α-(Aminomethyl)acrylates as acceptors in radical–polar crossover 1,4-additions of dialkylzincs: insights into enolate formation and trapping

• Angel Palillero-Cisneros,
• Paola G. Gordillo-Guerra,
• Fernando García-Alvarez,
• Olivier Jackowski,
• Franck Ferreira,
• Fabrice Chemla,
• Joel L. Terán and
• Alejandro Perez-Luna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1443–1451, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.103

• 5 and 8a in 77–88% yields, albeit as poorly selective mixtures of diastereoisomers. This lack of stereocontrol is not surprising, given the well-known difficulty to control the relative configuration between the two adjacent stereocenters created during aldol condensations with zinc enolates

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

• reactive and difficult to isolate. The NHC–Cu complex also helps to control the regioselectivity and stereoselectivity of the reaction, which are of high importance in organic synthesis. Overall, the use of NHC–Cu complexes as catalysts for conjugate addition reactions offers a highly efficient and

Consecutive four-component synthesis of trisubstituted 3-iodoindoles by an alkynylation–cyclization–iodination–alkylation sequence

• Nadia Ledermann,
• Alae-Eddine Moubsit and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1379–1385, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.99

• . The reaction mixture was heated at 100 °C until complete conversion of the starting material (via TLC control). Potassium tert-butoxide (505 mg, 4.50 mmol) and 1.50 mL DMSO were then added and the reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 15 min. After cooling the reaction mixture to room

• temperature, NIS (338 mg, 1.50 mmol) and 1.00 mL DMSO were added. After complete conversion (via TLC control), methyl iodide (639 mg, 4.50 mmol) was added and also stirred at room temperature for 5 min. Water was added to the mixture and the aqueous phase was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined

Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues

• Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
• Alicia Bauduin,
• Chloé Le Roux,
• Romain Fouinneteau,
• Wilfried Berthe,
• Mathieu Berchel,
• Hélène Couthon and
• Paul-Alain Jaffrès

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96

• mild conditions the benzylation of the alcohol function to yield 7.3. Then, the removing of the tosyl group required a two-step sequence. First, 7.3 reacted with cesium acetate and then the resulting ester was reduced with LiAlH4 to produce 7.4 with control of its stereochemistry. Very recently, a new

• , both enantiomers were reported. For the control of the chirality in position 2 of glycerol, (S)-solketal (17.1) was used as starting material to prepare first the hexadecylglycerol (R)-17.2 which was converted to its enantiomer following a five-step sequence (Figure 17A). First, tritylation and

• ] but to the best of our knowledge, R. Berchtold reported in 1982 the first synthesis in large quantities with a control of the chirality at the sn-2 position (Figure 21) [116]. The synthesis starts from (S)-1,2-isopropylideneglycerol (21.1). The deprotonation of the primary alcohol with sodium amide

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• , radical detection, and other control experiments confirmed that the reaction proceeded through a radical oxidation process. The reaction of most substituted olefins with cyclic ethers afforded the corresponding target products with excellent yields, which provides a simple, novel, and efficient pathway to

• afford allyl ethers. Alkyne C(sp)–H bonds are reactive, and the challenge in the cross-coupling of C(sp)–H and C(sp3)–H bonds is to control chemoselectivity. In this context, Liu et al. reported a Cu(I)/Ga(III)-catalyzed trityl ion-mediated direct CDC of the C(sp3)–H bond of THF with C(sp)–H bonds of

• coordinated with metal catalysts to control the selectivity and improve the reactivity in metal-catalyzed or -mediated reactions. Therefore, controlling the regioselectivity of CDC reactions by directing groups is of great interest [95][96]. Li et al. reported a cobalt-catalyzed CDC between unactivated C(sp2

Acetaldehyde in the Enders triple cascade reaction via acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal

• Alessandro Brusa,
• Debora Iapadre,
• Maria Edith Casacchia,
• Alessio Carioscia,
• Giuliana Giorgianni,
• Giandomenico Magagnano,
• Fabio Pesciaioli and
• Armando Carlone

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1243–1250, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.92

• process which involves two consecutives stereoselective reactions. The control of the diastereomeric ratio is, however, difficult to attain as demonstrated by an extensive screening and is always near 50:50 without significant deviations changing the reaction conditions. On the contrary, the use of

