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A Diels–Alder probe for discovery of natural products containing furan moieties
- Alyssa S. Eggly,
- Namuunzul Otgontseren,
- Carson B. Roberts,
- Amir Y. Alwali,
- Haylie E. Hennigan and
- Elizabeth I. Parkinson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1001–1010, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.88
- furans. While the frontier molecular orbital theory can be applied to this cycloaddition reaction, the thermodynamics must also be taken into consideration. Most Diels–Alder reactions with furans as the diene follow normal-electron-demand with the diene HOMO reacting with the dienophile LUMO due to the
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Figure 1: A) Bioactive natural products containing a furan ring (blue) or 3-furoic acid moiety (red): plakors...
Figure 2: A) A diagram of an example of a molecular probe. B) The maleimide-based probe (6) for furans.
Figure 3: A) General Diels–Alder reaction scheme. B) MMF derivatives explored in this reaction.
Figure 4: A. Reaction scheme. B. Representative mass spectra of MMF5 cycloadduct 24 with 3:1 isotopic ratio p...
Figure 5: A. The UV trace (254 nm) for M145 control, M145 + probe 6, W75 control, and W75 + probe 6. M145 con...
Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments
- Aissam Okba,
- Pablo Simón Marqués,
- Kyohei Matsuo,
- Naoki Aratani,
- Hiroko Yamada,
- Gwénaël Rapenne and
- Claire Kammerer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30
- pristine acene with a dienophile to transiently form a cycloadduct with increased solubility for processing purposes, and unmasking it afterwards via a retro-Diels–Alder reaction [16][17][18][19]. In parallel to retro-Diels–Alder reactions, another efficient strategy for the in situ aromatization of target
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Scheme 1: “Precursor approach” for the synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds, with the thermally- or...
Scheme 2: Valence isomerization of chalcogen heteropines and subsequent cheletropic extrusion in the case of ...
Scheme 3: Early example of phenanthrene synthesis via a chemically-induced S-extrusion (and concomitant decar...
Scheme 4: Top: Conversion of dinaphthothiepine bisimides 3a,b and their sulfoxide analogues 4a,b into PBIs 6a,...
Figure 1: Top view (a) and side view (b) of the X-ray crystal structure of thiepine 3b showing its bent confo...
Scheme 5: Modular synthetic route towards dinaphthothiepines 3a–f and the corresponding S-oxides 4a–d, incorp...
Scheme 6: Top: Conversion of dithienobenzothiepine monomeric units into dithienonaphthalenes, upon S-extrusio...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of S-doped extended triphenylene derivative 22 from 3-bromothiophene (17) with the therma...
Scheme 8: Top: Synthesis of thermally-stable O-doped HBC 26a. Bottom: Synthesis of S- and Se-based soluble pr...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of dinaphthooxepine bisimide 33 and conversion into PBI 6f by O-extrusion triggered by el...
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammogram of dinaphthooxepine 33, evidencing the irreversibility of the reduction process...
Scheme 10: Top: Early example of 6-membered ring contraction with concomitant S-extrusion leading to dinaphtho...
Scheme 11: Examples of S-extrusion from annelated 1,2-dithiins under photoactivation (top) or thermal activati...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of dibenzo[1,4]dithiapentalene upon photoextrusion of SO2 [78].
Scheme 13: Extrusion of SO in naphthotrithiin-2-oxides for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydrothiophene 1-oxides [79].
Scheme 14: SO-extrusion as a key step in the synthesis of fullerenes (C60 and C70) encapsulating H2 molecules [80,82]....
Scheme 15: Synthesis of diepoxytetracene precursor 56 and its on-surface conversion into tetracene upon O-extr...
Scheme 16: Soluble precursors of hexacene, decacene and dodecacene incorporating 1,4-epoxides in their hydroca...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of tetraepoxide 59 as soluble precursor of decacene [85].
Figure 3: Constant-height STM measurement of decacene on Au(111) using a CO-functionalized tip (sample voltag...
Perspectives on push–pull chromophores derived from click-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization reactions of electron-rich alkynes and electron-deficient alkenes
- Michio Yamada
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 125–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.13
- ) [119]. The quantitative CDA reaction progression was attributed to be due to the presence of multiple cyano groups on the skeleton, which increased the dienophile character of the cyano groups and stabilized the structure of the product. The thermal conversion of 40 to 41 was also accelerated by the
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Scheme 1: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction of an electron-rich alkyne with TCNE or TCNQ. EDG = electron-...
Scheme 2: Reaction pathway for DMA-appended acetylene and TCNEO.
Scheme 3: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between 1 and DCFs.
Scheme 4: Sequential double [2 + 2] CA–RE reactions between 1 and TCNE.
Scheme 5: Divergent chemical transformation pathways of TCBD 6.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 12.
Scheme 7: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction of 1 with 14. TCE = 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane.
Scheme 8: Autocatalytic model proposed by Nielsen et al.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of anthracene-embedded TCBD compound 19.
Scheme 10: Sequence of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between dibenzo-fused cyclooctyne or cyclooctadiyne and TCNE...
Scheme 11: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between the CPP derivatives and TCNE. THF = tetrahydrofuran.
Scheme 12: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between ethynylfullerenes 31 and TCNE and subsequent thermal rearrangement.
Scheme 13: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between TCNE and 34, followed by additional skeletal transfor...
Scheme 14: Synthesis scheme for heterocycle 38 from the reaction between TCNE and 1 in water and a surfactant.
Scheme 15: Synthesis scheme of the CDA product 41.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of rotaxanes 44 and 46 via the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of a CuI bisphenanthroline-based rotaxane 50.
Figure 1: Structures of the chiral push–pull chromophores 51–56.
Figure 2: Structures of the axially chiral TCBD 57 and DCNQ 58 bearing a C60 core.
Figure 3: Structures of the axially chiral SubPc–TCBD–aniline conjugates 59 and 60 and the subporphyrin–TCBD–...
Figure 4: Structures of 63 and the TCBD 64.
Figure 5: Structures of the fluorophore-containing TCBDs 65–67.
Figure 6: Structures of the fluorophore-containing TCBDs 68–72.
Figure 7: Structures of the urea-containing TCBDs 73–75.
Figure 8: Structures of the fullerene–TCBD and DCNQ conjugates 76–79 and their reference compounds 80–83.
