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Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications
- Pablo Msellem,
- Maksym Dekthiarenko,
- Nihal Hadj Seyd and
- Guillaume Vives
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
- achieved by chemical (hydroxide/proton) or electrochemical (reduction/oxidation) stimuli allowing the enrichment of perylene from a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in phase-transfer experiments into a perfluorocarbon phase. Metal cation responsive tweezers In the early 2000s, Lehn and co
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Principle of switchable molecular tweezers.
Figure 2: Principle of pH-switchable molecular tweezers 1 [19].
Figure 3: a) pH-Switchable tweezers 2 substituted with alkyl chains as switchable lipids. b) Schematic depict...
Figure 4: Modification of spectral properties of 3 by controlled induction of Pt–Pt interactions.
Figure 5: Conformational switching of di(hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine-based tweezer 4 upon alkylation or fluoride...
Figure 6: Hydrazone-based pH-responsive tweezers 5 for mesogenic modulation.
Figure 7: pH-Switchable molecular tweezers 6 bearing acridinium moieties.
Figure 8: a) Terpyridine and pyridine-hydrazone-pyridine analogs molecular tweezers and b) extended pyridine ...
Figure 9: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with M–salphen arms and their field of application. Figure 9 was adapt...
Figure 10: a) Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers for diphosphate recognition [48]; b) bishelicene chiroptical te...
Figure 11: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with allosteric cooperative binding.
Figure 12: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers presenting closed by default conformation.
Figure 13: Pyridine-pyrimidine-pyridine-based molecular tweezers.
Figure 14: Coordination-responsive molecular tweezers based on nitrogen-containing ligands.
Figure 15: Molecular tweezers exploiting the remote bipyridine or pyridine binding to trigger the conformation...
Figure 16: Bipyridine-based molecular tweezers exploiting the direct s-trans to s-cis-switching for a) anion b...
Figure 17: a) Podand-based molecular tweezers [66,67]. b) Application of tweezers 32 for the catalytic allosteric reg...
Figure 18: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers based on calix[4]pyrrole.
Figure 19: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers.
Figure 20: a) Principle of the weak link approach (WLA) developed by Mirkin and its application to b) symmetri...
Figure 21: Molecular tweezers as allosteric catalyst in asymmetric epoxide opening [80].
Figure 22: Allosteric regulation of catalytic activity in ring-opening polymerization with double tweezers 41.
Figure 23: a) Conformational switching of 42 by intramolecular –S–S– bridge formation. b) Shift of conformatio...
Figure 24: a) Redox-active glycoluril-TTF tweezers 44. b) Mechanism of stepwise oxidation of said tweezers wit...
Figure 25: Mechanism of formation of the mixed-valence dimers of tweezers 45.
Figure 26: Mechanism of carbohydrate liberation upon redox-mediated conformation switching of 46.
Figure 27: a) The encapsulation properties of 47 as well as the DCTNF release process from its host–guest comp...
Figure 28: Redox-active bipyridinium-based tweezers. a) With a ferrocenyl hinge 49, b) with a propyl hinge 50 ...
Figure 29: Redox-active calix[4]arene porphyrin molecular tweezers.
Figure 30: a) Mechanism of the three orthogonal stimuli. b) Cubic scheme showing the eight different states of ...
Figure 31: Redox-controlled molecular gripper based on a diquinone resorcin[4]arene.
Figure 32: a) Shinkai's butterfly tweezers and their different host–guest properties depending on the isomer. ...
Figure 33: Cyclam-tethered tweezers and their different host–guest complexes depending on their configuration.
Figure 34: Azobenzene-based catalytic tweezers.
Figure 35: Photoswitchable PIEZO channel mimic.
Figure 36: Stilbene-based porphyrin tweezers for fullerene recognition.
Figure 37: Stiff-stilbene-based tweezers with urea or thiourea functional units for a) anion binding, b) anion...
Figure 38: Feringa’s photoswitchable organocatalyst (a) and different catalyzed reactions with that system (b)....
Figure 39: a) Irie and Takeshita’s thioindigo-based molecular tweezers. b) Family of hemithioindigo-based mole...
Figure 40: Dithienylethylene crown ether-bearing molecular tweezers reported by Irie and co-workers.
Synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds by late-stage extrusion of chalcogen fragments
- Aissam Okba,
- Pablo Simón Marqués,
- Kyohei Matsuo,
- Naoki Aratani,
- Hiroko Yamada,
- Gwénaël Rapenne and
- Claire Kammerer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 287–305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.30
- ultimate elimination of chalcogen fragments upon thermal activation, photoirradiation and electron exchange. Keywords: arenes; chalcogens; extrusion; fused-ring systems; precursor approach; Introduction π-Conjugated polycyclic compounds (π-CPCs), including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their
- acenes, as described in the introduction. Chalcogen extrusion from bridged precursors: access to acenes Deoxygenation of endoxides belongs to the classical methods used in organic chemistry to generate polycylic aromatic hydrocarbons, through a reductive aromatization relying on a variety of chemical
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Scheme 1: “Precursor approach” for the synthesis of π-conjugated polycyclic compounds, with the thermally- or...
Scheme 2: Valence isomerization of chalcogen heteropines and subsequent cheletropic extrusion in the case of ...
Scheme 3: Early example of phenanthrene synthesis via a chemically-induced S-extrusion (and concomitant decar...
Scheme 4: Top: Conversion of dinaphthothiepine bisimides 3a,b and their sulfoxide analogues 4a,b into PBIs 6a,...
Figure 1: Top view (a) and side view (b) of the X-ray crystal structure of thiepine 3b showing its bent confo...
Scheme 5: Modular synthetic route towards dinaphthothiepines 3a–f and the corresponding S-oxides 4a–d, incorp...
Scheme 6: Top: Conversion of dithienobenzothiepine monomeric units into dithienonaphthalenes, upon S-extrusio...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of S-doped extended triphenylene derivative 22 from 3-bromothiophene (17) with the therma...
Scheme 8: Top: Synthesis of thermally-stable O-doped HBC 26a. Bottom: Synthesis of S- and Se-based soluble pr...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of dinaphthooxepine bisimide 33 and conversion into PBI 6f by O-extrusion triggered by el...
Figure 2: Cyclic voltammogram of dinaphthooxepine 33, evidencing the irreversibility of the reduction process...
Scheme 10: Top: Early example of 6-membered ring contraction with concomitant S-extrusion leading to dinaphtho...
Scheme 11: Examples of S-extrusion from annelated 1,2-dithiins under photoactivation (top) or thermal activati...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of dibenzo[1,4]dithiapentalene upon photoextrusion of SO2 [78].
Scheme 13: Extrusion of SO in naphthotrithiin-2-oxides for the synthesis of 2,5-dihydrothiophene 1-oxides [79].
Scheme 14: SO-extrusion as a key step in the synthesis of fullerenes (C60 and C70) encapsulating H2 molecules [80,82]....
Scheme 15: Synthesis of diepoxytetracene precursor 56 and its on-surface conversion into tetracene upon O-extr...
Scheme 16: Soluble precursors of hexacene, decacene and dodecacene incorporating 1,4-epoxides in their hydroca...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of tetraepoxide 59 as soluble precursor of decacene [85].
Figure 3: Constant-height STM measurement of decacene on Au(111) using a CO-functionalized tip (sample voltag...
Multi-redox indenofluorene chromophores incorporating dithiafulvene donor and ene/enediyne acceptor units
- Christina Schøttler,
- Kasper Lund-Rasmussen,
- Line Broløs,
- Philip Vinterberg,
- Ema Bazikova,
- Viktor B. R. Pedersen and
- Mogens Brøndsted Nielsen
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 59–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.8
- Sciences, Beijing, China 10.3762/bjoc.20.8 Abstract Large donor–acceptor scaffolds derived from polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) with tunable HOMO and LUMO energies are important for several applications, such as organic photovoltaics. Here, we present a large selection of PAHs based on central
- +) containing two 6π-aromatic 1,3-dithiolium rings. The redox properties and geometries of the redox states have been finely tuned by extending the conjugated system with various cores, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), resulting in so-called extended TTFs [9][10][11][12]. One example of this is
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Figure 1: Overview of structural motifs relevant for the work described herein.
Figure 2: Dione/ketones 1, 4–6 and 1,3-dithiole-2-thione compounds 2, 3, 7, and 8 are building blocks used in...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of IF-DTF ketones 9–12 and dimer 13.
Scheme 2: Further functionalization of the IF-DTF ketone 11 via Ramirez/Corey–Fuchs dibromo-olefination and K...
