Asymmetric organocatalytic Michael addition of cyclopentane-1,2-dione to alkylidene oxindole

• Estelle Silm,
• Ivar Järving and
• Tõnis Kanger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 167–173, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.18

• oxindole and the squaramide decreasing the effective concentration of the catalyst. Taking this into consideration, 2 equiv of substituted oxindole was used and the reaction proceeded smoothly in 2 h in high enantioselectivity (90%/94% ee), in high yield (74%) but in moderate diastereoselectivity (Table 1

Efficient and regioselective synthesis of dihydroxy-substituted 2-aminocyclooctane-1-carboxylic acid and its bicyclic derivatives

• İlknur Polat,
• Selçuk Eşsiz,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Emine Salamci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 77–85, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.7

• this transformation. The structure of 13 was elucidated with the help of the 2D NMR (COSY and HMQC) experiments. Finally, removal of the Boc group from 13 with HCl(g)–MeOH resulted in the formation of cyclic β-amino acid derivative 8 in high yield. Our suggested mechanism for the reaction of epoxide 7

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• also important in quantitative analytical determinations of drugs containing free primary and secondary amino groups, as they react quickly and in high yield with amines to form colored products in good yields. This review reports several examples of syntheses of functionalized 1,2-naphthoquinones

Recent advances and perspectives in ruthenium-catalyzed cyanation reactions

• Thaipparambil Aneeja,
• Cheriya Mukkolakkal Abdulla Afsina,
• Padinjare Veetil Saranya and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 37–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.4

• as solvent (Scheme 23). Both aromatic and aliphatic aldehydes performed well and gave the desired products in good yields. At the same time ketones were found less active in this strategy. The operational simplicity and high yield of products are the prominent characteristics of this reaction. In

First total synthesis of hoshinoamide A

• Haipin Zhou,
• Zihan Rui,
• Yiming Yang,
• Shengtao Xu,
• Yutian Shao and
• Long Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2924–2931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.201

• achieved by solid-state synthesis. Our synthetic strategy could synthesize the target peptide in high yield with good purity Keywords: antimalarial; highly methylated polypeptides; hoshinoamides; total synthesis; Introduction Malaria is an insect-borne infectious disease caused by parasites of the genus

• synthesized in high efficiency. After systematic screening of the coupling reagents in liquid phase, the key intermediate tripeptide 7 was obtained in high yield. The solid-phase synthesis improves the entire efficiency of the synthetic route. This strategy could be applied to the stereoselective synthesis of

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

• co-workers established a Heck/Kumada cross-coupling cascade to construct nitrogen and oxygen-containing cis-heterospirocycles 40 in high yield and diastereoselectivity with inexpensive Fe(acac)3 as the precatalyst (Scheme 8) [73]. Interestingly, this protocol was applicable to substrates bearing

Recent advances in the asymmetric phosphoric acid-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral compounds

• Alemayehu Gashaw Woldegiorgis and
• Xufeng Lin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2729–2764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.185

• ]. Zhou and co-workers published an excellent paper in 2019 on the conversion of central to axial chirality in an enantioselective [3 + 2] annulation of 1-styrylnaphthols 32 with azonaphthalenes 33. Under defined conditions, the cycloaddition product 34 was prepared in high yield (99%) with exclusive

• -axial chirality conversion by oxidative aromatization. With excellent diastereoselectivities (all >20:1) and enantioselectivities (87–99% ee), the target products 35 containing different groups were obtained in high yield (up to 94%) (Scheme 12). In this transformation, electron-donating and withdrawing

• chiral arylquinazolinones 76 were obtained in high yield (up to 99%) with high enantioselectivity (83–97% ee, Scheme 25). Both the position and the electronic properties of the substituents on the aromatic ring had a minor influence on the reaction efficiency and enantioselectivity of this transformation

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

• Umesh P. Aher,
• Dhananjai Srivastava,
• Girij P. Singh and
• Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

• reaction of benzoyl chloride in pyridine to protect the hydroxy group, which results in a high yield. The isopropylidene group was selectively deprotected using 10% HCl, followed by oxidative breakage of the carbon–carbon bond of the resulting diol using sodium periodate. Further reduction of the aldehyde

N-Sulfinylpyrrolidine-containing ureas and thioureas as bifunctional organocatalysts

• Viera Poláčková,
• Dominika Krištofíková,
• Boglárka Némethová,
• Renata Górová,
• Mária Mečiarová and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2629–2641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.176

• (7a) using sulfinylurea catalyst (S,R)-C2. A relatively high yield (81%) of Michael adduct 8a was formed in 3 hours of milling, with triethylamine as the base (Table 3, entry 1). The diastereoselectivity and enantioselectivity reached comparable values as in the solvent conditions. The chemical yield

Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of amines and amides

• Pratibha Sharma,
• Raakhi Gupta and
• Raj K. Bansal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2585–2610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.173

