Entry to new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed O–H insertion/base-promoted cyclization involving diazoarylidene succinimides

• Alexander Yanovich,
• Anastasia Vepreva,
• Ksenia Malkova,
• Grigory Kantin and
• Dmitry Dar’in

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 561–569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.48

• extension of this methodology. This study is aimed at the development of convenient protocols for the synthesis of new spiroheterocycles via tandem Rh(II)-catalyzed OH insertion/base-promoted cyclization using DAS and various OH substrates containing an activated multiple bond (propiolic and allenic acids

• of DIPEA (60 mol %), which can be explained by the presence of EDG in the corresponding DAS. In general, the second step of the process appears to occur as endo-cyclization onto an activated multiple bond followed by migration of the remaining endocyclic double bond into the furanone ring. The

A new analog of dihydroxybenzoic acid from Saccharopolyspora sp. KR21-0001

• Rattiya Janthanom,
• Yuta Kikuchi,
• Hiroki Kanto,
• Tomoyasu Hirose,
• Arisu Tahara,
• Takahiro Ishii,
• Arinthip Thamchaipenet and
• Yuki Inahashi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 497–503, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.44

• carbon, and one methyl carbon. A spin system H-6 (δH 6.85)/H-7 (δH 7.33) with an ortho-coupling constant (8.5 Hz) was observed using homonuclear correlation spectrometry (COSY). The heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) cross-peaks from H-6 to C-2 (δC 112.4) and C-4 (δC 145.2), and from H-7 to C

Intermediates and shunt products of massiliachelin biosynthesis in Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Till Steinmetz,
• Blaise Kimbadi Lombe and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 909–917, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.69

• correlation spectroscopy (COSY; Figure 3). The first spin system is part of a 2,3-substituted phenol moiety featuring proton signals at δH 7.15 (H-5), 6.70 (H-6) and 6.69 ppm (H-4; Table 1). Three aromatic carbon atoms could be assigned due to heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) correlations from H

Improving the accuracy of ³¹P NMR chemical shift calculations by use of scaling methods

• William H. Hersh and
• Tsz-Yeung Chan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 36–56, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.4

• both the structural optimization and NMR chemical shift calculation was best overall for the compounds without P–C multiple bonds (MAD/RMSD = 5.4/7.1 ppm), but failed by 30–49 ppm for compounds having any P–C multiple-bond character. Failures of these magnitudes have not been reported previously for

• training set. These B3LYP and M06-2X methods initially appeared to fare worst for compounds having P–P bonds (i.e., 8–10), while the M06-2X NMR calculation for compound 1a gave a large downfield chemical shift deviation for the phosphorus atom with a multiple bond to carbon. However, the largest deviation

• calculated NMR chemical shifts. Clearly the problems with both the B3LYP and M06-2X NMR calculations are with the functionals themselves, not the geometries. In order to test if the P–C multiple bond effect was reproducible, we optimized 3,4-dimethylphosphabenzene (a training set compound chosen by Latypov

Amamistatins isolated from Nocardia altamirensis

• Till Steinmetz,
• Wolf Hiller and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 360–367, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.40

• heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) experiment. The first spin system comprises the proton signals at δH 4.46 (dd, J = 11.3, 1.6 Hz, H-2), 3.22 (m, H2-6), 1.90 (m, H-4a), 1.77 (m, H-4b), 1.89 (m, H-3a), 1.45 (m, H-3b), and 1.30 ppm (m, H2-5). HMBC correlations from H-2 and H-6 to the carbonyl carbon

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

• Soumyadip Basu,
• Sauvik Chatterjee,
• Suman Ray,
• Suvendu Maity,
• Prasanta Ghosh,
• Asim Bhaumik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

• same time, namely that of an aldehyde and that of one multiple bond. Generally, aldehydes and multiple bonds are very reactive in the presence of primary amines. However, since we used cinnamaldehyde derivatives 3, which are conjugated systems of a double bond and an aldehyde, the reactivity was rather

