Synthesis and properties of 6-alkynyl-5-aryluracils

• Ruben Manuel Figueira de Abreu,
• Till Brockmann,
• Alexander Villinger,
• Peter Ehlers and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 898–911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.80

• be activated, and the 5-position deactivated for the nucleophilic attack that occurs during the oxidative addition of the metal catalyst. This may explain the formation of only the 6-substituted product during the Sonogashira reaction. As mentioned above, new reaction conditions had to be chosen to

Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes

• Ranran Li,
• Di Wang,
• Shengtao Li and
• Peng An

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54

• -butylphenylacetylene through a Sonogashira reaction followed by Diels–Alder reaction with tetracyclone 2, to give the precursor 102 in an overall 40% yield. The Scholl reaction of 102 using DDQ/TfOH at 0 °C provided the NG 103. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis of 103 clearly elucidates a closer interlayer

Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines

• David I. H. Maier,
• Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
• Charlene Marais

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51

• towards dibenzo[b,f]azepines and other dibenzo[b,f]heteropines, and the functionalisation thereof. Modern metal-catalyzed methods to introduce the C–C bridge include the Heck reaction, the Sonogashira reaction, Suzuki coupling and ring-closing metathesis, whereas Buchwald–Hartwig type reactions and Ullman

Synthesis, structure, and properties of switchable cross-conjugated 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes based on 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

• Semyon V. Tsybulin,
• Ekaterina A. Filatova,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii and
• Anna V. Gulevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 674–686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.49

• –Stephens reaction, method A) and arylacetylenes (Sonogashira reaction, method B). In all cases, even when using a small excess of 8, in addition to the desired monoalkynyl derivative 7, a double alkynylation product 9 was formed (Table 1). The Sonogashira coupling was somewhat more efficient, yielding

Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges

• Jorge García-Lacuna and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182

• reported by Pitts and collaborators. This study achieves full removal of metal species after common homogenous catalytic reactions such as a Suzuki–Miyaura reaction, Sonogashira reaction or hydrogenation mediated by Wilkinson’s catalyst [84]. Other interesting examples to remove transition metals in

Recent developments and trends in the iron- and cobalt-catalyzed Sonogashira reactions

• Surendran Amrutha,
• Sankaran Radhika and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 262–285, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.31

• products, pharmaceuticals of biological activity, and materials science [3]. In a Sonogashira reaction, the reaction conditions are mild and many reactions can be performed at room temperature [4]. However, the reaction is usually carried out in organic solvents like amines, benzene, THF, and DMF along

• , Chinchilla et al. reviewed the Sonogashira reaction demonstrating its wide generality and applicability, and the protocol has become a booming methodology in synthetic organic chemistry [6]. Thereafter, the same authors again compiled the Sonogashira reaction covering literature up to 2011 attesting the

• iodides showed good to excellent yields when coupled with phenylacetylene. The proposed mechanism is similar to the standard palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira reaction with the steps involving oxidative addition of the aryl/vinyl halide followed by transmetallation, and reductive elimination. The mechanism

Visible-light-mediated copper photocatalysis for organic syntheses

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qian Wang,
• Zongsheng Yan,
• Donglai Ma and
• Yuguang Zheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2520–2542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.169

• -catalyzed coupling reactions of terminal alkynes was published by Hwang and co-worker. In 2012, they [65] achieved a photoinitiated Sonogashira reaction using aryl halides (bromides and iodides) 20 and aryl- or alkylacetylenes 19. In control experiments, the replacement of the copper salt with palladium

• with oxime esters. Oxo-azidation of vinyl arenes. Azidation/difunctionalization of vinyl arenes. Photoinitiated copper-catalyzed Sonogashira reaction. Alkyne functionalization reactions. Alkynylation of dihydroquinoxalin-2-ones with terminal alkynes. Decarboxylative alkynylation of redox-active esters

Progress in the total synthesis of inthomycins

• Bidyut Kumar Senapati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 58–82, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.7

• be poor (<40%). Therefore, enyne 127 was selected as a coupling partner for the key Sonogashira reaction of alkenyl iodide (Z)-(+)-130a to construct the required (Z,Z,E)-triene for completion of the inthomycin A ((+)-1) synthesis. Fortunately, the alkenyl iodide (Z)-(+)-130a coupled smoothly with