Scheme 3: Coupling of 1,3-dithiole-2-thione building blocks 2 and 3 with fluorenone 5 to afford fluorene-exte...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of acetylenic scaffolds based on IF-DTF. Conditions: (a) Pd(PPh3)2Cl2, CuI, THF, Et3N, rt...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of acetylenic scaffolds with IF as central core. *Not fully characterized due to poor sol...
Scheme 6: Reduction of IF dione 1 to dihydro-IF 29.
Figure 3: UV–vis absorption spectra of compounds 4, 9–12, and 15 in PhMe at 25 °C.
Figure 4: UV–vis absorption spectra of compounds 13, 16, 17, and 30 in CH2Cl2 at 25 °C.
Figure 5: UV–vis absorption spectra of compounds 22, 23, 26, and 27 in CH2Cl2 at 25 °C.
Figure 6: Cyclic voltammograms of compounds 11 (in MeCN), 13 (in CH2Cl2), 15 (in MeCN), 16 (in CH2Cl2), and 17...
Figure 7: Comparison of properties of compounds 13 and 17.
Figure 8: Cyclic voltammograms of compounds 22, 23, 26, and 27 in CH2Cl2; supporting electrolyte: 0.1 M Bu4NPF...
Figure 9: Radical anion (left), dianion (middle), and radical cation (right) of compound 23; the radical anio...
Figure 10: ORTEP plots (50% probability) and crystal packing of compounds a) 25, b) 26, and c) 29. The respect...
Figure 11: Labels of bonds within five-membered ring.
Biphenylene-containing polycyclic conjugated compounds
- Cagatay Dengiz
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1895–1911, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.141
- ; biphenylene; [N]phenylenes; polycyclic aromatic compounds; Introduction Acenes represent an important category of carbon-rich polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) characterized by the presence of linearly fused benzene rings [1][2]. Investigating the electronic properties of acenes is essential for
- biphenylenes and the emergence of a family of polycyclic hydrocarbons called [N]phenylenes. The utilization of cobalt-mediated alkyne trimerization facilitated the synthesis of [N]phenylenes exhibiting diverse structural configurations, including linear 7, angular 8, zig-zag 9, bent 10, branched 11, and cyclic
- yields. The study involved the synthesis of numerous polycyclic hydrocarbons containing both electron-withdrawing and -donating side groups. Among the various compounds synthesized, a particularly noteworthy achievement was the successful synthesis of acene-type compound 29 using 2,6-dibromo-9,10-bis
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Figure 1: The correlation between stability and Clar's rule in acenes.
Scheme 1: General synthetic strategies to access the biphenylene core 1.
Figure 2: [N]Phenylenes 7–12 with different topologies.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of POAs 15a and 15b via reactions of BBD 13 and bis(cyanomethyl) compounds 14a and 14b.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of benzo[b]biphenylene (18).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of benzobiphenylene 18 and POA 21.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of symmetric POAs 25a and 25b.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of POA 29 via palladium-catalyzed annulation/aromatization reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of bisphenylene-containing structures 34a–c.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of curved PAH 38 via Pd-catalyzed annulation and Ir-catalyzed cycloaddition reactions.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of [3]naphthylenes.
Scheme 10: Sequential Pd-catalyzed annulation reactions.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of biphenylene-containing unsymmetrical azaacenes 54a–c.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of biphenylene containing symmetrical azaacenes 58a,b.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azaacene analogues 62–64.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of POA-type structure 69.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of boron-doped POA 73.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of “v”- and “z”-shaped B-POAs 77 and 78.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of boron-doped extended POA 84.
Scheme 18: Ag(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 87.
Scheme 19: Au(100) and Au(111) surface-catalyzed synthesis of POA 91.
Scheme 20: Au(111) on-surface synthesis of POA 87.
Functions of enzyme domains in 2-methylisoborneol biosynthesis and enzymatic synthesis of non-natural analogs
- Binbin Gu,
- Lin-Fu Liang and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1452–1459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.104
- allowed for the isolation of the 2-methylisoborneol homolog 3 (Scheme 2B, Supporting Information File 1, Table S3 and Figures S12–S19). Furthermore, two inseparable hydrocarbons were obtained as a mixture (8:3) whose structures were tentatively assigned based on the NMR spectra (Supporting Information
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Scheme 1: The biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol (1). A) SAM-dependent methylation of GPP to 2-Me-GPP by GPPM...
Figure 1: The function of the N-terminal A domain of 2MIBS. A) Relative production of 1 with full length 2MIB...
Scheme 2: Enzymatic synthesis of analogs of 1. A) Preparation of 2 from DA-4 and IA-1, B) preparation of 3 an...
Application of N-heterocyclic carbene–Cu(I) complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis: a review
- Nosheen Beig,
- Varsha Goyal and
- Raj K. Bansal
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1408–1442, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.102
- effective. This method afforded the products with high selectivity and it could be extended to a variety of substrates, such as benzoxazole, benzothiazole, oxazole, and even acidic hydrocarbons and aniline. Fukuzama and co-workers [91] accomplished the C–H carboxylation of benzoxazole and benzothiazole
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Scheme 1: In situ generation of imidazolylidene carbene.
Scheme 2: Hg(II) complex of NHC.
Scheme 3: Isolable and bottlable carbene reported by Arduengo [3].
Scheme 4: First air-stable carbene synthesized by Arduengo in 1992 [5].
Figure 1: General structure of an NHC.
Figure 2: Stabilization of an NHC by donation of the lone pair electrons into the vacant p-orbital (LUMO) at ...
Figure 3: Abnormal NHC reported by Bertrand [8,9].
Figure 4: Cu(d) orbital to σ*C-N(NHC) interactions in NHC–CuX complexes computed at the B3LYP/def2-SVP level ...
Figure 5: Molecular orbital contributions to the NHC–metal bond.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of NHC–Cu(I) complexes by deprotonation of NHC precursors with a base.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of [NHC–CuX] complexes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of [(ICy)CuX] and [(It-Bu)CuX] complexes.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of iodido-bridged copper–NHC complexes by deprotonation of benzimidazolium salts reported...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of copper complexes by deprotonation of triazolium salts.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of thiazolylidene–Cu(I) complex by deprotonation with KOt-Bu.
Scheme 11: Preparation of NHC–Cu(I) complexes.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of methylmalonic acid-derived anionic [(26a,b)CuCl]Li(THF)2 and zwitterionic (28) heterol...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of diaminocarbene and diamidocarbene (DAC)–Cu(I) complexes.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the cationic (NHC)2Cu(I) complex 39 from benzimidazolium salts 38 with tetrakis(aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of NHC and ADC (acyclic diamino carbenes) Cu(I) hexamethyldisilazide complexes reported b...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of NHC–copper(I) complexes using an acetylacetonate-functionalized imidazolium zwitterion...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of NHC–Cu(I) complexes through deprotonation of azolium salts with Cu2O.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of NHC–CuBr complex through deprotonation with Cu2O reported by Kolychev [31].
Scheme 19: Synthesis of chiral NHC–CuBr complexes from phenoxyimine-imidazolium salts reported by Douthwaite a...
Scheme 20: Preparation of linear neutral NHC–CuCl complexes through the use of Cu2O. For abbreviations, please...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of abnormal-NHC–copper(I) complexes by Bertrand, Cazin and co-workers [35].
Scheme 22: Microwave-assisted synthesis of thiazolylidene/benzothiazolylidene–CuBr complexes by Bansal and co-...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of NHC–CuX complexes through transmetallation.
Scheme 24: Preparation of six- or seven-membered NHC–Cu(I) complexes through transmetalation from Ag(I) comple...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazolylidene–CuCl complexes through transmetallation of Ag(I) complexes genera...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of NHC–copper complexes having both Cu(I) and Cu(II) units through transmetalation report...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of new [(IPr(CH2)3Si(OiPr)3)CuX] complexes and anchoring on MCM-41.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of bis(trimethylsilyl)phosphide–Cu(I)–NHC complexes through ligand displacement.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of silyl- and stannyl [(NHC)Cu−ER3] complexes.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of amido-, phenolato-, thiophenolato–Cu(NHC) complexes.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of first isolable NHC–Cu–difluoromethyl complexes reported by Sanford et al. [44].
Scheme 32: Synthesis of NHC–Cu(I)–bifluoride complexes reported by Riant, Leyssens and co-workers [45].
Scheme 33: Conjugate addition of Et2Zn to enones catalyzed by an NHC–Cu(I) complex reported by Woodward in 200...
Scheme 34: Hydrosilylation of a carbonyl group.
Scheme 35: NHC–Cu(I)-catalyzed hydrosilylation of ketones reported by Nolan et al. [48,49].
Scheme 36: Application of chiral NHC–CuCl complex 104 for the enantioselective hydrosilylation of ketones.
Scheme 37: Hydrosilylation reactions catalyzed by NHC–Cu(Ot-Bu) complexes.
