Synthesis of new representatives of A₃B-type carboranylporphyrins based on meso-tetra(pentafluorophenyl)porphyrin transformations

• Victoria M. Alpatova,
• Evgeny G. Rys,
• Elena G. Kononova and
• Valentina A. Ol'shevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 767–776, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.70

• porphyrins to other biological substrates and thus facilitate the conjugation with biomacromolecules [10][11]. The modification of the porphyrin periphery with amino-, azido-, epoxy-, hydroxy-, and maleimido-functionalities is usually used for the covalent linkage of the porphyrin to the targeted

Entry to new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion/base-promoted cyclization involving diazoarylidene succinimides

• Alexander Yanovich,
• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Ksenia Malkova,
• Grigory Kantin and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 561–569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.48

• multitarget drugs against COVID-19 [36], and amiaspochalasin C isolated from the solid culture of Aspergillus micronesiensis [37] and 1,9-epoxy-9a-hydroxystenine from the roots of Stemona tuberosa [38]) (Figure 1). Hence, the development of novel synthetic methods to construct spiro O-heterocycles constitutes

Non-noble metal-catalyzed cross-dehydrogenation coupling (CDC) involving ether α-C(sp³)–H to construct C–C bonds

• Hui Yu and
• Feng Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1259–1288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.94

• ]. The current synthesis method depends on the reaction of organic borane with epoxy carbonyl compounds. Using the CDC reaction can save some synthesis steps [105]. Based on DDQ-mediated oxidative C–H functionalization of benzyl ethers, the mechanism can be described as a single electron transfer (SET

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated tailoring of triterpenoids and steroids in plants

• Karan Malhotra and
• Jakob Franke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1289–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.135

• capacity to catalyse highly regio- and stereospecific reactions on complex substrates. Besides simple hydroxylations, they can also introduce oxo, carboxy, or epoxy moieties or double bonds. Such decorations often also enable additional layers of diversification by glycosyltransferases or acyltransferases

• that performs hydroxylation and epoxidation reactions of the β-amyrin (6) scaffold to produce 12,13β-epoxy-16β-hydroxy-β-amyrin [1][99]. Thus, CYP51H10 is an example of a neofunctionalised CYP recruited from primary sterol metabolism. Two members of the CYP87D subfamily decorate the tetracyclic

Shift of the reaction equilibrium at high pressure in the continuous synthesis of neuraminic acid

• Jannis A. Reich,
• Miriam Aßmann,
• Kristin Hölting,
• Paul Bubenheim,
• Jürgen Kuballa and
• Andreas Liese

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 567–579, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.59

• of 80 mgenzyme/gcarrier was achieved. Two carriers revealed lower yields with enzyme loadings of 30 and 40 mgenzyme/gcarrier (epoxy methacrylate, polymethacrylic DVB). The aldolase revealed the highest loadings with 80 mgenzyme/gcarrier for the amino methacrylate und macroporous styrene carrier. The

• methacrylate reveals the lowest calculated specific activity compared to other utilized carriers with less than 20 U/gcarrier. The highest specific activity was achieved with two epoxy-functionalized carriers (epoxy butyl methacrylate and polymethacrylic DVB) with over 100 U/gcarrier. The aldolase reveals the

• highest activities immobilized on amino methacrylate with about 25 U/gcarrier. Compared to this, the results of all other specific activities were lower with less than 10 U/gcarrier. Here the epoxy butyl methacrylate and the macroporous styrene carrier reveal slightly more activity with more than 5 U

Synthesis of piperidine and pyrrolidine derivatives by electroreductive cyclization of imine with terminal dihaloalkanes in a flow microreactor

• Yuki Naito,
• Naoki Shida and
• Mahito Atobe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 350–359, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.39

• sandwiched together. After connecting Teflon tubings to the inlets and outlet, the reactor was sealed with epoxy resin (Supporting Information File 1, Figure S2). Thus, the dimensions of the flow channel in the reactor are 1 cm width and 3 cm length, and the channel height corresponds to the thickness of the

Regioselectivity of the S_EAr-based cyclizations and S_EAr-terminated annulations of 3,5-unsubstituted, 4-substituted indoles

• Jonali Das and
• Sajal Kumar Das

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 293–302, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.33

