The effect of milling frequency on a mechanochemical organic reaction monitored by in situ Raman spectroscopy

• Patrick A. Julien,
• Ivani Malvestiti and
• Tomislav Friščić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2160–2168, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.216

• spectroscopy to investigate how the choice of base influences the course of a base-catalysed nucleophilic substitution reaction [39]. Raman spectroscopy is particularly well-suited for monitoring and tracking organic reactions. It is a generally accessible and inexpensive, with an output based on changes to

Influence of the milling parameters on the nucleophilic substitution reaction of activated β-cyclodextrins

• László Jicsinszky,
• Kata Tuza,
• Giancarlo Cravotto,
• Andrea Porcheddu,
• Francesco Delogu and
• Evelina Colacino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1893–1899, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.184

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

• Adrián A. Heredia and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

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

• of diselenides as starting reagents, under an oxygen atmosphere and using PEG 200 as the solvent. This procedure involves the in situ generation of dialkyl diselenides through a K3PO4-assisted reaction of an alkyl selenocyanate obtained by a nucleophilic substitution reaction between KSeCN and alkyl

• three-step one-pot procedure using KSeCN (2), alkyl (3) and styryl halides (4) with good yields (Scheme 1, A) [38]. This reaction proceeds through an initial nucleophilic substitution reaction between the alkyl halide and KSeCN to afford the corresponding alkyl selenocyanate (RSeCN). The treatment of

• propose the following mechanism for the formation of alkynyl selenides (5) (Scheme 6). In the first step a nucleophilic substitution reaction between the alkyl halide 3 with KSeCN (2) yields alkyl selenocyanate 7, which, after addition of K3PO4, quantitatively affords dialkyl diselenide 8 [38

First DMAP-mediated direct conversion of Morita–Baylis–Hillman alcohols into γ-ketoallylphosphonates: Synthesis of γ-aminoallylphosphonates

• Marwa Ayadi,
• Haitham Elleuch,
• Emmanuel Vrancken and
• Farhat Rezgui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2906–2915, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.290

• nucleophilic substitution reaction worked also well and gave the allylphosphonate 4a in 90% yield within 1 h (Table 3, entry 1). More interestingly, repeating this reaction without DMAP and under solvent-free conditions at 80 °C gave, in only 30 min, the phosphonate 4a in 92% yield (Table 3, entry 2

Et₃B-mediated and palladium-catalyzed direct allylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds with Morita–Baylis–Hillman alcohols

• Ahlem Abidi,
• Yosra Oueslati and
• Farhat Rezgui

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2402–2409, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.234

• generate a π-allylpalladium intermediate I that further undergoes a nucleophilic substitution reaction with the β-keto ester carbanion derived from 2j, affording the monoallylated compound 3j. The conversion of the keto ester 3j into the tricyclic product 6j was further performed through an intramolecular

Efficient mechanochemical synthesis of regioselective persubstituted cyclodextrins

• Laszlo Jicsinszky,
• Marina Caporaso,
• Katia Martina,
• Emanuela Calcio Gaudino and
• Giancarlo Cravotto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2364–2371, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.230

• simplicity and flexibility [18][19][20][21]. While the mechanochemical manipulation of covalent bonds is hardly a brand new concept, its diffusion into carbohydrate chemistry, and particularly into CD derivatization, has been rather slow [22][23]. The ability of HEBM to favour the nucleophilic substitution

• reaction of 6I-monotosyl-β-CD has been demonstrated in a previous article [22]. Most interestingly, the side reactions that appear to be unavoidable in the classical solution syntheses can be eliminated in the solvent-free method described for the preparation of various CD derivatives. HEBM was found to be

On the mechanism of imine elimination from Fischer tungsten carbene complexes

• Philipp Veit,
• Christoph Förster and
• Katja Heinze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1322–1333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.125

• of ferrocenyl carbene complexes has been extensively investigated [25][26][27][34][35][36][37][38][39]. A second ferrocenyl unit can be incorporated by employing aminoferrocene (Fc-NH2) [40][41] in a nucleophilic substitution reaction [27]. The trimetallic complex Cr(CO)5(E-2) with the

