Synthesis of tetrahydrofuro[3,2-c]pyridines via Pictet–Spengler reaction

• Elena Y. Mendogralo and
• Maxim G. Uchuskin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 991–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.74

• -opioid receptor agonist and exhibits excellent antinociceptive activity [2]. Lactam C possesses potent antituberculosis activity and excellent selectivity to Mycobacterium tuberculosis strain H37Rv [3]. Araliopsine (D) was isolated from the fruits of Zanthoxylum simulans [4]. Benzofuran E is a potent and

Aromatic C–H bond functionalization through organocatalyzed asymmetric intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction: a recent update

• Anup Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72

• -naphthofuran or benzofuran analogues. The achiral phosphoric acid (PhO)2P(O)OH was the catalytic reagent to execute the process delivering the products with low to moderate chemical yields. Attempts to make the process stereoselective, a series of chiral phosphoric acid catalysts were screened in the model

• benzofuran-2(3H)-one derivative 144 having an aza-quaternary stereocenter. The achiral Lewis acid tris(pentafluorophenyl)borane was required as additive in the reaction system to enhance the chemical yield and enantioselectivity. After two additional steps, i.e., demethylation of the phenolic ether and ester

Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes

• Austin Pounder,
• Eric Neufeld,
• Peter Myler and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38

• this shift as these systems lack the hydrogen to participate in this shift. This reaction proceeded smoothly with a variety of bicyclic alkenes although diazabicyclic alkenes had little to no reactivity. Moreover, benzofuran and benzopyrrole boronate esters resulted in low yields. In 2011, the Lautens

A novel spirocyclic scaffold accessed via tandem Claisen rearrangement/intramolecular oxa-Michael addition

• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Alexander Yanovich,
• Dmitry Dar’in,
• Grigory Kantin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1649–1655, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.177

• Center, Togliatti State University, Togliatti 445020, Russian Federation Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, Kaliningrad 236016, Russian Federation 10.3762/bjoc.18.177 Abstract A straightforward access to novel spiro[benzofuran-2,3'-pyrrolidine]-2',5'-diones based on the Rh2(esp)2-catalyzed

• [benzofuran-2,3'-pyrrolidine]-2',5'-diones based on Rh2(esp)2-catalyzed insertion of carbenes derived from α-diazosuccinimides (DAS) into the O–H bond of phenols. The initial adducts underwent a thermally promoted Claisen rearrangement followed by a DABCO-catalyzed intramolecular 5-exo-dig Michael addition

Lewis acid-catalyzed Pudovik reaction–phospha-Brook rearrangement sequence to access phosphoric esters

• Jin Yang,
• Dang-Wei Qian and
• Shang-Dong Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1188–1194, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.123

• heterocycle, such as a benzothiophene (in 1l) or a benzofuran unit (in 1m), could smoothly be transformed into the desired products 3al and 3am, respectively, in moderate yield. Phosphinates 3an and 3ao could both be prepared under this Pudovik reaction–phospha-Brook rearrangement sequence in moderate to good

Electrochemical vicinal oxyazidation of α-arylvinyl acetates

• Yi-Lun Li,
• Zhaojiang Shi,
• Tao Shen and
• Ke-Yin Ye

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1026–1031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.103

• ), and benzofuran (23) were all amenable in this transformation. In addition, various linear- (24, 25) and cyclic enol acetates (26, 27) also readily underwent the anticipated oxyazidation. Unfortunately, the current protocol was not applicable to the oxyazidation of enol acetate deriving from aliphatic

Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies

• Conrad Kuhwald,
• Sibel Türkhan and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70

• heated flow system [65][66][67][68][69][70][71]. This is exemplified for the tandem synthesis of benzofuran 47 and phenylindole 48 (Scheme 10, case B) starting from phenol 44 and aniline derivative 46, respectively. The latter reaction was carried out in a glass reactor filled with MagSilicaTM [53

α-Ketol and α-iminol rearrangements in synthetic organic and biosynthetic reactions

• Scott Benz and
• Andrew S. Murkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2570–2584, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.172

• heteroarenes were much poorer, with pyrroles and thiophenes giving yields of ≈20% or less and benzofuran and benzothiophene failing to produce any product. Interestingly, a cyclopentanone-derived substrate (120) failed to yield the corresponding α-amino cyclohexanone 121 under the standard conditions used for

Advances in mercury(II)-salt-mediated cyclization reactions of unsaturated bonds

• Sumana Mandal,
• Raju D. Chaudhari and
• Goutam Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2348–2376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.153

• with HgCl2 (0.5 equiv) in presence of N-bromosuccinimide (NBS) undergoes cyclization yielding stable bromo alkenes 87 (Scheme 28) [80][81]. Atta et al. reported the specific cyclization of ethynyl phenols 88 in presence of HgCl2 at ambient temperature yielding benzofuran derivatives 89. They had

