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

• initial step. In early 2019, our research group reported the copper-photocatalyzed borylation of organic halides using [Cu(I)(DMEGqu)(DPEPhos)]PF6 as the photocatalyst (Scheme 26) [41]. The photocatalytic Miyaura borylation reaction was carried out using aryl iodides bearing either electron-donating or

• amination of NHP esters. Photocatalytic decarboxylative alkynylation using [Cu(I)(dq)(binap)]BF4. Copper-photocatalyzed alkylation of glycine esters. Copper-photocatalyzed borylation of organic halides. aUnder continuous flow conditions. Copper-photocatalyzed α-functionalization of alcohols with glycine

Six-fold C–H borylation of hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene

• Mai Nagase,
• Kenta Kato,
• Akiko Yagi,
• Yasutomo Segawa and
• Kenichiro Itami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 391–397, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.37

• -catalyzed six-fold C–H borylation of HBC was successfully achieved by screening solvents. The crystal structure of hexaborylated HBC was confirmed via X-ray crystallography. Optoelectronic properties of the thus-obtained hexaborylated HBC were analyzed with the support of density functional theory

• calculations. The spectra revealed a bathochromic shift of absorption bands compared with unsubstituted HBC under the effect of the σ-donation of boryl groups. Keywords: C–H borylation; hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene; iridium catalyst; X-ray crystallography; Introduction Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs

• functional groups [15], hexaborylated HBC is expected to be a platform for the synthesis of diverse functionalized HBCs. Herein, we report the six-fold C–H borylation of unfunctionalized HBC (Figure 1c). By screening solvents, we have established suitable reaction conditions for the synthesis of

Copper-catalyzed enantioselective conjugate addition of organometallic reagents to challenging Michael acceptors

• Delphine Pichon,
• Jennifer Morvan,
• Christophe Crévisy and
• Marc Mauduit

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 212–232, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.24

• /Taniaphos-catalyzed β-borylation of an α,β-unsaturated acylimidazole, leading to various enantioenriched β-hydroxy products after oxidation (up to >98% ee) [41]. Interestingly, following the aforementioned iterative ECA strategy, the postfunctionalized chiral acylimidazole 41 derived from (S)-citronellal

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

• 5 a Pd-catalyzed one-pot reaction consisting of a borylation and Suzuki coupling was applied. Thus, starting from 1-chloroanthracene (4) and using SPhos/Pd2dba3 (8:1) as the catalyst, a full conversion to the Miyaura-type borylated intermediate was achieved (TLC analysis) after 5 hours at 110 ºC

• triaryl systems 12–15 following a similar Pd-catalyzed one-pot borylation-Suzuki coupling strategy as mentioned above, using 1-chloroisoquinoline as the coupling partner (Scheme 3). The desired compounds 12–15 were obtained in 44–70% yield. The 1H NMR spectra, recorded at 25 °C, showed the coexistence of

• ). The synthesis of the borylated dyes 16–19 was carried out following a methodology that was previously reported by some of us [42] and that is based on the Ir-catalyzed nitrogen-directed ortho-borylation of arylisoquinolines [37][38]. Despite of the presence of many aromatic C–H bonds which could be

Borylation and rearrangement of alkynyloxiranes: a stereospecific route to substituted α-enynes

• Ruben Pomar Fuentespina,
• José Angel Garcia de la Cruz,
• Gabriel Durin,
• Victor Mamane,
• Jean-Marc Weibel and
• Patrick Pale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1416–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.141

• -coupling reactions. Herein, stereodefined 1,3-enynes, including tetrasubstituted ones, were straightforwardly synthesized from cis or trans-alkynylated oxiranes in good to excellent yields by a one-pot cascade process. The procedure relies on oxirane deprotonation, borylation and a stereospecific

• tetrasubstituted alkenes [6][7]. Capitalizing on these precedents, Aggarwal et al. showed that oxiranes could be homologated to diols through lithiation, borylation, rearrangement and oxidation of the so-formed β-hydroxyboranes [8]. More recently, Blakemore et al. applied this sequence to sulfinyloxiranes [9

• afforded a mixture of the 2 possible isomers, although in similar overall yield (Table 2, entry 2 vs 1). Decreasing the temperature from −78 to −92 °C for the deprotonation–borylation steps rewardingly allowed the exclusive formation of the E-enyne 4 as a single isomer (Table 2, entry 3). After these

Solid-phase synthesis of biaryl bicyclic peptides containing a 3-aryltyrosine or a 4-arylphenylalanine moiety

• Iteng Ng-Choi,
• Àngel Oliveras,
• Lidia Feliu and
• Marta Planas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 761–768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.72

• resulting biaryl monocyclic peptidyl resin leading to the formation of the expected biaryl bicyclic peptide. This study provides the first solid-phase synthesis of this type of bicyclic compounds being amenable to prepare a diversity of synthetic or natural biaryl bicyclic peptides. Keywords: borylation

