N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

• Fatemeh Doraghi,
• Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
• Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
• Bagher Larijani and
• Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

• (Scheme 46) [79]. By testing several alkaloids as organocatalysts for the transformation, cinchonidine G proved to be the best catalyst for C–H sulfenylation and selenenylation of substrates in toluene at −20 or 0 °C. The reaction occurred in shorter times in the presence of N-(arylsulfanyl)succinimide

Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of amines and amides

• Pratibha Sharma,
• Raakhi Gupta and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2585–2610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.173

• good yields (24 to >99%) with poor to moderate ee (9 to 55%). A complete reversal of stereoselectivity was observed on introducing a benzoyl group in cinchonine and cinchonidine. It was demonstrated that racemization occurred in suitable solvents under mild conditions due to retro-MR of the initially

Organocatalytic asymmetric Michael/acyl transfer reaction between α-nitroketones and 4-arylidenepyrrolidine-2,3-diones

• Chandrakanta Parida and
• Subhas Chandra Pan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1447–1452, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.100

• quinine and cinchonidine-derived bifunctional thiourea catalysts III and IV were employed in the reaction and moderate enantiomeric excesses were achieved. The yield and enantioselectivity further improved when using the tert-leucine-derived thiourea catalyst V. Also, Takemoto’s catalyst VI [28] was

Reaction of indoles with aromatic fluoromethyl ketones: an efficient synthesis of trifluoromethyl(indolyl)phenylmethanols using K₂CO₃/n-Bu₄PBr in water

• Thanigaimalai Pillaiyar,
• Masoud Sedaghati and
• Gregor Schnakenburg

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 778–790, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.71

• (TMG), also known as Barton's base, in excellent yields (Figure 2A) [24]. Recently, Liu and co-workers reported this reaction in the presence of cesium carbonate in acetonitrile (Figure 2B) [25]. Dinuclear zinc [26], cinchonidine catalysts, and solvent-free conditions [27] have been also utilized for

A review of asymmetric synthetic organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis: concepts, applications, recent developments and future directions

• Munmun Ghosh,
• Valmik S. Shinde and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2710–2746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.264

• cathode in an undivided cell in the presence of cinchonidine alkaloid as the source of chirality [30]. They modified the electrolysis conditions using a mixture of CH3CN/H2O and tetraethylammonium iodide as the supporting electrolyte and achieved a slight improvement in the enantiomeric excess (Scheme 7

• cinchonidine alkaloid-induced asymmetric electroreduction of acetophenone. Asymmetric electroreduction of 4- and 2-acetylpyridines at a mercury cathode in the presence of a catalytic amount of strychnine. Enantioselective reduction of 4-methylcoumarin in the presence of catalytic yohimbine. Cinchonine-induced

New α- and β-cyclodextrin derivatives with cinchona alkaloids used in asymmetric organocatalytic reactions

• Iveta Chena Tichá,
• Simona Hybelbauerová and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 830–839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.80

• derivatives monosubstituted with cinchona alkaloids (cinchonine, cinchonidine, quinine and quinidine) on the primary rim through a CuAAC click reaction. Subsequently, permethylated analogs of these cinchona alkaloid–CD derivatives also were synthesized and the catalytic activity of all derivatives was

• asymmetric allylic amination (AAA). We successfully prepared a series of monosubstituted α- and β-CDs derivatives with the cinchona alkaloids cinchonine, cinchonidine, quinine, and quinidine with up to 95% isolated yield through CuAAC click reactions. By this simple, high-yielding and quick method we

• demanding cinchona groups. Additionally, some of these new CD derivatives showed promising results of up to 75% ee in the AAA reactions of Morita–Baylis–Hillman (MBH) carbamates and significant differences depending on the attached cinchona alkaloid (cinchonine, cinchonidine, quinine, quinidine) as well as

Enantioselective phase-transfer catalyzed alkylation of 1-methyl-7-methoxy-2-tetralone: an effective route to dezocine

• Ruipeng Li,
• Zhenren Liu,
• Liang Chen,
• Jing Pan and
• Weicheng Zhou

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1421–1427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.119

• -dibromopentane, and the best catalyst (C7) was identified. In addition, optimizations of the alkylation were carried out so that the process became practical and effective. Keywords: alkylation; asymmetric catalysis; cinchonidine; dezocine; Introduction The preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds has

• to make the process efficient. Results and Discussion A series of the quaternary ammonium bromides from cinchonidine or quinine as phase-transfer catalysts was prepared (Scheme 2). Cinchonidine was reacted with the benzyl bromides (R1Br) in THF to obtain catalysts C1–C11 [13]. And then C7 reacted

• with allyl or propargyl bromide to obtain C12 and C13. In another way, cinchonidine was reduced by H2/Pd/C to yield dihydrocinchonidine, and then reacted with 4-trifluoromethylbenzyl bromide to obtained C14. C15 was prepared from cinchonidine via bromination, debromination and condensation with 4

New approaches to organocatalysis based on C–H and C–X bonding for electrophilic substrate activation

• Pavel Nagorny and
• Zhankui Sun

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2834–2848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.283

• catalysts for aza-Diels–Alder reactions of Danishefsky’s diene with imines (Scheme 5) [52]. A variety of ammonium salts (L7–L10) including chiral cinchonidine derivatives L7 and catalyst L10 were found to promote the reaction in low-to-good yields albeit with no enantioselectivity. Although it is perhaps

(Thio)urea-mediated synthesis of functionalized six-membered rings with multiple chiral centers

• Giorgos Koutoulogenis,
• Nikolaos Kaplaneris and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 462–495, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.48

