The chemistry and biology of mycolactones

• Matthias Gehringer and
• Karl-Heinz Altmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1596–1660, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.159

Transition-metal-free one-pot synthesis of alkynyl selenides from terminal alkynes under aerobic and sustainable conditions

• Adrián A. Heredia and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 910–918, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.92

• applications of alkynyl selenides are electrophilic addition reactions, many of them modulated by transition-metal catalysts [11]. Some examples are: hydroboration which results in a vinylborane selenide used in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki cross-coupling reactions [12], the addition to tributyltin hydride in the

Studies directed toward the exploitation of vicinal diols in the synthesis of (+)-nebivolol intermediates

• Runjun Devi and
• Sajal Kumar Das

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 571–578, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.56

• intermediates, we first needed to synthesize the syn-dihydroxy esters 19 and 20 (Scheme 4). Toward that objective, 2-allyl-4-fluorophenol (15) was benzylated with BnCl and anhydrous K2CO3 in the presence of KI in acetone under reflux conditions to obtain benzyl ether 16 (Scheme 4). The subsequent hydroboration

The reductive decyanation reaction: an overview and recent developments

• Jean-Marc R. Mattalia

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 267–284, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.30

• protocol is successfully used with various electron-deficient substituted phenyl groups (15b–e) and with heterocycles (15f–h). The double-bond of cyanopyrrolidine 14l is preserved from the hydroboration reaction (15l). Olefins bearing bulky ester, sulfone or amide groups afforded good to excellent yields

Diastereoselective synthesis of new O-alkylated and C-branched inositols and their corresponding fluoro analogues

• Charlotte Collet,
• Françoise Chrétien,
• Yves Chapleur and
• Sandrine Lamandé-Langle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 353–361, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.39

• bromide under classical conditions in the presence of NaH at reflux [44] to afford myo-9 and scyllo-9 in good yield of 80% and 82%, respectively. The hydroxylated arm was obtained by hydroboration using BH3 on the unsaturated compounds myo-9 and scyllo-9 followed by an oxidation with H2O2/NaOH allowing

• , after hydroboration using BH3 in THF at 0 °C followed by conventional oxidation using H2O2/NaOH, in 70–80% yield. Subsequent catalytic hydrogenation under pressure with Pd(OH)2 as the catalyst [45] allowed to obtaining quantitatively the fully hydroxylated inositols myo-3, scyllo-3, myo-4 and scyllo-4

Copper-catalyzed stereoselective conjugate addition of alkylboranes to alkynoates

• Takamichi Wakamatsu,
• Kazunori Nagao,
• Hirohisa Ohmiya and
• Masaya Sawamura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 2444–2450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.265

• Takamichi Wakamatsu Kazunori Nagao Hirohisa Ohmiya Masaya Sawamura Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan 10.3762/bjoc.11.265 Abstract A copper-catalyzed conjugate addition of alkylboron compounds (alkyl-9-BBN, prepared by hydroboration of

• mode. The syn stereoselectivity was excellent regardless of the substrate structure, and a variety of functional groups were tolerated in both the alkylborane and the alkynoate. Results and Discussion Alkylborane 2a (0.275 mmol), which was obtained via hydroboration of styrene (1a) with the 9

• accessible through the hydroboration–conjugate addition one-pot protocol with excellent syn stereoselectivities (Table 2). This protocol tolerated functional groups such as methoxy, ester, phthalimide, fluoro, cyano and aldehyde moieties in the alkylboranes and alkynoates (Table 2, entries 1–3, 6–9 and 11

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

• –Miyaura coupling: Bodwell and Li [127] have reported the synthesis of the cyclophane 130 involving hydroboration and the Suzuki–Miyaura (SM) coupling [128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135] as key steps. 1,3-Diallylindole (127) was first synthesized in two steps from indole (123) by successive allylation

Novel stereocontrolled syntheses of tashiromine and epitashiromine

• Loránd Kiss,
• Enikő Forró and
• Ferenc Fülöp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 596–603, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.66

• –cyclization [27], or electrophilic pyrolidinone alkylation followed by ring closure [28][29]. Pyrrolidine alkylation and nucleophilic ring closure followed by C–C double bond hydroboration [30] leads to racemic epitashiromine, as does the N-alkylated succinimide transformation through the corresponding

Formal total syntheses of classic natural product target molecules via palladium-catalyzed enantioselective alkylation

