Synthesis, structure, and properties of switchable cross-conjugated 1,4-diaryl-1,3-butadiynes based on 1,8-bis(dimethylamino)naphthalene

• Semyon V. Tsybulin,
• Ekaterina A. Filatova,
• Alexander F. Pozharskii,
• Valery A. Ozeryanskii and
• Anna V. Gulevskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 674–686, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.49

• oxidation of chloroform with atmospheric oxygen. We also succeeded in growing crystals of the salt 11c in the MeCN/EtOH system (Figure 5). Unfortunately, good crystals of other salts have not been obtained. From Figure 3 and Figure 4 it is easy to see that all molecules 5b, 5d, and 5e are rather distorted

• electrode, and reference electrode Ag/Ag+ 0.01 M AgNO3 (Figure 11, Table 4). Compounds 5a–d displayed two waves of irreversible oxidation in the potentials range of 0.0–1.1 V and one reduction wave (−1.5 to −1.6 V) with the little variation of the potentials induced by the substituent R. The CV curve of

• nitro derivative 5e demonstrated the minimum peak current. Considering that the current is a quantitative expression of how fast an electrochemical process is happening, compound 5e shows the lowest oxidation rate. In this case, two quasi-reversible reduction waves with lower E1/2ox compared to the

Photocatalytic sequential C–H functionalization expediting acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles

• Deepak Singh,
• Shyamal Pramanik and
• Soumitra Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 666–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.48

• conversion into ZnBr2 (confirmed by HRMS). These in situ-generated free acetate ions function as a base, deprotonating carbocation III to produce the intermediate IV and AcOH. The first step of cycle-2 involves the oxidation of the excited photocatalyst by aerial oxygen to generate superoxide anion and PC

• ∙+. The superoxide anion (O2·−) then captures the proton from the active methylene center of intermediate IV to generate the malonyl anion V, which undergoes single electron oxidation by PC∙+ generating the malonyl radical VI [30][31]. Meanwhile, the hydroperoxy radical (∙OOH) formed, reacts with AcOH

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

• Péter Kisszékelyi and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

• enantiomeric purity. Further transformations of the products were demonstrated in several examples, including reduction, acidic deprotection and subsequent base-mediated cyclization, or Baeyer–Villiger oxidation. At about the same time, Huang and co-workers have developed similar asymmetric tandem sequences

• formylation products. The methodology was later exploited in the expedient synthesis of the Taxol core (Scheme 34) [71]. Tandem conjugate borylations and silylations Chiral organoboron compounds are well-known synthetic building blocks with diverse possibilities for subsequent derivatization (e.g., oxidation

• -workers explored the copper-catalyzed asymmetric conjugate borylation of β-substituted cyclic enones using chiral bisphosphine ligand L21 [77]. Other than the oxidation and hydrolysis of the produced enantiomerically enriched tertiary boronates, in one example, they have demonstrated the utilization of

A new oxidatively stable ligand for the chiral functionalization of amino acids in Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes

• Alena V. Dmitrieva,
• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 566–574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.41

• and the reaction scope, making possible new types of transformations [32][33][34][35]. On the other hand, it puts additional requirements on the design of the chiral ligand. Another important structurally tunable parameter comprises the oxidation or reduction potential of the complex. Additionally, as

• dimerization of the Schiff base complex and the radical cation formed under one-electron electrochemical oxidation will be sufficiently stable, opening a route to further oxidative modification of the amino acid side chain under appropriate conditions. Additionally, this bulky group may significantly alter the

• chemical transformations. The oxidation potential value of the deprotonated glycine complex correlates with the reactivity of the α-carbanionic species towards electrophiles [37]. Therefore, the electrochemical approach is very convenient and informative for the estimation of the relative reactivity of the

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

• 5.0 equivalents of Cs2CO3 provided the naphthalene core via sequential dehydration. Based on preliminary mechanistic experiments, the authors proposed the reaction begins with the oxidation of Co(II) to Co(III) by O2. MHP-directed C–H activation of the ortho-C–H position generates 90 which can

• allylic alcohol isomerization in 137 resulting in the aldehyde 138. This aldehyde, in close proximity to the tertiary alcohol, leads to the production of the hemiacetal 139 which can finally undergo an oxidation producing the final bicyclo[2.2.2]lactone product 136. In 2011, the Radhakrishnan laboratory

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

• Louis Monsigny,
• Floriane Doche and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

• the presence of an electrophilic source or an oxidation/ligand exchange in the presence of a nucleophilic source (i.e., AgSCF3) and an oxidant (B in Scheme 4). Finally, after a reductive elimination step, the expected functionalized product 6 is obtained and the palladium catalyst is regenerated. In

