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Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Porphyrin and crown ether.
Figure 2: Timeline demonstrating the contributions into the crown ether–porphyrin chemistry.
Figure 3: Tetra-crowned porphyrin 1 and dimer 2 formed upon K+ binding.
Figure 4: meso-Crowned 25-oxasmaragdyrins 3a–c and their boron(III) complexes (3a–c)-BF2.
Scheme 1: CsF ion-pair binding of 4. The molecular structure of 4-CsF is shown on the right [101].
Figure 5: CsF ion pair binding by 5. The molecular structure of 5-CsF is shown on the right [102].
Scheme 2: Ion-pair binding by 6. The molecular structure of (6-CsCl)2 is shown on the right [103].
Scheme 3: Hydrated fluoride binding by 7 [104].
Figure 6: β-Crowned porphyrin 8.
Figure 7: Crown ether-capped porphyrins 9.
Figure 8: The capped porphyrin 10 and complex [10-PQ](PF6)2.
Figure 9: The double-capped porphyrin 11.
Figure 10: Selected examples of iminoporphyrinoids [58,122].
Scheme 4: The synthesis of 13.
Scheme 5: Tripyrrane-based crown ether-embedding porphyrinoid 15.
Figure 11: Macrocycles 16–19 and their coordination compounds.
Scheme 6: The flexibility of 16-Co [66].
Figure 12: Hexagonal wheel composed of six 16-Co(III) monomers [66].
Scheme 7: The synthesis of 16-V [67].
Figure 13: The molecular structure of dimers [16-Mn]2 [67].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of crownphyrins 28–33. Compounds 23a/b and 29a/b were obtained from 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tr...
Figure 14: The molecular structures of 22a, 34a·(HCl)2, and 29b [69].
Figure 15: Molecular structures of 22a-Pb and (29b)2-Zn [69].
Scheme 9: Reactivity of 29a/b.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 36 and 37 [131].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 40–45.
Figure 16: Potential applications of porphyrin-crown ether hybrids.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28
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Scheme 1: Group 13 exchange.
Scheme 2: Borane-catalysed hydroboration of alkynes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: a) Borane-catalysed hydroboration of alkenes and the proposed mechanism. b) H-B-9-BBN-catalysed dou...
Scheme 4: a) Amine-borane-catalysed C‒H borylation of heterocycles and the proposed mechanism. b) Benzoic aci...
Scheme 5: Bis(pentafluorophenyl)borane-catalysed dimerisation of allenes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 6: Alkoxide-promoted hydroboration of heterocycles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 7: Borane-catalysed reduction of indoles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 8: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed hydrocyanation of enones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 9: Borane-catalysed hydroboration of nitriles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 10: Myrtanylborane-catalysed asymmetric reduction of propargylic ketones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 11: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed C–F esterification of alkyl fluorides and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 12: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed 1,4-hydroboration of enones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 13: Boric acid-promoted reduction of esters, lactones, and carbonates and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 14: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed reductive aldol-type reaction and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 15: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed diastereoselective allylation of ketones and the Ph-BBD-catalysed enantioselect...
Scheme 16: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed C–F arylation of benzyl fluorides and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 17: Borane-catalysed S‒H borylation of thiols and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 18: Borane-catalysed hydroalumination of alkenes and allenes.
Scheme 19: a) Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of alkynes and example catalysts. b) Deprotonation mechanistic...
Scheme 20: Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of alkenes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 21: Aluminium-catalysed C–H borylation of terminal alkynes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Aluminium-catalysed dehydrocoupling of amines, alcohols, and thiols with H-B-9-BBN or HBpin and the...
Scheme 23: Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of unsaturated compounds and the general reaction mechanism.
Scheme 24: a) Gallium-catalysed asymmetric hydroboration of ketones and the proposed mechanism. b) Gallium-cat...
Scheme 25: Gallium(I)-catalysed allylation/propargylation of acetals and aminals and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 26: Indium(I)-catalysed allylation/propargylation of acetals, aminals, and alkyl ethers.
Scheme 27: Iron–indium cocatalysed double hydroboration of nitriles and the proposed mechanism.
Figure 1: a) The number of reports for a given group 13 exchange in catalysis. b) Average free energy barrier...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1159–1165, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.120
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Scheme 1: Structures of hangtaimycin (1) and its co-metabolites.
Scheme 2: First synthetic route towards TDD (4).
Figure 1: HPLC analyses of (Z)-4 on a chiral stationary phase. A) Nearly racemic 4 from the first synthetic r...
Scheme 3: Second synthetic route towards TDD ((Z)-4).
Figure 2: X-ray structure of (rac)-4.
Figure 3: Bioactivity testing with hangtaimycin (1). A) Growth retardation of model species B. subtilis 168 a...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2385–2389, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.155
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Scheme 1: Dimerisation of α-lithio epoxides or aziridines [3-5].
Scheme 2: Proposed eliminative cross-coupling of carbenoids to allylic alcohols (X = O) or allylic amines (X ...
Scheme 3: Allylic alcohol 6 by one-carbon homologation from epoxide 5.
Scheme 4: Internal allylic alcohols from epoxides and stannane 7.
Scheme 5: Cyclopropylidene synthesis from epoxide 5.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of vinylsilane 14.
Scheme 7: Allylic alcohol 8 from epoxide 5 and sulfone 15.
Scheme 8: Allylic amines from aziridine 17.
Scheme 9: Cyclopropylidene synthesis from aziridine 20.
Scheme 10: Cinnamylamine 23 synthesis from aziridine 17.