• Yiyang Liu,
• Marc Liniger,
• Ryan M. McFadden,
• Jenny L. Roizen,
• Jacquie Malette,
• Corey M. Reeves,
• Douglas C. Behenna,
• Masaki Seto,
• Jimin Kim,
• Justin T. Mohr,
• Scott C. Virgil and
• Brian M. Stoltz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2501–2512, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.261

• ), giving allyl ketone (−)-18 in 94% yield and 91% ee [34]. Treatment of the ketone (−)-18 with MeMgBr at 23 ºC provided a mixture of two diastereomeric alcohols 19A and 19B in 94% yield. Without separation, the diastereomers were rapidly carried through a three-step sequence of hydroboration/oxidation

Olefin cross metathesis based de novo synthesis of a partially protected L-amicetose and a fully protected L-cinerulose derivative

• Bernd Schmidt and
• Sylvia Hauke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1023–1031, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.102

• perdeuteration of an alkynoate derived from L-threonine (giving a 2,2,3,3-tetradeuterated amicetose) [26], enantioselective hydroboration of hetero Diels–Alder adducts [27], stereoconservative diazotation of L-glutamic acid [28][29], diastereoselective addition of methylmagnesium bromide to enantiopure 2

Addition of H-phosphonates to quinine-derived carbonyl compounds. An unexpected C9 phosphonate–phosphate rearrangement and tandem intramolecular piperidine elimination

• Łukasz Górecki,
• Artur Mucha and
• Paweł Kafarski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 883–889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.85

• (R/S). The homologous aldehyde can be prepared by oxidation of the double bond in a hydroboration–oxidation sequence, however, the presence of the nitrogen atoms, particularly that of the tertiary amino group of quinuclidine, may be troubleshooting [28][29]. Borane complexes with heteroaromatic and

• aliphatic amines are considered inconveniently stable in protic solvents (water, alcohols) and dissociate only at an elevated temperature [30]. Most probably, in our case the formation of the amine–borane complex proceeded faster than the hydroboration of the vinyl group. When compound 2 was reacted with

• complexed forms (borane-tertiary amino group). Again, step-by-step approach and separation of the intermediate appeared more profitable. First, the alcohol 7 was synthesized by hydroboration of the substrate with BH3·THF under an inert atmosphere followed by oxidation of the intermediate borane 5 complex

Direct and indirect single electron transfer (SET)-photochemical approaches for the preparation of novel phthalimide and naphthalimide-based lariat-type crown ethers

• Dae Won Cho,
• Patrick S. Mariano and
• Ung Chan Yoon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 514–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.47

• into the amidols 69 can be easily achieved by employing Lewis acid-catalyzed reactions with allyltrimethylsilane, which produce the allylation products 71. Hydroboration–oxidation of the terminal olefin moieties in 71 then forms the corresponding alcohols 70 that contain key hydroxypropyl side chains

Recent applications of the divinylcyclopropane–cycloheptadiene rearrangement in organic synthesis

• Sebastian Krüger and
• Tanja Gaich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 163–193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.14

• synthesis of the diterpene scopadulcic acid B (79, see Scheme 10), isolated from the Paraguayan plant Scoparia dulcis [66]. Starting from 2-iodobenzaldehyde (65) allyl-Grignard addition took place followed by TBS-protection of the resulting alcohol. The installed double bond was subjected to hydroboration

• yielded intermediate cis-divinylcyclopropane 164, which underwent the desired rearrangement at remarkably low temperature to yield bicycle 165. Selective hydroboration/oxidation (directed through participation of the untouched double bond) followed by Swern oxidation gave ketone 166. The enone system 167

• was prepared through addition of Eschenmoser’s salt, followed by Hoffman elimination of the resulting amine. Luche reduction [143] from the less hindered side followed by hydroboration/oxidation gave diol 168. Mono-mesylation of the primary alcohol followed by the addition of base furnished the

Bidirectional cross metathesis and ring-closing metathesis/ring opening of a C₂-symmetric building block: a strategy for the synthesis of decanolide natural products

• Bernd Schmidt and
• Oliver Kunz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2544–2555, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.289

• ). With borane–dimethylsulfide complex as the reductant and 10 mol % of catalyst, no conversion was observed at −78 °C (Table 3, entry 1), whereas attempted reduction at ambient temperature (Table 3, entry 2) resulted in the formation of a complex mixture, presumably due to competing hydroboration of the