• . Synthesis of exocyclic and endocyclic enol ether derivatives. Cyclization of trans-acetylenic alcohol by treatment with HgCl2. Synthesis of benzofuran derivatives in presence of HgCl2. a) Hg(II)-salt-mediated cyclization of 4-hydroxy-2-alkyn-1-ones to furan derivatives and b) its mechanistic pathway

Asymmetric organocatalyzed synthesis of coumarin derivatives

• Natália M. Moreira,
• Lorena S. R. Martelli and
• Arlene G. Corrêa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1952–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.128

• , with moderate to excellent enantioselectivity followed by two decarboxylations (Scheme 21). Huang’s group has used azadienes to perform an enantioselective 1,4-addition to afford benzofuran-fused six-membered heterocycles with a squaramide catalyst [56]. Based on their previous work, the authors

• reported an enantioselective 1,4-addition of azadienes 71 to 3-homoacyl coumarins 70 to achieve benzofuran coumarin derivatives 72 [57]. It was possible to obtain good to excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities by using a low amount of the catalyst, besides the high yield of the reaction. The best

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

• Renato L. Carvalho,
• Amanda S. de Miranda,
• Mateus P. Nunes,
• Roberto S. Gomes,
• Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
• Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

• high importance in the field of Alzheimer’s disease studies [169]. In 2020, Xu and co-workers described an unprecedented dual C–H functionalization of indolin-2-ones and benzofuran-2-ones via an oxidative C(sp3)–H cross-coupling protocol catalyzed by inexpensive FeCl3 and ligand-free conditions (Scheme

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

Synthetic reactions driven by electron-donor–acceptor (EDA) complexes

• Zhonglie Yang,
• Yutong Liu,
• Kun Cao,
• Xiaobin Zhang,
• Hezhong Jiang and
• Jiahong Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 771–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.67

• 60 and Umemoto reagent 20 as substrates as well as N-methylmorpholine (NMM) as organic base additive at room temperature (Scheme 21). The highly functionalized indole, pyrrole, benzofuran, and electron-rich benzene containing CF3 can be given in good yield. Given the redox potential of NMM and

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

• rearrangement product 99 in 85% yield. The synthesis of daphenylline (11) was completed by a seven-step synthesis from benzofuran 99. Phosphine-catalyzed enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation In 2019, Lu and co-workers disclosed a novel chiral-phosphine-catalyzed enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation of allenes and

Water-soluble host–guest complexes between fullerenes and a sugar-functionalized tribenzotriquinacene assembling to microspheres

• Si-Yuan Liu,
• Xin-Rui Wang,
• Man-Ping Li,
• Wen-Rong Xu and
• Dietmar Kuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2551–2561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.207

• their binding affinities to C60 [25][26][27][28]. Georghiou et al. [29] synthesized the tris(thianthreno)-annelated triquinacene 4, and Cao et al. [30] constructed the tris(naphtho)triquinacene 5, bearing six annelated benzofuran units, and they investigated the supramolecular interaction of these hosts

Reaction of indoles with aromatic fluoromethyl ketones: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols using K₂CO₃/n-Bu₄PBr in water

• Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar,
• Masoud Sedaghati and
• Gregor Schnakenburg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.71

• -. 5-, 6-, and 7-azaindoles, 1g–j) provided the corresponding products in the range from 91–97% yield (3u–x). We applied the developed protocol to reactions of other heterocyclic systems such as indazole (4), benzimidazole (5), carbazole (6), benzofuran (7), and benzothiophene (8) with ketone 2a

Recent advances in photocatalyzed reactions using well-defined copper(I) complexes

• Mingbing Zhong,
• Xavier Pannecoucke,
• Philippe Jubault and
• Thomas Poisson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 451–481, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.42

• ]. Under green light irradiation, a large panel of styrene derivatives was converted into the corresponding α-azidoketones in good to excellent yields. Interestingly, the reaction was extended to the heteroaromatic derivatives, such as thiophene or benzofuran and to β-substituted styrenes. The authors

Synthesis and circularly polarized luminescence properties of BINOL-derived bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3’,2’-e]pyridines (BBZFPys)

• Ryo Takishima,
• Yuji Nishii,
• Tomoaki Hinoue,
• Yoshitane Imai and
• Masahiro Miura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 325–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.32

• enantiomers in 10–36% yields. The higher yield of 4c was probably due to its better solubility. In order to systematically evaluate the optical properties of these coupling products, a simple benzofuran-fused 1,1’-binaphthyl 6 was also synthesized as a benchmark (Scheme 4). The parent ether 5 was obtained

Pigmentosins from Gibellula sp. as antibiofilm agents and a new glycosylated asperfuran from Cordyceps javanica

• Soleiman E. Helaly,
• Wilawan Kuephadungphan,
• Patima Phainuphong,
• Mahmoud A. A. Ibrahim,
• Kanoksri Tasanathai,
• Suchada Mongkolsamrit,
• Janet Jennifer Luangsa-ard,
• Souwalak Phongpaichit,
• Vatcharin Rukachaisirikul and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2968–2981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.293

