Recent advances in total synthesis of illisimonin A

• Juan Huang and
• Ming Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2571–2583, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.199

• transpositions [31]. Starting from (S)-carvone (67), reaction with allyl bromide introduced an allyl group to give 68, which was then converted to the bicyclic compound 69 via a ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reaction followed by one-pot epimerization at the α-position of the carbonyl group (Scheme 7

Total syntheses of highly oxidative Ryania diterpenoids facilitated by innovations in synthetic strategies

• Zhi-Qi Cao,
• Jin-Bao Qiao and
• Yu-Ming Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2553–2570, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.198

• -alkoxy bridgehead radical addition then installed an allyl fragment, and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) smoothly formed the C ring to complete the core skeleton. The total synthesis was finalized by installing the four remaining stereocenters (C2, C3, C9, and C10). The specific synthetic route is as

• hemiacetalization to construct the oxa[3.2.1]-bridged ring system, thereby forming the D and E rings. Subsequently, the introduction of a tertiary hydroxy thiocarbonate at C11 afforded compound 38. Under thermal conditions, 38 underwent smooth introduction of an allyl fragment via intermolecular radical addition

• reaction with allyltributylstannane, yielding compound 40. After isomerization of the C11 allyl double bond and introduction of a C6 isobutenyl group, the resulting diene 42 underwent RCM catalyzed by the Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst to form the pentacyclic skeleton 43, thus completing the C ring of the natural

Ni-promoted reductive cyclization cascade enables a total synthesis of (+)-aglacin B

• Si-Chen Yao,
• Jing-Si Cao,
• Jian Xiao,
• Ya-Wen Wang and
• Yu Peng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2548–2552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.197

• cyclization, and a subsequent acetal reduction under acidic conditions then can complete the total synthesis of this molecule. The cyclization precursor 5 could be prepared from the primary alcohol 6 through transforming functional groups of the alkyl chain and installing an allyl group. It was envisioned

• 2,4,4,6-tetrabromo-2,5-cyclohexadienone (TBCD) in CH2Cl2 followed by reaction with allyl alcohol, provided β-bromo acetal 5 in 30% overall yield starting from alcohol 6. With a successful preparation of the cyclization precursor 5, the designed nickel-promoted reductive tandem cyclization was pursued

• of (+)-aglacin B, a typical aryltetralin natural product [23][24], was completed from 2,6-dimethoxyphenol. The key Ni-promoted reductive cyclization cascade of a β-bromo acetal with an allyl tether, smoothly established the tetrahydronaphtho[2,3-c]furan core of this molecule in a new fashion. The

Isoorotamide-based peptide nucleic acid nucleobases with extended linkers aimed at distal base recognition of adenosine in double helical RNA

• Grant D. Walby,
• Brandon R. Tessier,
• Tristan L. Mabee,
• Jennah M. Hoke,
• Hallie M. Bleam,
• Angelina Giglio-Tos,
• Emily E. Harding,
• Vladislavs Baskevics,
• Martins Katkevics,
• Eriks Rozners and
• James A. MacKay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2513–2523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.193

• incomplete conversion resulted in Boc protected beta-alanine that was challenging to separate from the desired product (3). Carboxylic acid 3 then underwent a peptide coupling reaction with allyl-protected PNA backbone 4 to afford nitrobenzene 5 in 69% yield. Nitrobenzene 5 was then reduced to the

• % of the final desired monomer 8 was also isolated in the coupling step, presumably due to hydrolysis of the allyl ester in the iron reduction step. The remaining allyl ester 7 was deallylated via Pd(PPh3)4 to afford the monomer 8 in 51% yield. Db2 Synthesis Db2 was prepared through a convergent

Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of selenium-containing atropisomers via C–Se bond formations

• Qi-Sen Gao,
• Zheng-Wei Wei and
• Zhi-Min Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2447–2455, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.186