Scheme 38: NHC–CuCl catalyzed carbonylative silylation of alkyl halides.
Scheme 39: Nucleophilic conjugate addition to an activated C=C bond.
Figure 6: Molecular electrostatic potential maps (MESP) of two NHC–CuX complexes computed at the B3LYP/def2-S...
Scheme 40: Conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to 3-alkyl-substituted cyclohexenones catalyzed by a chiral...
Scheme 41: NHC–copper complex-catalyzed conjugate addition of Grignard reagent to 3-substituted hexenone repor...
Scheme 42: Conjugate addition or organoaluminum reagents to β-substituted cyclic enones.
Scheme 43: Conjugate addition of boronates to acyclic α,β-unsaturated carboxylic esters, ketones, and thioeste...
Scheme 44: NHC–Cu(I)-catalyzed hydroboration of an allene reported by Hoveyda [63].
Scheme 45: Conjugate addition of Et2Zn to cyclohexenone catalyzed by NHC–Cu(I) complex derived from benzimidaz...
Scheme 46: Asymmetric conjugate addition of diethylzinc to 3-nonen-2-one catalyzed by NHC–Cu complexes derived...
Scheme 47: General scheme of a [3 + 2] cycloaddition reaction.
Scheme 48: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of azides with alkynes catalyzed by NHC–Cu(I) complexes reported by Diez-Gonz...
Scheme 49: Application of NHC–CuCl/N-donor combination to catalyze the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of benzyl azide w...
Scheme 50: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of azides with acetylenes catalyzed by bis(NHC)–Cu complex 131 and mixed NHC–...
Figure 7: NHC–CuCl complex 133 as catalyst for the [3 + 2] cycloaddition of alkynes with azides at room tempe...
Scheme 51: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of a bulky azide with an alkynylpyridine using [(NHC)Cu(μ-I)2Cu(NHC)] copper ...
Scheme 52: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of benzyl azide with phenylacetylene under homogeneous and heterogeneous cata...
Scheme 53: [3 + 2] Cycloaddition of benzyl azide with acetylenes catalyzed by bisthiazolylidene dicopper(I) co...
Figure 8: Copper (I)–NHC linear coordination polymer 137 and its conversion into tetranuclear (138) and dinuc...
Scheme 54: An A3 reaction.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of SiO2-immobilized NHC–Cu(I) catalyst 141 and its application in the A3-coupling reactio...
Scheme 56: Preparation of dual-purpose Ru@SiO2–[(NHC)CuCl] catalyst system 142 developed by Bordet, Leitner an...
Scheme 57: Application of the catalyst system Ru@SiO2–[Cu(NHC)] 142 to the one-pot tandem A3 reaction and hydr...
Scheme 58: A3 reaction of phenylacetylene with secondary amines and aldehydes catalyzed by benzothiazolylidene...
Figure 9: Kohn–Sham HOMOs of phenylacetylene and NHC–Cu(I)–phenylacetylene complex computed at the B3LYP/def2...
Figure 10: Energies of the FMOs of phenylacetylene, iminium ion, and NHC–Cu(I)–phenylacetylene complex compute...
Scheme 59: NHC–Cu(I) catalyzed diboration of ketones 147 by reacting with bis(pinacolato)diboron (148) reporte...
Scheme 60: Protoboration of terminal allenes catalyzed by NHC–Cu(I) complexes reported by Hoveyda and co-worke...
Scheme 61: NHC–CuCl-catalyzed borylation of α-alkoxyallenes to give 2-boryl-1,3-butadienes.
Scheme 62: Regioselective hydroborylation of propargylic alcohols and ethers catalyzed by NHC–CuCl complexes 1...
Scheme 63: NHC–CuOt-Bu-catalyzed semihydrogenation and hydroborylation of alkynes.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective NHC–Cu(I)-catalyzed hydroborations of 1,1-disubstituted aryl olefins reported by H...
Scheme 65: Enantioselective NHC–Cu(I)-catalyzed hydroboration of exocyclic 1,1-disubstituted alkenes reported ...
Scheme 66: Markovnikov-selective NHC–CuOH-catalyzed hydroboration of alkenes and alkynes reported by Jones et ...
Scheme 67: Dehydrogenative borylation and silylation of styrenes catalyzed by NHC–CuOt-Bu complexes developed ...
Scheme 68: N–H/C(sp2)–H carboxylation catalyzed by NHC–CuOH complexes.
Scheme 69: C–H Carboxylation of benzoxazole and benzothiazole derivatives with CO2 using a 1,2,3-triazol-5-yli...
Scheme 70: Use of Cu(I) complex derived from diethylene glycol-functionalized imidazo[1,5,a] pyridin-3-ylidene...
Scheme 71: Allylation and alkenylation of polyfluoroarenes and heteroarenes catalyzed by NHC–Cu(I) complexes r...
Scheme 72: Enantioselective C(sp2)–H allylation of (benz)oxazoles and benzothiazoles with γ,γ-disubstituted pr...
Scheme 73: C(sp2)–H arylation of arenes catalyzed by dual NHC–Cu/NHC–Pd catalytic system.
Scheme 74: C(sp2)–H Amidation of (hetero)arenes with N-chlorocarbamates/N-chloro-N-sodiocarbamates catalyzed b...
Scheme 75: NHC–CuI catalyzed thiolation of benzothiazoles and benzoxazoles.
Functional characterisation of twelve terpene synthases from actinobacteria
- Anuj K. Chhalodia,
- Houchao Xu,
- Georges B. Tabekoueng,
- Binbin Gu,
- Kizerbo A. Taizoumbe,
- Lukas Lauterbach and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1386–1398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.100
- ; biosynthesis; enzymes; NMR spectroscopy; terpenes; Introduction Terpene synthases are remarkable enzymes that can convert acyclic and achiral oligoprenyl pyrophosphates into terpene hydrocarbons or alcohols of high structural complexity. These enzymatic reactions are initiated by ionisation of the substrate
- in sesquiterpene biosynthesis that can be reactivated by reprotonation for a second cyclisation to eudesmane (6,6-bicyclic) or guaiane (7,5-bicyclic) sesquiterpene hydrocarbons or alcohols, respectively [46][47]. Starting from 26, such a protonation induced cyclisation can lead to C that is the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Terpenes produced by characterised terpene synthases.
Figure 2: Phylogenetic tree constructed from the amino acid sequences of 4018 terpene synthase homologs. Blue...
Figure 3: A) Total ion chromatogram of the products obtained from FPP with KkdCS, B) EI mass spectrum of 10, ...
Figure 4: Total ion chromatograms of the products obtained from FPP A) with SlADS and B) with SsADS, C) EI ma...
Figure 5: Total ion chromatograms of the products obtained with NbEIZS A) from FPP and B) from GPP, and C) st...
Figure 6: Total ion chromatogram of the products obtained with SfES. Peak numbers refer to compound numbers i...
Scheme 1: A) Cope rearrangement of 24 and 26. B) Cyclisation mechanism from FPP to 23, identifying compound 26...
Figure 7: Total ion chromatograms of the products obtained with A) SsHS, B) ScHS, C) SfHS, and D) SmGAS. Peak...
Figure 8: A) Total ion chromatogram of the products obtained from GGPP with KkAS, B) EI mass spectrum of allo...
Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine
- Alessio Regni,
- Francesca Bartoccini and
- Giovanni Piersanti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70
- ground state catalyst [21][22][23][24][25][26]. While early research has focused on methods for the functionalization of relatively simple hydrocarbons [27][28][29][30], developments in photoredox catalysis have gained traction recently as a viable strategy for the total synthesis of natural products [31
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Transformations of DMAT to different classes of ergot alkaloids. (b) and (c) Strategies for the...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compound 5.
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization of 5.
Figure 2: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of tryptophan derivatives 8 and 10.
Figure 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 4: Methylation of 11 and the formal total synthesis of (±)-6,7-secoagroclavine.
Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes
- Austin Pounder,
- Eric Neufeld,
- Peter Myler and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38
- years [2][3][4][5][6]. Broadly speaking, bicyclic alkenes can be classified into two groups: homobicyclic and heterobicyclic alkenes. Homobicyclic alkenes are hydrocarbons, like norbornadiene, while heterobicyclic alkenes contain at least one heteroatom in the bicyclic framework. Typically, reactions
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Ring-strain energies of homobicyclic and heterobicyclic alkenes in kcal mol−1. a) [2.2.1]-Bicyclic ...
Figure 2: a) Exo and endo face descriptions of bicyclic alkenes. b) Reactivity comparisons for different β-at...
Scheme 1: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyl propiolates 2 ...
Scheme 2: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 8 with β-iodo-(Z)-propenoat...