• aldehydes other than acetaldehyde generates higher control [11]. It was previously shown that the first stereogenic center formed in the presented cascade process is formed with high control [17]. Therefore, the second carbon–carbon bond forming step, i.e., the organocatalyzed Michael addition of the

• enantiomeric excesses. Unfortunately, the developed methodology is currently limited to aromatic substrates and the formation of one stereocenter is difficult to control, leading to a mixture of two diastereomers. Current efforts in our laboratories are addressing these challenges. Approaches based on the

Radical ligand transfer: a general strategy for radical functionalization

• David T. Nemoto Jr,
• Kang-Jie Bian,
• Shih-Chieh Kao and
• Julian G. West

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1225–1233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.90

• paradigm with photocatalytic ATRA to enable the modular difunctionalization of alkenes under reagent control (Scheme 3). In Stephenson’s photocatalytic ATRA reports, the C–X bond in the product was proposed to be formed through both direct quenching of a transient alkyl radical by halogen atom transfer

• azides for a wide range of both activated (benzylic) and unactivated carboxylic acids. Control reactions support the intermediacy of alkyl radicals and the absence of carbocation rearrangements in a variety of probe substrates disfavor the reaction proceeding via RPC. Intriguingly, no additional oxidant

• literature examples of nitrate oxidation of different transition metals, such as palladium. Control reactions further supported this proposal, including the inability of alternative Fe(III) salts (e.g., FeCl3) to form more than stoichiometric azide product in the absence of added nitrate. We believe this

Unravelling a trichloroacetic acid-catalyzed cascade access to benzo[f]chromeno[2,3-h]quinoxalinoporphyrins

• Chandra Sekhar Tekuri,
• Pargat Singh and
• Mahendra Nath

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1216–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.89

• ]quinoxalinoporphyrins 3–8 in 61–68% yields. To authenticate the proposed reaction pathway, a control experiment was carried out by reacting copper(II) 2,3-diamino-5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-methylphenyl)porphyrin (1) with 2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione (2) in CHCl3 containing 20 mol % TCA at 65 °C as presented in Scheme 2

Enabling artificial photosynthesis systems with molecular recycling: A review of photo- and electrochemical methods for regenerating organic sacrificial electron donors

• Grace A. Lowe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1198–1215, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.88

• NADH-analogues are the subject of most studies for recycling sacrificial donors. NADH has been electrochemically recycled but a careful control of pH is required to prevent dimerization reactions [44][45]. For example, Glusac and co-workers recycled BIH and acridine analogues using platinum electrodes

• in acetonitrile with proton donors [45]. They carefully calculated the pKaH of their proton donors and NADH analogues to control the PCET and to prevent side reactions. In another interesting example, NADH was recycled at a copper electrode in aqueous buffers and NADH was found to be more stable in a

Cyanothioacetamides as a synthetic platform for the synthesis of aminopyrazole derivatives

• Valeriy O. Filimonov,
• Alexandra I. Topchiy,
• Vladimir G. Ilkin,
• Tetyana V. Beryozkina and
• Vasiliy A. Bakulev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1191–1197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.87

• the biosynthesis of fatty acids in plants, which leads to herbicidal activity [9]. Pyraclonil is used as a protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitor for weed control. Such inhibitors not only block the production of chlorophyll and gem in plant pests, but also lead to the formation of highly reactive

Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control

• Carlee A. Montgomery and
• Graham K. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86

• appreciation and understanding of σ-holes in iodonium ylides, many examples exist where inter- or intramolecular halogen bonding has been invoked to provide a meaningful explanation of unexpected reactivity, of reagent stability, or as a reaction control element. Examples of these include spontaneous

• these preferential outcomes is not understood, and may derive from rapidly equilibrating species (e.g., 2 and 3) reacting under Curtin–Hammett control, from hard/soft principles dictating the Lewis base’s selectivity with either the stronger (e.g., 3) or weaker (e.g., 2) σ-hole, or possibly from other

• ]. However, numerous inconsistencies have been observed when comparing the outcomes of diazo- and iodonium ylide-based metallocarbene reactions, especially during metal-free control experiments, which led researchers to propose alternative, carbene-free reaction pathways for iodonium ylides. This was first

