Palladium-catalyzed synthesis and nucleotide pyrophosphatase inhibition of benzo[4,5]furo[3,2-b]indoles

• Hoang Huy Do,
• Saif Ullah,
• Alexander Villinger,
• Joanna Lecka,
• Jean Sévigny,
• Peter Ehlers,
• Jamshed Iqbal and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2830–2839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.276

• selected inhibitors on isozymes ENPP1 and ENPP3 modelled proteins were in accordance with in vitro experimental studies. Conclusion In conclusion, we have reported a convenient strategy for the preparation of benzo[4,5]furo[3,2-b]indoles based on Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions followed by Pd-catalyzed

Acid-catalyzed rearrangements in arenes: interconversions in the quaterphenyl series

• Sarah L. Skraba-Joiner,
• Carter J. Holt and
• Richard P. Johnson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2655–2663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.258

• , samples of m,p’- (13), o,p’- (15), o,m’- (16), and o,o’-quaterphenyl (17) were synthesized as shown in Scheme 3. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling was used to synthesize 13, 15, and 16 from the corresponding aryl bromides and boronic acids [35]. o,o’-Quaterphenyl (17) was synthesized by homo-coupling of 2

• through time-of-flight matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI–TOF–MS) mass spectrometry, using sulfur as a matrix. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to form m,p’-quaterphenyl (13) [35]: 4-Biphenylboronic acid (0.18 g, 0.91 mmol) and 1 M K2CO3 (1.5 mL) were added to a 10 mL Pyrex microwave tube. 3

• (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.87–7.85 (m, 1H), 7.76–7.69 (m, 4H), 7.69–7.64 (m, 4H), 7.64–7.58 (m, 2H), 7.57–7.52 (m, 1H), 7.50–7.45 (m, 4H), 7.41–7.35 (m, 2H). Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to form o,p’-quaterphenyl (15) [35]: K2CO3 (0.91 g, 6.6 mmol) and water (7.7 mL) were combined in a 25 mL round bottom flask

A new approach to silicon rhodamines by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling – scope and limitations

• Thines Kanagasundaram,
• Antje Timmermann,
• Carsten S. Kramer and
• Klaus Kopka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2569–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.250

• functionalized with free acid moieties are directly accessible in contrast to previously described methods. Keywords: cross coupling; fluorescent dyes; near-infrared (NIR) dyes; silicon rhodamines; Suzuki–Miyaura coupling; Introduction Silicon rhodamines are versatile fluorescent dyes that found extensive use

• , we wanted to investigate if these dyes are also accessible by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Results and Discussion Optimization of reaction conditions At first we investigated the effects of different catalysts and boron compounds on the synthesis of silicon rhodamine 22 via Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling

• explored the substrate scope of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling by screening commercially available boronic acids (Scheme 4, Table 2). Hereby, PdCl2(dppf) was also tested in order to suppress the formation of the inseparable phosphonium cation species. At first, we investigated the use of 3-boronobenzoic acid

Mono- and bithiophene-substituted diarylethene photoswitches with emissive open or closed forms

• A. Lennart Schleper,
• Mariano L. Bossi,
• Vladimir N. Belov and
• Stefan W. Hell

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2344–2354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.227

• regioisomeric bromides were also formed, but they were separated by column chromatography on the next step. Bithiophene 11 was prepared in 74% yield by using a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling (catalyzed by PEPPSI-IPr) between boronic ester 9 and bromide 10 [13][14]. Boronation of bithiophene 11 was achieved under

• , AsOTh2, and SyOTh2 (Figure 1) were obtained using a standard procedure for a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of iodides 4, 5, 7, and 8 with boronic acid esters 9 and 12 (see Scheme 3). Throughout the text, abbreviations “As” and “Sy” denote asymmetric and symmetric substitution patterns, respectively; “O

• esters 9 and 12 (bpy – 4,4’-di-tert-butyl-2,2’-dipyridine; COD – cycloocta-1,5-diene; NBS – N-bromosuccinimide, DCM – dichloromethane). Photoswitchable diarylethenes AsTh1, SyTh1, AsTh2, SyTh2, AsOTh1, SyOTh1, AsOTh2, and SyOTh2 synthesized via a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. Conditions: 60 °C, argon

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

• -catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have laid down the foundation of new C–C bond formations [50][51]. A number of Pd-catalyzed organic reactions viz., C–N coupling, amination and intramolecular amidation, cyclization, and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling [52][53][54][55] have recently been reported in the literature

Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines by formal 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions of quinolinium salts

• Anthony Choi,
• Rebecca M. Morley and
• Iain Coldham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1480–1484, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.149

• could be converted to other derivatives by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling, reduction or oxidation reactions. Keywords: azomethine ylide; cycloaddition; heterocycle; pyrrolidine; stereoselective; Introduction Cycloaddition reactions of azomethine ylides are an important class of pericyclic reactions that give

• ). The adducts could be reduced, oxidised, or could undergo Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to give different substituted dihydro- and tetrahydroquinoline derivatives. Single crystal X-ray structure for 7c. Single crystal X-ray structure for 9. Reaction of ketone 1 with electron-deficient alkenes 2. Reactions of

• ester 4 and amide 5 with electron-deficient alkenes 6. Reactions of ester 4 and amide 5 with N-methylmaleimide. Reduction and oxidation of adducts 9 and 10. Formation of amides 15a and 15b and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to yield 16. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 322: Experimental

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• , presumably by changing the anionic character of the palladium complex to cationic in intermediate 135. Finally, the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of palladium salt 135 with boronic acid derivative 130 would provide the final oxindoles 131 or 132. Finally, is worth mentioning an example of a multicomponent

Synthesis and biological activity of methylated derivatives of the Pseudomonas metabolites HHQ, HQNO and PQS

• Sven Thierbach,
• Max Wienhold,
• Susanne Fetzner and
• Ulrich Hennecke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 187–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.18

• , its isolation should be possible and enable further modification, for example by ipso-substitution with heteroatom electrophiles. The application of the boronic acid in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling should also be possible [30][31]. Growth inhibition experiments against S. aureus showed that HQNO

Unnatural α-amino ethyl esters from diethyl malonate or ethyl β-bromo-α-hydroxyiminocarboxylate

• Eloi P. Coutant,
• Vincent Hervin,
• Glwadys Gagnot,
• Candice Ford,
• Racha Baatallah and
• Yves L. Janin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2853–2860, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.264

• modifications of some of the intermediates – using Suzuki–Miyaura coupling or cycloadditions – before undertaking the oximation step – provided accesses to further α-amino esters. Moreover, other pathways to α-hydroxyimino esters were explored including an attempt to improve the cycloadditions between ethyl β

Synthesis and biological evaluation of 1,2-disubstituted 4-quinolone analogues of Pseudonocardia sp. natural products

• Stephen M. Geddis,
• Teodora Coroama,
• Suzanne Forrest,
• James T. Hodgkinson,
• Martin Welch and
• David R. Spring

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2680–2688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.245

• first developed a strategy which constructed natural products 1–4 by uniting the quinolone cores with the side chain by means of an sp2–sp3 Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction [8]. Whilst these compounds unfortunately provided no modulation of PQS quorum screening (as determined using a heterologous

Calixazulenes: azulene-based calixarene analogues – an overview and recent supramolecular complexation studies

• Paris E. Georghiou,
• Shofiur Rahman,
• Abdullah Alodhayb,
• Hidetaka Nishimura,
• Jaehyun Lee,
• Atsushi Wakamiya and
• Lawrence T. Scott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2488–2494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.225

• Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction of bromobenzene with 5,7-di(Bpin)azulene, which in turn was formed via the exhaustive borylation of azulene with excess bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) [21]. Cyclocondensation of 5,7-diphenylazulene with formaldehyde produced 5 [22] under conditions similar to those used

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

• coumarin derivative. Rhodium catalysts Carboxylation of aryl and alkenylboronic esters Aryl and alkenylboronic acids or their esters are of interest in organic synthesis because they are commonly used for C–C bond-forming reactions such as Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions [50][51][52][53

Synthesis and characterization of π–extended “earring” subporphyrins

• Haiyan Guan,
• Mingbo Zhou,
• Bangshao Yin,
• Ling Xu and
• Jianxin Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1956–1960, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.170

• 10.3762/bjoc.14.170 Abstract A π-extended “earring” subporphyrin 3 was synthesized from β,β′-diiodosubporphyrin and diboryltripyrrane via a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and following oxidation. Its Pd complex 3Pd was also synthesized and both of the compounds were fully characterized by 1H NMR, MS and X-ray

• boron atom [25][26][27][28][29][30], meso- [31][32] and β-position [33][34][35]. By using the method developed by Osuka the β,β′-diborylsubporphyrins [36] can be obtained in high yields. A subsequent Suzuki–Miyaura coupling smoothly affords various β-aryl-substituted subporphyrins [37]. Alternatively