• with AgSCF3 occurs before the oxidation step, generating the palladium(II) complex F. After an oxidative addition in the presence of Selectfluor®, the palladium(IV) intermediate E is generated. Finally, after reductive elimination step, the desired product 12 is released and the catalyst regenerated

• methyl, methoxy or methylthio groups (17b–d) or by halogen (17e) was achieved (Scheme 8, up to 77% yield). Note that in case of disubstituted 2-(4-ethoxy-3-fluorophenyl)pyridine (17h), the expected product 18h was isolated in 31% yield. Moreover, selective oxidation of the SCF3 residue into the

Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins

• Benjamin Joyeux,
• Antoine Gamet,
• Nicolas Casaretto and
• Bastien Nay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32

• formed by the oxidation of an allyl moiety introduced by the asymmetric allylation of an aldehyde derived from (+)-β-citronellene. At this stage, we can speculate that the stereocontrol of this reaction could either follow a polar Felkin–Anh model [14][15][16] based on chiral aldehyde partner 8 [17], or

• oxidation in presence of DMP. The assembly of aldehyde 8 and methyl ketone 15 was envisaged through a stereoselective aldol reaction. After unsuccessful attempts of Mukaiyama aldol reactions with silyl enol ethers [28], we found that dicyclohexylboron enolate 20, made in situ from ketone 15 and Cy2BCl in

Combretastatins D series and analogues: from isolation, synthetic challenges and biological activities

• Jorge de Lima Neto and
• Paulo Henrique Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 399–427, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.31

• ions. Further demethylation [40] and oxidation of the thioether followed by thermal elimination of the intermediate sulfoxide gave 2 in 98% yield after two steps (Scheme 7). The authors also achieved the synthesis of (±)-1 from combretastatin D-2 (2). Protection of the hydroxy group in compound 2 using

• , employing a 10-step synthetic route with an overall yield of 9%. Nishiyama employed electrochemical techniques as a starting point to achieve the total synthesis of combretastatin D-4 (4) [54]. Different anodic oxidation conditions and phenolic substrates were tested aiming at the formation of a diaryl

• ether moiety. The best result was obtained when phenol 101 was subjected to anodic oxidation, leading to the formation of spiro-dimer 102 in 61% yield. Protection of the alcohol using TBSOTf followed by cyclic ether cleavage and re-aromatization gave compound 104. Subsequent dehalogenation followed by

Discrimination of β-cyclodextrin/hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) oil/flavonoid glycoside and flavonolignan ternary complexes by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with principal component analysis

• Nicoleta G. Hădărugă,
• Gabriela Popescu,
• Dina Gligor (Pane),
• Cristina L. Mitroi,
• Sorin M. Stanciu and
• Daniel Ioan Hădărugă

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 380–398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.30

• -crystallization [10]. Omega-3 FA glycerides such as eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acid glycerides (EPA and DHA glycerides) from fish oil are less stable against oxidation. Their thermal and oxidative stabilities were significantly increased by CD nanoencapsulation as was shown for fish oil from common

• oils was reported to further increase the oxidation stability and retardation of odor [15]. Poultry lipids have high contents of mono- and polyunsaturated FA glycerides, especially oleic and linoleic acid glycerides. The stability of chicken lipids was significantly increased by β-CD complexation which

CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview

• Dileep Kumar Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29

• fluorescence investigation of hybrid 96 revealed that the fluorescence of zinc porphyrin was strongly quenched, and the electron-transfer quenching mechanism was validated by easy oxidation. Furthermore, femtosecond transient-absorption spectrum investigations offered proof of the charge-separation process

• (TBTA) was also added as an additive to increase the yield of triazoloporphyrins 103a,b. When TBTA, a tertiary amine with a 1,2,3-triazole ring, is added to a Cu-catalyzed click reaction, it forms a complex to stabilize the Cu(I) oxidation state and speeds up the reaction. Further, these 1,2,3-triazole

• (I)-catalysts such as CuI, (SIMes)CuBr, Cu(MeCN)4PF6, and CuBr(PPh3)3 have been also used in some reactions. Furthermore, a few reports describe the use of ligands like DIPEA, TBTA, NMP, Et3N, etc. along with copper catalysts to stabilize the Cu(I)-oxidation state and speed up the click reaction. It

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

• imidazoiodaziniums, we show highly delicate post-oxidation functionalizations retaining the hypervalent iodine center. Keywords: building block; heterocycles; hypervalent compounds; iodonium salts; one-pot synthesis; Introduction The chemistry of hypervalent iodine compounds, in particular aryl-λ3-iodanes, is

• first synthesis and application of more sophisticated imidazo- and pyrazoloiodazinium salts. Results and Discussion Initially, we focused on developing a mild oxidation procedure starting from iodoarene precursors. Previous studies on five-membered heteroaromatic iodonium salts revealed m