Synthesis, crystal structures and properties of carbazole-based [6]helicenes fused with an azine ring

• Daria I. Tonkoglazova,
• Anna V. Gulevskaya,
• Konstantin A. Chistyakov and
• Olga I. Askalepova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 11–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.2

• helicenes with interesting electronic properties. Results and Discussion Synthesis In accordance with the above strategy, we first synthesized ortho-halogen alkynylazines 1a,b via the Sonogashira reaction of commercially available 2,3-dichloroquinoxaline and 2,3-dichloropyrazine with phenylacetylene using a

• catalytic systems Pd(PPh3)4/K3PO4/THF (method A) and Pd(PPh3)4/K3PO4/1,4-dioxane (method B) were less effective. 3-Alkynyl-2-carbazolylazines can also be prepared using an alternative synthetic sequence, i.e., the Suzuki–Miyaura arylation–Sonogashira reaction. It should be noted that in the case of 2,3

• /H2O catalytic system gave a mixture of the corresponding mono- and dicarbazolyl derivatives 4b (80%) and 5b (8%). The products were easily separated by column chromatography. 3-Bromo-2-carbazolylpyridine 4b was then introduced into the Sonogashira reaction with phenylacetylene giving rise to 3-alkynyl

Changed reactivity of secondary hydroxy groups in C8-modified adenosine – lessons learned from silylation

• Jennifer Frommer and
• Sabine Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2854–2861, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.234

• being preferentially formed. Optimization of the protection scheme lead to a new and economic route to the desired C8-alkynylated building block and its incorporation in RNA. Keywords: nucleoside chemistry; protecting groups; RNA synthesis; Sonogashira reaction; Introduction Oligoribonucleotides

• [25]. Therefore, we decided to start the synthesis with the preparation of the C8-brominated derivative. Halogenation with bromine was achieved in good yields, however, the following Sonogashira reaction reproducibly proceeded with very low yields (data not shown). Therefore, we changed the used

• even if so, how it would influence both reaction steps in terms of reactivity and product yield. To our satisfaction, iodination of 10 proceeded smoothly with 83% yield, and also the following Sonogashira reaction delivered the nucleoside linker conjugate 8 in moderate yield (51%). We observed partial

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

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

• that while Pd(PPh3)4, palladium acetate (Pd(OAc)2), PdCl2(PPh3)2, and tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium (Pd2(DBA)3) all catalyzed the Sonogashira reaction, the PdCl2(PPh3)2 precursor turned out to have the best activity in the light of reaction rates (Figure 1). In the presence of 0.5 mol % of

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

• . The Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira reaction has successfully constructed arylated internal alkynes that are important intermediates in organic synthesis, molecular electronics and polymers [56]. C–N bond forming reactions between aryl halides and amines/amides/sulfonamides have been extensively studied in

Synthesis of dipolar molecular rotors as linkers for metal-organic frameworks

• Sebastian Hamer,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Marius Jakoby,
• Ian A. Howard,
• Xianghui Zhang,
• Christian Näther and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1331–1338, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.132

• -benzothiadiazole (10) could be obtained in a Sonogashira reaction with trimethylsilylacetylene. Conversion to the dicarboxylic acid 2 was achieved using cesium fluoride under a carbon dioxide atmosphere. Not quite as straightforward was the synthesis of the dicyano derivative 3. While the synthesis of 5,6-dicyano

• Sonogashira reaction [52]. The cross coupling following a Sonogashira protocol was problematic though in our case. Phthalonitrile (1,2-dicyanobenzene) units are known to form phthalocyanines and homologues, especially under harsher reaction conditions, such as the long reaction times and metal catalysis in

• ) starting with diiodination of 1,2-difluorobenzene (6), followed by Sonogashira reaction with trimethylsilylacetylene and subsequent direct conversion to the dicarboxylic acid. Synthesis of 3,3'-(5,6-Difluoro-2,1,3-benzothiadiazol-4,7-diyl)dipropiolic acid (2) and 3,3'-(5,6-Dicyano-2,1,3-benzothiadiazol-4,7

