Walter and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1598–1607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.156

• of 26% (28, Scheme 2). It is not yet clear as to why such a low conversion and isolated yield was obtained although the reduced nucleophilicity and higher potential for coordination of the triazole to the copper catalyst might inhibit catalyst turnover and account for this. Alternatively, using 3

Dinuclear thiazolylidene copper complex as highly active catalyst for azid–alkyne cycloadditions

• Anne L. Schöffler,
• Ata Makarem,
• Frank Rominger and
• Bernd F. Straub

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1566–1572, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.151

• dichloromethane at room temperature was used (Table 1 and Figure 2). Due to the highly exothermic nature of the triazole formation, a high dilution of the reaction mixture and low catalyst loadings are necessary to prevent a thermal runaway. In order to compare the catalytic activity of complex 2 with

Beta-hydroxyphosphonate ribonucleoside analogues derived from 4-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles as IMP/GMP mimics: synthesis and biological evaluation

• Tai Nguyen Van,
• Audrey Hospital,
• Corinne Lionne,
• Lars P. Jordheim,
• Charles Dumontet,
• Christian Périgaud,
• Laurent Chaloin and
• Suzanne Peyrottes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1476–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.144

• : cancer; cN-II inhibitors; nucleotide; phosphonate; triazole; Introduction Nucleotidases are an important family of enzymes involved in the metabolism of nucleotides [1]. In particular, human cytosolic 5’-nucleotidase II (cN-II) catalyses the dephosphorylation of purine 5’-monophosphate derivatives to

• ) [7], we were interested in studying the effect of replacing the nucleobase by a 1,2,3-triazole moiety, linked to various substituents, with the aim to retain or modulate essential elements for enzyme recognition. Indeed, the assembly of the triazole ring with various substituents confers to the final

• between the anomeric proton H1 and the H4 (Figure 2). Consequently, both protons are located on the same face of the furanose ring and to the opposite face of the C4–C5 bond. The formation of the triazole ring was confirmed through the presence of a single signal of the triazolyl proton at δ = 7.94 ppm

Application of Cu(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition for the design and synthesis of sequence specific probes targeting double-stranded DNA

• Svetlana V. Vasilyeva,
• Vyacheslav V. Filichev and
• Alexandre S. Boutorine

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1348–1360, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.128

• indicate that the presence of the triazole moiety in the linker slightly perturbs the triplex formation. Conclusion Diverse bifunctional linkers of different length, hydrophobicity and flexibility for insertion of terminal azide or alkyne groups into biomolecules were synthesized and applied for

Copper-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition of (phenylethynyl)di-p-tolylstibane with organic azides

• Mizuki Yamada,
• Mio Matsumura,
• Yuki Uchida,
• Masatoshi Kawahata,
• Yuki Murata,
• Naoki Kakusawa,
• Kentaro Yamaguchi and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1309–1313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.123

• : cycloaddition; copper catalyst; ethynylstibane; organic azide; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction The 1,3-dipolar azide–alkyne cycloaddition (AAC) has been effective for the synthesis of a wide variety of 1,2,3-triazoles [1]. However, this reaction has some limitations such as the requirement of high temperature and

• ) using 5 mol % of various Cu catalysts under aerobic conditions in THF at 60 °C (Table 1, entries 1–9). The results showed that CuBr was the best catalyst and gave the highest yield of the expected 5-stibano-1,2,3-triazole 3a (Table 1, entry 2). The reaction without the Cu catalyst did not afford 3a

• product (Table 1, entry 7). Heating of 5-stibano-1,2,3-triazole 3a in the presence of Cu(OAc)2 (5 mol %) under aerobic conditions in THF at 60 °C for 3 h afforded 4 in 91% yield. Furthermore, heating of 1 without 2a under the same conditions did not give the phenylacetylene and the starting compound was

Conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation reactions

• James P. Phelan and
• Jonathan A. Ellman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1203–1228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.116