Me₃Al-mediated domino nucleophilic addition/intramolecular cyclisation of 2-(2-oxo-2-phenylethyl)benzonitriles with amines; a convenient approach for the synthesis of substituted 1-aminoisoquinolines

• Krishna M. S. Adusumalli,
• Lakshmi N. S. Konidena,
• Hima B. Gandham,
• Krishnaiah Kumari,
• Krishna R. Valluru,
• Satya K. R. Nidasanametla,
• Venkateswara R. Battula and
• Hari K. Namballa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2765–2772, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.186

• heterocyclic frameworks. On the other hand, organonitrile, the polar unsaturated carbon−nitrogen multiple bond, recognized as one of the most versatile chemotypes in both the laboratory and industry because of their vital role displayed in various transformations [1][2][3][4]. They capture a major area in 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

• multiple bond correlation (HMBC)) was employed [27]. For example, (1H–13C) HMBC analysis of N-1 regioisomer 10 shows a 1H–13C correlation between the C-7a carbon of the indazole ring and the n-pentyl CH2 proton pair proximal to the indazole N-1 atom (Figure 2). No evident 1H–13C correlation was observed

On the mass spectrometric fragmentations of the bacterial sesterterpenes sestermobaraenes A–C

• Anwei Hou and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2807–2819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.231

• from 3•+ through k3•+ leading to l3+ (Scheme 5F), and a double α-fragmentation in i3•+ that explains the formation of m3+ (Scheme 5G). The fragment ion at m/z = 206 arises from the C25–3–4–5–6–10(–9–8)–11–23 moiety of 3. Its formation requires multiple bond cleavages and hydrogen transfers and is thus

[1,3]/[1,4]-Sulfur atom migration in β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides

• Katarzyna Włodarczyk,
• Piotr Borowski and
• Marek Stankevič

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 88–105, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.11

• the cleavage of one single bond between phosphorus and either carbon or oxygen atom, while the multiple bond remains intact. Herein, we present the results concerning an unusual transformation of β-hydroxyalkylphosphine sulfides, which undergo [1,3]- or [1,4]-rearrangement in the presence of an acid

Reversible switching of arylazopyrazole within a metal–organic cage

• Anton I. Hanopolskyi,
• Soumen De,
• Michał J. Białek,
• Yael Diskin-Posner,
• Liat Avram,
• Moran Feller and
• Rafal Klajn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2398–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.232

• spectroscopy (NOESY), 1H-13C heteronuclear single quantum correlation spectroscopy (HSQC), and 1H-13C heteronuclear multiple bond correlation spectroscopy (HMBC) (see the Supporting Information File 1, Figures S5–S13). The spectrum showed the presence of all of E-1’s protons, with the resonances associated

Systematic synthetic study of four diastereomerically distinct limonene-1,2-diols and their corresponding cyclic carbonates

• Hiroshi Morikawa,
• Jun-ichi Yamaguchi,
• Shun-ichi Sugimura,
• Masato Minamoto,
• Yuuta Gorou,
• Hisatoyo Morinaga and
• Suguru Motokucho

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 130–136, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.13

• difference is observed for the signal at 1.3 ppm of 2d (Supporting Information File 1, page S55), allowing the two samples to be distinguished. The assignments in the 1H and 13C NMR signals were supported by DEPT135, 1H,1H COSY, HETCOR and HMBC (heteronuclear multiple bond correlation) analyses. Two samples

A novel synthetic approach to hydroimidazo[1,5-b]pyridazines by the recyclization of itaconimides and HPLC–HRMS monitoring of the reaction pathway

• Dmitry Yu. Vandyshev,
• Khidmet S. Shikhaliev,
• Andrey Yu. Potapov,
• Michael Yu. Krysin,
• Fedor I. Zubkov and
• Lyudmila V. Sapronova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2561–2568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.252

• (NH2-N1-C2-NH2) as well as with the polyelectrophilicity of itaconimides 1 due to the presence of three electrophilic C atoms: the terminal atom of the exocyclic activated multiple bond and two atoms of the imide group. Due to this, at the first step of the reaction between diaminoimidazole and