Figure 9: Structures of the ZnPc–TCBD–aniline conjugates 84 and 85.
Figure 10: Structures of the ZnP–PCBD and TCBD conjugates 86–88.
Figure 11: Structures of the porphyrin-based donor–acceptor conjugates (89–104).
Figure 12: Structures of the porphyrin–PTZ or DMA conjugates 105–112.
Figure 13: Structures of the BODIPY–Acceptor–TPA or PTZ conjugates 113–116.
Figure 14: Structures of the corrole–TCBD conjugates 117 and 118.
Figure 15: Structure of the dendritic TCBD 119.
Figure 16: Structures of the TCBDs 120–126.
Figure 17: Structures of the precursor 127 and TCBDs 128–130.
Figure 18: Structures of 131–134 utilized for BHJ OSCs.
Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds
- Cagatay Dengiz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141
- naphthazarin and triptycene units (Scheme 14) [48]. Naphthazarin derivatives are known to complex with boron moieties and metals to form electron-poor acene units. Through the Diels–Alder reaction involving dienophile 66, which was formed via the tautomerization of compound 65, and diene 67, compound 68 was
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Figure 1: The correlation between stability and Clar's rule in acenes.
Scheme 1: General synthetic strategies to access the biphenylene core 1.
Figure 2: [N]Phenylenes 7–12 with different topologies.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of POAs 15a and 15b via reactions of BBD 13 and bis(cyanomethyl) compounds 14a and 14b.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of benzo[b]biphenylene (18).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of benzobiphenylene 18 and POA 21.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of symmetric POAs 25a and 25b.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of POA 29 via palladium-catalyzed annulation/aromatization reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of bisphenylene-containing structures 34a–c.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of curved PAH 38 via Pd-catalyzed annulation and Ir-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of [3]naphthylenes.
Scheme 10: Sequential Pd-catalyzed annulation reactions.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of biphenylene-containing unsymmetrical azaacenes 54a–c.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of biphenylene containing symmetrical azaacenes 58a,b.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azaacene analogues 62–64.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of POA-type structure 69.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of boron-doped POA 73.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of “v”- and “z”-shaped B-POAs 77 and 78.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of boron-doped extended POA 84.
Scheme 18: Ag(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 87.
Scheme 19: Au(100) and Au(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 91.
Scheme 20: Au(111) on-surface synthesis of POA 87.
Anion–π catalysis on carbon allotropes
- M. Ángeles Gutiérrez López,
- Mei-Ling Tan,
- Giacomo Renno,
- Augustina Jozeliūnaitė,
- J. Jonathan Nué-Martinez,
- Javier Lopez-Andarias,
- Naomi Sakai and
- Stefan Matile
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1881–1894, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.140
- preferred to maximize orbital overlap (Figure 4) [63]. For π-acidic surfaces, the exo transition state VII is more completely accessible (Figure 4). The 3-hydroxy-2-pyrone (24) was selected as representative diene for the anionic [4 + 2] cycloaddition with maleimide 25 as standard dienophile to afford endo
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Figure 1: (A) Anion–π catalysis: Stabilization of anionic transition states from substrate S to product P on ...
Figure 2: Bioinspired enolate addition chemistry to benchmark anion–π catalysts: Stabilization of “enol” inte...
Figure 3: Structure and activity of fullerene-amine dyads to catalyze the intrinsically disfavored but biolog...
Figure 4: Asymmetric anion–π catalysis of intrinsically disfavored exo-selective Diels–Alder reactions on ful...
Figure 5: Asymmetric anion–π catalysis to install remote stereogenic centers on fullerene catalyst 21, with n...
Figure 6: Primary anion–π autocatalysis on monofunctional fullerene 31, with catalytic and autocatalytic rate...
Figure 7: (A) Macrodipoles induced by anionic transition states account for anion–π catalysis on fullerenes. ...
Figure 8: Structure and activity of covalently and non-covalently modified SWCNTs and MWCNTs, with A/D ratios...
Figure 9: (A) Epoxide-opening ether cyclization on pristine carbon nanotubes occurs with (XVI) but not withou...
Figure 10: Electric-field-induced anion–π catalysis on MWCNTs 3 on graphite 76 in electrochemical microfluidic...
The unique reactivity of 5,6-unsubstituted 1,4-dihydropyridine in the Huisgen 1,4-diploar cycloaddition and formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition
- Xiu-Yu Chen,
- Hui Zheng,
- Ying Han,
- Jing Sun and
- Chao-Guo Yan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 982–990, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.73
- behaved as an activated electron-rich dienophile. Inspired by these elegant synthetic methodologies and in continuation of our aim to develop well-known Huisgen 1,4-dipoles for the construction of diverse nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds [45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58
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Scheme 1: Various cycloaddition reactions of 5,6-unsymmetric 1,4-dihydropyridines.
Figure 1: Single crystal structure of the compound 4k.
Figure 2: Single crystal structure of compound 5a.
Figure 3: Single crystal structure of compound 6f.
Scheme 2: Plausible reaction mechanism for the various products 4, 5, and 6.
Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series
- Cécile Alleman,
- Charlène Gadais,
- Laurent Legentil and
- François-Hugues Porée
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23
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Figure 1: Examples of terpenes containing a bicyclo[3.6.0]undecane motif.
Figure 2: Commercially available first and second generation Grubbs and Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts.
Figure 3: Examples of strategies to access the fusicoccan and ophiobolin tricyclic core structure by RCM.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bicyclic core structure 12 of ophiobolin M (13) and cycloaraneosene (14).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the core structure 21 of ophiobolins and fusicoccanes.
Scheme 3: Ring-closing metathesis attempts starting from thioester 22.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of ent-fusicoauritone (28).
Figure 4: General structure of ophiobolins and congeners.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 6: Investigation of RCM for the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8). Path A) RCM with TBDPS-protected alcoho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the core structure of cotylenin A aglycon, cotylenol (50).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tricyclic core structure of fusicoccans.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (−)-teubrevin G (59).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the core skeleton 63 of the basmane family.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-schindilactone A (68).
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of dactylol (72).
Scheme 13: Ring-closing metathesis for the total synthesis of (±)-asteriscanolide (2).
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the simplified skeleton of pleuromutilin (1).
