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

• reaction (checked by TLC), the mixture was diluted with AcOEt (10 mL), filtered through a Celite® pad and washed with additional AcOEt (10 mL). Then the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the reaction crude was purified by LCC to get the title compound. Bioactive molecules containing a

Regioselective Pd-catalyzed direct C1- and C2-arylations of lilolidine for the access to 5,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline derivatives

• Hai-Yun Huang,
• Haoran Li,
• Thierry Roisnel,
• Jean-François Soulé and
• Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2069–2075, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.204

• ; Introduction Lilolidine (Figure 1, left), which is a commercially available compound, contains a 5,6-dihydropyrrolo[3,2,1-ij]quinoline skeleton found in several bioactive molecules. For example, tivantinib (Figure 1, middle) exhibits MET inhibitor properties [1]; whereas tarazepide (Figure 1, right) is being

Genome mining in Trichoderma viride J1-030: discovery and identification of novel sesquiterpene synthase and its products

• Xiang Sun,
• You-Sheng Cai,
• Yujie Yuan,
• Guangkai Bian,
• Ziling Ye,
• Zixin Deng and
• Tiangang Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2052–2058, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.202

• ]. The C15 sesquiterpenoids constitute a large class of terpenoids with a wide range of industrial and commercial applications, including uses in flavours and perfumes, as bioactive molecules in the pharmaceutical industry, and in health care products [11]. Sesquiterpenoids are biosynthesised from the

Synthesis of non-racemic 4-nitro-2-sulfonylbutan-1-ones via Ni(II)-catalyzed asymmetric Michael reaction of β-ketosulfones

• Alexander N. Reznikov,
• Anastasiya E. Sibiryakova,
• Marat R. Baimuratov,
• Eugene V. Golovin,
• Victor B. Rybakov and
• Yuri N. Klimochkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1289–1297, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.127

• frequently used in the synthesis of organic fine chemicals and natural compounds. In addition to using the sulfonyl group as an auxiliary, it is also included in some chiral bioactive molecules, such as remikiren (1, renin inhibitor for the treatment of hypertension) [5][6], eletriptan (2, Relpax®, serotonin

Efficient synthesis of pyrazolopyridines containing a chromane backbone through domino reaction

• Razieh Navari,
• Saeed Balalaie,
• Saber Mehrparvar,
• Fatemeh Darvish,
• Frank Rominger,
• Fatima Hamdan and
• Sattar Mirzaie

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 874–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.85

• mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3–4 hours. The progress of the reaction was monitored by TLC (eluent ethyl acetate/n-hexane 1:2). After completion of the reaction, the yellow precipitate (5a–d) was filtered and washed with water and ethanol. Yields: 20–40%. Selected examples of bioactive

• molecules based on the pyrazolopyridine framework. ORTEP Structure of compound 4a and intermolecular hydrogen bonding; the ellipsoid probability level of each ORTEP diagram is 50%. Structures of synthesized pyrazolopyridines 4a–m. Reaction conditions: 3-formylchromone derivatives (1 mmol), primary amine

A diastereoselective approach to axially chiral biaryls via electrochemically enabled cyclization cascade

• Hong Yan,
• Zhong-Yi Mao,
• Zhong-Wei Hou,
• Jinshuai Song and
• Hai-Chao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 795–800, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.76

• the biaryls with good to excellent central-to-axial chirality transfer. Keywords: axial chirality; biaryl; electrochemistry; oxidation; radical; Introduction Axially chiral biaryls are prevalent in natural products, bioactive molecules and organocatalysts [1][2]. Among the many methods that have

Catalyst-free assembly of giant tris(heteroaryl)methanes: synthesis of novel pharmacophoric triads and model sterically crowded tris(heteroaryl/aryl)methyl cation salts

• Rodrigo Abonia,
• Luisa F. Gutiérrez,
• Braulio Insuasty,
• Jairo Quiroga,
• Kenneth K. Laali,
• Chunqing Zhao,
• Gabriela L. Borosky,
• Samantha M. Horwitz and
• Scott D. Bunge

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 642–654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.60

• of higher complexity by employing simpler, more efficient, catalytic methods that are also environmentally friendly. Molecular hybridization has emerged as an interesting strategy for the synthesis of bioactive molecules with improved properties by combining two or more pharmacophore fragments in a

Intramolecular cascade annulation triggered by rhodium(III)-catalyzed sequential C(sp²)–H activation and C(sp³)–H amination

• Liangliang Song,
• Guilong Tian,
• Johan Van der Eycken and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 571–576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.52

• , we have developed a rhodium(III)-catalyzed sequential C(sp2)–H activation and C(sp3)–H amination of O-substituted N-hydroxyacrylamides for the synthesis of indolizinones. This method shows excellent functional-group tolerance. The family of indolizinone products represents potential bioactive