Scheme 11: Cinnamylamine 23 synthesis from isopropyl or neopentyl benzylic ethers 26 and 27.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2363–2441, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.197
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Scheme 1: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-alkylation of aldehydes with alkyl bromides bearing electron-withdrawi...
Scheme 2: Amine/HAT/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using alkenes.
Scheme 3: Amine/cobalt/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones and THIQs.
Scheme 4: Amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes or ketones with imines. (a) Using keton...
Scheme 5: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed enantioselective α-functionalisation of aldehydes.
Scheme 6: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of aldehydes using amine catalysts via ...
Scheme 7: Amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of iminium ion intermediates. (a) Synthesis of quaternary stereocent...
Scheme 8: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA of enones in a radical chain reaction initiated by an i...
Scheme 9: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of iminium ions with different radical precur...
Scheme 10: Bifunctional amine/photoredox-catalysed radical cascade reactions between enones and alkenes with a...
Scheme 11: Amine/photocatalysed photocycloadditions of iminium ion intermediates. (a) External photocatalyst u...
Scheme 12: Amine/photoredox-catalysed addition of acrolein (94) to iminium ions.
Scheme 13: Dual NHC/photoredox-catalysed acylation of THIQs.
Scheme 14: NHC/photocatalysed spirocyclisation via photoisomerisation of an extended Breslow intermediate.
Scheme 15: CPA/photoredox-catalysed aza-pinacol cyclisation.
Scheme 16: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Minisci-type reaction between azaarenes and α-amino radicals.
Scheme 17: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical additions to azaarenes. (a) α-Amino radical or ketyl radical addit...
Scheme 18: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reduction of azaarene-derived substrates. (a) Reduction of ketones. (b) Ex...
Scheme 19: CPA/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reactions of α-amino radicals with α-carbonyl radicals. (...
Scheme 20: CPA/photoredox-catalysed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 21: CPA/photoredox-catalysed reactions with imines. (a) Decarboxylative imine generation followed by Po...
Scheme 22: Bifunctional CPA/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions.
Scheme 23: PTC/photocatalysed oxygenation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters.
Scheme 24: PTC/photoredox-catalysed perfluoroalkylation of 1-indanone-derived β-keto esters via a radical chai...
Scheme 25: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 26: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular RCA cyclisation of a quinolone.
Scheme 27: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolon...
Scheme 28: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloaddition reactions. (a) First use of...
Scheme 29: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation of allenes.
Scheme 30: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed deracemisation reactions. (a) Deracemisation of sulfox...
Scheme 31: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of coumarins....
Scheme 32: Bifunctional hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of quinolones. (a) Intramo...
Scheme 33: Hydrogen bonding/photocatalysed formal arylation of benzofuranones.
Scheme 34: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative protonation of α,α-chlorofluoro ketones.
Scheme 35: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reductions. (a) Reduction of 1,2-diketones. (b) Reduction of ...
Scheme 36: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photocatalysed deracemisation of cyclic ureas.
Scheme 37: Hydrogen bonding/HAT/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of cyclic sulfonamides.
Scheme 38: Hydrogen bonding/photoredox-catalysed reaction between imines and indoles.
Scheme 39: Chiral cation/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling of two α-amino radicals.
Scheme 40: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed hydroetherfication of alkenols.
Scheme 41: Chiral phosphate/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of pyrroloindolines.
Scheme 42: Chiral anion/photoredox-catalysed radical cation Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 43: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed cycloadditions of carbonyls. (a) Formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition of en...
Scheme 44: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a scandium Lewis acid between α-amino radicals a...
Scheme 45: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reaction using a copper Lewis acid between α-amino radicals and...
Scheme 46: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of 1,2-amino alcohols from aldehydes and nitrones using a...
Scheme 47: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of enones and alkenes.
Scheme 48: Meggers’s chiral-at-metal catalysts.
Scheme 49: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed α-functionalisation of ketones with alkyl bromides bearing electron...
Scheme 50: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed radical coupling reaction using α-chloroketones and α-...
Scheme 51: Lewis acid/photocatalysed RCA of enones. (a) Using aldehydes as acyl radical precursors. (b) Other ...
Scheme 52: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysis for a photocycloaddition of enones.
Scheme 53: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed RCA reactions of enones using DHPs as radical precursors.
Scheme 54: Lewis acid/photoredox-catalysed functionalisation of β-ketoesters. (a) Hydroxylation reaction catal...
Scheme 55: Bifunctional copper-photocatalysed alkylation of imines.
Scheme 56: Copper/photocatalysed alkylation of imines. (a) Bifunctional copper catalysis using α-silyl amines....
Scheme 57: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 58: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] photocycloadditions (a) Intramolecular cycloaddition...
Scheme 59: Bifunctional Lewis acid/photocatalysed rearrangement of 2,4-dieneones.
Scheme 60: Lewis acid/photocatalysed [2 + 2] cycloadditions of cinnamate esters and styrenes.
Scheme 61: Nickel/photoredox-catalysed arylation of α-amino acids using aryl bromides.
Scheme 62: Nickel/photoredox catalysis. (a) Desymmetrisation of cyclic meso-anhydrides using benzyl trifluorob...
Scheme 63: Nickel/photoredox catalysis for the acyl-carbamoylation of alkenes with aldehydes using TBADT as a ...
Scheme 64: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed C–N coupling between α-chloro amides and carbazoles or ind...