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) using a ring-closing metathesis to construct the eight-member...
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-naupliolide (97).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of the A-B ring structure of fusicoccane (101).
Scheme 18: First attempts of TRCM of dienyne substrates.
Scheme 19: TRCM on optimized substrates towards the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 20: Tandem ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of variecolin intermediates 114 and 115.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of poitediol (118) using the allylsilane ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 22: Access to scaffold 122 by a NHK coupling reaction.
Scheme 23: Key step to construct the [5-8] bicyclooctanone core of aquatolide (4).
Scheme 24: Initial strategy to access aquatolide (4).
Scheme 25: Synthetic plan to cotylenin A (130).
Scheme 26: [5-8] Bicyclic structure of brachialactone (7) constructed by a Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 27: Influence of the replacement of the allylic alcohol moiety.
Scheme 28: Formation of variecolin intermediate 140 through a SmI2-mediated Barbier-type reaction.
Scheme 29: SmI2-mediated ketyl addition. Pleuromutilin (1) eight-membered ring closure via C5–C14 bond formati...
Scheme 30: SmI2-mediated dialdehyde cyclization cascade of [5-8-6] pleuromutilin scaffold 149.
Scheme 31: A) Modular synthetic route to mutilin and pleuromutilin family members by Herzon’s group. B) Scaffo...
Scheme 32: Photocatalyzed oxidative ring expansion in pleuromutilin (1) total synthesis.
Scheme 33: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (−)-6-epi-ophiobolin N (168).
Scheme 34: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (+)-6-epi-ophiobolin A (173).
Scheme 35: Radical 8-endo-trig-cyclization of a xanthate precursor.
Figure 5: Structural representations of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179) beari...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of the common [5-8-5] tricyclic intermediate of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), an...
Scheme 37: Asymmetric synthesis of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179).
Figure 6: Scope of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 38: Nazarov cyclization revealing the fusicoauritone core structure 192.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fusicoauritone (28) through Nazarov cyclization.
Scheme 40: (+)-Epoxydictymene (5) synthesis through a Nicholas cyclization followed by a Pauson–Khand reaction...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of aquatolide (4) by a Mukaiyama-type aldolisation.
Scheme 42: Tandem Wolff/Cope rearrangement furnishing the A-B bicyclic moiety 204 of variecolin.
Scheme 43: Asymmetric synthesis of the A-B bicyclic core 205 and 206 of variecolin.
Scheme 44: Formation of [5-8]-fused rings by cyclization under thermal activation.
Scheme 45: Construction of the [5-8-6] tricyclic core structure of variecolin (3) by Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of the [6-4-8-5]-tetracyclic skeleton by palladium-mediated cyclization.
Scheme 47: Access to the [5-8] bicyclic core structure of asteriscanolide (227) through rhodium-catalyzed cycl...
Scheme 48: Total syntheses of asterisca-3(15),6-diene (230) and asteriscanolide (2) with a Rh-catalyzed cycliz...
Scheme 49: Photocyclization of 2-pyridones to access the [5-8-5] backbone of fusicoccanes.
Scheme 50: Total synthesis of (+)-asteriscunolide D (245) and (+)-aquatolide (4) through photocyclization.
Scheme 51: Biocatalysis pathway to construct the [5-8-5] tricyclic scaffold of brassicicenes.
Scheme 52: Influence of the CotB2 mutant over the cyclization’s outcome of GGDP.
1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures
- Bram Ryckaert,
- Ellen Demeyere,
- Frederick Degroote,
- Hilde Janssens and
- Johan M. Winne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12
- acetylenes in Diels–Alder reactions [49], since desulfonylation of the cyclohexene-disulfones with sodium amalgam or samarium(II) iodide affords 1,4-cyclohexadienes (Scheme 8). In a comparative study by Nakayama [50], the dithiin-type cyclic disulfone 7 emerged as a much stronger dienophile than any other
- analog 26 should also be a reactive dienophile [51], but is a less useful building block, as it reacts twice and the adducts will not be as easily desulfonylated. The dienophile 7 reacts with a wide range of dienes at room temperature, without the need for a Lewis acid catalyst. This is particularly
- -derived dienophile 27 can be used as a ‘linchpin’ reagent (Scheme 8c), as a first Diels–Alder reaction can be followed by a straightforward base-promoted β-elimination of the chloride, releasing another reactive dienophile. This way, highly congested ring systems can be built up around the dithiin ring
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Scheme 1: 1,3-Dithianes as useful synthetic building blocks: a) general synthetic utility (in Corey–Seebach-t...
Scheme 2: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [16,17].
Scheme 3: Thianes as synthetic building blocks in the construction of complex molecules [18].
Figure 1: a) 1,4-Dithiane-type building blocks that can serve as C2-synthons and b) examples of complex targe...
Scheme 4: Synthetic availability of 1,4-dithiane-type building blocks.
Scheme 5: Dithiins and dihydrodithiins as pseudoaryl groups [36-39].
Scheme 6: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [40-42].
Figure 2: Reactive conformations leading to β-fragmentation for lithiated 1,4-dithianes and 1,4-dithiin.
Scheme 7: Mild metalation of 1,4-dithiins affords stable heteroaryl-magnesium and heteroaryl-zinc-like reagen...
Scheme 8: Dithiin-based dienophiles and their use in synthesis [33,49-54].
Scheme 9: Dithiin-based dienes and their use in synthesis [55-57].
Scheme 10: Stereoselective 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-based synthesis of cis-olefins [42,58].
Scheme 11: Addition to aldehydes and applications in stereoselective synthesis.
Figure 3: Applications in the total synthesis of complex target products with original attachment place of 1,...
Scheme 12: Direct C–H functionalization methods for 1,4-dithianes [82,83].
Scheme 13: Known cycloaddition reactivity modes of allyl cations [84-100].
Scheme 14: Cycloadditions of 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cations derived from dihydrodithiin-methanol 90 [101-107].
Scheme 15: Dearomative [3 + 2] cycloadditions of unprotected indoles with 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl alcohol 90 [30]....
Scheme 16: Comparison of reactivity of dithiin-fused allyl alcohols and similar non-cyclic sulfur-substituted ...
Scheme 17: Applications of dihydrodithiins in the rapid assembly of polycyclic terpenoid scaffolds [108,109].