• synthesis of pyrano[2,3-e]indol-3-ols 41 via trifluoroethanol-mediated intramolecular ring-opening cyclization of 4-(2-oxiranylmethoxy)indoles 40 which were prepared by O-alkylation of 4-hydroxyindole 38 using epoxy tosylates 39 as the alkylating agents, followed by (in selected cases) N-tert

Synthesis and late stage modifications of Cyl derivatives

• Phil Servatius and
• Uli Kazmaier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 174–181, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.19

• , non-proteinogenic amino acid (2S,9S)-2-amino-9,10-epoxy-8-oxodecanoic acid (Aoe) as a zinc-binding group. Interestingly, Aoe with its α-epoxyketone motif is wide-spread among this compound class as it is present in other natural products such as Cyl-1 and Cyl-2 [16][17], chlamydocin [18], and many

In-depth characterization of self-healing polymers based on π–π interactions

• Josefine Meurer,
• Julian Hniopek,
• Johannes Ahner,
• Michael Schmitt,
• Jürgen Popp,
• Stefan Zechel,
• Kalina Peneva and
• Martin D. Hager

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2496–2504, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.166

• literature [31]. In the first step, the sample was hot pressed (at 150 °C, at about 2 t for 3 minutes) in a special manufactured mold. The pressed polymer samples were embedded in epoxy resin consisting of Epoxy Resin L and Hardener CL from R&G Faserverbundstoffe GmbH, followed by grinding of the sample with

Strategies for the synthesis of brevipolides

• Yudhi D. Kurniawan and
• A'liyatur Rosyidah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2399–2416, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.157

• commercially available (E)-p-methoxycinnamic acid (17). The vital intermediate 16 is expected from cyclopropyl epoxy alcohol 18, which in turn can be prepared from allylic alcohol 19 via the Furukawa-modified Simmons–Smith cyclopropanation and VO-mediated epoxidation. Acetylfuran (20) is chosen as the six

• desired epoxide 30 after one hour in 85% yield (dr 10:1). This species was next converted to the terminal carbonate derivative 31 to transform the epoxy functionality to a vicinal diol through a two-step manipulation involving protection of the terminal alcohol as Boc derivative followed by BF3·Et2O

• . Eventually, trans-crotonaldehyde (62) is selected as the precursor for this study. The study began with the enantioselective epoxidation of trans-crotonaldehyde (62) under Jørgensen conditions using organocatalyst 63, followed by a two-carbon homologation to obtain α,β-unsaturated epoxy ester 64 in 78% yield

Advances in mercury(II)-salt-mediated cyclization reactions of unsaturated bonds

• Sumana Mandal,
• Raju D. Chaudhari and
• Goutam Biswas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2348–2376, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.153

• cyclization of secondary and tertiary l-alkynyl-2,3-epoxyalcohols 131a [94]. This is an example of a Hg(II)-salt-catalyzed rearrangement of 1-alkynyl-2,3-epoxy alcohols to substituted furans. The furan 133a was formed by dehydration of intermediate 132a through the corresponding oxonium cation. When R3 is an

• amount of HgO and dil. H2SO4 at room temperature [95]. Initially, the Hg(II)-salt-catalyzed the formation of intermediate 132b which further proceeded by dehydration to yield thiophenes 133b as the final product (Scheme 39). Starting with 1-alkynyl-2,3-epoxy alcohols 135, Marson et al. had reported a Hg

Towards new NIR dyes for free radical photopolymerization processes

• Haifaa Mokbel,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Didier Gigmes,
• Frédéric Dumur and
• Jacques Lalevée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2067–2076, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.133

• polymerization of acrylate/epoxy monomer blends) can also be carried out upon NIR light with the proposed systems. Keywords: cyanine; NIR light; photochemistry; Introduction Photopolymerization processes are well established due to the specific features and advantages. Indeed, the reaction is carried out at

• -component systems can also be used for the preparation of IPNs through the polymerization of acrylate/epoxy monomer blends (3,4-epoxycyclohexylmethyl-3,4-epoxycyclohexane carboxylate from Allnex was used as benchmark epoxy monomer) [20]. The formation of IPNs can be highly worthwhile to reach better polymer

