Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions in γ-valerolactone-based ionic liquids

• László Orha,
• József M. Tukacs,
• László Kollár and
• László T. Mika

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2907–2913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.284

• -ethoxyvalerate as a partially bio-based solvent can be utilized as alternative reaction medium for copper- and auxiliary base-free Pd-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions of aryl iodides and functionalized acetylenes under mild conditions. Twenty-two cross-coupling products were isolated with good to

• excellent yields (72–99%) and purity (>98%). These results represent an example which proves that biomass-derived safer solvents can be utilized efficiently in common, industrially important transformations exhibiting higher chemical and environmental efficiency. Keywords: catalysis; cross coupling; green

• Sonogashira coupling of iodobenzene (1a) and phenylacetylene (2a). Reaction conditions: 0.8 mL [TBP][4EtOV], 0.5 mol % catalyst, T = 55 °C, t = 3 h. Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira cross-coupling of iodobenzene (1a) and phenylacetylene (2a) in ionic liquids. Sonogashira coupling reaction of iodobenzene (1a

Palladium-catalyzed synthesis and nucleotide pyrophosphatase inhibition of benzo[4,5]furo[3,2-b]indoles

• Hoang Huy Do,
• Saif Ullah,
• Alexander Villinger,
• Joanna Lecka,
• Jean Sévigny,
• Peter Ehlers,
• Jamshed Iqbal and
• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2830–2839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.276

• , Québec, QC, G1V 4G2, Canada Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse an der Universität Rostock e.V., Albert Einstein Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.15.276 Abstract A two-step palladium-catalyzed procedure based on Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling, followed by a double Buchwald–Hartwig reaction, allows

An improved, scalable synthesis of Notum inhibitor LP-922056 using 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one as a superior electrophilic chlorinating agent

• Nicky J. Willis,
• Elliott D. Bayle,
• George Papageorgiou,
• David Steadman,
• Benjamin N. Atkinson,
• William Mahy and
• Paul V. Fish

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2790–2797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.271

• biology of Notum and build target validation to underpin new drug discovery programs. Results: An improved, scalable synthesis of 1 is reported. Key modifications include: (1) the introduction of the C7-cyclopropyl group was most effectively achieved with a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction with MIDA

• group was most effectively achieved with a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction with MIDA-boronate 11 (5 → 6); and (2) C6 chlorination was performed with 1-chloro-1,2-benziodoxol-3-one (12) (6 → 7) as a mild selective electrophilic chlorination agent. 4-Chlorothieno[3,2-d]pyrimidine (3) was either

• efficient step in our sequence and justified further optimisation (vide infra). Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling of bromide 5 with cyclopropylboronic acid (2.5 equiv) produced 6 in good yield (62–89%) but the product required extensive chromatographic purification. We reasoned that switching from the boronic

A chiral self-sorting photoresponsive coordination cage based on overcrowded alkenes

• Constantin Stuckhardt,
• Diederik Roke,
• Wojciech Danowski,
• Edwin Otten,
• Sander J. Wezenberg and
• Ben L. Feringa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2767–2773, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.268

• formed revealing that a chiral self-sorting process takes place. In addition, two of the cage isomers can bind a tosylate anion in solution by formation of a host–guest complex. Results and Discussion Ligands Z-1 and E-1 (Scheme 1) were synthesized by a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction of 3

Progress in metathesis chemistry

• Karol Grela and
• Anna Kajetanowicz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2765–2766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.267

• catalysts work and decompose, how macrocycles are formed in ring-closing metathesis, etc. Representative examples of these directions have been the subject of the current, third thematic issue on Olefin Metathesis, including highly educative reviews on tandem olefin metathesis–Suzuki–Miyaura cross coupling

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

• towards chiral 1,4-dicarbonyls bearing tertiary and all-carbon quaternary stereocenters via oxidative cross coupling of 2-acylimidazoles 85 with silyl enol ethers 86 (Scheme 32). Chiral Rh complex 87 was exploited as a Lewis acid catalyst for the purpose of activating the substrate towards anodic

