Solution-phase automated synthesis of an α-amino aldehyde as a versatile intermediate

• Hisashi Masui,
• Sae Yosugi,
• Shinichiro Fuse and
• Takashi Takahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 106–110, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.13

• ), to which a solution of 2,2-dimethoxypropane in dichloromethane and a solution of boron trifluoride·ethyl ether complex in dichloromethane were added. Originally, the respective solutions were loaded into the reagent reservoirs (RR1 and RR3). After stirring at 25 °C for 3 h, the reaction was quenched

cis-Diastereoselective synthesis of chroman-fused tetralins as B-ring-modified analogues of brazilin

• Dimpee Gogoi,
• Runjun Devi,
• Pallab Pahari,
• Bipul Sarma and
• Sajal Kumar Das

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2816–2822, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.280

• under metal-free conditions and the operational simplicity render this transformation an attractive approach. Nevertheless, in an additional work, the angular –OH group of (±)-5k was reductively removed on treatment with Et3SiH and boron trifluoride etherate to get chroman-fused tetralin (±)-14 with the

Direct arylation catalysis with chloro[8-(dimesitylboryl)quinoline-κN]copper(I)

• Sem Raj Tamang and
• James D. Hoefelmeyer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2757–2762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.272

• ) intermediate may be well-stabilized by boron as a Z-type ligand, and the mesityl groups surrounding boron may favor the association of arenes for the deprotonation–metalation and the oxidative addition steps. Wang et al. proposed concerted metalation–deprotonation via a sigma bond metathesis involving a cyclic

Orthogonal protection of saccharide polyols through solvent-free one-pot sequences based on regioselective silylations

• Serena Traboni,
• Emiliano Bedini and
• Alfonso Iadonisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2748–2756, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.271

• activation effect of boron complexes [33]. Over the last years, we have addressed our interest towards the development of solvent-free protocols aimed at regioselective protection of highly functionalized saccharide substrates. This effort led to a simple protocol for the selective benzylation of primary

Benzothiadiazole oligoene fatty acids: fluorescent dyes with large Stokes shifts

• Lukas J. Patalag and
• Daniel B. Werz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2739–2747, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.270

• as the carbohydrate part of glycolipids [7][8]. A further alternative is to render the lipid and especially the fatty acid part fluorescently active by the introduction of fluorescent moieties (Figure 1). Prominent examples in this area are NBD- (nitrobenzoxadiazole) [9][10], BODIPY- (boron

From betaines to anionic N-heterocyclic carbenes. Borane, gold, rhodium, and nickel complexes starting from an imidazoliumphenolate and its carbene tautomer

• Ming Liu,
• Jan C. Namyslo,
• Martin Nieger,
• Mika Polamo and
• Andreas Schmidt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2673–2681, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.264

• (crystallographic numbering, cf. Figure 2: C9) is clearly detectable at δ = 9.22 ppm in DMSO-d6, while the boron and fluorine atoms give resonance frequencies at δ = −3.45 ppm, and δ = −133.91, −159.97, −165.18 ppm in the 11B NMR and 19F NMR spectra, respectively. A single crystal X-ray analysis of the borane

The in situ generation and reactive quench of diazonium compounds in the synthesis of azo compounds in microreactors

• Faith M. Akwi and
• Paul Watts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1987–2004, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.186

• -naphthol. The method boasts of shorter reaction times [4] with high yields (Scheme 2). Mirjalili et al. also used silica supported boron trifluoride and was able to carry out diazotization at room temperature [5] after they discovered that the diazonium salts obtained were stable at room temperature even

• temperature: Azo coupling reaction. PTSA-catalyzed diazotization and azo coupling reaction. Ferric hydrogen sulfate (FHS) catalyzed azo compound synthesis. Synthesis of azo compounds in the presence of silica supported boron trifluoride. Phase transfer catalyzed azo coupling of 5-methylresorcinol in

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

• theoretically studied mechanism of the oxidation reaction promoted by H2O2 and the Lewis acid BF3 [217][219]. In the first step, the hydrogen peroxide–boron trifluoride complex 8 reacts with ketone 9 to form adduct 10. The latter intermediate rearranges through transition state 11 into the tetrahedral

