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Get a better glimpse on sequential photoreactions of trisnorbornadienes with 19F NMR spectroscopy
- Julian Felix Maria Hebborn,
- Ben Eric Merten,
- Thomas Paululat and
- Heiko Ihmels
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 527–534, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.38
- analysis. Contrary to the 1H NMR spectra, the 19F NMR spectra show significantly fewer characteristic and sufficiently separated signals that allow the unambiguous identification of all photoproducts and, thus, their detection in the course of the photoreaction. Keywords: fluoroarenes; molecular solar
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Scheme 1: Photochromic reaction of norbornadiene (1a) and quadricyclane (2a) and selected physicochemical pro...
Figure 1: Structures and MOST parameters of representative bis- and trisnorbornadienes 1b–d; t1/2 = half-life...
Scheme 2: Synthesis and photochromic reaction of trisnorbornadiene 1f to the trisquadricyclane 2f0,3 (numberi...
Figure 2: Photometric monitoring of the photoreaction of 1f in MeCN (c = 20 µM) at λex = 315 nm. Inset: plot ...
Figure 3: Left: 19F NMR-spectroscopic monitoring of the photocycloaddition reaction of 1f in the presence of ...
Scheme 3: Stepwise photoreaction of 1f to 2f0,3 (numbering of quadricyclanes 2fm,n: m = number of norbornadie...
Recent advances in organocatalytic atroposelective reactions
- Henrich Szabados and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 55–121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.6
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Scheme 1: Formation of axially chiral styrenes 3 via iminium activation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of axially chiral 2-arylquinolines 6.
Scheme 3: Atroposelective intramolecular (4 + 2) annulation leading to aryl-substituted indolines.
Scheme 4: Atroposelective formation of biaryl via twofold aldol condensation.
Scheme 5: Strategy towards diastereodivergent formation of axially chiral oligonaphthylenes.
Scheme 6: Atroposelective formation of chiral biaryls based on a Michael/Henry domino reaction.
Scheme 7: Organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade followed by oxidative aromatization.
Scheme 8: Atroposelective formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) axially chiral compounds.
Scheme 9: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral styrenes 26.
Scheme 10: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of biaxial chiral pyranones.
Scheme 11: Formation of bridged biaryls with eight-membered lactones.
Scheme 12: The NHC-catalyzed (3 + 2) annulation of urazoles 37 and ynals 36.
Scheme 13: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral 4‑aryl α‑carbolines 41.
Scheme 14: NHC-catalyzed construction of N–N-axially chiral pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 15: NHC-catalyzed oxidative Michael–aldol cascade.
Scheme 16: NHC-catalyzed (4 + 2) annulation for the synthesis of benzothiophene-fused biaryls.
Scheme 17: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of N-aryl maleimides.
Scheme 18: NHC-catalyzed deracemization of biaryl hydroxy aldehydes 55a–k into axially chiral benzonitriles 56a...
Scheme 19: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-aryloxyisophthalaldehydes.
Scheme 20: NHC-catalyzed DKR of 2-arylbenzaldehydes 62.
Scheme 21: Atroposelective biaryl amination.
Scheme 22: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective amination of 2-anilinonaphthalenes.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective DKR of naphthylindoles.
Scheme 24: CPA-catalyzed kinetic resolution of binaphthylamines.
Scheme 25: Atroposelective amination of aromatic amines with diazodicarboxylates.
Scheme 26: Atroposelective Friedländer heteroannulation.
Scheme 27: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 4-arylquinolines.
Scheme 28: CPA-catalyzed Friedländer reaction of arylketones with cyclohexanones.
Scheme 29: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective Povarov reaction.
Scheme 30: Atroposelective CPA-catalyzed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 31: Paal–Knorr formation of axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles and N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 32: Atroposelective Paal–Knorr reaction leading to N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 33: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-arylindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 34: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin-8-ylanilines.
Scheme 35: Atroposelective formation of arylindoles.
Scheme 36: CPA-catalyzed arylation of naphthoquinones with indolizines.
Scheme 37: Atroposelective reaction of o-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 38: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylquinones.
Scheme 39: CPA-catalyzed axially chiral N-arylquinones.
Scheme 40: Atroposelective additions of bisindoles to isatin-based 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 41: CPA-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral arylindolylindolinones.
Scheme 42: CPA-catalyzed reaction between bisindoles and ninhydrin-derived 3-indoylmethanols.
Scheme 43: Atroposelective reaction of bisindoles and isatin-derived imines.
Scheme 44: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral bisindoles.
Scheme 45: Atroposelective reaction of 2-naphthols with alkynylhydroxyisoindolinones.