Cyclopamine analogs bearing exocyclic methylenes are highly potent and acid-stable inhibitors of hedgehog signaling

• Johann Moschner,
• Anna Chentsova,
• Nicole Eilert,
• Irene Rovardi,
• Philipp Heretsch and
• Athanassios Giannis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2328–2335, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.267

• , 0 °C, 93%), (2) hydroboration/oxidation (9-BBN, THF, 70 °C; then NaBO3, H2O, 50 °C, 91%) and finally, (3) oxidative cyclization (BAIB, cat. TEMPO, CH2Cl2, 25 °C, 73%) was employed. Deprotection of the silyl ether (HF, MeCN, 25 °C, 87%) and base-induced rearrangement of the steroid skeleton via the

Amyloid-β probes: Review of structure–activity and brain-kinetics relationships

• Todd J. Eckroat,
• Abdelrahman S. Mayhoub and
• Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1012–1044, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.116

• imidazopyridine, [18F]FPPIP (142), was prepared starting from 140e. A palladium-catalyzed coupling with tributyl(vinyl)tin to give an alkene intermediate was followed by hydroboration-oxidation to give the hydroxypropyl intermediate 145, which was radiolabeled to give 142 (Scheme 10B). This compound showed good

Methylidynetrisphosphonates: Promising C₁ building block for the design of phosphate mimetics

• Vadim D. Romanenko and
• Valery P. Kukhar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 991–1001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.114

• reasonable yield, but the 1-allyl-substituted trisphosphonate 12b did not undergo hydroboration with 9-BBN. However, treatment of 12b with borane in THF resulted in conversion to the primary alcohol 34 in good yield (Scheme 16) [26]. A further example of the reactivity of trisphosphonates is provided by a

• . Reaction between tert-butylphosphaethyne and diethyl phosphite in the presence of sodium metal. Cross metathesis of trisphosphonates 12 with 2-methyl-2-butene and the Grubbs second-generation catalyst. Hydroboration–oxidation of trisphosphonates 12b,e. Reaction of 3-butyn-1-ylidenetrisphosphonate 15 with

The chemistry of bisallenes

• Henning Hopf and
• Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

Stereoselective synthesis of trans-fused iridoid lactones and their identification in the parasitoid wasp Alloxysta victrix, Part I: Dihydronepetalactones

• Nicole Zimmermann,
• Robert Hilgraf,
• Lutz Lehmann,
• Daniel Ibarra and
• Wittko Francke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1246–1255, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.140

• ] which could be separated by chromatography on silica gel. Hydroboration and lactonization of 12 furnished a mixture of the C4-epimers a and b that once again needed to be separated by chromatography on silica gel [23]. Analytical data of the first eluting component a were in accordance with those

• intermediate, the stereoselective synthesis of all eight stereoisomers could be achieved (Figure 5). The aldehyde 15 could be readily prepared from commercially available pure and cheap (R)-limonene (14) [25][26][27]. Non-selective hydroboration of the double bond in the side chain of 15 would yield a pair of

• upon intramolecular aldol condensation [25][26][27]. Subsequently, the aldehyde 15 was reduced to the allylic alcohol 19 with LiAlH4 and converted into the acetate 20 [28]. Hydroboration of 20 using disiamylborane proceeded with high stereoselectivity affording 16 as a single stereoisomer [17][28

Carbohydrate-auxiliary assisted preparation of enantiopure 1,2-oxazine derivatives and aminopolyols

• Marcin Jasiński,
• Dieter Lentz and
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 662–674, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.74

• -dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazines. Their enol ether double bond was then subjected to a hydroboration followed by an oxidative work-up, and finally the auxiliary was removed. The described three-step procedure enabled the synthesis of enantiopure hydroxylated 1,2-oxazines. Typical examples were treated with

• reagents [33]. Here we report on the application of a nitrone with an L-erythronolactone-derived auxiliary for the synthesis of 3,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazine derivatives of type D. Their selected transformations, including hydroboration of the enol ether moiety, oxidative work-up, glycosyl cleavage, and

• ], the introduction of an additional hydroxyl moiety into 1,2-oxazine derivatives was an essential goal in several studies by our group [34][46][47][48]. A series of 5-hydroxy-1,2-oxazine derivatives was successfully prepared by the well known hydroboration/oxidation protocol, with yields and