• peptidyl resin precursor containing the required boronate and halogenated amino acid derivatives followed by its cyclization through the formation of an aryl–aryl bond between these two amino acids via a Suzuky–Miyaura reaction. It is worthwhile to mention that both the borylation and the cross-coupling

• 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc)/tert-butyl (t-Bu) strategy (Scheme 2). The non-commercially available amino acids Boc-Phe(4-BPin)-OH, Fmoc-Phe(4-I)-OH and Fmoc-Glu-OpNB were prepared in solution. Boc-Phe(4-BPin)-OH was obtained from Boc-Phe(4-I)-OH [27] through esterification, Miyaura borylation

Synthesis and biological activity of methylated derivatives of the Pseudomonas metabolites HHQ, HQNO and PQS

• Sven Thierbach,
• Max Wienhold,
• Susanne Fetzner and
• Ulrich Hennecke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 187–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.18

• PQS such as formylation followed by oxidation failed when applied to OMe-HHQ (3). Alternatively, ortho-metalation next to the methoxy group of OMe-HHQ (3) followed by borylation/oxidation was investigated. Several trials using different lithium bases failed and only small amounts of oxidation products

Calixazulenes: azulene-based calixarene analogues – an overview and recent supramolecular complexation studies

• Paris E. Georghiou,
• Shofiur Rahman,
• Abdullah Alodhayb,
• Hidetaka Nishimura,
• Jaehyun Lee,
• Atsushi Wakamiya and
• Lawrence T. Scott

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2488–2494, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.225

• Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction of bromobenzene with 5,7-di(Bpin)azulene, which in turn was formed via the exhaustive borylation of azulene with excess bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) [21]. Cyclocondensation of 5,7-diphenylazulene with formaldehyde produced 5 [22] under conditions similar to those used

Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, allenes, and aldehydes catalyzed by a Co/Cr-hybrid catalyst

• Kimihiro Komeyama,
• Shunsuke Sakiyama,
• Kento Iwashita,
• Itaru Osaka and
• Ken Takaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1413–1420, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.118

• alkynyl iodoarene cyclization/borylation to form cyclized vinylboronic esters, in which transmetalation between the generated vinylcobalt and chromium salt was a critical step (Scheme 4) [16]. As part of our continuing work on the cobalt-catalyzed functionalization of carbon–carbon unsaturated bonds, a

• characters of organometallics depending on the central metals. Ni/Cr or Co/Cr-catalyzed NHK reaction. Functionalization of alkynes via carbocobaltation. Cyclization/borylation of alkynyl iodoarenes using the Co/Cr catalyst. Three-component coupling of aryl iodides, arenes, and aldehydes using Co/Cr catalyst

Progress in copper-catalyzed trifluoromethylation

• Guan-bao Li,
• Chao Zhang,
• Chun Song and
• Yu-dao Ma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 155–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.11

• explored the trifluoromethylation of primary and secondary alkylboronic acids with the Ruppert–Prakash reagent (TMSCF3) (Scheme 17) [32]. These alkylboronic acids were prepared from the corresponding alkyl halides or tosylates by using their previously developed Cu-catalyzed borylation method [33]. Both

Fluorescent nucleobase analogues for base–base FRET in nucleic acids: synthesis, photophysics and applications

• Mattias Bood,
• Sangamesh Sarangamath,
• Moa S. Wranne,
• Morten Grøtli and
• L. Marcus Wilhelmsson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 114–129, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.7

• screen a larger set of new compounds for fluorescent properties we envisioned that it was unnecessary to carry the entire sugar moiety through the synthesis. Thus, by alkylation of 6-chloro-7-iodo-7-deazapurine (41, Scheme 9) followed by a Miyaura-style borylation of compound 42, inspired by Thompson et

• borylation afforded the common intermediate 45 in 91% yield and Suzuki coupling was then achieved efficiently for both 2-amino-3-iodopyridine as well as 2-iodo-4-nitroaniline in (46) 95% and (47) 86% yield, respectively. The activation of the exocyclic amine was achieved by using AcCl which provided a more

The chemistry and biology of mycolactones

• Matthias Gehringer and
• Karl-Heinz Altmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159

• the C1–C20 seco acid via formation of the C9–C10 bond by an epoxide-opening reaction with an alkyne-derived alkenyl trialkylaluminate. A distinct strategy was also chosen by the Aggarwal group, which connected the linear C1–C11 fragment to the C12–C20 fragment employing their lithiation–borylation

Direct catalytic arylation of heteroarenes with meso-bromophenyl-substituted porphyrins