• cavities π-extended “earring” porphyrins through the aforementioned Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction and subsequent oxidation [38]. In this case β,β′-dibromo/tetrabromoporphyrins and diboryltripyrrane were applied as reactants. We discovered that both the π-extended “earring” porphyrins and the

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

• -Arylbenzo[b]quinolizinium derivatives were prepared with base-free Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions between benzo[b]quinolizinium-9-trifluoroborate and selected benzenediazonium salts. In addition, the Sonogashira coupling reaction between 9-iodobenzo[b]quinolizinium and the arylalkyne derivatives yielded

• ]quinolizinium derivatives have to be optimized [34][35]. Accordingly, we extended our studies to improve the conditions of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling towards biaryl-type benzo[b]quinolizinium derivatives 1a–d (Figure 1), namely to apply the alternative base-free Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction [39][40][41][42

• -pyridinyl derivative 1d was obtained in low yield by the reaction of the trifluoroborate 3b with the diazonium salt 4d at 80 °C in DMF with Pd(PPh3)4 as a catalyst (Table 1, entry 9). It should be noted that some of these Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions require relatively long reaction times (Table 1

Water-soluble SNS cationic palladium(II) complexes and their Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions in aqueous medium

• Alphonse Fiebor,
• Richard Tia,
• Banothile C. E. Makhubela and
• Henok H. Kinfe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1859–1870, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.160

• their SCS analogues, SNS pincer complexes are poorly studied for their use in coupling reactions. Accordingly, a series of water soluble cationic Pd(II) SNS pincer complexes have been successfully synthesised and investigated in detail for their catalytic activity in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions

• limitation encouraged for the development of organosulfur ligand based palladium(II) complexes by exploiting the strong donor properties of sulfur. Such complexes are found to be resistant to moisture, air and thermal stress/elevated temperatures and have been applied in catalysing Suzuki–Miyaura coupling

• , there are several examples of SCS-based palladium(II) complexes (1–13, Figure 1) which were reported to catalyse the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction but the corresponding easy-to-synthesise SNS pincer complexes are well underrepresented [33]. To the best of our knowledge, the only examples reported in

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

• 59 in moderate to good yields. Nevertheless, a two-fold excess of the iodonium triflate is needed to secure a good conversion, a point that limits again the atom-economy of the overall process. Similarly, the group of Liu has described the double Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction of cyclic diaryl-λ3

• auto-amination process enables to address the issue of chemoselectivity in some cases. For example, the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling allows for introducing a pyridinyl or a furyl ring that are not compatible with the rhodium-catalyzed oxidizing amination reactions. In a similar manner, the group of

• diaryl-λ3-iodanes. Sequential difunctionalization of cyclic diaryl-λ3-iodanes. Double Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction of cyclic diaryl-λ3-iodanes. Synthesis of a δ-carboline from cyclic diaryl-λ3-iodane. Synthesis of N-(aryl)carbazoles from cyclic diaryl-λ3-iodanes. Synthesis of carbazoles from cyclic

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• calixarenes and their catalytic performances in the asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and Tsuji–Trost allylic alkylation reactions (Scheme 7) [42]. Calix[4]arene mono and dithiophosphines 24–26 were efficiently synthesized from p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene by a one pot Mitsunobu alkylation using

Rhodium-catalyzed C–H functionalization of heteroarenes using indoleBX hypervalent iodine reagents

• Erwann Grenet,
• Ashis Das,
• Paola Caramenti and
• Jérôme Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1208–1214, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.102

• ), which ends up on the pyridinone ring. As alternative, a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling between 3-halogenoindoles and (2-methoxypyridyl)boronic acids followed by a deprotection of the methoxy group [7][8] or transition-metal-catalyzed annulation methods [9] have also been reported. In contrast, several

Nanoreactors for green catalysis

• M. Teresa De Martino,
• Loai K. E. A. Abdelmohsen,
• Floris P. J. T. Rutjes and
• Jan C. M. van Hest

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 716–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.61

• Pd catalyst together with a PAA (poly(acrylic acid)) based polymer self-assembled in water [32]. The catalytic activity of the nanostructures was compared to the results achieved with the small molecule analogues of the pincer Pd complex, in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling. When the reaction of vinyl

Heterogeneous Pd catalysts as emulsifiers in Pickering emulsions for integrated multistep synthesis in flow chemistry

