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One-pot Ugi-azide and Heck reactions for the synthesis of heterocyclic systems containing tetrazole and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline

  • Jiawei Niu,
  • Yuhui Wang,
  • Shenghu Yan,
  • Yue Zhang,
  • Xiaoming Ma,
  • Qiang Zhang and
  • Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 912–920, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.81

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  • fused imidazotetrazolodiazepinones (Scheme 2A) [37]. The Gámez-Montaño group introduced a one-pot synthesis of Ugi-azide/N-acylation/Diels–Alder/dehydration reactions for isoindolin-1-one and 1,5-DS-T in a linked manner (Scheme 2B) [41]. The Ding group developed sequential Ugi-azide/Ag-catalyzed
  • oxidative cycloisomerization reactions for the synthesis of 2-tetrazolyl-substituted 3-acylpyrroles (Scheme 2C) [42]. The Ding group also reported sequential Ugi-azide/Staudinger/aza-Wittig/addition/Ag-catalyzed cyclization reactions for obtaining 12-tetrazolyl-substituted (E)-5H-quinazolino[3,2-a
  • used as the isocyanide source, the Ugi-azide reaction gives rise to ring-fused tetrazolo[1,5-a]pyrazin-6(5H)-one adducts 5. The subsequent Pd-catalyzed intramolecular Heck reaction of compounds 5 or 7 then affords 1,2,3,4-tetrohydroisoquinolines 6 and 8, respectively. Results and Discussion Following
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Three-component N-alkenylation of azoles with alkynes and iodine(III) electrophile: synthesis of multisubstituted N-vinylazoles

  • Jun Kikuchi,
  • Roi Nakajima and
  • Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 891–897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.79

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  • motif in bioactive compounds and the synthetic utility of its olefinic C=C bond. The most extensively explored approach to this transformation is the transition metal-catalyzed C–N coupling between azoles and vinylating agents, including vinyl halides [4], boronates [5], sulfonium salts [6][7][8], and
  • agents, preferably with well-defined stereochemistry, is a nontrivial task. The addition of azoles to alkynes represents an alternative approach to N-vinylazoles. For example, Nolan and co-workers recently reported a gold-catalyzed addition of azoles to alkynes (hydroazolation; Scheme 1b) [10]. The gold
  • catalysis encompassed various azoles such as pyrazole, indazole, and (benzo)triazole, exhibiting high Z-selectivity. In addition, Cao et al. reported a gold-catalyzed addition of 5-substituted tetrazoles to terminal alkynes [11]. Analogous hydroazolation reactions of alkynes have also been achieved under
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Ortho-ester-substituted diaryliodonium salts enabled regioselective arylocyclization of naphthols toward 3,4-benzocoumarins

  • Ke Jiang,
  • Cheng Pan,
  • Limin Wang,
  • Hao-Yang Wang and
  • Jianwei Han

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 841–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.76

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  • advantage, facilitating the formation of two or more chemical bonds in a step-economic manner [9][10][11][12][13]. In a prior study, we reported a palladium-catalyzed efficient activation of both C–I bond and the adjacent C–H bond of diaryliodonium salts in the formation of 4,5-benzocoumarin derivatives
  • diaryliodonium salts in a cascade cyclization, the cyclization features a copper-catalyzed activation strategy involving the cleavage of the C–I bond and esterification. The resulting cascade of selective arylation/intramolecular cyclization facilitated the synthesis of 3,4-benzocoumarin derivatives. The
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Published 18 Apr 2024

Activity assays of NnlA homologs suggest the natural product N-nitroglycine is degraded by diverse bacteria

  • Kara A. Strickland,
  • Brenda Martinez Rodriguez,
  • Ashley A. Holland,
  • Shelby Wagner,
  • Michelle Luna-Alva,
  • David E. Graham and
  • Jonathan D. Caranto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 830–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.75

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  • may occur non-enzymatically or is catalyzed within the NnlA active site. However, an imine product has not yet been observed and further investigations of the NNG degradation mechanism are needed. Given the potential widespread presence of NnlA, it is possible that NnlA could mediate previously
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Advancements in hydrochlorination of alkenes