• . 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, 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

• -benzyl group with the Cbz group, trityl ether hydrolysis, oxidation of the liberated OH group, and stereoselective addition of MeMgBr to the resulting aldehyde functionality. Hydrogenolysis of the Cbz protecting group in 13 followed by N-alkylation afforded pyrrolidines 14–16 which after acidic

Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

• Cécile Alleman,
• Charlène Gadais,
• Laurent Legentil and
• François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

• unit. The final steps of this synthesis involved alcohol deprotection, double bond hydrogenation and oxidation, and allowed the total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) in 27 steps. Naupliolide (97) was first isolated from the aerial parts of Nauplius graveolens in 2006. This tetracyclic natural product

• toluene in the presence of G-II catalyst and provided tetracyclic compound 96 with 50% yield. In this case, the RCM involved a terminal diene and a disubstituted diene. Further oxidation of the secondary alcohol furnished naupliolide (97). 1.2 Enyne ring-closing metathesis The enyne ring-closing

• electrophilic desilylation agents which can be used, a large diversity of compounds can be accessible through this method [51][52]. Oxidation followed by desilylation with fluoride source produces the natural product poitediol (118) in overall good yield. 2 Nozaki–Hiyama–Kishi (NHK) cyclization The Nozaki

An efficient metal-free and catalyst-free C–S/C–O bond-formation strategy: synthesis of pyrazole-conjugated thioamides and amides

• Shubham Sharma,
• Dharmender Singh,
• Sunit Kumar,
• Vaishali,
• Rahul Jamra,
• Naveen Banyal,
• Deepika,
• Chandi C. Malakar and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 231–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.22

• nucleophilic attack of morpholine (C) on elemental sulfur may react with the intermediate 13 to afford another intermediate 15, which undergoes oxidation to release the thioamide-tethered pyrazole 1C. On the other hand, the pyrazole carbaldehyde 1 forms imine intermediate 16 by condensation with 2

Investigation of cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines in the “green” solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone

• Solomiia Borova and
• Robert Luxenhofer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 217–230, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.21

• , environmentally friendly, highly stable towards oxidation, yet degrades into water and carbon dioxide [27][38]. Therefore, DLG is an interesting candidate to investigate as solvent for the CROP of 2-oxazolines. Accordingly, in this work, we present the first examples of the successful CROP of POx and discuss the

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

• ). Compounds derived from 1 by oxidation will not be included in this article. The interested reader can find exemplary relevant information about this topic in references [14][15][16][17][18]. Review Germacrene B Germacrene B (1) was first prepared from germacrone (4), a compound identified by Šorm and co

• from cations L1–L4. A) Mechanisms of formation for compounds 54, 56, 59 and 60, B) dehydration of 61 to 56, C) oxidation of 56 to 62, D) dehydration of 63 to 60 and 64 (no yields were given in the original reports for the synthetic transformations shown in this Scheme).

Identification and determination of the absolute configuration of amorph-4-en-10β-ol, a cadinol-type sesquiterpene from the scent glands of the African reed frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris

• Angelique Ladwig,
• Markus Kroll and
• Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 167–175, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.16

• cleanly obtained in 75% yield from triethyl phosphite and 3-chloro-2-methylpropene by addition of NaI [14]. Subsequent reduction of the ester with LiAlH4 and oxidation with IBX gave aldehyde 7 in 95% yield. Grignard addition of vinylmagnesium bromide afforded the alcohol 8, which comprised the desired

• triene system for an intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction. Oxidation of 8 with IBX changed the electronic properties of the system implementing an electron-deficient double bond suitable for a heat-induced intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction. The higher reaction temperature compared to the original

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

• derivatives thereof at various oxidation states. The selected examples show how the specific heterocyclic reactivity can be harnessed for the controlled synthesis of carbon–carbon bonds. The reactivity is compared to and put into context with more common synthetic building blocks, such as 1,3-dithianes and

• quantities from a limited number of suppliers. Oxidation and dehydration of 5 to the fully unsaturated ring system 6 is quite straightforward (especially compared to the same reactions on 1,4-dithiane (1)), and yields the useful building block 6. For the availability of the disulfone series of derivatives of

• excess of a perbenzoic acid, as shown for the oxidation of 6 to 7 [33][34]. Partial oxidations are also possible, but lead to mixtures of sulfoxides, including cis- and trans-sulfoxide stereoisomers (see also chapter 6). For a more detailed and extensive discussion of the synthesis of 1,4-dithiin

Practical synthesis of isocoumarins via Rh(III)-catalyzed C–H activation/annulation cascade

• Qian-Ci Gao,
• Yi-Fei Li,
• Jun Xuan and
• Xiao-Qiang Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 100–106, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.10

