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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
- deprotection, afforded enal 42. To avoid the chemoselectivity issues in the subsequent allylic oxidation and radical cyclization steps, enal 42 was converted to 43 by reduction of the aldehyde and protection of the resultant diol with Ph2SiCl2. Allylic oxidation of 43 with 44 [37] afforded the enone in 22
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Figure 1: The categorization of Illicium sesquiterpenes and representative natural products.
Figure 2: The original assigned (−)-illisimonin A, revised (−)-illisimonin A, and their different draws.
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A by Yu et al.
Scheme 2: Rychnovsky’s racemic synthesis of illisimonin A (1).
Scheme 3: The absolute configuration revision of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 4: Kalesse’s asymmetric synthesis of (−)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 5: Yang group proposed biosynthetic pathway of illisimonin A.
Scheme 6: Yang’s bioinspired synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 7: Dai’s asymmetric synthesis of (–)-illisimonin A.
Scheme 8: Lu’s total synthesis of illisimonin A.
Scheme 9: Initial efforts toward the total synthesis of illisimonin A by the Lu Group.
Scheme 10: Suzuki’s synthetic effort towards illisimonin A.
Transformation of the cyclohexane ring to the cyclopentane fragment of biologically active compounds
- Natalya Akhmetdinova,
- Ilgiz Biktagirov and
- Liliya Kh. Faizullina
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2416–2446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.185
- allylic oxidation using H2SeO3-dioxane system to form the C30 aldehyde 47, or by the ozonolytic cleavage of the double bond between C20 and C29 to produce 20-methyl-3-ethyldiketone 48 [36]. Intramolecular nitrile–anionic cyclization of ketone 46 or diketone 48 under conditions of basic catalysis proceeded
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Scheme 1: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of echinopine A (3).
Scheme 2: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of taiwaniaquinoids 7–12.
Figure 1: Iridoid skeleton.
Scheme 3: Ozonolysis–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of compounds 17a,b, 18 and 19 with iridoid topolog...
Scheme 4: Oxidation–aldol condensation sequence in the synthesis of compounds 21 and 23 with iridoid topology....
Scheme 5: Oxidation–aldol condensation sequence in the synthesis of compounds 29 and 30 with iridoid topology....
Scheme 6: Method for ring contraction in the absence of a double bond in a six-membered ring of triterpenoids....
Scheme 7: Oxidation–Dieckmann cyclization sequence in the synthesis of a new nortriterpenoid 39.
Scheme 8: Oxidation–Dieckmann cyclization sequence in the synthesis of 18,19-di-nor-cholesterol (40).
Scheme 9: Oxidation–cyclization sequence in the synthesis of 3-ethyl-substituted betulinic acid derivatives 49...
Scheme 10: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of 4β-acetoxyprobotryane-9β,15α-diol (52).
Scheme 11: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of (−)-taiwaniaquinone H (11).
Scheme 12: Benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of dactylicapnosines A (63) and B (64).
Scheme 13: Aza-benzilic acid-type rearrangement in the synthesis of (+)-stephadiamine (71).
Scheme 14: α-Ketol rearrangement in the synthesis of saffloneoside (73).
Scheme 15: Conversion of (−)-preaustinoid A (80) to (−)-preaustinoid B (81) via α-ketol rearrangement.
Scheme 16: α-Ketol rearrangement in the synthesis of 2,8-oxymethano-bridged diquinane 90.
Scheme 17: Oxidative ring contraction during the synthesis of (+)-cuparene (91) and (+)-tochuinylacetate (92).
Scheme 18: Semipinacol rearrangement in the synthesis of diterpenoids 97–100.
Scheme 19: Co-catalyzed homoallyl-type rearrangement in the syntheses of meroterpenes 106–109.
Scheme 20: Ring contraction reaction promoted by TTN·3H2O and HTIB in the synthesis of indanes.
Scheme 21: Rearrangement involving a hypervalent iodine compound in the synthesis of derivative 120.
Scheme 22: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of taiwaniaquinones A (7), F (8), taiwaniaquinols B (10), D (1...
Scheme 23: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of cheloviolene C (128), seconorrisolide B (129), and seconorr...
Scheme 24: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of (−)-pavidolide B (134).
Scheme 25: Wolff rearrangement in the synthesis of presilphiperfolan-8-ol (141).
Scheme 26: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cyclopentane derivatives 147a,b.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of cyclopentane derivatives 147a and 151.
Scheme 28: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cyclopentane derivative 153.
Scheme 29: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of tricyclic ketones 155, 156.
Scheme 30: Photochemical rearrangement in the synthesis of cis/trans salts 160.
Figure 2: Scope of the photoinduced carboborative ring contraction of steroids. Reaction conditions: steroid ...
Scheme 31: Photoinduced carboborative ring contraction in the synthesis of artalbic acid (180).
Scheme 32: Synthetic versatility of the photoinduced carboborative ring contraction.
Scheme 33: Methods of disclosure of epoxide 189.
Scheme 34: Methods of disclosure of epoxide 190.
Scheme 35: Rearrangement of α,β-epoxy ketone 197.
Scheme 36: Acid-induced rearrangement in the synthesis of perhydrindane ketones 202 and 205.
Scheme 37: Rearrangement of epoxyketone 208 in the synthesis of huperzine Q (206).
Scheme 38: Rearrangement of epoxide 212 under the action of Grignard reagent.
Scheme 39: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 220 in the synthesis of (−)-citrinadin A (217) and (+)-citrina...
Scheme 40: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 225 in the synthesis of hamigeran G (223).
Scheme 41: Semipinacol rearrangement of epoxide 231 in the synthesis of (−)-spirochensilide A (228).
Scheme 42: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 234 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 43: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 238 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 44: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of compound 241 with iridoid topology.
Scheme 45: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of lupane derivatives 245, 246, 248, and 249.
Scheme 46: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of weisaconitine D (252) and cardiopetaline (255).
Scheme 47: Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement in the synthesis of cardiopetaline (255).
Synthetic study toward vibralactone
- Liang Shi,
- Jiayi Song,
- Yiqing Li,
- Jia-Chen Li,
- Shuqi Li,
- Li Ren,
- Zhi-Yun Liu and
- Hong-Dong Hao
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2376–2382, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.182
- lactone 13 through allylic oxidation and cross metathesis. For the construction of the cyclopentene ring, an alkylidene carbene-mediated C–H insertion would be applied [35]. The synthetic route could be traced back to β-lactone 14, which contains two continuous stereogenic centers with trans configuration
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Figure 1: Selected representative natural products and derivatives with β-lactone moiety.
Scheme 1: Previous syntheses of vibralactone (6).
Scheme 2: Retrosynthetic analysis of vibralactone (6).
Scheme 3: Synthetic study toward vibralactone (6) in the present of β-lactone.
Scheme 4: C–H insertion utilizing linear precursor 19.
Scheme 5: Construction the bicyclic skeleton of vibralactone (6) through C–H insertion.
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 A- and D-rings of 96, respectively, delivering the methyl enol ether 98. Finally, allylic oxidation [76], α-methylation and reduction of 98 followed by hydrolysis accomplished the first total synthsis of (−)-conidiogenone F (21). After achieving the aforementioned success, the authors continued to
- utilize 96 as the common intermediate to synthesize other target natural products (Scheme 9) [72]. Firstly, the allylic oxidation and Luche reduction of 96 afforded primary alcohol 99, which was elaborated to (−)-conidiogenone D (19) via ten functional group manipulations. Secondly, the allylic oxidation
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Figure 1: Several representative terpenoid and alkaloid natural products synthesized by applying desymmetric ...
