Trifluoromethylated hydrazones and acylhydrazones as potent nitrogen-containing fluorinated building blocks

• Zhang Dongxu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1741–1754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.127

• other derivatives in good yields [37] (Scheme 1). Later, Wu et al. described a diastereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of trifluoroacetaldehyde hydrazones with α,β-ethenyl ketones to obtain polysubstituted pyrazolidines and pyrazolines. These reactions were carried out under two different sets of

Decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of amino acids for the synthesis of heterocyclic compounds

• Xiaofeng Zhang,
• Xiaoming Ma and
• Wei Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1677–1693, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.123

• -stabilized azomethine ylide; Introduction The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides (AMYs) [1][2][3][4][5][6] is a powerful method for the synthesis of bioactive pyrrolidine-containing compounds and natural product analogs [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. AMYs generated from the reaction of

• AMYs B1 which then were reacted with nucleophiles to form C–H-functionalized pyrrolidines or subjected to the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with olefins to afford bicyclic compounds (Scheme 2A and B) [59][60]. We employed cyclic amines for the synthesis of spirooxindole-pyrrolidines 7a or 7b in good

• -oriented synthesis (DOS) [82][83][84][85][86][87][88]. The work presented in this paper may also be helpful to understand the reaction mechanism and stereoselectivity of semi-stabilized N–H-type AMYs. We hope the new development for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition chemistry can be used for the synthesis of

Lewis acid-promoted direct synthesis of isoxazole derivatives

• Dengxu Qiu,
• Chenhui Jiang,
• Pan Gao and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1562–1567, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.113

• oxide E [23], which can be converted to the desired isoxazole with 1a through a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition. Conclusion In conclusion, we have developed an efficient and concise synthesis of isoxazole nitrogen heterocycles by direct C–H-bond activation of methyl heteroaromatics. The method avoids using

Morpholine-mediated defluorinative cycloaddition of gem-difluoroalkenes and organic azides

• Tzu-Yu Huang,
• Mario Djugovski,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Destinee L. Manning and
• Sudeshna Roy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1545–1554, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.111

• -difluoroalkenes that subsequently undergoes a cycloaddition reaction. Results and Discussion While investigating 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions between organic azides and gem-difluoroalkenes to obtain the 4-fluoro-1,4-disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole regioisomers, we observed an interesting reactivity while

Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review

• Nosheen Beig,
• Varsha Goyal and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102

• 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition and belongs to the general category of [π4s + π2s] cycloadditions. It is an important method to construct a five-membered heterocyclic ring [66]. As discussed earlier, the Cu atom in NHC–Cu(I) complexes has nucleophilic character, which allows binding to the positive end of

One-pot nucleophilic substitution–double click reactions of biazides leading to functionalized bis(1,2,3-triazole) derivatives

• Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
• Fei Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1399–1407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.101

• ]). Mechanistic aspects of the CuAAC have been studied in detail [16][17]. Whereas the traditional 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (Huisgen reaction) [18][19][20] of azides and alkynes requires often – but not always – relatively harsh conditions and proceeds with moderate regioselectivity only [21], the copper

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

• ; isoquinolino[1,2-f][1,6]naphthyridine; Introduction Among various well-known cycloaddition reactions such as the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction, Diels–Alder reaction, and the Povarov reaction, the cycloaddition reaction of Huisgen 1,4-dipoles with activated alkenes received increasing attention [1][2][3

Computational studies of Brønsted acid-catalyzed transannular cycloadditions of cycloalkenone hydrazones

• Manuel Pedrón,
• Jana Sendra,
• Irene Ginés,
• Tomás Tejero,
• Jose L. Vicario and
• Pedro Merino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 477–486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.37

• common reaction conditions. The reaction has been defined by Houk and Rueping as a (3+ + 2) monopolar cycloaddition [33] pointing out the protonated state of the imino nitrogen of the hydrazone in contrast to the well-known 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine imines in which the terminal nitrogen has

