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Vicinal ketoesters – key intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products

  • Marc Paul Beller and
  • Ulrich Koert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1236–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.129

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  • diesters and ester amides as key intermediates (+)-Awajanomycin Diethyl mesoxalate (90a) is a valuable building block due to the high density of carbon atoms in high oxidation states. As a vic-tricarbonyl compound, its central keto group is an especially potent electrophile. The Koert group used this
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Published 15 Sep 2022

Mechanochemical bottom-up synthesis of phosphorus-linked, heptazine-based carbon nitrides using sodium phosphide

  • Blaine G. Fiss,
  • Georgia Douglas,
  • Michael Ferguson,
  • Jorge Becerra,
  • Jesus Valdez,
  • Trong-On Do,
  • Tomislav Friščić and
  • Audrey Moores

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1203–1209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.125

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  • constitutes the building block of g-CN, as opposed to in a linking position. Computational studies by Hartley and Martsinovich have investigated the influence of various linkers, including phosphorus atoms, on both the structure and optical behavior of heptazine-based graphitic carbon nitrides [3]. Yet
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Published 12 Sep 2022

Reductive opening of a cyclopropane ring in the Ni(II) coordination environment: a route to functionalized dehydroalanine and cysteine derivatives

  • Oleg A. Levitskiy,
  • Olga I. Aglamazova,
  • Yuri K. Grishin and
  • Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1166–1176, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.121

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  • provides targeted pharmacophoric properties of the bio-active molecule [23] but also opens a route to its further functionalization, being a building block with wide variety of reactivity. A donor–acceptor cyclopropane concept suggested in the 1980s [24] became extremely popular in the recent decade [25
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Published 08 Sep 2022

Synthesis of protected precursors of chitin oligosaccharides by electrochemical polyglycosylation of thioglycosides

  • Md Azadur Rahman,
  • Kana Kuroda,
  • Hirofumi Endo,
  • Norihiko Sasaki,
  • Tomoaki Hamada,
  • Hiraku Sakai and
  • Toshiki Nokami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1133–1139, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.117

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  • . Contrary, thioglycoside 1c (Ar = 4-MeC6H4, Eox = 1.47 V vs SCE), which had the lowest oxidation potential, showed the lowest conversion (51%) and the lowest yield of tetrasaccharide 4c (2%) [8]. This being the case, lower conversion of the building block 1c and lower yield of oligosaccharides 2c–4c
  • , building block 1a (0.20 mmol, 109 mg) per cycle as 0.2 M solution in dry CH2Cl2. Electrochemical dimerization of tetrasaccharide 4a. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 240: Additional experimental details and compound characterization data. Funding T. N. acknowledges financial support
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Published 30 Aug 2022

The stereochemical course of 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis

  • Binbin Gu,
  • Anwei Hou and
  • Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 818–824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.82

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  • from Micromonospora humi can convert DMAPP into (R)-2-Me-IPP with a methyltransferase [27], naturally providing the C6 building block for this hypothetical alternative pathway towards 1 (Scheme 1B). Today the genomes of many bacteria from the genus Streptomyces have been made available, showing that
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Published 08 Jul 2022

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

  • Prodip Howlader and
  • Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

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  • that the chiral moiety should be incorporated in the ligand unit in order to provide an enantiopure assembly with an asymmetric cavity. 1,1'-Binaphthol (BINOL) is one such chiral building block, which has been successfully utilized to carry out numerous asymmetric catalytic reactions [74]. Keeping this
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Published 27 May 2022

Chemistry of polyhalogenated nitrobutadienes, 17: Efficient synthesis of persubstituted chloroquinolinyl-1H-pyrazoles and evaluation of their antimalarial, anti-SARS-CoV-2, antibacterial, and cytotoxic activities

  • Viktor A. Zapol’skii,
  • Isabell Berneburg,
  • Ursula Bilitewski,
  • Melissa Dillenberger,
  • Katja Becker,
  • Stefan Jungwirth,
  • Aditya Shekhar,
  • Bastian Krueger and
  • Dieter E. Kaufmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 524–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.54

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  • synthetic building block 2-nitroperchlorobutadiene (1). 3-(Alkyl)(2-hydroxyethyl)aminopyrazoles 7 are accessible from the reaction of oxazolidine derivative 6 with 7-chloro-4-hydrazinylquinoline. Oxidation of sulfane 9d led to the formation of the pharmacologically interesting sulfoxide 10d. The newly
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Published 09 May 2022

Borylated norbornadiene derivatives: Synthesis and application in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions

  • Robin Schulte and
  • Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 368–373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.41

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  • congested derivative 2b has significantly suppressed reactivity, the monosubstituted derivative 2a was shown to be a very useful and complementary building block for the synthesis of monoarylated norbornadiene derivatives that carry no further substituents. It should be noted, however, that the inverse
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Published 01 Apr 2022

Synthesis and late stage modifications of Cyl derivatives

  • Phil Servatius and
  • Uli Kazmaier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 174–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.19