Scheme 18: Dihydrodithiin-mediated allyl cation and vinyl carbene cycloadditions via a gold(I)-catalyzed 1,2-s...
Scheme 19: Activation mode of ethynyldithiolanes towards gold-coordinated 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cation and ...
Scheme 20: Desulfurization problems.
Scheme 21: oxidative decoration strategies for 1,4-dithiane scaffolds.
Dissecting Mechanochemistry III
- Lars Borchardt and
- José G. Hernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1454–1456, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.150
- . Mechanochemical palladium-catalyzed borylation protocol of aryl halides. 1,2-Debromination of polycyclic imides, followed by in situ trapping of the dienophile by several dienes. Synthesis of g-h-PCN from sodium phosphide and trichloroheptazine mediated by mechanochemistry. Mechanochemical intra- and
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: a) Mechanochemical PEG-400-assisted halogenation of phenols and anilines using NXS. b) Halogenation...
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical palladium-catalyzed borylation protocol of aryl halides.
Scheme 3: 1,2-Debromination of polycyclic imides, followed by in situ trapping of the dienophile by several d...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of g-h-PCN from sodium phosphide and trichloroheptazine mediated by mechanochemistry.
Scheme 5: Mechanochemical intra- and intermolecular C–N coupling reactions using DDQ as an oxidant.
Dienophilic reactivity of 2-phosphaindolizines: a conceptual DFT investigation
- Nosheen Beig,
- Aarti Peswani and
- Raj Kumar Bansal
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1217–1224, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.127
- >Y=P– functionality of 2-phosphaindolizines (dienophile). Supporting Information Supporting Information File 260: Cartesian coordinates of the geometries optimized (Table S1) at the B3LYP/6-31+G (d) level of theory. Acknowledgements The computational facilities provided by the IIS (deemed to be
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of 2-phosphaindolizine (1) and indolizine (2).
Figure 2: Structures of 1-aza-2-phosphaindolizines 3, 3-aza-2-phosphaindolizines 4, and 1,3-diaza-2-phosphain...
Figure 3: Transfer of the nitrogen lone-pair in 2-phosphaindolizines.
Figure 4: Energy gap (ΔE) between HOMO of 1,3-butadiene and LUMO of 2-phosphaindolizine.
Figure 5: Kohn–Shan HOMO of 1,3-butadiene and LUMOs of 2-phosphaindolizines computed at the B3LYP/6-31+G(d) l...
Radical cation Diels–Alder reactions of arylidene cycloalkanes
- Kaii Nakayama,
- Hidehiro Kamiya and
- Yohei Okada
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1100–1106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.112
- reaction is a typical example of this activation mode since both the original diene and dienophile are electron-rich and thus not an effective combination of reactants [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]. Single-electron transfer makes the construction of six-membered ring systems possible. In general
- , single-electron oxidation of an electron-rich dienophile generates its radical cation which is then trapped by the diene (Figure 1). Since the forming cyclohexene remains in the radical cation state as well, one electron reduction is required to complete the net redox neutral transformation. Therefore, a
- chain pathway can be involved, where an electron acts as a catalyst rather than a reagent [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. In this reaction format, trans-anethole is an electron-rich dienophile and has widely been studied as a benchmark for single-electron transfer using photochemical and electrochemical
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Figure 1: Plausible mechanism of the radical cation Diels–Alder reaction (EDG: electron-donating group).
Figure 2: Landscape of the radical cation Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 1: Radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of β-methylstyrene.
Scheme 2: Radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of β-methylanethole (1). Recovered starting material is reporte...
Figure 3: Formal expression of radical cations.
Scheme 3: Radical cation Diels–Alder reactions of the arylidene cycloalkanes (4–7). Recovered starting materi...
Scheme 4: Scope of the radical cation Diels–Alder reaction of arylidene cycloalkanes (recovered starting mate...
Copper-catalyzed multicomponent reactions for the efficient synthesis of diverse spirotetrahydrocarbazoles
- Shao-Cong Zhan,
- Ren-Jie Fang,
- Jing Sun and
- Chao-Guo Yan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 796–808, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.80
- . On the other hand, the tetrahydrospiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 4 can be converted to aromatized spiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidine] 3 through the oxidation of DDQ. In the absence of the effective dienophile, the normal Friedel–Crafts alkylation of 2-methylindole with aromatic aldehyde gives the well
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Scheme 1: Construction of diverse tetrahydrocarbazoles via Levy-type reaction.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of spiro[carbazole-3,3'-inolines]. Reaction conditions: 2-methylindole (0.5 mmol), aromat...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro[carbazole-2,3'-indolines]. Reaction conditions: 2-methylindole (0.5 mmol), aroma...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of tetrahydrospiro[carbazole-3,5'-pyrimidines]. Reaction conditions: 2-methylindole (0.5 ...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of tetrahydrospiro[carbazole-3,1'-cycloalkane]-diones. Reaction conditions: 2-methylindol...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 3,3'-(arylmethylene)bis(2-methyl-1H-indole). Reaction conditions: 2-methylindole (1.0 ...
Scheme 7: Proposed reaction mechanism for the multicomponent reaction.
Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis
- Acácio S. de Souza,
- Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
- Dora C. S. Costa,
- Fernanda P. Pauli,
- David R. Pinho,
- Matheus G. de Moraes,
- Fernando de C. da Silva,
- Luana da S. M. Forezi and
- Vitor F. Ferreira
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43
- 2002, an interesting methodology for menadione synthesis was reported by Kacan and Karabulut (Scheme 5). The authors studied a Diels–Alder reaction, using LiClO4-diethyl ether (LPDE) as a catalyst, 1-ketoxy-1,3-butadiene 28 as a diene and 2-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (29) as dienophile. By this method
- -benzoquinones and p-hydroquinones or the synthesis of menadione (10). The furan derivative 34 was used as a diene and 2-iodophenyltrifluoromethanesulfonate (35) as a dienophile, in the presence of n-butyllithium, forming 10 in 55% yield (Scheme 8) [92]. In the same year, Gogin and and co-workers developed a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Natural bioactive naphthoquinones.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of vitamins K.
Figure 3: Redox cycle of menadione.
Scheme 1: Selected approaches for menadione synthesis using silver(I) as a catalyst.
Scheme 2: Methylation approaches for the preparation of menadione from 1,4-naphthoquinone using tert-butyl hy...
