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

• -workers [61] extended the application of NHC–copper catalysts to the conjugate addition of boronates to acyclic α,β-unsaturated carboxylic esters, ketones, and thioesters leading to the enantioselective formation of boron-substituted quaternary carbon stereogenic centers (Scheme 43). All transformations

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

• significantly different reactivity and chemical selectivity from noble metals (Ru, Rh, Pd). Compared with noble metals, copper catalysts are cheaper and easier to obtain, making Cu more advantageous for industrial applications of C–H functionalization reactions. The Glaser–Hay reaction may be one of the oldest

Copper-catalyzed N-arylation of amines with aryliodonium ylides in water

• Kasturi U. Nabar,
• Bhalchandra M. Bhanage and
• Sudam G. Dawande

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1008–1014, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.76

• straightforward and efficient method for the N-arylation of primary arylamines and secondary amines with 1,3-cyclohexanedione-derived aryliodonium ylides in the presence of copper catalysts in water as a solvent. Results and Discussion To test our hypothesis, we commenced our studies by treatment of aniline (1a

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

• 1,4-dioxane the transformations performed the best (Table 1, entries 3–5). A series of copper catalysts such as CuI, CuCN, and Cu2O was screened, in which some showed good catalytic activity (Table 1, entries 6–9), and Cu2O was identified as the most effective catalyst for the desired transformation

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

• Louis Monsigny,
• Floriane Doche and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

• -metal-catalyzed dehydrogenative 2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation reactions have been reported. In 2021, the palladium-catalyzed ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of 3-arylcoumarins was depicted by the group of Kumar (6 examples, up to 69% yield) [162]. Further developments unveiled the use of copper

• catalysts for such functionalization. In 2013, the group of Daugulis described the copper-catalyzed ortho-2,2,2-trifluoroethoxylation of a 3-trifluoromethylated benzamide derived from 8-aminoquinoline, giving the corresponding product in 73% yield [149]. The group of Baidya showed that the dehydrogenative

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• than other copper catalysts, as it provided higher yields of the desired products (Scheme 4). In 2010, Shetti and Ravikanth [28] nicely utilized the "click reaction" approach for the preparation of a series of triazole-bridged porphyrin-ferrocene dyads 37a–d in 48–52% yield by the reaction between two

• copper catalysts have been used for the CuAAC-based synthesis of these porphyrin conjugates, the majority of the reports using CuSO4 with either ascorbic acid or sodium ascorbate, and Cu(OAc)2 with sodium ascorbate under an organic solvent or a mixture of organic solvents and water. In addition, other Cu

• (I)-catalysts such as CuI, (SIMes)CuBr, Cu(MeCN)4PF6, and CuBr(PPh3)3 have been also used in some reactions. Furthermore, a few reports describe the use of ligands like DIPEA, TBTA, NMP, Et3N, etc. along with copper catalysts to stabilize the Cu(I)-oxidation state and speed up the click reaction. It

Synthesis of meso-pyrrole-substituted corroles by condensation of 1,9-diformyldipyrromethanes with pyrrole

• Baris Temelli and
• Pinar Kapci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1403–1409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.145

• positive effect on the reaction yield (Table 1, entries 14 and 15), p-chloranil formed a product with a lower yield than DDQ (Table 1, entries 16–18). The activities of different copper catalysts were also tested in the model reaction. Only CuCl2 formed the product in 5% yield and the other salts did not

Synthesis of 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles in water via a [3 + 2]-cycloaddition of nitrile oxides and 1,3-diketones, β-ketoesters, or β-ketoamides

• Md Imran Hossain,
• Md Imdadul H. Khan,
• Seong Jong Kim and
• Hoang V. Le

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 446–458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.47

• alkynes to activate them for a decent yield of the isoxazole products, thus limiting the scope of the substrates in this method. In addition, this method requires high heat and produces very poor regioselectivity of the products [17][18]. The addition of copper catalysts in this route can help the

• highly substituted non-terminal alkynes does not proceed with copper catalysts at room temperature. As an alternative, the usage of ruthenium(II) catalysts enables the reaction to proceed smoothly at room temperature and produces high yields and regioselectivity for both, 3,5-disubstituted and 3,4,5

Catalyzed and uncatalyzed procedures for the syntheses of isomeric covalent multi-indolyl hetero non-metallides: an account