Scheme 65: Bifunctional copper/photoredox-catalysed difunctionalisation of alkenes with alkynes and alkyl or a...
Scheme 66: Copper/photoredox-catalysed decarboxylative cyanation of benzyl phthalimide esters.
Scheme 67: Copper/photoredox-catalysed cyanation reactions using TMSCN. (a) Propargylic cyanation (b) Ring ope...
Scheme 68: Palladium/photoredox-catalysed allylic alkylation reactions. (a) Using alkyl DHPs as radical precur...
Scheme 69: Manganese/photoredox-catalysed epoxidation of terminal alkenes.
Scheme 70: Chromium/photoredox-catalysed allylation of aldehydes.
Scheme 71: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenation of halolactones.
Scheme 72: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed dehalogenative cyclisation.
Scheme 73: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed reduction of cyclic imines.
Scheme 74: Enzyme/photocatalysed enantioselective reduction of electron-deficient alkenes as mixtures of (E)/(Z...
Scheme 75: Enzyme/photoredox catalysis. (a) Deacetoxylation of cyclic ketones. (b) Reduction of heteroaromatic...
Scheme 76: Enzyme/photoredox-catalysed synthesis of indole-3-ones from 2-arylindoles.
Scheme 77: Enzyme/HAT/photoredox catalysis for the DKR of primary amines.
Scheme 78: Bifunctional enzyme/photoredox-catalysed benzylic C–H hydroxylation of trifluoromethylated arenes.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1617–1626, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.134
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Figure 1: The Arg–Gly–Asp tripeptide sequence and examples of tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine-containing integri...
Scheme 1: Commonly used synthetic routes to tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine moieties by hydrogenation of saturat...
Scheme 2: Previous synthetic route to fluoropyrrolidine 6 utilising a Wittig reaction and the novel, higher y...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of phosphoramidate 9 from tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine 8. Conditions: s-BuLi (3 equiv), d...
Scheme 4: Mono- and diphosphorylation of tetrahydro-1,8-naphthyridine 11. Conditions: (i) s-BuLi (2 equiv), d...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of amine 6 from phosphonate 7 and aldehyde 5. Conditions: (i) T3P® (50% w/w in DCM, 3 equ...
Scheme 6: Monodeuteration of 13 as observed by 1H and 13C NMR. Conditions: s-BuLi (3 equiv), THF, −42 °C, 20 ...
Scheme 7: Sequential diphosphorylation of tetrahydronaphthyridine 11. Conditions: (i) iPrMgCl (1.5 equiv), TH...
Scheme 8: Possible mechanistic pathways for the formation of dimer 28. Conditions: KOt-Bu, THF, 1 h, 68% yiel...
Scheme 9: Alkylation of phosphoramidate 13 by iodide 29 to afford compound 30 and byproducts alcohol 31 and d...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2113–2132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.209
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Figure 1: General structure of fulvenes, named according to the number of carbon atoms in their ring. Whilst ...
Figure 2: Generic structures of commonly referenced heteropentafulvenes, named according to the heteroatom su...
Scheme 1: Resonance structures of (a) pentafulvene and (b) heptafulvene showing neutral (1 and 2), dipolar (1a...
Scheme 2: Resonance structures of (a) pentafulvenes and (b) heptafulvenes showing the influence of EDG and EW...
Scheme 3: Reaction of 6,6-dimethylpentafulvene with singlet state oxygen to form an enol lactone via the mult...
Scheme 4: Photosensitized oxygenation of 8-cyanoheptafulvene with singlet state oxygen to afford 1,4-epidioxi...
Figure 3: A representation of HOMO–LUMO orbitals of pentafulvene and the influence of EWG and EDG substituent...
Scheme 5: Reactions of (a) 6,6-dimethylpentafulvene participating as 2π and 4π components in cycloadditions w...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the [6 + 4] cycloaddition of tropone with dimethylfulvene via an ambimodal [...
Scheme 7: Triafulvene dimerization through the proposed 'head-to-tail' mechanism. The dipolar transition stat...
Scheme 8: Dimerization of pentafulvenes via a Diels–Alder cycloaddition pathway whereby one fulvene acts as a...
Scheme 9: Dimerization of pentafulvenes via frustrated Lewis pair chemistry as reported by Mömming et al. [116].
Scheme 10: Simplified reaction scheme for the formation of kempane from an extended-chain pentafulvene [127].
Scheme 11: The enantioselective (>99% ee), asymmetric, catalytic, intramolecular [6 + 2] cycloaddition of fulv...
Scheme 12: Intramolecular [8 + 6] cycloaddition of the heptafulvene-pentafulvene derivative [22,27].
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for (a) [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,2-diphenylmethylenecyclopropene and 1-diethylami...
Scheme 14: Diels–Alder cycloaddition of pentafulvenes derivatives participating as dienes with (i) maleimide d...
Scheme 15: Generic schemes showing pentafulvenes participating as dienophiles in Diels–Alder cycloadditions wi...
Scheme 16: Reaction of 8,8-dicyanoheptafulvene and styrene derivatives to afford [8 + 2] and [4 + 2] cycloaddu...
Scheme 17: Reaction of 6-aminofulvene and maleic anhydride, showing observed [6 + 2] cycloaddition; the [4 + 2...
Scheme 18: Schemes for Diels–Alder cycloadditions in dynamic combinatorial chemistry reported by Boul et al. R...
Scheme 19: Polymerisation and dynamer formation via Diels–Alder cycloaddition between fulvene groups in polyet...