• , and (6) IR 813; upon exposure to a 785 nm laser diode (0.9 W/cm2), thickness = 1.4 mm. The irradiation starts at t = 10 s. A) Photopolymerization profiles of PETIA/epoxy blend 1:1, w/w under air (acrylate and epoxy functions conversion vs irradiation time) in the presence of Cb/iod 0.3:2, w/w upon

Stereoselective syntheses of 3-aminocyclooctanetriols and halocyclooctanetriols

• Emine Salamci and
• Yunus Zozik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 705–710, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.59

• method for the synthesis of a novel chlorocyclooctanetriol isomer, epoxy-diol 22, which was synthesized in our previous work [31], was hydrolysed by HCl(g) in MeOH, resulting in the formation of two chlorocyclooctanetriol isomers 23 and 24 in an 85:15 ratio (1H NMR) in 96% combined yield (Scheme 5

Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

• Francesca Liguori,
• Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

Tools for generating and analyzing glycan microarray data

• Akul Y. Mehta,
• Jamie Heimburg-Molinaro and
• Richard D. Cummings

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2260–2271, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.187

• microarray surface and linker is a reciprocal process, involving the preparation of the glycans in the context of appropriate surface to which the glycans are desired to be attached. Several types of functionalized slide surfaces are available such as NHS, epoxy, nitrocellulose and PVDF (Table 1); each

One-pot synthesis of isosorbide from cellulose or lignocellulosic biomass: a challenge?

• Isaline Bonnin,
• Raphaël Mereau,
• Thierry Tassaing and
• Karine De Oliveira Vigier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1713–1721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.143

• -isosorbide) terephthalate, can replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) [7]. In the production of polycarbonate and epoxy resins, the physicochemical properties of isosorbide allow the replacement of bisphenol A by this bio-based molecule [8][9]. At an industrial level, isosorbide is produced from the double

Combining enyne metathesis with long-established organic transformations: a powerful strategy for the sustainable synthesis of bioactive molecules

• Valerian Dragutan,
• Ileana Dragutan,
• Albert Demonceau and
• Lionel Delaude

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 738–755, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.68

• ] accomplished the convergent synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N (5) in 33 total steps (22 longest linear). To this end, after three generations of synthetic attempts, they succeeded joining the northern and southern fragments of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N, both endowed with a considerable level of structural

• -metal-catalyzed transformations were needed to achieve the total synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N, including a palladium asymmetric allylic alkylation (Pd-AAA), a Mukaiyama aldol reaction (with Sn), and a Krische allylation (with Ir) [72]. As special feature of this procedure, an Evans aldol

• reaction generated the syn aldol adduct, having the steric configuration imposed in des-epoxy-amphidinolide N. Also, in the last step of their work, Trost et al. managed to install the C14-OH via a finely tuned Rubottom oxidation that finalized the total synthesis of des-epoxy-amphidinolide N. Strikingly

Synthesis of disparlure and monachalure enantiomers from 2,3-butanediacetals

• Adam Drop,
• Hubert Wojtasek and
• Bożena Frąckowiak-Wojtasek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 616–620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.57

• particularly interesting example, because it is also a component of the luring mixture used by the bolas spider Mastophora hutchinsoni [3][4]. (6R,7S,2E)-6,7-Epoxy-2-nonenal has been identified as a sex-aggregation pheromone of the red-necked longhorn beetle (Aromia bungii) [5] and its synthesis has been

• recently developed by Mori and co-workers [6][7]. (2E)-trans-4,5-Epoxy-2-decenal is present in mammalian blood and may be used by predators to track their prey [8][9]. A classical example of cis-epoxides with semiochemical activity is the chemical communication system of the gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar

• ) and the nun moth (Lymantria monacha). The sex pheromone of the gypsy moth contains (+)-disparlure (1, (7R,8S)-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane) [10]. The pheromone blend of the nun moth contains (−)-disparlure (3, (7S,8R)-7,8-epoxy-2-methyloctadecane), (+)-monachalure (2, (7R,8S)-cis-7,8-epoxyoctadecane

Photophysics and photochemistry of NIR absorbers derived from cyanines: key to new technologies based on chemistry 4.0

• Bernd Strehmel,
• Christian Schmitz,
• Ceren Kütahya,
• Yulian Pang,
• Anke Drewitz and
• Heinz Mustroph

