Recent advances in palladium-catalysed asymmetric 1,4–additions of arylboronic acids to conjugated enones and chromones

• Jan Bartáček,
• Jan Svoboda,
• Martin Kocúrik,
• Jaroslav Pochobradský,
• Alexander Čegan,
• Miloš Sedlák and
• Jiří Váňa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1048–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.84

• given combination of enone and arylboronic acid. Keywords: asymmetric reaction; boronic acid; conjugated enones; chromones; enantioselective catalysis; Michael addition; Pd complexes; Introduction The asymmetric 1,4-addition of arylboronic acids to conjugated cyclic enones and chromones is a very

• of the boronic acid to Pd. This enhanced catalytic system showed a great turnover number (TON) up to 9,900. The authors described additions to cyclic substrates with high yields (90–99%) and enantioselectivities (89–94% ee; entries 1–5, Table 2). Also, a library of linear enones was tested giving

• -hydroxyaryl)enones underwent cyclization to ketals (chromanols) after the addition of boronic acid. The prepared chromanols afforded the chromenes through elimination upon treatment with p-TsOH. A series of different β-(2-hydroxyaryl)enones and boronic acids was tested and provided the substituted chromenes

Synthesis of 10-O-aryl-substituted berberine derivatives by Chan–Evans–Lam coupling and investigation of their DNA-binding properties

• Peter Jonas Wickhorst,
• Mathilda Blachnik,
• Denisa Lagumdzija and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 991–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.81

• the Cu2+-catalyzed coupling reaction with the boronic acid (Scheme 2). The regioselectivity of the latter reaction step is most likely determined by a stronger nucleophilicity of the oxyanion in the 10-position of 6 that is caused by the particular electron distribution in the intermediate 6

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

• EDA complex was formed by 2-iodophenyl thiocarbonate 152, bis(catecholato)diboron, and triethylamine, which afforded boronic acid ester derivative 153 under blue-light irradiation. Simultaneously, pinacol boronic acid ester derivative 154 can be yielded by subsequent processing (Scheme 53). The

• initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of boration product 151 initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of boronic acid ester derivative 154 initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of β-azide product 157 initiated by an EDA complex. Decarboxylation reaction initiated by an EDA complex. Synthesis of amidated

Total synthesis of pyrrolo[2,3-c]quinoline alkaloid: trigonoine B

• Takashi Nishiyama,
• Erina Hamada,
• Daishi Ishii,
• Yuuto Kihara,
• Nanase Choshi,
• Natsumi Nakanishi,
• Mari Murakami,
• Kimiko Taninaka,
• Noriyuki Hatae and
• Tominari Choshi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 730–736, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.62

• -iodo-5-methoxyaniline (24), was synthesized according to the procedure previously reported by Wetzel and co-workers [31]. The Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of 2-iodoaniline derivative 24 and pyrrole-3-boronic acid pinacol ester 13 was carried out in the presence of Pd(OAc)2 and SPhos, followed by the

Helicene synthesis by Brønsted acid-catalyzed cycloaromatization in HFIP [(CF₃)₂CHOH]

• Takeshi Fujita,
• Noriaki Shoji,
• Nao Yoshikawa and
• Junji Ichikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 396–403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.35

• ) in the teraryl structure, because the diborylated arenes were less available. Either (a) the coupling of boronic acid esters bearing one acetal moiety with dihalogenated arenes or (b) the coupling of dihalogenated arenes bearing two acetal moieties with arylboronic acids were conducted for the

• ]. Herein, we synthesized two types of ortho-fused seven-hexagon benzenoids with two [4]helicene structures. According to the strategy illustrated in Scheme 3, route b, double helical helicenes 5 were synthesized using (naphthyl-1-yl)boronic acid (7) and dibromobenzenes 6 with two (1,3-dioxolan-2-yl)methyl

• boronic acid ester 17 with a biphenyl structure and an acetal moiety, to afford bisacetal 18 in 92% yield. Thus, tandem cycloaromatization of 18 effectively proceeded to afford thia[6]helicene 15 in 63% yield. Conclusion In summary, we developed a facile and efficient method for the synthesis of several