• efficiently constructed by catalytic asymmetric hydroselenation, catalytic asymmetric allyl substitution, catalytic asymmetric electrophilic selenylation/cyclization, etc. The research content of this part has already been covered by relevant reviews [15][16][17], so it is not within the scope of discussion

Pd-catalyzed dehydrogenative arylation of arylhydrazines to access non-symmetric azobenzenes, including tetra-ortho derivatives

• Loris Geminiani,
• Kathrin Junge,
• Matthias Beller and
• Jean-François Soulé

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2234–2242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.170

• (allyl)]2, XPhos, t-BuONa in 1,2-dimethoxyethane (DME)) [55]. The reaction outcomes were analyzed with both GC/MS and GC/FID analysis. Under these conditions, we were pleased to find that 1-phenyl-2-(o-tolyl)diazene (3a) was obtained with a GC yield of 50% (Table 1, entry 1). While all starting materials

• (allyl)2 in DME with strong base (Cs2CO3) favors C–N-bond coupling, which may yield products resulting from arylation at either the terminal or internal nitrogen atoms. The selectivity can be influenced by the steric hindrance of the phosphine ligands and/or the substrates. Once N,N-diarylhydrazine is

The application of desymmetric enantioselective reduction of cyclic 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds in the total synthesis of terpenoid and alkaloid natural products

• Dong-Xing Tan and
• Fu-She Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2085–2102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.164

• ], the enzyme-catalyzed desymmetric enantioselective reduction of 28, afforded hydroxyketone 54 in 65% yield with >99% ee and 8–9:1 dr on multigram scale [34]. Functional group transformations of 54 in four steps produced sterically hindered allyl triflate 55. By employing the palladacycle catalyst 45

Aryl iodane-induced cascade arylation–1,2-silyl shift–heterocyclization of propargylsilanes under copper catalysis

• Rasma Kroņkalne,
• Rūdolfs Beļaunieks,
• Armands Sebris,
• Anatoly Mishnev and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1984–1994, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.154

• stabilized allyl cation intermediates that undergo regioselective trapping by internal O- and N-nucleophiles furnishing functionalized heterocycles. This method provides access to tetrahydrofuran or pyrrolidine frameworks, each bearing a trifunctionalized (E)-configured vinyl side chain. The use of a shorter

• on intermediate allyl cation (Scheme 1C). The obtained tetrahydrofuran and pyrrolidine derivatives with highly substituted vinyl side-chains are regarded as privileged structures in medical chemistry [23][24]. Moreover, the resulting styryl functionality (Ph-C=C-) is often found in drug molecules as

• can arylate propargylsilanes and induce a 1,2-silyl shift to generate β-Si-stabilized allyl cations. Compared to the previously employed two-step halocyclization–cross-coupling sequence [22], this approach offers a shorter, [Pd]-free synthetic sequence to the modified styryl-containing tetrahydrofuran

Asymmetric total synthesis of tricyclic prostaglandin D2 metabolite methyl ester via oxidative radical cyclization

• Miao Xiao,
• Liuyang Pu,
• Qiaoli Shang,
• Lei Zhu and
• Jun Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1964–1972, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.152

• nitrate (CAN) [29][30] and Fe(ClO4)3·9H2O [31], failed to afford desired product 14 (Table 1, entries 6 and 7). To explore the synthesis of fully functionalized tricyclic core scaffold 12, methods for incorporating the side chain at C14 and for the stereocontrolled introduction of the allyl moiety at C8

• an inseparable mixture of diastereomers at C-15 in a ratio of 1.0/1.1 (1H NMR analysis). Having established a route to the bicyclic hemiketal 21, we investigated the stereoselective introduction of an allyl moiety at C8 for the synthesis of compound 25 according to the strategy in Scheme 3. Treatment

• of 21 with allyl alcohol and triphenylphosphine afforded transesterification product 22 in 21% yield [33], accompanied by unidentified decarboxylation by-products. A variety of standard conditions failed to promote the palladium-catalyzed decarboxylative allylation of allylic β-ketocarboxylate