  • Daniel S. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 787–814, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.72

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  • on metal-catalyzed radical hydrochlorinations [11] and anti-Markovnikov hydrochlorination reactions, highlighting the ongoing challenges in achieving a simple addition of HCl across a simple double bond. During our literature review for this article, we identified two other significant reviews
  • the metal-catalyzed hydrochlorination of alkenes based on MH HAT reactions (Scheme 23) [80]. They discovered that a combination of a cobalt catalyst, a silane, and tosyl chloride promoted the hydrochlorination of terminal unactivated alkenes. The scope of the reaction is relatively broad when
  • activated alkenes [86]. Subjecting citronellol (122) to the optimized reaction conditions resulted in the formation of chloride 133 with a yield of 62% (Scheme 25). It is worth noting that the iron-catalyzed procedure tolerates free alcohols, a distinction from Carreira's protocol [80]. In 2014, the Thomas
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Research progress on the pharmacological activity, biosynthetic pathways, and biosynthesis of crocins

  • Zhongwei Hua,
  • Nan Liu and
  • Xiaohui Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 741–752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.68

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  • CsCCD2 belongs to a distinct branch within the CCD family. In vitro experiments confirmed that CsCCD2 catalyzed the cleavage of 7 between the 7,8- and 7',8'-double bonds, resulting in the formation of crocetin dialdehyde (8) and 3-OH-β-cyclocitral (9) [90]. Recently, Liang et al. designed a variant of
  • biosynthesis of crocins in C. sativus [103]. Nagatoshi et al. identified GjUGT75L6 and GjUGT94E5 from G. jasminoides. GjUGT75L6 could catalyze the glycosylation of crocetin (1) to produce crocetin glycosyl esters 2c and 2e, and GjUGT94E5 catalyzed downstream glycosylation reactions [104]. Unexpectedly, the
  • identified [105]. Specifically, GjUGT74F8 catalyzed the conversion of crocetin (1) into crocin-V (2e) and crocin-III (2c), as well as the conversion of crocin-IV (2d) to crocin-II (2b). On the other hand, GjUGT94E13 could convert crocin-II (2b) and crocin-III (2c) to crocin-I (2a) [105]. Diretto et al
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Published 09 Apr 2024

Chemoenzymatic synthesis of macrocyclic peptides and polyketides via thioesterase-catalyzed macrocyclization

  • Senze Qiao,
  • Zhongyu Cheng and
  • Fuzhuo Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 721–733, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.66

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  • macrocyclizations (Scheme 1c). NAC thioester and other related mimics (such as coenzyme A (CoA), phosphopantetheine, and thiophenol) span the gap between the chemical synthesis and biosynthesis languages and expand the substrate promiscuity of TE domains. This bridge makes the in vitro TE-catalyzed macrocyclization
  • several positions and also form 6–14 residue cyclic peptides [37][38]. It should be noted that TycC TE was more sensitive to the amino acid changes near the site of ring closure. The alkyne-containing analogs were conjugated to a variety of azido sugars via copper(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition to obtain the
  • type B streptogramin variants [41], including pristinamycin IE (8), which belongs to the class of depsipeptide antibiotics. Similarly, the linear peptide-SNAC was prepared through the SPPS method on 2-chlorotrityl resin, and macrolactonization was catalyzed by SnbDE TE, a thioesterase from
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Genome mining of labdane-related diterpenoids: Discovery of the two-enzyme pathway leading to (−)-sandaracopimaradiene in the fungus Arthrinium sacchari

  • Fumito Sato,
  • Terutaka Sonohara,
  • Shunta Fujiki,
  • Akihiro Sugawara,
  • Yohei Morishita,
  • Taro Ozaki and
  • Teigo Asai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 714–720, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.65