Scheme 20: Preparation of hydrogels via Diels–Alder cycloaddition with fulvene-conjugated dextran and dichloro...
Scheme 21: Ring-opening metathesis polymerisation of norbornene derivatives derived from fulvenes and maleimid...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2036–2042, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.200
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Figure 1: Structure of nitroxide 1.
Scheme 1: The synthesis of aldonitrones 5a–c.
Scheme 2: The principal synthetic scheme for nitroxides 12a–c.
Scheme 3: A possible pathway of ketonitrone 7c self-transformations.
Scheme 4: Oxidation of aminoalcohol 9a.
Scheme 5: The synthesis of alkoxyamines 16a–c.
Scheme 6: The alkoxyamine 18 synthesis.
Scheme 7: A possible mechanism of nitroxide 17 formation.
Scheme 8: Optimisation of the synthesis of nitroxide 1.
Figure 2: Kinetics of the reduction of nitroxides 1 and 12a–c (0.3 mM) with ascorbate (50 mM) in 50 mM phosph...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57
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Figure 1: Timeline for the structure evolution of crown-capped DBTAAs (created on the basis of references [24-28]).
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the crown-capped DBTAA receptors 3a and 3b. Reagents and conditions: i) Et3N, CH3CN, r...
Figure 2: 1H NMR spectra (298 K, CDCl3) of: a) crown ether-capped receptor 3b and b) it’s corresponding paren...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1542–1550, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.154
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Figure 1: General uses of N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans.
Scheme 1: C4SP–C4MC spiropyran-merocyanine equilibrium and M2+ binding.
Scheme 2: General synthesis of N-alkylcarboxyspiropyrans.
Scheme 3: Decarboxylation of N-ethanoic acid indolium salt 3a.
Scheme 4: Lactonisation of 4-bromobutyric acid 2c.
Figure 2: N-methyl spiropyran 9.
Figure 3: Example spectra illustrating binding studies of spiropyrans with M2+. (a) 1H NMR spectrum of C10SP ...
Figure 4: ε for MC–M2+ complexes of C2SP–C12SP and 9: (left) with Zn2+; (right) with Mg2+. Values for ε were ...
Figure 5: [MC] for compounds C2SP–C12SP and 9 in the presence of various metal cations. Solutions of spiropyr...
Figure 6: [MC] for spiropyrans C2SP–C12SP, 9 and 10 (0.1 mM) in CH3CN–H2O (99.9% v/v). Samples were kept in d...
Figure 7: C6 ester derivative 10.
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Figure 1: Schematic of RiPP biosynthesis. Thiazole/oxazole formation is represented by the blue heterocycle (...
Figure 2: Examples of heterocycles in RiPPs alongside the precursor peptides that these molecules derive from...
Figure 3: Formation of thiazoles and oxazoles in RiPPs. A) Biosynthesis of microcin B17. B) Mechanistic model...
Figure 4: Lanthionine bond formation. A) Nisin and its precursor peptide. B) Mechanism of lanthionine bond fo...
Figure 5: S-[(Z)-2-Aminovinyl]-D-cysteine (AviCys) formation in the epidermin pathway. A) Mechanisms for deca...
Figure 6: Cyclisation in the biosynthesis of thiopeptides. A) Mechanism of TclM-catalysed heterocyclisation i...
Figure 7: ATP-dependent macrocyclisation. A) General mechanism for ATP-dependent macrolactonisation or macrol...
Figure 8: Peptidase-like macrolactam formation. A) General mechanism. B) Examples of RiPPs cyclised by serine...
Figure 9: Structure of autoinducing peptide AIP-I from Staphylococcus aureus and the sequence of the correspo...
Figure 10: Radical cyclisation in RiPP biosynthesis. A) AlbA-catalysed formation of thioethers in the biosynth...
Figure 11: RiPPs with uncharacterised mechanisms of cyclisation. Unusual heterocycles in ComX and methanobacti...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 444–461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.47
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Scheme 1: Breslow’s proposal on the mechanism of the benzoin condensation.
Scheme 2: Imidazolium carbene-catalysed homo-benzoin condensation.
Scheme 3: Homo-benzoin condensation in aqueous medium.
Scheme 4: Homobenzoin condensation catalysed by bis(benzimidazolium) salt 8.
Scheme 5: List of assorted chiral NHC-catalysts used for asymmetric homobenzoin condensation.
Scheme 6: A rigid bicyclic triazole precatalyst 15 in an efficient enantioselective benzoin reaction.
Scheme 7: Inoue’s report of cross-benzoin reactions.
Scheme 8: Cross-benzoin reactions catalysed by thiazolium salt 17.
Scheme 9: Catalyst-controlled divergence in cross-benzoin reactions.
Scheme 10: Chemoselective cross-benzoin reactions catalysed by a bulky NHC.
Scheme 11: Selective intermolecular cross-benzoin condensation reactions of aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes.
Scheme 12: Chemoselective cross-benzoin reaction of aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes.
Scheme 13: Cross-benzoin reactions of trifluoromethyl ketones developed by Enders.
Scheme 14: Cross-benzoin reactions of aldehydes and α-ketoesters.
Scheme 15: Enantioselective cross-benzoin reactions of aliphatic aldehydes and α-ketoesters.
Scheme 16: Dynamic kinetic resolution of β-halo-α-ketoesters via cross-benzoin reaction.
Scheme 17: Enantioselective benzoin reaction of aldehydes and alkynones.
Scheme 18: Aza-benzoin reaction of aldehydes and acylimines.