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

• Dileep Kumar Singh

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

• -dipolar cycloaddition reaction between an azide and a terminal alkyne, also popular as "click reaction" or CuAAC reaction. Moreover, the 1,2,3-triazole ring also serves as a spacer and an electron transfer bridge between the porphyrin and the attached chromophores. In order to provide a critical overview

• of the synthesis and properties of various porphyrin-triazole hybrids, this review will discuss some of the key reactions involved in the preparation of triazole-linked porphyrin conjugates. Keywords: azide–alkyne; click chemistry; CuAAC; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; porphyrin; 1,2,3-triazole

• connect a porphyrin with a chromophoric group. Among these, the copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction [1][2] of azides with terminal alkynes is a popular and well established process to link a porphyrin with other moieties via 1,2,3-triazole group [3] (Figure 1). The term “click

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

One-pot double annulations to confer diastereoselective spirooxindolepyrrolothiazoles

• Juan Lu,
• Bin Yao,
• Desheng Zhan,
• Zhuo Sun,
• Yun Ji and
• Xiaofeng Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1607–1616, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.171

• introduced in this study. Subsequently one equivalent of aldehyde and olefinic oxindole in situ were followed by decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition for diastereoselective synthesis of spirooxindolepyrrolothiazoles with generating 5 new bonds, 5 stereocenters and two heterocycles (Scheme 1C and Scheme

•  2C). Results and Discussion The optimized reaction conditions of stepwise, one-pot and cascade (two-step with one operational step) processes for N,S-acetalation and decarboxylative 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition were developed by using two equivalents of 4-bromobenzaldehyde (1a), ʟ-cysteine (2) and

• . Subsequent decarboxylation of thiazolooxazol-1-one I affords non-stabilized azomethine ylide (AY) for 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition with olefinic oxindole 4a to give spirooxindolepyrrolothiazoles 5 and 7. The endo-TS is more favorable than exo-TS for the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to afford the major and minor

Vicinal ketoesters – key intermediates in the total synthesis of natural products

• Marc Paul Beller and
• Ulrich Koert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1236–1248, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.129

• of L. Overman et al. in 1997 [18] towards the originally proposed structure of palau’amine (44), a [3 + 2]-dipolar cycloaddition of α-ketoester 41 and the thiosemicarbazide 42-derived azomethine imine VI to the triazacyclopenta[cd]pentalene 43 was utilized as a key step (Scheme 7) [18][19][20][21

Synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of ortho-chlorinated arylhydrazones

• Yara Cristina Marchioro Barbosa,
• Guilherme Caneppele Paveglio,
• Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira,
• Sidnei Moura,
• Cristiane Storck Schwalm,
• Gleison Antonio Casagrande and
• Lucas Pizzuti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1079–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.110

• bendazac [10], the anti-inflammatory agent benzydamine [11], and the antiemetic agent granisetron [12] are commercially available examples. In view of the abovementioned interest, an increasing number of approaches for the synthesis of 1H-indazoles has been recently reported, including 1,3-dipolar

• cycloaddition reaction of α-diazomethylphosphonates with o-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl triflate in the presence of CsF [13], Cu2+-mediated N−N bond formation from ketimines in the presence of oxygen [14], Pd2+-mediated oxidative benzannulation from pyrazoles and internal alkynes [15], Pd-catalyzed Aza–Nenitzescu

Synthesis of bis-spirocyclic derivatives of 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane via cyclopropene cycloadditions to the stable azomethine ylide derived from Ruhemann's purple

• Alexander S. Filatov,
• Olesya V. Khoroshilova,
• Anna G. Larina,
• Vitali M. Boitsov and
• Alexander V. Stepakov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 769–780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.77

• 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition (1,3-DC) reactions of cyclopropenes to the stable azomethine ylide – protonated form of Ruhemann's purple (PRP) has been developed. Both 3-substituted and 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes reacted with PRP, affording the corresponding bis-spirocyclic 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane

• [15]. In our recent studies, great attention was paid to developing methods for the synthesis of spiro[3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes] based on 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reactions involving azomethine ylides and cyclopropene dipolarophiles, and also the in vitro activity of some synthesized compounds has

• been explored [19][20][21][22][23][24]. To generate azomethine ylides, we used a classical method based on the reaction of cyclic carbonyl compounds with α-amino acids. Μono-, bi-, and tetracyclic carbonyl compounds were utilized in these studies. 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of cyclopropenes to

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

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

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

• , β-ketoesters or β-ketoamides are a commonly used 2-step route to 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles [24][25]. Xiao Zhou et al. recently reported a direct access to 3,4,5-trisubstituted isoxazoles via an enolate-mediated 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of β-functionalized ketones with nitrile oxides using

New advances in asymmetric organocatalysis

• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 240–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.28

• disclosed important discoveries with proline and imidazolidinones as ample chiral catalysts for aldol [7][8], Diels–Alder [9], dipolar cycloaddition [10], and Mannich reactions [11]. The organic chemistry community this time took a tremendous interest in this concept, which led to many valuable developments

Anomeric 1,2,3-triazole-linked sialic acid derivatives show selective inhibition towards a bacterial neuraminidase over a trypanosome trans-sialidase

• Peterson de Andrade,
• Sanaz Ahmadipour and
• Robert A. Field

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 208–216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.24

• broad range of substrates, solvents, and reaction conditions; all these parameters have to be carefully planned to avoid low yields or even no product formation, as previously described for compound 1 [20]. Amongst the vast number of reported procedures, the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition was performed with

Regioselective synthesis of methyl 5-(N-Boc-cycloaminyl)-1,2-oxazole-4-carboxylates as new amino acid-like building blocks

• Jolita Bruzgulienė,
• Greta Račkauskienė,
• Aurimas Bieliauskas,
• Vaida Milišiūnaitė,
• Miglė Dagilienė,
• Gita Matulevičiūtė,
• Vytas Martynaitis,
• Sonata Krikštolaitytė,
• Frank A. Sløk and
• Algirdas Šačkus

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 102–109, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.11

• -oxazoles are: the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of alkenes and alkynes with nitrile oxides, and the reaction of a three-carbon atom component, such as a α,β-unsaturated ketone or a 1,3-diketone with hydroxylamine hydrochloride [33]. Recently, Rosa et al. reported a useful procedure for the synthesis of various

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

• Austin Pounder and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

Biological properties and conformational studies of amphiphilic Pd(II) and Ni(II) complexes bearing functionalized aroylaminocarbo-N-thioylpyrrolinate units

• Samet Poyraz,
• Samet Belveren,
• Sabriye Aydınoğlu,
• Mahmut Ulger,
• Abel de Cózar,
• Maria de Gracia Retamosa,
• Jose M. Sansano and
• H. Ali Döndaş

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2812–2821, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.192

• -dipolar cycloaddition [16][21][22], were submitted to the reaction with benzoyl isothiocyanate in refluxing acetonitrile to obtain compounds L1, L2 and L3 in good yields [16][21]. Due to the very low biological activity of these ligands by themselves, the chelation with nickel(II) and palladium(II) was

Synthesis of new bile acid-fused tetrazoles using the Schmidt reaction

• Dušan Đ. Škorić,
• Olivera R. Klisurić,
• Dimitar S. Jakimov,
• Marija N. Sakač and
• János J. Csanádi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2611–2620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.174

• ]. The main approach in the synthesis of the tetrazoles is 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition between azide and nitrile. These reactions often follow the principles of “click” chemistry [20]. Although the formation of tetrazole in the Schmidt reaction of ketones was noted in the original study by Schmidt himself

