N-Boc-α-diazo glutarimide as efficient reagent for assembling N-heterocycle-glutarimide diads via Rh(II)-catalyzed N–H insertion reaction

• Grigory Kantin,
• Pavel Golubev,
• Alexander Sapegin,
• Alexander Bunev and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1841–1848, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.136

• and efficiency in various XH insertion reactions [27][28][29]. In many cases (e.g., indoles, indazoles, benzotriazoles, tetrazoles, Scheme 3) the reaction progressed expeditiously (as indicated by gas evolution upon adding diazo reagent to the mixture of NH-substrate and catalyst) and was completed in

Recent advancements in iodide/phosphine-mediated photoredox radical reactions

• Tinglan Liu,
• Yu Zhou,
• Junhong Tang and
• Chengming Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1785–1803, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.131

• functionalized coumarin derivatives and related nitrogen-containing heterocycles, opening up exciting possibilities for their diverse applications in other fields. Similarly, the regioselective photodecarboxylative C–H alkylation of 2H-indazoles and azauracils using NaI/PPh3 as mediators and redox esters 3 was

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

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

• . Next, the iodonium center was stabilized through an additional N-coordination via ortho-pyrazole substitution, giving the iodonium salts 5ba and 5bb in 88% and 50% yield. When replacing imidazoles by indazoles the oxidation was not as efficient giving the products 5bc and 5bd with only 24% and 44

Synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of ortho-chlorinated arylhydrazones

• Yara Cristina Marchioro Barbosa,
• Guilherme Caneppele Paveglio,
• Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira,
• Sidnei Moura,
• Cristiane Storck Schwalm,
• Gleison Antonio Casagrande and
• Lucas Pizzuti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1079–1087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.110

• de Caxias do Sul, 95070-560, Caxias do Sul-RS, Brazil 10.3762/bjoc.18.110 Abstract The broad application of 1H-indazoles has prompted the development of several approaches for the synthesis of such compounds, including metal-free, palladium-, or copper-promoted intramolecular N-arylation of in situ

• available and less expensive than brominated analogs. Seeking to cover a lack in the literature, this work reports a convenient protocol for the synthesis of N-phenyl- and N-thiazolyl-1H-indazoles by copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation of o-chlorinated arylhydrazones. Therefore, a series of seven N

• . All products were fully characterized by HRMS as well as 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy. Thus, this approach is valuable for promoting the synthesis of N-phenyl-1H-indazoles in a higher yield than that reported in the literature using copper catalysis and the same substrates. This study also prompted the

Regioselective N-alkylation of the 1H-indazole scaffold; ring substituent and N-alkylating reagent effects on regioisomeric distribution

• Ryan M. Alam and
• John J. Keating

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1939–1951, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.127

• alkylindazoles. Initial screening of various conditions revealed that the combination of sodium hydride (NaH) in tetrahydrofuran (THF) (in the presence of an alkyl bromide), represented a promising system for N-1 selective indazole alkylation. For example, among fourteen C-3 substituted indazoles examined, we

• observed > 99% N-1 regioselectivity for 3-carboxymethyl, 3-tert-butyl, 3-COMe, and 3-carboxamide indazoles. Further extension of this optimized (NaH in THF) protocol to various C-3, -4, -5, -6, and -7 substituted indazoles has highlighted the impact of steric and electronic effects on N-1/N-2 regioisomeric

• distribution. For example, employing C-7 NO2 or CO2Me substituted indazoles conferred excellent N-2 regioselectivity (≥ 96%). Importantly, we show that this optimized N-alkylation procedure tolerates a wide structural variety of alkylating reagents, including primary alkyl halide and secondary alkyl tosylate

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

Azidophosphonium salt-directed chemoselective synthesis of (E)/(Z)-cinnamyl-1H-triazoles and regiospecific access to bromomethylcoumarins from Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts

• Soundararajan Karthikeyan,
• Radha Krishnan Shobana,
• Kamarajapurathu Raju Subimol,
• J. Helen Ratna Monica and
• Ayyanoth Karthik Krishna Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1579–1587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.130

• transformations employed quaternary phosphonium salts as favourable catalysts [36]. Their synthetic utility was not only confined to catalysis, but they were also used as intermediates for the synthesis of 1H-indazoles [37], as promoters for stereoselective rearrangements [38], and as temporary protectors of O,P