• after the reaction under oxygen atmosphere at 50 °C (Scheme 24) [252]. The boron-containing catalysts LiB(C6F5)4 or Ca[B(C6F5)4]2 were developed for the Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of ketones with aqueous H2O2 to give the lactones in high yields [253][254]. A regioselective Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of

• peroxide 115, which rearranges through an acid-catalyzed Baeyer–Villiger-type rearrangement into 116. Hydroxy-10H-acridin-9-ones 117 proved to be promising antipsoriatic agents [287]. The oxidation of aldimines 118a–f with m-chloroperbenzoic acid in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate produces

Catalytic Chan–Lam coupling using a ‘tube-in-tube’ reactor to deliver molecular oxygen as an oxidant

• Carl J. Mallia,
• Paul M. Burton,
• Alexander M. R. Smith,
• Gary C. Walter and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1598–1607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.156

• favourable thermodynamics with an increase in the electropositive nature of boron, which in turn increases the rate of the transmetallation step. Changing the group at the 4-position of the phenylboronic acid gave good yields for both electron-rich (19, 79% yield) and electron-poor (33, 76% yield

A T-shape diphosphinoborane palladium(0) complex

• Patrick Steinhoff and
• Michael E. Tauchert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1573–1576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.152

• diphospinoborane (o-PR2-C6H4)2BR’ ligand RDPBR’) has received considerable attention [1][2][3], with first catalytic applications emerging [4]. The acyclic boron group in these ligands can adopt a variety of coordination modes (Figure 1) [5]. The borane can act as a σ-acceptor ligand in case of η1-B coordination

• (e.g., 1 [6] and 2 [7]), or as a boron containing π-ligand adopting η2-B,C (3) [8] or η3-B,C,C coordination (4 and 5) [5][9][10]. Changes of the hapticity appear to have significant influence onto the reactivity of the coordinated transition metal towards substrates [8]. For zerovalent palladium

• solid-state structure of 9 displayed a slightly distorted T-shape geometry around the palladium center. A short Pd1–B1 distance of 2.243(2) Å (cf. complex 2: 2.194(3) Å) and a significant pyramidalization at the boron center (ΣBα = 341°) is observed, indicating a strong Pd(0)→B bond. The distance

Synthesis of highly functionalized 2,2'-bipyridines by cyclocondensation of β-ketoenamides – scope and limitations

• Paul Hommes and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1170–1177, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.112

• oxidative coupling of acetylacetone 1a employing iodosylbenzene in the presence of boron trifluoride in methanol [41] followed by the standard amination procedure indeed furnished β-enaminoketone 2i in moderate yield (Scheme 3). This intermediate could be N-acylated via its potassium salt with activated

Scope and mechanism of the highly stereoselective metal-mediated domino aldol reactions of enolates with aldehydes

• M. Emin Cinar,
• Bernward Engelen,
• Martin Panthöfer,
• Hans-Jörg Deiseroth,
• Jens Schlirf and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 813–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.80

• enolates (Ti [23], Zr [24], Si [25], and Sn [26]) and boron enolates [27] have adopted a considerable significance because of their high potential to control the stereochemical outcome of the bond formation [28][29][30]. However, the other group III metal enolates have been almost completely omitted over

• center: it should (a) exhibit Lewis acidity, (b) be sufficiently electropositive, and (c) display a sufficiently large ion radius so that the reaction cascade can take place in the periphery of the metal. The latter requirement is apparently prohibitive for a boron(III)-mediated reaction because the ion

Iridium/N-heterocyclic carbene-catalyzed C–H borylation of arenes by diisopropylaminoborane

• Mamoru Tobisu,
• Takuya Igarashi and
• Naoto Chatani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 654–661, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.65

• C–H borylation of arenes has been widely used in organic synthesis because it allows the introduction of a versatile boron functionality directly onto simple, unfunctionalized arenes. We report herein the use of diisopropylaminoborane as a boron source in C–H borylation of arenes. An iridium(I

• (Scheme 1). The most commonly used boron sources are pinacolborane (HBpin, 1a) and bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2, 1b), which form pinacol esters of arylboronic acids. Although the pinacol ester products prepared in these reactions are amenable to a range of transformations, their reactivity is generally

