Characterization of two new degradation products of atorvastatin calcium formed upon treatment with strong acids

• Jürgen Krauß,
• Monika Klimt,
• Markus Luber,
• Peter Mayer and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2085–2091, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.206

• ][22]. For benzanilides Tu [21] proposed a mechanism involving protonation of the amide oxygen, followed by 1,3 proton shift to the ring carbon next to the amide carbonyl group, followed by elimination of protonated phenyl isocyanate under re-aromatization. For the pyrrole derived substrate

• ). A comparable fragmentation has been observed in the CID (collision-induced dissociation) mass spectrum of atorvastatin, where the base peak observed at m/z 440 clearly corresponds to a loss of phenyl isocyanate [22]. In contrast, refluxing 2 with concentrated aqueous hydrochloric acid (37%) led to

• indication for formation of 6. As the intermediate occurrence of a positive charge at C-2 of the pyrrole ring and a sp3-hybridized C-3 are most likely triggering the elimination of phenyl isocyanate from the pyrrole (see postulated mechanism shown in Scheme 2), we propose the formation of an intermediate C

A review of the total syntheses of triptolide

• Xiang Zhang,
• Zaozao Xiao and
• Hongtao Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1984–1995, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.194

• trifluoroacetate 60 by a known electrophilic substitution procedure that was developed by Tahara and co-workers [64]. Curtius rearrangement of 60 gave an isocyanate intermediate, which was reduced with LiAlH4 followed by reductive amination affording tertiary amine intermediate 61. Oxidation of 61 to its

Installation of -SO₂F groups onto primary amides

• Jing Liu,
• Shi-Meng Wang,
• Njud S. Alharbi and
• Hua-Li Qin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1907–1912, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.186

• fluorosulfonyl isocyanate (Scheme 1, (2)) [36]. The available procedures for the preparation of N-fluorosulfonyl amides are very limited which relied on using either the isocyanate approach, or the amidosulfofluoride (FSO2NH2) (Scheme 1, (2)) [37][38][39]. Therefore, the development of a new method for the

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

Multicomponent reactions (MCRs): a useful access to the synthesis of benzo-fused γ-lactams

• Edorta Martínez de Marigorta,
• Jesús M. de Los Santos,
• Ana M. Ochoa de Retana,
• Javier Vicario and
• Francisco Palacios

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1065–1085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.104

• excesses, which result, according to the authors, from a dynamic kinetic resolution of the initially formed Ugi adduct. Indeed, the plausible mechanism for the reaction implies the condensation of amine 2 and aldehyde 33 to form iminium salt intermediate 47 (Scheme 14). Next, addition of isocyanate 42

A three-component, Zn(OTf)₂-mediated entry into trisubstituted 2-aminoimidazoles

• Alexei Lukin,
• Anna Bakholdina,
• Anna Kryukova,
• Alexander Sapegin and
• Mikhail Krasavin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1061–1064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.103

• from the respective isocyanates and propargylamine (or propagyl isocyanate and primary amines), thus could offer an opportunity to synthesize 2-aminoimidazoles 5 in a three-component format. Considering these premises, we started to explore the Zn(OTf)2-catalyzed reaction of 4 with primary amines

• . Herein, we present the preliminary results of these studies. Results and Discussion Urea 4a (prepared by reacting propargylamine with 4-(trifluoromethoxy)benzyl isocyanate) was reacted with an equivalent amount of benzylamine in refluxing toluene in the presence of various Lewis acids. To our delight

An anomalous addition of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate to a carbonyl group: the synthesis of ((3aS,7aR,E)-2-ethyl-3-oxo-2,3,3a,4,7,7a-hexahydro-1H-isoindol-1-ylidene)sulfamoyl chloride

• Aytekin Köse,
• Aslı Ünal,
• Ertan Şahin,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Yunus Kara

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 931–936, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.89

• study, we developed a new addition reaction of chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI), starting from 2-ethyl-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione. The addition reaction of CSI with 2-ethyl-3a,4,7,7a-tetrahydro-1H-isoindole-1,3(2H)-dione resulted in the formation of ylidenesulfamoyl chloride, whose

• exact configuration was determined by X-ray crystal analysis. We explain the mechanism of product formation supported by theoretical calculations. Keywords: addition reaction; chlorosulfonyl isocyanate; sulfamoyl chloride; theoretical calculations; Introduction Since its identification in 1959 [1

