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Deoxygenative C2-heteroarylation of quinoline N-oxides: facile access to α-triazolylquinolines
- Geetanjali S. Sontakke,
- Rahul K. Shukla and
- Chandra M. R. Volla
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 485–493, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.42
- pyridine N-oxides [54]. Despite the versatility of these methods, the above reports involve the use of external additives for activating the N-oxides and suffer from other disadvantages, including prolonged reaction time, high temperature and limited substrate scope. At the same time, with the advent of Cu
- -catalyzed “Click” chemistry, N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles have become useful precursors for accessing a variety of heterocyclic moieties [55][56]. In spite of the above methods for the C2-amination, the establishment of a simple, efficient and atom-economical method for the synthesis of 2-triazolylquinoline
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Figure 1: Bioactive molecules containing the 2-aminoquinoline motif.
Scheme 1: C2-selective C–N bond formation of N-oxides.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope of N-sulfonyl-1,2,3-triazoles. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.2 mmol), 2 (0.24 mmol) an...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of quinoline N-oxides. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.2 mmol), 2a (0.24 mmol) and DCE (2...
Scheme 4: Late-stage modification of natural products.
Scheme 5: Substrate scope for the reaction of substituted triazoles with isoquinoline N-oxide.
Scheme 6: Gram-scale and one-pot synthesis.
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism.
Regioselective synthesis of heterocyclic N-sulfonyl amidines from heteroaromatic thioamides and sulfonyl azides
- Vladimir Ilkin,
- Vera Berseneva,
- Tetyana Beryozkina,
- Tatiana Glukhareva,
- Lidia Dianova,
- Wim Dehaen,
- Eugenia Seliverstova and
- Vasiliy Bakulev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2937–2947, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.243
- commonly used methods to prepare these compounds include the Cu-catalyzed multicomponent reaction of alkynes, sulfonyl azides and amines [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31], the reaction of thioacetamide derivatives and cyclic thioamides with sulfonyl azides [22][32][33], the chlorophosphite-mediated
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Figure 1: Examples of biological activity and interesting chemical reactivity of N-sulfonyl amidines.
Figure 2: Data on the synthesis of N′-sulfonylazole-4-carboximidamides.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-alkyl-N-phenyl-N'-(sulfonyl)-1H-1,2,3-triazole-4-carboximidamides 3.
Figure 3: Starting compounds.
Scheme 2: Scope for the reaction of 1-alkyl-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbothioamides 1a–d with azides 2a–f.
Scheme 3: Scope of the reaction of 5-arylamino-1,2,3-triazole-4-carbothioamides 1i–l with azides 2a,c–f.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 2-aminothiazole-4-N-sulfonyl amidines.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of N-sulfonyl amidines of isoxazolylcarboxylic acid.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(sulfonyl amidines) 3aj–an.
Scheme 7: Plausible mechanism for the reaction of heterocyclic thioamides with sulfonyl azides.
A novel and robust heterogeneous Cu catalyst using modified lignosulfonate as support for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles
- Bingbing Lai,
- Meng Ye,
- Ping Liu,
- Minghao Li,
- Rongxian Bai and
- Yanlong Gu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2888–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.238
- ). Recyclability of LS-FAS-Cu, LS-FM-Cu and Resin-Cu in the reaction between compounds 1a, 2a and 3a. Substrate scope of LS-FAS-Cu catalyzed three-component reactions of 4-aminoindoles, alkynes and aldehydes. Three-component reaction of 1a, 2a, and 3a to synthesis of 4aa. Optimizing the reaction condition of
- acetophenones and 1,3-diaminopropane to synthesis 2‑arylpyridine derivatives.a Acid density of catalyst. Substrate scope of the ketones catalyzed by LSA-FAS-Cu. LS-FAS-Cu catalyzed synthesis of aminonaphthalene derivatives.a Synthesis of the 3-phenylisoquinoline from 11a and urea (12a).a Supporting Information
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Figure 1: Schematic illustration for the preparation of the catalyst in this work.
Figure 2: FTIR spectra of LS, LS-FAS, and LS-FAS-Cu.
Figure 3: Thermogravimetric weight loss of the obtained materials LS-FAS and LS-FAS-Cu.
Figure 4: FSEM imagine of LS-FAS-Cu in different scale label a) 1 μm, b) 200 nm; FTEM images of LS-FAS-Cu in ...
Figure 5: XPS spectra of LS-FAS-Cu in the regions of C 1s, O 1s, Cu 2p3/2 and Cu LMM (inset).
Scheme 1: Substrate scope of LS-FAS-Cu catalyzed three-component reactions of 4-aminoindoles, alkynes and ald...
Figure 6: Recyclability of LS-FAS-Cu, LS-FM-Cu and Resin-Cu in the reaction between compounds 1a, 2a and 3a.
Synthesis and investigation of quadruplex-DNA-binding, 9-O-substituted berberine derivatives
- Jonas Becher,
- Daria V. Berdnikova,
- Heiko Ihmels and
- Christopher Stremmel
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2795–2806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.230
- berberine derivatives was synthesized by the Cu-catalyzed click reaction of 9-propargyladenine with 9-O-(azidoalkyl)berberine derivatives. The association of the resulting berberine–adenine conjugates with representative quadruplex-forming oligonucleotides 22AG dA(G3TTA)3G3 and a2 d(ACAG4TGTG4)2 was
- -forming repeat unit from the “insulin-linked polymorphic region” (ILPR) [50], that was also shown to bind quadruplex ligands [51]. Results Synthesis As the Cu-catalyzed click reaction between azides and alkynes is a well-established method for the variable functionalization of G4-DNA ligands [52], the
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Scheme 1: The structures and numbering of berberine (1a) and the alkyl-substituted derivatives 1an–en and the...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the berberine–adenine conjugates 4a–e.
Figure 1: Representative spectrophotometric (A) and spectrofluorimetric (B) titration of compound 4c with 22AG...
Figure 2: Melting temperatures, ΔTm, of G4-DNA (cDNA = 0.2 µM) F21T (black), F21T plus ds26 (15 equiv, red), ...
Figure 3: CD spectra of 22AG (A) and a2 (B) in the presence of the ligands 4c (in K+-phosphate buffer (pH 7.0...
Figure 4: The simplified structure of the complex between 1e3 and quadruplex DNA (left; [38]) and the proposed or...
Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review
- William A. Donaldson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166
- considerably more efficient than the Ghosh synthesis of 102. Syntheses of the C-1–C-6 segment of spliceostatin E (10) The Ghosh group’s synthesis of the C-1–C-6 segment of spliceostatin E (10) relied on a Cu-catalyzed Grignard addition to tert-butyldiphenylsilyl-protected (R)-glycidol, followed by the
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Figure 1: Structures of spliceostatins/thailanstatins.
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes to protected (2Z,4S)-4-hydroxy-2-butenoic acid fragments.
Scheme 2: Kitahara synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 3: Koide synthesis of (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 4: Nicolaou synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 5: Jacobsen synthesis of the (all-cis)-2,3,5,6-tetrasubstituted tetrahydropyran.
Scheme 6: Unproductive attempt to generate the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 7: Ghosh synthesis of the C-7–C-14 (all-cis)-tetrahydropyran segment.
Scheme 8: Ghosh’s alternative route to the (all-cis)-tetrahydropyranone 50.
Scheme 9: Alternative synthesis of the dihydro-3-pyrone 58.
Scheme 10: Kitahara’s 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 11: Kitahara 1st-generation synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 12: Nimura/Arisawa synthesis of the C-1-phenyl segment.
Scheme 13: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 fragment of FR901464 (1) from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide.
Scheme 14: Jacobsen synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 15: Koide synthesis of the C-1–C-7 segment of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 16: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-5 segment 102 of thailanstatin A (7).
Scheme 17: Nicolaou synthesis of the C-1–C-9 segments of spliceostatin D (9) and thailanstatins A (7) and B (5...
Scheme 18: Ghosh synthesis of the C-1–C-6 segment 115 of spliceostatin E (10).
Scheme 19: Fragment coupling via Wittig and modified Julia olefinations by Kitahara.
Scheme 20: Fragment coupling via cross-metathesis by Koide.
Scheme 21: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin A (4), FR901464 (1), spliceostatin E (10), and thailanstatin m...
Scheme 22: Arisawa synthesis of a C-1-phenyl analog of FR901464 (1).
Scheme 23: Jacobsen fragment coupling by a Pd-catalyzed Negishi coupling.
Scheme 24: Nicolaou syntheses of thailanstatin A and B (7 and 5) and spliceostatin D (9) via a Pd-catalyzed Su...
Scheme 25: The Ghosh synthesis of spliceostatin G (11) via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling.
Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents
- Paola Vitale,
- Luciana Cicco,
- Ilaria Cellamare,
- Filippo M. Perna,
- Antonio Salomone and
- Vito Capriati
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158
- ], (c) carbon–sulfur bond-forming reactions [9], (d) directed ortho-metalation and nucleophilic acyl substitution strategies [10], (e) Pd-catalyzed aminocarbonylation of aryl iodides, Suzuki–Miyaura and Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions [11][12][13], (f) Cu-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions [14], and
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Scheme 1: One-pot synthesis of 2,5-diarylpyrazines (A) (path a) or 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles (B) ...
Scheme 2: Transformation of phenacyl bromide (1a) in ChCl/Gly into phenacyl azide (2a) and 2-benzoyl-(4 or 5)...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles 3. Scope of the reaction. Typical conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-aroyl-(4 or 5)-aryl-(1H)-imidazoles 3/3' from α-phenacyl ...
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 2-benzoyl-(4 or 5)-phenyl-(1H)-imidazoles 3a/3a' and 2,4-di...
Scheme 6: Scope of the synthesis of 2,4-diaroyl-6-arylpyrimidines 7. Typical conditions: 2 (0.3 mmol), Et3N (...
When metal-catalyzed C–H functionalization meets visible-light photocatalysis
- Lucas Guillemard and
- Joanna Wencel-Delord
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1754–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.147
- good yields and the authors applied the methodology for the late-stage acylation of natural ʟ-tryptophan as well as carbazole derivatives. Cu-catalyzed transformations Sporadic examples using copper as transition metal for C–H functionalization reactions in combination with photocatalysis were also
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Figure 1: Concept of dual synergistic catalysis.
Figure 2: Classification of catalytic systems involving two catalysts.
Figure 3: General mechanism for the dual nickel/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 4: General mechanisms for C–H activation catalysis involving different reoxidation strategies.
Figure 5: Indole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 7: Oxidative Heck reaction on arenes via the dual catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 9: Oxidative Heck reaction on phenols via the dual catalysis.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the Heck reaction on phenols via dual catalysis.
Figure 11: Carbazole synthesis via dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for the carbazole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 13: Carbonylation of enamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 14: Proposed mechanism for carbonylation of enamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 15: Annulation of benzamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the annulation of benzamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 17: Synthesis of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 18: Proposed mechanism for the indole synthesis via dual catalysis.
Figure 19: General concept of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 20: The first example of dual catalysis merging C–H activation and photoredox catalysis.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation with diazonium salts via dual catalysis.
Figure 22: Dual catalysis merging C–H activation/photoredox using diaryliodonium salts.
Figure 23: Direct arylation via the dual catalytic system reported by Xu.
Figure 24: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Balaraman.
Figure 25: Direct arylation via dual catalytic system reported by Guo.
Figure 26: C(sp3)–H bond arylation via the dual Pd/photoredox catalytic system.
Figure 27: Acetanilide derivatives acylation via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 28: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation with α-ketoacids via dual catalysis.
Figure 29: Acylation of azobenzenes via the dual catalysis C–H activation/photoredox.
Figure 30: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 31: Proposed mechanism for the C2-acylation of indoles with aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 32: C2-acylation of indoles via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 33: Perfluoroalkylation of arenes via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 34: Proposed mechanism for perfluoroalkylation of arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 35: Sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via the dual C–H activation/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 36: Proposed mechanism for sulfonylation of 1-naphthylamides via dual catalysis.
Figure 37: meta-C–H Alkylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 38: Alternative procedure for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 39: Proposed mechanism for meta-C–H alkylation of arenes via metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 40: C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 41: Proposed mechanism for C–H borylation of arenes via visible-light metallaphotocatalysis.
Figure 42: Undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross coupling via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 43: Proposed mechanism for the undirected C–H aryl–aryl cross-coupling via dual catalysis.
Figure 44: Undirected C–H arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual manganese/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 45: Proposed mechanism for the undirected arylation of (hetero)arenes via dual catalysis.
Figure 46: Photoinduced C–H arylation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 47: Photo-induced C–H chalcogenation of azoles via copper catalysis.
Figure 48: Decarboxylative C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual cobalt/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 49: Proposed mechanism for the C–H adamantylation of azoles via dual catalysis.
Figure 50: General mechanisms for the “classical” (left) and Cu-free variant (right) Sonogoshira reaction.
Figure 51: First example of a dual palladium/photoredox catalysis for Sonogashira-type couplings.
Figure 52: Arylation of terminal alkynes with diazonium salts via dual gold/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 53: Proposed mechanism for the arylation of terminal alkynes via dual catalysis.
Figure 54: C–H Alkylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer (HAT).
Figure 55: Proposed mechanism for the C–H alkylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 56: C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 57: Proposed mechanism for the C(sp3)–H arylation of latent nucleophiles promoted by HAT.
Figure 58: Direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 59: Proposed mechanism for the direct α-arylation of alcohols promoted by HAT.
Figure 60: C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 61: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 62: C–H functionalization of nucleophiles via excited ketone/nickel dual catalysis.
Figure 63: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization enabled by excited ketones.
Figure 64: Selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 65: Proposed mechanism for the selective sp3–sp3 cross-coupling promoted by HAT.
Figure 66: Direct C(sp3)–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 67: Proposed mechanism for the C–H acylation of amines via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 68: C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 69: Proposed mechanism for the C–H hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 70: Alternative procedure for the C–H hydroalkylation of ynones, ynoates, and ynamides.
Figure 71: Allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 72: Proposed mechanism for the allylic C(sp3)–H activation via dual Ni/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 73: Asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual Cr/photoredox catalysis.
Figure 74: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric allylation of aldehydes via dual catalysis.
Figure 75: Aldehyde C–H functionalization promoted by H-atom transfer.
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism for the C–H functionalization of aldehydes promoted by HAT.
Figure 77: Direct C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 78: Proposed mechanism for the C–H arylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 79: Direct C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds promoted by HAT.
Figure 80: Proposed mechanism for the C–H trifluoromethylation of strong aliphatic bonds.
Palladium-catalyzed regio- and stereoselective synthesis of aryl and 3-indolyl-substituted 4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones
- Valeria Nori,
- Antonio Arcadi,
- Armando Carlone,
- Fabio Marinelli and
- Marco Chiarini
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1084–1091, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.95
- , widening in such a way the scope of the methodology and allowing challenging synthesis of indoles 6 bearing a 4-alkylidene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-one substituent (Scheme 1b). It is worth noting that an aerobic Pd/Cu-catalyzed cyclizative cross-coupling between 2-alkynylanilines and 2
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Scheme 1: Planned approach to tetrasubstituted-4-methylene-3,4-dihydroisoquinolin-1(2H)-ones 4 and 6.
Scheme 2: Preparation of the starting N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamides 2.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of the reaction of N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamide 2a with arylboronic acids 3b–i.
Scheme 4: Substrate scope of the reaction of N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamides 2c–f with arylboronic acids 3a–c/j.
Scheme 5: Reaction of N-propargyl-2-iodobenzamides 2b,f with the 2-alkynyltrifluoroacetanilides 5a–c.
Synthesis and anticancer activity of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides: the copper-catalyzed tandem C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridine with selenium
- Mio Matsumura,
- Tsutomu Takahashi,
- Hikari Yamauchi,
- Shunsuke Sakuma,
- Yukako Hayashi,
- Tadashi Hyodo,
- Tohru Obata,
- Kentaro Yamaguchi,
- Yasuyuki Fujiwara and
- Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1075–1083, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.94
- selenium source in the presence of a transition metal catalyst, such as Cu or Ni [27][28][29][30][31][32]. In 2011, Zhou et al. reported the pioneering Cu-catalyzed C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazopyridine with diphenyl diselenide in the presence of CuI (10 mol %) [29]. Tandem reactions involving the
- oxidant) as the selenium source under acidic conditions, and the substrate scope and limitations have not been clarified. Moreover, the syntheses of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,5-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides have recently been investigated using Cu-catalyzed reactions involving imidazo[1,5-a
- studies in the synthesis of organoselenium compounds containing imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine rings [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34], the synthesis of bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) selenides and diselenides by the Cu-catalyzed tandem C–H selenation of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with Se powder is
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Figure 1: Biologically active selenides and diselenides having heteroaryl groups.
Figure 2: Ortep drawings of 2a (a and b) and 3a (c and d, thermal elipsoids indicate 50% probability).
Figure 3: The synthesis of bis(2-arylimidazopyridin-3-yl) diselenides. Reaction conditions: 1 (2 mmol), Se (2...
Figure 4: The synthesis of bis(2-arylimidazopyridin-3-yl) selenides. Reaction conditions: 1 (2 mmol), Se (1 m...
Scheme 1: Control reactions.
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism (1).
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism (2).
Figure 5: The cytotoxic effect of the bis(2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl) diselenides 2 and selenides 3 on ...