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 415–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.40

• coating, where they properly helped to melt and cure the applied powder monomers nearly just in one step [16]. Typical monomers used in CtP, liquid coatings and powder coatings derive from urethane (meth)acrylates, epoxy (meth)acrylates, polyester(meth)acrylates or polyether (meth)acrylates. Literature

Current understanding and biotechnological application of the bacterial diterpene synthase CotB2

• Ronja Driller,
• Daniel Garbe,
• Norbert Mehlmer,
• Monika Fuchs,
• Keren Raz,
• Dan Thomas Major,
• Thomas Brück and
• Bernhard Loll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2355–2368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.228

• include epoxidation resulting in 3,4-epoxy-7,18-dolabelladien-14-one (13) or hydroboration of 3,7,18-dolabellatriene (12, Scheme 1) that has been previously biotechnologically manufactured using CotB2W288G [103]. Another successful example is the oxidative transformation of cattleyene and phomopsen [104

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

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

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

• rearrangement was evaluated using cis and trans-disubstituted alkynyloxiranes (Table 2). For synthetic reasons [29][30], we selected cis-2,3-epoxy-5-triisopropylsilylpent-4-ynol, protected with the monomethoxytrityl group (MMTr) 1b and prepared its trans-isomer to compare the outcome of the reaction with both

• reaction was then further explored and extended to various ethynyloxiranes (Table 3). The non-functionalized cis or trans-3,4-epoxy-1-triisopropylsilyldec-1-ynes 1c stereospecifically gave the expected E or Z trisubstituted enynes 10 in moderate to good yields (Table 3, entries 1 and 2). It is worth

Phylogenomic analyses and distribution of terpene synthases among Streptomyces

• Lara Martín-Sánchez,
• Kumar Saurabh Singh,
• Mariana Avalos,
• Gilles P. van Wezel,
• Jeroen S. Dickschat and
• Paolina Garbeva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1181–1193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.115

• enantiomers of the corresponding alcohols (R)- and (S)-albaflavenol (16ab) and the epoxide 4β,5β-epoxy-2-epi-zizaan-6β-ol (18) are known oxidation products that are all made by a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase [10][29] that is genetically clustered with the epi-isozizaene synthase for the cyclisation of FPP to

Systematic synthetic study of four diastereomerically distinct limonene-1,2-diols and their corresponding cyclic carbonates

• Hiroshi Morikawa,
• Jun-ichi Yamaguchi,
• Shun-ichi Sugimura,
• Masato Minamoto,
• Yuuta Gorou,
• Hisatoyo Morinaga and
• Suguru Motokucho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 130–136, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.13

• diastereomers as byproducts except for the reaction of trans-LO with water (Scheme 3, conditions (d)). The reduction under conditions (b) and carbonation under conditions (a) and (c) retain the diastereomeric conformations around the epoxy, 5CC and diol moieties. In all the reactions, the yields for the

Organometallic vs organic photoredox catalysts for photocuring reactions in the visible region

• Aude-Héloise Bonardi,
• Frédéric Dumur,
• Guillaume Noirbent,
• Jacques Lalevée and
• Didier Gigmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3025–3046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.282

• produced to initiate the polymerization. By formation of radicals, the polymerization of C=C functions such as (meth)acrylates or styrene can be initiated. With cations or acids as initiating species, epoxy monomers can be polymerized. Both types of polymerization are widely used both in academic and

• infrared spectroscopy, following the epoxy function. Other monomers presented in Scheme 6 are acrylates and methacrylates and can be polymerized by free radical polymerization. Photopolymerization of these compounds can also be characterized by FTIR measurement, following the C=C double bound conversion

Synthesis of a tyrosinase inhibitor by consecutive ethenolysis and cross-metathesis of crude cashew nutshell liquid

• Jacqueline Pollini,
• Valentina Bragoni and
• Lukas J. Gooßen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2737–2744, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.252

• ][10]. These include aromatic amines as polymers [11][12], cardanol-based phosphates as modifiers for epoxy resins [13], cardanol grafted natural rubber as rubber plasticizers [14], amine-based surfactants [15] and phenol/cardanol-formaldehyde based adhesives [16]. The chemical valorization of