• arylboronic acid is synthetically useful because it can be readily deprotected with a dilute aqueous acid [20]. We envisioned that diisopropylaminoborane (1g) [21] could be a useful boron source because the resulting aminoborylated products are sufficiently labile to be converted into various boron

Self and directed assembly: people and molecules

• Tony D. James

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 391–405, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.42

• using boron as a chiral catalyst was a good idea. We quickly came up with a research plan over a beer or two (Figure 13). Then on our return to the UK we quickly put these ideas into practice with the investigation of a “chiral boron reagent” formed between binol and trimethoxy borate for the Lewis acid

• catalyst of diastereoselective aza-Diels–Alder reactions [68] (Figure 14). While, the structure of the “chiral boron reagent” still remains unknown during our investigation of analogues we discovered a very interesting three-component self-assembly. Chiral binol, a chiral amine and 2-formylbenzeneboronic

• in 2002. (Left) Private photo taken in Osaka. (Right) Photo taken in Tokyo by Katsuhiko Ariga. Preparation of chiral boron reagent and use as catalyst for aza-Diels–Alder reactions. Chiral three component self-assembling system. Reaction of trimethylsilyl cyanide with tricarbonyl (η5-cyclohexadienyl

Thermal and oxidative stability of Atlantic salmon oil (Salmo salar L.) and complexation with β-cyclodextrin

• Daniel I. Hădărugă,
• Mustafa Ünlüsayin,
• Alexandra T. Gruia,
• Cristina Birău (Mitroi),
• Gerlinde Rusu and
• Nicoleta G. Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 179–191, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.20

• complexation of ASO. A boron trifluoride–methanol complex (20%, Merck & Co., Inc.) was used for FA derivatization. Finally, Hydranal-Titrant 5, Hydranal-Solvent and Hydranal-Water Standard 10.0 (Sigma-Aldrich, Buchs, Switzerland) were used for the KFT water analysis of β-CD/ASO complexes. ASO extraction The

• profile of nondegraded and degraded ASO was obtained by GC–MS analysis of the corresponding methyl esters (as well as acetals and ketals of FA degradation compounds). For derivatization, approximately 20 mg of ASO or the corresponding sample was dissolved in 3 mL of boron trifluoride–methanol solution in

Spiro-fused carbohydrate oxazoline ligands: Synthesis and application as enantio-discrimination agents in asymmetric allylic alkylation

• Jochen Kraft,
• Martin Golkowski and
• Thomas Ziegler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 166–171, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.18

• ester 11 as boron source (Scheme 2) [22][23][24]. 2-Pyridineboronic acid 11 was chosen due to its increased nucleophilicity compared to other boron sources like pinacol boronic esters or MIDA boronates [25][26]. The cross coupling proceeded smoothly in THF and gave ligands 9 and 10 in good yields

Assembly of synthetic Aβ miniamyloids on polyol templates

• Sebastian Nils Fischer and
• Armin Geyer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2646–2653, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.284

• the Hot=Tap oligomer. The mixture of azide 9, 2-formylphenylboronic acid (14) and LVFFA shows a single signal set for the esterified product (Figure 8). Another advantage of this system is the cooperativity of imine formation and esterification, because the imino nitrogen coordinates the boron atom

Copper-catalyzed stereoselective conjugate addition of alkylboranes to alkynoates

• Takamichi Wakamatsu,
• Kazunori Nagao,
• Hirohisa Ohmiya and
• Masaya Sawamura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2444–2450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.265

• the present copper catalysis is proposed in Figure 1. An alkoxycopper complex (A) is initially formed by the reaction of CuOAc, t-BuOK and P(OPh)3. Boron-to-cupper transmetalation between A and the alkylborane 2 occurs to form an alkylcopper(I) species (B) and a t-butoxyborane (9-BBN-Ot-Bu) [12][13

Chiral Cu(II)-catalyzed enantioselective β-borylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles in water

• Lei Zhu,
• Taku Kitanosono,
• Pengyu Xu and
• Shū Kobayashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2007–2011, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.217

• Lei Zhu Taku Kitanosono Pengyu Xu Shu Kobayashi Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.11.217 Abstract The promising performance of copper(II) complexes was demonstrated for asymmetric boron conjugate addition to α,β