Figure 6: The cytotoxic effect of the bis[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl] diselenide 2f on can...
Figure 7: Cytotoxic effect of the bis[2-(4-methoxyphenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl] diselenide 2f on a cance...
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
- organosilicon [17][18][19][20] and organoboron [21][22][23][24] compounds (i.e., C(sp3)–Si and C(sp3)–B). Nonetheless, considering the extent of their use and their increasing popularity in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as the significant growth in the development of Cu-catalyzed processes applied to
- their syntheses, a review on this subject seems quite timely. Therefore, we will focus on highlights of the past 5–6 years in this area, dividing the document into two sections: C–Si and C–B bond formation. Review Cu-catalyzed C–Si bond formation 1.1 Substitution reactions Alkylsilanes are an
- mechanism(s), a variety of substrates were suitable for this transformation, giving the desired products 42–44 in good chemical yields (Scheme 10) [32]. 1.2 Additions to imines Among the very first studies on Cu-catalyzed additions to imines one can include the work of Moeller and co-workers published in
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Scheme 1: Pharmaceuticals possessing a silicon or boron atom.
Scheme 2: The first Cu-catalyzed C(sp3)–Si bond formation.
Scheme 3: Conversion of benzylic phosphate 6 to the corresponding silane.
Scheme 4: Conversion of alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 5: Conversion of secondary alkyl triflates to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 6: Conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 7: Trapping of intermediate radical through cascade reaction.
Scheme 8: Radical pathway for conversion of alkyl iodides to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 9: Conversion of alkyl ester of N-hydroxyphthalimide to alkylsilanes.
Scheme 10: Conversion of gem-dibromides to bis-silylalkanes.
Scheme 11: Conversion of imines to α-silylated amines (A) and the reaction pathway (B).
Scheme 12: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 13: Screening of diamine ligands.
Scheme 14: Conversion of N-tert-butylsulfonylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 15: Conversion of aldimines to nonracemic α-silylated amines.
Scheme 16: Conversion of N-tosylimines to α-silylated amines.
Scheme 17: Reaction pathway [A] and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols [B].
Scheme 18: Conversion of aldehydes to benzhydryl silyl ethers.
Scheme 19: Conversion of ketones to 1,2-diols (A) and conversion of imines to 1,2-amino alcohols (B).
Scheme 20: Ligand screening (A) and conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols (B).
Scheme 21: Conversion of aldehydes to α-silylated alcohols.
Scheme 22: 1,4-Additions to α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 23: 1,4-Additions to unsaturated ketones to give β-silylated derivatives.
Scheme 24: Additions onto α,β-unsaturated lactones to give β-silylated lactones.
Scheme 25: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated to β-silylated lactams.
Scheme 26: Conversion of N-arylacrylamides to silylated oxindoles.
Scheme 27: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds to silylated tert-butylperoxides.
Scheme 28: Catalytic cycle for Cu(I) catalyzed α,β-unsaturated compounds.
Scheme 29: Conversion of p-quinone methides to benzylic silanes.
Scheme 30: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to regio- and stereocontrolled allylic silanes.
Scheme 31: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketimines to enantioenriched allylic silanes.
Scheme 32: Regioselective conversion of dienedioates to allylic silanes.
Scheme 33: Conversion of alkenyl-substituted azaarenes to β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 34: Conversion of conjugated benzoxazoles to enantioenriched β-silylated adducts.
Scheme 35: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl indoles to α-silylated N-alkylated indoles.
Scheme 36: Conversion of β-amidoacrylates to α-aminosilanes.
Scheme 37: Conversion of α,β-unsaturated ketones to enantioenriched β-silylated ketones, nitriles, and nitro d...
Scheme 38: Regio-divergent silacarboxylation of allenes.
Scheme 39: Silylation of diazocarbonyl compounds, (A) asymmetric and (B) racemic.
Scheme 40: Enantioselective hydrosilylation of alkenes.
Scheme 41: Conversion of 3-acylindoles to indolino-silanes.
Scheme 42: Proposed mechanism for the silylation of 3-acylindoles.
Scheme 43: Silyation of N-chlorosulfonamides.
Scheme 44: Conversion of acyl silanes to α-silyl alcohols.
Scheme 45: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to β-silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 46: Conversion of N-tosylaziridines to silylated N-tosylamines.
Scheme 47: Conversion of 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes to silylated cyclopropanes.
Scheme 48: Conversion of conjugated enynes to 1,3-bis(silyl)propenes.
Scheme 49: Proposed sequence for the Cu-catalyzed borylation of substituted alkenes.
Scheme 50: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of nonracemic allylic boronates.
Scheme 51: Cu–NHC catalyzed synthesis of α-substituted allylboronates.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of α-chiral (γ-alkoxyallyl)boronates.
Scheme 53: Cu-mediated formation of nonracemic cis- or trans- 2-substituted cyclopropylboronates.
Scheme 54: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of γ,γ-gem-difluoroallylboronates.
Scheme 55: Cu-catalyzed hydrofunctionalization of internal alkenes and vinylarenes.
Scheme 56: Cu-catalyzed Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov borylation of alkenes.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed borylation/ortho-cyanation/Cope rearrangement.
Scheme 58: Borylfluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 59: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of tertiary nonracemic alcohols.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of densely functionalized and synthetically versatile 1,2- or 4,3-borocyanated 1,3-butadi...
Scheme 61: Cu-catalyzed trifunctionalization of allenes.
Scheme 62: Cu-catalyzed selective arylborylation of arenes.
Scheme 63: Asymmetric borylative coupling between styrenes and imines.
Scheme 64: Regio-divergent aminoboration of unactivated terminal alkenes.
Scheme 65: Cu-catalyzed 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 66: Cu-catalyzed protodeboronation of α,β-unsaturated ketones.
Scheme 67: Cu-catalyzed β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated imines.
Scheme 68: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of β-trifluoroborato carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 69: Asymmetric 1,4-borylation of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds.
Scheme 70: Cu-catalyzed ACB and ACA reactions of α,β-unsaturated 2-acyl-N-methylimidazoles.
Scheme 71: Cu-catalyzed diborylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 72: Umpolung pathway for chiral, nonracemic tertiary alcohol synthesis (top) and proposed mechanism for...
Scheme 73: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-hydroxyboronates.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed borylation of ketones.
Scheme 75: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl halides.
Scheme 76: Cu-catalyzed borylation of allylic difluorides.
Scheme 77: Cu-catalyzed borylation of cyclic and acyclic alkyl halides.
Scheme 78: Cu-catalyzed borylation of unactivated alkyl chlorides and bromides.
Scheme 79: Cu-catalyzed decarboxylative borylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 80: Cu-catalyzed borylation of benzylic, allylic, and propargylic alcohols.
Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated esters with chiral phenol–carbene ligands
- Shohei Mimura,
- Sho Mizushima,
- Yohei Shimizu and
- Masaya Sawamura
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 537–543, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.50
- enantioselectivity. Conclusion A chiral phenol–NHC ligand efficiently promoted the enantioselective conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated esters with a hydrosilane. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of the applicability of chiral NHC ligands in Cu-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate
Copper-catalyzed remote C–H arylation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)
- Anping Luo,
- Min Zhang,
- Zhangyi Fu,
- Jingbo Lan,
- Di Wu and
- Jingsong You
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 530–536, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.49
- and 4i). Notably, 1-naphthamides with alkenyl (1l) and alkynyl (1m) groups were also suitable substrates for this direct C7−H arylation, affording 4k and 4l in good yields (Scheme 3, 4k and 4l). Furthermore, this Cu-catalyzed direct C−H arylation could tolerate other PAH substrates. The regioselective
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Scheme 1: Direct C–H arylation of PAHs.
Scheme 2: Scope of aryliodonium salts. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.2 mmol), 2 (0.3 mmol) in DCE (1 mL) at 70 °...
Scheme 3: Scope of PAHs. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.2 mmol), 2a (0.3 mmol) in DCE (1 mL) at 70 °C under N2 for...
Scheme 4: Proposed catalytic cycle.
Figure 1: a) UV-visible absorption spectra of 4k, 4n and 4o in toluene (1 × 10−5 mol/L). b) Emission spectra ...
Controlling alkyne reactivity by means of a copper-catalyzed radical reaction system for the synthesis of functionalized quaternary carbons
- Goki Hirata,
- Yu Yamane,
- Naoya Tsubaki,
- Reina Hara and
- Takashi Nishikata
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 502–508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.45
- methodology can realize a Pd-free catalyst system to prepare complex quaternary carbon atoms. Herein, we report the Cu-catalyzed control of the reactivity of an alkyne (addition and coupling) undergoing tandem tertiary alkylation and alkynylation to produce a 1,3-enyne containing a quaternary carbon center
- radical reaction [36]. Both cases were helpful in our development of the current Cu-catalyzed cascade C–H cyclization system. After careful optimization, we found that CuI, 1,10-Phen, Cy2NMe as a base, and 1,4-dioxane were effective for obtaining the best yields of products 5 (Figure 2). In this
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Scheme 1: Reaction modes of alkyne.