Figure 2: Selected terpenoid and alkaloid natural products synthesized by applying desymmetric enantioselecti...
Scheme 1: The total synthesis of (+)-aplysiasecosterol A (6) by Li [14].
Scheme 2: The total synthesis of (−)-cyrneine A by Han [31].
Scheme 3: The total syntheses of three cyrneine diterpenoids by Han [31,32].
Scheme 4: The total synthesis of (−)-hamigeran B and (−)-4-bromohamigeran B by Han [51].
Scheme 5: The total synthesis of (+)-randainin D by Baudoin [53].
Scheme 6: The total synthesis of (−)-hunterine A and (−)-aspidospermidine by Stoltz [58].
Scheme 7: The total synthesis of (+)-toxicodenane A by Han [65,66].
Scheme 8: The formal total synthesis of (−)-conidiogeone B and total synthesis of (−)-conidiogeone F by Lee a...
Scheme 9: The total syntheses of four conidiogenones natural products by Lee and Han [72].
Scheme 10: The total synthesis of (−)-platensilin by Lou and Xu [82].
Scheme 11: The total synthesis of (−)-platencin and (−)-platensimycin by Lou and Xu [82].
Scheme 12: The total synthesis of (+)-isochamaecydin and (+)-chamaecydin by Han [86].
Heterologous biosynthesis of cotylenol and concise synthesis of fusicoccane diterpenoids
- Ye Yuan,
- Zhenhua Guan,
- Xue-Jie Zhang,
- Nanyu Yao,
- Wenling Yuan,
- Yonghui Zhang,
- Ying Ye and
- Zheng Xiang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1489–1495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.111
- converted into alterbrassicicene E (6) in 80% yield. To synthesize brassicicenes A (7) and R (8), the tertiary hydroxy group of compound 13 was protected with a TES group to furnish compound 16 in 89% yield. By screening several conditions, we found that allylic oxidation of compound 16 could be achieved in
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Figure 1: Selected fusicoccane diterpenoids and overview of this study. (a) Representative members of the fus...
Figure 2: Heterologous production of brassicicene I in an engineered A. oryzae strain. (a) Biosynthesis of fu...
Figure 3: Synthesis of cotylenol (3). (a) Synthesis of Nakada’s intermediate 10 from 5. (b) Orf7 catalyzes th...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of alterbrassicicene E (6) and brassicicenes A (7) and R (8) from brassicicene I (5).
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
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Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
A review of recent advances in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical late-stage functionalization classified by anodic oxidation, cathodic reduction, and paired electrolysis
- Nian Li,
- Ruzal Sitdikov,
- Ajit Prabhakar Kale,
- Joost Steverlynck,
- Bo Li and
- Magnus Rueping
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2500–2566, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.214
- diselenides (Scheme 23b) [32]. 1.2 Organo-mediators-enabled anodic oxidation The Baran group has made significant contributions to the field of organic electrochemistry. One of their developments is the electrochemical allylic oxidation, a highly useful C–H functionalization method applicable to several
- generated tert-butyl peroxide to form an allylic peroxide, which ultimately transforms into an enone upon elimination of t-BuOH (Scheme 24). One year later, they developed an electrochemical transformation closely related to their electrochemical allylic oxidation, i.e. the oxidation of unactivated C(sp3)–H
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Figure 1: Classification of LSF reactions in this review.
Scheme 1: C(sp2)–H trifluoromethylation of heteroarenes.
Scheme 2: C(sp2)–H and C(sp3)–H alkylation of complex molecules.
Scheme 3: Electrochemical oxidation-induced intermolecular aromatic C–H sulfonamidation.
Scheme 4: Bioconjugation of tyrosine with (a) phenothiazine and (b) urazole derivatives.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical iodoamination of indoles using unactivated amines.
Scheme 6: Allylic C(sp3)–H aminations with sulfonamides.
Scheme 7: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 8: Site-selective electrooxidation of methylarenes to aromatic acetals.
Scheme 9: Electrochemical activation of C–H by electron-deficient W2C nanocrystals.
Scheme 10: α-Acyloxy sulfide preparation via C–H/OH cross-dehydrogenative coupling.
Scheme 11: Aromatic C–H-bond thiolation.
Scheme 12: C(sp2)–H functionalization for the installation of sulfonamide groups.
Scheme 13: Preparation of (hetero)aryl chlorides and vinyl chloride with 1,2-dichloroethane. aCu(OAc)2 (0.05 e...
Scheme 14: Electrochemical dual-oxidation enables access to α-chlorosulfoxides.
Scheme 15: Regio- and chemoselective formyloxylation–bromination/chlorination/trifluoromethylation of alkenes.
Scheme 16: Aziridine formation by coupling amines and alkenes.
Scheme 17: Formation of iminosulfide ethers via difunctionalization of an isocyanide.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-difunctionalized molecules via C–C-bond cleavage of arylcyclopropane.
Scheme 19: Electrooxidative amino- and oxyselenation of alkenes. VBImBr = 1-butyl-3-vinylimidazolium bromide.
Scheme 20: Electrooxidative dehydrogenative [4 + 2] annulation of indole derivatives.
Scheme 21: Electrochemical cyclization combined with alkoxylation of triticonazole.
Scheme 22: Electrochemically tuned oxidative [4 + 2] annulation of olefins with hydroxamic acids.
Scheme 23: Electrosynthesis of indole derivatives via cyclization of 2-ethynylanilines.
Scheme 24: Allylic C–H oxidation of mono-, di-, and sesquiterpenes.
Scheme 25: Oxidation of unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 26: Fluorination of C(sp3)–H bonds. rAP = rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 27: C(sp3)–H α-cyanation of secondary piperidines.
Scheme 28: Selective electrochemical hydrolysis of hydrosilanes to silanols.
Scheme 29: Organocatalytic electrochemical amination of benzylic C–H bonds.
Scheme 30: Iodide ion-initiated anodic oxidation reactions.
Scheme 31: Mn(III/IV) electro-catalyzed C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 32: Tailored cobalt–salen complexes enable electrocatalytic intramolecular allylic C–H functionalizatio...
Scheme 33: Cobalt–salen complexes-induced electrochemical (cyclo)additions.
Scheme 34: Electrochemical 1,2-diarylation of alkenes enabled by direct dual C–H functionalization of electron...
Scheme 35: Cobalt-electrocatalyzed atroposelective C–H annulation.
Scheme 36: Nickel-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H alkoxylation with secondary alcohols.
Scheme 37: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical enantioselective amination.
Scheme 38: Ruthenium-electrocatalyzed C(sp2)–H mono- and diacetoxylation.
Scheme 39: Rhodium(III)-catalyzed aryl-C–H phosphorylation enabled by anodic oxidation-induced reductive elimi...
Scheme 40: Asymmetric Lewis-acid catalysis for the synthesis of non-racemic 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds.
Scheme 41: Electrochemical enantioselective C(sp3)–H alkenylation.
Scheme 42: Palladium-catalyzed electrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling.
Scheme 43: Ir-electrocatalyzed vinylic C(sp2)–H activation for the annulation between acrylic acids and alkyne...
Scheme 44: Electrochemical gold-catalyzed C(sp3)–C(sp) coupling of alkynes and arylhydrazines.
Scheme 45: Photoelectrochemical alkylation of C–H heteroarenes using organotrifluoroborates.
Scheme 46: Mn-catalyzed photoelectro C(sp3)–H azidation.
Scheme 47: Photoelectrochemical undirected C–H trifluoromethylations of (Het)arenes.
Scheme 48: Photoelectrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling of heteroarenes with aliphatic C–H bonds.