Scheme 3: Methylation approach of 1,4-naphthoquinone using i) rhodium complexes/methylboronic acid and ii) bi...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of menadione (10) from itaconic acid.
Scheme 5: Menadione synthesis via Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of menadione (10) using p-cresol as a synthetic precursor.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of menadione (10) via demethoxycarbonylating annulation of methyl methacrylate.
Scheme 8: Furan 34 used as a diene in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 9: o-Toluidine as a dienophile in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 10: Representation of electrochemical synthesis of menadione.
Figure 4: Reaction sites and reaction types of menadione as substrate.
Scheme 11: DBU-catalyzed epoxidation of menadione (10).
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer catalysis for the epoxidation of menadione.
Scheme 13: Menadione epoxidation using a hydroperoxide derived from (+)-norcamphor.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of asymmetric quinone 50 catalyzed by a chi...
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions for the synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]pyranone.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]furanone, anthra[9,1-bc]pyridine, and anthra[9,1-bc]pyrrole derivatives.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of derivatives employing protected trienes.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutene derivatives of menadione.
Scheme 19: Menadione reduction reactions using sodium hydrosulfite.
Scheme 20: Green methodology for menadiol synthesis and pegylation.
Scheme 21: Menadione reduction by 5,6-O-isopropylidene-ʟ-ascorbic acid under UV light irradiation.
Scheme 22: Selected approaches of menadione hydroacetylation to diacetylated menadiol.
Scheme 23: Thiele–Winter reaction catalyzed by Bi(OTf)3.
Scheme 24: Carbonyl condensation of menadione using resorcinol and a hydrazone derivative.
Scheme 25: Condensation reaction of menadione with thiosemicarbazide.
Scheme 26: Condensation reaction of menadione with acylhydrazides.
Scheme 27: Menadione derivatives functionalized with organochalcogens.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of selenium-menadione conjugates derived from chloromethylated menadione 84.
Scheme 29: Menadione alkylation by the Kochi–Anderson method.
Scheme 30: Menadione alkylation by diacids.
Scheme 31: Menadione alkylation by heterocycles-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 32: Menadione alkylation by bromoalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 33: Menadione alkylation by complex carboxylic acids.
Scheme 34: Kochi–Anderson method variations for the menadione alkylation via oxidative decarboxylation of carb...
Scheme 35: Copper-catalyzed menadione alkylation via free radicals.
Scheme 36: Nickel-catalyzed menadione cyanoalkylation.
Scheme 37: Iron-catalyzed alkylation of menadione.
Scheme 38: Selected approaches to menadione alkylation.
Scheme 39: Menadione acylation by photo-Friedel–Crafts acylation reported by Waske and co-workers.
Scheme 40: Menadione acylation by Westwood procedure.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-benzoylmenadione via metal-free TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 42: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione reported by Kallmayer.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of amino-menadione derivatives using polyalkylamines.
Scheme 44: Selected examples for the synthesis of different amino-substituted menadione derivatives.
Scheme 45: Selected examples of Michael-type addition of complex amines to menadione (10).
Scheme 46: Addition of different natural α-amino acids to menadione.
Scheme 47: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione using silica-supported perchloric acid.
Scheme 48: Indolylnaphthoquinone or indolylnaphthalene-1,4-diol synthesis reported by Yadav et al.
Scheme 49: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis reported by Tanoue and co-workers.
Scheme 50: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis from menadione by Escobeto-González and co-workers.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of menadione analogues functionalized with thiols.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of menadione-derived symmetrical derivatives through reaction with dithiols.
Scheme 53: Mercaptoalkyl acids as nucleophiles in Michael-type addition reaction to menadione.
Scheme 54: Reactions of menadione (10) with cysteine derivatives for the synthesis of quinoproteins.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of menadione-glutathione conjugate 152 by Michael-type addition.
Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers
- Rui Wang and
- Yang Yu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35
- the sterically less demanding N-propylphthalimide was used, only the 9,10-adduct was formed, which indicated that the steric bulkiness of the N-substituent in the dienophile also affected the 1,4-site-selectivity. It is very intriguing that when a different kind of square-pyramidal bowl host B was
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Site-selective Diels–Alder reaction of anthracene and phthalimide mediated by aqueous organopalladi...
Figure 2: Site-selective Diels–Alder and [2 + 2]-photoaddition reactions between naphthalene and phthalimide ...
Figure 3: Cage host A-mediated selective 1,4-radical addition of o-quinone 10.
Figure 4: Cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective reductions.
Figure 5: Selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound mediated by water-soluble cavitand D.
Figure 6: Selective radical reduction of α,ω-dihalides mediated by water-soluble cavitands E and F.
Figure 7: Site-selective hydrogenation of polyenols mediated by supramolecular encapsulated rhodium catalyst.
Figure 8: Site-selective oxidation of steroids using cyclodextrin as the anchoring template.
Figure 9: Site-selective oxidations of linear diterpenoids with the help of cage host A.
Figure 10: Site-selective monoepoxidation of α,ω-dienes mediated by the water-soluble cavitand host E.
Figure 11: Site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand I with an inwardly directed c...
Figure 12: Site-selective nucleophilic substitution reaction of allylic chlorides mediated by cage host J.
Figure 13: Site-selective monohydrolysis of α,ω-difunctional compounds using deep water-soluble cavitands.
Recent advances in the asymmetric phosphoric acid-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral compounds
- Alemayehu Gashaw Woldegiorgis and
- Xufeng Lin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2729–2764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.185
- % (R)-CPA 2, the benzyl-substituted 3-alkenylindole 81 (dienophile) was subjected to a Povarov cycloaddition with the commonly used imine 80, giving the 2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline as a single diastereomer in high yield and enantioselectivity and finely tolerating the high steric requirements necessary
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative examples of axially chiral biaryls, heterobiaryls, spiranes and allenes as ligands a...
Figure 2: Selected examples of axially chiral drugs and bioactive molecules.
Figure 3: Axially chiral functional materials and supramolecules.
Figure 4: Important chiral phosphoric acid scaffolds used in this review.
Scheme 1: Atroposelective aryl–aryl-bond formation by employing a facile [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement.
Scheme 2: Atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral biaryl amino alcohols 5.