Scheme 19: NHC-catalysed diastereoselective synthesis of cis-2-amino 3-hydroxyindanones.
Scheme 20: Cross-aza-benzoin reactions of aldehydes with aromatic imines.
Scheme 21: Enantioselective cross aza-benzoin reaction of aliphatic aldehydes with N-Boc-imines.
Scheme 22: Chemoselective cross aza-benzoin reaction of aldehydes with N-PMP-imino esters.
Scheme 23: NHC-catalysed coupling reaction of acylsilanes with imines.
Scheme 24: Thiazolium salt-mediated enantioselective cross-aza-benzoin reaction.
Scheme 25: Aza-benzoin reaction of enals with activated ketimines.
Scheme 26: Isatin derived ketimines as electrophiles in cross aza-benzoin reaction with enals.
Scheme 27: Aza-benzoin reaction of aldehydes and phosphinoylimines catalysed by the BAC-carbene.
Scheme 28: Nitrosoarenes as the electrophilic component in benzoin-initiated cascade reaction.
Scheme 29: One-pot synthesis of hydroxamic esters via aza-benzoin reaction.
Scheme 30: Cookson and Lane’s report of intramolecular benzoin condensation.
Scheme 31: Intramolecular cross-benzoin condensation between aldehyde and ketone moieties.
Scheme 32: Intramolecular crossed aldehyde-ketone benzoin reactions.
Scheme 33: Enantioselective intramolecular crossed aldehyde-ketone benzoin reaction.
Scheme 34: Chromanone synthesis via enantioselective intramolecular cross-benzoin reaction.
Scheme 35: Intramolecular cross-benzoin reaction of chalcones.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of bicyclic tertiary alcohols by intramolecular benzoin reaction.
Scheme 37: A multicatalytic Michael–benzoin cascade process for cyclopentanone synthesis.
Scheme 38: Enamine-NHC dual-catalytic, Michael–benzoin cascade reaction.
Scheme 39: Iminium-cross-benzoin cascade reaction of enals and β-oxo sulfones.
Scheme 40: Intramolecular benzoin condensation of carbohydrate-derived dialdehydes.
Scheme 41: Enantioselective intramolecular benzoin reactions of N-tethered keto-aldehydes.
Scheme 42: Asymmetric cross-benzoin reactions promoted by camphor-derived catalysts.
Scheme 43: NHC-Brønsted base co-catalysis in a benzoin–Michael–Michael cascade.
Scheme 44: Divergent catalytic dimerization of 2-formylcinnamates.
Scheme 45: One-pot, multicatalytic asymmetric synthesis of tetrahydrocarbazole derivatives.
Scheme 46: NHC-chiral secondary amine co-catalysis for the synthesis of complex spirocyclic scaffolds.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2981–2988, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.316
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Figure 1: Examples of biologically active 1,2-disubstituted tetrahydroisoquinolines.
Scheme 1: Oxidative C–H functionalisation and examples of previously reported nucleophilic trappings.
Figure 2: Products from allylzinc reagent addition to 5a and 5b.
Figure 3: Proposed mechanism for formation of side-product 8a. Analogous reactivity in the formation of cycli...
Figure 4: Mechanism for dimerisation of the allylzinc halide and β-hydride addition to 5a [36].
Scheme 2: A concise synthesis of methopholine (3).
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1462–1470, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.150
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Figure 1: Bioactive molecules I [19], II [26], III & IV [21,22] with 3(2H)-furanone moiety.
Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 3(2H)-furanones from activated alkenes [40].
Scheme 2: Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 3(2H)-furanone from tosylimine 1a.
Figure 2: Generalisation with aromatic and aliphatic imines (reaction conditions: 1 (1.0 equiv), 2 (1.1 equiv...
Figure 3: Thermal ellipsoid diagrams (50% probability levels) of 4-substituted-3(2H)-furanones 7 (above) and ...
Scheme 3: Mechanism of formation of the 3(2H)-furanone derivative from an imine.
Scheme 4: Pd-catalyzed synthesis of 3(2H)-furanone from diazoester 19a.
Figure 4: Generalisation with diazo esters (reaction conditions: 19 (1.0 equiv), 2 (1.1 equiv), Pd(PPh3)4 (5 ...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of aza-prostaglandin analogue.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 832–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.79
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Scheme 1: Generation of indazol-3-ylidenes.
Scheme 2: Reaction products of indazol-3-ylidenes in heterocycle synthesis.
Scheme 3: Syntheses of acridines from indazol-3-ylidenes.
Scheme 4: Dimerisation of indazol-3-ylidenes to spiro compounds.
Figure 1: Diagnostic 1H and 13C NMR chemical shifts of the Z and E configuration isomer in CDCl3.
Figure 2: Molecular structure of 14c, displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level.
Scheme 5: Rhodium complex formation.
Figure 3: Structure of the cation of 15e, displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level.
Scheme 6: Rearrangement of the spiro compounds on heating.
Figure 4: Molecular structure of 16b, displacement parameters are drawn at 50% probability level.
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Scheme 1: Scaled industrial processes for the synthesis of simple pyridines.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of nicotinic acid from 2-methyl-5-ethylpyridine (1.11).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 3-picoline and nicotinic acid.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 3-picoline from 2-methylglutarodinitrile 1.19.
Scheme 5: Picoline-based synthesis of clarinex (no yields reported).
Scheme 6: Mode of action of proton-pump inhibitors and structures of the API’s.
Scheme 7: Hantzsch-like route towards the pyridine rings in common proton pump inhibitors.