• asymmetry was induced by chiral auxiliaries attached to the propionic acid derivatives [91]. Cross-coupling products 155 were obtained in satisfactory yields with good diastereomeric ratios. Moreover, the enantiomeric excess of products 155 were measured after their conversion to the corresponding esters or

Synthesis of aryl-substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene derivatives and their use for N,S-heterotetracene construction

• Nadezhda S. Demina,
• Nikita A. Kazin,
• Nikolay A. Rasputin,
• Roman A. Irgashev and
• Gennady L. Rusinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2678–2683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.261

• effectively tune their physical characteristics and also reduce production costs since the routine synthesis of heteroacene structures involves cross-coupling reactions catalyzed by expensive transition metals [15]. Thus, in this paper, we would like to present an efficient metal-free synthesis of the aryl

Arylisoquinoline-derived organoboron dyes with a triaryl skeleton show dual fluorescence

• Vânia F. Pais,
• Tristan Neumann,
• Ignacio Vayá,
• M. Consuelo Jiménez,
• Abel Ros and
• Uwe Pischel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2612–2622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.254

• fluorescence response on fluoride ion addition. Results and Discussion Synthesis of the borylated dyes 16–19 For the synthesis of the triaryl systems 12–15, precursors of the organoboron dyes 16–19, the construction of two stereogenic axes was required. Therefore, a synthetic route based on consecutive cross

• -coupling reactions was planned. Starting from 1-bromo-4-methoxynaphthalene (1), the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki coupling reaction with commercial boronic acids afforded the naphthyl and pyrenyl derived methyl ethers 2 and 3 in 78% and 87% yield, respectively (Scheme 1). For the synthesis of the anthryl derivative

A new approach to silicon rhodamines by Suzuki–Miyaura coupling – scope and limitations

• Thines Kanagasundaram,
• Antje Timmermann,
• Carsten S. Kramer and
• Klaus Kopka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2569–2576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.250

• catalyst, different substituted boroxines were assessed to explore the scope of the Pd-catalyzed cross-coupling reaction. Conclusions: A number of silicon rhodamines were synthesized under the optimized conditions in up to 91% yield without the necessity of HPLC purification. Moreover, silicon rhodamines

• functionalized with free acid moieties are directly accessible in contrast to previously described methods. Keywords: cross coupling; fluorescent dyes; near-infrared (NIR) dyes; silicon rhodamines; Suzuki–Miyaura coupling; Introduction Silicon rhodamines are versatile fluorescent dyes that found extensive use

• atom of 9b or sterical reasons (the chlorine in 2’-position might lead to repulsion during the cross-coupling reaction). The reaction of the triflate with cyano-substituted phenylboroxines 10b and 11b led to silicon rhodamine dyes 14 and 15 in poor yields of 23 and 19%, respectively. The reaction

Chiral terpene auxiliaries V: Synthesis of new chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine oxides derived from α-pinene

• Anna Kmieciak and
• Marek P. Krzemiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.242

• with chlorophosphines, the reaction of metal phosphides with haloalkanes, and transition-metal-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions to form C–P bonds are the most widely used methods for the synthesis of phosphines [13][14]. Since phosphines are easily oxidized to phosphine oxides, the addition of

Self-assembled coordination thioether silver(I) macrocyclic complexes for homogeneous catalysis

• Zhen Cao,
• Aline Lacoudre,
• Cybille Rossy and
• Brigitte Bibal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2465–2472, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.239

• reactions of alkynes. Results and Discussion Synthesis of silver(I) complexes Ligand 1 was synthesized in one step, from commercially available 9,10-dibromoanthracene and 2-(methylthio)phenylboronic acid, using a Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reaction. Notably, the yield was low (26%) [55], and the X-ray