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  • synthesize a diterpene skeleton: After the initial cyclization of GGPP possibly catalyzed by a putative class II enzyme AsCPS, the resulting labdane or related skeleton would undergo cyclization by a putative class I enzyme AsPS. To assess this hypothesis, we conducted the functional characterization of AsPS
  • organizations were discovered, these enzymes would be useful to discuss and further analyze the evolution of TCs in fungi. LRDs in fungi. A) Chemical structures of representative fungal LRDs. B) Reactions catalyzed by selected fungal bifunctional TCs. Sequence analysis of AsPS and AsCPS. A) Biosynthetic gene
  • ObCPS_11g are shown. B) Proposed reactions catalyzed by AsPS, AsCPS, and acid phosphatase. Characterization of CiCPS-PS. A) GC–MS analysis of the transformant expressing CiCPS-PS and AsGGS. EICs at m/z 272 are shown. The peak marked by the asterisk is probably derived from the host strain. B) Putative
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Regioselective quinazoline C2 modifications through the azide–tetrazole tautomeric equilibrium

  • Dāgs Dāvis Līpiņš,
  • Andris Jeminejs,
  • Una Ušacka,
  • Anatoly Mishnev,
  • Māris Turks and
  • Irina Novosjolova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 675–683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.61

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  • efficiencies [5][6][7]. Consequently, ongoing efforts focus on advancing methodologies for synthesizing established quinazoline-based drugs and acquiring novel modified quinazoline derivatives for pharmaceutical or materials science purposes. Aromatic nucleophilic substitution [8] or metal-catalyzed reactions
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Palladium-catalyzed three-component radical-polar crossover carboamination of 1,3-dienes or allenes with diazo esters and amines

  • Geng-Xin Liu,
  • Xiao-Ting Jie,
  • Ge-Jun Niu,
  • Li-Sheng Yang,
  • Xing-Lin Li,
  • Jian Luo and
  • Wen-Hao Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 661–671, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.59

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  • -light-mediated palladium-catalyzed three-component radical-polar crossover carboamination of 1,3-dienes or allenes with diazo esters and amines, affording unsaturated γ- and ε-amino acid derivatives with diverse structures. In this methodology, the diazo compound readily transforms into a hybrid α-ester
  • . Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) by virtue of high efficiency for the construction of complex chemicals, have shown the superiority in high step and atom economy in organic synthesis [25][26][27]. Over the past two decades, our group and others have developed a transition-metal-catalyzed MCR strategy involving
  • crossover process [47][48][49][50]. However, activated alkyl halides are not suitable for these carboamination reactions due to the direct nucleophilic substitution of activated alkyl halides with nucleophilic reagents under the necessary alkaline conditions [51]. Recently, a Pd-catalyzed alkyl Heck
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Production of non-natural 5-methylorsellinate-derived meroterpenoids in Aspergillus oryzae

  • Jia Tang,
  • Yixiang Zhang and
  • Yudai Matsuda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 638–644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.56

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  • polyketide portion [11][12][13][14]. One exception has been found in funiculolide biosynthesis, in which a 5-MOA-derived phthalide undergoes dearomatizing prenylation catalyzed by the UbiA-like prenyltransferase FncB (Figure 1B) [15]. In addition to prenyltransferases, transmembrane terpene cyclases play a
  • acid (5-MOA)-derived meroterpenoids. (C) Reactions catalyzed by the terpene cyclases involved in DMOA-derived meroterpenoid pathways. Generation of unnatural 5-MOA-derived meroterpenoids. (A) Working concept to synthesize unnatural 5-MOA-derived meroterpenoids. SAM: S-adenosyl-ʟ-methionine; FPP
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Published 20 Mar 2024

HPW-Catalyzed environmentally benign approach to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines

  • Luan A. Martinho and
  • Carlos Kleber Z. Andrade

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.55

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  • (insomnia). Some recent synthetic approaches to imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine scaffolds include synthetic pathways of transition metal-catalyzed reactions [14], cyclization [15], condensation [16], heteroannular [17], and photocatalytic reactions [18]. These approaches usually involve non-trivial reaction
  • 1, aromatic/heteroaromatic aldehydes 2, and isocyanides 3 to obtain the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine derivatives 4 (Scheme 2). In general, the efficiency of the HPW-catalyzed GBB reaction is very dependent upon the type of 2-aminopyridine or isocyanide compound used, and not influenced by different
  • synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines is not as usual, given that Schiff bases from aliphatic aldehydes are found to be less stable and readily polymerize in comparison to stable Schiff bases of aromatic aldehydes. Nonetheless, our protocol for the HPW-catalyzed GBB multicomponent reaction proved to be very
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Chemical and biosynthetic potential of Penicillium shentong XL-F41