Scheme 49: C–H amination via photoelectrochemical Ritter-type reaction.
Scheme 50: Photoelectrochemical multiple oxygenation of C–H bonds.
Scheme 51: Accelerated C(sp3)–H heteroarylations by the f-EPC system.
Scheme 52: Photoelectrochemical cross-coupling of amines.
Scheme 53: Birch electroreduction of arenes. GSW = galvanized steel wire.
Scheme 54: Electroreductive deuterations.
Scheme 55: Chemoselective electrosynthesis using rapid alternating polarity.
Scheme 56: Electroreductive olefin–ketone coupling.
Scheme 57: Electroreductive approach to radical silylation.
Scheme 58: Electrochemical borylation of alkyl halides. CC = carbon close.
Scheme 59: Radical fluoroalkylation of alkenes.
Scheme 60: Electrochemical defluorinative hydrogenation/carboxylation.
Scheme 61: Electrochemical decarboxylative olefination.
Scheme 62: Electrochemical decarboxylative Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi coupling.
Scheme 63: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive relay cross-coupling.
Scheme 64: Electrochemical chemo- and regioselective difunctionalization of 1,3-enynes.
Scheme 65: Electrocatalytic doubly decarboxylative crosscoupling.
Scheme 66: Electrocatalytic decarboxylative crosscoupling with aryl halides.
Scheme 67: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical reductive coupling of halides.
Scheme 68: Nickel-electrocatalyzed enantioselective carboxylation with CO2.
Scheme 69: Reductive electrophotocatalysis for borylation.
Scheme 70: Electromediated photoredox catalysis for selective C(sp3)–O cleavages of phosphinated alcohols to c...
Scheme 71: Stereoselective electro-2-deoxyglycosylation from glycals. MFE = methyl nonafluorobutyl ether.
Scheme 72: Electrochemical peptide modifications.
Scheme 73: Electrochemical α-deuteration of amides.
Scheme 74: Electrochemical synthesis of gem-diselenides.
Scheme 75: Site-selective electrochemical aromatic C–H amination.
Scheme 76: Electrochemical coupling of heteroarenes with heteroaryl phosphonium salts.
Scheme 77: Redox-neutral strategy for the dehydroxyarylation reaction.
Scheme 78: Nickel-catalyzed electrochemical C(sp3)–C(sp2) cross-coupling of benzyl trifluoroborate and halides....
Scheme 79: Paired electrocatalysis for C(sp3)–C(sp2) coupling.
Scheme 80: Redox-neutral strategy for amination of aryl bromides.
Scheme 81: Redox-neutral cross-coupling of aryl halides with weak N-nucleophiles. aProtocol with (+) RVC | RVC...
Scheme 82: Nickel-catalyzed N-arylation of NH-sulfoximines with aryl halides.
Scheme 83: Esterification of carboxylic acids with aryl halides.
Scheme 84: Electrochemically promoted nickel-catalyzed carbon–sulfur-bond formation. GFE = graphite felt elect...
Scheme 85: Electrochemical deoxygenative thiolation by Ni-catalysis. GFE = graphite felt electrode; NFE = nick...
Scheme 86: Electrochemical coupling of peptides with aryl halides.
Scheme 87: Paired electrolysis for the phosphorylation of aryl halides. GFE = graphite felt electrode, FNE = f...
Scheme 88: Redox-neutral alkoxyhalogenation of alkenes.
Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis: current approaches toward the integration of chemical and enzymatic transformations
- Ryo Tanifuji and
- Hiroki Oguri
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1693–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.151
- secondary alcohol of 21, the utilization of another variant, MoBsc9 L110A, Y112R, generated through the directed evolution of MoBsc9, facilitated the optimal conversion in the corresponding oxidative allylic rearrangement to afford brassicicene I (9) in 64% yield. Further palladium-catalyzed allylic
- oxidation with the incorporation of a ketone at the C13 position yielded brassicicene A (23). After conversion of 23 into the corresponding silyl enol ether, Rubottom oxidation allowed completion of the total synthesis of brassicicene R (24). As an effort to explore the biomimetic rearrangement, analogous
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Scheme 1: Targeted natural products and key enzymatic transformations in the chemo-enzymatic total syntheses ...
Scheme 2: Biosynthetic pathway to brassicicenes in Pseudocercospora fijiensis [14]. (A) Cyclization phase catalyz...
Scheme 3: Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis of cotylenol (1) and brassicicenes. (A) Chemical cyclization phase....
Scheme 4: (A) Biosynthetic pathway for trichodimerol (2) in Penicillium chrysogenum. (B) Chemo-enzymatic tota...
Scheme 5: (A) Proposed biosynthetic pathway for chalcomoracin (3) in Morus alba. (B) Outline of the biosynthe...
Scheme 6: (A) Chemo-enzymatically synthesized natural products by using the originally identified MaDA. (B) M...
Scheme 7: Proposed biosynthetic mechanism of tylactone (4) in Streptomyces fradiae.
Scheme 8: (A) Chemical synthesis and cascade enzymatic transformations of cyclization precursors. (B) Late-st...
Scheme 9: Proposed biosynthetic mechanism of saframycin A (5) in Streptomyces lavendulae.
Scheme 10: (A) Chemo-enzymatic total synthesis of saframycin A (5) and jorunnamycin A (103). (B) Chemo-enzymat...
Competing electrophilic substitution and oxidative polymerization of arylamines with selenium dioxide
- Vishnu Selladurai and
- Selvakumar Karuthapandi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1221–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.105
- arylselenium compounds [26][27][28]. Noteworthy examples are the use of SeO2 as selenium source in aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions [27][28][29]. Selenium dioxide is a well-known oxidizing agent for the allylic oxidation and oxidation of α-CH bonds located adjacent to electron-withdrawing groups
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Scheme 1: Reported synthetic methods for the selenation of aromatic compounds.
Scheme 2: Reaction of selenium dioxide with aniline.
Scheme 3: Reaction of selenium dioxide with o-anisidine.
Scheme 4: Reaction of methyl anthranilate with SeO2.
Scheme 5: Reaction mechanism for the formation of diaryl monoselenides.
Scheme 6: Reaction mechanism for the formation of oxamides.
Scheme 7: Reaction mechanism for the formation of quinone 10.
Figure 1: Molecular structure of 3. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): O...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of 9. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): O...
Figure 3: Molecular structure of 13. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å): ...
Figure 4: Molecular structure of 10. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond lengths (Å) a...
Figure 5: Molecular structure of 11. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond angles (°): C...
Figure 6: Molecular structure of 12. Thermal ellipsoids drawn at 50% probability. Selected bond angles (°): C...
Figure 7: Relative energy levels of arylamines and SeO2.
Figure 8: Computationally optimized structure of aniline (a), o-anisidine (b), and methyl anthranilate (c), w...
Scheme 8: Resonance structures for the delocalization of the nitrogen lone pair into the π-system.
Confirmation of the stereochemistry of spiroviolene
- Yao Kong,
- Yuanning Liu,
- Kaibiao Wang,
- Tao Wang,
- Chen Wang,
- Ben Ai,
- Hongli Jia,
- Guohui Pan,
- Min Yin and
- Zhengren Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 852–858, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.77
- hydroxy group, or a keto group) for further derivatization. Spiroviolene was not transformed when subjected to conditions for allylic oxidation (SeO2) even at elevated temperature [27], and the starting material was fully recovered. We have also tried hydroboration/oxidation conditions for transforming
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of spiroviolene and related natural products.
Scheme 1: Possible cyclization mechanisms for spiroviolene (1) and related natural products. A) Revised cycli...