• ], chlorosulfonyl isocyanate (CSI, 1) continues to be the most reactive isocyanate to date. CSI is relatively more reactive than alkylsulfonyl isocyanate in olefin additions [2]. Its highly reactive nature is due to the polarization of the allene double bond by the highly electronegative chlorosulfonyl group. CSI

LCST phase behavior of benzo-21-crown-7 with different alkyl chains

• Yan Deng,
• Xing Li,
• Qiao Zhang,
• Zheng Luo,
• Chengyou Han and
• Shengyi Dong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 437–444, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.38

• between the amine groups and isocyanate units (yields, 44.6–76.5%), or between hydroxy groups and isocyanate units (yields, 57.4–84.9%), respectively. We also investigated the role of linkages in LCST behavior by the introduction of urea-based and carbamate-based linkers. The water solubility of the

Sigmatropic rearrangements of cyclopropenylcarbinol derivatives. Access to diversely substituted alkylidenecyclopropanes

• Guillaume Ernouf,
• Jean-Louis Brayer,
• Christophe Meyer and
• Janine Cossy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 333–350, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.29

• with Cs2CO3 in anhydrous DMF, followed by the addition of an excess of pyrrolidine, produced urea 14f (24%) [48][49]. The moderate yield of 14f was attributed to the instability of the in situ-generated isocyanate 15f under the reaction conditions [50]. When trichloroacetamide 13f was treated with an

• resulting α-allenic carbocations 24a–c (Scheme 14) [48]. As a complementary strategy, our group examined the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of cyanates derived from cyclopropenylcarbinols [53]. The allyl cyanate to isocyanate rearrangement displays many interesting features such as the possibility to

• -disubstitution at C3 on the three-membered ring. Alcohol 25 was readily converted to carbamate 26 by reaction with trichloroacetyl isocyanate followed by cleavage of the trichloroacetyl group by alkaline hydrolysis. Dehydration of carbamate 26 was achieved by treatment with trifluoroacetic anhydride in the

Stereodivergent approach in the protected glycal synthesis of L-vancosamine, L-saccharosamine, L-daunosamine and L-ristosamine involving a ring-closing metathesis step

• Pierre-Antoine Nocquet,
• Aurélie Macé,
• Frédéric Legros,
• Jacques Lebreton,
• Gilles Dujardin,
• Sylvain Collet,
• Arnaud Martel,
• Bertrand Carboni and
• François Carreaux

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2949–2955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.274

• synthesis of the carbamate-protected glycal of L-vancosamine 1 and L-saccharosamine 2 were prepared in two steps by treatment of alcohols with the trichloroacetyl isocyanate reagent (TCA-NCO) followed by basic hydrolysis. The spectroscopic properties of carbamates 17 were identical to those reported in the

Novel solid-phase strategy for the synthesis of ligand-targeted fluorescent-labelled chelating peptide conjugates as a theranostic tool for cancer

• Sagnik Sengupta,
• Mena Asha Krishnan,
• Premansh Dudhe,
• Ramesh B. Reddy,
• Bishnubasu Giri,
• Sudeshna Chattopadhyay and
• Venkatesh Chelvam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2665–2679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.244

• for 1.5 h at −50 °C and stirred for another 1.5 h at room temperature for the generation of isocyanate intermediate 2. Thereafter, a solution of L-glutamic-γ-benzyl-α-tert-butyl·HCl (0.159 g, 0.507 mmol) and triethylamine (0.14 mL, 1.014 mmol) in DCM was added to the reaction mixture and the progress

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• hydroarylation of glyoxylate with pyrimidine containing indoles and pyrroles 7 to provide products 63 with high productivity (Scheme 40) [79]. Similar to the imine, isocyanate is also an efficient electrophile for hydroarylation of C=N bond. It provides a high atom- and step-economical method for the preparation

Stimuli-responsive oligonucleotides in prodrug-based approaches for gene silencing

• Françoise Debart,
• Christelle Dupouy and
• Jean-Jacques Vasseur

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 436–469, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.32

• with phenylsulfonyl isocyanate produces a caged ON unable to hybridize to its complementary RNA sequence until heat removal of the psc (Scheme 17) [65]. However, currently, this approach is limited to CPG-supported methylphosphonate ONs containing thymines and cytosines immobilized on a glass slide