Thermal stability of N-heterocycle-stabilized iodanes – a systematic investigation

• Andreas Boelke,
• Yulia A. Vlasenko,
• Mekhman S. Yusubov,
• Boris J. Nachtsheim and
• Pavel S. Postnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2311–2318, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.223

• thermal stability of pyrazoles and indazoles (6–8) in direct comparison to triazoles (2–5) is very likely connected with the lower C/N ratio. Benzimidazoles 9–11 showed increased ΔHdec values (58.5–76.4 kJ/mol) in comparison with pyrazoles 6–8. Broad decomposition peaks (up to 14 °C peak width – see

Formation of an unexpected 3,3-diphenyl-3H-indazole through a facile intramolecular [2 + 3] cycloaddition of the diazo intermediate

• Andrew T. King,
• Hugh G. Hiscocks,
• Lidia Matesic,
• Mohan Bhadbhade,
• Roger Bishop and
• Alison T. Ung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1347–1354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.134

• unfamiliarity, the C–H···H–C contacts illustrated in Figure 6 are similarly attractive in nature. Proposed mechanism for the formation of 8 Indazoles are well-recognised for their important biological activities. They are known to be used as building blocks in drug development. A review by Gaikwad et al

• . describes reliable routes to particularly fused aromatic 1H and 3H-indazoles [24]. The common synthetic routes for the formation of cyclic 1H-indazoles are diazotisation of corresponding o-alkylanilines [25] and nitrosation of the N-acetyl derivatives of 2-alkylanilines (Jacobson modification) [26][27][28

• ]. More recently, the formation of cyclic 3,3-disubstituted 3H-indazoles was reported to form mainly through the [2 + 3] cycloaddition of diazo compounds with arynes under mild reaction conditions [29][30][31]. However, none of these contained a 2-diphenylmethyl (benzhydryl) aniline system, as found in

Azologization of serotonin 5-HT₃ receptor antagonists

• Karin Rustler,
• Galyna Maleeva,
• Piotr Bregestovski and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 780–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.74

• developed [26]. Since then the development of 5-HT3R antagonists progressed. The first-generation antagonists are structurally categorized in three major classes: (I) carbazole derivatives (e.g., ondansetron), (II) indazoles (e.g., granisetron), and (III) indoles (e.g., dolasetron) [26][30]. Generally, 5

[3 + 2]-Cycloaddition reaction of sydnones with alkynes

• Veronika Hladíková,
• Jiří Váňa and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1317–1348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.113

• this synthetic approach for the synthesis of polysubstituted 1,2-diazoles (pyrazoles, indazoles). However, until 2013 when Taran’s group introduced the regioselective Cu(I)-phenanthroline catalysis [3] this method was of limited value due to the harsh reaction conditions and sometimes also due to low

• of substituted 1,3,4-tri- or 1,3,4,5-tetrasubstituted pyrazoles [1][2][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39] or indazoles. Dimethyl acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD, R3 = COOMe) or its analogues (diethyl; R3

• from 2-aminobenzoic acid [48], from symmetrically substituted 2-trimethylsilylphenyl triflates [49][50][51][52] or from 2-(trimethylsilyl)phenyl trimethylsilyl ethers [53] react with sydnones in MeCN or THF giving 2-substituted 2H-indazoles in good to excellent yields (40–99%) at room temperature

Bromide-assisted chemoselective Heck reaction of 3-bromoindazoles under high-speed ball-milling conditions: synthesis of axitinib

• Jingbo Yu,
• Zikun Hong,
• Xinjie Yang,
• Yu Jiang,
• Zhijiang Jiang and
• Weike Su

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 786–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.66

• highly efficient route for the synthesis of axitinib. Keywords: axitinib; ball-milling; dehalogenation; Heck reaction; indazoles; Introduction The palladium-catalyzed vinylation of alkenes in the presence of a base, known as the Heck reaction (Mizoroki–Heck reaction), is one of the most important

• the investigation of the scope and limitations of the developed method with respect to a broad range of indazoles and olefins (Scheme 5). Pleasingly, neutral, electron-rich and electron-poor indazoles were perfectly tolerated in this reaction, affording the corresponding target product 3ba–ka in high