Metathesis access to monocyclic iminocyclitol-based therapeutic agents

• Ileana Dragutan,
• Valerian Dragutan,
• Carmen Mitan,
• Hermanus C.M. Vosloo,
• Lionel Delaude and
• Albert Demonceau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 699–716, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.81

• /hydroboration/oxidation, which gave the best results when the Hoveyda–Grubbs catalyst 6 was used in the RCM (Scheme 15). Interestingly, in this case the asymmetric synthesis of the protected RCM precursor 78 started from a non-chiral source, the alcohol 75, and proceeded with complete stereocontrol over the 11

• %; in refluxing toluene) 79 was obtained in 85% yield. The three reaction steps leading from 78 to 80, i.e., RCM/hydroboration/oxidation, could be accomplished in one-pot to afford the product as a single isomer (all-trans triol). The prepared (+)-1-deoxynojirimycin (62) displayed spectroscopic data

Enantioselective synthesis of tricyclic amino acid derivatives based on a rigid 4-azatricyclo[5.2.1.0^2,6]decane skeleton

• Matthias Breuning,
• Tobias Häuser,
• Christian Mehler,
• Christian Däschlein,
• Carsten Strohmann,
• Andreas Oechsner and
• Holger Braunschweig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 81, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.81

• racemic form starting from inexpensive endo-carbic anhydride (10, Scheme 1). Conversion of the succinyl anhydride moiety in 10 into the pyrrolidine ring in 11 was accomplished in three steps and 74% yield by imide formation, reduction [24], and N-protection. Hydroboration/oxidation of the alkene function

• oxidation of the alkene rac-13 (Scheme 3), which was available from the ketone rac-9 either by Wittig reaction or by a Tebbe-type olefination [31] using Mg, TiCl4, and CH2Cl2. Hydroboration/oxidation of rac-13 occurred highly diastereoselectively on the exo-side providing the desired endo-alcohol rac-14, as

Convenient methods for preparing π-conjugated linkers as building blocks for modular chemistry

• Jiří Kulhánek,
• Filip Bureš and
• Miroslav Ludwig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 11, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.11

• (Figure 1, Table 1). Results and Discussion Synthesis of boronic pinacol esters 3–6 Whilst two styryl dioxaborolanes 3a–b are known [31][32] and commercially available, the N,N-dimethylamino substituted derivative 3c needed to be synthesized. In order to achieve pure (E)-3c, at first, a hydroboration of

• the commercially available terminal acetylene 2c with catecholborane was examined. Despite all attempts to optimize the reaction conditions, 3c could not be prepared this way and was not even detected in the crude reaction mixture. Thus the above hydroboration reported by Perner and co-workers [33

Synthesis of chiral cyclohexanes and carbasugars by 6-exo-dig radical cyclisation reactions

• Rajeev K. Shrivastava,
• Elise Maudru,
• Gurdial Singh,
• Richard H. Wightman and
• Keith M. Morgan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.43

• , (Scheme 7), could be successfully removed on treatment using these conditions. Hydroboration of cyclohexene 14 obtained from cyclisation of 9a, following oxidative workup gave the cyclohexanol 54 in 77% yield. Removal of the isopropylidene and MOM protecting groups afforded a fully deprotected carba-β-D

Radical cascades using enantioenriched 7-azabenzonorbornenes and their applications in synthesis

• David M. Hodgson and
• Leonard H. Winning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 38, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.38

• from 7-azabenzonorbornadienes gives 3-exo-substituted 2-aza-5,6-benzonorbornenes, which in some cases undergo isomerisation to (aminomethyl)indenes. The starting xanthates are accessible in good yields and high enantiomeric ratios via asymmetric hydroboration of (aryne/pyrrole-derived) 7

• -rearrangement-trapping of 2-azabenzonorbornenyl xanthates established, we next sought to achieve an asymmetric access to such systems by asymmetric hydroboration. Previous test reactions had indicated that efficient metal-catalysed asymmetric hydroboration [27] was difficult to achieve in this system [28] and

• therefore stoichiometric hydroboration was examined. The timely work of Laschat and co-workers in an analogous tropinone system [29] suggested the application of diisopinocampheylborane (Ipc2BH) [30][31], which with cycloadduct 14 at 0 °C gave alcohol 15 in 84% yield (68% at −10 °C, Scheme 3). HPLC analysis