Selective copper(II) acetate and potassium iodide catalyzed oxidation of aminals to dihydroquinazoline and quinazolinone alkaloids

• Matthew T. Richers,
• Chenfei Zhao and
• Daniel Seidel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1194–1201, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.135

• was heated under reflux in an oxygen atmosphere and in the presence of 20 mol % of CuCl2, 2 was only observed in trace amounts; deoxyvasicinone (4) and peroxide 8 were also formed as products. Switching the catalyst to Cu(OAc)2 led to a 15% yield of the desired product 2, but the process was still

• promote the full oxidation of aminal 21 to deoxyvasicinone (4) were met with disappointment, with yields of 4 for these conditions reaching a maximum of around 40% (Table 3). In most cases, peroxide 8 was observed as a major side product. The Cu/TEMPO/DABCO catalyst system employed by Han et al. [35] for

• Reddy’s conditions, in which piperidine was added directly to the solution after 36 hours instead of the removal of solvent from the intermediate peroxide beforehand, resulted in identical yields. Using the optimized conditions, a range of different quinazolinones were synthesized (Table 4). In general

Simple and rapid hydrogenation of p-nitrophenol with aqueous formic acid in catalytic flow reactors

• Rahat Javaid,
• Shin-ichiro Kawasaki,
• Akira Suzuki and
• Toshishige M. Suzuki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1156–1163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.129

• have studied flow reactions, including the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, oxidation of organic dyes, carbon–carbon coupling, and conversion of formic acid to hydrogen (H2) and carbon dioxide (CO2), using catalytic tubular reactors [10][11][12][13]. p-Aminophenol is an important intermediate

• acid (HNO3, 60%) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2, 30%) were purchased from Wako Pure Chemical Industries Ltd. and were used without further purification. Fabrication of tubular reactors A double-layered tube (o.d. 1.6 mm, i.d. 0.5 mm, length 100 cm) composed of Inconel 625 and titanium (Ti) inner layer

Methylidynetrisphosphonates: Promising C₁ building block for the design of phosphate mimetics

• Vadim D. Romanenko and
• Valery P. Kukhar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 991–1001, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.114

• reaction of PhCCl3 and (EtO)3P at 120–140 °C produced 1,2-diphenyl-1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane [13]. The early work reported that the trisphosphonate PhC(PO3Et2)3 was formed from triethyl phosphite and dibenzoyl peroxide when reagents were boiled under reflux in chloroform, but proof of the trisphosphonate

• intermediate with hydrogen peroxide in tetrahydrofuran [26]. Mixed ethyl/isopropyl trisphosphonate ester 9 has been prepared by treatment of the bisphosphonate 7 with diethyl chlorophosphite and sodium hexamethyldisilazane, and subsequent oxidation of the phosphinate intermediate 8 with iodine in pyridine–THF

• treatment of trisphosphonate salt 38 with a mixture of hydrogen peroxide in trifluoroacetic acid (Scheme 22). An alternative and more efficient synthesis of methylidynetrisphosphonic acid uses a transsilylation of hexaalkyl trisphosphonate 9 followed by hydrolysis [27]. Synthesis of

NHC-catalysed highly selective aerobic oxidation of nonactivated aldehydes

• Lennart Möhlmann,
• Stefan Ludwig and
• Siegfried Blechert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 602–607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.65

• H2O2 as the terminal oxidation agent instead of O2 under nitrogen atmosphere was carried out for the NHC-catalysed oxidation of 4-nitrobenzaldehyde to 4-nitrobenzoic acid. It revealed that the peroxide was capable of effecting the oxidation as well providing comparable conversion. Conclusion In summary

Complete σ* intramolecular aromatic hydroxylation mechanism through O₂ activation by a Schiff base macrocyclic dicopper(I) complex

• Albert Poater and
• Miquel Solà

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 585–593, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.63

