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

• the best of our knowledge there are no review articles focusing on the application of N-(sulfenyl)succinimides/phthalimides in sulfenylation reactions. In this context, we describe various sulfenylation reactions, such as electrophilic aromatic substitution, ring-opening, dehydrogenative cross

• -coupling, and direct sulfenylation reactions, which are classified into three categories: sulfenylation catalyzed by i) transition metal catalysts, ii) organocompound catalysts, and iii) catalyst-free sulfenylation. Review Sulfenylation of organic compounds by N-(sulfenyl)succinimides/phthalimides Metal

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

• activation of 9 provides the hydroxy copper species 169, which on deoxygenative elimination furnishes the desired product 167. C-3 Heteroarylation In 2013, Su and co-workers [103] developed a catalytic methodology for the distal heteroarylation of pyridines 170 via Rh(III)-catalyzed dehydrogenative cross

• -coupling showcasing a good substrate scope (Scheme 33). Initially, their investigation involved evaluating the reaction between N-phenylisonicotinamide 170 and 2-methylthiophene 171 which resulted in the desired product 172. The plausible mechanism (Scheme 33b) starts with the initial coordination of the

Electrocatalytic C(sp³)–H/C(sp)–H cross-coupling in continuous flow through TEMPO/copper relay catalysis

• Bin Guo and
• Hai-Chao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2650–2656, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.178

• and sustainable access to 2-functionalized tetrahydroisoquinolines. Keywords: continuous flow; copper; catalysis; dehydrogenative cross-coupling; electrochemistry; Introduction The dehydrogenative cross-coupling of two C–H bonds represents an ideal strategy for the construction of C–C bonds [1][2

• ]. In this context, few methods have been developed for the dehydrogenative cross-coupling of tetrahydroisoquinolines with terminal alkynes because of the prevalence of the tetrahydroisoquinoline moiety in natural products and bioactive molecules [3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. These methods proceed through

• electrochemistry is an ideal tool for promoting dehydrogenative cross-coupling reactions as no external chemical oxidants are needed [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. In this context, Mei and co-workers have reported an elegant TEMPO/[L*Cu] co-catalyzed asymmetric electrochemical dehydrogenative cross-coupling

Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization

• Lusina Mantry,
• Rajaram Maayuri,
• Vikash Kumar and
• Parthasarathy Gandeepan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143

• transformed into ester products 77. A catalytic cycle was proposed with a chlorine radical involved in the HAT event (Scheme 39b) [122]. The cooperative activity of an iridium photocatalyst and nickel catalyst also enabled the dehydrogenative cross coupling of benzylic and aldehydic C–H bonds (Scheme 40) [123

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

The mechanochemical synthesis of quinazolin-4(3H)-ones by controlling the reactivity of IBX

• Md Toufique Alam,
• Saikat Maiti and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2396–2403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.216

• quinazolin-4(3H)-ones (Figure 1d). In a recent report we have shown a successful dehydrogenative cross-coupling or CDC reaction using a combination of primary amines and phenyleneiodine diacetate (PIDA) under solvent-free ball-milling conditions, i.e., at the highest possible contact of the reactants [9

Pd(OAc)₂-catalyzed dehydrogenative C–H activation: An expedient synthesis of uracil-annulated β-carbolinones

• Biplab Mondal,
• Somjit Hazra,
• Tarun K. Panda and
• Brindaban Roy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1360–1366, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.146

• reaction of an unactivated arene and N-acetylindole [53]. Driven by the same logic and guided by our previous work we envisioned that an intramolecular dehydrogenative cross coupling reaction could be achievable between the electron deficient uracil C6–H bond adjacent to the nitogen atom and the electron

• base. The amide precursor was then subjected to a series of reactions in pursuit of the best reaction conditions for the dehydrogenative cross-coupling process. Assuming that the reaction goes through an electrophilic metallation pathway, it was projected that Pd(OAc)2 would be an excellent starting

Sequential decarboxylative azide–alkyne cycloaddition and dehydrogenative coupling reactions: one-pot synthesis of polycyclic fused triazoles

• Kuppusamy Bharathimohan,
• Thanasekaran Ponpandian,
• A. Jafar Ahamed and
• Nattamai Bhuvanesh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3031–3037, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.321

• describe a one-pot protocol for the synthesis of a novel series of polycyclic triazole derivatives. Transition metal-catalyzed decarboxylative CuAAC and dehydrogenative cross coupling reactions are combined in a single flask and achieved good yields of the respective triazoles (up to 97% yield). This

• ][30][31][32][33]. The double C–H activation (dehydrogenative cross coupling) reaction can be classified into two categories: intermolecular and intramolecular. There are several reports in literature describing intermolecular sp2 C–H/C–H coupling reactions [24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33

Recent advances in direct C–H arylation: Methodology, selectivity and mechanism in oxazole series

• Cécile Verrier,
• Pierrik Lassalas,
• Laure Théveau,
• Guy Quéguiner,
• François Trécourt,
• Francis Marsais and
• Christophe Hoarau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1584–1601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.187

• ) catalysis with arylbromides (Scheme 30) [80][81]. Transition metal-catalyzed dehydrogenative cross-coupling Last year, Hu and You reported the first extended study of Pd(II)- and Cu(II)- catalyzed oxidative C–H/C–H cross-coupling of electron-rich heteroarenes, including benzoxazole coupled with 2

• )-catalyzed direct arylation of (benz)oxazoles with aryl halides; (a) Itami's procedure [80]; (b) Miura's procedure [81]. Dehydrogenative cross-coupling of (benz)oxazoles; (a) Pd(II)- and Cu(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of benzoxazole with thiophene [82]; (b) Pd(II)- and Cu(II)-catalyzed cross-coupling of

Ru-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of carboxylic acids and silanes - a new method for the preparation of silyl ester

• Guo-Bin Liu and
• Hong-Yun Zhao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 27, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.27

• , we have demonstrated that Ru3(CO)12/EtI is an efficient catalytic system for the dehydrogenative cross-coupling of carboxylic acids with silanes. The dehydrogenative cross-coupling reactions proceed efficiently to give the corresponding silyl esters in good and excellent yields. No over-reduced silyl