• presence of a trisubstituted dihydrobenzofuran moiety in 3. COSY and HMBC correlations allowed the construction of a 1,3-pentadiene moiety (C-1′–C-5′), and the linkage to C-2 of the benzofuran ring was determined by a COSY correlation between H-1′ and H-2, as well as HMBC correlations from H-2′ to C-2 and

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

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

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

• literature procedure, 2,3-dibromobenzofuran (1) was synthesized by bromination of benzofuran [33]. The Suzuki–Miyaura reaction of 1 with 2-bromophenylboronic acid (2), carried out under standard conditions using Pd(PPh3)4, afforded the desired product 3 in 84% yield and with very good regioselectivity. The

• exhibited π–π T-shaped interactions connecting the indole and furan rings with Tyr340. However, π–alkyl linkage was observed between the benzofuran moiety of compound 5c and amino acid Lys295. The fluorine atom of the 4-fluorophenyl group was involved in the binding with the zinc ion and Ser377. Hydrogen

• bonding was found between the oxygen of the benzofuran ring and the hydrogens of Lys291. When compound 6a was docked inside the active pocket of the homology model, it represented π–π stacked and π–alkyl attachment of the indole rings on both sides of the molecule with amino acids His380 and Lys295

Combining the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction and rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulation for the synthesis of tetrazole-isoquinolone/pyridone hybrids

• Gerardo M. Ojeda,
• Prabhat Ranjan,
• Pavel Fedoseev,
• Lisandra Amable,
• Upendra K. Sharma,
• Daniel G. Rivera and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2447–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.237

• rings, such as furan, benzofuran, pyrrole, benzopyrrole, thiophene, benzothiophene and naphthalene were also successfully synthesized (5d–l) in moderate to very good yields. The exceptions were the cases of indolopyridone 5i and thiazolopyridone 5k, the latter one could not be obtained even after many

Identification of optimal fluorescent probes for G-quadruplex nucleic acids through systematic exploration of mono- and distyryl dye libraries

• Xiao Xie,
• Michela Zuffo,
• Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou and
• Anton Granzhan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1872–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.183

• be observed (I/I0 = 40 in the presence of ct DNA and 60 in the presence cl RNA; cf. Figure 6). Conversely, as mentioned above, the dyes containing benzothiophene (1w) or benzofuran (1z, 1þ) residues perform poorly as fluorescent probes. 6) Strongly aggregating dyes (i.e., 1d, 1ð, 10a and 12a

Photochemical generation of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) radical from caged nitroxides by near-infrared two-photon irradiation and its cytocidal effect on lung cancer cells

• Ayato Yamada,
• Manabu Abe,
• Yoshinobu Nishimura,
• Shoji Ishizaka,
• Masashi Namba,
• Taku Nakashima,
• Kiyofumi Shimoji and
• Noboru Hattori

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 863–873, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.84

• character, 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-(1-(2-(4-nitrophenyl)benzofuran-6-yl)ethoxy)piperidine (2a) and its regioisomer 2b, were designed and synthesized. The one-photon (OP) (365 ± 10 nm) and TP (710–760 nm) triggered release (i.e., uncaging) of the 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) radical under air

• -responsive photo-labile protecting group [56][57][58] with simple cyclic stilbene structures such as 2-(4-nitrophenyl)benzofuran (NPBF) that absorb in the NIR region of 710–760 nm for the uncaging of bioactive substances such as glutamate and Ca2+ [59][60][61][62][63][64]. Herein, we report the synthesis of

• addition to the fundamental study. Results and Discussion The caged-TEMPOs 2a and 2b were synthesized as shown in Scheme 2. The new compounds, 5-ethyl- and 6-ethyl-2-(4-nitrophenyl)benzofuran (5a and 5b), were synthesized from 1-ethynyl-4-nitrobenzene (4) that was prepared from the commercially available 1

Synthesis and SAR of the antistaphylococcal natural product nematophin from Xenorhabdus nematophila

• Frank Wesche,
• Hélène Adihou,
• Thomas A. Wichelhaus and
• Helge B. Bode

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 535–541, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.47

• . Similarly, compounds 2–7 were synthesized using different amines including 2-phenylethylamine (for 2), 1-methyltryptamine (for 3), 2-(2-naphthyl)ethylamine hydrochloride (for 4), 2-(1-naphthyl)ethylamine hydrochloride (for 5), 2-(1H-inden-3-yl)ethylamine hydrobromide (for 6) [21], and 2-(1-benzofuran-3-yl

Cobalt- and rhodium-catalyzed carboxylation using carbon dioxide as the C1 source

• Tetsuaki Fujihara and
• Yasushi Tsuji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2435–2460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.221

• in good TON. Benzofuran (32h) and indole (32i) also gave the carboxylic acids, which were isolated as their methyl esters. Li and co-workers reported the Rh-catalyzed site-selective C(sp2)–H carboxylation reaction using 2-arylphenols as the substrates (Scheme 31) [62]. The desired reactions proceeded