Scheme 46: CPA-catalyzed reaction of indolylnaphthols with propargylic alcohols.
Scheme 47: Atroposelective formation of indolylpyrroloindoles.
Scheme 48: Atroposelective reaction of indolylnaphthalenes with alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols to alkynyl-2-naphthols and 2-naphthylamines.
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral aryl-alkene-indoles.
Scheme 51: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral styrenes.
Scheme 52: Atroposelective formation of alkenylindoles.
Scheme 53: Atroposelective formation of axially chiral arylquinolines.
Scheme 54: Atroposelective (3 + 2) cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes.
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)quinolines.
Scheme 56: Atroposelective cyclization of 3-(arylethynyl)-1H-indoles.
Scheme 57: Atroposelective three-component heteroannulation.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed formation of arylbenzimidazols.
Scheme 59: CPA-catalyzed reaction of N-naphthylglycine esters with nitrosobenzenes.
Scheme 60: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles.
Scheme 61: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylbenzoindoles.
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrrolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 63: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols and indoles to nitronaphthalenes.
Scheme 64: Atroposelective reaction of heterobiaryl aldehydes and aminobenzamides.
Scheme 65: Atroposelective cyclization forming N-arylquinolones.
Scheme 66: Atroposelective formation of 9H-carbazol-9-ylnaphthalenes and 1H-indol-1-ylnaphthalene.
Scheme 67: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrazolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 68: Atroposelective addition of diazodicarboxamides to azaborinephenols.
Scheme 69: Catalytic formation of axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 70: Atroposelective coupling of 1-azonaphthalenes with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 71: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oxindole-based styrenes.
Scheme 72: Atroposelective electrophilic bromination of aminonaphthoquinones.
Scheme 73: Atroposelective bromination of dienes.
Scheme 74: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 5-arylpyrimidines.
Scheme 75: Atroposelective hydrolysis of biaryloxazepines.
Scheme 76: Atroposelective opening of dinaphthosiloles.
Scheme 77: Atroposelective reduction of naphthylenals.
Scheme 78: Atroposelective allylic substitution with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 79: Atroposelective allylic alkylation with phosphinamides.
Scheme 80: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aminopyrroles.
Scheme 81: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aromatic sulfinamides.
Scheme 82: Atroposelective sulfonylation of naphthylynones.
Scheme 83: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl-2-naphthols with 5H-oxazolones.
Scheme 84: Formation of axially chiral styrenes via sulfonylative opening of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 85: Atroposelective organo-photocatalyzed sulfonylation of alkynyl-2-naphthols.
Scheme 86: Thiourea-catalyzed atroposelective cyclization of alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 87: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral naphthylisothiazoles.
Scheme 88: Atroposelective iodo-cyclization catalyzed by squaramide C69.
Scheme 89: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oligoarenes.
Scheme 90: Atroposelective ring-opening of cyclic N-sulfonylamides.
Scheme 91: Thiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of naphthylpyrroles.
Scheme 92: Atroposelective ring-opening of arylindole lactams.
Scheme 93: Atroposelective reaction of 1-naphthyl-2-tetralones and diarylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 94: Atroposelective reaction of iminoquinones with indoles.
Scheme 95: Kinetic resolution of binaphthylalcohols.
Scheme 96: DKR of hydroxynaphthylamides.
Scheme 97: Atroposelective N-alkylation with phase-transfer catalyst C75.
Scheme 98: Atroposelective allylic substitution via kinetic resolution of biarylsulfonamides.
Scheme 99: Atroposelective bromo-functionalization of alkynylarenes.
Scheme 100: Sulfenylation-induced atroposelective cyclization.
Scheme 101: Atroposelective O-sulfonylation of isochromenone-indoles.
Scheme 102: NHC-catalyzed atroposelective N-acylation of anilines.
Scheme 103: Peptide-catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening of lactones.
Scheme 104: Peptide-catalyzed coupling of 2-naphthols with quinones.
Scheme 105: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoroarenes.
Efficient synthesis of fluorinated triphenylenes with enhanced arene–perfluoroarene interactions in columnar mesophases
- Yang Chen,
- Jiao He,
- Hang Lin,
- Hai-Feng Wang,
- Ping Hu,
- Bi-Qin Wang,
- Ke-Qing Zhao and
- Bertrand Donnio
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3263–3273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.270
- chains and derived from the classical triphenylene core self-assembling in columnar mesophases based on this paradigm. These mesogenic compounds were simply obtained in good yields by the nucleophilic substitution (SNFAr) of various types of commercially available fluoroarenes with the electrophilic
- -hexafluoro-2,3,6,7-tetraalkoxybenzo[f]tetraphenes (6F-BTPn) [44], obtained by the straightforward nucleophilic substitution of fluoroarenes (SNFAr) between 2,2'-dilithio-4,4',5,5'-tetraalkoxy-1,1'-biphenyl (2Li-BPn) derivatives and hexafluorobenzene, C6F6 (4F-TPn), on the one hand, and octafluoronaphthalene
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Figure 1: Fluorotriphenylene derivatives and their nonfluorinated homologs obtained by SNFAr from 2,2'-dilith...