Scheme 3: The enantioselective reaction of quinone and 2-naphthol derivatives.
Scheme 4: Enantioselective synthesis of multisubstituted biaryls.
Scheme 5: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral quinoline-derived biaryl atropisomers mediated by chir...
Scheme 6: Pd-Catalyzed atroposelective C–H olefination of biarylamines.
Scheme 7: Palladium-catalyzed directed atroposelective C–H allylation.
Scheme 8: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral (a) aryl indoles and (b) biaryldiols.
Scheme 9: Asymmetric arylation of indoles enabled by azo groups.
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric arylation of indoles.
Scheme 11: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylindoles [38].
Scheme 12: Enantioselective [3 + 2] formal cycloaddition and central-to-axial chirality conversion.
Scheme 13: Organocatalytic atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalene with indoles.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism for the atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalenes.
Scheme 15: Asymmetric construction of axially chiral naphthylindoles [65].
Scheme 16: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral 3,3’-bisindoles [66].
Scheme 17: Atroposelective synthesis of 3,3’-bisiindoles bearing axial and central chirality.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral 3,3’-bisindoles bearing single axial chirality.
Scheme 19: Enantioselective reaction of azonaphthalenes with various pyrazolones.
Scheme 20: Enantioselective and atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylcarbazoles [73].
Scheme 21: Atroposelective cyclodehydration reaction.
Scheme 22: Atroposelective construction of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles [78].
Scheme 23: Proposed reaction mechanism for the atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazole...
Scheme 24: Atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral arylpyrroles [21].
Scheme 25: Synthesis of axially chiral arylquinazolinones and its reaction pathway [35].
Scheme 26: Synthesis of axially chiral aryquinoline by Friedländer heteroannulation reaction and its proposed...
Scheme 27: Povarov cycloaddition–oxidative chirality conversion process.
Scheme 28: Atroposelective synthesis of oxindole-based axially chiral styrenes via kinetic resolution.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of axially chiral alkene-indole frame works [45].
Scheme 30: Proposed reaction mechanism for axially chiral alkene-indoles.
Scheme 31: Atroposelective C–H aminations of N-aryl-2-naphthylamines with azodicarboxylates.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of brominated atropisomeric N-arylquinoids.
Scheme 33: The enantioselective syntheses of axially chiral SPINOL derivatives.
Scheme 34: γ-Addition reaction of various 2,3-disubstituted indoles to β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino esters.
Scheme 35: Regio- and stereoselective γ-addition reactions of isoxazol-5(4H)-ones to β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino ester...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes and naphthopyrans.
Scheme 37: Asymmetric remote 1,8-conjugate additions of thiazolones and azlactones to propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of chiral allenes from 1-substituted 2-naphthols [107].
Efficient synthesis of polyfunctionalized carbazoles and pyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles via domino Diels–Alder reaction
- Ren-Jie Fang,
- Chen Yan,
- Jing Sun,
- Ying Han and
- Chao-Guo Yan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2425–2432, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.159
- 3-(indol-3-yl)-1,3-diphenylpropan-1-one gave the expected indole-substituted chalcone A, which comprises the desired 3-vinylindole scaffold as the reactive diene. In the meantime, the carbonyl group of the chalcone is protonated to give the activated dienophile in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic
- acid. Secondly, the Diels–Alder reaction of indole-chalcone A with the dienophile results in the tetrahydrocarbazole B having an exocyclic C=C bond. Thirdly, a new tetrahydrocarbazole intermediate C is formed by a 1,3-H shifting process. The resulting tetrahydrocarbazole intermediate (C) might be a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative bioactive carbazole derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of tetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]carbazoles 3a and 3b.
Figure 2: Single crystal structure of the isomer 3a.
Figure 3: Single crystal structure of the isomer 3b.
Figure 4: Single crystal structure of the isomer 4g.
Scheme 2: Proposed domino reaction mechanism for the formation of carbazoles 6.
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
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Synthesis of dibenzosuberenone-based novel polycyclic π-conjugated dihydropyridazines, pyridazines and pyrroles
- Ramazan Koçak and
- Arif Daştan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 719–729, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.61
- the tetrazine ring is an electron-poor diene, the dibenzosuberenone (1) dienophile is not electron-rich enough. Therefore, for such cycloaddition reactions, the tetrazine must be substituted by EWGs to decrease the electron density of the diene. Consequently, our results confirm that EDGs and EWGs
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structures of dibenzosuberenone 1 and pyridazine and pyrrole derivatives.
Figure 2: Structures of s-tetrazines 2a–l.
Scheme 1: Inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder reactions of dibenzosuberenone (1) with tetrazines 2a–l.
Scheme 2: Inverse electron-demand Diels–Alder reactions between dibenzosuberenone 1 and tetrazines 2ka and 2lb...
Scheme 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for the formation of dibenzosuberenone derivatives 3 and 4.
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 5l.
Scheme 5: Oxidation of dihydropyridazines 3a–f. All reactions were carried in CH2Cl2 at room temperature (4e:...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of pyrrole 10a. a1.34 mmol 4a, Zinc (for 10aa: 6.68 mmol, for 10ab: 13.36 mmol), 10 mL gl...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of pyrrole 10b. a1.21 mmol 4b, 12.10 mmol Zinc, 118 °C, 2 h. b1.13 mmol 10ba, 1.69 mmol K...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of p-quinone methides 13–16. a1.77 mmol 11, 1.77 mmol 2, 5 mL toluene, 80 °C (13a: overni...
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 13.
Figure 3: UV–vis spectra of 3c–f and 3k in CH3CN at rt (c = 5 μM).
Figure 4: Fluorescence spectra of 3c–f and 3k in CH3CN at rt (c = 5 μM).
Figure 5: Ambient (top) and fluorescence (bottom, under 365 nm UV light) images of 3c–f and 3k in CH3CN.