Figure 1: Structures of rosiglitazone (1.40) and pioglitazone (1.41).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of rosiglitazone.
Scheme 9: Syntheses of 2-pyridones.
Scheme 10: Synthesis and mechanism of 2-pyrone from malic acid.
Scheme 11: Polymer-assisted synthesis of rosiglitazone.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of pioglitazone.
Scheme 13: Meerwein arylation reaction towards pioglitazone.
Scheme 14: Route towards pioglitazone utilising tyrosine.
Scheme 15: Route towards pioglitazone via Darzens ester formation.
Scheme 16: Syntheses of the thiazolidinedione moiety.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of etoricoxib utilising Negishi and Stille cross-coupling reactions.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of etoricoxib via vinamidinium condensation.
Figure 2: Structures of nalidixic acid, levofloxacin and moxifloxacin.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of moxifloxacin.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of (S,S)-2,8-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]nonane 1.105.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of levofloxacin.
Scheme 22: Alternative approach to the levofloxacin core 1.125.
Figure 3: Structures of nifedipine, amlodipine and clevidipine.
Scheme 23: Mg3N2-mediated synthesis of nifedipine.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of rac-amlodipine as besylate salt.
Scheme 25: Aza Diels–Alder approach towards amlodipine.
Scheme 26: Routes towards clevidipine.
Figure 4: Examples of piperidine containing drugs.
Figure 5: Discovery of tiagabine based on early leads.
Scheme 27: Synthetic sequences to tiagabine.
Figure 6: Structures of solifenacin (2.57) and muscarine (2.58).
Scheme 28: Enantioselective synthesis of solifenacin.
Figure 7: Structures of DPP-4 inhibitors of the gliptin-type.
Scheme 29: Formation of inactive diketopiperazines from cis-rotameric precursors.
Figure 8: Co-crystal structure of carmegliptin bound in the human DPP-4 active site (PDB 3kwf).
Scheme 30: Improved route to carmegliptin.
Figure 9: Structures of lamivudine and zidovudine.
Scheme 31: Typical routes accessing uracil, thymine and cytosine.
Scheme 32: Coupling between pyrimidones and riboses via the Vorbrüggen nucleosidation.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of lamivudine.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of raltegravir.
Scheme 35: Mechanistic studies on the formation of 3.22.
Figure 10: Structures of selected pyrimidine containing drugs.
Scheme 36: General preparation of pyrimidines and dihydropyrimidones.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of imatinib.
Scheme 38: Flow synthesis of imatinib.
Scheme 39: Syntheses of erlotinib.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of erlotinib proceeding via Dimroth rearrangement.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of lapatinib.
Scheme 42: Synthesis of rosuvastatin.
Scheme 43: Alternative preparation of the key aldehyde towards rosuvastatin.
Figure 11: Structure comparison between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor agonists.
Scheme 44: Syntheses of varenicline and its key building block 4.5.
Scheme 45: Synthetic access to eszopiclone and brimonidine via quinoxaline intermediates.
Figure 12: Bortezomib bound in an active site of the yeast 20S proteasome ([114], pdb 2F16).
Scheme 46: Asymmetric synthesis of bortezomib.
Figure 13: Structures of some prominent piperazine containing drugs.
Figure 14: Structural comparison between the core of aplaviroc (4.35) and a type-1 β-turn (4.36).
Scheme 47: Examplary synthesis of an aplaviroc analogue via the Ugi-MCR.
Scheme 48: Syntheses of azelastine (5.1).
Figure 15: Structures of captopril, enalapril and cilazapril.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of cilazapril.
Figure 16: Structures of lamotrigine, ceftriaxone and azapropazone.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of lamotrigine.
Scheme 51: Alternative synthesis of lamotrigine (no yields reported).
Figure 17: Structural comparison between imiquimod and the related adenosine nucleoside.
Scheme 52: Conventional synthesis of imiquimod (no yields reported).
Scheme 53: Synthesis of imiquimod.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of imiquimod via tetrazole formation (not all yields reported).
Figure 18: Structures of various anti HIV-medications.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of abacavir.
Figure 19: Structures of diazepam compared to modern replacements.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of ocinaplon.
Scheme 57: Access to zaleplon and indiplon.
Scheme 58: Different routes towards the required N-methylpyrazole 6.65 of sildenafil.
Scheme 59: Polymer-supported reagents in the synthesis of key aminopyrazole 6.72.
Scheme 60: Early synthetic route to sildenafil.
Scheme 61: Convergent preparations of sildenafil.
Figure 20: Comparison of the structures of sildenafil, tadalafil and vardenafil.
Scheme 62: Short route to imidazotriazinones.
Scheme 63: Alternative route towards vardenafils core imidazotriazinone (6.95).
Scheme 64: Bayer’s approach to the vardenafil core.
Scheme 65: Large scale synthesis of vardenafil.
Scheme 66: Mode of action of temozolomide (6.105) as methylating agent.
Scheme 67: Different routes to temozolomide.
Scheme 68: Safer route towards temozolomide.
Figure 21: Some unreported heterocyclic scaffolds in top market drugs.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1613–1619, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.184
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Scheme 1: Strategies towards isothiocyanates.
Scheme 2: Flow approach towards isothiocyanates.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1319–1325, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.148
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Scheme 1: Formation of (Z)-chloro-exo-methyleneketals.
Scheme 2: Mechanism of formation of (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofurans.
Scheme 3: Stepwise formation of (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofurans.
Scheme 4: Optimized protocols to form (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofurans.