Two new lanostanoid glycosides isolated from a Kenyan polypore Fomitopsis carnea

• Winnie Chemutai Sum,
• Sherif S. Ebada,
• Didsanutda Gonkhom,
• Cony Decock,
• Rémy Bertrand Teponno,
• Josphat Clement Matasyoh and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1161–1169, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.84

• potency against cancer cells in the presence of a 3-OH group. Notably, hydrolysis of the C3-acetoxy group in pachymic acid to tumulosic acid increased the activity of the compound compared to the positive control (cisplatin), in some instances [36]. Concomitantly, the oxidation of the hydroxy group at C-3

Selective and scalable oxygenation of heteroatoms using the elements of nature: air, water, and light

• Damiano Diprima,
• Hannes Gemoets,
• Stefano Bonciolini and
• Koen Van Aken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1146–1154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.82

• first run, a conversion of 10% was observed after 120 min irradiation time. Running the control experiments gave further insight into the critical components but also a few surprises. As expected, omitting the electrolyte in the photochemical procedure did not affect the conversion (so n-Bu4Br could be

• oxidation of tetrahydrothiophene). Therefore, we performed a control experiment in the presence of an additive with an aromatic moiety to determine its effect on the reactivity of a non-aromatic substrate. Surprisingly, and to the best of our knowledge, never reported before in literature, the addition of 1

Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies

• Mattia Lepori,
• Simon Schmid and
• Joshua P. Barham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81

• efficiency and selectivity of the reactions (vide infra, conPET section). Electrolytes have the potential to be i) aqueous-separated and recovered in batch, or ii) decreased, even ultimately eliminated by flow reactors as an engineering control. Regarding purely the chemical reactivity and scope of

• reduction to PC•− ensures higher concentrations that are directly user-influenced. Upon activation, PC1 could successfully reduce various aryl halides generating borylated products in modest to excellent (30–99%) yields. Control experiments confirmed that light, catalyst and DBU as a sacrificial electron

Five new sesquiterpenoids from agarwood of Aquilaria sinensis

• Hong Zhou,
• Xu-Yang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• He-Zhong Jiang and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 998–1007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.75

• , Tokyo, Japan). Plant material The resinous wood of Aquilaria sinensis was purchased from Hainan Xiangshu Agarwood Industry Groud Co., Ltd., July 2018. The material was identified by the Gansu Institute for Drug Control, and a voucher specimen (CHYX0642) was deposited at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Clauson–Kaas pyrrole synthesis using diverse catalysts: a transition from conventional to greener approach

• Dileep Kumar Singh and
• Rajesh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 928–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.71

• bispyrroles in good yields and high selectivity. To control the selectivity for the synthesis of mono- and bispyrrole-containing compounds, two different reaction conditions have been used. One equivalent of 2,5-DMTHF (2) was used for the synthesis of monopyrroles under reflux conditions for 2 hours, whereas

Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine

• Alessio Regni,
• Francesca Bartoccini and
• Giovanni Piersanti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70

• [98]. Reducing the substrate concentration increased efficiency while assisting in avoiding the oligomerization pathways (Table 1, entries 2 and 3). Higher photocatalyst loadings resulted in an increased yield (Table 1, entry 4). Control experiments showed that both the photocatalyst and light were

Synthesis of aliphatic nitriles from cyclobutanone oxime mediated by sulfuryl fluoride (SO₂F₂)

• Xian-Lin Chen and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 901–908, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.68

• control experiment, SO2F2 is essential for the reaction to proceed (Table 1, entry 2). Encouraged by the preliminary result, we then screened a large variety of conditions as shown in Table 1 in order to improve the efficiency of the transformation. The investigation of the solvent effect revealed that in

Asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and reaction with carbocations on acylimidazole Michael acceptors

• Brigita Mudráková,
• Renata Marcia de Figueiredo,
• Jean-Marc Campagne and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.65

• control of RNA [16]. Moreover, Campagne and co-workers showed that Cu–NHC-catalyzed conjugate additions of dialkylzinc reagents proceed with high enantioselectivities [17][18][19]. Furthermore, this methodology allows iterative access to 1,3-disubstituted motifs that are present in various natural

Light-responsive rotaxane-based materials: inducing motion in the solid state

• Adrian Saura-Sanmartin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 873–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.64

• mechanical bond, such as control over the dynamics of the components upon application of external stimuli. This perspective aims to highlight the relevance of these materials, by pointing out recent examples of photoresponsive materials prepared from a rotaxanated architecture in which motion of the

• is the functionalization of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with light-responsive rotaxane-based molecular shuttles to control the uptake and release of target molecules [31][32][33][34]. This perspective is focused on recent examples of light-responsive rotaxane-based solid-state materials in which

Eschenmoser coupling reactions starting from primary thioamides. When do they work and when not?