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  • suitable protected linear precursor A (Scheme 2, PG: protecting group), the resulting carboxylic acid obtained can directly be activated and subjected to cyclization. If the glycine allyl ester is incorporated as the last building block into the C-terminus of the peptide, this concept should provide a high
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Published 04 Feb 2022

Synthesis and bioactivity of pyrrole-conjugated phosphopeptides

  • Qiuxin Zhang,
  • Weiyi Tan and
  • Bing Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 159–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.17

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  • similar activity compared to their phosphorylated counterparts. These results indicate that these peptide assemblies are rather compatible with cells. Compounds 13 and 14, both possessing a pyrrole building block on the side chain, hardly inhibit the HeLa cells. While 15a and 15b exhibit slight
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Published 31 Jan 2022

High-speed C–H chlorination of ethylene carbonate using a new photoflow setup

  • Takayoshi Kasakado,
  • Takahide Fukuyama,
  • Tomohiro Nakagawa,
  • Shinji Taguchi and
  • Ilhyong Ryu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 152–158, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.16

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  • [14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Vinylene carbonate also serves as a useful synthetic building block for Diels–Alder reactions [21][22][23][24][25] and polymerization [26][27][28][29][30]. Results and Discussion Using a PTFE tube and PTFE connectors, we connected the photoflow setup with a chlorine gas
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Published 27 Jan 2022

Regioselective synthesis of methyl 5-(N-Boc-cycloaminyl)-1,2-oxazole-4-carboxylates as new amino acid-like building blocks

  • Jolita Bruzgulienė,
  • Greta Račkauskienė,
  • Aurimas Bieliauskas,
  • Vaida Milišiūnaitė,
  • Miglė Dagilienė,
  • Gita Matulevičiūtė,
  • Vytas Martynaitis,
  • Sonata Krikštolaitytė,
  • Frank A. Sløk and
  • Algirdas Šačkus

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 102–109, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.11

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  • ppm appeared, implying chemical exchange and therefore the presence of rotamers (Supporting Information File 1 in Figure S53b). The synthesis of methyl 5-(N-Boc-piperidin-4-yl)-1,2-oxazole-4-carboxylate (4h), a nonchiral amino acid-like building block, was obtained by the reaction of β-enamino
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Published 12 Jan 2022

Selective sulfonylation and isonitrilation of para-quinone methides employing TosMIC as a source of sulfonyl group or isonitrile group

  • Chuanhua Qu,
  • Run Huang,
  • Yong Li,
  • Tong Liu,
  • Yuan Chen and
  • Guiting Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2822–2831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.193

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  • standard conditions, the desired products 3b or 4b were obtained with yields of 92% and 88%, respectively. Second, the sulfonylated diarylmethane 3b obtained through the C–S bond-cleavage sulfonylation reaction is a versatile building block for preparing diarylmethane derivatives through a nucleophilic
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Published 02 Dec 2021

The ethoxycarbonyl group as both activating and protective group in N-acyl-Pictet–Spengler reactions using methoxystyrenes. A short approach to racemic 1-benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids

  • Marco Keller,
  • Karl Sauvageot-Witzku,
  • Franz Geisslinger,
  • Nicole Urban,
  • Michael Schaefer,
  • Karin Bartel and
  • Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2716–2725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.183

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  • [15]. In this work we took advantage of the hitherto less explored N-acyl-Pictet–Spengler reaction and related chemistry based on the seminal work of Speckamp [16], where an N-acyl residue at the arylethylamine building block leads to enhanced cyclization rates due to the acid-mediated formation of
  • reduction of the intermediate nitrostyrenes and N-ethoxycarbonylation of the resulting primary amines [15]. For the synthesis of the alkaloids rac-reticuline (2e) and rac-orientaline (2f) we used a carbamate building block A3 without protection of the phenolic group, since our previous work [10
  • ] demonstrated that this building block is compatible with N-acyl-Pictet–Spengler cyclization conditions. The structures of the utilized building blocks are shown in Figure 4. The N-acyl-Pictet–Spengler cyclizations of appropriate pairs of the building blocks with TFA in dichloromethane at 0 °C for 19–90 h (TLC
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Published 05 Nov 2021

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

  • Umesh P. Aher,
  • Dhananjai Srivastava,
  • Girij P. Singh and
  • Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

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  • nucleoside analogues. The enantiomerically pure 1,3-oxathiolane core has been an important building block in precursors that result in a defined stereochemistry of the resultant nucleoside product after N-glycosylation. Dynamic kinetic resolution (DKR) is a processes that interconverts a racemic mixture into
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Published 04 Nov 2021

N-Sulfinylpyrrolidine-containing ureas and thioureas as bifunctional organocatalysts

  • Viera Poláčková,
  • Dominika Krištofíková,
  • Boglárka Némethová,
  • Renata Górová,
  • Mária Mečiarová and
  • Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2629–2641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.176

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  • /mismatched combination of chirality, we employed both enantiomers of tert-butyl sulfinamide with the (S)-enantiomer of the pyrrolidine building block. The introduction of green chemistry principles into chemical transformations is an important goal toward sustainable production and manufacturing. Asymmetric
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Published 25 Oct 2021

Chemical syntheses and salient features of azulene-containing homo- and copolymers