  • Ran Zou,
  • Xin Li,
  • Xiaochen Chen,
  • Yue-Wei Guo and
  • Baofu Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 597–606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.52

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  • pathway (Figure 5). Briefly, the prenyl group is attached to tryptophan through a prenylation reaction catalyzed by ShnA, followed by the decarboxylation of the carboxy group by ShnC. Subsequently, compound 2 is formed by the addition of succinimide to N15 in 1 via a reaction catalyzed by ShnB. The
  • a ring-opening rearrangement. Alternatively, it is proposed that the ring-opening rearrangement precedes the methyl modification at the oxygen atom of the succinimide ring. We aim to confirm the initial step of this pathway, where tryptophan and DMAPP are catalyzed by the enzyme ShnA to form a
  • reports on the biosynthetic pathways from tryptophan to quinoline rings. Through our analysis, we discovered that tryptophan in the primary metabolic pathway is primarily catalyzed by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO and TDO), as well as canine urinary tryptophan 3
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Recent developments in the engineered biosynthesis of fungal meroterpenoids

  • Zhiyang Quan and
  • Takayoshi Awakawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 578–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.50

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  • residues, the catalytic activities of these enzymes were exchanged [34]. From 24, PrhA V150L/A232S produced 27, and AusE L150V/S232A produced 28. Surprisingly, PrhA V150L/A232S/M241V catalyzed additional oxidations of 27 to produce compounds 29 and 30, as unnatural products. As demonstrated in these
  • cross-coupling between two aromatic rings [43]. In the future, further developments in bioinformatics, structural biology, and AI techniques will enable the design of biosynthetic enzymes and pathways to produce desired bioactive compounds, although understanding the chemistry catalyzed by individual
  • common intermediate 21 to ascochlorin (22) and ascofuranone (23), respectively. The multistep oxidations catalyzed by AusE and PrhA from the common intermediate 24. Reactions of SptF with native substrates 31 and 32. A) Reactions of SptF with unnatural substrates. B) Reactions of SptF variants with 31
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Entry to new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion/base-promoted cyclization involving diazoarylidene succinimides

  • Alexander Yanovich,
  • Anastasia Vepreva,
  • Ksenia Malkova,
  • Grigory Kantin and
  • Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 561–569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.48

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  • (namely furan-2(5H)-ones, tetrahydrofurans and pyrans spiro-conjugated with the succinimide ring) has been developed. The protocol consists of Rh(II)-catalyzed insertion of heterocyclic carbenes derived from diazoarylidene succinimides (DAS) into the O–H bond of propiolic/allenic acids or brominated
  • synthesis of spiro-annulated pyrrolidine-2,5-diones by catalyzed spirocyclizations involving aldehydes [11], tetrahydrofuran [12][13], and in the O–H insertion/Claisen rearrangement/intramolecular oxa-Michael addition cascade [14] (Scheme 1). Herein, we report our findings obtained, while investigating the
  • extension of this methodology. This study is aimed at the development of convenient protocols for the synthesis of new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed OH insertion/base-promoted cyclization using DAS and various OH substrates containing an activated multiple bond (propiolic and allenic acids
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Synthesis of photo- and ionochromic N-acylated 2-(aminomethylene)benzo[b]thiophene-3(2Н)-ones with a terminal phenanthroline group

  • Vladimir P. Rybalkin,
  • Sofiya Yu. Zmeeva,
  • Lidiya L. Popova,
  • Irina V. Dubonosova,
  • Olga Yu. Karlutova,
  • Oleg P. Demidov,
  • Alexander D. Dubonosov and
  • Vladimir A. Bren