Towards inhibitors of glycosyltransferases: A novel approach to the synthesis of 3-acetamido-3-deoxy-D-psicofuranose derivatives

• Maroš Bella,
• Miroslav Koóš and
• Chun-Hung Lin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1547–1552, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.170

• step. An analytically pure sample of 3 was obtained by additional column chromatography. In order to increase the yield of azide 3 by replacing 3-O-mesylate 2 with the corresponding 3-O-triflate in the nucleophilic substitution reaction with sodium azide, the O-protected mannitol derivative 1 was

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

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

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

The synthesis of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) using continuous flow chemistry

• Marcus Baumann and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1194–1219, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.134

• etc.) [86]. The synthetic strategy relied on reacting chlorodiphenylmethane (93) with an excess of dimethylaminoethanol (94) via a nucleophilic substitution reaction (Scheme 16). As both starting materials are liquid at ambient temperature the use of a solvent could be avoided allowing direct

An unusually stable chlorophosphite: What makes BIFOP–Cl so robust against hydrolysis?

• Roberto Blanco Trillo,
• Jörg M. Neudörfl and
• Bernd Goldfuss

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 313–322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.36

• computational analysis of the hydrolysis of the chlorophosphites BIFOP–Cl (1) and O–BIFOP–Cl (3, as well as the smaller model system 2-chloro-1,3,2-dioxaphospholane 8) provides further comparison of the >P–Cl reactivity. The nucleophilic substitution reaction takes place at a triple-coordinated chlorophosphite

The first example of the Fischer–Hepp type rearrangement in pyrimidines

• Inga Cikotiene,
• Mantas Jonusis and
• Virginija Jakubkiene

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1819–1825, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.212

• used for the activation of chloropyrimidines toward a nucleophilic substitution reaction with amines. The subsequent treatment of the obtained products with aq H2SO4 can lead to either N-denitrosation to obtain 4,6-pyrimidinediamines or to a Fischer–Hepp type rearrangement to obtain 5-nitroso-4,6

• be explained by the stronger activation of the pyrimidine ring by the tertiary amine moiety (morpholine is a better activator than methyl, methylthio or acetamido groups). The prepared requisite N-nitrosated compounds 2 easily undergo the subsequent nucleophilic substitution reaction with amines. The

Total synthesis of ochnaflavone

• Monica M. Ndoile and
• Fanie R. van Heerden

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1346–1351, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.152

• ][23][24]. We have opted to prepare the diaryl ether by using an aromatic nucleophilic substitution reaction. 4-Fluorobenzaldehyde (2) is a readily available starting material, and under basic conditions it reacted with isovanillin (3) to form the diaryl ether 4 in a high yield. The next step was the

Kinetics and mechanism of the anilinolysis of aryl phenyl isothiocyanophosphates in acetonitrile

• Hasi Rani Barai and
• Hai Whang Lee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 615–620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.68

• substituent effects of X on the reaction rates are not compatible with a typical nucleophilic substitution reaction. The Hammett and Brönsted plots with X are biphasic concave upwards with a break region between X = H and 4-Cl (break point of σX ≈ 0.13), giving unusual positive ρX and negative βX values with

• X = 4-Cl and 3-Cl. Positive ρX (and negative βX) values indicate that the nucleophilic N atom becomes more negative in the TS compared to in the ground state (GS). The substituent effects of Y on the reaction rates are consistent with a typical nucleophilic substitution reaction, and the rate

Efficient Cu-catalyzed base-free C–S coupling under conventional and microwave heating. A simple access to S-heterocycles and sulfides

• Silvia M. Soria-Castro and
• Alicia B. Peñéñory

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 467–475, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.50

• thiolate anion by the addition of 2 equiv of KOt-Bu. Different chemical transformations are possible from the arene thiolate ions formed; for example, oxidation to the diaryl disulfide, subsequent nucleophilic substitution reaction with alkyl halides to afford alkyl aryl sulfides, or a second copper

Polymerization of novel methacrylated anthraquinone dyes

• Christian Dollendorf,
• Susanne Katharina Kreth,
• Soo Whan Choi and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 453–459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.48