Figure 1: Substrate scope of 1 and 2. aConducted at 80 °C for 24 h in MeCN with CuBr (10 mol %), 1,10-Phen (2...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: Control experiment.
Scheme 4: Reaction of 2a and 4a.
Figure 2: Substrate scope of 2 and 4. aConducted at 100 °C for 20 h in 1,4-dioxane with CuI (10 mol %), 1,10-...
Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of organometallic reagents to challenging Michael acceptors
- Delphine Pichon,
- Jennifer Morvan,
- Christophe Crévisy and
- Marc Mauduit
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 212–232, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.24
- 97% ee, Scheme 23) [52]. This methodology was successfully applied to the synthesis of various natural molecules, such as (S)-Florhydral® and (S)-(+)-ar-turmerone or key intermediates in the synthesis of 8-deoxyanisatin and frondosin. Conclusion The enantioselective Cu-catalyzed conjugate addition of
- and productivity, and a wide scope, and on the other hand, to include this highly promising methodology in many synthetic strategies. Competitive side reactions in the Cu ECA of organometallic reagents to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. Cu-catalyzed ECA of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with phosphoramidite- (a
- ) and phosphine-based ligands (b). One-pot Cu-catalyzed ECA/organocatalyzed α-substitution of enals. Combination of copper and amino catalysis for enantioselective β-functionalizations of enals. Optimized conditions for the Cu ECAs of R2Zn, RMgBr, and AlMe3 with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes. CuECA of
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Scheme 1: Competitive side reactions in the Cu ECA of organometallic reagents to α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 2: Cu-catalyzed ECA of α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with phosphoramidite- (a) and phosphine-based ligands...
Scheme 3: One-pot Cu-catalyzed ECA/organocatalyzed α-substitution of enals.
Scheme 4: Combination of copper and amino catalysis for enantioselective β-functionalizations of enals.
Scheme 5: Optimized conditions for the Cu ECAs of R2Zn, RMgBr, and AlMe3 with α,β-unsaturated aldehydes.
Scheme 6: CuECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters and their application in the asymmetric to...
Scheme 7: Improved Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters, and their application in the as...
Scheme 8: Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of vicinal dialkyl arrays via Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to γ...
Scheme 9: 1,6-Cu ECA of MeMgBr to α,β,γ,δ-bisunsaturated thioesters: an iterative approach to deoxypropionate...
Scheme 10: Tandem Cu ECA/intramolecular enolate trapping involving 4-chloro-α,β-unsaturated thioester 22.
Scheme 11: Cu ECA of Grignard reagents to 3-boronyl α,β-unsaturated thioesters.
Scheme 12: Cu ECA of alkylzirconium reagents to α,β-unsaturated thioesters.
Scheme 13: Conversion of acylimidazoles into aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, amides, and amines.
Scheme 14: Cu ECA of dimethyl malonate to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazole 31 with triazacyclophane-based ligand ...
Scheme 15: Cu/L13-catalyzed ECA of alkylboranes to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazoles.
Scheme 16: Cu/hydroxyalkyl-NHC-catalyzed ECA of dimethylzinc to α,β-unsaturated acylimidazoles.
Scheme 17: Stereocontrolled synthesis of 3,5,7-all-syn and anti,anti-stereotriads via iterative Cu ECAs.
Scheme 18: Stereocontrolled synthesis of anti,syn- and anti,anti-3,5,7-(Me,OR,Me) units via iterative Cu ECA/B...
Scheme 19: Cu-catalyzed ECA of dialkylzinc reagents to α,β-unsaturated N-acyloxazolidinones.
Scheme 20: Cu/phosphoramidite L16-catalyzed ECA of dialkylzincs to α,β-unsaturated N-acyl-2-pyrrolidinones.
Scheme 21: Cu/(R,S)-Josiphos (L9)-catalyzed ECA of Grignard reagents to α,β-unsaturated amides.
Scheme 22: Cu/Josiphos (L9)-catalyzed ECA of Grignard reagents to polyunsaturated amides.
Scheme 23: Cu-catalyzed ECA of trimethylaluminium to N-acylpyrrole derivatives.
Combination of multicomponent KA2 and Pauson–Khand reactions: short synthesis of spirocyclic pyrrolocyclopentenones
- Riccardo Innocenti,
- Elena Lenci,
- Gloria Menchi and
- Andrea Trabocchi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 200–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.23
- , Viale Morgagni 85, 50134 Florence, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.16.23 Abstract The Cu-catalyzed multicomponent ketone–amine–alkyne (KA2) reaction was combined with a Pauson–Khand cycloaddition to give access of unprecedented constrained spirocyclic pyrrolocyclopentenone derivatives following a DOS couple-pair
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of representative approved drugs containing a spirocyclic moiety.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies for accessing pyrrolocyclopentenone derivatives, including the novel couple/pa...
Scheme 2: Couple/pair approach using combined KA2 and Pauson–Khand multicomponent reactions.
Scheme 3: Follow-up chemistry on compound 5 taking advantage of the enone chemistry. Reaction conditions. (i)...
Figure 2: Top: Selected NOE contacts from NOESY 1D spectra of compound 36; bottom: low energy conformer of 36...
Figure 3: PCA plot resulting from the correlation between PC1 vs PC2, showing the positioning in the chemical...
Figure 4: PMI plot showing the skeletal diversity of compounds 3–39 (blue diamonds) with respect to the refer...
Allylic cross-coupling using aromatic aldehydes as α-alkoxyalkyl anions
- Akihiro Yuasa,
- Kazunori Nagao and
- Hirohisa Ohmiya
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 185–189, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.21
- silyl ether, which are derived from the Pd-catalyzed allylic silylation of 2a and the Cu-catalyzed silylation of 1a and the subsequent [1,2]-Brook rearrangement, respectively. In this coupling reaction, (SIPr)CuCl was a slightly better copper complex than (IPr)CuCl (62%), (SIMes)CuCl (60%) and (IMes
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Scheme 1: Our strategy.
Scheme 2: Allylic cross-coupling using aldehydes as α-alkoxyalkyl anions.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope and reaction conditions. a) reactions were carried out with 1 (0.4 mmol), 2 (0.2 mm...
Scheme 4: Stoichiometric reaction.
Scheme 5: Possible pathway.
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
- detected in imidazolium-type ILs. However, complete conversion of 1a was observed in [TBP][4EtOV], without Et3N, proving that the solvent can act as a base in itself (Table 1, #2) as it was demonstrated for Cu-catalyzed C–N coupling reactions [34]. When, we attempted to couple 1a and 2a in the absence of
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Scheme 1: Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling of iodobenzene (1a) and phenylacetylene (2a) in ioni...
Figure 1: Effect of catalyst precursors used in Sonogashira coupling reaction of iodobenzene (1a, 0.5 mmol) a...
Figure 2: Re-use of Pd catalyst for Sonogashira coupling of iodobenzene (1a) and phenylacetylene (2a). Reacti...
Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups
- Xiaowei Li,
- Xiaolin Shi,
- Xiangqian Li and
- Dayong Shi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218
- transformation is proposed in Scheme 33 below. Notably, Cu acts as both a mediator and an oxidizer in this reaction. In the same year, Daugulis et al. [78] presented a Cu-catalyzed selective fluorination of benzoic acid derivatives and benzylamine derivatives assisted by an aminoquinoline auxiliary. With a CuI
- Cu-catalyzed fluorination of 2-pyridylaryl bromides was achieved by Liu and co-workers [80] through a Cu(I/III) catalytic cycle as well (Scheme 36). This method is based on the aid of an important pyridyl directing group and the final aryl C–F bond is formed after the reductive elimination of ArCu
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Scheme 1: The main three strategies of fluorination: nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical fluorination.
Scheme 2: Doyle’s Pd-catalyzed fluorination of allylic chlorides.
Scheme 3: Allylic fluorination of 2- and 3-substituted propenyl esters.
Scheme 4: Regioselective allylic fluorination of cinnamyl phosphorothioate esters.
Scheme 5: Palladium-catalyzed aliphatic C–H fluorination reported by Doyle.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of α-ketoesters followed by stereoselective reduction to...
Scheme 7: Pd-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination of oxindoles.
Scheme 8: C–H fluorination of 8-methylquinoline derivatives with F− reagents.
Scheme 9: Fluorination of α-cyano acetates reported by van Leeuwen.
Scheme 10: The catalytic enantioselective electrophilic C–H fluorination of α-chloro-β-keto phosphonates.