• process includes the steps of Michael’s initial C-addition of diaminoimidazole to the activated multiple bond of the imide followed by recyclization of the primary adducts. The availability of the reagents needed, the simplicity of the synthetic procedures, and the possibility of further functionalization

¹⁵N-Labelling and structure determination of adamantylated azolo-azines in solution

• Sergey L. Deev,
• Alexander S. Paramonov,
• Tatyana S. Shestakova,
• Igor A. Khalymbadzha,
• Oleg N. Chupakhin,
• Julia O. Subbotina,
• Oleg S. Eltsov,
• Pavel A. Slepukhin,
• Vladimir L. Rusinov,
• Alexander S. Arseniev and
• Zakhar O. Shenkarev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2535–2548, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.250

• spectroscopy. For monocyclic derivatives of azoles, the structures of N-alkylated regioisomers can be determined using 2D H-(C)-N multiple bond correlation (HCNMBC) experiments [22][23] using natural isotopic abundance. These experiments rely on the magnetization transfer through 13C-15N J-coupling constants

Photocatalyzed synthesis of isochromanones and isobenzofuranones under batch and flow conditions

• Manuel Anselmo,
• Lisa Moni,
• Hossny Ismail,
• Davide Comoretto,
• Renata Riva and
• Andrea Basso

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1456–1462, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.143

• ; photocatalysis; photo-Meerwein arylation–addition; Introduction Photoinduced multicomponent reactions are currently receiving remarkable attention [1]. Indeed, the possibility to obtain multiple-bond forming reactions under clean and mild conditions is nowadays one of the main targets of green chemistry

Beta-hydroxyphosphonate ribonucleoside analogues derived from 4-substituted-1,2,3-triazoles as IMP/GMP mimics: synthesis and biological evaluation

• Tai Nguyen Van,
• Audrey Hospital,
• Corinne Lionne,
• Lars P. Jordheim,
• Charles Dumontet,
• Christian Périgaud,
• Laurent Chaloin and
• Suzanne Peyrottes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1476–1486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.144

• and two signals for the olefin carbon atoms at δ = 148.4 ppm and δ = 119.3 ppm for the C4 and the C5, respectively. The regiochemistry of the cycloaddition was unambiguously established using heteronuclear multiple bond correlation (HMBC) experiments to identify long-range (generally 2- or 3-bonds

Unusual traits of cis and trans-2,3-dibromo-1,1-dimethylindane on the way from 1,1-dimethylindene to 2-bromo-, 3-bromo-, and 2,3-dibromo-1,1-dimethylindene

• Rudolf Knorr,
• David S. Stephenson,
• Ernst Lattke,
• Petra Böhrer and
• Jakob Ruhdorfer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1178–1184, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.113

• preference of trans-1 as compared with the methyl-free trans-1,2-dibromoindene (3J = 1.3 Hz [6]) may obviously be ascribed to the two 1-Me groups [9]. In accord with the pseudoaxial C(3)–H bond, HMBC (hetero multiple bond correlation) cross peaks of 3-H in trans-1 were absent with both C-1 and C-7a. On the

An efficient synthesis of N-substituted 3-nitrothiophen-2-amines

• Sundaravel Vivek Kumar,
• Shanmugam Muthusubramanian,
• J. Carlos Menéndez and
• Subbu Perumal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1707–1712, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.185

• reagents [27] and (iii) 3-bromo-2-silylthiophene with aldehydes [28]. The major drawback of these methods is that none of them allow the simultaneous introduction of 2-amino and 3-nitro substituents (see Scheme 1d for a representative example). Multiple bond-forming transformations [29][30][31] are very

• emerges as a continuation of our recent efforts directed towards the construction of biologically relevant heterocycles employing multiple bond-forming transformations [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. Results and Discussion In a preparatory study, the optimization of the reaction between (E)-4-methyl-N