The LANCA three-component reaction to highly substituted β-ketoenamides – versatile intermediates for the synthesis of functionalized pyridine, pyrimidine, oxazole and quinoxaline derivatives

• Tilman Lechel,
• Roopender Kumar,
• Mrinal K. Bera,
• Reinhold Zimmer and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 655–678, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.61

• approach to complex heterocycles. The aldehyde PM69 was further converted into the terminal alkyne PM73 by employing the Bestmann–Ohira protocol (Scheme 21). After its Sonogashira reaction with iodobenzene to the intermediate disubstituted alkyne PM74 this compound was converted into furopyrimidine

• complex heterocyclic systems by the building block system derived from β-ketoenamides KE. Finally, the synthesis of star-shaped compound OX28 is presented. A threefold Sonogashira reaction of 1,3,5-tribromobenzene with ethynyl-substituted OX23 gave the desired OX28 in 22% yield; the major product (41%) of

• PM61 and PM63, oxidations to formyl-substituted pyrimidines PM69 and PM71 and synthesis of nitrile PM72 (DMP = Dess–Martin periodinane). Synthesis of pyrimidinyl-substituted alkyne PM74 and conversion into furopyrimidine PM75 and Sonogashira reaction of PO3 with ethynylbenzene to pyrimidine N-oxide

Synthesis of 9-arylalkynyl- and 9-aryl-substituted benzo[b]quinolizinium derivatives by Palladium-mediated cross-coupling reactions

• Siva Sankar Murthy Bandaru,
• Darinka Dzubiel,
• Heiko Ihmels,
• Mohebodin Karbasiyoun,
• Mohamed M. A. Mahmoud and
• Carola Schulzke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1871–1884, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.161

• ]quinolizinium derivatives with a large extension of the π-system, which should provide promising properties as G4-DNA ligands, we also focused our attention on the Sonogashira reaction as synthetic route to arylalkynyl-substituted derivatives. In this case, we aimed at donor-substituted derivatives such as 2b–d

• " experimental protocols cannot be applied due to the high susceptibility of the benzo[b]quinolizinium ring towards nucleophilic attack at 6-position that leads to ring opening [37][38]. Thus, the Sonogashira reaction of 5 requires either the separate generation of copper acetylide or strict water-free

Hypervalent organoiodine compounds: from reagents to valuable building blocks in synthesis

• Gwendal Grelier,
• Benjamin Darses and
• Philippe Dauban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1508–1528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.128

• –I motif (Scheme 22) [62]. Hence aryl- and alkyl-substituted terminal alkynes can be coupled via a Sonogashira reaction when PPh3 is used as ligand, while the use of diphenylphosphinoferrocenyl ligand (dppf) allows the Heck-type coupling of acrylates, vinyl ketones and electron-poor styrene

Asymmetric synthesis of propargylamines as amino acid surrogates in peptidomimetics

• Matthias Wünsch,
• David Schröder,
• Tanja Fröhr,
• Lisa Teichmann,
• Sebastian Hedwig,
• Nils Janson,
• Clara Belu,
• Jasmin Simon,
• Shari Heidemeyer,
• Philipp Holtkamp,
• Jens Rudlof,
• Lennard Klemme,
• Alessa Hinzmann,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2428–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.240

• in p- or m-position were reacted with propargyl alcohol in a Sonogashira reaction to give the phenylpropargyl alcohols 1a and 1b (Figure 4) [42][43], which were transformed in a Swern oxidation to afford the aldehydes 2a and 2b [44]. Condensation of the aldehydes 2a and 2b with (R)-configured tert

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• of styrenes with aryl bromides or aryl chlorides (Scheme 9) [59]. Sonogashira reaction Stolle and co-workers have reported a Sonogashira coupling reaction under ball milling conditions in which the reactions were done in absence of any copper catalyst or any additional ligands [60]. In presence of

• example of a double Sonogashira reaction is shown [60]. Oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling Copper-catalyzed mechanochemical oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling (CDC) reactions [61][62][63][64][65][66] of tetrahydroisoquinolines with alkynes and indoles was reported by Su and co-workers (Scheme