• Alexei N. Kiselev,
• Olga K. Grigorova,
• Alexei D. Averin,
• Sergei A. Syrbu,
• Oskar I. Koifman and
• Irina P. Beletskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1524–1532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.152

• Osuka and co-workers. Their research was targeted at the Ir-catalyzed β-borylation of porphyrins and zinc porphyrinates with the purpose of the consequent synthesis of di- and polyporphyrin structures [23][24][25], further direct β-arylation of tetrapyrrolic systems with aryl bromides was developed

Mechanochemical borylation of aryldiazonium salts; merging light and ball milling

• José G. Hernández

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1463–1469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.144

• Jose G. Hernandez Institute of Organic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University, Landoltweg 1, D-52074 Aachen, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.13.144 Abstract Merging of photo- and mechanochemical activation permitted studying the role of eosin Y in the borylation of aryldiazonium salts in a ball mill

• –solvent charge-transfer complex formation. Keywords: aryldiazonium salts; borylation; eosin Y; mechanochemistry; photocatalysis; Introduction The use of mechanical force to process materials or to induce chemical transformations is perhaps as old as the history of mankind itself [1]. Similarly, from

• aforementioned context makes one wonder about the potential for conducting chemical reactions under simultaneous photo- and mechanical activation. To test this idea, the photocatalyzed borylation of aryldiazonium salts, first reported in solution by Yan and co-workers was selected as a model reaction [18]. In

Synthesis of the heterocyclic core of the D-series GE2270

• Christophe Berini,
• Thibaut Martin,
• Pierrik Lassalas,
• Francis Marsais,
• Christine Baudequin and
• Christophe Hoarau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1407–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.137

• by using two developed innovative cross-coupling reactions, the palladium-catalyzed direct C–H (hetero)arylation of thiazole-4-carboxylate [21] and a palladium-catalyzed borylation-Suzuki coupling (BSC) 2-ketothiazole unit at 4-position as alternative to thiazolyltin intermediate [22]. Herein, an

• led to the fair production of the expected trithiazolylpyridine 9 but in moderate 46% yield. Nevertheless, an additional screening of palladium sources has revealed that Pd(OAc)2 was a better pre-catalyst to perform quantitatively the first borylation-step in short reaction time (1 h) and to achieve

• heterocyclic core of the D-series thiopeptide antibiotic GE2270 was prepared. The synthetic strategy that combines direct C–H arylation, Borylation Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling (BSC) and Hantzsch thiazole synthesis methods proved to be highly effective regarding the fair 22% yield over 7 synthetic steps from

Contribution of microreactor technology and flow chemistry to the development of green and sustainable synthesis

• Flavio Fanelli,
• Giovanna Parisi,
• Leonardo Degennaro and
• Renzo Luisi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 520–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.51

• polyfunctionalized biaryls, using a flow microreactor, has been recently reported by Yoshida [54]. Using the integrated microflow system reported in Scheme 8, arylboronic esters were prepared by a lithiation/borylation sequence, and used in a Suzuki–Miyaura coupling in a monolithic reactor. A remarkable aspect of

• the process was the use of an integrated supported monolithic Pd(0) catalyst that allowed to perform cross-coupling reactions in continuous flow mode (Scheme 8). This integrated microflow system allow to handle the borylation of aryl halides (Ar1X), and the subsequent Suzuki–Miyaura coupling using

• microreactor system. Control of anionic Fries rearrangement reactions by using submillisecond residence time. (Adapted with permission [43], copyright 2016 American Association for the Advancement of Science). Flow microreactor system for lithiation, borylation, Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and selected examples of

High performance p-type molecular electron donors for OPV applications via alkylthiophene catenation chromophore extension

• Paul B. Geraghty,
• Calvin Lee,
• Jegadesan Subbiah,
• Wallace W. H. Wong,
• James L. Banal,
• Mohammed A. Jameel,
• Trevor A. Smith and
• David J. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2298–2314, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.223

• large scale use of tin reagents we required the key bis-borylated benzodithiophene (BDT) core 13, which was synthesised from the known BDT core 12 using iridium catalyzed borylation via CH-activation. The bis-borylated product was isolated by precipitation on addition of isopropanol (IPA), and an

Thiophene-forming one-pot synthesis of three thienyl-bridged oligophenothiazines and their electronic properties

• Dominik Urselmann,
• Konstantin Deilhof,
• Bernhard Mayer and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2055–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.194

• our one-pot bromine-lithium-exchange-borylation-Suzuki (BLEBS) sequence [78], employing an excess of 3,7-dibromo-10-hexyl-10H-phenothiazine (3) [45] as a coupling component in the Suzuki step (Scheme 1). With three bromo-substituted (oligo)phenothiazines 1 in hand the consecutive pseudo five-component