• obtained (Scheme 1). Polymerizable green dye 2 based on anthraquinone The synthesis of the green anthraquinone based monomeric dye 2 is shown in Scheme 1, step a. 5,8-Dichloro-1,4-dihydroxyanthraquinone was first subjected to a nucleophilic substitution reaction with 2-(4-aminophenyl)ethanol to give a

Highly selective synthesis of (E)-alkenyl-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes through Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction

• George Iakobson and
• Petr Beier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1185–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.131

• substitution reaction of meta- and para-nitro-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes and diethyl chloromethylphosphonate, undergo Horner–Wadsworth–Emmons reaction with aldehydes in the presence of potassium hydroxide in acetonitrile at ambient temperature to give (E)-2-nitro-1-alkenyl-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzenes in

• George Iakobson Petr Beier Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic 10.3762/bjoc.8.131 Abstract Diethyl 2-nitro-(pentafluorosulfanyl)benzylphosphonates, available by the vicarious nucleophilic

Recent advances in direct C–H arylation: Methodology, selectivity and mechanism in oxazole series

• Cécile Verrier,
• Pierrik Lassalas,
• Laure Théveau,
• Guy Quéguiner,
• François Trécourt,
• Francis Marsais and
• Christophe Hoarau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1584–1601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.187

• ] However, the C2-selectivity observed in the presence of Cu(I) salts as cocatalyst, or used alone, was suspected to arise from a proton–metal exchange of the most acidic position leading to an organocopper intermediate suitable for a nucleophilic substitution reaction. Daugulis reported a first

Translation of microwave methodology to continuous flow for the efficient synthesis of diaryl ethers via a base-mediated S_NAr reaction

• Charlotte Wiles and
• Paul Watts

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1360–1371, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.160

• respectively) in dimethylacetamide (DMA) and the second 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU, 6, 1.95 M) in DMA, we investigated the nucleophilic substitution reaction under flow conditions. By using a reaction time of 10 min, achieved by setting a total flow rate of 1 µL·min−1, the effect of reactor temperature

Catalysis: transition-state molecular recognition?

• Ian H. Williams

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1026–1034, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.117

• coordinates for nucleophilic substitution and proton transfer from Glu172, showed no requirement for protonation of the activated nucleofuge [24]. PMFs, with respect to the nucleophilic substitution reaction coordinate for both the wild-type and the Tyr69Phe mutant, computed with the same QM/MM MD method

Chromo- and fluorophoric water-soluble polymers and silica particles by nucleophilic substitution reaction of poly(vinyl amine)

• Katja Hofmann,
• Ingolf Kahle,
• Frank Simon and
• Stefan Spange

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 79, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.79

A short and efficient synthesis of valsartan via a Negishi reaction

• Samir Ghosh,
• A. Sanjeev Kumar and
• G. N. Mehta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 27, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.27

• could be obtained from commercially available benzonitrile. Aryl bromide 5 could be accessed by several discrete reactions of compound 3 and compound 4 via a nucleophilic substitution reaction. As shown in Scheme 2, inexpensive and commercially readily available valeryl chloride 1 was coupled with L

The subtle balance of weak supramolecular interactions: The hierarchy of halogen and hydrogen bonds in haloanilinium and halopyridinium salts

• Kari Raatikainen,
• Massimo Cametti and
• Kari Rissanen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, No. 4, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.4

• nucleophilic substitution reaction of 3-iodopyridine with (chloromethyl)benzene (the synthesic details will be reported elsewhere). Slow evaporation of a moist ethanol solution gave an X-ray-quality crystal of 9. The asymmetric unit contains two molecules of N-benzyl-3-iodopyridinium chloride, a water molecule

New modification of the Perkow reaction: halocarboxylate anions as leaving groups in 3-acyloxyquinoline- 2,4(1H,3H)-dione compounds

• Oldřich Paleta,
• Karel Pomeisl,
• Stanislav Kafka,
• Antonín Klásek and
• Vladislav Kubelka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 17, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-17

• out[3] (product 2) via the intramolecular Wittig synthesis using a bromoacetyl derivative of the starting 3-hydroxyquinolinediones (1, Scheme 1). Unlike haloalkanes and halocycloalkanes that undergo nucleophilic substitution reaction with trialkyl phosphites to afford the corresponding phosphonates