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 552–560, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.47

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  • were isolated preparatively and fully characterized by IR, 1H, and 13C NMR spectroscopy as well as HRMS and XRD methods. The reverse thermal reaction was catalyzed by protonic acids. N-Acylated compounds exclusively with Fe2+ formed nonfluorescent complexes with a contrast naked-eye effect: a color
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Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications

  • Pablo Msellem,
  • Maksym Dekthiarenko,
  • Nihal Hadj Seyd and
  • Guillaume Vives

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45

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Published 01 Mar 2024

Ligand effects, solvent cooperation, and large kinetic solvent deuterium isotope effects in gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydroamination

  • Ruichen Lan,
  • Brock Yager,
  • Yoonsun Jee,
  • Cynthia S. Day and
  • Amanda C. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 479–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.43

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  • both within the context of a classic gold π-activation/protodeauration mechanism and a general acid-catalyzed mechanism without intermediate gold alkyls. Keywords: alkene hydroamination; general acid catalysis; gold catalysis; isotope effect; phosphine ligand effect; solvent effect; Introduction
  • Since the seminal 1998 report by Teles et al. on the gold(I)-catalyzed addition of alcohols to alkynes [1], a multitude of gold-catalyzed reactions have been reported. Great successes in mechanistic analysis and synthetic methods have been achieved for allene and alkyne activation, while the activation
  • competing Brønsted acid catalysis in gold-catalyzed alkene functionalization remains a consideration [2], and while it is assumed that alkene activations follow the same prototypical mechanisms as allene and alkyne activations, that is (1) π-activation with nucleophilic attack followed by (2
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Pseudallenes A and B, new sulfur-containing ovalicin sesquiterpenoid derivatives with antimicrobial activity from the deep-sea cold seep sediment-derived fungus Pseudallescheria boydii CS-793

  • Zhen Ying,
  • Xiao-Ming Li,
  • Sui-Qun Yang,
  • Hong-Lei Li,
  • Xin Li,
  • Bin-Gui Wang and
  • Ling-Hong Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 470–478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.42

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  • pathway, the bergamotene sesquiterpenoid (I) is presumed to be a key intermediate cyclized from farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) via nerolidyl diphosphate (NPP) followed by a bisabolyl cation [14]. Subsequent oxidation (bishydroxylation) catalyzed by some oxygenase such as P450 would afford the key intermediate
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Development of a chemical scaffold for inhibiting nonribosomal peptide synthetases in live bacterial cells

  • Fumihiro Ishikawa,
  • Sho Konno,
  • Hideaki Kakeya and
  • Genzoh Tanabe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 445–451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.39

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  • benzophenone moiety in probe 3. The samples were then reacted with TAMRA-N3 (structure shown in Figure S4, Supporting Information File 1) under copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition conditions [21] and subjected to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis coupled with in-gel
  • are treated with a TAMRA-N3 under copper(I)-catalyzed azide–alkyne cycloaddition conditions, followed by SDS-PAGE coupled with in-gel fluorescence scanning. AMS, 5′-O-sulfamoyladenosine. Competitive labeling experiments of GrsA using probe 3 in the presence of ʟ-Phe-AMS inhibitors. (A) Labeling of
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Mono or double Pd-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization for the annulative π-extension of 1,8-dibromonaphthalene: a one pot access to fluoranthene derivatives

  • Nahed Ketata,
  • Linhao Liu,
  • Ridha Ben Salem and
  • Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 427–435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.37

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  • -catalyzed annulative π-extension of 1,8-dibromonaphthalene for the preparation of fluoranthenes in a single operation has been investigated. With specific arenes such as fluorobenzenes, the Pd-catalyzed double functionalization of C–H bonds yields the desired fluoranthenes. The reaction proceeds via a
  • palladium-catalyzed direct intermolecular arylation, followed by a direct intramolecular arylation step. As the C–H bond activation of several benzene derivatives remains very challenging, the preparation of fluoranthenes from 1,8-dibromonaphthalene via Suzuki coupling followed by intramolecular C–H
  • tuned, or enables them to be linked to other useful units [1]. There are several synthetic routes to fluoranthene derivatives, but in most cases several steps are required [2][3][4][5]. Over the past two decades, the Pd-catalyzed C–H arylation of a wide variety of arenes has led to a revolution in the
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Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles

  • Periklis X. Kolagkis,
  • Eirini M. Galathri and
  • Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36

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  • catalyst due to present moisture or formation of adducts with the substrate, long reaction times, lower yields, and production of large amounts of toxic waste during work-up. The general mechanisms of protic acid and Lewis acid-catalyzed syntheses of BIMs is shown in Scheme 2. In either case, the first
  • . demonstrated an unexpected Br2-catalyzed synthesis of BIMs from indole and carbonyl compounds in water (Scheme 9) [92]. First, the reaction took place in acetonitrile with a low catalyst loading (2 mol %), proving sufficient to achieve optimal product yields of up to 98% after just 1 minute, when the reaction
  • aromatic aldehydes (Scheme 23). All applications shared the same mechanism of action based on the activation of the carbonyl bond as shown in Scheme 22 with each method presenting new environmental benefits compared to the traditional acid-catalyzed approaches [120][121][122][123][124]. In 2020, Ozturk and
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Published 22 Feb 2024

Mechanisms for radical reactions initiating from N-hydroxyphthalimide esters

  • Carlos R. Azpilcueta-Nicolas and
  • Jean-Philip Lumb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 346–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.35

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  • carbene (NHC)-catalyzed radical relay, and (iv) mechanisms under electrochemical activation. By discussing selected literature examples, we illustrate how the activation mode of NHPI esters, and the reactivity of the resulting radical species, can vary depending upon the choice of catalytic or
  • electronically excited substrate (*S) through an energy transfer (EnT) mechanism (path c). In addition to these mechanistic blueprints, the formation of charge-transfer complexes involving NHPI esters, as well as examples of photoinduced transition metal-catalyzed activation will be discussed. Depending on the
  • quenching is not thermodynamically favorable, the single electron reduction of RAEs can proceed via an alternative mechanism. For example, in the transformation of NHPI ester 44 into spirocycle 45 catalyzed by [Ir(ppy)2(dtbbpy)][PF]6, Reiser and co-workers observed that the excited state of this Ir-catalyst
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Published 21 Feb 2024

Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments

  • Aissam Okba,
  • Pablo Simón Marqués,
  • Kyohei Matsuo,
  • Naoki Aratani,
  • Hiroko Yamada,
  • Gwénaël Rapenne and
  • Claire Kammerer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30

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  • derivative 21 was synthesized in six steps in 14% overall yield from 3-bromothiophene (17, Scheme 7). In the first step, the sulfur atom embedded in the final thiepine ring was introduced via a palladium-catalyzed S-arylation of 3-bromothiophene in the presence of potassium thioacetate, to afford the
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Published 15 Feb 2024

Unveiling the regioselectivity of rhodium(I)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions for open-cage C70 production

  • Cristina Castanyer,
  • Anna Pla-Quintana,
  • Anna Roglans,
  • Albert Artigas and
  • Miquel Solà

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 272–279, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.28

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  • holds significant promise for applications in the fields of medicinal chemistry, materials science, and photovoltaics. In this study, we investigate the regioselectivity of the rhodium(I)-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition reactions between diynes and C70 as a novel procedure for generating C70 bis
  • to be able to produce meaningful changes in the reactivity of the cage [28][29][30][31][32]. In 2018, our group reported a catalytic process to transform C60 in bis(fulleroid) derivatives [33][34][35]. This transformation encompassed a partially intermolecular Rh-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 2] cycloaddition
  • reaction between diynes and C60, followed by a cage-opening through a Rh‐catalyzed di‐π‐methane rearrangement (Scheme 1). It is well-known that [6,6]-bonds (the bonds at the junction between two six-membered rings, Figure 1, left) are more reactive than [5,6]-bonds in C60 [36][37][38], and, not
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