Scheme 5: Hydration of (Z)-chloro-exo-methylenetetrahydrofurans.
Scheme 6: Formation of dioxanes.
Figure 1: X-ray diffraction analysis of dioxanes 35 and 36.
Scheme 7: Formation of a new spirocyclic dimer.
Scheme 8: Mechanism leading to dioxanes and spirocycles.
Scheme 9: (S,S)-syn and (S,R)-syn approaches.
Scheme 10: Formation of a bridged dimer and a triene.
Figure 2: X-ray diffraction analysis of two new dimers.
Scheme 11: Mechanism leading to bridged and dienic dimers.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 761–766, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.86
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Scheme 1: Isomerisation of bicyclo[2.2.0]hexa-1,3-diene, Dewar benzene (1), to benzene (2) and of 2-aza-3-bor...
Figure 1: Geometries of 3 and 4 computed at the CCSD(T)/TZ2P and CASSCF(6,6)/6-31G* (in parentheses) levels o...
Figure 2: Geometries of TS1 and TS2 computed at the CASSCF(6,6)/6-31G* level of theory. C1–N, N–B, C4–B, and ...
Figure 3: Geometries of MIN1, TS3, TS4 and MIN2, TS5, TS6 computed at the CCSD(T)/TZ2P level of theory. C1–N,...
Figure 4: Geometries of DIM1, COM1, and TS7 computed at the SCS-RIMP2/def2-TZVP level of theory. Distances ar...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2025–2052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.229
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Figure 1: An immersion-well batch reactor with 125 W medium pressure Hg lamp.
Figure 2: Transmission profile of a 0.05 M solution, ε = 200 M−1 cm−1.
Figure 3: Schematic of a typical microflow photochemical reactor (above) and detail of a triple-channel micro...
Figure 4: Schematic of a typical macroflow photochemical reactor (above) and images of the FEP photochemical ...
Scheme 1: [2 + 2] photocycloadditions of enones with enol derivatives.
Scheme 2: Competing reactions in an intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 3: Diastereocontrolled cycloaddition of a cyclic enone with cyclopentene.
Scheme 4: Comparison of yields and reaction times for a batch reactor with a microflow system.
Scheme 5: Intramolecular [2 + 2] photocycloaddition.
Scheme 6: Paterno–Büchi reaction of benzophenone with an allylic alcohol.
Scheme 7: Photooxygenation of cyclopentadiene.
Scheme 8: Preparation of the anthelmintic ascaridole 23.
Scheme 9: Production of rose oxide 27 from (−)-β-citronellol (24).
Scheme 10: Photocatalytic alkylation of benzylamine.
Scheme 11: Photocatalytic reduction of 4-nitroacetophenone.
Scheme 12: Conversion of L-lysine to L-pipecolinic acid.
Scheme 13: Photocatalytic hydrodehalogenation.
Scheme 14: Photocatalytic aza-Henry reactions.
Scheme 15: Photocatalytic α-alkylation of aliphatic ketones.
Scheme 16: Decarboxylative photochemical additions.
Scheme 17: Photochemical addition of isopropanol to furanones.
Scheme 18: Photochemical addition of methanol to limonene.
Scheme 19: Light-promoted reduction of flavone.
Scheme 20: Photoreduction of benzophenone with benzhydrol.
Scheme 21: Barton reaction in a microflow system.
Scheme 22: Microflow synthesis of vitamin D3.
Scheme 23: photochemical chlorination of cyclohexane.
Scheme 24: photochemical cyanation of pyrene.
Scheme 25: Intermolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of maleimide (76) and intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of ...
Scheme 26: Intramolecular [5 + 2] cycloaddition of maleimide under flow conditions.
Scheme 27: Intramolecular [5 + 2] cycloaddition as a key step in the synthesis of (±)-neostenine.
Scheme 28: In situ generation of a thioaldehyde by photolysis of a phenacyl sulfide.
Scheme 29: Photodimerisation of maleic anhydride.
Scheme 30: [2 + 2] cycloaddition of a chiral enone with ethylene.
Scheme 31: Intramolecular [2 + 2] cycloaddition of a cyclopentenone.
Scheme 32: Photochemical Wolff rearrangement and cyclisation to β-lactams.
Scheme 33: Photochemical rearrangement of aryl azides.
Scheme 34: Rearrangement of quinoline N-oxides to quinolones.
Scheme 35: Photochemical rearrangement of cyclobutenones.
Scheme 36: Photoisomerisation en route to a vitamin-D derivative.
Scheme 37: Schematic of the Seeberger photooxygenation apparatus and sensitised photooxygenation of citronello...
Scheme 38: Sensitised photooxygenation of dihydroartemisinic acid.
Scheme 39: Photochemical preparation of CpRu(MeCN)3PF6.
Scheme 40: In situ photochemical generation and reaction of a [CpRu]+ catalyst.
Scheme 41: Intermolecular alkene–alkyne coupling with photogenerated catalyst.
Scheme 42: PET deoxygenation of nucleosides.
Scheme 43: Photochemical defluorination of DABFT.
Scheme 44: Aromatic azide reduction by visible-light-mediated photocatalysis.
Scheme 45: Examples of visible-light-mediated reactions.
Scheme 46: Visible-light-mediated formation of iminium ions.
Scheme 47: Examples of visible-light-mediated photocatalytic reactions.
Scheme 48: Anhydride formation from a visible-light-mediated process.
Scheme 49: Light-mediated conjugate addition of glycosyl bromide 141 to acrolein.