Diels–Alder reaction of β-fluoro-β-nitrostyrenes with cyclic dienes
- Savva A. Ponomarev,
- Roman V. Larkovich,
- Alexander S. Aldoshin,
- Andrey A. Tabolin,
- Sema L. Ioffe,
- Jonathan Groß,
- Till Opatz and
- Valentine G. Nenajdenko
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 283–292, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.27
- powerful tool for assembling a variety of fluorinated carbo- and heterocycles using either the diene [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] or the dienophile component [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] as fluorine-containing building blocks. The application of [4 + 2] cycloadditions for the preparation of
- majority of the substituents on the aryl group of the nitrostyrenes 1. However, a higher diastereoselectivity towards the endo-isomer was observed when strong electron-withdrawing groups (EWGs) were present in the dienophile. For example, in the case of the 4-cyano and the 3-nitro-substituted derivative
- , the ratio of endo/exo was 2:1. The stereochemistry of the products 2a–l can be unambiguously assigned using 1H NMR spectroscopy. According to the literature data [59] the dienophile-derived proton at C6 resonates at lower field in the exo-form than the corresponding proton of the endo-isomer. For
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Scope of the nitrostyrenes 1 in the Diels–Alder reaction with CPD (dr = exo:endo).
Figure 1: The structure assignment of norbornenes 2 by 1H (a) and NOE (b) NMR spectroscopy.
Figure 2: 13C NMR spectrum of the mixture of exo- and endo-isomers of norbornene 2l.
Figure 3: The predicted reaction pathway for the Diels–Alder reaction of nitrostyrene 1h with CPD is displaye...
Scheme 2: The Diels–Alder reaction of nitrostyrene 1h with spiro[2.4]hepta-4,6-diene.
Scheme 3: Diels–Alder reaction of nitrostyrenes 1 with CHD (dr = exo:endo). (а) Reaction under microwave acti...
Scheme 4: Kinetic study of reactions of 1h with CPD and CHD.
Figure 4: Kinetic curves for the reactions of nitrostyrene 1h with CPD (50–130 °C) and CHD at 110 °C.
Scheme 5: The Diels–Alder reaction of the nitrostyrene 1h with 1-methoxy-1,3-cyclohexadiene.
Scheme 6: Selected chemical transformations of norbornenes 2 (dr = exo:endo).
Hierarchically assembled helicates as reaction platform – from stoichiometric Diels–Alder reactions to enamine catalysis
- David Van Craen,
- Jenny Begall,
- Johannes Großkurth,
- Leonard Himmel,
- Oliver Linnenberg,
- Elisabeth Isaak and
- Markus Albrecht
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2338–2345, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.195
- periphery of hierarchically assembled titanium(IV) helicates formed from mixtures of achiral, reactive and chiral, unreactive ligands was investigated in detail. Following the pathway of the chiral induction, the chiral ligands, solvents as well as substituents at the dienophile were carefully varied. Based
- solvent dependence of the stereochemical induction of the Diels–Alder reaction by the phenylethyl-derived ligand 2 was studied using N-benzylmaleimide (8e) as dienophile (Table 1). The solvents dioxane (17% ee) and acetone (14% ee) showed a slight decrease of the enantioselectivity compared to THF (21% ee
- compared to Li[Li3(5)6Ti2] [35][36]. Thus, the higher amount of undesired monomer in solution of Li[Li3(1)3(6)3Ti2] resulted in a partial switch-off of the stereoselectivity. Screening of the dienophile The variation of the dienophile was studied in chloroform using the helicate Li4[(1)3(4)3Ti2]. N
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Scheme 1: Formation of hierarchically assembled lithium-bridged titanium(IV) helicates as well as the ligands...
Scheme 2: Previously reported on/off switch for “remote-controlled” [23-31] stereoselectivity of a Diels–Alder react...
Scheme 3: Elucidating the pathway of the stereoinduction of the Diels–Alder reaction. Ten equivalents of chir...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of the ligands with secondary amine-containing substituents.
One-pot and metal-free synthesis of 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols via polyfunctionalized cyclohexanones from β-nitrostyrenes
- Haruyasu Asahara,
- Minami Hiraishi and
- Nagatoshi Nishiwaki
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1830–1836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.150
- method toward the preparation of 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols. On the other hand, nitroalkenes possess an electron-deficient double bond, and hence, they serve as an excellent Michael acceptor and dienophile [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]. When β-nitrostyrene (1, Ar = Ph) is subjected to the Diels–Alder
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic scheme of the 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols 5.
Figure 1: X-ray crystallography of the major isomer of 4a. The thermal ellipsoids indicate 50% probability.
Scheme 2: Conversion from 3a to 4a and one-pot synthesis of 4a.
Scheme 3: Deuteration of cyclohexanone 4a.
Scheme 4: A plausible mechanism for the formation of 5a.
Figure 2: Resonance structure of nitroalkenes 1b and 1d.
Rearrangement of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehydes: an experimental and computational study
- Csilla Hargitai,
- Györgyi Koványi-Lax,
- Tamás Nagy,
- Péter Ábrányi-Balogh,
- András Dancsó,
- Gábor Tóth,
- Judit Halász,
- Angéla Pandur,
- Gyula Simig and
- Balázs Volk
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1636–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.136
- intermediates 13, results in hydroxyisoindolines 11, which can finally tautomerize to aldehydes 2a,b. In the previous report, we have demonstrated the existence of an equilibrium in the course of the transformation of 1a to 2a by trapping isoindole intermediate 4a with N-phenylmaleimide as a dienophile in the
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Scheme 1: Rearrangement of methylenedioxy-substituted aminoaldehyde 1a to regioisomer 2a and formation of the...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1-arylisoindoles 6 and formation of dimers 5.
Scheme 3: Rearrangement of aminoaldehydes 1 to regioisomers 2 and formation of dimer-like products 3 and 8.
Figure 1: X-ray structures of compounds 3b (left) and 8b (right).
Scheme 4: Proposed mechanism of the isomerization of aldehydes 1 via isoindoles 4.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism of the formation of dimer-like products 3a,b.
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the formation of dimer-like products 8a,b.
Scheme 7: Dimerization of indole under acidic conditions.
Figure 2: Gibbs free energy diagram for the 1→2 rearrangement.
Scheme 8: Reaction of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehyde (1e) to give dimer-like products 23a and 23b.
Figure 3: X-ray structures of compounds 23a (left) and 23b (right).
Figure 4: Structures of the minimal energy conformer of stereoisomer 23a and those of two minimal energy conf...