• -selectivity under 700 rpm, giving 6-bromo-substituted product 3da in 94% yield. Indazoles with N-Me, THP and Bn groups afforded good to excellent yields in the coupling reaction with n-butyl acrylate. However, the N-Boc substrate readily underwent removal of the protecting group [65], and resulted in the

Multicomponent synthesis of spiropyrrolidine analogues derived from vinylindole/indazole by a 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

• Manjunatha Narayanarao,
• Lokesh Koodlur,
• Vijayakumar G. Revanasiddappa,
• Subramanya Gopal and
• Susmita Kamila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2893–2897, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.288

• -alkylindole and indazole derivatives 2 that can be obtained from 5-bromoindoles/indazoles (1). The latter compounds were synthesized according to procedures described in the literature [18][19][20]. The regioisomers of N-alkylated 5-bromoindazoles were isolated by column chromatography using a hexane–ethyl

• in yields ranging from 60 to 93% (Table 1, entries 1–11). Unfortunately the product 7 with X–R = NCOCH3, Y = N could not be synthesized due to low amounts of the required regioisomer of the N-acylated indazole. In both cases of vinylic indole and indazoles, we have shown that the cyclic adducts were

Dimerisation, rhodium complex formation and rearrangements of N-heterocyclic carbenes of indazoles

• Zong Guan,
• Jan C. Namyslo,
• Martin H. H. Drafz,
• Martin Nieger and
• Andreas Schmidt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 832–840, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.79

• . Virtasen aukio 1), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland 10.3762/bjoc.10.79 Abstract Deprotonation of indazolium salts at low temperatures gives N-heterocyclic carbenes of indazoles (indazol-3-ylidenes) which can be trapped as rhodium complexes (X-ray analysis). In the absence of Rh, the indazol-3

• . Keywords: E/Z isomerism; indazol-3-ylidene; mesomeric betaine; pyrazole; quinazoline; Rh complex; Introduction As a result of their biochemical and pharmacological significance, there has been a considerably growing interest in indazoles in recent years, which is reflected in several book chapters and

Microwave-assisted synthesis of 5,6-dihydroindolo[1,2-a]quinoxaline derivatives through copper-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation

• Fei Zhao,
• Lei Zhang,
• Hailong Liu,
• Shengbin Zhou and
• Hong Liu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2463–2469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.285

• , the copper-catalyzed N-arylation has been extensively utilized for C–N coupling, especially for the arylation of N-containing heterocycles such as indoles, imidazoles, indazoles, pyrroles, pyrazoles and triazoles [25][26][27][28] to construct more fused heterocycles. In recent years, several

ML212: A small-molecule probe for investigating fluconazole resistance mechanisms in Candida albicans

• Willmen Youngsaye,
• Cathy L. Hartland,
• Barbara J. Morgan,
• Amal Ting,
• Partha P. Nag,
• Benjamin Vincent,
• Carrie A. Mosher,
• Joshua A. Bittker,
• Sivaraman Dandapani,
• Michelle Palmer,
• Luke Whitesell,
• Susan Lindquist,
• Stuart L. Schreiber and
• Benito Munoz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1501–1507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.171

• Two different routes were adopted to access the various functionalized indazoles required to evaluate the SAR associated with hit compound 1 (Scheme 1). The robust Suzuki–Miyaura reaction was selected for the preparation of analogues bearing substituents around the central indazole core. This approach

• also permitted rapid replacement of the phenyl ring at C3 with functionalized phenyl rings and alternative heterocycles. Preliminary attempts to couple substituted 3-iodoindazoles 4 failed to produce isolable amounts of the desired product directly. Subsequently, the indazoles were protected as their

Palladium- and copper-mediated N-aryl bond formation reactions for the synthesis of biological active compounds

• Carolin Fischer and
• Burkhard Koenig

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 59–74, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.10

• resulted in good yields [4][26]. Copper-diamine-catalysed N-arylation facilitated the arylation of pyrroles, pyrazoles, indazoles, imidazoles, triazoles, benzimidazoles and indoles [27][28][29]. Besides aryl halides as the aryl donor, arylsiloxanes [30], arylstannanes [31], iodonium salts [32], aryl lead