Figure 2: Heterologous production of spiroviolene using the isopentenol utilization pathway. A) Gas chromatog...
Scheme 2: Derivatization of spiroviolene for X-ray crystallography. A) Hydroboration/oxidation reaction of sp...
Chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides and polyketides via thioesterase-catalyzed macrocyclization
- Senze Qiao,
- Zhongyu Cheng and
- Fuzhuo Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 721–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.66
- then transformed into aldehyde 31 through several protecting group adjustments and the corresponding alcohol and Ley oxidation. After the preparation of 33 using Evans syn-aldol condensation as a critical step, 34 was produced by thioester formation, desilylation, and allylic oxidation. Incubating 34
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Brief introduction of thioesterase (TE) domain. (a) NRPS and PKS assembly lines. (b) Mechanism of T...
Scheme 2: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of tyrocidine A and its analogs. (a) First-gen chemoenzymatic synthesis of...
Scheme 3: Representative examples of NAC-activated thioesters-mediated biocatalytic macrolactamization.
Scheme 4: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of CDA, daptomycin and their analogs. (a) Biocatalytic macrocyclization of...
Scheme 5: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of surugamide B and related natural products. (a) Three synthetic strategi...
Scheme 6: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the pikromycins. (a) Macrocyclization of 10-deoxymethynolide catalyzed ...
Scheme 7: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the juevnimicins.
Scheme 8: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of the cryptophycins.
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
- . And the derivative 16 was also synthesized by allylic oxidation of compound 15 using selenium dioxide. As helical chiral NGs, helicene 14 and its derivatives 15 and 16 showed highly distorted helical conformation and also exhibited a relatively high isomerization barrier (over 28.9 kcal/mol determined
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Construction of HBC by Scholl reaction from hexaphenylbenzene.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of nitrogen-doped, seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of π-extended [7]- and [9]helicene containing chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of axis-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based nanoribbons.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of HBC-based multilayer nanographenes.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by “HBC-tetramers”.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of a triskelion-shaped nanographene constructed by four HBCs.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of a three-dimensional nanographene bearing four HBCs.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by five HBC units.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by seven HBC units.
A new and efficient methodology for olefin epoxidation catalyzed by supported cobalt nanoparticles
- Lucía Rossi-Fernández,
- Viviana Dorn and
- Gabriel Radivoy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 519–526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.46
- and industrial applications [1]. Among them, allylic oxidation and olefin epoxidation constitute fundamental tools for the synthesis of homoallylic alcohols or α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, and epoxides, respectively. In particular, epoxides are pivotal building blocks for the synthetic chemists
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: TEM micrograph and size distribution graphic for CoNPs@MgO catalyst (scale bar = 20 nm).
Scheme 1: Plausible mechanistic pathway for olefin epoxidation catalyzed by CoNPs/MgO in the presence of t-Bu...
All-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis
- Zhuo Wang and
- Junyang Liu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3015–3031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.251
- the desired alcohol 133 in 75% yield as a single diastereomer. Allylic oxidation of freshly prepared 133 with SeO2 followed by silylation with TBSOTf/Et3N afforded enyne 134. Enyne 134 was subjected to rhodium-catalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition with a catalytic amount of [Rh(cod)OH]2 to
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Highly-substituted five-membered carbocycle in biologically significant natural products.
Figure 2: Natural product synthesis featuring the all-carbon [3 + 2] cycloaddition. (Quaternary carbon center...
Scheme 1: Representative natural product syntheses that feature the all-carbon [3 + 2] cyclization as the key...
Scheme 2: (A) An intramolecular trimethylenemethane diyl [3 + 2] cycloaddition with allenyl diazo compound 38...
Scheme 3: (A) Palladium-catalyzed intermolecular carboxylative TMM cycloaddition [36]. (B) The proposed mechanism....
Scheme 4: Natural product syntheses that make use of palladium-catalyzed intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition...
Scheme 5: (A) Phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] cycloaddition [17]. (B) The proposed mechanism.
Scheme 6: Lu’s [3 + 2] cycloaddition in natural product synthesis. (A) Synthesis of longeracinphyllin A (10) [41]...
Scheme 7: (A) Phosphine-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation of unsymmetric isoindigo 100 with allene in the preparat...
Scheme 8: (A) Rhodium-catalyzed intracmolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition [49]. (B) The proposed catalytic cycle of t...
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of natural products reported by Yang and co-workers applying rhodium-catalyzed intr...
Scheme 10: (A) Platinum(II)-catalyzed intermolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition of propargyl ether 139 and n-butyl ...
Scheme 11: (A) Platinum-catalyzed intramolecular [3 + 2] cycloaddition of propargylic ketal derivative 142 to ...
Scheme 12: (A) Synthesis of phyllocladanol (21) features a Lewis acid-catalyzed formal intramolecular [3 + 2] ...
Scheme 13: The recent advances of [3 + 2] annulation in natural product synthesis. (A) The preparation of melo...
Regioselective cobalt(II)-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of fluoroalkylated alkynes with 2-formylphenylboronic acids: easy access to 2-fluoroalkylated indenols
- Tatsuya Kumon,
- Miroku Shimada,
- Jianyan Wu,
- Shigeyuki Yamada and
- Tsutomu Konno
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2193–2200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.184
- ][32]. Therefore, we also accomplished the synthesis of 2-fluoroalkylated indenone and indanone by simple reactions (Scheme 3). An allylic oxidation was carried out with 10 equiv of manganese dioxide in dichloromethane as the solvent at 0 °C for 30 minutes, leading to the corresponding 2
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Indenol skeleton.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted indene derivatives.
Scheme 2: Cobalt-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of the fluorinated alkynes 1 with various 2-formylp...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the fluoroalkylated indenone 6 and the indanone 7 from the indenol 3aA. The yields wer...
Scheme 4: Stereochemical assignment of 5aA and 7 based on NMR techniques. The cross-peaks were observed throu...
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Syntheses of spliceostatins and thailanstatins: a review
- William A. Donaldson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1991–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.166
- metathesis using Grubbs’ 2nd generation catalyst (G-II, Scheme 3) [13]. Replacing the N-Boc protecting group with an N-tosyl group and allylic oxidation gave 30. The introduction of the allyl group at C-11 made use of the Kishi protocol [22] of the allyl-Grignard addition, followed by an ionic reduction. The
Graphical Abstract
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.
Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules
- Valerian Dragutan,
- Ileana Dragutan,
- Albert Demonceau and
- Lionel Delaude
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68
- catalyst (3 mol %) to give the corresponding 1,3-diene intermediate in 85% yield (Scheme 16). The subsequent hydroboration and oxidation to homoallylic alcohol, followed by a palladium-catalyzed Heck cross-coupling, an allylic oxidation with SeO2, mesylation, and deprotection, afforded (−)-galanthamine (13
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Intramolecular (A) and intermolecular (B) enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 2: Ene–yne and yne–ene mechanisms for intramolecular enyne metathesis reactions.
Scheme 3: Metallacarbene mechanism in intermolecular enyne metathesis.
Scheme 4: The Oguri strategy for accessing artemisinin analogs 1a–c through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 5: Access to the tetracyclic core of nanolobatolide (2) via tandem enyne metathesis followed by an Eu(...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of (−)-amphidinolide E (3) using an intermolecular enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of amphidinolide K (4) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 8: Trost synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N (5) [72].
Scheme 9: Enyne metathesis between the propargylic derivative and the allylic alcohol in the synthesis of the...
Scheme 10: Synthetic route to amphidinolide N (6a).