• pathway for the overall intramolecular aromatic hydroxylation, i.e., from the initial O2 reaction with the dicopper(I) species to first form a CuICuII-superoxo species, the subsequent reaction with the second CuI center to form a μ-η2:η2-peroxo-CuII2 intermediate, the concerted peroxide O–O bond cleavage

Some aspects of radical chemistry in the assembly of complex molecular architectures

• Béatrice Quiclet-Sire and
• Samir Z. Zard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 557–576, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.61

• formation of the amidyl radical in this case calls for a different precursor and does not involve a stannane reagent. The sequence is triggered by the attack of undecyl radicals on thiosemicarbazone 12. Undecyl radicals arise from the thermal homolysis of lauroyl peroxide and decarboxylation. The lauroyl

• peroxide must be used in stoichiometric amounts, for it is required to oxidise the intermediate cyclohexadienyl radical 13 into its corresponding cation and thence into intermediate 14 by rapid loss of a proton. A faster access to complexity is obtained when intermolecular steps are also involved. This

• well as simple addition product 40 are thus obtained in good combined yield (Scheme 9). The latter may be converted into the same mixture of 41a and 41b by further treatment with peroxide. In practice, however, it is more convenient to subject adduct 40 separately to a reductive double cyclisation to

New enzymatically polymerized copolymers from 4-tert-butylphenol and 4-ferrocenylphenol and their modification and inclusion complexes with β-cyclodextrin

• Adam Mondrzyk,
• Beate Mondrzik,
• Sabrina Gingter and
• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2118–2123, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.238

• phenols in water/organic-solvent systems in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. In recent studies it was demonstrated that several para-substituted phenols, i.e., 4-tert-butylphenol, can be polymerized with HRP in high yield and relatively high molecular weights [13]. Also several polyphenols with further

Flow photochemistry: Old light through new windows

• Jonathan P. Knowles,
• Luke D. Elliott and
• Kevin I. Booker-Milburn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 2025–2052, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.229

• placed into a reaction flask containing the chromophoric substrate. This flask is usually standard Pyrex glassware. The solution is normally degassed to remove oxygen in order to diminish the possibility of quenching and other reactions, such as peroxide formation (conveniently achieved with a long

• employed in the synthesis of a range of compounds of commercial interest including fragrances and pharmaceuticals. One major disadvantage of using this reaction on a large scale is the potential for fires or detonation of accumulating peroxide products. Other disadvantages include inefficient irradiation

• peroxide product present at any one time, and this can be reduced immediately upon leaving the reactor. The smaller reactor volumes involved in flow chemistry also mean that irradiation is efficient and hence that the singlet oxygen generated can react within its short lifetime. Falling-film microreactors

The chemistry of bisallenes

• Henning Hopf and
• Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

Palladium-catalyzed dual C–H or N–H functionalization of unfunctionalized indole derivatives with alkenes and arenes

• Gianluigi Broggini,
• Egle M. Beccalli,
• Andrea Fasana and
• Silvia Gazzola

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1730–1746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.198

• at the 3-indolyl position, yielding products 1. Conversely, the use of dioxane with the addition of acetic acid as a polar coordinating co-solvent in the presence of tert-butyl benzoyl peroxide, directs the selectivity in favor of the C-2 substituted indoles 2. It should be noted that the same

Enantioselective total synthesis of (R)-(−)-complanine

• Krystal A. D. Kamanos and
• Jonathan M. Withey

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1695–1699, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.192

• ). Although a number of acyloxylations have been reported, the direct catalytic asymmetric acyloxylation of aldehydes has only been recently realized [6][7]. Thus, the asymmetric benzoylation of aldehydes, according to the method of Tomkinson [7], was attempted. Utilizing benzoyl peroxide in the presence of

Reactions of nitroxides XIII: Synthesis of the Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts bearing a nitroxyl moiety using 4-acryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl as a starting compound, and DABCO and quinuclidine as catalysts

• Jerzy Zakrzewski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1515–1522, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.171