Recent developments in the asymmetric Reformatsky-type reaction

• Hélène Pellissier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 325–344, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.21

• ). Finally, good to excellent enantioselectivities (76–94% ee) combined to moderate to quantitative yields (45–99%) were reported by Matsubara and Haraguchi in the enantioselective Reformatsky reaction of aldehydes 48b–e,g–i,r–w with enolate equivalent 55 prepared from phenyl isocyanate 56 and CH2(ZnI)2 in

• a stoichiometric amount of a chiral 1,2-amino alcohol ligand [45]. Reformatsky reaction of aldehydes with an enolate equivalent prepared from phenyl isocyanate and CH2(ZnI)2 performed in the presence of a chiral diarylprolinol ligand [46]. Domino aza-Reformatsky/cyclization reactions of imines with

One-pot sequential synthesis of tetrasubstituted thiophenes via sulfur ylide-like intermediates

• Jun Ki Kim,
• Hwan Jung Lim,
• Kyung Chae Jeong and
• Seong Jun Park

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 243–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.16

• -acetal 7d, the formation of a resonance stabilized enaminate anion had a smaller contribution and this resulted in a reduced yield (34%, Table 1, entry 4) [70]. To identify the effects of sulfur, a reaction with the corresponding isocyanate was performed to introduce an oxygen atom. As a result, only O

5-Aminopyrazole as precursor in design and synthesis of fused pyrazoloazines

• Ranjana Aggarwal and
• Suresh Kumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 203–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.15

From dipivaloylketene to tetraoxaadamantanes

• Gert Kollenz and
• Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1–10, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.1

• tetraoxaadamantanes. Inward-pointing isocyanate, urethane and carbamate groups in bisdioxines. The diisocyanate is obtained by Curtius and Hofmann rearrangements of the diazides and diamides [38][39]. Microwave-assisted tetraoxaadamantane formation. Cyclic bisdioxine ester derivative 34 forming a single mono

Diosgenyl 2-amino-2-deoxy-β-D-galactopyranoside: synthesis, derivatives and antimicrobial activity

• Henryk Myszka,
• Patrycja Sokołowska,
• Agnieszka Cieślińska,
• Andrzej Nowacki,
• Maciej Jaśkiewicz,
• Wojciech Kamysz and
• Beata Liberek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2310–2315, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.227

• the condensation of saccharides with ureas or the reaction of glycosylamines, amino sugar, or aminoglycosides with isocyanates, or their equivalents such as carbamates [32][33]. Ureido saponins presented here were obtained in the reaction of ethyl isocyanate (8), chloroethyl isocyanate (9) and phenyl

• isocyanate (10) with the amino group of 4. Isocyanate was added to the 1:1 (v/v) chloroform–methanol solution of 4 and Et3N each time. The yields of these reactions were very good (90% for 8) or good (60% for 9). However, phenylurea derivative 10 was isolated with only 34% yield, and the formation of various

Mechanochemical synthesis of thioureas, ureas and guanidines

• Vjekoslav Štrukil

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1828–1849, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.178

• isocyanate provided the target urea sensor after milling for 60 minutes at 18 Hz (Scheme 13a). Monitoring the progress of the reaction by ex situ 1H NMR spectroscopy in DMSO-d6 revealed that the reaction reached completion after only 30 minutes of ball milling with a conversion greater than 90%. Although the

• mono-urea 36 with phenyl isocyanate under the milling conditions used for the synthesis of bis-thioureas [35]. A known bis-urea anion sensor 35 was prepared in quantitative yield in 30 minutes by milling o-pda with phenyl isocyanate in a 1:2 molar ratio. However, in the 1:1 reaction, a mixture of mono

• milling for three hours, the addition of phenyl isocyanate (1 equiv) to mono-thioureas 19a–d quantitatively yielded the mixed urea–thioureas 37a–d (Scheme 15b), which could also be prepared by a ‘‘reverse’’ mechanosynthesis starting from the mono-urea 36. An interesting approach, published by Colacino et

Regioselective (thio)carbamoylation of 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene at the 1-position with iso(thio)cyanates

• Anna Wrona-Piotrowicz,
• Marzena Witalewska,
• Janusz Zakrzewski and
• Anna Makal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1032–1038, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.102