• Ranadeep Talukdar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2102–2122, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.137

• the desired product 101 in 49% yield [82]. Other copper catalysts such as CuCl or CuBr gave low yields, even when used with 2,2’-bipyridyl as the ligand. First, oxidation of copper(I) takes place, which interacts with elemental sulfur to “activate” it. A nucleophilic attack from N-methylindole (1) to

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

Recent developments in enantioselective photocatalysis

• Callum Prentice,
• James Morrisson,
• Andrew D. Smith and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197

Copper-catalysed alkylation of heterocyclic acceptors with organometallic reagents

• Yafei Guo and
• Syuzanna R. Harutyunyan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1006–1021, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.90

• strategies that target the synthesis of chiral heterocyclic motives [12][13][14]. Among these, methodologies based on the copper-catalysed asymmetric addition of organometallics are especially valuable because of i) the compatibility between copper catalysts and heteroatoms present in the starting materials

• copper catalysts to activate both the organometallics and heterocyclic acceptors for the reaction. The development of a wide variety of chiral ligands allowed an impressive scope of heterocycles to undergo reactions with organometallics. However, the current state of the field is certainly incomplete

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• oxidized to Cu(II) species. Without using a ligand or a reducing agent, Cu(II) can oxidize alkynes to produce an undesired byproduct. Active copper catalysts can be prepared by reducing copper(II) sources, oxidizing copper metal, comproportionation of Cu(II) and Cu(0), or combination of copper salts and

• of product separation, catalyst recovery, simplifying the production process, and cleaner operation conditions [18][19][20]. Thus far, several heterogeneous catalysts have been explored for CuAAC and RuAAC processes. The catalytic activities of heterogeneous copper catalysts as novel catalysts are

Allylic cross-coupling using aromatic aldehydes as α-alkoxyalkyl anions

• Akihiro Yuasa,
• Kazunori Nagao and
• Hirohisa Ohmiya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 185–189, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.21

• )CuCl (53%) in terms of the chemical yield. Notably, the allylic cross-coupling reaction did not occur at all without Pd(OCOCF3)2–DPPF or (SIPr)CuCl, and thus the palladium and copper catalysts cooperatively acted in the allylic cross-coupling. Scheme 3 shows the substrate range of aromatic aldehydes 1

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

• , recyclable catalyst in the N-arylation of indoles [45][46]. Copper catalysts have shown exceptional enantioselectivity for reactions such as hydrosilylation, hydroboration, and heterogeneous as well as homogeneous hydrogenation [47][48][49]. Also, the copper salts found used as oxidants in a number of

A general and atom-efficient continuous-flow approach to prepare amines, amides and imines via reactive N-chloramines

• Katherine E. Jolley,
• Michael R. Chapman and
• A. John Blacker

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2220–2228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.196

• ][33]. Improved methods for the formation of amides remain an important goal for the pharma industry. In this regard, the reaction of N-chloramine with aldehydes, t-BuO2H and iron or copper catalysts to give secondary and tertiary amides was reported in batch recently [33][34], though safety concerns

Cationic cobalt-catalyzed [1,3]-rearrangement of N-alkoxycarbonyloxyanilines

• Itaru Nakamura,
• Mao Owada,
• Takeru Jo and
• Masahiro Terada

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1972–1979, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.172

• para-isomer 3a was obtained as a major product when the reaction of 1a was conducted using trivalent metal salts, such as FeCl3 and RuCl3, and tetravalent salts, such as ZrCl4, as a catalyst (Table 1, entries 15–18). Although we quite recently disclosed that cationic NHC-copper catalysts efficiently

Synthesis of trifluoromethylated 2H-azirines through Togni reagent-mediated trifluoromethylation followed by PhIO-mediated azirination

• Jiyun Sun,
• Xiaohua Zhen,
• Huaibin Ge,
• Guangtao Zhang,
• Xuechan An and
• Yunfei Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1452–1458, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.123

• higher temperature was unsuccessful (Table 1, entry 7). Replacing the catalyst CuI with other commonly used copper catalysts including CuCl, CuBr and CuOAc led to a decreased yield in each case (Table 1, entries 8–10). In addition the other commonly employed hypervalent iodine(III) reagents, namely, PIDA

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

Solvent-free copper-catalyzed click chemistry for the synthesis of N-heterocyclic hybrids based on quinoline and 1,2,3-triazole