• of 4-acryloyloxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (3) on the reaction course was observed. Experimental General: 2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-4-hydroxypiperidin-1-oxyl (1) was synthesized by the oxidation of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidinol with 30% hydrogen peroxide (76.5% yield, mp 71–73 °C), according

Synthesis of compounds related to the anti-migraine drug eletriptan hydrobromide

• Suri Babu Madasu,
• Nagaji Ambabhai Vekariya,
• M. N. V. D. Hari Kiran,
• Badarinadh Gupta,
• Aminul Islam,
• Paul S. Douglas and
• Korupolu Raghu Babu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1400–1405, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.162

• deacetylation reaction. Eletriptan N-oxide isomers 3 and 4 are possible contaminants that can be formed by oxidation in air. These compounds were prepared by oxidation of eletriptan (14) with aqueous hydrogen peroxide (~50%, w/w) in the presence of catalytic amounts of ammonium molybdate. The isomers 3 and 4

• were separated by preparative HPLC and confirmed by 1H NMR spectroscopy [13][14] (Scheme 3). The combined contamination by 3 and 4 was 0.05–0.25% in eletriptan hydrobromide. Formation of this impurity can be controlled by using peroxide-free solvents during the final stage of synthesis. Impurity 5 is

• (80–85 °C) in the presence of peroxide in aqueous acetonitrile. It was also observed that only 4.5% of this impurity was formed when 10% (w/w) hydrogen peroxide was used. However, this impurity was formed at 40–60%, when 30% (w/w) hydrogen peroxide used. This impurity was identified by LC–MS and

Combined bead polymerization and Cinchona organocatalyst immobilization by thiol–ene addition

• Kim A. Fredriksen,
• Tor E. Kristensen and
• Tore Hansen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1126–1133, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.125

• initiator, such as AIBN, could be utilized, because peroxide initiators, such as dibenzoyl peroxide, oxidise thiols. The thiol-ene polymer beads 10–12 had a distinctively soft and gel-like appearance, but were easily handled like conventional microporous beads. They had favourable swelling characteristics

On the bromination of the dihydroazulene/vinylheptafulvene photo-/thermoswitch

• Virginia Mazzanti,
• Martina Cacciarini,
• Søren L. Broman,
• Christian R. Parker,
• Magnus Schau-Magnussen,
• Andrew D. Bond and
• Mogens B. Nielsen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 958–966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.108

• -DHA. Results: Radical bromination on two different VHFs by using N-bromosuccinimide/benzoyl peroxide and light, followed by a ring-closure reaction generated the corresponding 3-bromo-DHAs, as confirmed in one case by X-ray crystallography. According to a 1H NMR spectroscopic study, the ring closure

• Discussion Synthesis DHA 1 was first opened to VHF 2 by aluminum chloride followed by quenching with water according to a previously described procedure (Scheme 4) [10]. The resulting VHF 2 was then treated with NBS and benzoyl peroxide in benzene and the mixture was subjected to irradiation from a 500 W

• solution was stirred under an Ar atmosphere for 10 min and then benzoyl peroxide (13 mg, 0.05 mmol) was added. The solution was irradiated with a 500 W halogen lamp kept at a distance of ca. 1 m from the reaction mixture. After 4 h, the mixture was filtered and washed with water. The organic layer was

Chemo-enzymatic modification of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (LacNAc) oligomers and N,N-diacetyllactosamine (LacDiNAc) based on galactose oxidase treatment

• Christiane E. Kupper,
• Ruben R. Rosencrantz,
• Birgit Henßen,
• Helena Pelantová,
• Stephan Thönes,
• Anna Drozdová,
• Vladimir Křen and
• Lothar Elling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 712–725, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.80

• results regarding the formation of acid and α,β-unsaturated aldehyde into account, we chose pH 6 for further galactose oxidase reactions. Hydrogen peroxide is known to inhibit galactose oxidase activity [50][51]. Therefore, we tested reaction mixtures with catalase and a mixture of catalase and peroxidase