• reaction, Lou and Cheng explored the addition of various nitrogen [54], sulfur [55], and carbon nucleophiles [56][57] to α-branched vinyl ketones (Scheme 29). The nitrogen heterocycles benzotriazole (126a), triazole (126b), and 5-phenyltriazole (126c), all reacted smoothly with vinyl ketone 118. To achieve

Bi- and trinuclear copper(I) complexes of 1,2,3-triazole-tethered NHC ligands: synthesis, structure, and catalytic properties

• Shaojin Gu,
• Jiehao Du,
• Jingjing Huang,
• Huan Xia,
• Ling Yang,
• Weilin Xu and
• Chunxin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.85

• Republic of China 10.3762/bjoc.12.85 Abstract A series of copper complexes (3–6) stabilized by 1,2,3-triazole-tethered N-heterocyclic carbene ligands have been prepared via simple reaction of imidazolium salts with copper powder in good yields. The structures of bi- and trinuclear copper complexes were

• atmosphere at room temperature. Keywords: copper; CuAAC reaction; : N-heterocylic carbene; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) have interesting electronic and structural properties. This resulted in their use as versatile ligands in organometallic chemistry and homogeneous catalysis

• , the easy synthesis and versatile coordination ability of 1,2,3-triazoles have led to an explosion of interest in coordination chemistry [21] and homogeneous catalysis [22][23][24][25][26]. Although a number of metal complexes containing 1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazole ligands were well studied

Creating molecular macrocycles for anion recognition

• Amar H. Flood

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 611–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.60

• emerge but when they do, they represent plenty of scope for creative chemical design. At the time, I observed that the triazole linkages were used to bring together two modules, be they a fluorescent tag “clicked” onto a protein or redox-active group “clicked” together with a polymer. But I also thought

• there must be some latent functionality deriving from the intrinsic structure of the triazole that remained unexplored. It was clear later that Stefan Hecht and Steve Craig had similar thoughts. Invoking Hoffmann’s dictum [9], I originally wondered if the triazoles were the same as pyridines for the

• indicated that triazoles are sterically small. In the iron complex, we saw the ferrous ion’s preference for triazole change to a water molecule when oxidized up to the harder ferric ion. This process did not occur with the terpyridine control complex. Thus, we reasoned water could easily slip past the

Recent advances in N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-catalysed benzoin reactions

• Rajeev S. Menon,
• Akkattu T. Biju and
• Vijay Nair

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 444–461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.47

• chiral NHC-catalysts used for asymmetric homobenzoin condensation. A rigid bicyclic triazole precatalyst 15 in an efficient enantioselective benzoin reaction. Inoue’s report of cross-benzoin reactions. Cross-benzoin reactions catalysed by thiazolium salt 17. Catalyst-controlled divergence in cross

Enabling technologies and green processes in cyclodextrin chemistry

• Giancarlo Cravotto,
• Marina Caporaso,
• Laszlo Jicsinszky and
• Katia Martina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 278–294, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.30

• is the Cu(0)-catalysed azide–alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) that can be further enhanced by simultaneous US/MW irradiation [18]. The formation of triazole-substituted CDs has been investigated by US irradiation and products can be synthesized in 2–4 hours (Scheme 2) [19]. Scondo et al. have reported a

Interactions of cyclodextrins and their derivatives with toxic organophosphorus compounds

• Sophie Letort,
• Sébastien Balieu,
• William Erb,
• Géraldine Gouhier and
• François Estour

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 204–228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.23

• ); the second route starts from the same tosylated intermediate 18, substituted by an azide function, precursor of a triazole ring used to link the aldoxime moiety (pathway ii, Scheme 4). Following this second approach, Kubik et al. published new α-, β- and γ-CD derivatives functionalized with hydroxamic

• macromolecule. Efficiency of compounds 23a–i against chemical warfare agents: Amongst the derivatives 23a–i with the pyridine aldoxime linked to the CD by a triazole ring, compound 23a is the most interesting scavenger. To access more potent compounds, Kubik et al. later introduced two α-nucleophiles on A and D