Design and synthesis of fused polycycles via Diels–Alder reaction and ring-rearrangement metathesis as key steps

• Sambasivarao Kotha and
• Ongolu Ravikumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1259–1264, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.140

• conceptually novel, synthetically useful atom-economic method for the construction of complex molecules and by this process compounds containing several stereocenters are produced starting from simple starting materials. RRM involves a combination of two or more metathetic transformations, wherein multiple

• bond forming and bond breaking events take place in a one-pot operation [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. Interestingly, the stereochemical information from the starting material is transferrred to the product. Moreover, RRM enables unprecedented and indirect

Multicomponent versus domino reactions: One-pot free-radical synthesis of β-amino-ethers and β-amino-alcohols

• Bianca Rossi,
• Nadia Pastori,
• Simona Prosperini and
• Carlo Punta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 66–73, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.10

• : aminoalcohols; free-radical addition; imine; multicomponent reaction; titanium salts; Introduction Multicomponent reactions (MCRs) represent a green approach towards the synthesis of polyfunctionalized molecules by promoting multiple bond-forming mechanisms in a one-pot synthesis [1][2][3][4][5][6][7

A tandem Mannich addition–palladium catalyzed ring-closing route toward 4-substituted-3(2H)-furanones

• Jubi John,
• Eliza Târcoveanu,
• Peter G. Jones and
• Henning Hopf

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1462–1470, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.150

• . Keywords: aza-prostaglandin analogue; 3(2H)-furanone; Mannich addition; palladium catalysis; tandem reaction; Introduction Organic chemists welcome the introduction of facile tandem protocols because of the advantages of multiple bond formation in one-pot processes, which in turn makes the process

Studies toward bivalent κ opioids derived from salvinorin A: heteromethylation of the furan ring reduces affinity

• Thomas A. Munro,
• Wei Xu,
• Douglas M. Ho,
• Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen and
• Bruce M. Cohen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2916–2924, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.328

• multiple-bond 1H–13C (HMBC) correlations for 2 shown in Figure 5 confirm substitution at C-16. The structure of the other regioisomer, 3, was confirmed using NMR data. The oxymethine signal (δ 7.34) showed only long-range couplings (J = 0.8 Hz), confirming that it was isolated. The HMBC correlations

Post-Ugi gold-catalyzed diastereoselective domino cyclization for the synthesis of diversely substituted spiroindolines

• Amit Kumar,
• Dipak D. Vachhani,
• Sachin G. Modha,
• Sunil K. Sharma,
• Virinder S. Parmar and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2097–2102, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.246

• ) involves short reaction sequences, a strong focus on bond construction, and functional group compatibility [1][2][3]. Reactions that involve multiple bond formation, such as multicomponent reactions [4][5][6][7][8][9] and tandem reactions [10][11][12][13][14][15][16], are very useful in this context. As an

Homolytic substitution at phosphorus for C–P bond formation in organic synthesis

• Hideki Yorimitsu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1269–1277, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.143

• phosphorus always culminates in difunctionalization of a multiple bond. Therefore this methodology will find application in the synthesis of complex phosphines including bidentate ones. Radical substitution of halogen in organic halide with phosphorus will be an alternative to classical ionic substitution

Metal–ligand multiple bonds as frustrated Lewis pairs for C–H functionalization

• Matthew T. Whited

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1554–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.177

• demonstrate that the resultant reactivity may be a powerful tool for the functionalization of C–H and E–H bonds. Keywords: ambiphilic reactivity; C–H activation; C–H functionalization; frustrated Lewis pair; metal carbene; multiple bond; Introduction Orbital cooperation has long been recognized as an

• heterocumulenes [71]. Reductive coupling of two CS2 units at (PNP)Ir═C(H)Ot-Bu [73]. Possible routes to C–H functionalization by 1,2-addition across a polarized metal–element multiple bond. Alkoxycarbene formation by double C–H activation at (PNP)Ir [88]. Catalytic oxidation of MTBE by multiple C–H activations