Scheme 3: Ni-catalyzed two- and three-component difunctionalizations of norbornene derivatives 15 with alkyne...
Scheme 4: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component difunctionalization of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyn...
Scheme 5: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component carboacylation of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 6: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 31 with heterobicyclic alkene...
Scheme 7: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of α-amino radicals with heterobicyclic alkenes 30.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed rearrangement/allylic alkylation of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes 47 with Grignard r...
Scheme 9: Cu-catalyzed aminoboration of bicyclic alkenes 1 with bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) (53) and O-be...
Scheme 10: Cu-catalyzed borylalkynylation of oxabenzonorbornadiene (30b) with B2pin2 (53) and bromoalkynes 62.
Scheme 11: Cu-catalyzed borylacylation of bicyclic alkenes 1.
Scheme 12: Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective 1,2-difunctionalization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 for the synthe...
Scheme 13: Fe-catalyzed carbozincation of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with arylzinc reagents 74.
Scheme 14: Co-catalyzed addition of arylzinc reagents of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 15: Co-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes 30 via C–H activation of arenes.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation/ring-opening/dehydration domino reaction of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 w...
Scheme 17: Co-catalyzed enantioselective carboamination of bicyclic alkenes 1 via C–H functionalization.
Scheme 18: Ru-catalyzed cyclization of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives with propargylic alcohols for the synthe...
Scheme 19: Ru-catalyzed coupling of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives 30 with propargylic alcohols and ethers 106...
Scheme 20: Ru-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes via the C–H activation of anilides.
Scheme 21: Ru-catalyzed of azabenzonorbornadiene derivatives with arylamides.
Scheme 22: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with arylboronate esters 118.
Scheme 23: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with dienyl- and heteroaromatic boronate esters.
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed domino lactonization of doubly bridgehead-substituted oxabicyclic alkenes with seconda...
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed domino carboannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes with 2-cyanophenylboronic acid and 2-f...
Scheme 26: Rh-catalyzed synthesis of oxazolidinone scaffolds 147 through a domino ARO/cyclization of oxabicycl...
Scheme 27: Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling of salicylaldehyde derivatives 151 with diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed reaction of O-acetyl ketoximes with bicyclic alkenes for the synthesis of isoquinoline...
Scheme 29: Rh-catalyzed domino coupling reaction of 2-phenylpyridines 165 with oxa- and azabicyclic alkenes 30....
Scheme 30: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with N-sulfonyl 2-aminob...
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with arylphosphine deriv...
Scheme 32: Rh-catalyzed domino ring-opening coupling reaction of azaspirotricyclic alkenes using arylboronic a...
Scheme 33: Tandem Rh(III)/Sc(III)-catalyzed domino reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with alkynols 184 dir...
Scheme 34: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric domino cyclization and addition reaction of 1,6-enynes 194 and oxa/azabenzo...
Scheme 35: Rh/Zn-catalyzed domino ARO/cyclization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with phosphorus ylides 201.
Scheme 36: Rh-catalyzed domino ring opening/lactonization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with 2-nitrobenzenesulf...
Scheme 37: Rh-catalyzed domino C–C/C–N bond formation of azabenzonorbornadienes 30 with aryl-2H-indazoles 210.
Scheme 38: Rh/Pd-catalyzed domino synthesis of indole derivatives with 2-(phenylethynyl)anilines 212 and oxabe...
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed domino carborhodation of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with B2pin2 (53).
Scheme 40: Rh-catalyzed three-component 1,2-carboamidation reaction of bicyclic alkenes 30 with aromatic and h...
Scheme 41: Pd-catalyzed diarylation and dialkenylation reactions of norbornene derivatives.
Scheme 42: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 43: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of norbornene and DFT mechanistic study.
Scheme 44: Pd-catalyzed three-component coupling N-tosylhydrazones 236, aryl halides 66, and norbornene (15a).
Scheme 45: Pd-catalyzed arylboration and allylboration of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 46: Pd-catalyzed, three-component annulation of aryl iodides 66, alkenyl bromides 241, and bicyclic alk...
Scheme 47: Pd-catalyzed double insertion/annulation reaction for synthesizing tetrasubstituted olefins.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed aminocyclopropanation of bicyclic alkenes 1 with 5-iodopent-4-enylamine derivatives 249...
Scheme 49: Pd-catalyzed, three-component coupling of alkynyl bromides 62 and norbornene derivatives 15 with el...
Scheme 50: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization/ring-opening reaction of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with 2-i...
Scheme 51: Pd-catalyzed dimer- and trimerization of oxabenzonorbornadiene derivatives 30 with anhydrides 268.
Scheme 52: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene 15b yielding fused xa...
Scheme 53: Pd-catalyzed hydroarylation and heteroannulation of urea-derived bicyclic alkenes 158 and aryl iodi...
Scheme 54: Access to fused 8-membered sulfoximine heterocycles 284/285 via Pd-catalyzed Catellani annulation c...
Scheme 55: Pd-catalyzed 2,2-bifunctionalization of bicyclic alkenes 1 generating spirobicyclic xanthone deriva...
Scheme 56: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene (15b) producing subst...
Scheme 57: Pd-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] annulation furnishing bicyclic-fused indanes 281 and 283.
Scheme 58: Pd-catalyzed ring-opening/ring-closing cascade of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 59: Pd-NHC-catalyzed cyclopentannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 60: Pd-catalyzed annulation cascade generating diazabicyclic-fused indanones 292 and indanols 294.
Scheme 61: Pd-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement of spirotricyclic alkenes 176 towards large polycyclic benzofur...
Scheme 62: Pd-catalyzed oxidative annulation of aromatic enamides 298 and diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 63: Accessing 3,4,5-trisubstituted cyclopentenes 300, 301, 302 via the Pd-catalyzed domino reaction of ...
Scheme 64: Palladacycle-catalyzed ring-expansion/cyclization domino reactions of terminal alkynes and bicyclic...
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed carboesterification of norbornene (15a) with alkynes, furnishing α-methylene γ-lactone...
Synthesis, α-mannosidase inhibition studies and molecular modeling of 1,4-imino-ᴅ-lyxitols and their C-5-altered N-arylalkyl derivatives
- Martin Kalník,
- Sergej Šesták,
- Juraj Kóňa,
- Maroš Bella and
- Monika Poláková
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 282–293, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.24
- endocyclic nitrogen with a benzyl or alkyl unit functionalized either with non-polar hydrocarbons or a polar amine, amidine and guanidine group. The ensuing assay with the model GMIIb enzyme (fruit fly Golgi α-mannosidase II) revealed that N-substitution improved both potency and selectivity, achieving
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Natural iminosugars (1,4-dideoxy-1,4-imino-ᴅ-mannitol (DIM) and swainsonine) and selected examples ...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the key pyrrolidine 3 and the target pyrrolidines 7–10. Reagents and conditions: (a) M...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the intermediate 13 and the target pyrrolidines 17–20. Reagents and conditions: (a) 1....
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the target pyrrolidines 26–29. Reagents and conditions: (a) Tf2O, pyridine, CH2Cl2, 0 ...
Figure 2: Superposition of the inhibitor 29 (green), docked into dGMII, with X-ray complexes of swainsonine (...
Figure 3: FMO-PIEDA total pair interaction energies (ΔElinker-E) (in kcal mol−1) between the structural moiet...
Figure 4: QM/MM optimized complexes 28:dGMII (top) and 31:dGMII (bottom) [22]. N-2-naphthylmethyl group (grey) an...
Figure 5: FMO-PIEDA total pair interaction energies (ΔElinker-E) (in kcal mol−1) between the N-2-naphthylmeth...
Germacrene B – a central intermediate in sesquiterpene biosynthesis
- Houchao Xu and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 186–203, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.18
- initial formation from farnesyl diphosphate, these neutral intermediates can become reprotonated for a second cyclisation to reach the bicyclic eudesmane and guaiane skeletons. This review summarises the accumulated knowledge on eudesmane and guaiane sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and alcohols that
- farnesylfarnesyl diphosphate (FFPP) can serve as a precursor to triterpenes [5], a compound class that was believed to be solely derived from squalene. Terpene synthases convert these linear precursors through cationic cascade reactions into terpene hydrocarbons or alcohols [6][7][8]. For type I terpene synthases
- As summarised in this review, the biosynthesis of many sesquiterpene hydrocarbons and alcohols exhibiting the eudesmane or guaiane skeleton can be explained from the neutral intermediate germacrene B, although not all compounds known to literature have been isolated from natural sources; some
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Possible cyclisation modes of FPP.
Scheme 2: Structures of germacrene B (1), germacrene A (2) and hedycaryol (3).