• to the rigidity of the triazole-based spacer. Introduction of hydroxamic acids via a Huisgen reaction on α-, β- and γ-CD also leads to scavengers sharing the same level of efficiency than a glucose unit bearing the same functionnal group. These surprising results proved that for these derivatives

Exploring architectures displaying multimeric presentations of a trihydroxypiperidine iminosugar

• Camilla Matassini,
• Stefania Mirabella,
• Andrea Goti,
• Inmaculada Robina,
• Antonio J. Moreno-Vargas and
• Francesca Cardona

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2631–2640, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.282

• 0.32 (CH2Cl2/MeOH/NH4OH 6% 10:1:0.1); [α]D24 +4.88 (c 1.92, CHCl3); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.67 (s, 4H, H-triazole), 4.54 (s, 8H, OCH2-triazole), 4.44 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 8H, 3’-H), 4.32 (dd, J = 11.7, 5.3 Hz, 4H, 3-H), 4.05 (t, J = 4.7 Hz, 4H, 4-H), 3.98–3.95 (m, 4H, 5-H), 3.42 (s, 8H, CCH2O), 2.71 (dd

• , J = 12.0, 5.3 Hz, 4H, 2-Ha), 2.59 (dd, J = 11.7, 2.9 Hz, 4H, 6-Ha), 2.47–2.41 (m, 8H, 2-Hb + 6-Hb), 2.36 (t, J = 6.6 Hz, 8H, 1’-H), 2.11–2.03 (m, 8H, 2’-H), 1.49 (s, 12H, Me), 1.35 (s, 12H, Me) ppm; 13C NMR (50 MHz, CDCl3) δ 145.1 (s, 4C, C-triazole), 123.3 (d, 4C, C-triazole), 109,0 (s, 4C, acetal

• ), 77.3 (d, 4C, C-4), 72.2 (d, 4C, C-3), 68.9 (t, 4C, CCH2O), 68.0 (d, 4C, C-5), 64.8 (t, 4C, OCH2-triazole), 56.1 (t, 4C, C-6), 54.8 (t, 4C, C-2), 53.4 (t, 4C, C-1’), 47.7 (t, 4C, C-3’), 45.2 (s, CCH2O ), 28.3 (q, 4C, Me), 27.3 (t, 4C, C-2’), 26.3 (q, 4C, Me) ppm; MS (ESI) m/z (%): 1335.83 (100) [M + Na

Synthesis of bi- and bis-1,2,3-triazoles by copper-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition: A family of valuable products by click chemistry

• Zhan-Jiang Zheng,
• Ding Wang,
• Zheng Xu and
• Li-Wen Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2557–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.276

• different azides, followed by the sequential Swern oxidation and Ohira–Bestmann homologation provided the ethynyltriazole intermediate 9, finally another CuAAC resulted in the formation of unsymmetrical 4,4'-bi(1,2,3-triazole)s 10 (Scheme 4). The synthesis of 5,5'-bitriazoles Originally, in the research of

• the CuAAC reaction, the 5,5'-bitriazoles were usually considered as an undesired side product or impurity in the Huisgen cycloaddition. In general, they are the oxidative coupling product of the triazole-copper species. The 5,5'-bitriazoles were usually formed as the major product by the facilitation

• highest activity. In 2010, Nandurdikar et al. linked the two (or four) molecules of NO donor prodrugs together through the triazole spacers [22], which has potential application as NO-releasing materials. They first prepared the benzylidene-protected 2,2-di(azidomethyl)propane-1,3-diol containing the

Easy access to heterobimetallic complexes for medical imaging applications via microwave-enhanced cycloaddition

• Nicolas Desbois,
• Sandrine Pacquelet,
• Adrien Dubois,
• Clément Michelin and
• Claude P. Gros

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2202–2208, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.239

• ” reaction, has been applied to the synthesis of a range of triazole-linked porphyrin/corrole to DOTA/NOTA derivatives. Microwave irradiation significantly accelerates the reaction. The synthesis of heterobimetallic complexes was easily achieved in up to 60% isolated yield. Heterobimetallic complexes were