Scheme 50: Visible-light-mediated photocyclisation to [5]helicene.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 433–440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.49
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of cyclic sulfonium ylides 2; n = 0–3.
Scheme 2: Non-carbenoid formation of sulfonium ylide 4.
Scheme 3: Conditions: (a) phthalic anhydride, NEt3 (10 mol %), toluene, reflux, 2 h; (b) 1. carbonyldiimidazo...
Scheme 4: Rh(II)-catalysed carbenoid reactions of diazoesters 8a,b.
Figure 1: Proposed relative configurations of the diastereomeric cyclic sulfonium ylides 12aA and 12aB. 1H NM...
Scheme 5: Endo transition state for [3 + 3]-dimerisation of carbonyl ylide 14.
Scheme 6: Rh(II)-catalysed carbenoid reactions of diazoester 8c.
Scheme 7: Tandem cyclisation/intermolecular cycloaddition of diazoester 8a. Conditions: (a) Rh2(OAc)4 (3 mol ...
Scheme 8: Carbenoid formation of sulfonium ylides from diazoesters 11a,b. Conditions: (a) Rh2(OAc)4 (3 mol %)...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1234–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.144
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Scheme 1: Proposed stepwise mechanism for the zincation of benzene.
Figure 1: Molecular structure of 2 with selective atom labelling. Hydrogen atoms and minor disorder component...
Scheme 2: Synergic metallation of N,N-dimethylaniline (A) with sodium TMP-zincate 1 to produce 2, which was s...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of 3 with selective atom labelling and thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 50% prob...
Scheme 3: Indirect zincation of N,N-dimethylaniline producing 4, 5 and 6, which was then quenched with I2 to ...
Figure 3: Molecular structure of 4 with selective atom labelling and thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 50% prob...
Figure 4: Solvent-separated ion-pair structure of 5 with selective atom labelling and thermal ellipsoids draw...
Figure 5: Molecular structure of 6 with selective atom labelling and thermal ellipsoids drawn at the 50% prob...
Figure 6: Aromatic region of 1H NMR spectra for deuterated benzene solutions of (a) the crude mixture obtaine...
Figure 7: Relative energy sequence of the four theoretical regioisomers of the experimentally observed produc...
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 582–595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.68
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Figure 1: Seven out of the ten top selling drugs in the USA in 2009 contain sulfur. Figures in italics are to...
Figure 2: Naturally occurring organosulfur compounds glutathione and (R)-thioterpineol.
Figure 3: Methods for the synthesis of chiral tertiary thiol 1.
Scheme 1: Preparation of thioethers 4 from α-hydroxy esters.
Scheme 2: Nucleophilic substitution in α-aryl-α-hydroxy esters.
Scheme 3: Preparation of α,α-dialkylthioethers.
Scheme 4: Preparation of α-cyanothioacetate 12.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of (R)-(+)-spirobrassinin.
Scheme 6: Opening of cyclic sulfamidates with thiol nucleophiles.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of androgen 20.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of (+)-BE-52440A.
Scheme 9: The Mitsunobu reaction.
Scheme 10: Mitsunobu substitution at a quaternary centre.
Figure 4: Initially assigned structure of hexacyclinol.
Scheme 11: Preparation of thioether 29.
Scheme 12: Thioethers 33 prepared from phosphinites 31.
Scheme 13: Preparation of enantiomerically pure thiol 39.
Scheme 14: Thioethers prepared by a modified Mitsunobu reaction.
Scheme 15: Nucleophilic conjugate addition.
Scheme 16: Asymmetric addition to cyclic enones.
Scheme 17: Preparation of thioether 45.
Scheme 18: Catalytic kinetic resolution of the enantiomers of enone 46.
Scheme 19: Organocatalytic conjugate addition to nitroalkenes 49.
Scheme 20: Preparation of β-amino acid 54.
Scheme 21: Sulfur migration within oxazolidine-2-thiones 56.
Scheme 22: Preparation of thiols 62 by self-regeneration of stereocentres.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of (5R)-thiolactomycin.
Scheme 24: Preparation of tertiary thiols and thioethers via α-thioorganolithiums.
Scheme 25: Diastereoselective methylation of organolithium 71.
Scheme 26: Addition to lithiated thiocarbamate 75.
Scheme 27: Configurational lability in unhindered α-lithiothiocarbamates.
Scheme 28: Configurational stability in bulky α-lithiothiocarbamates.
Scheme 29: Asymmetric functionalisation of secondary benzylic thiocarbamates.
Scheme 30: Methylation of lithioallyl thiocarbamates.
Scheme 31: Asymmetric preparation of tertiary allylic thiols.
Scheme 32: Asymmetric preparation of thiols 96 by aryl migration in lithiated thiocarbamates.
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1091–1098, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.125
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Figure 1: General layout for modifications of ruthenium-based olefin metathesis catalysts (red: anionic ligan...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1, 2 and 3.
Figure 2: Details of the 1H NMR spectra acquired during the synthesis of 2 and the FD-MS spectrum of 2 isolat...
Figure 3: ORTEP drawing of 3. Thermal ellipsoids are drawn at 50% probability level. Hydrogen atoms are omitt...
Figure 4: Polymerisation of 4 as a function of time, initiated by 1, 2 or 3, monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy...
Figure 5: Polymerisations of 6 as a function of time, initiated by 1–3, monitored by 1H NMR spectroscopy (sol...
Figure 6: The RCM reaction of 7 as a function of time, catalysed by 1, 2 or 3, monitored by 1H NMR spectrosco...