Chan–Evans–Lam N1-(het)arylation and N1-alkеnylation of 4-fluoroalkylpyrimidin-2(1H)-ones

• Viktor M. Tkachuk,
• Oleh O. Lukianov,
• Mykhailo V. Vovk,
• Isabelle Gillaizeau and
• Volodymyr A. Sukach

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2304–2313, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.191

• corresponding pyrimidines. An efficient C–N bond-forming process is also observed by using boronic acid pinacol esters as coupling partners in the presence of Cu(II) acetate and boric acid. The 4-fluoroalkyl group on the pyrimidine ring significantly assists in the formation of the target N1-substituted

• expected, the ortho-substituent on the phenyl ring of the boronic acid impeded N1-arylation by steric hindrance. However, the methoxy and methyl groups at the ortho position did not prevent the formation of the corresponding products 3o and 3p, which were isolated in moderate yields of 52 and 35

• further the range of reagents, we subjected phenylboronic acid pinacol ester (6а) to a similar model conversion. Boronic acid pinacol esters are generally known to be much less reactive than the corresponding boronic acids in the Chan–Evans–Lam reaction having, on the other hand, the important advantage

The B & B approach: Ball-milling conjugation of dextran with phenylboronic acid (PBA)-functionalized BODIPY

• Patrizia Andreozzi,
• Lorenza Tamberi,
• Elisamaria Tasca,
• Gina Elena Giacomazzo,
• Marta Martinez,
• Mirko Severi,
• Marco Marradi,
• Stefano Cicchi,
• Sergio Moya,
• Giacomo Biagiotti and
• Barbara Richichi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2272–2281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.188

• the mechanochemical approach (the B & B, ball milling for boronic acid conjugation) as bioconjugation strategy for the labeling of biocompatible carbohydrates. Fluorescent labeling is of key importance to follow up the fate of molecules and (nano)materials inside cells and in the human body. In this

Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

Regioselective cobalt(II)-catalyzed [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of fluoroalkylated alkynes with 2-formylphenylboronic acids: easy access to 2-fluoroalkylated indenols

• Tatsuya Kumon,
• Miroku Shimada,
• Jianyan Wu,
• Shigeyuki Yamada and
• Tsutomu Konno

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2193–2200, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.184

• cycloaddition reaction using a fluoroalkylated alkyne having a 4-biphenyl group as R1 took place smoothly, giving the corresponding indenol 3eA in a good yield. Though bulkier groups as R1, such as 1-naphthyl or 3-chlorophenyl, reduced the reactivity (see 3fA and 3gA), an excess loading of the boronic acid

• out using 3.0 equiv of the boronic acid 2A and 20 mol % each of Co(acac)2·2H2O and dppp at 110 °C, the desired 2-fluoroalkylated indenol 3iA was obtained in 43% yield. Subsequently, we investigated the [2 + 3] cycloaddition reaction of the fluoroalkylated alkyne 1a (R1 = 4-ClC6H4) with variously

• the reaction time, and a higher reaction temperature were applied. However, the exposure of the fluoroalkylated alkynes 1a to electron-rich substrates, e.g., 2D and 2E, lead to the indenols in approximately 30% yield, and the use of an excessive amount of boronic acid, Co(acac)2·2H2O, or dppp improved

Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors

• Christopher G. Thomson,
• Ai-Lan Lee and
• Filipe Vilela

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125

Synthesis of novel multifunctional carbazole-based molecules and their thermal, electrochemical and optical properties

• Nuray Altinolcek,
• Ahmet Battal,
• Mustafa Tavasli,
• William J. Peveler,
• Holly A. Yu and
• Peter J. Skabara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1066–1074, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.93

• potassium acetate (KOAc) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) in 1,4-dioxane [36][37]. Upon chromatography (9-hexylcarbazole-3-yl)boronic acid pinacol ester (5) was obtained as a liquid in good yield. (9-Hexylcarbazole-3-yl)boronic acid pinacol ester (5) was subjected to Suzuki–Miyaura reaction

• ), 0.86 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 4H). (9-Hexylcarbazole-3-yl)boronic acid pinacol ester (5): 5 was synthesised as reported previously [36][37]. Bis(pinacolato)diboron (423 mg, 1.7 mmol), potassium acetate (446 mg, 4.5 mmol) and dichlorobis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) (35 mg, 0.05 mmol) catalyst were added to