• Lukáš Marek,
• Jiří Váňa,
• Jan Svoboda and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 808–819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.61

• MeCN undergoes a ring transformation [1][2] to give 2-phenyl-5-(2-aminophenyl)-4-hydroxy-1,3-thiazole (17') (Scheme 7) under kinetic control, the analogous intermediary hydroxythiazole 7a (Scheme 3) does not decompose into analogous thiazole 7a' due to much worse nucleofugality of the leaving amine

• thiobenzamide, thioacetamide, and thiobenzanilide. Reaction of N-phenyl- and N-methyl-2-bromo(phenyl)acetamide (4a,b) with thiobenzamide in acetonitrile. Transformation of salt 15 under kinetic and thermodynamic control conditions [1]. Reaction of salt 6a under different reaction conditions. Reaction of salt 2b

Non-peptide compounds from Kronopolites svenhedini (Verhoeff) and their antitumor and iNOS inhibitory activities

• Yuan-Nan Yuan,
• Jin-Qiang Li,
• Hong-Bin Fang,
• Shao-Jun Xing,
• Yong-Ming Yan and
• Yong-Xian Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 789–799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.59

• determine the protein levels of iNOS and COX-2, using GAPDH as a control and dexamethasone (DEX) as a positive reference drug. 1H (600 MHz) and 13C NMR (150 MHz) data of compound 1 (δ in ppm, J in Hz, methanol-d4). 1H (600 MHz) and 13C NMR (150 MHz) data of compounds 2 and 3 (δ in ppm, J in Hz, methanol-d4

Sulfate radical anion-induced benzylic oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines

• Joydev K. Laha,
• Pankaj Gupta and
• Amitava Hazra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57

• purification. Next, in order to determine whether the reaction proceeds via a radical pathway, we performed a control experiment. When substrate 1a was treated with the radical scavenger TEMPO under the optimized reaction conditions, the formation of product 2a was completely suppressed (Scheme 4). This

• of 1 equiv of K2S2O8 and the corresponding ortho-substituted anilines 3 (1.2 equiv) and stirring at 80 °C for 2 h. Yields correspond to isolated products. Control experiment with TEMPO. Plausible mechanism for the K2S2O8-induced oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines. Plausible mechanism for one

Palladium-catalyzed enantioselective three-component synthesis of α-arylglycine derivatives from glyoxylic acid, sulfonamides and aryltrifluoroborates

• Bastian Jakob,
• Nico Schneider,
• Luca Gengenbach and
• Georg Manolikakes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 719–726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.52

• . Among different boronic acid derivatives, we identified aryltrifluoroborates as most promising candidates for the slow generation of the corresponding arylboronic acids under our slightly acid reaction conditions [24]. Therefore, we performed two initial control experiments. The reaction of potassium

Photocatalytic sequential C–H functionalization expediting acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles

• Deepak Singh,
• Shyamal Pramanik and
• Soumitra Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 666–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.48

• equiv of Zn(OAc)2 was used as an additive (Table 1, entry 12). To check the viability of other acetylating agents, Zn(OAc)2 was replaced with AcOH, generating the desired product in a comparatively lower yield (Table 1, entry 13). Finally, control experiments without a catalyst (Table 1, entry 14

• reaction conditions, generating the corresponding acetoxymalonylated products 4u–w in good to excellent yields. Several control experiments were performed to gain insights into the mechanistic pathway of this reaction. Firstly, a radical scavenging experiment using the radical scavenger TEMPO was performed

• under optimized reaction conditions, the acetylated product 4a was produced with excellent conversion (>90%). These results suggest the involvement of compound 5 as an intermediate, and Zn(OAc)2 or AcOH may be effective acetylating agents via generation of acetyl radicals. Control experiments under