Scheme 11: Synthesis of the stereoisomeric precursors of amphidinolide V (7a and 7b) through alkyne ring-closi...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the anthramycin precursor 8 from ʟ-methionine by a tandem enyne metathesis–cross metat...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of (−)‐clavukerin A (9) and (−)‐isoclavukerin A (10) by an enyne metathesis route startin...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of (−)-isoguaiene (11) through an enyne metathesis as the key step.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of erogorgiaene (12) by a tandem enyne metathesis/cross metathesis sequence using the sec...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of (−)-galanthamine (13) from isovanilin by an enyne metathesis.
Scheme 17: Application of enyne metathesis for the synthesis of kempene diterpenes 14a–c.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the alkaloid (+)-lycoflexine (15) through enyne metathesis.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the AB subunits of manzamine A (16a) and E (16b) by enyne metathesis.
Scheme 20: Jung's synthesis of rhodexin A (17) by enyne metathesis/cross metathesis reactions.
Scheme 21: Total synthesis of (−)-flueggine A (18) and (+)-virosaine B (19) from Weinreb amide by enyne metath...
Scheme 22: Access to virgidivarine (20) and virgiboidine (21) by an enyne metathesis route.
Scheme 23: Enyne metathesis approach to (−)-zenkequinone B (22).
Scheme 24: Access to C-aryl glycoside 23 by an intermolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder cycloaddition.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro-C-aryl glycoside 24 by a tandem intramolecular enyne metathesis/Diels–Alder reac...
Scheme 26: Pathways to (−)-exiguolide (25) by Trost’s Ru-catalyzed enyne cross-coupling and cross-metathesis [94].
A review of the total syntheses of triptolide
- Xiang Zhang,
- Zaozao Xiao and
- Hongtao Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194
- and reacted with 3,3-dimethylallyl bromide, followed by changing the protecting group from MOM ether to methyl ether to provide olefin 86. Allylic oxidation of 86 followed by nucleophilic bromination of the resulting allylic alcohol gave bromide 87. Dianion displacement of the bromide of 87 gave ester
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of triptolide (1), triptonide (2), tripdiolide (3), 16-hydroxytriptolide (4), triptrioli...
Figure 2: Syntheses of triptolide.
Scheme 1: Berchtold’s synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 2: Li’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 3: van Tamelen’s asymmetric synthesis of triptonide and triptolide.
Scheme 4: Van Tamelen’s (method II) formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 5: Sherburn’s formal synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 6: van Tamelen’s biogenetic type total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 7: Yang’s total synthesis of triptolide.
Scheme 8: Key intermediates or transformations of routes J–N.
Ring-closing-metathesis-based synthesis of annellated coumarins from 8-allylcoumarins
- Christiane Schultze and
- Bernd Schmidt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2991–2998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.278
- defined order. One class of products, pyrano[2,3-f]chromene-2,8-diones, were inaccessible through direct RCM of an acrylate, but became available from the analogous allyl ether via an assisted tandem catalytic RCM/allylic oxidation sequence. Keywords: coumarins; heterocycles; isomerization; olefin
- an assisted tandem catalytic [68] RCM/allylic oxidation sequence. Such tandem sequences are characterized by the combination of two mechanistically distinct catalytic reactions in a defined order, which proceed with a single precatalyst that undergoes a transformation in situ upon addition of a
- suitable reagent, a “chemical trigger” [69]. In the case of the RCM/allylic oxidation sequence tert-butyl hydroperoxide is added after completion of the metathesis reaction, which most likely induces a conversion of the metathesis active Ru–carbene species to a Ru(IV)–oxo species. The latter are known to
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Illustration of coumarin taxonomy.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of oxepin-2-one-annellated coumarins 13 by RCM of acrylates 12.
Scheme 2: Attempted synthesis of pyran-2-one-annellated coumarin 15d via isomerization-RCM.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of aza-annellated coumarin 21 and attempted synthesis of indole 22.
Cobalt-catalyzed nucleophilic addition of the allylic C(sp3)–H bond of simple alkenes to ketones
- Tsuyoshi Mita,
- Masashi Uchiyama,
- Kenichi Michigami and
- Yoshihiro Sato
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2012–2017, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.176
- remained underdeveloped even though C–O bond formation of allylic C(sp3)–H bonds was firmly established by using SeO2 [14] or CrO3/3,5-dimethylpyrazole [15] (ene-type allylic oxidation). Although the most prominent work on catalytic allylic functionalization studied thus far is considered to be a palladium
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Precedent examples of catalytic allylic C(sp3)–H additions to carbonyl electrophiles.
Figure 2: Substrate scope for acetophenone derivatives. aPreparative scale synthesis using 1 mmol of 2a.
Figure 3: Substrate scope for α-olefins.
Figure 4: A possible catalytic cycle.
One hundred years of benzotropone chemistry
- Arif Dastan,
- Haydar Kilic and
- Nurullah Saracoglu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1120–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.98
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Tropone (1), tropolone (2) and their resonance structures.
Figure 1: Natural products containing a tropone nucleus.
Figure 2: Possible isomers 11–13 of benzotropone.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of benzotropones 11 and 12.
Scheme 3: Oxidation products of benzotropylium fluoroborate (16).
Scheme 4: Oxidation of 7-bromo-5H-benzo[7]annulene (22).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) using o-phthalaldehyde (27).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) starting from oxobenzonorbornadiene 31.
Scheme 7: Acid-catalyzed cleavage of oxo-bridge of 34.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) from o-xylylene dibromide (38).
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 4,5-benzotropone (11) via the carbene adduct 41.
Scheme 10: Heck coupling strategy for the synthesis of 11.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of benzofulvalenes via carbonyl group of 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Figure 3: Some cycloheptatrienylium cations.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of condensation product 63 and its subsequent oxidative cyclization products.
Figure 4: A novel series of benzo[7]annulenes prepared from 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Scheme 13: Preparation of substituted benzo[7]annulene 72 using the Mukaiyama-Michael reaction.
Figure 5: Possible benzo[7]annulenylidenes 73–75.
Scheme 14: Thermal and photochemical decomposition of 7-diazo-7H-benzo[7]annulene (76) and the trapping of int...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of benzoheptafulvalene 86.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of 7-(diphenylmethylene)-7H-benzo[7]annulene (89).
Scheme 17: Reaction of 4,5-benzotropone (11) with dimethyl diazomethane.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of dihydrobenzomethoxyazocine 103.
Scheme 19: Synthesis and reducibility of benzo-homo-2-methoxyazocines.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 4,5-benzohomotropones 104 and 115 from 4,5-benzotropones 11 and 113.
Scheme 21: A catalytic deuterogenation of 4,5-benzotropone (11) and synthesis of 5-monosubstituted benzo[7]ann...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of methyl benzo[7]annulenes 131 and 132.
Scheme 23: Ambident reactivity of halobenzo[7]annulenylium cations 133a/b.
Scheme 24: Preparation of benzo[7]annulenylidene–iron complexes 147.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 1-ethynylbenzotropone (150) and the etheric compound 152 from 4,5-benzotropone (11) wi...
Scheme 26: Thermal decomposition of 4,5-benzotropone (11).
Scheme 27: Reaction of 4,5-benzotropone (11) with 1,2-ethanediol and 1,2-ethanedithiol.
Scheme 28: Conversions of 1-benzosuberone (162) to 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 29: Synthesis strategies for 2,3-bezotropone (12) using 1-benzosuberones.
Scheme 30: Oxidation-based synthesis of 2,3-benzotropone (12) via 1-benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 2,3-benzotropone (12) from α-tetralone (171) via ring-expansion.
Scheme 32: Preparation of 2,3-benzotropone (12) by using of benzotropolone 174.