• ) δ (ppm) 8.60 (s, 1H), 8.13 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 7.91 (dd, J = 8.1, 2.5 Hz, 1H), 7.46 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 7.42–7.36 (m, 2H), 7.23 (d, J = 7.6 Hz, 1H), 4.30 (t, J = 7.0 Hz, 2H), 1.86 (t, J = 7.6 Hz, 2H), 1.49–1.15 (m, 18H), 0.85 (t, J = 7.1 Hz, 3H). Compound 7a: (9-Hexylcarbazol-3-yl)boronic acid

Pd-catalyzed asymmetric Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions for the synthesis of chiral biaryl compounds with a large steric substituent at the 2-position

• Yongsu Li,
• Bendu Pan,
• Xuefeng He,
• Wang Xia,
• Yaqi Zhang,
• Hao Liang,
• Chitreddy V. Subba Reddy,
• Rihui Cao and
• Liqin Qiu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 966–973, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.85

• decreased with the increase of the substituent on the boronic acid. When a methyl or methoxy group were present at the ortho-position of 1-naphthaleneboronic acid, the reactions were hard to move on even at 70 °C. By replacing the 3-methyl group of the amide with a 3-methoxy or a 3-benzyloxy group, the

• hindrance of the 4-substituted boronic acid. Next, in order to confirm our speculation, the amide group of the aryl bromide was replaced with other functional groups, as shown in Scheme 2. When the amide group was changed into an amine, coupling product 5a was obtained quantitatively but without any

Asymmetric synthesis of CF₂-functionalized aziridines by combined strong Brønsted acid catalysis

• Xing-Fa Tan,
• Fa-Guang Zhang and
• Jun-An Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 638–644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.60

• attributed to the increased Brønsted acidity when the strong electron-withdrawing trifluoromethyl group was placed on the benzene ring of the arylboronic acid. Removing the boronic acid from the reaction system leads to a dramatic decrease in both yield and enantiocontrol (Table 1, entry 16). The challenge

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• performed a Suzuki coupling reaction between boronic acid 15 with chloro compound 2 (Scheme 2). To the best of our knowledge, there is no report of a Suzuki coupling reaction using boronic acid 15 in the literature. However, we generated this required boronic acid from the corresponding methyl propiolate

• [38]. Next we investigated reaction conditions for the reaction of compound 2 with boronic acid 15 using different variables (Supporting Information File 1, Table S1). Gratifyingly, after surveying several reaction conditions, we successfully obtained the desired product 16 in 35% yield using PdCl2

• , 1.1 equiv), TEA (2 equiv), rt, 63%; f) NaOH at −10 °C, NH2OH·H2O at −10 °C, MeOH , rt, 12 h, 55%. Reaction conditions: a) boronic acid 15 (1.3 equiv), PdCl2(PPh3)2 (0.1 equiv), dioxane/H2O (3:1), Na2HPO4 (2.0 equiv), TEA (4.0 equiv), 90 °C, 15 h, 55% for 16 and 71% for 18; b) SeO2 , different

Copper-promoted/copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylselenolation reactions

• Clément Ghiazza and
• Anis Tlili

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 305–316, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.30

• reagent was involved in several cross-coupling processes, including copper chemistry. In this context, in 2015, the group of Rueping reported an oxidative trifluoromethylselenolation process of terminal alkynes and boronic acid derivatives (Scheme 10) [27]. Using a stoichiometric amount of copper/ligand

• alkynes. The latter was also a key intermediate for the formation of α-trifluoromethylselenylated vinylsulfone. It is worth noting that the strategy for the trifluoromethylselenolation of boronic acid developed in our laboratory was applied in 2019 for the synthesis of the selenylated analog 30 of

• Pretomanid, an antituberculosis drug (Scheme 14) [38]. The key step was the trifluoromethylselenolation of boronic acid 26 under standard conditions (Scheme 13), followed by a mesylation and a reaction with the commercially available alcohol 29 to yield the desired compound 30. Preliminary results indicated