• , although substitution at the 1-position prevails. For ethoxycarbonyl isothiocyanate, apart from the 1-substituted thioamide, 1,8-disubstituted thioamide and 2,7-di-tert-butylpyrene-1-carbonitrile are formed (especially at longer reaction times). Keywords: amide; Friedel–Crafts; isocyanate; isothiocyanate

• ). Results and Discussion The reaction was carried out at room temperature in dichloromethane using 1.7 equiv of isocyanate or isothiocyanate and 3.3 equiv of TfOH. For the isocyanates, the reaction was completed in less than 5 min, whereas the reaction with isothiocyanates required ≈30 min for completion

• spectra were recorded in CDCl3 at 600 MHz for 1H and 150 MHz for 13C at room temperature. Chemical shifts are reported in ppm and are referenced relative to solvent signals. 2,7-Di-tert-butylpyrene-1-carboxamides. General procedure Analogous as described in [12]. Isocyanate (1.2 mmol) and TfOH (348 μL, 4

Extrusion – back to the future: Using an established technique to reform automated chemical synthesis

• Deborah E. Crawford

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 65–75, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.9

• polymer undergoes a hydrogen radical abstraction, followed by radical coupling and finally chain scission (Scheme 3) [23]. Polyaddition polymerisation Another common form of polymerisation is polyaddition polymerisation, an example is the formation of polyurethane from a reaction between an isocyanate and

• depicts the screw configuration employed and each reaction. Adapted from [16]. Proposed mechanism for the branching of polylactide. Adapted from [23]. Chemical reaction between isocyanate and an alcohol to form polyurethane. Generic polycondensation reaction to produce polyamides. Synthesis of HKUST-1

Catalytic Wittig and aza-Wittig reactions

• Zhiqi Lao and
• Patrick H. Toy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2577–2587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.253

• is that the iminophosphorane reagents can be generated either from a phosphine such as 1 or from a phosphine oxide such as 2, by reaction with either an azide or isocyanate reagent, respectively. Thus, two possible strategies for catalytic aza-Wittig reactions exist, one using a phosphorous(V

• seems that the required isocyanate or azide group containing precursors are readily synthesized from simple starting materials. Conclusion While great advances have been reported regarding the development of catalytic Wittig and aza-Wittig reactions, it remains to be seen how widely these methods will

Enduracididine, a rare amino acid component of peptide antibiotics: Natural products and synthesis

• Darcy J. Atkinson,
• Briar J. Naysmith,
• Daniel P. Furkert and
• Margaret A. Brimble

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2325–2342, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.226

• Minosaminomycin by Kondo et al.: The only total synthesis of minosaminomycin (9) to date was reported in 1977 by Kondo et al. (Scheme 14) [69]. Enduracididine (1) was prepared using the method reported by Shiba et al. [54] and was coupled with the isocyanate formed in situ from protected leucine 74 affording urea

One-pot synthesis of tetracyclic fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines via a three-component reaction

• Bo Yang,
• Chuanye Tao,
• Taofeng Shao,
• Jianxian Gong and
• Chao Che

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1487–1492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.145

• reaction followed by a retro-aza-ene reaction and subsequent nucleophilic reaction of the in-situ generated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines bearing an isocyanate functional group. Keywords: Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction; imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines; multi-component reaction; one-pot reaction; Introduction

• species from 2-aminopyridine and isatin which then undergoes a formal [4 + 1] cycloaddition with isocyanide to generate a spiro intermediate b. The spiro compound then undergoes a retro-aza–ene reaction via a [1,5]-hydride shift resulting in an aromatic imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine having an isocyanate

• functional group. A further intramolecular nucleophilic reaction of the imidazole and the newly generated isocyanate provides the final product 1. Noteworthy, the benzodiazepinone-fused imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine 5 was not observed which may be due to the strain of the seven-membered ring. Conclusion In

Multicomponent reactions: A simple and efficient route to heterocyclic phosphonates

• Mohammad Haji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121

• ) [92]. Moderate to good yields (60–90%) of the desired heterocyclic phosphonates 262 and 264 were obtained. The same group has also reported another Reissert-type reaction for the synthesis of 1,2-dihydroisoquinolin-1-ylphosphonates via activation of isoquinoline with isocyanate or isothiocyanate. In