Figure 6: Benzoheptafulvenes as condensation products of 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 33: Conversion of 2,3-benzotropone (12) to tosylhydrazone salt 182 and gem-dichloride 187.
Figure 7: Benzohomoazocines 191–193 and benzoazocines 194–197.
Scheme 34: From 2,3-benzotropone (12) to carbonium ions 198–201.
Scheme 35: Cycloaddition reactions of 2,3-benzotropone (12).
Scheme 36: Reaction of 2,3-benzotropone (12) with various reagents and compounds.
Figure 8: 3,4-Benzotropone (13) and its resonance structure.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 6,7-benzobicyclo[3.2.0]hepta-3,6-dien-2-one (230).
Figure 9: Photolysis and thermolysis products of 230.
Figure 10: Benzotropolones and their tautomeric structures.
Scheme 38: Synthesis strategies of 4,5-benzotropolone (238).
Scheme 39: Synthesis protocol for 2-hydroxy-4,5-benzotropone (238) using oxazole-benzo[7]annulene 247.
Figure 11: Some quinoxaline and pyrazine derivatives 254–256 prepared from 4,5-benzotropolone (238).
Scheme 40: Nitration product of 4,5-benzotropolone (238) and its isomerization to 1-nitro-naphthoic acid (259)....
Scheme 41: Synthesis protocol for 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239) from benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 42: Various reactions via 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239).
Scheme 43: Photoreaction of 6-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (239).
Scheme 44: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 45: Synthesis strategy for 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from ketone 276.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from β-naphthoquinone (280).
Scheme 47: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) from bicyclic endoperoxide 213.
Scheme 48: Synthesis of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) by ring-closing metathesis.
Figure 12: Various monosubstitution products 289–291 of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241).
Scheme 49: Reaction of 7-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropone (241) with various reagents.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of 4-hydroxy-2,3-benzotropones 174 and 304 from diketones 300/301.
Scheme 51: Catalytic hydrogenation of diketones 300 and 174.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of halo-benzotropones from alkoxy-naphthalenes 306, 307 and 310.
Figure 13: Unexpected byproducts 313–315 during synthesis of chlorobenzotropone 309.
Figure 14: Some halobenzotropones and their cycloadducts.
Scheme 53: Multisep synthesis of 2-chlorobenzotropone 309.
Scheme 54: A multistep synthesis of 2-bromo-benzotropone 26.
Scheme 55: A multistep synthesis of bromo-2,3-benzotropones 311 and 316.
Scheme 56: Oxidation reactions of 8-bromo-5H-benzo[7]annulene (329) with some oxidants.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of 2-bromo-4,5-benzotropone (26).
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 6-chloro-2,3-benzotropone (335) using LiCl and proposed intermediate 336.
Scheme 59: Reaction of 7-bromo-2,3-benzotropone (316) with methylamine.
Scheme 60: Reactions of bromo-2,3-benzotropones 26 and 311 with dimethylamine.
Scheme 61: Reactions of bromobenzotropones 311 and 26 with NaOMe.
Scheme 62: Reactions of bromobenzotropones 26 and 312 with t-BuOK in the presence of DPIBF.
Scheme 63: Cobalt-catalyzed reductive cross-couplings of 7-bromo-2,3-benzotropone (316) with cyclic α-bromo en...
Figure 15: Cycloadduct 357 and its di-π-methane rearrangement product 358.
Scheme 64: Catalytic hydrogenation of 2-chloro-4,5-benzotropone (311).
Scheme 65: Synthesis of dibromo-benzotropones from benzotropones.
Scheme 66: Bromination/dehydrobromination of benzosuberone (162).
Scheme 67: Some transformations of isomeric dibromo-benzotropones 261A/B.
Scheme 68: Transformations of benzotropolone 239B to halobenzotropolones 369–371.
Figure 16: Bromobenzotropolones 372–376 and 290 prepared via bromination/dehydrobromination strategy.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of some halobenzotropolones 289, 377 and 378.
Figure 17: Bromo-chloro-derivatives 379–381 prepared via chlorination.
Scheme 70: Synthesis of 7-iodo-3,4-benzotropolone (382).
Scheme 71: Hydrogenation of bromobenzotropolones 369 and 370.
Scheme 72: Debromination reactions of mono- and dibromides 290 and 375.
Figure 18: Nitratation and oxidation products of some halobenzotropolenes.
Scheme 73: Azo-coupling reactions of some halobenzotropolones 294, 375 and 378.
Figure 19: Four possible isomers of dibenzotropones 396–399.
Figure 20: Resonance structures of tribenzotropone (400).
Scheme 74: Two synthetic pathways for tribenzotropone (400).
Scheme 75: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from dibenzotropone 399.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from 9,10-phenanthraquinone (406).
Scheme 77: Synthesis of tribenzotropone (400) from trifluoromethyl-substituted arene 411.
Figure 21: Dibenzosuberone (414).
Figure 22: Reduction products 415 and 416 of tribenzotropone (400).
Figure 23: Structures of tribenzotropone dimethyl ketal 417 and 4-phenylfluorenone (412) and proposed intermed...
Figure 24: Structures of benzylidene- and methylene-9H-tribenzo[a,c,e][7]annulenes 419 and 420 and chiral phos...
Figure 25: Structures of tetracyclic alcohol 422, p-quinone methide 423 and cation 424.
Figure 26: Structures of host molecules 425–427.
Scheme 78: Synthesis of non-helical overcrowded derivatives syn/anti-431.
Figure 27: Hexabenzooctalene 432.
Figure 28: Structures of possible eight isomers 433–440 of naphthotropone.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of naphthotropone 437 starting from 1-phenylcycloheptene (441).
Scheme 80: Synthesis of 10-hydroxy-11H-cyclohepta[a]naphthalen-11-one (448) from diester 445.
Scheme 81: Synthesis of naphthotropone 433.
Scheme 82: Synthesis of naphthotropones 433 and 434 via cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 83: Synthesis of naphthotropone 434 starting from 452.
Figure 29: Structures of tricarbonyl(tropone)irons 458, and possible cycloadducts 459.
Scheme 84: Synthesis of naphthotropone 436.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of precursor 465 for naphthotropone 435.
Scheme 86: Generation of naphthotropone 435 from 465.
Figure 30: Structures of tropylium cations 469 and 470.
Figure 31: Structures of tropylium ions 471+.BF4−, 472+.BF4−, and 473+.BF4−.
Scheme 87: Synthesis of tropylium ions 471+.BF4− and 479+.ClO4−.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 1- and 2-methylanthracene (481 and 482) via carbene–carbene rearrangement.
Figure 32: Trapping products 488–490.
Scheme 89: Generation and chemistry of a naphthoannelated cycloheptatrienylidene-cycloheptatetraene intermedia...
Scheme 90: Proposed intermediates and reaction pathways for adduct 498.
Scheme 91: Exited-state intramolecular proton transfer of 505.
Figure 33: Benzoditropones 506 and 507.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of benzoditropone 506e.
Scheme 93: Synthetic approaches for dibenzotropone 507 via tropone (1).
Scheme 94: Formation mechanisms of benzoditropone 507 and 516 via 515.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of benzoditropones 525 and 526 from pyromellitic dianhydride (527).
Figure 34: Possible three benzocyclobutatropones 534–536.
Scheme 96: Synthesis of benzocyclobutatropones 534 and 539.
Scheme 97: Synthesis attempts for benzocyclobutatropone 545.
Scheme 98: Generation and trapping of symmetric benzocyclobutatropone 536.