• , derivatives of bile acid, androstene, and cholestane were prepared, with the tetrazole ring not being fused to the steroid core [30][31][32][33]. Some fused steroidal tetrazole derivatives were obtained by intramolecular 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition [34][35]. It should be noted that the Schmidt reaction

Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of 1H-1,2,3-triazole and carboxylate analogues of metronidazole

• Satya Kumar Avula,
• Syed Raza Shah,
• Khdija Al-Hosni,
• Muhammad U. Anwar,
• Rene Csuk,
• Biswanath Das and
• Ahmed Al-Harrasi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2377–2384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.154

• . The structure of metronidazide 3 was unambiguously confirmed by single crystal X-ray analysis (Figure 3). The next step was carried out by using “click” chemistry involving the 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between metronidazide 3 and alkyne derivative 4a in the presence of CuI and Hünig’s base

(Phenylamino)pyrimidine-1,2,3-triazole derivatives as analogs of imatinib: searching for novel compounds against chronic myeloid leukemia

• Luiz Claudio Ferreira Pimentel,
• Lucas Villas Boas Hoelz,
• Henayle Fernandes Canzian,
• Frederico Silva Castelo Branco,
• Andressa Paula de Oliveira,
• Vinicius Rangel Campos,
• Floriano Paes Silva Júnior,
• Rafael Ferreira Dantas,
• Jackson Antônio Lamounier Camargos Resende,
• Anna Claudia Cunha,
• Nubia Boechat and
• Mônica Macedo Bastos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2260–2269, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.144

• )pyrimidine-pyridine (PAPP) group as a pharmacophoric fragment, and these compounds were biologically evaluated. The synthesis of twelve new compounds was performed in three steps and assisted by microwave irradiation in a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition to obtain 1,2,3-triazole derivatives substituted on carbon C

• in the docking studies. Keywords: chronic myeloid leukemia; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; imatinib; (phenylamino)pyrimidine-pyridine; 1,2,3-triazole; Introduction Changes in tyrosine kinase proteins (TKPs), either by mutation or chromosomal translocation, can turn them into potent oncogenes

• developed by Sharpless and collaborators, to the Huisgen cycloaddition (a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction to obtain this heterocycle) allowed the regiospecific synthesis of the 1,4-disubstituted isomers with good yields in the presence of copper(I) salts [15][16][17]. Since then, medicinal chemists used

A study on selective transformation of norbornadiene into fluorinated cyclopentane-fused isoxazolines

• Zsanett Benke,
• Attila M. Remete and
• Loránd Kiss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2051–2066, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.132

• Abstract This work presents an examination of the selective functionalization of norbornadiene through nitrile oxide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ring-opening metathesis (ROM)/cross-metathesis (CM) protocols. Functionalization of commercially available norbornadiene provided novel bicyclic scaffolds with

• oxide 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition/ROM/CM strategies was presented. The stepwise functionalization of norbornadiene across the ring olefin bonds generated fluorine-containing alkenylated cyclopentane-fused isoxazolines. The synthetic protocol was based on selective nitrile oxide cycloaddition to the

A recent overview on the synthesis of 1,4,5-trisubstituted 1,2,3-triazoles

• Pezhman Shiri,
• Ali Mohammad Amani and
• Thomas Mayer-Gall

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1600–1628, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.114

• applications of these five-membered N-heterocycles are the result of both their easy synthetic procedures and ring functionalization [9][31][32]. Typically, 1,2,3-triazole derivatives are prepared via a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between azides and alkynes [33]. It is worth noting that the metal

• 1,2,3-triazoles through multicomponent reactions and the relevant mechanistic aspects have been surveyed by Chen, Ren, et al. [27]. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction between azides and alkynes is the most efficient pathway for the preparation of disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole derivatives. The copper

• of the imine intermediate produces the intermediate enamine 13. The 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of enamine 13 with azide produces intermediate 1,2,3-triazoline 14. In continuation, a ring-opening process is promoted by acetic acid to afford the intermediate 16. Afterward, triazene intermediate 17 was