Scheme 11: Fluorination of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds directed by the bidentate PIP auxiliary.
Scheme 12: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds at the β-position of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective benzylic C–H fluorination with a chiral transient directing group.
Scheme 14: Microwave-heated Pd-catalyzed fluorination of aryl alcohols.
Scheme 15: Fluorination of aryl potassium trifluoroborates.
Scheme 16: C(sp2)–F bond formation using precatalyst [L·Pd]2(cod).
Scheme 17: Pd-catalyzed fluorination of (hetero)aryl triflates and bromides.
Scheme 18: The Pd-catalyzed C–H fluorination of arenes with Selectfluor/NFSI.
Scheme 19: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-monofluorination protocol for benzoic acids.
Scheme 20: Pd-catalyzed C(sp2)–H bond fluorination of 2-arylbenzothiazoles.
Scheme 21: Nitrate-promoted fluorination of aromatic and olefinic C(sp2)–H bonds and proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Fluorination of oxalyl amide-protected benzylamine derivatives.
Scheme 23: C–H fluorination of benzaldehydes with orthanilic acids as transient directing group.
Scheme 24: Pd(II)-catalyzed aryl C–H fluorination with various directing groups.
Scheme 25: Cu-catalyzed aliphatic, allylic, and benzylic fluorination.
Scheme 26: Cu-catalyzed SN2 fluorination of primary and secondary alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed fluorination of alkyl triflates.
Scheme 28: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of allylic bromides and chlorides.
Scheme 29: Synthetic strategy for the fluorination of active methylene compounds.
Scheme 30: Fluorination of β-ketoesters using a tartrate-derived bidentate bisoxazoline-Cu(II) complex.
Scheme 31: Highly enantioselective fluorination of β-ketoesters and N-Boc-oxindoles.
Scheme 32: Amide group-assisted site-selective fluorination of α-bromocarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 33: Cu-mediated aryl fluorination reported by Sanford [77].
Scheme 34: Mono- or difluorination reactions of benzoic acid derivatives.
Scheme 35: Cu-catalyzed fluorination of diaryliodonium salts with KF.
Scheme 36: Copper(I)-catalyzed cross-coupling of 2-pyridylaryl bromides.
Scheme 37: AgNO3-catalyzed decarboxylative fluorination of aliphatic carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: The Mn-catalyzed aliphatic and benzylic C–H fluorination.
Scheme 39: Iron(II)-promoted C–H fluorination of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 40: Ag-catalyzed fluorodecarboxylation of carboxylic acids.
Scheme 41: Vanadium-catalyzed C(sp3)–H fluorination.
Scheme 42: AgNO3-catalyzed radical deboronofluorination of alkylboronates and boronic acids.
Scheme 43: Selective heterobenzylic C–H fluorination with Selectfluor reported by Van Humbeck.
Scheme 44: Fe(II)-catalyzed site-selective fluorination guided by an alkoxyl radical.
Scheme 45: Fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates reported by Nguyen et al.
Scheme 46: Iridium-catalyzed fluorination of allylic carbonates with TBAF(t-BuOH)4.
Scheme 47: Iridium-catalyzed asymmetric fluorination of allylic trichloroacetimidates.
Scheme 48: Cobalt-catalyzed α-fluorination of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 49: Nickel-catalyzed α-fluorination of various α-chloro-β-ketoesters.
Scheme 50: Ni(II)-catalyzed enantioselective fluorination of oxindoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 51: Scandium(III)-catalyzed asymmetric C–H fluorination of unprotected 3-substituted oxindoles.
Scheme 52: Iron-catalyzed directed C–H fluorination.
Scheme 53: Electrophilic silver-catalyzed Ar–F bond-forming reaction from arylstannanes.
Figure 1: Nucleophilic, electrophilic and radical CF3 sources.
Scheme 54: Cu(I)-catalyzed allylic trifluoromethylation of unactivated terminal olefins.
Scheme 55: Direct copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes.
Scheme 56: Cupper-catalyzed enantioselective trifluoromethylation of five and six-membered ring β-ketoesters.
Scheme 57: Cu-catalyzed highly stereoselective trifluoromethylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates.
Scheme 58: Remote C(sp3)–H trifluoromethylation of carboxamides and sulfonamides.
Scheme 59: Trifluoromethylation of allylsilanes with photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 60: Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids in aqueous CH3CN.
Scheme 61: Decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of aliphatic carboxylic acids via combined photoredox and copp...
Scheme 62: Palladium-catalyzed Ar–CF3 bond-forming reaction.
Scheme 63: Palladium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of arenes with diverse heterocyclic directing groups.
Scheme 64: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of indoles as reported by Liu.
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of vinyl triflates and vinyl nonaflates.
Scheme 66: Pd(II)-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of aromatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 67: Visible-light-induced Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed ortho-trifluoromethylation of acetanilides with CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 68: CuI-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and alkenylboronic acids.
Scheme 69: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of aryl- and vinylboronic acids.
Scheme 70: Copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 71: Formation of C(sp2)–CF3 bond catalyzed by copper(I) complex.
Scheme 72: Loh’s Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of enamides and electron-deficient alkenes.
Scheme 73: Copper and iron-catalyzed decarboxylative tri- and difluoromethylation.
Scheme 74: Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of hydrazones developed by Bouyssi.
Scheme 75: Cu(I)-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 76: Cu/Ag-catalyzed decarboxylative trifluoromethylation of cinnamic acids.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed direct alkenyl C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 78: Copper(I/II)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of styrene derivatives.
Scheme 79: Regioselective trifluoromethylation of pivalamido arenes and heteroarenes.
Scheme 80: Synthesis of trifluoromethylquinones in the presence of copper(I).
Scheme 81: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazoheterocycles in ionic liquid/water.
Scheme 82: A mild and fast continuous-flow trifluoromethylation of coumarins using a CuI/CF3SO2Na/TBHP system.
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed oxidative trifluoromethylation of various 8-aminoquinolines.
Scheme 84: PA-directed copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of anilines.
Scheme 85: Trifluoromethylation of potassium vinyltrifluoroborates catalyzed by Fe(II).
Scheme 86: Alkenyl trifluoromethylation catalyzed by Ru(phen)3Cl2 as photocatalyst.
Scheme 87: Ru-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of alkenes by Akita’s group.
Scheme 88: Ir-catalyzed Cvinyl–CF3 bond formation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 89: Ag(I)-catalyzed denitrative trifluoromethylation of β-nitrostyrenes.
Scheme 90: Photocatalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aryl and heteroaryl C–H bonds.
Scheme 91: Rhenium (MTO)-catalyzed direct trifluoromethylation of aromatic substrates.
Scheme 92: Trifluoromethylation of unprotected anilines under [Ir(ppy)3] catalyst.
Scheme 93: Oxidative trifluoromethylation of imidazopyridines and imidazoheterocycles.
Scheme 94: Ruthenium-catalyzed trifluoromethylation of (hetero)arenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride.
Scheme 95: Phosphovanadomolybdic acid-catalyzed direct C–H trifluoromethylation.
Scheme 96: Picolinamide-assisted ortho-trifluoromethylation of arylamines.
Scheme 97: A nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluoromethylation of free anilines.
Scheme 98: Cu-mediated trifluoromethylation of terminal alkynes reported by Qing.
Scheme 99: Huang’s C(sp)–H trifluoromethylation using Togni’s reagent.
Scheme 100: Cu-catalyzed methods for trifluoromethylation with Umemoto’s reagent.
Scheme 101: The synthesis of alkynyl-CF3 compounds in the presence of fac-[Ir(ppy)3] under visible-light irradi...
Scheme 102: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction reported by Reutrakul.
Scheme 103: Difluoromethylation of enamides and ene-carbamates.
Scheme 104: Difluoromethylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 105: Copper-catalyzed direct C(sp2)–H difluoroacetylation reported by Pannecoucke and co-workers.
Scheme 106: Difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones with functionalized difluoromethyl bromides.
Scheme 107: Photoredox-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of aldehyde-derived hydrazones.
Scheme 108: Synergistic ruthenium(II)-catalyzed C–H difluoromethylation reported by Ackermann.
Scheme 109: Visible-light photocatalytic decarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acids.
Scheme 110: Synthesis of difluorinated ketones via S-alkyl dithiocarbamates obtained from acyl chlorides and po...
Scheme 111: Synthesis of aryl and heteroaryl difluoromethylated phosphonates.
Scheme 112: Difluoroalkylation of secondary propargyl sulfonates using Cu as the catalyst.
Scheme 113: Ru(II)-mediated para-selective difluoromethylation of anilides and their derivatives.
Scheme 114: Bulky diamine ligand promoted cross-coupling of difluoroalkyl bromides.
Scheme 115: Copper-catalyzed C3–H difluoroacetylation of quinoxalinones.