Allylic cross-coupling using aromatic aldehydes as α-alkoxyalkyl anions

• Akihiro Yuasa,
• Kazunori Nagao and
• Hirohisa Ohmiya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 185–189, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.21

• homoallylic alcohol derivatives [12][13][14]. Results and Discussion Specifically, the three-component allylic cross-coupling reaction of benzaldehyde (1a, 0.4 mmol), tert-butyl cinnamyl carbonate (2a, 0.2 mmol) and (dimethylphenylsilyl)boronic acid pinacol ester [PhMe2SiB(pin)] (0.4 mmol) occurred in the

An improved, scalable synthesis of Notum inhibitor LP-922056 using 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one as a superior electrophilic chlorinating agent

• Nicky J. Willis,
• Elliott D. Bayle,
• George Papageorgiou,
• David Steadman,
• Benjamin N. Atkinson,
• William Mahy and
• Paul V. Fish

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2790–2797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.271

• efficient step in our sequence and justified further optimisation (vide infra). Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling of bromide 5 with cyclopropylboronic acid (2.5 equiv) produced 6 in good yield (62–89%) but the product required extensive chromatographic purification. We reasoned that switching from the boronic

• acid (c-PrB(OH)2) to the corresponding MIDA-boronate 11 would improve the quality of the reagent and slow release of the active boron species during the course of the reaction would allow us to reduce the number of molar equivalents required to improve conversion [16]. Palladium-mediated cross coupling

Acid-catalyzed rearrangements in arenes: interconversions in the quaterphenyl series

• Sarah L. Skraba-Joiner,
• Carter J. Holt and
• Richard P. Johnson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2655–2663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.258

• which was purged with nitrogen, and cooled to 0 °C. Biphenyl-4-boronic acid (0.89 g, 4.5 mmol) was added, followed by 2-bromobiphenyl (0.50 g, 2.2 mmol), DMF (11.5 mL) and Pd(PPh3)4 (0.13 g, 0.1 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0 °C for 5 h. NaOH (1 M, 10 mL) was added and the product was

• –7.40 (m, 8H), 7.35–7.29 (m, 1H), 7.26–7.17 (m, 7H). Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to form o,m’-Quaterphenyl (16) [35]: 2-Bromobiphenyl (0.20 g, 0.80 mmol), biphenyl-3-boronic acid (0.25 g, 1.3 mmol), and Pd(PPh3)4 (0.02 g, 0.02 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (10 mL). The reaction mixture was cooled to 0 °C and

Arylisoquinoline-derived organoboron dyes with a triaryl skeleton show dual fluorescence

• Vânia F. Pais,
• Tristan Neumann,
• Ignacio Vayá,
• M. Consuelo Jiménez,
• Abel Ros and
• Uwe Pischel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2612–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.254

• couplings and then transformed into boronic acid esters by employing an Ir(I)-catalyzed reaction. The chromophores show dual emission behavior, where the long-wavelength emission band can reach maxima close to 600 nm in polar solvents. The fluorescence quantum yields of the dyes are generally in the range

• electron-transfer phenomena or two-photon absorption [32][33][34][35][36]. As part of our research program we have developed arylisoquinolines that integrate a boronic acid ester [37][38][39] or a BMes2 unit [6][40]. The presence of the boron-substituent confers interesting photophysical properties to

• dye 18 is insensitive to oxygen and was tentatively attributed to the formation of a pyrene-based radical cation, resulting from photoionization [46]. Interaction with fluoride anions The presence of the boronic acid ester moiety does not only contribute to significant changes in the fluorescence

A new approach to silicon rhodamines by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling – scope and limitations

• Thines Kanagasundaram,
• Antje Timmermann,
• Carsten S. Kramer and
• Klaus Kopka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2569–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.250

• (Scheme 3, Table 1). Triflate 21 was obtained without further purification from 12 by addition of triflic anhydride in dry acetonitrile. Boroxine 18b was formed by heating of boronic acid (18a) at 110 °C because it was shown by Calitree and Detty that free boronic acid leads to the destruction of the