• Martina Tireli,
• Silvija Maračić,
• Stipe Lukin,
• Marina Juribašić Kulcsár,
• Dijana Žilić,
• Mario Cetina,
• Ivan Halasz,
• Silvana Raić-Malić and
• Krunoslav Užarević

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2352–2363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.232

• mechanochemical CuAAC reactions, indicating that the catalysis is most likely conducted on the surface of milling balls. Electron spin resonance spectroscopy was used to determine the oxidation and spin states of the respective copper catalysts in bulk products obtained by milling procedures. Keywords: electron

• solution, but these reactions are usually much slower [31]. Also, click polymerization was applied using a ball-milling process with no significant influence on the integrity of the polymer chain [27][32]. Herein we have studied the efficiency of copper catalysts with Cu(0), Cu(I) and Cu(II) oxidation

• advanced Raman techniques such as shifted-excitation Raman difference spectroscopy (SERDS) could be possible [52]. In this way, mechanistic details of these reactions and the behavior of all studied copper catalysts may be more visible, opening the path towards elucidation of mechanism(s) for the solvent

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

• benzothiazole, benzoxazole, N-methylbenzimidazole and caffeine. Plausible action of palladium and copper catalysts with transmetalation step. Dirylation of zinc di-meso-(bromophenyl)porphyrinates 10–12 with benzothiazole, benzoxazole and N-methyl benzimidazole. Polyarylation of zinc tetrakis-meso-(bromophenyl

Transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of phenols and aryl thiols

• Yajun Liu,
• Shasha Liu and
• Yan Xiao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 589–611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.58

• for the synthesis of phenols. In the beginning, palladium catalysts have attracted much attention due to their high conversion efficiency, and later copper catalysts, which are cheaper and more stable, have been extensively studied in this field. 1.1.1 Palladium-catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl halides

• phenols in water at room temperature. This catalyst can be reused many times without loss of the catalytic activity. Moreover, this catalyst could also be applied in the synthesis of anilines. 1.1.2 Copper-catalyzed hydroxylation of aryl halides: Copper catalysts are considered as economical and stable

• catalysts. However, copper catalysts often have a low catalytic activity to activate the C–Hal bond. Fortunately, along with the development of various bidentate ligands, the copper-catalyzed C–O coupling reaction has been extensively applied in the synthesis of phenols from aryl halides. However, the

Copper-catalyzed asymmetric sp³ C–H arylation of tetrahydroisoquinoline mediated by a visible light photoredox catalyst

• Pierre Querard,
• Inna Perepichka,
• Eli Zysman-Colman and
• Chao-Jun Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2636–2643, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.260

• , St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9ST, UK 10.3762/bjoc.12.260 Abstract This report describes a highly enantioselective oxidative sp3 C–H arylation of N-aryltetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) through a dual catalysis platform. The combination of the photoredox catalyst, [Ir(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6, and chiral copper

• catalysts provide a mild and highly effective sp3 C–H asymmetric arylation of THIQs. Keywords: C–H arylation; copper catalyst; enantioselectivity; visible light; Introduction Functionalization of sp3 C–H bonds is a unique and powerful transformation in modern organic synthesis, which remains a challenging

Palladium-catalyzed ring-opening reactions of cyclopropanated 7-oxabenzonorbornadiene with alcohols

• Katrina Tait,
• Oday Alrifai,
• Rebecca Boutin,
• Jamie Haner and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2189–2196, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.209

• the use of platinum catalysts [19] or palladium catalysts with zinc co-catalyst with phenol nucleophiles [20]. Meanwhile, anti-stereoisomeric products 5 and 6 are obtained when copper catalysts are used with alkyl nucleophiles [21], if rhodium [22] or iridium catalysts are used in the presence of

Catalytic Chan–Lam coupling using a ‘tube-in-tube’ reactor to deliver molecular oxygen as an oxidant

• Carl J. Mallia,
• Paul M. Burton,
• Alexander M. R. Smith,
• Gary C. Walter and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1598–1607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.156

• protocols it is clear that the use of sub-stoichiometric amounts of the copper catalysts presents an advantage over the stoichiometric amount used in the original flow studies [13]. Additionally, the use of oxygen as the oxidant offers improved atom economy over the use of systems such as TEMPO and tert