Scheme 116: Copper(I) chloride-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of enamines, indoles and β-ketoesters.
Scheme 117: Copper-boxmi-catalyzed asymmetric trifluoromethylthiolation of β-ketoesters.
Scheme 118: Direct Cu-catalyzed trifluoromethylthiolation of boronic acids and alkynes.
Scheme 119: Cu-catalyzed synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthio-substituted ketones.
Scheme 120: Trifluoromethylthiolation reactions promoted by diazotriflone and copper.
Scheme 121: Halide activation of N-(trifluoromethylthio)phthalimide.
Scheme 122: The visible light-promoted trifluoromethylthiolation reported by Glorius.
Scheme 123: Synthesis of α-trifluoromethylthioesters via Goossen’s approach.
Scheme 124: Photoinduced trifluoromethylthiolation of diazonium salts.
Scheme 125: Ag-mediated trifluoromethoxylation of aryl stannanes and arylboronic acids.
Scheme 126: Catalytic (hetero)aryl C–H trifluoromethoxylation under visible light.
Scheme 127: Photoinduced C–H-bond trifluromethoxylation of (hetero)arenes.
Synthesis of benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]benzoselenoazoles: Cs2CO3-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)benzimidazoles with selenium
- Mio Matsumura,
- Yuki Kitamura,
- Arisa Yamauchi,
- Yoshitaka Kanazawa,
- Yuki Murata,
- Tadashi Hyodo,
- Kentaro Yamaguchi and
- Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2029–2035, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.199
- Ar(aryl)–Se bonds [9][10][11][12][13]. Various metals, such as Pd, Ni, Fe, and Cu have been used to catalyze the reactions of a Se source with aryl donors. Among these, Cu-catalyzed tandem cyclization via a one-step Ullmann-type Se-arylation and Csp2–H selenation are efficient methods for
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Previously reported synthetic methods for the preparation of imidazo[2,1-b]selenoazoles.
Figure 1: (a) Ortep drawing of 2a (50% probability, only one of two independent molecules is shown) and (b) p...
Figure 2: Cs2CO3-mediated cyclization of 1-(2-bromoaryl)imidazoles with Se. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.5 mmol)...
Figure 3: Absorption spectra of selected compounds (2a, 10 and 11) in CHCl3.
Scheme 2: Control reactions.
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism.
Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage
- Gagandeep Kour Reen,
- Ashok Kumar and
- Pratibha Sharma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165
- of biologically active imidazo[1,2-a] pyridine derivatives [108]. Encouraged by the direct synthetic strategies for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines (IPs), Donthiri et al. have reported an efficient Cu-catalyzed C–H functionalization of pyridines with vinyl azide derivatives [109]. Their use of vinyl azide
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Various drugs having IP nucleus.
Figure 2: Participation percentage of various TMs for the syntheses of IPs.
Scheme 1: CuI–NaHSO4·SiO2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 2: Experimental examination of reaction conditions.
Scheme 3: One-pot tandem reaction for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridines.
Scheme 4: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of 2-haloimidazopyridine.
Scheme 5: Copper-MOF-catalyzed three-component reaction (3-CR) for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 6: Mechanism for copper-MOF-driven synthesis.
Scheme 7: Heterogeneous synthesis via titania-supported CuCl2.
Scheme 8: Mechanism involving oxidative C–H functionalization.
Scheme 9: Heterogeneous synthesis of IPs.
Scheme 10: One-pot regiospecific synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 11: Vinyl azide as an unprecedented substrate for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 12: Radical pathway.
Scheme 13: Cu(I)-catalyzed transannulation approach for imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 14: Plausible radical pathway for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 15: A solvent-free domino reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 16: Cu-NPs-mediated synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 17: CuI-catalyzed synthesis of isoxazolylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 18: Functionalization of 4-bromo derivative via Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 19: A plausible reaction pathway.
Scheme 20: Cu(I)-catalyzed intramolecular oxidative C–H amidation reaction.
Scheme 21: One-pot synthetic reaction for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 22: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 23: Cu(OAc)2-promoted synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 24: Mechanism for aminomethylation/cycloisomerization of propiolates with imines.
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Figure 3: Scope of pyridin-2(1H)-ones and acetophenones.
Scheme 26: CuO NPS-promoted A3 coupling reaction.
Scheme 27: Cu(II)-catalyzed C–N bond formation reaction.
Scheme 28: Mechanism involving Chan–Lam/Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of formyl-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 30: A tandem sp3 C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 31: Probable mechanistic approach.
Scheme 32: Dual catalytic system for imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 33: Tentative mechanism.
Scheme 34: CuO/CuAl2O4/ᴅ-glucose-promoted 3-CCR.
Scheme 35: A tandem CuOx/OMS-2-based synthetic strategy.
Figure 4: Biomimetic catalytic oxidation in the presence of electron-transfer mediators (ETMs).
Scheme 36: Control experiment.
Scheme 37: Copper-catalyzed C(sp3)–H aminatin reaction.
Scheme 38: Reaction of secondary amines.
Scheme 39: Probable mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 40: Coupling reaction of α-azidoketones.
Scheme 41: Probable pathway.
Scheme 42: Probable mechanism with free energy calculations.
Scheme 43: MCR for cyanated IP synthesis.
Scheme 44: Substrate scope for the reaction.
Scheme 45: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 46: Probable mechanistic pathway for Cu/ZnAl2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 47: Copper-catalyzed double oxidative C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 48: Application towards different coupling reactions.
Scheme 49: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 50: Condensation–cyclization approach for the synthesis of 1,3-diarylated imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 51: Optimized reaction conditions.
Scheme 52: One-pot 2-CR.
Scheme 53: One-pot 3-CR without the isolation of chalcone.
Scheme 54: Copper–Pybox-catalyzed cyclization reaction.
Scheme 55: Mechanistic pathway catalyzed by Cu–Pybox complex.
Scheme 56: Cu(II)-promoted C(sp3)-H amination reaction.
Scheme 57: Wider substrate applicability for the reaction.
Scheme 58: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 59: CuI assisted C–N cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 60: Probable reaction mechanism involving sp3 C–H amination.
Scheme 61: One-pot MCR-catalyzed by CoFe2O4/CNT-Cu.
Scheme 62: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 63: Synthetic scheme for 3-nitroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 64: Plausible mechanism for CuBr-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 65: Regioselective synthesis of halo-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of diarylated compounds.
Scheme 68: CuBr2-mediated one-pot two-component oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 69: Decarboxylative cyclization route to synthesize 1,3-diarylimidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 70: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 71: C–H functionalization reaction of enamines to produce diversified heterocycles.
Scheme 72: A plausible mechanism.
Scheme 73: CuI-promoted aerobic oxidative cyclization reaction of ketoxime acetates and pyridines.
Scheme 74: CuI-catalyzed pathway for the formation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 75: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 76: Mechanistic rationale for the synthesis of products.
Scheme 77: Copper-catalyzed synthesis of vinyloxy-IP.
Scheme 78: Regioselective product formation with propiolates.
Scheme 79: Proposed mechanism for vinyloxy-IP formation.
Scheme 80: Regioselective synthesis of 3-hetero-substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with different reaction su...
Scheme 81: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 82: CuI-mediated synthesis of 3-formylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 83: Radical pathway for 3-formylated IP synthesis.
Scheme 84: Pd-catalyzed urea-cyclization reaction for IPs.
Scheme 85: Pd-catalyzed one-pot-tandem amination and intramolecular amidation reaction.
Figure 5: Scope of aniline nucleophiles.
Scheme 86: Pd–Cu-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reaction.
Scheme 87: One-pot amide coupling reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 88: Urea cyclization reaction for the synthesis of two series of pyridines.
Scheme 89: Amidation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Figure 6: Amide scope.
Scheme 90: Pd NPs-catalyzed 3-component reaction for the synthesis of 2,3-diarylated IPs.
Scheme 91: Plausible mechanistic pathway for Pd NPs-catalyzed MCR.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of chromenoannulated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 93: Mechanism for the synthesis of chromeno-annulated IPs.
Scheme 94: Zinc oxide NRs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines/diazines.
Scheme 95: Zinc oxide-catalyzed isocyanide based GBB reaction.
Scheme 96: Reaction pathway for ZnO-catalyzed GBB reaction.
Scheme 97: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 98: ZnO NRs-catalyzed MCR for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]azines.
Scheme 99: Ugi type GBB three-component reaction.
Scheme 100: Magnetic NPs-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 101: Regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines catalyzed by Fe-SBA-15.
Scheme 102: Plausible mechanistic pathway for the synthesis of 2-alkoxyimidazopyridine.
Scheme 103: Iron-catalyzed synthetic approach.
Scheme 104: Iron-catalyzed aminooxygenation reaction.