• % yield, 88:12 dr and 96% ee. The same year, Rueping and co-workers utilized the cinchonidine-based thiourea catalyst 83 in much lower catalyst loading, in order to catalyze the same reaction producing the product in high yields and good selectivity (Scheme 29) [48]. In addition, they proposed an

Cupreines and cupreidines: an established class of bifunctional cinchona organocatalysts

• Laura A. Bryant,
• Rossana Fanelli and
• Alexander J. A. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 429–443, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.46

• . Keywords: bifunctional; cupreidine; cinchona; cupreine; organocatalysis; Introduction The cinchona alkaloids, comprising quinine (QN), quinidine (QD), cinchonidine (CD), cinchonine (CN, Figure 1), and their derivatives have revolutionized asymmetric catalysis owing to their privileged structures. The

Organocatalytic asymmetric Henry reaction of 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones with bifunctional amine-thiourea catalysts bearing multiple hydrogen-bond donors

• Ming-Liang Zhang,
• Deng-Feng Yue,
• Zhen-Hua Wang,
• Yuan Luo,
• Xiao-Ying Xu,
• Xiao-Mei Zhang and
• Wei-Cheng Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 295–300, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.31

• -carboxylate (1a) and nitromethane (2a) in the presence of various chiral bifunctional organocatalysts 3a–e in dichloromethane (Table 1). As expected, the reaction proceeded and gave the desired product 4a in 18% yield and 28% ee with cinchonidine and L-valine-based catalyst 3a (Table 1, entry 1). The

Organocatalyzed enantioselective desymmetrization of aziridines and epoxides

• Ping-An Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1677–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.192

• in the presence of 0.5 equiv of quinidine, the corresponding rearranged product 94 was obtained in 41% yield with 52% ee. The other P,C-chirogenic phospholene derivative 93 was produced by using 100 mol % cinchonidine as a promoter (Scheme 14). But this desymmetrization process is extremely sluggish

Mechanochemistry assisted asymmetric organocatalysis: A sustainable approach

• Pankaj Chauhan and
• Swapandeep Singh Chimni

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2132–2141, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.240

• various halogenated derivatives 23 in a ball-mill in the presence of KOH and the chiral ammonium salt derived from cinchonidine (XIII) as phase-transfer catalyst, to provide excellent yield (91–97%) and good enantioselectivity (35–75% ee) of the corresponding amino esters 24. Purification of the product

Organocatalytic asymmetric addition of malonates to unsaturated 1,4-diketones

• Sergei Žari,
• Tiiu Kailas,
• Marina Kudrjashova,
• Mario Öeren,
• Ivar Järving,
• Toomas Tamm,
• Margus Lopp and
• Tõnis Kanger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1452–1457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.165

• high. Cinchona alkaloids (Table 1, entries 1–4) catalyzed the reaction with low stereoselectivity. There was a remarkable difference in their reaction rates. Quinine (II) and quinidine (IV, Table 1, entries 2 and 4) were more efficient than cinchonine (I) and cinchonidine (III, Table 1, entries 1 and 3

Asymmetric organocatalytic decarboxylative Mannich reaction using β-keto acids: A new protocol for the synthesis of chiral β-amino ketones

• Chunhui Jiang,
• Fangrui Zhong and
• Yixin Lu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1279–1283, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.144

• tosylimine 1a and β-keto acid 2a in the presence of a range of bifunctional catalysts (Table 1). We first evaluated the catalytic effects of several cinchona alkaloid derivatives. Commercially available cinchonidine (CD-1) led to the formation of the product with disappointing enantioselectivity (Table 1

Efficient and selective chemical transformations under flow conditions: The combination of supported catalysts and supercritical fluids

• M. Isabel Burguete,
• Eduardo García-Verdugo and
• Santiago V. Luis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1347–1359, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.159

• , enhanced selectivity. Some classical examples are provided by the work of Baiker [38][39]. Thus, initial studies focused on the enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate to (R)-ethyl lactate over cinchonidine (CD) modified Pt/Al2O3. The results obtained showed that a dramatic increase in both

Asymmetric reactions in continuous flow

• Xiao Yin Mak,
• Paola Laurino and
• Peter H. Seeberger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 19, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.19

• ketone was investigated in flow using polystyrene-supported cinchonine and cinchonidine 27 (Scheme 8) [33]. A fluid bed reactor was devised for this asymmetric reaction, which allowed for the polymer beads to move around freely. Solutions of the reagents were introduced into the bottom of the column bed

• , and the reactants were removed from the top via peristaltic pumping. At a flow rate of 5.0 mL h−1 (residence time of ca. 6 h), a high yield of the Michael addition product 28 was obtained with enantioselectivity comparable to results obtained in batch with free cinchonidine. Macroporous monolithic

• was reduced using a cinchonidine-modified Pt/Al2O3 catalyst in a fixed bed reactor in both supercritical carbon dioxide and ethane [47]. Poliakoff and co-workers have investigated the continuous asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethyl itaconate in scCO2 [48][49]. By using the catalyst [Rh(COD)2(nbd

Enantioselective nucleophilic difluoromethylation of aromatic aldehydes with Me₃SiCF₂SO₂Ph and PhSO₂CF₂H reagents catalyzed by chiral quaternary ammonium salts

• Chuanfa Ni,
• Fang Wang and
• Jinbo Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.21

• ), cinchonine (CN), and cinchonidine (CD) at different reaction temperatures. We found the structure of the cinchona alkaloid had some influence on the enantioselectivity. When a cinchonine or quinidine derivative was used, the main isomer was obtained as (+)-3a, and CN 6a was superior to QD 7a. The optimized