Scheme 1: Synthesis, yields, and nomenclature of 1,2,4-trifluoro-6,7,10,11-tetraalkoxy-3-(perfluorophenyl)tri...
Figure 2: Single crystal structure of 1,2,4-trifluoro-3-(perfluorophenyl)triphenylene (F) viewed along the ma...
Figure 3: POM textures, observed between crossed polarizers of Janus and dimer, F6, F12, G66, and G48, respec...
Figure 4: Comparative bar graph summarizing the thermal behavior of Fn, BTP6, and PHn derivatives (2nd heatin...
Figure 5: Representative S/WAXS patterns of Fn and Gnm compounds.
Figure 6: Absorption (a) and emission (b) spectra of F6 and G66, measured in different solvents at a concentr...
Figure 7: DFT calculated frontier molecular orbitals and optimized molecular structures for F1 and G11.
Mono or double Pd-catalyzed C–H bond functionalization for the annulative π-extension of 1,8-dibromonaphthalene: a one pot access to fluoranthene derivatives
- Nahed Ketata,
- Linhao Liu,
- Ridha Ben Salem and
- Henri Doucet
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 427–435, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.37
- using commercially available substrates and allowing the regioselective introduction of functional groups at the desired positions is still needed. By using Pd-catalyzed double C–H bond functionalization of activated arenes, such as (poly)fluoroarenes, or by combining a palladium-catalyzed
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Figure 1: Structure of fluoranthene.
Scheme 1: Pd-catalyzed access to fluoranthenes.
Scheme 2: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation reaction of arenes with 1,8-dibromonaphthalene.
Scheme 3: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed direct arylation reaction of 2,5-substituted heteroarenes with 1,8-dibrom...
Scheme 4: Scope of the Pd-catalyzed Suzuki reaction followed by direct arylation of arylboronic acids with 1,...
Scheme 5: Attempted reaction of 1-naphthylboronic acid with 1,2-dihalobenzenes.
Scheme 6: Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction followed by direct arylation of 1,1-diphenylethylene with 1,2-dihalobenz...
Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control
- Carlee A. Montgomery and
- Graham K. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86
- literature to-date has shown that the vast majority of reactions follow the reductive elimination pathway to produce 4. However, a clear exception to this is in reactions with nucleophilic fluoride or [18F]fluoride, which reductively eliminate to exclusively generate fluoroarenes (e.g., 5). The rationale for
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Figure 1: Generic representation of halogen bonding.
Figure 2: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in monovalent iodine-containing compounds; and, qualitative mole...
Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in hypervalent iodine-containing molecules; and, qualitative MEP...
Figure 4: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in iodonium ylides; and, qualitative MEP map of I-12 from −0.083...
Scheme 1: Outline of possible reaction pathways between iodonium ylides and Lewis basic nucleophiles (top); a...
Scheme 2: Metal-free cyclopropanations of iodonium ylides, either as intermolecular (a) or intramolecular pro...
Figure 5: Zwitterionic mechanism for intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides (left); and, stepwise...
Scheme 3: Metal-free intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides.
Figure 6: Concerted cycloaddition pathway for the metal-free, intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium yli...
Scheme 4: Reaction of ylide 6 with diphenylketene to form lactone 24 and 25.
Figure 7: Nucleophilic (top) and electrophilic (bottom) addition pathways proposed by Koser and Hadjiarapoglo...
Scheme 5: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and tertiary amines.
Scheme 6: N-Heterocycle synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and secondary amines.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 33a from iodonium ylides and amines, involving an initial h...
Scheme 7: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylides 39 and tertiary amines under blue light photocataly...
Scheme 8: Metal-free cycloproponation of iodonium ylides under blue LED irradiation. aUsing trans-β-methylsty...
Figure 9: Proposed mechanism of the cyclopropanation between iodonium ylides and alkenes under blue LED irrad...
Scheme 9: Formal C–H alkylation of iodonium ylides by nucleophilic heterocycles under blue LED irradiation.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism of the formal C–H insertion of pyrrole under blue LED irradiation.