Scheme 105: Mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 106: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-substituted imidazoles and alkynes.
Scheme 107: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Scheme 108: Rh(III)-catalyzed non-aromatic C(sp2)–H bond activation–functionalization for the synthesis of imid...
Scheme 109: Reactivity and selectivity of different substrates.
Scheme 110: Rh-catalyzed direct C–H alkynylation by Li et al.
Scheme 111: Suggested radical mechanism.
Scheme 112: Scandium(III)triflate-catalyzed one-pot reaction and its mechanism for the synthesis of benzimidazo...
Scheme 113: RuCl3-assisted Ugi-type Groebke–Blackburn condensation reaction.
Scheme 114: C-3 aroylation via Ru-catalyzed two-component reaction.
Scheme 115: Regioselective synthetic mechanism.
Scheme 116: La(III)-catalyzed one-pot GBB reaction.
Scheme 117: Mechanistic approach for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 118: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine using LaMnO3 NPs under neat conditions.
Scheme 119: Mechanistic approach.
Scheme 120: One-pot 3-CR for regioselective synthesis of 2-alkoxy-3-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 121: Formation of two possible products under optimization of the catalysts.
Scheme 122: Mechanistic strategy for NiFe2O4-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 123: Two-component reaction for synthesizing imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 124: Mechanistic scheme for the synthesis of imidazodipyridiniums.
Scheme 125: CuI-catalyzed arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 126: Mechanism for arylation reaction.
Scheme 127: Cupric acetate-catalyzed double carbonylation approach.
Scheme 128: Radical mechanism for double carbonylation of IP.
Scheme 129: C–S bond formation reaction catalyzed by cupric acetate.
Scheme 130: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 131: Control experiments for signifying the role of DMSO and oxygen.
Scheme 132: Mechanism pathway.
Scheme 133: Copper bromide-catalyzed CDC reaction.
Scheme 134: Extension of the substrate scope.
Scheme 135: Plausible radical pathway.
Scheme 136: Transannulation reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines.
Scheme 137: Plausible reaction pathway for denitrogenative transannulation.
Scheme 138: Cupric acetate-catalyzed C-3 carbonylation reaction.
Scheme 139: Plausible mechanism for regioselective C-3 carbonylation.
Scheme 140: Alkynylation reaction at C-2 of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 141: Two-way mechanism for C-2 alkynylation of 3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridines.
Scheme 142: Palladium-catalyzed SCCR approach.
Scheme 143: Palladium-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction.
Scheme 144: Reaction mechanism.
Scheme 145: A phosphine free palladium-catalyzed synthesis of C-3 arylated imidazopyridines.
Scheme 146: Palladium-mediated Buchwald–Hartwig cross-coupling reaction.
Figure 7: Structure of the ligands optimized.
Scheme 147: Palladium acetate-catalyzed direct arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 148: Palladium acetate-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 149: Palladium acetate-catalyzed regioselective arylation reported by Liu and Zhan.
Scheme 150: Mechanism for selective C-3 arylation of IP.
Scheme 151: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with styrenes.
Scheme 152: Pd(II)-catalyzed alkenylation reaction with acrylates.
Scheme 153: A two way mechanism.
Scheme 154: Double C–H activation reaction catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 155: Probable mechanism.
Scheme 156: Palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative coupling.
Scheme 157: Mechanistic cycle for decarboxylative arylation reaction.
Scheme 158: Ligand-free approach for arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 159: Mechanism for ligandless arylation reaction.
Scheme 160: NHC-Pd(II) complex assisted arylation reaction.
Scheme 161: C-3 arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines with aryl bromides catalyzed by Pd(OAc)2.
Scheme 162: Pd(II)-catalyzed C-3 arylations with aryl tosylates and mesylates.
Scheme 163: CDC reaction for the synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 164: Plausible reaction mechanism for Pd(OAc)2-catalyzed synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 165: Pd-catalyzed C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 166: Mechanism for C–H amination reaction.
Scheme 167: One-pot synthesis for 3,6-di- or 2,3,6-tri(hetero)arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
Scheme 168: C–H/C–H cross-coupling reaction of IPs and azoles catalyzed by Pd(II).
Scheme 169: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 170: Rh-catalyzed C–H arylation reaction.
Scheme 171: Mechanistic pathway for C–H arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 172: Rh(III)-catalyzed double C–H activation of 2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 173: Rh(III)-catalyzed mechanistic pathway.
Scheme 174: Rh(III)-mediated oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 175: Reactions showing functionalization of the product obtained by the group of Kotla.
Scheme 176: Mechanism for Rh(III)-catalyzed oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 177: Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation reaction.
Scheme 178: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 179: Annulation reactions of 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and alkynes.
Scheme 180: Two-way reaction mechanism for annulations reaction.
Scheme 181: [RuCl2(p-cymene)]2-catalyzed C–C bond formation reaction.
Scheme 182: Reported reaction mechanism.
Scheme 183: Fe(III) catalyzed C-3 formylation approach.
Scheme 184: SET mechanism-catalyzed by Fe(III).
Scheme 185: Ni(dpp)Cl2-catalyzed KTC coupling.
Scheme 186: Pd-catalyzed SM coupling.
Scheme 187: Vanadium-catalyzed coupling of IP and NMO.
Scheme 188: Mechanistic cycle.
Scheme 189: Selective C3/C5–H bond functionalizations by mono and bimetallic systems.
Scheme 190: rGO-Ni@Pd-catalyzed C–H bond arylation of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine.
Scheme 191: Mechanistic pathway for heterogeneously catalyzed arylation reaction.
Scheme 192: Zinc triflate-catalyzed coupling reaction of substituted propargyl alcohols.
Selenophene-containing heterotriacenes by a C–Se coupling/cyclization reaction
- Pierre-Olivier Schwartz,
- Sebastian Förtsch,
- Astrid Vogt,
- Elena Mena-Osteritz and
- Peter Bäuerle
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1379–1393, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.138
- starting material, but also ring fusion to selenophene was achieved by Cu-catalyzed C–Se cross-coupling reaction [28]. The detailed geometric structure and the packing behaviour in the solid state of triacenes 2–4 have been elucidated by single crystal X-ray structure analysis and X-ray diffraction on
- reinvestigated the synthesis of DTT 1 by using a Cu-catalyzed C–S cross-coupling reaction with potassium sulfide (K2S) as sulfur source [29]. The best results for this C–S ring-closure reaction were achieved by reacting 3,3’-diiodo-2,2’-bithiophene (5) [30] with the system K2S and copper iodide (CuI) as catalyst
- reagents as aforementioned or DTT 1 with thiourea or thioacetate in a Pd-catalyzed reaction [33] led in both cases to substantially lower yields. For the synthesis of selenolotriacenes (DST) 3 and (DSS) 4 we followed the same strategies and applied the above described Cu-catalyzed C–S and C–Se cross
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Heterotriacenes DTT 1, DTS 2, DST 3, and DSS 4 with varying number of selenium atoms and fused sele...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of heterotriacenes DTT 1 and DTS 2 via copper-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of selenolotriacenes DST 3 and DSS 4.
Figure 2: Single crystal X-ray structure analysis of selenolotriacene DST 3, (a) individual molecule and atom...
Figure 3: Single crystal X-ray structure analysis of selenolotriacene DST 3: (a) partial overlap of stacked a...
Figure 4: DFT quantum chemical calculated geometry of DTT 1 and general atom labelling for all heterotriacene...
Figure 5: Representative electron density of frontier orbitals LUMO, HOMO, and HOMO-1 for heterotriacene DSS 4...
Figure 6: Normalized absorption spectra of heteroacenes DTT 1 (black line), DTS 2 (blue line), DST 3 (green l...
Figure 7: Energy diagram of the frontier molecular orbitals of heterotriacenes 1–4.
Figure 8: Multisweep voltammograms for the electrochemical polymerization of monomeric heterotriacene DST 2 i...
Scheme 3: Oxidative polymerization of heterotriacenes 1–4 to corresponding conjugated polymers P1–P4.
Synthesis of non-racemic 4-nitro-2-sulfonylbutan-1-ones via Ni(II)-catalyzed asymmetric Michael reaction of β-ketosulfones
- Alexander N. Reznikov,
- Anastasiya E. Sibiryakova,
- Marat R. Baimuratov,
- Eugene V. Golovin,
- Victor B. Rybakov and
- Yuri N. Klimochkin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1289–1297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.127
- cytotoxicity [9]. However, it is of great importance to obtain all stereoisomers for the study of biological activity. Therefore, the development of methods for the asymmetric synthesis of polyfunctional sulfones is valuable. The most notable of them are Ag- and Cu-catalyzed 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions
- , which allows to obtain chiral cyclic sulfones with high enantioselectivity [10][11][12]. Also non-racemic cyclic sulfones can be obtained by the Diels–Alder reaction, catalyzed by chiral Lewis acids or organocatalysts. Rh- and Cu-catalyzed CH-insertion reactions occurring at moderate or high
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Рharmacologically active sulfones.