• (quinidinethiourea + ᴅ-proline), instead of the expected domino Mannich/Michael product, the bridged tetrahydroisoquinoline product 25a was obtained in high yield (90%) and excellent dr (94:6) and ee value (99%) (Table 5). The controlled reactions using 23 and 24 as the catalyst gave the product in very poor yield

Recent advances in the tandem annulation of 1,3-enynes to functionalized pyridine and pyrrole derivatives

• Yi Liu,
• Puying Luo,
• Yang Fu,
• Tianxin Hao,
• Xuan Liu,
• Qiuping Ding and
• Yiyuan Peng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2462–2476, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.163

• esterified pyridines 29 in moderate to high yield. It is worth noting that 1,3-enynes 28 bearing internal alkyne moieties were not tolerated as substrates. In 2016, Aïssa and co-workers reported a nickel-catalyzed [4 + 2]-cycloaddition of 3-azetidinones 30 with 1,3-enynes 31 for the synthesis of 3‑hydroxy

Enantioselective PCCP Brønsted acid-catalyzed aminalization of aldehydes

• Martin Kamlar,
• Robert Reiberger,
• Martin Nigríni,
• Ivana Císařová and
• Jan Veselý

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2433–2440, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.160

• dramatically improved the enantioselectivity (Table 1, entries 9–11). In particular, when the aminalization reaction between 1a and 2a was carried out in the presence of 5 Å molecular sieves, the corresponding product 3a was delivered in high yield (96%) and with enantiomeric purity 80% ee (Table 1, entry 11

• averaged only around 50%. In addition, the role of an electron-donating methyl group on the aromatic ring was investigated. When p-tolualdehyde (1f) was used in the cyclization reaction with anthranilamide (1a), the corresponding aminal 3f was obtained in high yield (83%) and with good enantiomeric excess

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

• group. The first step was initiated by the protection of the primary hydroxy group of metronidazole (1) with p-toluenesulfonyl chloride in dry DCM in the presence of triethylamine at 0 °C to room temperature. The reaction afforded the desired metronidazole tosylate 2 in high yield (96%) [17]. In the

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

• undergo an effective cyclization reaction to synthesize 2-methylfuran derivatives 167 with high yield in the presence of Hg(OTf)2 as the catalyst under very mild reaction conditions (Scheme 48) [108]. Cyclization of 6-aminohex-1-yne 168 was performed by catalytic amounts of Hg(NO3)2 and generated 2

A novel methodology for the efficient synthesis of 3-monohalooxindoles by acidolysis of 3-phosphate-substituted oxindoles with haloid acids

• Li Liu,
• Yue Li,
• Tiao Huang,
• Dulin Kong and
• Mingshu Wu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2321–2328, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.150

• , and acetonitrile (Table 1, entries 2–9). The results indicated that the solvent has a meaningful impact on the efficiency of the reaction. Among the tested solvents, CH3CN was the best choice for the process (Table 1, entry 9). In this instance, a high yield (89%) was achieved. Then, in the presence

Transition-metal-free intramolecular Friedel–Crafts reaction by alkene activation: A method for the synthesis of some novel xanthene derivatives

• Tülay Yıldız,
• İrem Baştaş and
• Hatice Başpınar Küçük

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2203–2208, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.142

• high yield by refluxing the reactants in the presence of K2CO3 in DMF. 2-Phenoxybenzaldehyde (1a) was converted into secondary alcohol derivative 2a by adding a phenyl group using a Grignard reaction. This reaction was carried out with high yield by adding the freshly prepared Grignard compound of

• phenyl bromide to 2-phenoxybenzaldehyde. As a result, phenoxy secondary alcohol 2a containing three aromatic rings was obtained. In the third step, 2a was oxidized and the ketone derivative 3a was obtained in high yield. The oxidation reaction was carried out using PCC in DCM at room temperature. In the

Progress and challenges in the synthesis of sequence controlled polysaccharides

• Giulio Fittolani,
• Theodore Tyrikos-Ergas,
• Denisa Vargová,
• Manishkumar A. Chaube and
• Martina Delbianco

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1981–2025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.129

Asymmetric organocatalyzed synthesis of coumarin derivatives

• Natália M. Moreira,
• Lorena S. R. Martelli and
• Arlene G. Corrêa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1952–1980, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.128

• reported an enantioselective 1,4-addition of azadienes 71 to 3-homoacyl coumarins 70 to achieve benzofuran coumarin derivatives 72 [57]. It was possible to obtain good to excellent diastereo- and enantioselectivities by using a low amount of the catalyst, besides the high yield of the reaction. The best

• /indandione-fused spirocyclopentanes 104 bearing four contiguous stereogenic centers, was described by Chen et al. [68]. This transformation was catalyzed by a cinchona-thiourea derivative 105 furnishing the spiro compounds with good to high yield and enantioselectivity (Scheme 33). In this method two

Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective

• Teruo Umemoto,
• Yuhao Yang and
• Gerald B. Hammond

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123

• aromatics such as phenol, cresol, and naphthalene were fluorinated in chloroform at 22 °C (Scheme 18). The N-F imide reagent 7-1a fluorinated the sodium salt of diethyl 1-methylmalonate at −10 °C to give the corresponding fluoro product in high yield (96%). Later (1991 and 1992), the same laboratory

• ], which was an alternative to N-fluoroquinuclidinium fluoride (6-1) (Scheme 20). The triflate 8-1 was prepared in high yield by the counteranion replacement reaction developed by Umemoto and co-worker [28]. The fluorinating power of triflate 8-1 was the same as that of the fluoride 6-1, but its

• of its corresponding sulfonimide 13-1 with 10% F2/N2 in the presence of NaF and in high yield (Scheme 28) [57]. NFOBS is a stable and crystalline solid of mp 139–140 °C (dec) with good fluorinating power. Its usefulness was demonstrated through fluorination reactions with different types of

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

• -triazoles. The postfunctionalization of disubstituted 1,2,3-triazole was also explained with a range of C–C- and C–N-bond-forming reactions. A number of fully substituted 1,2,3-triazoles was provided from different compounds in moderate to high yield under mild conditions. In the last years, the

• enaminones 18 with tosyl azide. A wide range of desired 5-thiolated 1,2,3-triazoles 19 has been prepared in good to high yield in H2O as solvent using TMEDA as a weak base, thus providing an environmentally friendly procedure that was demonstrated to be practicable also on a gram scale. A wide range of β

• fully substituted triazoles in good to high yield. The phenyl ring could also be replaced by naphthyl and furyl rings to give the corresponding products in good to excellent yield. Besides, aryl and alkyl groups for R2 displayed applicability in the preparation of corresponding 1,4,5-trisubstituted

A straightforward conversion of 1,4-quinones into polycyclic pyrazoles via [3 + 2]-cycloaddition with fluorinated nitrile imines

• Greta Utecht-Jarzyńska,
• Karolina Nagła,
• Grzegorz Mlostoń,
• Heinz Heimgartner,
• Marcin Palusiak and
• Marcin Jasiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1509–1517, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.108

•  3). Irrespective of the electronic properties of the substituent X located at the C(4) atom of the aryl ring in the precursor 8, generally, a high yield of the isolated products 9 was observed (78–97%). Only for derivatives bearing strongly electron-withdrawing groups X (i.e., CN, NO2), a longer

• ]-cycloadducts by air oxidation were isolated exclusively. Additionally, the X-ray structure of 9d is shown in Figure 2. Similar results were obtained starting with 1,4-anthraquinone (1b) and selected hydrazonoyl bromides 8. In this series, fused pyrazoles 9i–l were obtained in high yield (63–92%, Scheme 3

Co-crystallization of an organic solid and a tetraaryladamantane at room temperature

• Fabian Rami,
• Jan Nowak,
• Felix Krupp,
• Wolfgang Frey and
• Clemens Richert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1476–1480, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.103

• wide range of chemically interesting molecular entities, further favoring it as test substance. Two molecular hosts were to be employed, namely TDA and TEO (Figure 1), both of which are readily synthesized in high yield [14][15]. Exploratory experiments were performed aiming at crystallizing at

Icilio Guareschi and his amazing “1897 reaction”

• Gian Cesare Tron,
• Alberto Minassi,
• Giovanni Sorba,
• Mara Fausone and
• Giovanni Appendino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1335–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.93

• posthumously in 1919 [35]. In 1894, Guareschi reported the first high-yield synthesis and the structure elucidation of triacetonamine (6, Scheme 3) [35][36][37], the sterically hindered amine that is the starting material for the synthesis of the popular oxidant TEMPO [38]. Triacetonamine had first been

• reported in 1874 and was synthesized by refluxing of a saturated solution of ammonia in acetone, but the structure of this trimer had not yet been established [39]. Guareschi obtained triacetonamine in high yield (>70%) by treatment of phorone (7), the trimer of acetone, with ammonia and established the

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

• in the synthesis of (–)-batzelladine D 61 and (–)-13-epi-batzelladine D 62. The reaction of (SS)-58 with methyl bromoacetate in the presence on Zn and CuCl in THF, left, after removal of the sulfinyl group under acidic conditions, to β-amino ester ammonium chloride 59 in high yield. This compound was

• rhodium catalyst in dioxane, in the presence of 2 equivalents of MeOH, at 65 °C, leading to compounds 65 with high diastereomeric ratio. Crude amides 65 were converted into the corresponding pyrrolidines 66 in high yield by stirring at room temperature for 1 h in presence of 2.0 equivalents of LiHMDS

• -amino ketone derivative 124 in high yield and diastereoselectivity (Scheme 34). A reduction of 124 gave a mixture of diastereomeric alcohols, and the one with (R)-configuration at the benzylic position was isolated in 54% yield. Further treatment of the alcohol with NaH furnished a cyclized product