Functionalization of 4-bromobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine via regioselective direct ring metalation. A novel approach to analogues of pyridoacridine alkaloids

• Benedikt C. Melzer,
• Alois Plodek and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2304–2310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.222

• 4,5-disubstituted benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridines utilizing ortho-directed ring metalation/biaryl cross-coupling strategies [9]. 4-Chlorobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine (9a) was conveniently converted into other 4-substituted benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridines by substitution reactions with nucleophiles (alcoholates

• , phenolates), acyl anions (generated by umpolung of aldehydes with imidazolium salts) and by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions (Suzuki, Stille) [10]. A related Stille cross coupling of a benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine bearing a triflate group at C-5 gave an intermediate for the total synthesis of

• added at C-5 of 4-chloro- (9a) and 4-fluorobenzo[c][2,7]naphthyridine (9b) as well as the 4-carboxamide 9c to give 5-substituted-5,6-dihydro derivatives, which were readily aromatized with manganese dioxide [13]. Further functionalization was performed by Stille cross coupling of a 4-chloro intermediate

Synthesis of acremines A, B and F and studies on the bisacremines

• Nils Winter and
• Dirk Trauner

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2271–2276, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.219

• ]. Nevertheless, to the best of our knowledge, no asymmetric entry to this class of natural products has been described. Our retrosynthetic analysis of 5 is depicted in Scheme 1. The prenyl side chain would be introduced by transition metal-catalyzed cross coupling of vinyl iodide 9. Compound 9 in turn could be

• . The use of a chiral oxazaborolidine catalyst led to kinetic resolution and increased the optical purity of 17 to 95% ee. Deprotection of the diol moiety followed by Stille cross coupling with vinyl stannane 18 finally gave 5 in excellent yield (Scheme 2). Since acremine F (5) can be expected to be the

Recent advances in transition-metal-catalyzed incorporation of fluorine-containing groups

• Xiaowei Li,
• Xiaolin Shi,
• Xiangqian Li and
• Dayong Shi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2213–2270, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.218

Azologization and repurposing of a hetero-stilbene-based kinase inhibitor: towards the design of photoswitchable sirtuin inhibitors

• Christoph W. Grathwol,
• Nathalie Wössner,
• Sören Swyter,
• Adam C. Smith,
• Enrico Tapavicza,
• Robert K. Hofstetter,
• Anja Bodtke,
• Manfred Jung and
• Andreas Link

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2170–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.214

• useful tools in the further investigation of the biochemistry and pharmacology of sirtuins. Results Chemistry of azastilbenes All azastilbene derivatives were synthesised by palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions using either commercially available 5-bromonicotinamide (3a) or methyl 5

A review of the total syntheses of triptolide

• Xiang Zhang,
• Zaozao Xiao and
• Hongtao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194

• , which could readily be converted to triptolide and its relatives such as triptophenolid, tripdiolide, and 16-hydroxytriptolide via palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling or Claisen rearrangement reactions. Importantly, by modification of the C-2,C3 olefin and late-stage installation of the C-13 isopropyl

Norbornadiene-functionalized triazatriangulenium and trioxatriangulenium platforms

• Roland Löw,
• Talina Rusch,
• Tobias Moje,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Olaf M. Magnussen and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1815–1821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.175

• decomposition, which is a necessary precondition for ultra-high vacuum STM investigations. The 3-bromo-2-cyano-substituted norbornadiene 4 was synthesized as described in the literature (Scheme 1) [10][11][12]. 4 was converted to 5 with trimethylsilylacetylene (72%) in a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction. The

• obtained in a convergent synthesis (Scheme 2). Boronic ester 9 was synthesized as described in the literature [15]. In a Suzuki cross-coupling reaction norbornadiene 4 was coupled with 9 to the extended norbornadiene 10 (38%), which was attached to the TATA platform 6 to yield the extended norbornadiene