3,3'-Linked BINOL macrocycles: optimized synthesis of crown ethers featuring one or two BINOL units

• Somayyeh Kheirjou,
• Jan Riebe,
• Maike Thiele,
• Christoph Wölper and
• Jochen Niemeyer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1719–1729, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.134

• synthesis of the allyl tosyl ethylene glycol (see Figure 1e) can be avoided and the bistosylated ethylene glycol 8 (available in one step) can be used instead. Secondly, the ring-closing metathesis was substituted for an operationally simple Williamson reaction. This results in macrocycles with regular

Approaches to stereoselective 1,1'-glycosylation

• Daniele Zucchetta and
• Alla Zamyatina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1700–1718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.133

• traceless hydrolysis of β-GlcN-derived allyl glycosides with retention of the anomeric configuration [102]. Anomeric deallylation was achieved through an initial double-bond isomerization to the propenyl moiety, followed by oxidation of the glycosidic prop-1-enyl group to a formyl group, as in 111, with

Azide–alkyne cycloaddition (click) reaction in biomass-derived solvent Cyrene^TM under one-pot conditions

• Zoltán Medgyesi and
• László T. Mika

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1544–1551, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.117

• -phenyl-1H-1,2,3- and 1-allyl-4-substituted-1H-1,2,3-triazoles were synthesized under one-pot conditions and isolated with good to excellent yields (50–96%) and purity (>98%). The observed results represent an example that proves that biomass-derived safer solvents can be introduced into a synthetically

• –carbon double bond in a certain molecular structure could allow for efficient subsequent functionalization via, for example, an addition reaction, opening possibilities for building even more complex molecular skeletons involving 1,2,3-triazole units. Using allyl bromide in the reaction sequence results

• in the formation of 1-allyl-4-substituted-1H-1,2,3-triazoles bearing a terminal C–C double bond moiety. Thus, we attempted to prepare a series of 1-allyl-4-substituted-1H-1,2,3-triazoles (Figure 5, 6a–f) from allyl bromide (4g) and selected acetylenes 2a–f. Similar to the formation of N-substituted-4

Microwave-enhanced additive-free C–H amination of benzoxazoles catalysed by supported copper

• Andrei Paraschiv,
• Valentina Maruzzo,
• Filippo Pettazzi,
• Stefano Magliocco,
• Paolo Inaudi,
• Daria Brambilla,
• Gloria Berlier,
• Giancarlo Cravotto and
• Katia Martina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1462–1476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.108

• products 2o, 2r and 2s in the range of 61–87%. The protocol demonstrated compatibility with more lipophilic amines, such as 1n, and also tolerated amine 1q containing an allyl substituent. When the reaction was carried out using substituted benzoxazoles (see Scheme 4), their reactivity with piperidine was

Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products

• Peter Gabko,
• Martin Kalník and
• Maroš Bella

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101

• , vinyl, ethynyl or sulphide are sufficient if a superbase such as LIDAKOR or LICKOR is used (Scheme 16) [54][55]. The reaction tends to be remarkably regioselective (in terms of the epoxide opening) and stereoselective, however, it should be treated with caution in case of allyl ethers as they can also

• polysubstituted oxetanes 64 (Scheme 18) [57]. The mechanism is based on a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence where the H-atom transfer is triggered by an S0 → T1 excitation of the starting allyl ether 63 using an iridium photosensitiser and blue light for irradiation. The method employs mild reaction

Recent advances in oxidative radical difunctionalization of N-arylacrylamides enabled by carbon radical reagents

• Jiangfei Chen,
• Yi-Lin Qu,
• Ming Yuan,
• Xiang-Mei Wu,
• Heng-Pei Jiang,
• Ying Fu and
• Shengrong Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1207–1271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.98

• agents, indicating the feasibility of the protocol (81d,e). The method was further extended to substrates bearing functional groups, such as esters, nitriles, and silanes, all of which were well-tolerated under the optimized conditions (81f–i). Expanding the substrates to include N-allyl-N