Scheme 3: The chemistry of germacrene B (1). A) Synthesis from germacrone (4), B) the four conformers of 1 es...
Scheme 4: The chemistry of germacrene B (1). A) Cyclisation of 1 to 9 and 10 upon treatment with alumina, B) ...
Scheme 5: Possible cyclisation reactions upon reprotonation of 1. A) Cyclisations to eudesmane sesquiterpenes...
Scheme 6: Cyclisation modes for 1 to the eudesmane skeleton. A) The reprotonation of 1 at C-1 potentially lea...
Scheme 7: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 8: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Pyrolysis of 23 to yield 9 and 10, B) deprotonation–r...
Scheme 9: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Acid-catalysed conversion of 18 into 26, B) conversio...
Scheme 10: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I1. A) Formation of 20 by pyrolysis of 33, B) acid-catalysed...
Scheme 11: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I2. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 12: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I2. A) Acid catalysed conversion of 41 into 38, B) dehydrati...
Scheme 13: The sesquiterpenes derived from cation I3. WMR = Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement.
Scheme 14: Cyclisation modes for 1 to the guaiane skeleton. A) The reprotonation of 1 at C-4 potentially leads...
Scheme 15: The sesquiterpenes derived from cations K1, K2 and K4. A) Mechanisms of formation for compounds 53–...
Scheme 16: The sesquiterpenes derived from cations L1–L4. A) Mechanisms of formation for compounds 54, 56, 59 ...
1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures
- Bram Ryckaert,
- Ellen Demeyere,
- Frederick Degroote,
- Hilde Janssens and
- Johan M. Winne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12
- systems, as a wide range of α-halocarbonyl starting materials can be used in this scheme. 2 Reactivity of 1,4-dithiins as pseudo-aryl substrates Based on simple Hückel considerations for cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbons, 1,4-dithiin (3) could be considered as an antiaromatic compound [24]. For heterocycles
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: 1,3-Dithianes as useful synthetic building blocks: a) general synthetic utility (in Corey–Seebach-t...
Scheme 2: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [16,17].
Scheme 3: Thianes as synthetic building blocks in the construction of complex molecules [18].
Figure 1: a) 1,4-Dithiane-type building blocks that can serve as C2-synthons and b) examples of complex targe...
Scheme 4: Synthetic availability of 1,4-dithiane-type building blocks.
Scheme 5: Dithiins and dihydrodithiins as pseudoaryl groups [36-39].
Scheme 6: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [40-42].
Figure 2: Reactive conformations leading to β-fragmentation for lithiated 1,4-dithianes and 1,4-dithiin.
Scheme 7: Mild metalation of 1,4-dithiins affords stable heteroaryl-magnesium and heteroaryl-zinc-like reagen...
Scheme 8: Dithiin-based dienophiles and their use in synthesis [33,49-54].
Scheme 9: Dithiin-based dienes and their use in synthesis [55-57].
Scheme 10: Stereoselective 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-based synthesis of cis-olefins [42,58].
Scheme 11: Addition to aldehydes and applications in stereoselective synthesis.
Figure 3: Applications in the total synthesis of complex target products with original attachment place of 1,...
Scheme 12: Direct C–H functionalization methods for 1,4-dithianes [82,83].
Scheme 13: Known cycloaddition reactivity modes of allyl cations [84-100].
Scheme 14: Cycloadditions of 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cations derived from dihydrodithiin-methanol 90 [101-107].
Scheme 15: Dearomative [3 + 2] cycloadditions of unprotected indoles with 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl alcohol 90 [30]....
Scheme 16: Comparison of reactivity of dithiin-fused allyl alcohols and similar non-cyclic sulfur-substituted ...
Scheme 17: Applications of dihydrodithiins in the rapid assembly of polycyclic terpenoid scaffolds [108,109].
Scheme 18: Dihydrodithiin-mediated allyl cation and vinyl carbene cycloadditions via a gold(I)-catalyzed 1,2-s...
Scheme 19: Activation mode of ethynyldithiolanes towards gold-coordinated 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cation and ...
Scheme 20: Desulfurization problems.
Scheme 21: oxidative decoration strategies for 1,4-dithiane scaffolds.
Preparation of β-cyclodextrin/polysaccharide foams using saponin
- Max Petitjean and
- José Ramón Isasi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 78–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.7
- and cholesterol lowering properties, for example [10]. As reported by Liu et al. [19], saponins can show interesting interactions with hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) and more precisely with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). For example, phenanthrene can be removed by saponins [20], by
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Quillaja saponin foamability (left) and foam stability over time for the β-cyclodextrin/polysacchar...
Figure 2: SEM images of crushed β-c-LBG as a function of the synthesis pathways (see below, Experimental sect...
Figure 3: SEM of β-csp after crosslinking with or without washing the sample.
Figure 4: β-csp (left) and c-CSsp (right) matrices unwashed showing the “foam-like” morphologies.
Figure 5: Values (in mg/g) of equivalent ‘free β-cyclodextrin’ in the polysaccharide (PS) matrices, as a func...
Figure 6: 1-Naphthol isotherms of crosslinked β-cyclodextrin/polysaccharides (blue curves for chitosan, red f...
Figure 7: Sorption of phenols (V, vanillin; Ph, phenol; m-c, m-cresol; 4eP, 4-ethylphenol; Eu, eugenol) in β-...
Figure 8: Six synthesis routes (*lyophilized matrices) used to prepare samples β-c-XGsp; β-c-LBGsp; β-c-CSsp ...
Modern flow chemistry – prospect and advantage
- Philipp Heretsch
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 33–35, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.3
- diameter can both accelerate the transformations as well as lead to significantly less side products by continuously removing the products from the irradiation source. As an example, Noël and co-workers performed efficient irradiation in flow for the C(sp3)–H functionalization of gaseous hydrocarbons [8
Preparation of β-cyclodextrin-based dimers with selectively methylated rims and their use for solubilization of tetracene
- Konstantin Lebedinskiy,
- Volodymyr Lobaz and
- Jindřich Jindřich
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1596–1606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.170
- could be expected that the extension of the hydrophobic cavity by the combined methylation and “dimerization” may improve the binding potential towards such substrates even more. Linear polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (acenes) and their derivatives are good organic semiconductors and show interesting
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The synthesis of 6A-azido-6A-deoxy-per-6-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-β-cyclodextrin.
Scheme 2: The synthesis of β-cyclodextrin dimers with permethylated secondary rims.
Scheme 3: The synthesis of β-cyclodextrin dimers with permethylated primary rims.
Figure 1: The fragments of 1H NOESY NMR spectra of 4 (a), 10 (b), and 9 (c) indicating the interaction betwee...
Figure 2: The fragment of the 1H NMR spectrum of compounds 9 (green); 10 (red); 12 (blue) representing the si...
Figure 3: Other cyclodextrins that were used in the solubilization experiments with tetracene.
Figure 4: The tetracene UV absorbance dependence on concentration at 476 nm.
Figure 5: The relative concentrations of tetracene in DMSO solutions with hosts 4, 5, 10, 12, 13–18 referred ...
Figure 6: "Tail-to-tail" (a) and "head-to-head" (b) orientation of two cyclodextrin moieties and primary-rim ...
Figure 7: Isotherms of the titration of tetracene with "dimeric" CD solutions in DMSO at 298 K (circles – 10;...
Figure 8: Isotherms of the titration of tetracene with "monomeric" CD solutions in DMSO at 298 K (circles – 16...
Facile and diastereoselective arylation of the privileged 1,4-dihydroisoquinolin-3(2H)-one scaffold
- Dmitry Dar’in,
- Grigory Kantin,
- Alexander Bunev and
- Mikhail Krasavin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1070–1078, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.109
- by aromatic hydrocarbons (Figure 2) [13]. Herein, we describe the results obtained in the course of this investigation. Results and Discussion We began our investigation by synthesizing a sufficiently broad range of 3(2H)-isoquinolones 11 from phenylacetyl chlorides 12 and Schiff bases 13 using
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Diverse bioactive compounds based on the privileged 1,4-DHIQ scaffold.
Figure 2: Strategy investigated in this work.
Scheme 1: Preparation of 3(2H)-isoquinolones 11. aObtained as a 10:1 mixture of regioisomers; purified by cry...
Scheme 2: Preparation of 4-diazo-3(2H)-isoquinolones 10. aConfirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallography (...
Scheme 3: TfOH-promoted arylation of diazo substrates 10. aStructure confirmed by single-crystal X-ray analys...
Scheme 4: Unexpected outcome of the TfOH-promoted arylation of 10a with N-formyl-N-methylaniline giving rise ...
Scheme 5: Plausible mechanism for the conversion of diazo substrates 10 to 4-aryl products 9 (shown for ArH =...
