The preparation and properties of 1,1-difluorocyclopropane derivatives

• Kymbat S. Adekenova,
• Peter B. Wyatt and
• Sergazy M. Adekenov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 245–272, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.25

• of fluorinated cyclopropanes was described by Atkinson in 1952 [9], followed by Tarrant [10], and Misani [11]. Tarrant, Lovelace and Lilyquist synthesized 1,1-difluoro-2,3-dimethylcyclopropane (2) by a reductive debromination using zinc metal (Scheme 1) [10]. After 1960 further methods of generating

• difluorocarbenes became available. These methods contributed to the synthesis of a wide variety of fluorinated cyclopropanes. In 2003, two reviews by Dolbier [7] and Fedorynski [8] were published on the methods of synthesis and use of difluorocyclopropanes in organic synthesis. They discussed in detail the various

• ) were successful. Therefore, alternative methods such as intramolecular cyclizations, exchange fluorination, and transformation of functional groups in fluorinated rings have been developed in order to provide access to fluorinated cyclopropanes with electron-withdrawing substituents. 1.1

Synthesis of organic liquid crystals containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes

• Zeguo Fang,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Peer Kirsch,
• Matthias Bremer,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• David O’Hagan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 674–680, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.65

• University, Nablus, Palestine Merck KGaA, Liquid Crystal R&D Chemistry, Frankfurter Str. 250, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.16.65 Abstract This paper describes the synthesis of a series of organic liquid crystals (LCs) containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes at their termini. The syntheses

• negative dielectric anisotropy. The study gives some guidance into effective structure–property relationships for the design of LCs containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropane motifs. Keywords: dielectric anisotropy; difluorocarbene; organic liquid crystals; selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes

• explore the cyclopropane motif containing fluorine atoms. Selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes have been widely used in pharmaceutical research [11], however, the introduction of fluorinated cyclopropanes into liquid crystal scaffolds has not received much attention. Haufe et al. [12], reported

Synthesis, biophysical properties, and RNase H activity of 6’-difluoro[4.3.0]bicyclo-DNA

• Sibylle Frei,
• Adam K. Katolik and
• Christian J. Leumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 79–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.9

• conducted. This experiment revealed that the oligonucleotide containing five modified units was able to elicit the RNase H-mediated cleavage of the complementary RNA strand. Keywords: DNA/RNA affinity; fluorinated cyclopropanes; fluorinated nucleic acids; RNase H activity; sugar modified nucleosides

6’-Fluoro[4.3.0]bicyclo nucleic acid: synthesis, biophysical properties and molecular dynamics simulations

• Sibylle Frei,
• Andrei Istrate and
• Christian J. Leumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3088–3097, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.288

• modification might be a substrate for RNase H. Keywords: DNA/RNA affinity; fluorinated cyclopropanes; fluorinated nucleic acids; molecular dynamics simulations; sugar modified nucleosides; Introduction A powerful strategy for the treatment of various disorders like cancer, viral and inherited diseases is the