Figure 2: Structures of the ligands L1–L8.
Figure 3: Evolution of the conversion of 5 and diastereomeric composition of the products of reaction of 5a w...
Figure 4: Time profile of epimerization and retro-Michael reaction of (2R,3S)-8a in chloroform-d solution.
Figure 5: ORTEP diagram of (2R,3S)-8d.
Scheme 1: The proposed mechanism of asymmetric addition of β-ketosulfones to nitroalkenes.
Scheme 2: Transition state models for asymmetric addition of β-ketosulfones to nitroalkenes.
Silanediol versus chlorosilanol: hydrolyses and hydrogen-bonding catalyses with fenchole-based silanes
- Falco Fox,
- Jörg M. Neudörfl and
- Bernd Goldfuss
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 167–186, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.17
- , BIFOL, Figure 1) [52][54] and it´s derivative, the chiral chlorophosphite ligand 6 (BIFOP-Cl, Figure 1), e.g., in Cu-catalyzed 1,4-additions [53], in Pd-catalyzed alkyl–aryl cross coupling reactions [55][56], as well as for organoaluminum fencholate reagents [57]. Unexpected stability against hydrolysis
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Hydrogen-bonding silanediols, i.e., di(1-naphthyl)silanediol (1) [39], silanediols 2 [41-43], binaphthylsilane...
Scheme 1: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed N-acyl Mannich reaction of in situ-generated isoquinolin derivative 10 with...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of BIFOXSiCl2, starting with BIFOL (5) [52,54] yielding dichlorosilane 7.
Scheme 3: Hydrolysis of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) yielding the corresponding silanediol 9 and controlled hydrolysis of B...
Scheme 4: Hydrolysis of dichlorosilanes 13 and 14 to their corresponding silanediols 1 and 15 [51,60].
Figure 2: Hydrolyses of dichlorosilane 7 and 14 to BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9, green circle) and bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-buty...
Figure 3: Hydrolyses of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) to BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9, green circle), bis(2,4,6-tri-tert-butylphenoxy)dic...
Scheme 5: Two investigated pathways for the hydrolysis of the dichlorosilanes. Front attack mechanism (front)...
Figure 4: Three transition structures each, for the hydrolysis of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) and BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8) consid...
Figure 5: Computed hydrolyses of BIFOXSiCl2 (7) to BIFOXSiCl(OH) 8ax and BIFOXSiCl(OH) 8eq and subsequent com...
Figure 6: Transition state leading to 8eq following front1 attack (Ea = 32.6 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 1). Breaki...
Figure 7: Transition state leading to 8ax following front2 attack (Ea = 33.2 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 2). Breaki...
Figure 8: Transition state leading to 8eq following side attack (Ea = 37.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 3). Breaking...
Figure 9: Transition state leading to 9 following side attack (Ea = 31.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 6). Breaking a...
Figure 10: Transition state leading to 9 following front1 attack (Ea = 33.4 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 4). Breaking...
Figure 11: Transition state leading to 9 following front2 attack (Ea = 40.2 kcal mol−1, Figure 5, Table 3, entry 5). Breaking...
Figure 12: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl2 (7). H atoms on the chiral backbone are omitted for clarity i...
Figure 13: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8). H atoms on the chiral backbone are omitted for clarit...
Figure 14: X-ray crystal structure ofrac-BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming dimers. H atoms on the chiral backbone are o...
Figure 15: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming a tetramer. H atoms on the chiral backbone are ...
Figure 16: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) forming a dimeric structure with two bridged acetone mo...
Figure 17: X-ray crystal structure of BIFOXSiCl(OH) (8), binding an acetone molecule. H atoms on the chiral ba...
Scheme 6: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed N-acyl Mannich reaction of in situ-generated 10 with different silyl ketene...
Scheme 7: Hydrogen-bond-catalyzed nucleophilic substitution of 18 with BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) and nucleophile silyl...
Scheme 8: Nucleophilic substitution of 20 with BIFOXSi(OH)2 (9) and nucleophile silyl ketene acetals 11, 20 a...
Cobalt- and rhodium-catalyzed carboxylation using carbon dioxide as the C1 source
- Tetsuaki Fujihara and
- Yasushi Tsuji
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2435–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.221
- Negishi coupling with aryl bromide, affording the corresponding sterically congested alkene 17b-Ar in 56% yield after two steps. The Negishi coupling with benzyl chloride and the Cu-catalyzed allylation of allyl bromide also afforded the corresponding products 17b-Bn and 17b-Allyl, respectively, in good
- species B (step a). Finally, transmetalation between B and the arylboronic ester affords the product, along with the aryl-Rh intermediate A (step b) After this contribution, the Cu-catalyzed carboxylation of aryl and alkenylboronic esters was independently reported by the groups of Iwasawa and How [55][56
- ]. Direct C(sp2)–H bond carboxylation As described above, C–H carboxylations with CO2, particularly C(sp2)–H carboxylation reactions, have attracted much research interest. As a consequence, Nolan [57] and Hou [58] independently reported Cu-catalyzed carboxylations using heteroarenes as substrates, which
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 1a.
Scheme 2: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 3: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of propargyl acetates 1.
Scheme 4: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 3a.
Scheme 5: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of vinyl triflates 3.
Scheme 6: Co-catalyzed carboxylation of a sterically hindered aryl triflate 5.
Scheme 7: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 7a.
Scheme 8: Scope of the reductive carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles 7.
Scheme 9: Scope of the carboxylation of α,β-unsaturated carboxamides 9.
Scheme 10: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxylation of 11a.
Scheme 11: Scope of the carboxylation of allylarenes 11.
Scheme 12: Scope of the carboxylation of 1,4-diene derivatives 14.
Scheme 13: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed C(sp3)–H carboxylation of allylarenes.
Scheme 14: Optimization of the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of 16a.
Scheme 15: Derivatization of the carboxyzincated product.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 17: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxyzincation of alkynes 16.
Scheme 18: Co-catalyzed four-component coupling of alkynes 16, acrylates 18, CO2, and zinc.
Scheme 19: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed four-component coupling.
Scheme 20: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation of alkynes.
Scheme 21: Visible-light-driven synthesis of γ-hydroxybutenolides from ortho-ester-substituted aryl alkynes.
Scheme 22: One-pot synthesis of coumarines and 2-quinolones via hydrocarboxylation/alkyne isomerization/cycliz...
Scheme 23: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Co-catalyzed carboxylative cyclization of ortho-substituted aro...
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of alkenylboronic esters 27.
Scheme 26: Plausible reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of arylboronic esters 25.
Scheme 27: Ligand effect on the Rh-catalyzed carboxylation of 2-phenylpyridine 29a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed chelation-assisted C(sp2)–H bond carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 29: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-pyridylarenes 29.
Scheme 30: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 31: Carboxylation of C(sp2)–H bond with CO2.
Scheme 32: Reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed C(sp2)–H carboxylation of 2-arylphenols 34.
Scheme 33: Hydrocarboxylation of styrene derivatives with CO2.
Scheme 34: Hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 35: Asymmetric hydrocarboxylation of α,β-unsaturated esters with CO2.
Scheme 36: Proposed reaction mechanism for the Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 37: Visible-light-driven hydrocarboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 38: Visible-light-driven Rh-catalyzed hydrocarboxylation of C–C double bonds with CO2.
Scheme 39: Optimization of reaction conditions on the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne 42a and ...
Scheme 40: [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
Scheme 41: Proposed reaction pathways for the Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition of diyne and CO2.
Cobalt-catalyzed peri-selective alkoxylation of 1-naphthylamine derivatives
- Jiao-Na Han,
- Cong Du,
- Xinju Zhu,
- Zheng-Long Wang,
- Yue Zhu,
- Zhao-Yang Chu,
- Jun-Long Niu and
- Mao-Ping Song
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2090–2097, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.183
- structural units present in many natural products, functional materials, and pharmaceuticals [1]. Consequently, a variety of strategies have emerged to access them, including Pd-catalyzed and Cu-catalyzed coupling reactions (Buchwald–Harting couplings and Ullmann reactions) [2][3][4]. However, these classic
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Strategies for cobalt-catalyzed alkoxylation.
Scheme 1: Reaction scope with respect to N-(naphthalen-1-yl)picolinamide derivatives. Reaction conditions: 1 ...
Scheme 2: Reaction scope with respect to alcohols. Reaction conditions: 1a (0.2 mmol), 2 (1.0 mL), CoF2 (20 m...
Scheme 3: Control experiments and mechanistic studies.
Scheme 4: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 5: Removal of the directing group.