Electrochemical and spectroscopic properties of twisted dibenzo[g,p]chrysene derivatives
- Tomoya Imai,
- Ryuhei Akasaka,
- Naruhiro Yoshida,
- Toru Amaya and
- Tetsuo Iwasawa
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 963–971, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.96
- , a strong photoluminescence was observed for DBC-H and DBC-Si. Keywords: DFT calculation; dibenzo[g,p]chrysenes; fluorescent compounds; oxidation; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH); twisted acenes; Introduction Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) have attracted interest as potential
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) DBC. b) Dependence of Eox1 on the position of the MeO groups [43]. c) Previous work [52]. d) This work.
Figure 2: CVs and SWVs of DBC derivatives in CH2Cl2 (≈1.0 × 10−3 M, see Supporting Information File 1 for details) including 5.0 × 10−2 M ...
Figure 3: DFT-optimized structures, orbital drawings of HOMO, schematic drawings of orbital interaction, and ...
Figure 4: Absorption (solid line) and photoluminescence (dotted red line) spectra (upper graphs) in CH2Cl2 an...
Synthesis of bis-spirocyclic derivatives of 3-azabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane via cyclopropene cycloadditions to the stable azomethine ylide derived from Ruhemann's purple
- Alexander S. Filatov,
- Olesya V. Khoroshilova,
- Anna G. Larina,
- Vitali M. Boitsov and
- Alexander V. Stepakov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 769–780, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.77
- -2-ene-1-carboxylic acid 2f–i. The amide 2f and nitrile 2g [34] were found to be less active dipolarophiles towards the azomethine ylide 1 than hydrocarbons 2a–e. As a result, the corresponding cycloadducts 3f and 3g were obtained in moderate yields (58% and 55%, respectively) as single diastereomers
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Early studies concerning cyclopropene cycloadditions to azomethine ylides and cycloaddition reactio...
Scheme 2: The pilot experiment aimed at studying the cycloaddition reaction between the protonated form of Ru...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of meso-3'-azadispiro[indene-2,2'-bicyclo[3.1.0]hexane-4',2''-indene] derivatives 3b–g vi...
Figure 1: ORTEP representation of the molecular structure of 3e.
Scheme 4: The reaction of protonated Ruhemann's purple (1) with 3-methyl-3-phenylcyclopropene (2j).
Scheme 5: Attempts to carry out the cycloaddition reactions between 3,3-disubstituted cyclopropenes 2k,l and ...
Scheme 6: The reactions of protonated Ruhemann's purple (1) with unstable cyclopropenes 2m–p.
Scheme 7: The acid–base reaction of Ruhemann's purple with hydrochloric acid and relative Gibbs free energy c...
Scheme 8: Plausible mechanism of the 1,3-DC reaction of protonated Ruhemann's purple (1) with 3-methyl-3-phen...
Scheme 9: Plausible mechanism of the 1,3-DC reaction of protonated Ruhemann's purple (1) with 1-chloro-2-phen...
Inductive heating and flow chemistry – a perfect synergy of emerging enabling technologies
- Conrad Kuhwald,
- Sibel Türkhan and
- Andreas Kirschning
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 688–706, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.70
- conventional heating methods, coupled with shorter cycle and start-up times. Rebrov et al. also suggested that the system can be used during periods of low power consumption to reduce the load on the electrical system. 2.5 Preparation of hydrocarbons (the Fischer–Tropsch process) Monodisperse Fe@FeCo core
- process because a rapid and uniform heating of the biomass and catalyst is important for product quality. Compared to a conventional heating process, the authors found that a higher quality of bio-oil with a higher yield of aromatic hydrocarbons and a lower oxygen content is obtained in a process with RF
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Inductive heating, a powerful tool in industry and the Life Sciences.
Figure 2: Electric displacement field of a ferromagnetic and superparamagnetic material.
Figure 3: Temperature profiles of reactors heated conventionally and by RF heating (Figure 3 redrawn from [24]).
Scheme 1: Continuous flow synthesis of isopulegol (2) from citronellal (1).
Scheme 2: Dry (reaction 1) and steam (reaction 2) methane reforming.
Scheme 3: Calcination and RF heating.
Scheme 4: The continuously operated “Sabatier” process.
Scheme 5: Biofuel production from biomass using inductive heating for pyrolysis.
Scheme 6: Water electrolysis using an inductively heated electrolysis cell.
Scheme 7: Dimroth rearrangement (reaction 1) and three-component reaction (reaction 2) to propargyl amines 8 ...
Figure 4: A. Flow reactor filled with magnetic nanostructured particles (MagSilicaTM) and packed bed reactor ...
Scheme 8: Claisen rearrangement in flow: A. comparison between conventional heating (external oil bath), micr...
Scheme 9: Continuous flow reactions and comparison with batch reaction (oil bath). A. Pd-catalyzed transfer h...
Scheme 10: Continuous flow reactions and comparison with batch reaction (oil bath). A. pericyclic reactions an...
Scheme 11: Reactions under flow conditions using inductively heated fixed-bed materials serving as stoichiomet...
Scheme 12: Reactions under flow conditions using inductively heated fixed-bed materials serving as catalysts: ...
Scheme 13: Two step flow protocol for the preparation of 1,1'-diarylalkanes 77 from ketones and aldehydes 74, ...
Scheme 14: O-Alkylation, the last step in the multistep flow synthesis of Iloperidone (80) accompanied with a ...
Scheme 15: Continuous two-step flow process consisting of Grignard reaction followed by water elimination bein...
Scheme 16: Inductively heated continuous flow protocol for the synthesis of Iso E Super (88) [91,92].
Scheme 17: Three-step continuous flow synthesis of macrocycles 89 and 90 with musk-like olfactoric properties.
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
- hydrocarbons (PAHs) [5][6]. Among all of the compounds in this class, 1,2- and 1,4-naphthoquinones stand out, as they are present in plants, fungi, lichens, bacteria, algae, viruses, insects, and higher organisms and perform several biochemical functions, such as defense, transference of electrons in various
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Naphthoquinones are commonly used in organic synthesis.
Figure 2: Some important natural and synthetic naphthoquinones.
Scheme 1: Synthetic studies of BNQs and reactions with amines.
Scheme 2: Methods described for the synthesis of β-NQS.
Figure 3: Drugs detected using β-NQSNa.
Scheme 3: Reactions between β-NQS and amines.
Scheme 4: Isomerization of 4-arylamino-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of unsymmetrical 2-amino-4-imino compounds.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(isoxazolyl)naphthoquinones from β-NQS.
Scheme 7: The reaction of β-NQS with 30 followed by cycle condensation.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 4-(2-amino-5-selenothiazoles)-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of amino- and phenoxy-1,2-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 4-semicarbazide-1,2-naphthoquinone.
Scheme 11: Reactions of 4-azido-1,2-naphthoquinone.
Figure 4: Modifications that can be easily carried out from the products of β-NQS 8.
Scheme 12: Derivatives of 1,2-naphthoquinones obtained from β-NQS.
Scheme 13: Oximes as well as 4-amino- and 4-phenoxy-1,2-naphthoquinone as potential anti-inflammatory agents.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of triazoles from β-NQS.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of naphtho[1,2-d]oxazoles from β-NQS.
Scheme 16: A) Arylation and vinylation of β-NQS catalyzed by Ni(II) salts. B) Transformation of the 1,2-dicarb...
Scheme 17: Benzo[a]carbazole and benzo[c]carbazoles fused with 1,2-naphthoquinone.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,2-naphthoquinones having a C=C bond from β-NQS. Method A: NaOH, EtOH/H2O, 40 °C, 2 h...
Scheme 19: C=C bond formation from β-NQS and substituted acetonitriles.
The enzyme mechanism of patchoulol synthase
- Houchao Xu,
- Bernd Goldfuss,
- Gregor Schnakenburg and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 13–24, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.2
- compound 3 and several biogenetically related terpene hydrocarbons including α-patchoulene (4), β-patchoulene (5), α-bulnesene (6) and α-guaiene (7) (Figure 1) [7]. The enzyme was subsequently made available by cDNA gene cloning, revealing germacrene A (8), α-humulene (9), (E)-β-caryophyllene (10
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Initially assigned structures for patchoulol by Treibs (1) and by Büchi (2). Structures of patchoul...
Scheme 1: Biosynthesis of patchoulol (part I). A) Cyclisation mechanism from FPP to 3 as suggested by Croteau...
Scheme 2: Biosynthesis of patchoulol (part II). A) Cyclisation mechanism from FPP to 3 as suggested by Akhila...
Scheme 3: Biosynthesis of patchoulol (part III). A) Cyclisation mechanism from FPP to 3 as suggested by Faral...
Figure 2: ORTEP representation of patchoulol (3). Cu Kα, Flack parameter: −0.1(2); P2(true) = 1.000, P3(false...