Scheme 99: Synthesis of chloro-benzocyclobutatropone 552 and proposed mechanism of fluorenone derivatives.
Scheme 100: Synthesis of tropolone analogue 559.
Scheme 101: Synthesis of tropolones 561 and 562.
Figure 35: o/p-Tropoquinone rings (563 and 564) and benzotropoquinones (565–567).
Scheme 102: Synthesis of benzotropoquinone 566.
Scheme 103: Synthesis of benzotropoquinone 567 via a Diels–Alder reaction.
Figure 36: Products 575–577 through 1,2,3-benzotropoquinone hydrate 569.
Scheme 104: Structures 578–582 prepared from tropoquinone 567.
Figure 37: Two possible structures 583 and 584 for dibenzotropoquinone, and precursor compound 585 for 583.
Scheme 105: Synthesis of saddle-shaped ketone 592 using dibenzotropoquinone 584.
The chemistry and biology of mycolactones
- Matthias Gehringer and
- Karl-Heinz Altmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Initial proposal for the core macrolactone structure (left) and the established complete structure ...
Figure 2: Mycolactone congeners and their origins.
Figure 3: Misassigned mycolactone E structure according to Small et al. [50] (11) and the correct structure (6) f...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of Kishi’s improved mycolactone TLC detection method exploiting derivatizati...
Figure 5: Fluorescent probes derived from natural mycolactone A/B (1a,b) or its synthetic 8-desmethyl analogs...
Figure 6: Tool compounds used by Pluschke and co-workers for elucidating the molecular targets of mycolactone...
Figure 7: Synthetic strategies towards the extended mycolactone core. A) General strategies. B) Kishi’s appro...
Scheme 1: Kishi’s 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 2: Kishi’s 2nd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 3: Kishi’s 3rd generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and c...
Scheme 4: Negishi’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 5: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st generation approach towards the extended core structure of mycolactones....
Scheme 6: Burkart’s (incomplete) 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation approach towards the extended mycolactone core s...
Scheme 7: Altmann’s synthesis of alkyl iodide 91. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) PMB-trichloroacetimidate, T...
Scheme 8: Final steps of Altmann’s synthesis of the extended core structure of mycolactones. Reagents and con...
Scheme 9: Basic principles of the Aggarwal lithiation–borylation homologation process [185,186].
Scheme 10: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the C1–C11 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) Cl...
Scheme 11: Aggarwal’s synthesis of the linear C1–C20 fragment of the mycolactone core. Reagents and conditions...
Figure 8: Synthetic strategies towards the mycolactone A/B lower side chain.
Scheme 12: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the C1’–C8’ fragment of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chai...
Scheme 13: Gurjar and Cherian’s synthesis of the benzyl-protected mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reag...
Scheme 14: Kishi’s synthesis of model compounds for elucidating the stereochemistry of the C7’–C16’ fragment o...
Scheme 15: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. (a) (i) NaH, (EtO)2P(O)CH2CO2Et, T...
Scheme 16: Feringa and Minnaard's incomplete synthesis of mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and...
Scheme 17: Altmann’s approach towards the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 18: Negishi’s access to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone A. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) n-BuLi, ...
Scheme 19: Negishi’s approach to the C1’–C7’ fragment of mycolactone B. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-...
Scheme 20: Negishi’s synthesis of the C8’–C16’ fragment of mycolactone A/B. Reagents and conditions: a) 142, BF...
Scheme 21: Negishi’s assembly of the mycolactone A and B pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a) ...
Scheme 22: Blanchard’s approach to the mycolactone A/B pentaenoate side chain. a) (i) Ph3P=C(Me)COOEt, CH2Cl2,...
Scheme 23: Kishi’s approach to the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain exemplified for the 13’R,15’S-isomer 1...
Scheme 24: Altmann’s (unpublished) synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditi...
Scheme 25: Blanchard’s synthesis of the mycolactone C pentaenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) ...
Scheme 26: Kishi’s synthesis of the tetraenoate side chain of mycolactone F exemplified by enantiomer 165. Rea...
Scheme 27: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CH2=...
Scheme 28: Wang and Dai’s synthesis of the mycolactone E tetraenoate side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (...
Scheme 29: Kishi’s synthesis of the dithiane-protected tetraenoate side chain of the minor oxo-metabolite of m...
Scheme 30: Kishi’s synthesis of the mycolactone S1 and S2 pentaenoate side chains. Reagents and conditions: a)...
Scheme 31: Kishi’s 1st generation and Altmann’s total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b) and Negishi’s select...
Scheme 32: Kishi’s 2nd generation total synthesis of mycolactone A/B (1a,b). Reagents and conditions: a) 2,4,6...
Scheme 33: Blanchard’s synthesis of the 8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TsCl, TEA...
Scheme 34: Altmann’s (partially unpublished) synthesis of the C20-hydroxylated mycolactone core. Reagents and ...
Scheme 35: Altmann’s and Blanchard’s approaches towards the 11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Reagents...
Scheme 36: Blanchard’s synthesis of the saturated variant of the C11-isopropyl-8-desmethylmycolactone core. Re...
Scheme 37: Structure elucidation of photo-mycolactones generated from tetraenoate 224.
Scheme 38: Kishi’s synthesis of the linear precursor of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents an...
Scheme 39: Kishi’s synthesis of the photo-mycolactone B1 lower side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) LiTMP, ...
Scheme 40: Kishi’s synthesis of a stabilized lower mycolactone side chain. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) TBD...
Scheme 41: Blanchard’s variation of the C12’,C13’,C15’ stereocluster. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) DIBAL-H,...
Scheme 42: Blanchard’s synthesis of aromatic mycolactone polyenoate side chain analogs. Reagents and condition...
Scheme 43: Small’s partial synthesis of a BODIPY-labeled mycolactone derivative and Demangel’s partial synthes...
Scheme 44: Blanchard’s synthesis of the BODIPY-labeled 8-desmethylmycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i...
Scheme 45: Altmann’s synthesis of biotinylated mycolactones. Reagents and conditions: a) (i) CDI, THF, rt, 2 d...
Figure 9: Kishi’s elongated n-butyl carbamoyl mycolactone A/B analog.
Biosynthesis of oxygen and nitrogen-containing heterocycles in polyketides
- Franziska Hemmerling and
- Frank Hahn
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1512–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.148
- is followed by allylic oxidation at the 9a-position in 78 and cyclisation [13]. This reaction was exploited in the chemoenzymatic total synthesis of (+)-aureothin (79) [67][68]. The molecule also contains a pyran-4-one. Reminiscent of type II and type III-PKS, this results from elimination
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic description of the cyclisation reaction catalysed by TE domains. In most cases, the nucle...
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the formation of oxygen heterocycles. The degree of substitution can differ from tha...
Scheme 3: Pyran-ring formation in pederin (24) biosynthesis. Incubation of recombinant PedPS7 with substrate ...
Scheme 4: The domain AmbDH3 from ambruticin biosynthesis catalyses the dehydration of 25 and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 5: SalBIII catalyses dehydration of 29 and subsequent cyclisation to tetrahydropyran 30 [18].
Figure 1: All pyranonaphtoquinones contain either the naphtha[2,3-c]pyran-5,10-dione (32) or the regioisomeri...
Scheme 6: Pyran-ring formation in actinorhodin (34) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H...
Scheme 7: Pyran formation in granaticin (36) biosynthesis. DNPA: 4-dihydro-9-hydroxy-1-methyl-10-oxo-3H-napht...
Scheme 8: Pyran formation in alnumycin (37) biosynthesis. Adapted from [21].
Scheme 9: Biosynthesis of pseudomonic acid A (61). The pyran ring is initially formed in 57 after dehydrogena...