• molecules for further studies. Selected examples of natural products with a tricyclic indolizinone scaffold. Previous work and this approach. Reaction scope. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.3 mmol), [RhCp*Cl2]2 (0.015 mmol), CsOAc (0.6 mmol), 1,4-dioxane (3.0 mL), the ratio of isolated 3:2 was shown in

Design of indole- and MCR-based macrocycles as p53-MDM2 antagonists

• Constantinos G. Neochoritis,
• Maryam Kazemi Miraki,
• Eman M. M. Abdelraheem,
• Ewa Surmiak,
• Tryfon Zarganes-Tzitzikas,
• Beata Łabuzek,
• Tad A. Holak and
• Alexander Dömling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 513–520, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.45

• . The aforementioned artificial macrocycles combine the indole ring, a motif found in many bioactive molecules with the drug-like properties of a non-peptide macrocycle. We hypothesize that these chimeric derivatives of an indole and a macrocycle will offer new potential on specific PPIs and other

A chemoenzymatic synthesis of ceramide trafficking inhibitor HPA-12

• Seema V. Kanojia,
• Sucheta Chatterjee,
• Subrata Chattopadhyay and
• Dibakar Goswami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 490–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.42

• ]. Our group has been using lipases for the chemoenzymatic syntheses of several bioactive molecules [34][35][36][37][38][39]. The prevalence of PhCH(OH) in 2, and in many other biochemicals, attracted our attention to formulate an enantioselective lipase-catalyzed transacetylation strategy to obtain a

Thiol-free chemoenzymatic synthesis of β-ketosulfides

• Adrián A. Heredia,
• Martín G. López-Vidal,
• Marcela Kurina-Sanz,
• Fabricio R. Bisogno and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 378–387, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.34

• moieties occurring in bioactive molecules, such as the immunosuppresor oxisurane [49], quinolone vasodilator flosequinan [50], and potential drugs for the treatment of diabetes [51]. As such, employing simple transformations, compound 2a was conveniently oxidised in moderate to good isolated yields (45

Systematic synthetic study of four diastereomerically distinct limonene-1,2-diols and their corresponding cyclic carbonates

• Hiroshi Morikawa,
• Jun-ichi Yamaguchi,
• Shun-ichi Sugimura,
• Masato Minamoto,
• Yuuta Gorou,
• Hisatoyo Morinaga and
• Suguru Motokucho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 130–136, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.13

• significance, largely because LM derivatives with their versatile functionality can be effectively utilised in organic and polymer chemistry. (4R)-Limonene-1,2-diols (LMdiols) are some of the most important LM derivatives because they act as precursors of bioactive molecules [12][13][14]. Furthermore, LMdiol

Cross metathesis-mediated synthesis of hydroxamic acid derivatives

• Shital Kumar Chattopadhyay,
• Subhankar Ghosh and
• Suman Sil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3070–3075, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.285

• ), 29.3 (CH2), 29.1 (CH2), 28.9 (CH2), 25.5 (CH2), 22.5 (CH2), 14.3 (C11); HRMS (TOF MS ES+) m/z: [M + Na]+ calcd for C11H23NNaO2, 224.1626; found, 224.1638. Some bioactive molecules containing hydroxamate functionality. Cross metathesis between a class-I alkene and N-benzyloxyacryl amide. Hydroxamates

One-pot synthesis of epoxides from benzyl alcohols and aldehydes

• Edwin Alfonzo,
• Jesse W. L. Mendoza and
• Aaron B. Beeler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2308–2312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.205

• , esters, and ketones (Figure 1). The latter is most likely due to competing enolization of the ketone leading to undesired reactivity [29]. Many of the epoxides that are of interest to us are highly oxygenated on the aryl rings and can be used for the synthesis of numerous bioactive molecules [27][30][31

Revisiting ring-degenerate rearrangements of 1-substituted-4-imino-1,2,3-triazoles

• James T. Fletcher,
• Matthew D. Hanson,
• Joseph A. Christensen and
• Eric M. Villa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2098–2105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.184

• and bioactive molecules, but depending on the substituent identity, it can be inherently unstable due to Dimroth rearrangements. This study examined parameters governing the ring-degenerate rearrangement reactions of 1-substituted-4-imino-1,2,3-triazoles, expanding on trends first observed by L’abbé

Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry

• Michael K. Bogdos,
• Emmanuel Pinard and
• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179

• medicinal chemistry. This is a reflection of the tendency of synthetic bioactive molecules to exhibit peptidomimetic properties. Though there is a vast number of procedures that generate amide bonds, an interesting approach is taken by Leow, who has demonstrated the synthesis of amides through the oxidative

Two new 2-alkylquinolones, inhibitory to the fish skin ulcer pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum, produced by a rhizobacterium of the genus Burkholderia sp.