• Katharina Hiebler,
• Georg J. Lichtenegger,
• Manuel C. Maier,
• Eun Sung Park,
• Renie Gonzales-Groom,
• Bernard P. Binks and
• Heidrun Gruber-Woelfler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 648–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.52

• antitumour agents [10]. Advantages of the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling are mild reaction conditions, commercial availability of a large number of boronic acids and simple product purification [7]. Concerning the transition metal source for C–C cross-coupling reactions, homogeneous and heterogeneous Pd catalysts

• for catalysts rich in tin. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions Batch reactions The catalytic activity of the synthesised catalysts in the Suzuki–Miyaura reaction was investigated using phenylboronic acid 3 in combination with various bromoarenes 4a–e, featuring ortho- and para-substitution of electron

• Ce0.20Sn0.79Pd0.01O2–δ particles after one month, (b) optical microscope image of the emulsion at 0.1 wt % particles. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of phenylboronic acid 3 with various bromoarenes 4a–e (a: R1 = H, R2 = CH3; b: R1 = H, R2 = OH; c: R1 = H, R2 = COOCH3; d: R1 = H, R2 = CF3; e: R1 = CN, R2 = H). x90 and

Fluorescent nucleobase analogues for base–base FRET in nucleic acids: synthesis, photophysics and applications

• Mattias Bood,
• Sangamesh Sarangamath,
• Moa S. Wranne,
• Morten Grøtli and
• L. Marcus Wilhelmsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 114–129, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.7

• a more straightforward and versatile synthetic route. The Stille coupling was changed to a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and the cyclization was performed directly starting from the free aniline nitrogen, as we found that Boc protection was required only for cyclization when using DBU and DABCO. To faster

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 their low reactivity. Recently, Li and Su with co-workers have developed a liquid-assisted grinding (LAG) method for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling between aryl chlorides and boronic acids to synthesize the biaryls in nearly quantitative yield. Under optimized conditions 2 mol % Pd(OAc)2 and 4 mol

• ]. 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

An effective Pd nanocatalyst in aqueous media: stilbene synthesis by Mizoroki–Heck coupling reaction under microwave irradiation

• Carolina S. García,
• Paula M. Uberman and
• Sandra E. Martín

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1717–1727, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.166

• H2PdCl4 in the presence of poly(N-vinylpirrolidone) (PVP) [46][47]. These Pd NPs exhibited highly efficient catalytic activity in Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions [46][47] and nitroaromatic hydrogenations [48] in aqueous medium. Outstanding performance of these PVP-Pd NPs in the coupling reaction was

• –Miyaura coupling reaction [46] and nitroaromatic hydrogenation [48], the PVP-Pd NPs catalytic system exhibited high catalytic activity after five cycles. In the Heck–Mizoroki coupling reaction under MW irradiation, once the reaction was completed, a new batch of reagents was added to the reaction tube and

• , precipitation or organic extraction eventually lead to a dramatic drop of the catalytic activity. As a result of this, and in order to perform the reuse experiment, repeated runs on the same batch were performed; reusing the reaction mixture with the PVP-Pd nanocatalyst. By this procedure in both, Suzuki

Development of a method for the synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles composed of carboxylic acid, amino acid, and boronic acid

• Kohei Yamada,
• Naoto Kamimura and
• Munetaka Kunishima

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1478–1485, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.146

• one-pot oxazole synthesis/Suzuki–Miyaura coupling sequence has been developed. One-pot formation of 5-(triazinyloxy)oxazoles using carboxylic acids, amino acids and a dehydrative condensing reagent, DMT-MM, followed by Ni-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling with boronic acids provided the corresponding

• 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazoles in good yields. Keywords: one-pot oxazole synthesis; Suzuki–Miyaura coupling; triazine; 5-(triazinyloxy)oxazole; trisubstituted oxazole; Introduction Oxazoles are found in numerous natural products and are used as a broad range of artificial compounds [1][2]. In

• , Jin and co-workers reported that Ni-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling between triazinyloxybenzene and arylboronic acids affords the corresponding biaryl compounds [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]. In this context, we envisioned application of this Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to a 5-(triazinyloxy

Total synthesis of elansolids B1 and B2

• Liang-Liang Wang and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1280–1287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.124

• iodide 17 after O-acylation, iodination of the terminal alkyne and finally diimide-mediated syn-reduction [11]. Next, DDQ-mediated removal of the PMB protecting group yielded vinyl iodide 18. The synthesis of both fragments 13 and 18 set the stage for the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling which delivered the