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

• oxidation states (Cu(0), Cu(I), Cu(II), and Cu(III)). Copper has been known for a long time to act as a catalyst for cross-coupling reactions (Ullmann–Goldberg reaction), cyanation of aryl halides (Rosenmund–von Braun reaction), Hurtley reaction and intermolecular oxidative cyclization of haloalkynes [41

• ][42][43][44]. Various copper salts have been used as Lewis acid in homogeneous catalysis. CuO nanoparticles (NPs) were used for C–N, C–S, C–O cross-coupling reactions and C-arylation. Recently, exploiting the cross-coupling tendency of CuO NPs, Reddy et al. have reported their use as a heterogeneous

• -catalyzed cross-coupling reactions have laid down the foundation of new C–C bond formations [50][51]. A number of Pd-catalyzed organic reactions viz., C–N coupling, amination and intramolecular amidation, cyclization, and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling [52][53][54][55] have recently been reported in the literature

Synthesis of 9-O-arylated berberines via copper-catalyzed C_Ar–O coupling reactions

• Qiaoqiao Teng,
• Xinhui Zhu,
• Qianqian Guo,
• Weihua Jiang,
• Jiang Liu and
• Qi Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1575–1580, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.161

• 9-O-phenylene-bridged berberine dimer (5) was synthesized by copper-catalyzed cross-coupling of tetrahydroberberrubine and aryl iodides, followed by oxidation with I2. Keywords: arylation; berberines; cross-coupling; copper; lipophilicity; structural modification; Introduction Berberine (BBR) is a

• -alkylated BBR, the synthesis of 9-O-phenyl BBR 3a was initially attempted by direct cross-coupling of berberrubine (BBRB) with phenyl iodide, using CuI and 1,10-phenanthroline as the pre-catalyst and K2CO3 as the base [18][19]. However, under these reaction conditions not any desired product was formed, and

• the ketone structure is the predominant one [20]. To destroy such resonance, the isoquinoline core was thus reduced to tetrahydroisoqinoline 1 by NaBH4 [21]. To our delight, this reduced form of berberrubine smoothly underwent Ullmann-type cross coupling with iodobenzene, leading to the 9-O-Ph product

Diazocine-functionalized TATA platforms

• Roland Löw,
• Talina Rusch,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Olaf Magnussen and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1485–1490, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.150

• a function of electronic coupling (conjugation) of the azo unit to gold. The para-diazocine-TATA 1 was synthesized in a 5-step synthesis route (Scheme 1). Bromotoluene 3 was synthesized as described [26]. In a Sonogashira cross-coupling reaction acetylene-substituted toluene 5 was prepared from

Borylation and rearrangement of alkynyloxiranes: a stereospecific route to substituted α-enynes

• Ruben Pomar Fuentespina,
• José Angel Garcia de la Cruz,
• Gabriel Durin,
• Victor Mamane,
• Jean-Marc Weibel and
• Patrick Pale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1416–1424, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.141

• ]. Alternatively, Unemaya et al. and more recently Buchwald et al. described a Negishi cross coupling of aryl bromides or chlorides to α-CF3-oxiranyl zincates generated by lithiation of trifluoromethyloxirane and transmetalation with zinc chloride [10][11]. In this context and based on the pioneering work of

• .15.141 Abstract 1,3-Enynes are important building blocks in organic synthesis and also constitute the key motif in various bioactive natural products and functional materials. However, synthetic approaches to stereodefined substituted 1,3-enynes remain a challenge, as they are limited to Wittig and cross

• -coupling reactions. Herein, stereodefined 1,3-enynes, including tetrasubstituted ones, were straightforwardly synthesized from cis or trans-alkynylated oxiranes in good to excellent yields by a one-pot cascade process. The procedure relies on oxirane deprotonation, borylation and a stereospecific