• Dandan Li,
• Naoya Oku,
• Atsumi Hasada,
• Masafumi Shimizu and
• Yasuhiro Igarashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1446–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.122

• -1 Yanagido, Gifu 501-1193, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.14.122 Abstract Exploration of rhizobacteria of the genus Burkholderia as an under-tapped resource of bioactive molecules resulted in the isolation of two new antimicrobial 2-alkyl-4-quinolones. (E)-2-(Hept-2-en-1-yl)quinolin-4(1H)-one (1) and (E)-2

A selective removal of the secondary hydroxy group from ortho-dithioacetal-substituted diarylmethanols

• Anna Czarnecka,
• Emilia Kowalska,
• Agnieszka Bodzioch,
• Joanna Skalik,
• Marek Koprowski,
• Krzysztof Owsianik and
• Piotr Bałczewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1229–1237, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.105

• cyclic compounds possessing a diarylmethyl motif, like podophyllotoxin (V) and lasofoxifene (VI), have been a subject of interest as bioactive molecules (Figure 1) [1]. The diarylmethane derivatives, isolated from natural sources, showed antibacterial [2], antiestrogenic and antitumorigenic (I) [3][4][5

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

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

Reagent-controlled regiodivergent intermolecular cyclization of 2-aminobenzothiazoles with β-ketoesters and β-ketoamides

• Irwan Iskandar Roslan,
• Kian-Hong Ng,
• Gaik-Khuan Chuah and
• Stephan Jaenicke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2739–2750, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.270

• wastes. Here we describe the extension of this α-bromination shuttle system to 2-aminobenzothiazoles as substrates to synthesize benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazoles. The benzo[d]imidazo[2,1-b]thiazole backbone is found in many bioactive molecules and pharmaceutical compounds as evident by its use as

¹⁵N-Labelling and structure determination of adamantylated azolo-azines in solution

• Sergey L. Deev,
• Alexander S. Paramonov,
• Tatyana S. Shestakova,
• Igor A. Khalymbadzha,
• Oleg N. Chupakhin,
• Julia O. Subbotina,
• Oleg S. Eltsov,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin,
• Vladimir L. Rusinov,
• Alexander S. Arseniev and
• Zakhar O. Shenkarev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2535–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.250

• -ones in acidic conditions occurs through the formation of the adamantyl cation. Keywords: adamantylation; azolo-1,2,4-triazines; J-coupling; 15N-labelled; NMR spectra; 1,2,4-triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines; Introduction The incorporation of an adamantyl moiety in bioactive molecules and analogues of

Exploring mechanochemistry to turn organic bio-relevant molecules into metal-organic frameworks: a short review

• Vânia André,
• Sílvia Quaresma,
• João Luís Ferreira da Silva and
• M. Teresa Duarte

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2416–2427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.239

• bioactive molecules is achieved by degradation of the framework, ii) no multistep synthesis is required as the molecules are part of the matrix itself, iii) synergetic effects between the active molecule and the metal may be explored, and iv) co-delivery of drugs is possible if a porous network is built

• enhancement of MOF structural and stability properties [90][91]. Bioactive molecules like caffeine [92][93] and anticancer drugs [94][95][96][97][98] were incorporated in ZIF-8 and tests proved that these systems allowed for a controlled drug release. Further studies involving ZIF-8 with encapsulated

Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole

• Martina Tireli,
• Silvija Maračić,
• Stipe Lukin,
• Marina Juribašić Kulcsár,
• Dijana Žilić,
• Mario Cetina,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Silvana Raić-Malić and
• Krunoslav Užarević

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2352–2363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232

• bond bioisosteres made the click reaction a valuable synthetic methodology for conjugation of bioactive molecules [7][8][9] aiming to improve their biological activities [4][10][11]. Discovery of copper(I) ion catalysis in azide–alkyne cycloadditions was decisive for applications of this reaction, as

A mechanochemical approach to access the proline–proline diketopiperazine framework

• Nicolas Pétry,
• Hafid Benakki,
• Eric Clot,
• Pascal Retailleau,
• Farhate Guenoun,
• Fatima Asserar,
• Chakib Sekkat,
• Thomas-Xavier Métro,
• Jean Martinez and
• Frédéric Lamaty

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2169–2178, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.217

• chemists have used DKPs extensively as a synthetic platform, easily synthesized and stereochemically controlled, for the preparation of small bioactive molecules [4][5]. DKPs have also been considered as chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis [6]. Furthermore, the rigidity of the DKPs is a unique