• oligophenothiazines 3 (calculated with the B3LYP functional in vacuo and the 6-311G(d,p) basis set). One-pot bromine-lithium-exchange-borylation-Suzuki (BLEBS) synthesis of 7-bromo-substituted phenothiazines 1b and 1c with 3,7-dibromo-10-hexyl-10H-phenothiazine (2). Pseudo five-component Sonogashira-Glaser

Practical synthetic strategies towards lipophilic 6-iodotetrahydroquinolines and -dihydroquinolines

• David R. Chisholm,
• Garr-Layy Zhou,
• Ehmke Pohl,
• Roy Valentine and
• Andrew Whiting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1851–1862, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.174

• 21 and 22 using typical Miyaura borylation conditions (Scheme 10) [32]. Both were highly crystalline compounds, and comparison of the two crystal structures (Figure 4) highlighted the more planar structure of 30 as a result of the enamine function, as predicted by ab initio methods in Figure 2

• route for the synthesis of 20a. Synthesis of THQ 21 and DHQ 22 using borane·dimethyl sulphide complex or DIBAL, respectively. Postulated mechanism for the formation of 22 using DIBAL. Miyaura borylation of 21 and 22 to give crystalline boronic esters 29 and 30. Temperature and solvent effects from the

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

• ) complex with 1,3-dicyclohexylimidazol-2-ylidene is found to efficiently catalyze the borylation of arenes and heteroarenes. The resulting aminoborylated products can be converted to the corresponding boronic acid derivatives simply by treatment with suitable diols or diamines. Keywords: boronic acid; C–H

• borylation; iridium; N-heterocyclic carbene; Introduction Catalytic C–H borylation of arenes has become an essential tool in organic synthesis [1]. The eminent features of this methodology include 1) no directing group is needed, allowing the direct functionalization of simple arenes; 2) the

Carbon–carbon bond cleavage for Cu-mediated aromatic trifluoromethylations and pentafluoroethylations

• Tsuyuka Sugiishi,
• Hideki Amii,
• Kohsuke Aikawa and
• Koichi Mikami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2661–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.286

• . and Buchwald et al. used the Ruppert–Prakash reagent (CF3–SiMe3) directly as a CF3− source [46][47]. From CF3–SiMe3, Hartwig et al. developed a new combination of Ir-catalyzed C–H borylation and oxidative cross-coupling using [(phen)CF3Cu] [48]. Grushin et al. utilized fluoroform for the preparation

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

• -unsaturated nitriles in water. The catalyst system, which consisted of Cu(OAc)2 and a chiral 2,2′-bipyridine ligand, enabled β-borylation and chiral induction in water. Subsequent protonation, which was accelerated in aqueous medium, led to high activity of this asymmetric catalysis. Both solid and liquid

• reactions, which exhibit extremely high TOF values, can be performed easily without requiring the preparation of an array of chiral ligands [1][16][17][18][19]. Rapid protonation in water subsequent to β-borylation would liberate the desired adducts almost instantaneously. In addition to the synthetic

• -borylation of α,β-unsaturated nitriles in water [1][19]. Herein, we describe the Cu(II)-catalyzed asymmetric boron conjugate addition of α,β-unsaturated nitriles in water. Results and Discussion At the outset, an aqueous solution of a chiral Cu(II) complex was formed by vigorous stirring of Cu(OAc)2 with

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

• )phenylboronic esters, iodo(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes and (pentafluorosulfanyl)benzene is shown. Keywords: borylation; diazonium salts; iodination; pyridine; sulfur pentafluorides; Introduction Pentafluorosulfanyl-containing compounds have been known for more than half a century [1][2][3][4]; however, for a

• ][58], Lewis acid catalyzed electrophilic borylations of electron-rich arenes [59][60][61][62], and Sandmeyer-type borylation of arylamines or diazonium salts with B2pin2 [63][64][65][66][67], B2(OH)4 [68] or R2N-BH2 [69]. Several attempts were made to synthesize the SF5-phenylboronates. Patent

• C–H borylation of several 1-substituted-3-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes and applied the products of borylation to the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura reaction with aryl bromides or iodides. However, the reaction is limited to borylations in position five of 1-substituted-3-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

• a key step. The L,L-cyclodi(iodotryrosin) (131) was subjected to a benzylation reaction to give the protected compound 132 (76%). A one-pot Pd-catalyzed borylation and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling was employed to generate the cross-coupling product 134 (42%). Finally, deprotection of 134 was carried out

Diastereoselective and enantioselective conjugate addition reactions utilizing α,β-unsaturated amides and lactams

• Katherine M. Byrd

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 530–562, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.60

• )diboron to various α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds [121]. Use of bisboronic acid and tetrakis(dimethylamino)diboron provides boron sources that are more atom economical than B2pin2. Scheme 11 shows an example of the asymmetric 1,4-borylation where the authors used an α,β-unsaturated amide as the