Highly selective Diels–Alder and Heck arylation reactions in a divergent synthesis of isoindolo- and pyrrolo-fused polycyclic indoles from 2-formylpyrrole
- Carlos H. Escalante,
- Eder I. Martínez-Mora,
- Carlos Espinoza-Hicks,
- Alejandro A. Camacho-Dávila,
- Fernando R. Ramos-Morales,
- Francisco Delgado and
- Joaquín Tamariz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1320–1334, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.113
- reactivity of 2-vinylpyrroles substituted by electron-withdrawing groups [34][35]. Interestingly, all the 2-vinylpyrroles, including the N-unsubstituted 16a,b or the N-substituted ones 8a and 8c–j, furnished a high endo stereoselectivity with dienophile 7c, except the N-substituted 2-acrylonitrile pyrrole 8b
- nitrogen atom of the heterocycle. Since it is not clear what factors favor this relevant selectivity, the geometry and energy of the TSs were calculated for some of the diene–dienophile pairs depicted in Table 2 (vide infra). Cyclization via an intramolecular Heck arylation reaction Before attempting the
- (Supporting Information File 1, Table S1). Hence, the latter dienes should be more reactive than diene 8b, and consequently more stereoselective [54][55][56]. In contrast, the Gibbs energy for the diene/dienophile 8c/7b (88.8:11.2) did not completely match the experimental endo/exo (99:1) ratio, but the ZPE
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Fused aza-hetero polycyclic frames and natural pyrrolizine- and isoindole-containing alkaloids.
Scheme 1: Synthetic approaches for the preparation of pyrrolo-fused aza-hetero polycyclic frames.
Scheme 2: Preparation of 1,2-substituted pyrroles 8a–f and 8i,j.
Scheme 3: Diels–Alder cycloadditions of pyrroles 8a–j and 16a–b with maleimides 7b–c.
Figure 2: Structures of 9m (a) and 10m (b) as determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction crystallography ...
Scheme 4: Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cross-coupling reaction of 2-vinylpyrroles 8c,d and 8g.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 2-vinylpyrroles 8k,l and their Pd(0)-catalyzed intramolecular Heck cross-coupling to p...
Scheme 6: Diastereoselective Diels–Alder reaction of pyrrolo[2,1-a]isoindole 18a with 7c.
Scheme 7: Synthetic approach to the fused aza-heterocyclic pentacycle 12.
Figure 3: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry for each of the SCs (a and d), TSs (b and e) and ADs (c and f...
Figure 4: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry for each of the TSs of the Diels–Alder reactions of dienes 8b...
Figure 5: M06-2X/6-31+G(d,p) Optimized geometry of the endo SCs (a) and TSs (b) for the Diels–Alder reaction ...
Diversity-oriented synthesis of 17-spirosteroids
- Benjamin Laroche,
- Thomas Bouvarel,
- Martin Louis-Sylvestre and
- Bastien Nay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 880–887, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.79
- reaction proved efficient when adding the dienophile and heating in the same pot just after the RCEYM (Scheme 3). From mestranol derivative 5a, endo cycloadducts 16a–e were obtained in good to excellent yields. However, the reaction with maleic anhydride (12) gave a poor yield attributed to the reactivity
- imposed by the steroid skeleton on the dienyl tetrahydrofuran α-face, imposing orbital interactions with the dienophile from the β-face (Figure 3b). All these structures have an extended skeleton, with the steroid part being perpendicular to the cycloadduct moiety thanks to the spiro junction. Conclusion
- irradiation. The microwave tube was opened and the dienophile (1.2 mmol) was added in one portion. The mixture was stirred at 150 °C for 35 min. The solvent was removed and the crude material was purified by chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/EtOAc 8:3) to afford the product. Structure of four 17
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Two diversity-oriented strategies: (a) Diversity installed during the construction of the skeleton;...
Figure 1: Structure of four 17-ethynyl-17-hydroxysteroids 1–4 (top) and how they could be used to generate di...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of spirocyclic steroid derivatives by the RCEYM reaction. Conditions: (a) NaH (2 equiv), ...
Figure 2: Structure of metathesis catalysts.
Scheme 3: One-pot RCEYM/Diels–Alder reaction strategy applied to the mestranol and lynestrenol cores. Notes: a...
Figure 3: Rationale for the observed stereochemistry: (a) NOESY correlations observed on compound 16b, showin...
Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase
- Alexey Stepanyuk and
- Andreas Kirschning
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2590–2602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.252
- ) (Scheme 3) [17][18][19][20][21]. To produce Ambrelux (32), myrcene (1) is reacted with dienophile (31) in a Diels–Alder cycloaddition promoted under Lewis-acidic conditions. In order to obtain Iso E Super® (33), Brønstedt acid-mediated cyclisation, similar to the one utilised for the first synthesis of
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Figure 1: Terpene constituents 1–9 found in geranium and bergamot oils and specified odours of individual com...
Figure 2: Other selected mono- and sesquiterpenes (10–26) as fragrance materials [6].
Figure 3: Main constituents of natural iris oil: irone (27).
Scheme 1: First synthesis of ionone (30) [11].
Scheme 2: First synthesis of Ambrelux (32) [14].
Scheme 3: Industrial synthesis of myrcene (1) by pyrolysis of β-pinene (8).
Scheme 4: First synthesis of Iso E Super® (33), Iso E Super Plus® (34) and Georgywood® (35) as a mixture of i...
Figure 4: Iso E Super® region of GC spectra of Molecule 01 (left, 75 €–100 € per 100 mL; march 2019), a low-p...
Scheme 5: First synthetic route to (−)-Georgywood® (35) by Corey and Hong [33].
Scheme 6: First synthetic route to the odour-active (+)-enantiomer of Iso E Super Plus® (+)-34 [33].
Scheme 7: Analysis of the isomerisation process and formation of products. Most importantly, Iso E Super® (33...
Scheme 8: Isomerisation using additives such as alcohols or carboxylic acids. The product with the γ-position...
Scheme 9: Iso E Super Plus® (34) can undergo a third cyclisation to tetrahydrofuran 59 through compound rac-53...
Figure 5: (Adapted from ref. [8]) Ionone (30, 1893, odour threshold: 0.8 ng L−1), koavone (1982, odour threshold...
Figure 6: Branched, terpene-like cyclohexene derivatives, that are synthetic fragrance components: 60: Iso da...
Scheme 10: New unnatural terpenoid 70 from unnatural farnesyl pyrophosphate derivative 69 and comparison with ...