• , α-bromo ketones, and α-bromo nitriles, effectively participated in the reaction (88f–i). Even a more sterically hindered substrate also underwent successful cyclization affording 88j, thus further underscoring the robustness of this transformation. However, attempts using benzyl bromide, allyl

Synthetic approach to borrelidin fragments: focus on key intermediates

• Yudhi Dwi Kurniawan,
• Zetryana Puteri Tachrim,
• Teni Ernawati,
• Faris Hermawan,
• Ima Nurasiyah and
• Muhammad Alfin Sulmantara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1135–1160, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.91

• DIBAL-H to aldehyde 110 also resulted in stereochemical inversion (85%, anti/syn >15:1). Subsequent chelation-controlled allylation of aldehyde 110, following Ōmura’s method [27][29], employed allyltrimethylsilane and MgBr2·OEt2, yielding allyl alcohol 111 in 86% yield with exclusive

• in their laboratory. The strategy primarily involved the reaction of a chiral organometallic reagent 115 with a chiral allyl electrophile 114, as depicted in Scheme 18. The resulting deoxypropionate 113 was obtained with the newly formed stereocenter controlled by the reagent directing group (RDG

• ) attached to the allyl precursor 114. Iteration of this process required ozonolysis of 113, followed by its conversion to an organometallic intermediate 116, which was then reacted with allyl 114 to yield another deoxypropionate product, 117. The synthesis began with the preparation of the precursor chiral

Recent advances in synthetic approaches for bioactive cinnamic acid derivatives

• Betty A. Kustiana,
• Galuh Widiyarti and
• Teni Ernawati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1031–1086, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.85

• bond of cyclopropenone to give a cyclic intermediate 316 (Scheme 74A) [125]. On the other hand, Wu and co-workers (2022) developed a Pd-catalyzed selective ring-opening of cyclopropenones and vinyl epoxide 318 to give the corresponding esters 319–321 in good yields via a π–allyl palladium intermediate

Biobased carbon dots as photoreductants – an investigation by using triarylsulfonium salts

• Valentina Benazzi,
• Arianna Bini,
• Ilaria Bertuol,
• Mariangela Novello,
• Federica Baldi,
• Matteo Hoch,
• Alvise Perosa and
• Stefano Protti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1024–1030, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.84

• material was observed, thus pointing out the key role of CDs in the process. Some additional irradiation was carried out to identify the aryl radical released during the irradiation. Unfortunately, when the reaction was conducted in the presence of both furan and allyl phenyl sulfone [27] no arylation

Pd-Catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination with isatin using a P,olefin-type chiral ligand with C–N bond axial chirality

• Natsume Akimoto,
• Kaho Takaya,
• Yoshio Kasashima,
• Kohei Watanabe,
• Yasushi Yoshida and
• Takashi Mino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1018–1023, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.83

• amination of allyl esters using isatin as a nucleophile. In this reaction, bisphosphine-type ligands such as BINAP and SEGPHOS derivatives, as well as P,N-type ligands like oxazoline-type ligands, were utilized as chiral ligands [26]. On the other hand, several groups have recently reported new chiral

• proceeded when DMF was used (Table 1, entry 11). The reaction in PhCF3 afforded the target product in a good yield with the highest enantioselectivity compared to other solvents (Table 1, entry 12). Furthermore, when (E)-1,3-diphenyl-2-propenyl pivalate (14) was tested as the allyl ester, the desired

• -catalyzed asymmetric allylic amination of allyl esters with isatin using (aR)-(−)-6 possesses an S-configuration. This stereochemical outcome follows the same reaction mechanism as the Pd-catalyzed asymmetric allylic substitution of allyl esters with indoles using (aR)-(−)-6 [31]. To explore further

Recent advances in controllable/divergent synthesis

• Jilei Cao,
• Leiyang Bai and
• Xuefeng Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 890–914, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.73

