Catalytic multi-step domino and one-pot reactions

• Svetlana B. Tsogoeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 254–256, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.25

• advances in the field. A Review article by Pounder, Tam, and co-authors summarizes new transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes, including both homo- and heterobicyclic alkenes highly useful for the construction of biologically significant compounds with multiple

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

• -catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes, including both homo- and heterobicyclic alkenes. These compounds are important synthons in organic synthesis, providing an important platform for the construction of biologically/medicinally significant compounds which bear multiple stereocenters. The

• shed light on future directions for further development in this field. Keywords: bicyclic alkenes; cascade; catalysis; domino; transition-metal-catalyzed; Introduction A well-orchestrated sequence of events – cascade, also known as domino, tandem, and sequential reactions, constitutes a fascinating

• reaction conditions, without adding additional reagents and catalysts, and in which the subsequent reactions result as a consequence of the functionality formed in previous steps [1]. Bicyclic alkenes, a family of strained ring systems, have seen widespread applications in organic synthesis in the last 20

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• catalyzed by rhodium/diene to afford the 1,2,4-trisubstituted naphthalene framework 8 with complete regio- and stereocontrol (Scheme 1) [62][63]. In 2015, the Nishimura group reported the first iridium-catalyzed addition of salicylaldehydes 14 to bicyclic alkenes 11 (Scheme 1) [64]. Although a variety of

• ). Nishimura’s seminal report on iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes and the context of this work. Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation of C1-substituted OBDs 13a–k with salicylaldehyde 14. Competition reaction of different C1-substituted OBDs. Optimization of the hydroacylation reaction

Recent advances in Cu-catalyzed C(sp³)–Si and C(sp³)–B bond formation

• Balaram S. Takale,
• Ruchita R. Thakore,
• Elham Etemadi-Davan and
• Bruce H. Lipshutz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 691–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.67

• on the interest in Cu-catalyzed aminoboration reactions of a variety of alkenes, such as bicyclic alkenes [124], Miura et al. subsequently described the preparation of β-borylalkylamines 401–404 from unactivated terminal alkenes 307 (Scheme 64). Using a mixed diborane reagent, such as pinB–Bdan

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

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

• coligand, their uranyl-(salen) derivatives 106a,b have been employed as models of the oxo-Mn(V)–(salen) oxidant species. The reactions were highly efficient in terms of productivity (up to 96% yield) and enantioselectivity (up to 93% ee) when rigid bicyclic alkenes such as 1,2-dihydronaphthalene and

Asymmetric Au-catalyzed cycloisomerization of 1,6-enynes: An entry to bicyclo[4.1.0]heptene

• Alexandre Pradal,
• Chung-Meng Chao,
• Patrick Y. Toullec and
• Véronique Michelet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1021–1029, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.116

• cycloisomerization process was found to be highly stereoselective in the case of oxygen-tethered enynes (Table 2, entries 6–12). In all cases, the ee’s were greater than 90% and in one case as high as 98%. The stability of the resulting bicyclic alkenes 4 was generally only moderate, which led to low isolated yields