Scheme 10: X–H insertions between iodonium ylides and carboxylic acids, phenols and thiophenols.
Figure 11: Mechanistic proposal for the X–H insertion reactions of iodonium ylides.
Scheme 11: Radiofluorination of biphenyl using iodonium ylides 54a–e derived from various β-dicarbonyl auxilia...
Scheme 12: Radiofluorination of arenes using spirocycle-derived iodonium ylides 56.
Scheme 13: Radiofluorination of arenes using SPIAd-derived iodonium ylides 58.
Figure 12: Calculated reaction coordinate for the radiofluorination of iodonium ylide 60.
Scheme 14: Radiofluorination of iodonium ylides possessing various ortho- and para-substituents on the iodoare...
Figure 13: Difference in Gibbs activation energy for ortho- or para-anisyl derived iodonium ylides 63a and 63b....
Figure 14: Proposed equilibration of intermediates to transit between 64a (the initial adduct formed between 6...
Scheme 15: Comparison of 31 and ortho-methoxy iodonium ylide 39 in rhodium-catalyzed cyclopropanation and cycl...
Figure 15: X-ray crystal structure of dimeric 39 [6], (CCDC# 893474) [143,144].
Scheme 16: Enaminone synthesis using diazonium and iodonium ylides.
Figure 16: Transition state calculations for enaminone synthesis from iodonium ylides and thioamides.
Scheme 17: The reaction between ylides 73a–f and N-methylpyrrole under 365 nm UV irradiation.
Figure 17: Crystal structures of 76c (top) and 76e (bottom) [101], (CCDC# 2104180 & 2104181) [143,144].
Contribution of microreactor technology and flow chemistry to the development of green and sustainable synthesis
- Flavio Fanelli,
- Giovanna Parisi,
- Leonardo Degennaro and
- Renzo Luisi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 520–542, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.51
- solvent, contributes to further validate the green procedure. The 2-MeTHF solutions of fluoroarenes 4 together with the hexane solution of n-BuLi were pumped into the flow system at −40 °C. The generated organozinc intermediate meets the solution of haloarenes and the catalyst, leading to the formation of
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Figure 1: Microreactor technologies and flow chemistry for a sustainable chemistry.
Scheme 1: A flow microreactor system for the generation and trapping of highly unstable carbamoyllithium spec...
Scheme 2: Flow synthesis of functionalized α-ketoamides.
Scheme 3: Reactions of benzyllithiums.
Scheme 4: Trapping of benzyllithiums bearing carbonyl groups enabled by a flow microreactor. (Adapted with pe...
Scheme 5: External trapping of chloromethyllithium in a flow microreactor system.
Scheme 6: Scope for the direct tert-butoxycarbonylation using a flow microreactor system.
Scheme 7: Control of anionic Fries rearrangement reactions by using submillisecond residence time. (Adapted w...
Figure 2: Chip microreactor (CMR) fabricated with six layers of polyimide films. (Reproduced with permission ...
Scheme 8: Flow microreactor system for lithiation, borylation, Suzuki–Miyaura coupling and selected examples ...
Scheme 9: Experimental setup for the flow synthesis of 2-fluorobi(hetero)aryls by directed lithiation, zincat...
Scheme 10: Experimental setup for the coupling of fluoro-substituted pyridines. (Adapted with permission from [53]...
Scheme 11: Continuous flow process setup for the preparation of 11 (Reproduced with permission from [54], copyrigh...
Scheme 12: Continuous-flow photocatalytic oxidation of thiols to disulfides.
Scheme 13: Trifluoromethylation by continuous-flow photoredox catalysis.
Scheme 14: Flow photochemical synthesis of 6(5H)-phenanthridiones from 2-chlorobenzamides.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of biaryls 14a–g under photochemical flow conditions.
Scheme 16: Flow oxidation of hydrazones to diazo compounds.
Scheme 17: Synthetic use of flow-generated diazo compounds.
Scheme 18: Ley’s flow approach for the generation of diazo compounds.
Scheme 19: Iterative strategy for the sequential coupling of diazo compounds.
Scheme 20: Integrated synthesis of Bakuchiol precursor via flow-generated diazo compounds.
Scheme 21: Kappe’s continuous-flow reduction of olefines with diimide.
Scheme 22: Multi-injection setup for the reduction of artemisinic acid.
Scheme 23: Flow reactor system for multistep synthesis of (S)-rolipram. Pumps are labelled a, b, c, d and e; L...
Figure 3: Reconfigurable modules and flowcharts for API synthesis. (Reproduced with permission from [85], copyrig...
Figure 4: Reconfigurable system for continuous production and formulation of APIs. (Reproduced with permissio...