• annulations of strained cyclic allenes with π-allyl palladium complexes and proposed mechanism [22]. Ring expansion of benzosilacyclobutenes with alkynes [23]. Photoinduced regiodivergent and enantioselective cross-coupling [24]. Catalyst-controlled regiodivergent and enantioselective formal hydroamination of

Regioselective formal hydrocyanation of allenes: synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated nitriles with α-all-carbon quaternary centers

• Seeun Lim,
• Teresa Kim and
• Yunmi Lee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 800–806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.63

• , ethyl, phenethyl, and allyl groups, also underwent smooth cyanation, resulting in α-quaternary nitriles 3f–i in yields of 85–94%. Furthermore, aryl-substituted allenes 1j–o, incorporating electron-donating or electron-withdrawing substituents such as methyl, fluoro, chloro, bromo, trifluoromethyl, or

• hydride complex A through the reaction of IPrCuCl with DIBAL-H [35]. Copper hydride species A reacts regioselectively with allene 1 to form the allylcopper intermediate B. Subsequent transmetalation between allyl-Cu B and DIBAL-H generates allylaluminum species C and regenerates IPrCuH (A). The final step

Recent advances in allylation of chiral secondary alkylcopper species

• Minjae Kim,
• Gwanggyun Kim,
• Doyoon Kim,
• Jun Hee Lee and
• Seung Hwan Cho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 639–658, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.51

• to the parent allyl group, a variety of 2-substituted electrophiles 31 could be applied. These included those bearing alkyl groups of varying steric demand, halides, and both electron-rich and electron-poor aryl substituents. The olefin coupling partner scope was equally impressive, tolerating

Total synthesis of (±)-simonsol C using dearomatization as key reaction under acidic conditions

• Xiao-Yang Bi,
• Xiao-Shuai Yang,
• Shan-Shan Chen,
• Jia-Jun Sui,
• Zhao-Nan Cai,
• Yong-Ming Chuan and
• Hong-Bo Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 601–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.47

• synapse growth and inhibits acetylcholinesterase. (±)-Simonsol C (Figure 1) has received considerable attention due to the presence of an aryl- and allyl-containing quaternary carbon center, which is common in natural products such as galanthamine and morphine. To construct the quaternary carbon in

• construct the aryl and allyl-containing quaternary center, and a simultaneous phenol-initiated oxy-Michael addition to afford the benzofuran unit. This synthesis took 9 steps and achieved an overall yield of 13%. Also in 2024, the Denton group reported another efficient way to access the 6/5/6 benzofuran

• two allyl groups into the product, thus avoiding the challenges associated with allyl formation reactions. The chosen synthetic route towards (±)-simonsol C is shown in Scheme 3. Starting with magnolol (11), one of the phenol groups was selectively protected by controlling the equivalents of MOMCl and

Formaldehyde surrogates in multicomponent reactions

• Cecilia I. Attorresi,
• Javier A. Ramírez and
• Bernhard Westermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 564–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.45

• product 35b was obtained, confirming that the dihaloalkane compound is the source of the methylene unit (Scheme 28c). Depending on the stability of the leaving carbocation, the selectivity of the R–N cleavage follows the decreasing order for the R groups: H, t-Bu, allyl, benzyl > methyl > primary

• amine with two methyl groups and a benzyl or allyl group, the cleavage of the N–CH2Ph and N–allyl bond takes place more selective (by 85% and 67%, respectively), instead of the cleavage of an N–Me bond. This explains the high selectivity observed for some examples in Scheme 27. Finally, this methodology

The effect of neighbouring group participation and possible long range remote group participation in O-glycosylation

• Rituparna Das and
• Balaram Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 369–406, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.27

• of a mixture of 1,2-cis and 1,2-trans glycosides. In this respect ether-type non-participating protecting groups like benzyl (OBn), p-methoxybenzyl (OMBn), and allyl (OAll) are implemented as the temporary protection in the C-2 position in order to obtain 1,2-cis glycoside products. Moreover, the