• substrates were suitable despite being insoluble in water. Keywords: carbon–boron bond formation; catalytic asymmetric synthesis; chiral copper(II) catalysis; β-hydroxy nitriles; Introduction In recent years, optically active organoboranes have attracted considerable attraction as versatile synthons for

• the synthesis of biologically interesting compounds and of other materials. In particular, compounds with a nitrile group in the β-position with respect to the boron moiety represent an important subset of organoboron intermediates because these compounds contain two functional groups. Their C–B

Synthesis of constrained analogues of tryptophan

• Elisabetta Rossi,
• Valentina Pirovano,
• Marco Negrato,
• Giorgio Abbiati and
• Monica Dell’Acqua

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1997–2006, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.216

• results are summarized in Table 1. The reaction was ineffective under thermal conditions (Table 1, entry 1). As a consequence we tested simple Lewis acids as potential promoters for the transformation. Magnesium perchlorate, scandium and copper triflate and boron trifluoride failed to give the desired

Polythiophene and oligothiophene systems modified by TTF electroactive units for organic electronics

• Alexander L. Kanibolotsky,
• Neil J. Findlay and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1749–1766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.191

• units into a conjugated network is a standard way to narrow the HOMO/LUMO band gap and examples of such units include dioxopyrrolopyrrole (DPP) [17][18][19], benzodifuranone [20] and boron-dipyrromethene (BODIPY) [21][22]. As a different class of electroactive materials, TTF derivatives are well-known

Pyridinoacridine alkaloids of marine origin: NMR and MS spectral data, synthesis, biosynthesis and biological activity

• Louis P. Sandjo,
• Victor Kuete and
• Maique W. Biavatti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1667–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.183

• indole catalyzed by potassium fluoride in alumina and a sufficient amount of 18-crown-6. The product obtained from this reaction was decarboxylated by copper chromite and quinolone to yield arnoamine B. This latter was then demethylated with boron tribromide to afford arnoamine A (40, Scheme 5) [63

Pyridine-promoted dediazoniation of aryldiazonium tetrafluoroborates: Application to the synthesis of SF₅-substituted phenylboronic esters and iodobenzenes

• George Iakobson,
• Junyi Du,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1494–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.162

• -science [6][18][33][34][35][36][37][38], and material sciences [5][19][38][39] are emerging. Arylboronic acids and arylboronates represent versatile building blocks in organic synthesis [40]. They have found wide applications in transition metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions [41][42]. These boron

Synthesis of novel N-cyclopentenyl-lactams using the Aubé reaction

• Madhuri V. Shinde,
• Rohini S. Ople,
• Ekta Sangtani,
• Rajesh Gonnade and
• D. Srinivasa Reddy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1060–1067, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.119

• ·OEt2 Boron trifluoride etherate (0.07 mL, 0.71 mmol) was added to a solution of azido alcohol 3 (0.10 g, 0.71 mmol) and ketones (2.0 mmol, 3 equiv) in HFIP (0.2 mL) cooled to 0 °C. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 2–5 h. Upon completion, the reaction was quenched with 15% aq

Design, synthesis and photochemical properties of the first examples of iminosugar clusters based on fluorescent cores

• Mathieu L. Lepage,
• Antoine Mirloup,
• Manon Ripoll,
• Fabien Stauffert,
• Anne Bodlenner,
• Raymond Ziessel and
• Philippe Compain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 659–667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.74

• insights into the multivalent effect observed in CFTR correcting activity. The originality of our approach relies on the fact that, in the structures designed, this is the scaffold itself [29][30], based on a pyrene or a boron-dipyrromethene (F-BODIPY) dye, which has fluorescence activity. Results and

• . Difluoroboradiaza-s-indacenes, commonly named boron-dipyrromethene dyes (F-BODIPY), were logically selected for the construction of the probes. These compounds indeed combine high fluorescence quantum yields and high molar extinction coefficients, strong chemical and photochemical stability in solution and in solid

• substitution at the boron has less influence on the spectroscopic properties of the dyes [42]. So far, major endeavors have been dedicated to the preparation of classical F-BODIPY structures and less common E-BODIPY (E for ethynyl) and the examination of their spectroscopic and salient physical properties [43