• for the synthesis of isocoumarin scaffolds. Traditional synthetic strategies including 1) intramolecular cyclization of 2-alkenyl benzoic acids or o‑alkynylbenzoates (Scheme 1b, I) [6][7][8][9][10], 2) oxidation of isochromans (Scheme 1b, II) [11][12], or 3) metal-catalyzed cross-coupling/cyclization

Catalytic aza-Nazarov cyclization reactions to access α-methylene-γ-lactam heterocycles

• Bilge Banu Yagci,
• Selin Ezgi Donmez,
• Onur Şahin and
• Yunus Emre Türkmen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 66–77, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.6

• . Oxidation of 26 with Jones reagent afforded the carboxylic acid 27 (84% over two steps) and its subsequent treatment with oxalyl chloride gave the desired β-TMS-substituted acyl chloride 23 in 91% yield. Based on our previous observations, the reaction of imine 5a with acyl chloride 23 was expected to give

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

• chemical shift of −181 ppm. Compound 32 underwent a stereospecific thermal [1,5]-sigmatropic rearrangement to bicyclic 33 exhibiting a 31P NMR chemical shift of −79 ppm. Pyrolysis of 33 at 480 °C gave isomeric 34 having a 31P NMR chemical shift of −14 ppm, while H2O2 oxidation of compounds 33 and 34 gave

Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of 6-membered cyclic iodonium salts via anodic oxidation

• Julian Spils,
• Thomas Wirth and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 27–32, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.2

• Friedel–Crafts alkylation followed by an anodic oxidative cyclization yielded a defined set of cyclic iodonium salts in a highly substrate-dependent yield. Keywords: electrochemistry; flow chemistry; hypervalent compounds; iodine; oxidation; Introduction Hypervalent iodine compounds (HVI) are well

• otherwise tedious to synthesize CDIS robustly in short reaction times. A significant drawback still is the use of stoichiometric amounts of chemical oxidants, which decreases the atom economy and necessitates additional workup procedures. A possible solution is the anodic oxidation of iodoarenes as

• anodic oxidation [37][38][39][40]. Due to the apparent advantages of electrochemical processes, their implementation in flow is simple and straightforward since further dilution or additives are unnecessary [41][42]. One early example of this combination in the field of HVI chemistry is the anodic

Combining the best of both worlds: radical-based divergent total synthesis

• Kyriaki Gennaiou,
• Antonios Kelesidis,
• Maria Kourgiantaki and
• Alexandros L. Zografos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1

• to competitive oxidation of the C3 alcohol to the respective ketone. Increasing the equivalents of pyrone led to 83% of 54. On the other hand, employment of the same conditions to phenol 55 resulted only in the oxidation of the phenol. A more controlled delivery of electrons was realized by applying

• rationale, 94 was diverted to produce 100 after basic deprotection of the nonisolated 95. The radical oxidation of the former in the presence of dioxygen and sunlight or a catalytic amount of Mn(OAc)3 led to the creation of the compounds 101 and 102. FGI, followed by the cleavage of the hydroperoxide bond

• drastically the radical stability, nucleophilicity, and selectivity of 139 [73]. Furnishing of the common scaffold 130 can be carried out via an attack of intermediates of this type (e.g., 139) on Michael acceptors. Tosyl group deprotection of 130, followed by selenium anhydride oxidation and catalytic

Synthetic study toward tridachiapyrone B

• Morgan Cormier,
• Florian Hernvann and
• Michaël De Paolis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1741–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.183

• of an aldehyde resulting in a regioselective aldolization [29]. Thereafter, we hypothesized converting cyclopentadiene 6b into 2,5-cyclohexadienone 5 by a sequence involving the oxidation into dialdehyde 7 and treatment with pentan-3-one to enable sequential steps of aldolization and crotonization

• to 2,5-cyclohexanedione 5 was accordingly updated and an approach to make use of the Robinson-type annulation was devised from aldehyde 9, prepared by oxidation of α-crotyl-α’-methoxy-γ-pyrone 8 (Scheme 4). While its synthesis was initially investigated by the coupling of tri(n-butyl)crotylstannane

• significant amount (ca. 75% yield), probably by oxidation of the enol form of 9 [32]. The sensitive aldehyde was thus used without purification to investigate the Robinson-type annulation and a protocol was identified allowing the preparation of cyclohexenone 12 in 40% yield (2-step). Accordingly, the Michael

Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges

• Jorge García-Lacuna and
• Marcus Baumann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182

• ]. General purification scheme using the catch and release strategy. Exemplar catch and release purification of a stereoselective oxidation. Redrawn from [105]. Catch and release-type purification using conventional SiO2. Redrawn from [107]. Schematic representation of an industrial continuous