• ]. Mechanochemical Suzuki reaction [56]. Mechanochemical Suzuki–Miyaura coupling by LAG [57]. Mechanochemical Heck reaction [59]. a) Sonogashira coupling under milling conditions. b) The representative example of a double Sonogashira reaction of p-iodoacetophenone with 1,4-bis-ethynyl benzene. Copper-catalyzed CDC

Synthesis of benzothiophene and indole derivatives through metal-free propargyl–allene rearrangement and allyl migration

• Jinzhong Yao,
• Yajie Xie,
• Lianpeng Zhang,
• Yujin Li and
• Hongwei Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1866–1870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.181

• heterocycles are not well-documented [30][31]. Recently, our group explored the utilization of β-sulfonium carbanions for the preparation of thiophene derivatives [19]. Alkynes were treated with acyl chloride under Sonogashira reaction conditions and the expected β-sulfonium carbanions were obtained in a one

Interactions between shape-persistent macromolecules as probed by AFM

• Johanna Blass,
• Jessica Brunke,
• Franziska Emmerich,
• Cédric Przybylski,
• Vasil M. Garamus,
• Artem Feoktystov,
• Roland Bennewitz,
• Gerhard Wenz and
• Marcel Albrecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 938–951, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.95

• 4 was prepared by Sonogashira reaction of 3 with trimethylsilylacetylene. Subsequent deprotection of the TMS groups using tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride and saponification of the tert-butyl ester with trifluoroacetic acid resulted in the corresponding benzoic acid 6. The latter was coupled to 6

Scope and limitations of a DMF bio-alternative within Sonogashira cross-coupling and Cacchi-type annulation

• Kirsty L. Wilson,
• Alan R. Kennedy,
• Jane Murray,
• Ben Greatrex,
• Craig Jamieson and
• Allan J. B. Watson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2005–2011, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.187

• . Keywords: Cacchi annulation; cross-coupling; heterocycles; Sonogashira; sustainable solvent; Introduction The Sonogashira reaction [1][2] (Scheme 1) is a robust and broadly applicable Pd-catalysed bond-forming process that, alongside the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction [3], has steadily become an indispensible

• tool for C–C bond formation in the pharmaceutical industry [4]. While the Sonogashira reaction can be effectively carried out in a variety of media [1][2], in the general sense this process clearly relies upon the use of dipolar aprotic solvents, in particular DMF. Indeed, some 41% of all Sonogashira

• associated regulatory issues [24], it is perhaps no surprise that DMF continues to be a priority solvent for replacement. With legislation surrounding the use of DMF becoming increasingly stringent [24], numerous efforts have been made towards the use of alternative media in the Sonogashira reaction [25][26

Synthesis of highly functionalized 2,2'-bipyridines by cyclocondensation of β-ketoenamides – scope and limitations

• Paul Hommes and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1170–1177, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.112

• conditions (Scheme 6). The untouched chloro substituent in the second pyridine ring was then replaced by another aryl substituent leading to product 12 in 54% yield. Alternatively, a Sonogashira reaction with (cyclopropyl)ethyne transformed intermediate 11 into the alkynyl-substituted 2,2´-bipyridine

Gold-catalyzed direct alkynylation of tryptophan in peptides using TIPS-EBX

• Gergely L. Tolnai,
• Jonathan P. Brand and
• Jerome Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 745–749, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.74

• the Sonogashira reaction, which requires modified non-natural amino acids [32][33]. In 2013, our group reported the alkynylation of thiols using the hypervalent iodine reagent TIPS-EBX (1a, 1-[(triisopropylsilyl)ethynyl]-1,2-benziodoxol-3(1H)-one) (Scheme 1A) [34]. The reaction was almost

Study on the synthesis of the cyclopenta[f]indole core of raputindole A

• Nils Marsch,
• Mario Kock and
• Thomas Lindel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 334–342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.36

• included the second indole moiety of raputindole A (1). Boc protection of 6-iodoindole (2) [35], Sonogashira reaction of 3 with TMS-acetylene, and desilylation gave the N-protected alkynylindole 4 in excellent yield (Scheme 2). Boc-iodoindole 3 was also the precursor of the coupling partner, ketone 6