Selenophene-containing heterotriacenes by a C–Se coupling/cyclization reaction

• Pierre-Olivier Schwartz,
• Sebastian Förtsch,
• Astrid Vogt,
• Elena Mena-Osteritz and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1379–1393, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.138

• starting material, but also ring fusion to selenophene was achieved by Cu-catalyzed C–Se cross-coupling reaction [28]. The detailed geometric structure and the packing behaviour in the solid state of triacenes 2–4 have been elucidated by single crystal X-ray structure analysis and X-ray diffraction on

• reinvestigated the synthesis of DTT 1 by using a Cu-catalyzed C–S cross-coupling reaction with potassium sulfide (K2S) as sulfur source [29]. The best results for this C–S ring-closure reaction were achieved by reacting 3,3’-diiodo-2,2’-bithiophene (5) [30] with the system K2S and copper iodide (CuI) as catalyst

• DTT 1 in 91% yield (Scheme 1). Triacene dithieno[3,2-b:2’,3’-d]selenophene (DTS, 2) was successfully prepared as well from diiodinated bithiophene 5 in 51% yield after purification in a C–Se cross-coupling/cyclization reaction with selenourea as selenium source, copper oxide nanoparticles as catalyst

Synthesis of dipolar molecular rotors as linkers for metal-organic frameworks

• Sebastian Hamer,
• Fynn Röhricht,
• Marius Jakoby,
• Ian A. Howard,
• Xianghui Zhang,
• Christian Näther and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1331–1338, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.132

• and axis of rotation (Scheme 1). The aromatic core carries the dipole-generating substituents as well as two halogen atoms for cross coupling. For all syntheses, either terminal trimethylsilylacetylene or 1-trimethylsilyl-2-tributylstannylacetylene was employed for the coupling step followed by

• cross coupling. Using this method, dicarboxylic acids could be obtained from simple aqueous work-up and extraction. Difluoro compound 1 Difluorobenzenes have been employed as dipolar rotors by Garcia-Garibay in crystals [10], as an elongated MOF linker by Blight and Forgan [25] and for the investigation

• procedures 7 is obtained over two mono-iodination steps, we report here the di-iodination in a single step. Subsequently, 7 was reacted in a Sonogashira cross coupling with trimethylsilylacetylene to give 1,4-bis(2-trimethylsilylethynyl)-2,3-difluorobenzene (8). Finally, 8 was converted to the dicarboxylic

Remarkable effect of alkynyl substituents on the fluorescence properties of a BN-phenanthrene

• Alberto Abengózar,
• David Sucunza,
• Patricia García-García and
• Juan J. Vaquero

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1257–1261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.122

• -phenanthrenes with substituents of a diverse nature have been synthesized by palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions of a common chloro-substituted precursor, which was made from readily available materials in only four steps. Evaluation of the photophysical properties of the prepared compounds unveiled an

• impressive effect of the presence of alkynyl substituents on the fluorescence quantum yield, which improved from 0.01 in the parent compound to up to 0.65 in derivatives containing a triple bond. Keywords: alkyne; BN-phenanthrene; cross-coupling; fluorescence; heterocycles; Introduction BN-polycyclic

• -aromatics. Interestingly, 1a turned out to be weakly fluorescent [23], in contrast to other BN-phenanthrene isomers described previously [25][26]. The presence of aryl or amino substituents at C1, which can be introduced via bromination and subsequent palladium-catalyzed cross coupling, does not have a

Insertion of [1.1.1]propellane into aromatic disulfides

• Robin M. Bär,
• Gregor Heinrich,
• Martin Nieger,
• Olaf Fuhr and
• Stefan Bräse

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1172–1180, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.114

• opening of 1 with Grignard reagents enables the synthesis of aryl and some alkyl-substituted BCPs and a subsequent cross-coupling reaction [5][18]. To provide bicyclo[1.1.1]pentylamine as a building block in large-scale syntheses, Bunker et al. developed a synthesis of hydrazine BCP via a manganese