Scheme 10: Epoxidation–cyclisation leads to the formation of the tetrahydropyran ring in the western part of t...
Scheme 11: a) Nonactin (70) is formed from heterodimers of (−)(+)-dimeric nonactic acid and (+)(−)-dimeric non...
Figure 2: Pamamycins (73) are macrodiolide antibiotics containing three tetrahydrofuran moieties, which are a...
Scheme 12: A PS domain homolog in oocydin A (76) biosynthesis is proposed to catalyse furan formation via an o...
Scheme 13: Mechanism of oxidation–furan cyclisation by AurH, which converts (+)-deoxyaureothin (77) into (+)-a...
Scheme 14: Leupyrrin A2 (80) and the proposed biosynthesis of its furylidene moiety [69,70].
Scheme 15: Asperfuranone (93) biosynthesis, adapted from [75].
Figure 3: The four major aflatoxins produced by Aspergilli are the types B1, B2, G1 and G2 (94–97). In the di...
Scheme 16: Overview on aflatoxin B1 (94) biosynthesis. HOMST = 11-hydroxy-O-methylsterigmatocystin [78,79,82-106].
Scheme 17: A zipper mechanism leads to the formation of oxygen heterocycles in monensin biosynthesis [109-111].
Scheme 18: Formation of the 2,6-dioxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane (DBO) ring system in aurovertin B (118) biosynthesis ...
Figure 4: Structures of the epoxide-containing polyketides epothilone A (119) and oleandomycin (120) [123-125].
Scheme 19: Structures of phoslactomycin B (121) (a) and jerangolid A (122) (b). The heterocycle-forming steps ...
Scheme 20: a) Structures of rhizoxin (130) and cycloheximide (131). Model for the formation of δ-lactones (b) ...
Scheme 21: EncM catalyses a dual oxidation sequence and following processing of the highly reactive intermedia...
Figure 5: Mesomeric structures of tetronates [138,139].
Figure 6: Structures of tetronates for which gene clusters have been sequenced. The tetronate moiety is shown...
Scheme 22: Conserved steps for formation and processing in several 3-acyl-tetronate biosynthetic pathways were...
Scheme 23: In versipelostatin A (153) biosynthesis, VstJ is a candidate enzyme for catalysing the [4 + 2] cycl...
Scheme 24: a) Structures of some thiotetronate antibiotics. b) Biosynthesis of thiolactomycin (165) as propose...
Scheme 25: Aureusidine synthase (AS) catalyses phenolic oxidation and conjugate addition of chalcones leading ...
Scheme 26: a) Oxidative cyclisation is a key step in the biosynthesis of spirobenzofuranes 189, 192 and 193. b...
Scheme 27: A bicyclisation mechanism forms a β-lactone and a pyrrolidinone and removes the precursor from the ...
Scheme 28: Spontaneous cyclisation leads to off-loading of ebelactone A (201) from the PKS machinery [163].
Scheme 29: Mechanisms for the formation of nitrogen heterocycles.
Scheme 30: Biosynthesis of highly substituted α-pyridinones. a) Feeding experiments confirmed the polyketide o...
Scheme 31: Acridone synthase (ACS) catalyses the formation of 1,3-dihydroxy-N-methylacridone (224) by condensa...
Scheme 32: A Dieckmann condensation leads to the formation of a 3-acyl-4-hydroxypyridin-2-one 227 and removes ...
Scheme 33: a) Biosynthesis of the pyridinone tenellin (234). b) A radical mechanism was proposed for the ring-...
Scheme 34: a) Oxazole-containing PKS–NRPS-derived natural products oxazolomycin (244) and conglobatin (245). b...
Scheme 35: Structure of tetramic acids 251 (a) and major tautomers of 3-acyltetramic acids 252a–d (b). Adapted...
Scheme 36: Equisetin biosynthesis. R*: terminal reductive domain. Adapted from [202].
Scheme 37: a) Polyketides for which a similar biosynthetic logic was suggested. b) Pseurotin A (256) biosynthe...
Figure 7: Representative examples of PTMs with varying ring sizes and oxidation patterns [205,206].
Scheme 38: Ikarugamycin biosynthesis. Adapted from [209-211].
Scheme 39: Tetramate formation in pyrroindomycin aglycone (279) biosynthesis [213-215].
Scheme 40: Dieckmann cyclases catalyse tetramate or 2-pyridone formation in the biosynthesis of, for example, ...
Iron complexes of tetramine ligands catalyse allylic hydroxyamination via a nitroso–ene mechanism
- David Porter,
- Belinda M.-L. Poon and
- Peter J. Rutledge
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2549–2556, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.275
- iron(II) triflate as previously reported to generate the complexes [Fe(TPA)(CH3CN)2](OTf)2 (FeTPA, 4) [52], [Fe(BPMEN)(OTf)2] (FeBPMEN, 5) [48] and [Fe(R,R′-PDP)(OTf)2] (Fe(R,R′)-PDP, 6) [51]. Allylic amination reactions As an extension of our previously reported iron-catalysed allylic oxidation of
- loading of FeTPA from 10 to 5 mol % led to a small increase in the yield of allylic hydroxylamine 9 with a significant decrease in the appearance of allylic oxidation products 10 and 11. The amount of FeTPA (4) could be further lowered to 2 and 1 mol %, bringing further small increases in the yield of 9
- . However increasing loading of FeTPA (4) to 20 mol % halts the amination reaction, returning only allylic oxidation products 10 and 11. In contrast, changing the catalyst loading of FeBPMEN (5) up or down from 10 mol % lowers yields of 9; at 1 mol % or 20 mol % loading of catalyst 5, increased levels of 10
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: TPA (1), BPMEN (2) and (R,R′)-PDP (3) ligands.
Scheme 1: Allylic hydroxyamination of cyclohexene (7) using iron catalysts 4 and 5; i. 4 or 5 (10 mol %), Boc...
Scheme 2: Proposed mechanism for hydroxyamination of cyclohexene (7) by FeTPA (4) and FeBPMEN (5): (a) iron-m...
Scheme 3: Reaction of isoprene (14) under (a) Kirby’s conditions [54,55] and (b) FeTPA- or FeBPMEN-mediated hydoxyam...
Electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol
- Jacek W. Morzycki and
- Andrzej Sobkowiak
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 392–402, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.45
- affords different products depending on the reaction conditions. Keywords: allylic oxidation; cholesterol; electrochemical halogenation; electrochemical oxidation; Introduction Cholesterol is the most common steroid in the mammalian body. It is necessary to ensure a proper membrane permeability and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Preferential sites of cholesterol electrooxidation.
Scheme 1: Functionalization of the cholesterol side chain.
Scheme 2: Oxidation of cholestane-3β,5α,6β-triol triacetate (3) with the Gif system.
Scheme 3: Electrochemical oxidation of cholesteryl acetate (1a) with dioxygen and iron–picolinate complexes.
Scheme 4: Electrochemical chlorination of cholesterol catalyzed by FeCl3.
Scheme 5: Electrochemical chlorination of Δ5-steroids.
Scheme 6: Electrochemical bromination of Δ5-steroids in different solvents.
Scheme 7: Direct electrochemical acetoxylation of cholesterol at the allylic position.
Scheme 8: Direct anodic oxidation of cholesterol in dichloromethane.
Scheme 9: A plausible mechanism of the electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol in dichloromethane.
Scheme 10: The electrochemical formation of glycosides and glycoconjugates.
Scheme 11: Efficient electrochemical oxidation of cholesterol to cholesta-4,6-dien-3-one (24).