  • Vijayendra S. Shetti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2164–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.139

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  • synthesis of azulene-bithiophene copolymers 61–65 in which varied ratios of different regioisomers of azulene (1,3- and 4,7-connected) were present (Scheme 13). The synthesis of the key building block 5,5’-bis(trimethylstannyl)-3,3’-didodecyl-2,2’-bithiophene (60) is shown in Scheme 13A. The reaction of the
  • -dialkylfluorene-2,7-bis(trimethyleneborate) 102–105 under Suzuki reaction conditions (Scheme 19A). To make the other two polymers, poly{[1,3-bis(9,9’-dihexylfluoren-2’-yl)azulenyl]-alt-[2”,7”-(9”,9”-dialkylfluorenyl]}, 115 and 116, a key azulene-containing building block, 1,3-bis(7-bromo-9,9-dihexylfluoren-2-yl
  • degree of regioisomers of same building block. Further, in 2019, Gao and co-workers [41] disclosed the synthesis of azulene-fluorene conjugated polymers connected via 2,6-positions of the azulene ring (Scheme 21). The key starting material to make these polymers was 2,6-dibromoazulene (125), which was
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Published 24 Aug 2021

On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets

  • Renato L. Carvalho,
  • Amanda S. de Miranda,
  • Mateus P. Nunes,
  • Roberto S. Gomes,
  • Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
  • Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126

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Published 30 Jul 2021

Cationic oligonucleotide derivatives and conjugates: A favorable approach for enhanced DNA and RNA targeting oligonucleotides

  • Mathias B. Danielsen and
  • Jesper Wengel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1828–1848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.125

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  • nuclease stability assay showed a clear improvement relative to the control and the simple 2′-O-carbamoyluridine modification [84]. A different approach to introduce aminoalkyl groups at the 2’-position was achieved via a benzyl protected 2’-succinylamido-2’-deoxyuridine building block attached either to a
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Published 29 Jul 2021

2,4-Bis(arylethynyl)-9-chloro-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroacridines: synthesis and photophysical properties

  • Najeh Tka,
  • Mohamed Adnene Hadj Ayed,
  • Mourad Ben Braiek,
  • Mahjoub Jabli,
  • Noureddine Chaaben,
  • Kamel Alimi,
  • Stefan Jopp and
  • Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1629–1640, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.115

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  • anthranilic acid with 2.2 equivalents of bromine in acetic acid as previously reported [64]. Subsequently, the POCl3-mediated cyclodehydration of 1 and cyclohexanone afforded 2 through an adapted reported procedure (Scheme 1) [65]. Tetrahydroacridine 2 represents a novel synthetic building block for Pd
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Published 16 Jul 2021

Chemical synthesis of C6-tetrazole ᴅ-mannose building blocks and access to a bioisostere of mannuronic acid 1-phosphate

  • Eleni Dimitriou and
  • Gavin J. Miller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1527–1532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.110

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  • to explore the synthesis of a ᴅ-manno C6-tetrazole thioglycoside donor and examine subsequent installation of C1 phosphate and anomeric linker groups. Results and Discussion An initial route towards a protected C6-tetrazole building block started from known mannuronic acid thioglycoside 1 (Scheme 1
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  • hint for its utility as novel building block for the development of a range of advanced functional materials for innumerable applications [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Moreover, truxene has also been vividly used for the construction of fullerenes and their bowl-shaped fragments besides their
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Published 02 Jun 2021

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

  • Guido Gambacorta,
  • James S. Sharley and
  • Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

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Published 18 May 2021

Application of the Meerwein reaction of 1,4-benzoquinone to a metal-free synthesis of benzofuropyridine analogues

  • Rashmi Singh,
  • Tomas Horsten,
  • Rashmi Prakash,
  • Swapan Dey and
  • Wim Dehaen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 977–982, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.79

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  • , Belgium 10.3762/bjoc.17.79 Abstract Several new heterocyclic systems based on a hydroxybenzofuro[2,3-b]pyridine building block were prepared. This benzofuropyridine is easily available from the Meerwein reaction of benzoquinone and a heterocyclic diazonium salt, followed by reduction and cyclization
  • converted to novel oxazole-fused derivatives 19 and 20, respectively, by condensation with benzaldehyde and subsequent 2,3-dichloro-5.6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ)-mediated oxidation (Scheme 3). Aldehyde building block 16 was a versatile starting material for further cyclization reactions. Synthesis of
  • regioselective in forming 16, which is a valuable building block for various condensation reactions to yield a diverse set of products, such as polycyclic fused nitrochromenes 21 as well as pyridopsoralens 22 and 23. All these novel scaffolds are interesting structures with potential medicinal applications, and
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Published 30 Apr 2021

Chiral isothiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of 4-hydroxy[2.2]paracyclophane

  • David Weinzierl and
  • Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 800–804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.68

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  • decades, it was shown that enantioenriched 2 may serve as a valuable building block to access more advanced chiral cyclophane ligands and catalysts [3][4][19][20][21][22] and therefore its asymmetric synthesis became an important task [3][4][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Several strategies to
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