Lewis acid-promoted direct synthesis of isoxazole derivatives

• Dengxu Qiu,
• Chenhui Jiang,
• Pan Gao and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1562–1567, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.113

• holds significant potential due to their cost-effectiveness as compared to heavy metals. This renders them highly valuable for various applications in the field. Herein, we successfully developed a method that uses sodium nitrite as the source of nitrile oxide, and only applies aluminium trichloride as

Introducing a new 7-ring fused diindenone-dithieno[3,2-b:2',3'-d]thiophene unit as a promising component for organic semiconductor materials

• Valentin H. K. Fell,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Eman J. Hussien and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 944–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.94

• which oxalyl chloride was added at room temperature, and then reacted with aluminium trichloride at 0 °C. The resulting material was not soluble in cold dichloromethane/chloroform, but was found to be sufficiently soluble in hot chlorinated solvents. NMR spectroscopy in deuterated DMSO indicated that

• under vacuum. Details of the synthesis are described in Supporting Information File 1. After fresh, anhydrous dichloromethane was added, the mixture was cooled to 0 °C in a water–ice bath, and resublimed aluminium trichloride was added. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature, and was then

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

Unexpected rearrangements and a novel synthesis of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenones from 1,1,1-trifluoroalkanones with aluminium trichloride

• Beatrice Lansbergen,
• Catherine S. Meister and
• Michael C. McLeod

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 404–409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.36

• of 1,1-dichloro-1-alkenones. The reaction scope was found to be broad, with various chain lengths and aryl substituents tolerated. For substrates containing an electron-rich aromatic ring, further reactions take place, resulting in bicyclic and/or rearrangement products. Keywords: aluminium

• trichloride; dichloroalkenes; Friedel–Crafts alkylation; rearrangement; trifluoroalkanes; Introduction 1,1-Dichloro-1-alkenes are valuable synthetic intermediates and have been employed in Pd-mediated cross couplings of one or both chlorine atoms [1][2][3][4][5][6][7], carbonylation reactions [8], and C–H

Effect of ring size on photoisomerization properties of stiff stilbene macrocycles

• Sandra Olsson,
• Óscar Benito Pérez,
• Magnus Blom and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2408–2418, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.233

• well-established reactions (Scheme 2). The indanone is formed by intramolecular Friedel–Crafts acylation of 2 under microwave radiation as reported by Oliverio et al. [23]. The second step is the demethylation of indanone methyl ether 3 by aluminium trichloride in toluene at reflux [24]. Two indanone

Mechanochemical Friedel–Crafts acylations

• Mateja Đud,
• Anamarija Briš,
• Iva Jušinski,
• Davor Gracin and
• Davor Margetić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1313–1320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.130

• acylation reagent with aluminium trichloride. In situ Raman monitoring of reaction of phthalic anhydride with p-xylene. FCR of pyrene and phthalic anhydride. Scope of acylation reagents in FCR under mechanochemical activation conditions and comparison with other reaction conditions (isolated yields

EPR and pulsed ENDOR study of intermediates from reactions of aromatic azides with group 13 metal trichlorides

• Giorgio Bencivenni,
• Riccardo Cesari,
• Daniele Nanni,
• Hassane El Mkami and
• John C. Walton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 713–725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.84

• corresponding aromatic amine was identified by comparison with literature data. General procedure for the reaction of aryl azides with AlCl3. Aluminium trichloride (1.1 mmol) was dried under reduced pressure at 25 °C for 1 h. Then DCM (3 mL) was added and a DCM solution of the azide (1 mmol in 1 mL) was

New diarylmethanofullerene derivatives and their properties for organic thin- film solar cells

• Daisuke Sukeguchi,
• Surya Prakash Singh,
• Mamidi Ramesh Reddy,
• Hideyuki Yoshiyama,
• Rakesh A. Afre,
• Yasuhiko Hayashi,
• Hiroki Inukai,
• Tetsuo Soga,
• Shuichi Nakamura,
• Norio Shibata and
• Takeshi Toru

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 7, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.7

• cells. Experimental Representative procedure: Preparation of 1a Methyl 4-[3,4-bis(octyloxy)benzoyl]benzoate (15a) To a solution of terephthalic acid monomethyl ester chloride (3, 268 mg, 1.35 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (6 mL) was added aluminium trichloride (199 mg, 1.49 mmol) in portions at 0 °C and subsequently