Scheme 4: Determination of the absolute configurations of compounds 3 and 12 through stereoselective labellin...
Scheme 5: Labelling experiments on the biosynthesis of patchoulol (3, part 1). Black dots indicate 13C-labell...
Scheme 6: Labelling experiments on the biosynthesis of patchoulol (3, part 2). Black dots indicate 13C-labell...
Figure 3: Energy profile from DFT calculations (Gibbs energies at 298 K, mPW1PW91/6-311 + G(d,p)//B97D3/6-31G...
Figure 4: Structure elucidation of (2S,3S,7S,10R)-guaia-1,11-dien-10-ol (17) and structure of its known stere...
Targeting active site residues and structural anchoring positions in terpene synthases
- Anwei Hou and
- Jeroen S. Dickschat
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2441–2449, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.161
- attack of an olefinic double bond to the cationic centre Wagner–Meerwein rearrangements, and proton or hydride migrations [2]. These multistep cascade reactions ultimately result in terpene hydrocarbons that are often (poly)cyclic and contain several stereogenic centres [3][4]. In some cases, water is
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Highly conserved residues in the active site of SdS for Mg2+ complexation, substrate recognition an...
Figure 2: The products of SmTS1. A) Structures of sestermobaraenes A–F (1–6) and sestermobaraol (7). B) The t...
Figure 3: Swiss homology modelling of SmTS1. A) Superimposition of the SdS crystal structure (green) with the...
Figure 4: Products and relative activities of SmTS1 and its variants. Bars left of the dashed line show relat...
Figure 5: Total ion chromatogram of an extract from an incubation of GGPP with the SmTS1 A222V variant.
Figure 6: Relative activities of SmTS1 and its variants towards GFPP (blue bars) and GGPP (yellow bars), and ...
Scheme 1: Determination of the enantiomeric composition of 8 and 9 obtained from GGPP with SmTS1 enzyme varia...
Figure 7: Determination of the absolute configuration of compounds 8 and 9. Partial HSQC spectra of A) unlabe...
Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization
- Lusina Mantry,
- Rajaram Maayuri,
- Vikash Kumar and
- Parthasarathy Gandeepan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143
- this protocol using the chiral iPrBiOx ligand under slightly modified reaction conditions (Scheme 19) [72]. Recently, Chu achieved the selective assembly of vinyl and aryl functionalities onto saturated cyclic hydrocarbons via a photoredox nickel-catalyzed sequential C–O decarboxylative vinylation
- method to introduce keto functional groups onto complex organic molecules. During the last decade, the acylation of hydrocarbons through direct C–H activation has been achieved by means of transition-metal catalysis using various acyl precursors [118][119]. The renaissance of metallaphotoredox catalysis
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling versus C‒H activation.
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive quenching cycles of a photocatalyst. [PC] = photocatalyst, A = acceptor, D ...
Scheme 2: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation of dimethylaniline (1a).
Scheme 3: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed arylation of α-amino, α-oxy and benzylic C(sp3)‒H bonds with aryl bromi...
Figure 2: Proposed catalytic cycle for the photoredox-mediated HAT and nickel catalysis enabled C(sp3)‒H aryl...
Scheme 4: Photoredox arylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds with aryl iodides.
Figure 3: Proposed mechanism for photoredox nickel-catalyzed α-amino C‒H arylation with aryl iodides.
Scheme 5: Nickel-catalyzed α-oxy C(sp3)−H arylation of cyclic and acyclic ethers.
Figure 4: Proposed catalytic cycle for the C(sp3)−H arylation of cyclic and acyclic ethers.
Scheme 6: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of ethers.
Figure 5: Proposed catalytic cycle for the nickel-catalyzed arylation of ethers with aryl bromides.
Scheme 7: Nickel-catalyzed α-amino C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl tosylates.
Scheme 8: Arylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds by in situ generated aryl tosylates from phenols.
Scheme 9: Formylation of aryl chlorides through redox-neutral 2-functionalization of 1,3-dioxolane (13).
Scheme 10: Photochemical C(sp3)–H arylation via a dual polyoxometalate HAT and nickel catalytic manifold.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for C(sp3)–H arylation through dual polyoxometalate HAT and nickel catalytic man...
Scheme 11: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxy C‒H arylation.
Scheme 12: Photochemical synthesis of fluoxetine (21).
Scheme 13: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed allylic C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl bromides.
Figure 7: Proposed mechanism for the photochemical nickel-catalyzed allylic C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl brom...
Scheme 14: Photochemical C(sp3)‒H arylation by the synergy of ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for photochemical C(sp3)‒H arylation by the synergy of ketone HAT catalysis and ...
Scheme 15: Benzophenone- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox benzylic C–H arylation.
Scheme 16: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)–H arylation.
Scheme 17: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation.
Figure 9: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox and nickel-catalyzed enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation.
Scheme 18: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed α-(sp3)‒H arylation of secondary benzamides with aryl bromides.
Scheme 19: Enantioselective sp3 α-arylation of benzamides.
Scheme 20: Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative vinylation/C‒H arylation of cyclic oxalates.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative vinylation/C‒H arylation of cyclic oxal...
Scheme 21: C(sp3)−H arylation of bioactive molecules using mpg-CN photocatalysis and nickel catalysis.
Figure 11: Proposed mechanism for the mpg-CN/nickel photocatalytic C(sp3)–H arylation.
Scheme 22: Nickel-catalyzed synthesis of 1,1-diarylalkanes from alkyl bromides and aryl bromides.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H alkylation via polarity-matched HAT.
Scheme 23: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation via polarity-matched HAT.
Scheme 24: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 25: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)‒H alkylation of amides and thioethers.
Scheme 26: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of benzamides with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: CzIPN and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers with alkyl bromides.
Figure 13: Proposed mechanism for the CzIPN and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 28: Nickel/photoredox-catalyzed methylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides and acid chlorides using trimethy...
Figure 14: Proposed catalytic cycle for the nickel/photoredox-catalyzed methylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides ...
Scheme 29: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H methylations.
Scheme 30: Photoredox nickel catalysis-enabled alkylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 31: Photochemical C(sp3)–H alkenylation with alkenyl tosylates.
Scheme 32: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 15: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Scheme 33: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of activated alkynes with C(sp3)−H bonds.
Scheme 34: Allylation of unactivated C(sp3)−H bonds with allylic chlorides.
Scheme 35: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed α-amino C(sp3)–H allylation of secondary amides with trifluoromethyl...
Scheme 36: Photoredox δ C(sp3)‒H allylation of secondary amides with trifluoromethylated alkenes.
Scheme 37: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds of N-arylamines.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of α-amino C(sp3)–H bonds of N-ary...
Scheme 38: Photocatalytic α‑acylation of ethers with acid chlorides.
Figure 17: Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic α‑acylation of ethers with acid chlorides.
Scheme 39: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H esterification with chloroformates.
Scheme 40: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of benzylic and aldehydic C–H bonds.
Figure 18: Proposed reaction pathway for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of benzylic ...
Scheme 41: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed enantioselective acylation of α-amino C(sp3)–H bonds with carboxylic ac...
Scheme 42: Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides.
Figure 19: Proposed mechanism for the nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides.
Scheme 43: Nickel-catalyzed benzylic C–H functionalization with acid chlorides 45.
Scheme 44: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed benzylic C–H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides 84.
Scheme 45: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of indoles 86 with α-oxoacids 87.
Scheme 46: Nickel-catalyzed aldehyde C–H functionalization.
Figure 20: Proposed catalytic cycle for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed aldehyde C–H functionalization.
Scheme 47: Photoredox carboxylation of methylbenzenes with CO2.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox carboxylation of methylbenzenes with CO2.
Scheme 48: Decatungstate photo-HAT and nickel catalysis enabled alkene difunctionalization.
Figure 22: Proposed catalytic cycle for the decatungstate photo-HAT and nickel catalysis enabled alkene difunc...
Scheme 49: Diaryl ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis enabled dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes.
Figure 23: Proposed catalytic mechanism for the diaryl ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis enabled dicar...
Scheme 50: Overview of photoredox nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalizations.
On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets
- Renato L. Carvalho,
- Amanda S. de Miranda,
- Mateus P. Nunes,
- Roberto S. Gomes,
- Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
- Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126
- derivatives. Using H2O2 as an oxidant agent, ketones and aldehydes were obtained from hydrocarbons with high yields (85–99%, Scheme 9B and 9C). Although the authors did not explore the biological effects of the obtained products, this class of molecules resembles the basic structure of several important
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic overview of transition metals studied in C–H activation processes.