• internal salt (protonated pyridine ring and deprotonated boronic acid) and ensuing difficult formation of boroxine 29b (Table 2, entry 10). Switching to the neutral heterocyclic boronic acid 30a, the corresponding thienyl-substituted silicon rhodamine 30c could be obtained in 37% (56% brsm) yield with the

Mono- and bithiophene-substituted diarylethene photoswitches with emissive open or closed forms

• A. Lennart Schleper,
• Mariano L. Bossi,
• Vladimir N. Belov and
• Stefan W. Hell

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2344–2354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.227

• , AsOTh2, and SyOTh2 (Figure 1) were obtained using a standard procedure for a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling of iodides 4, 5, 7, and 8 with boronic acid esters 9 and 12 (see Scheme 3). Throughout the text, abbreviations “As” and “Sy” denote asymmetric and symmetric substitution patterns, respectively; “O

Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups

• Xiaowei Li,
• Xiaolin Shi,
• Xiangqian Li and
• Dayong Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218

• , promoting the C–F over C–O bond formation via an inner-sphere pathway. Fluorination of arenes, aryl bromides, -alcohols, -triflates, and -boronic acid derivatives: In 2013, Larhed and co-workers [51] established a one-pot, two-step fluorination of aryl alcohols via aryl nonafluorobutylsulfonates. This

Aggregation-induced emission effect on turn-off fluorescent switching of a photochromic diarylethene

• Luna Kono,
• Yuma Nakagawa,
• Ayako Fujimoto,
• Ryo Nishimura,
• Yohei Hattori,
• Toshiki Mutai,
• Nobuhiro Yasuda,
• Kenichi Koizumi,
• Satoshi Yokojima,
• Shinichiro Nakamura and
• Kingo Uchida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2204–2212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.217

• followed by stirring for 1 h at −10 °C on ice-salt bath under argon gas atmosphere. Then, 0.96 mL (3.58 mmol, 1.5 equiv) of B(OBu)3 was added and the temperature of the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. After ascertaining the formation of boronic acid by TLC, 5 mL of H2O

• was added, and solvent was removed in vacuo. To a 200 mL three necked flask, the boronic acid, 0.90 g (6.51 mmol, 2.7 equiv) of K2CO3, 0.72 g (2.37 mmol, 1.0 equiv) of 6-bromo-2-(2’-methoxyphenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine (4) [25], 0.11 g (0.09 mmol, 0.04 equiv) of Pd(PPh3)4(0), and 80 mL of mixture of

Azologization and repurposing of a hetero-stilbene-based kinase inhibitor: towards the design of photoswitchable sirtuin inhibitors

• Christoph W. Grathwol,
• Nathalie Wössner,
• Sören Swyter,
• Adam C. Smith,
• Enrico Tapavicza,
• Robert K. Hofstetter,
• Anja Bodtke,
• Manfred Jung and
• Andreas Link

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2170–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.214

• available naphthalene-2-ylboronic acid or (3,4-dihydronaphthalen-2-yl)boronic acid (Scheme 1). The latter was synthesized according to a literature procedure [36]. Formation of compounds 2b–h was accomplished through Heck coupling of aryl bromides with the appropriate styrenes (Scheme 2) [37]. Compounds 2b

• ) appropriate boronic acid, Pd(PPh3)4, Na2CO3, DMF, H2O, microwave, 15 min, 150 °C, 43–64%. Reagents and conditions: a) Pd2(dba)3 or Pd(OAc)2, P(o-tol)3, TEA, DMF, 120–140 °C, 0.7–24 h, 11–75%; b) potassium vinyltrifluoroborate, Cs2CO3, PdCl2(PPh3)2, ACN, H2O, 1.5 h, 120 °C, 78% c) tributylvinyltin, Pd(PPh3)4

Application of chiral 2-isoxazoline for the synthesis of syn-1,3-diol analogs

• Juanjuan Feng,
• Tianyu Li,
• Jiaxin Zhang and
• Peng Jiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1840–1847, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.179

• boronic acid had been widely utilized to disconnect the N–O bond as well as to hydrolyze the resulting imine into a ketone [52]. We applied this method to deprotect the isoxazoline 3. However, the desired β-hydroxy ketone was never obtained. In one instance, the methyl ketone from a retro-aldol reaction