Scheme 2: (A) Known biological activities related to benzimidazole-based compounds; (B and C) an example of a...
Scheme 3: (A) Known biological activities related to quinoline-based compounds; (B and C) an example of a sca...
Scheme 4: (A) Known biological activities related to sulfur-containing compounds; (B and C) an example of a s...
Scheme 5: (A) Known biological activities related to aminoindane derivatives; (B and C) an example of a scand...
Scheme 6: (A) Known biological activities related to norbornane derivatives; (B and C) an example of a scandi...
Scheme 7: (A) Known biological activities related to aniline derivatives; (B and C) an example of a titanium-...
Scheme 8: (A) Known biological activities related to cyclohexylamine derivatives; (B) an example of an intram...
Scheme 9: (A) Known biologically active benzophenone derivatives; (B and C) photocatalytic oxidation of benzy...
Scheme 10: (A) Known bioactive fluorine-containing compounds; (B and C) vanadium-mediated C(sp3)–H fluorinatio...
Scheme 11: (A) Known biologically active Lythraceae alkaloids; (B) synthesis of (±)-decinine (30).
Scheme 12: (A) Synthesis of (R)- and (S)-boehmeriasin (31); (B) synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines by vanadi...
Scheme 13: (A) Known bioactive BINOL derivatives; (B and C) vanadium-mediated oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol...
Scheme 14: (A) Known antiplasmodial imidazopyridazines; (B) practical synthesis of 41.
Scheme 15: (A) Gold-catalyzed drug-release mechanism using 2-alkynylbenzamides; (B and C) chromium-mediated al...
Scheme 16: (A) Examples of anti-inflammatory benzaldehyde derivatives; (B and C) chromium-mediated difunctiona...
Scheme 17: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed chemoselective intramolecular C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage modi...
Scheme 18: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage modification of a leelamine deriva...
Scheme 19: (A) Known bioactive compounds containing substituted N-heterocycles; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed ...
Scheme 20: (A) Known indoles that present GPR40 full agonist activity; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H alkyl...
Scheme 21: (A) Examples of known biaryl-containing drugs; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H arylation through ...
Scheme 22: (A) Known zidovudine derivatives with potent anti-HIV properties; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H...
Scheme 23: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed C–H organic photo-electrosynthesis; (C) late-stage modification.
Scheme 24: (A) Example of a known antibacterial silylated dendrimer; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H silylat...
Scheme 25: (A and B) Fe-based small molecule catalyst applied for selective aliphatic C–H oxidations; (C) late...
Scheme 26: (A) Examples of naturally occurring gracilioethers; (B) the first total synthesis of gracilioether ...
Scheme 27: (A and B) Selective aliphatic C–H oxidation of amino acids; (C) late-stage modification of proline-...
Scheme 28: (A) Examples of Illicium sesquiterpenes; (B) first chemical synthesis of (+)-pseudoanisatin (80) in...
Scheme 29: (A and B) Fe-catalyzed deuteration; (C) late-stage modification of pharmaceuticals.
Scheme 30: (A and B) Biomimetic Fe-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of methylarenes to benzaldehydes (PMHS, polymet...
Scheme 31: (A) Known tetrahydroquinolines with potential biological activities; (B and C) redox-selective Fe c...
Scheme 32: (A) Known drugs containing a benzofuran unit; (B and C) Fe/Cu-catalyzed tandem O-arylation to acces...
Scheme 33: (A) Known azaindolines that act as M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonists; (B and C) intramo...
Scheme 34: (A) Known indolinones with anticholinesterase activity; (B and C) oxidative C(sp3)–H cross coupling...
Scheme 35: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H alkenylation of C-3-peptide-containing indoles; (C) derivatization b...
Scheme 36: (A) Cobalt-Cp*-catalyzed C–H methylation of known drugs; (B and C) scope of the o-methylated deriva...
Scheme 37: (A) Known lasalocid A analogues; (B and C) three-component cobalt-catalyzed C–H bond addition; (D) ...
Scheme 38: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C(sp2)–H amidation of thiostrepton.
Scheme 39: (A) Known 4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one derivatives with hypolipidemic activity; (B and C) cobalt-ca...
Scheme 40: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H arylation of pyrrole derivatives; (C) application for the synthesis ...
Scheme 41: (A) Known 2-phenoxypyridine derivatives with potent herbicidal activity; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed...
Scheme 42: (A) Natural cinnamic acid derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H carboxylation of terminal alk...
Scheme 43: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H borylation; (C) application to the synthesis of flurbiprofen.
Scheme 44: (A) Benzothiazoles known to present anticonvulsant activities; (B and C) cobalt/ruthenium-catalyzed...
Scheme 45: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed oxygenation of methylene groups towards ketone synthesis; (C) synthesis ...
Scheme 46: (A) Known anticancer tetralone derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of ar...
Scheme 47: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H thiolation; (C) application in the synthesis of quetiapine (153).
Scheme 48: (A) Known benzoxazole derivatives with anticancer, antifungal, and antibacterial activities; (B and...
Scheme 49: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H carbonylation of naphthylamides; (C) BET inhibitors 158 and 159 tota...
Scheme 50: (A) Known bioactive pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-one derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H ...
Scheme 51: (A) Known antibacterial cyclic sulfonamides; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H amination of propargyli...
Scheme 52: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed intramolecular 1,5-C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage functionalization ...
Scheme 53: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H/C–H cross-coupling between benzamides and oximes; (C) late-state syn...
Scheme 54: (A) Known anticancer natural isoquinoline derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C(sp2)–H annulati...
Scheme 55: (A) Enantioselective intramolecular nickel-catalyzed C–H activation; (B) bioactive obtained motifs;...
Scheme 56: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed α-C(sp3)–H arylation of ketones; (C) application of the method using kno...
Scheme 57: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H acylation of pyrrolidine derivatives; (C) exploring the use of ...
Scheme 58: (A) Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation of dioxolane; (B) library of products obtained from biologi...
Scheme 59: (A) Intramolecular enantioselective nickel-catalyzed C–H cycloalkylation; (B) product examples, inc...
Scheme 60: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed C–H deoxy-arylation of azole derivatives; (C) late-stage functionalizati...
Scheme 61: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed decarbonylative C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) application of t...
Scheme 62: (A and B) Another important example of nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) app...
Scheme 63: (A and B) Another notable example of a nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) lat...
Scheme 64: (A and B) Nickel-based metalorganic framework (MOF-74-Ni)-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivati...
Scheme 65: (A) Known commercially available benzothiophene-based drugs; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed C–H arylati...
Scheme 66: (A) Known natural tetrahydrofuran-containing substances; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3...
Scheme 67: (A and B) Another notable example of a nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation; (...
Scheme 68: (A) Electrochemical/nickel-catalyzed C–H alkoxylation; (B) achieved scope, including three using na...
Scheme 69: (A) Enantioselective photoredox/nickel catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation; (B) achieved scope, including ...
Scheme 70: (A) Known commercially available trifluoromethylated drugs; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluor...
Scheme 71: (A and B) Stereoselective nickel-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation; (C) late-stage functionalization...
Scheme 72: (A) Cu-mediated ortho-amination of oxalamides; (B) achieved scope, including derivatives obtained f...
Scheme 73: (A) Electro-oxidative copper-mediated amination of 8-aminoquinoline-derived amides; (B) achieved sc...
Scheme 74: (A and B) Cu(I)-mediated C–H amination with oximes; (C) derivatization using telmisartan (241) as s...
Scheme 75: (A and B) Cu-mediated amination of aryl amides using ammonia; (C) late-stage modification of proben...
Scheme 76: (A and B) Synthesis of purine nucleoside analogues using copper-mediated C(sp2)–H activation.
Scheme 77: (A) Copper-mediated annulation of acrylamide; (B) achieved scope, including the synthesis of the co...
Scheme 78: (A) Known bioactive compounds containing a naphthyl aryl ether motif; (B and C) copper-mediated eth...
Scheme 79: (A and B) Cu-mediated alkylation of N-oxide-heteroarenes; (C) late-stage modification.
Scheme 80: (A) Cu-mediated cross-dehydrogenative coupling of polyfluoroarenes and alkanes; (B) scope from know...
Scheme 81: (A) Known anticancer acrylonitrile compounds; (B and C) Copper-mediated cyanation of unactivated al...
Scheme 82: (A) Cu-mediated radiofluorination of 8-aminoquinoline-derived aryl amides; (B) achieved scope, incl...
Scheme 83: (A) Examples of natural β-carbolines; (B and C) an example of a zinc-catalyzed C–H functionalizatio...
Scheme 84: (A) Examples of anticancer α-aminophosphonic acid derivatives; (B and C) an example of a zinc-catal...