Synthesis and photooxidation of styrene copolymer bearing camphorquinone pendant groups

• Branislav Husár,
• Norbert Moszner and
• Ivan Lukáč

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 337–343, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.37

• monomers containing the benzil (BZ) moiety (another 1,2-dicarbonyl). Irradiation (λ > 380 nm) of aerated films of styrene copolymers with monomers containing the BZ moiety leads to the insertion of two oxygen atoms between the carbonyl groups of BZ and to the formation of benzoyl peroxide (BP) as pendant

• subject of previous studies [21][22]. It is reasonable to compare the photochemical properties of polymer-bound CQ with a polymer matrix containing another well-studied 1,2-dicarbonyl compound, namely benzil (BZ). BZ can be converted almost quantitatively to benzoyl peroxide (BP) in an aerated polymer

• h, no change was observed by FTIR spectroscopy. This signifies that no thermally unstable eight-member ring peroxide (in analogy with BP formed from BZ as shown in Scheme 1) was present in the PS matrix after irradiation. FTIR vibration bands for such cyclic diacylperoxide would be expected to be

Derivatives of phenyl tribromomethyl sulfone as novel compounds with potential pesticidal activity

• Krzysztof M. Borys,
• Maciej D. Korzyński and
• Zbigniew Ochal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 259–265, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.27

• of 4-chlorothiophenol (2) with dimethyl sulfate, followed by treatment of the resulting product 5 with hydrogen peroxide and glacial acetic acid. Next, bromination of the methyl group of 4 was achieved by using either sodium hypobromite (Scheme 2, method B) or bromine chloride (Scheme 2, method C

Biocatalytic hydroxylation of n-butane with in situ cofactor regeneration at low temperature and under normal pressure

• Svenja Staudt,
• Christina A. Müller,
• Jan Marienhagen,
• Christian Böing,
• Stefan Buchholz,
• Ulrich Schwaneberg and
• Harald Gröger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 186–191, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.20

• Methylocystis sp. was used, a ratio of 58:42 was obtained for the product isomers 1- and 2-butanol, respectively [7]. However, use of the hydroxylase unit only, in combination with hydrogen peroxide, furnished exclusively 2-butanol. A perfect regioselectivity of 100% for 2-butanol was reported by the group of

The application of a monolithic triphenylphosphine reagent for conducting Appel reactions in flow microreactors

• Kimberley A. Roper,
• Heiko Lange,
• Anastasios Polyzos,
• Malcolm B. Berry,
• Ian R. Baxendale and
• Steven V. Ley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1648–1655, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.194

• dibenzoyl peroxide was then added and the mixture maintained at elevated temperature (50 °C) until the initiator had dissolved (approximately 5 minutes). The mixture was decanted into a glass column and the ends were sealed with custom-made PTFE end pieces. The column was incubated at 92 °C [44][45] for 48

• hours in a Vapourtec R4 heater to give a white polymeric solid, which filled the column. It was noted that the addition of styrene as part of the cross-linking component was necessary to increase the active loading of the monolith during the reactions. Dibenzoyl peroxide was chosen as a radical

Synthesis and oxidation of some azole-containing thioethers

• Andrei S. Potapov,
• Nina P. Chernova,
• Vladimir D. Ogorodnikov,
• Tatiana V. Petrenko and
• Andrei I. Khlebnikov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1526–1532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.179

• characterized. Oxidation of the pyrazole-containing thioether by hydrogen peroxide proceeds selectively to provide a sulfoxide or sulfone, depending on the amount of oxidant used. Oxidation of the benzotriazole derivative by hydrogen peroxide is not selective, and sulfoxide and sulfone form concurrently

• oxidation reactions. Oxidation of thioethers to sulfoxides and sulfones can be achieved by using different oxidants and catalysts [15], hydrogen peroxide being the most versatile and green among them [16]. Despite the simplicity of their preparation and potentially useful properties, azole-containing

• sulfoxides and sulfones are not described in the literature. The action of one mole of hydrogen peroxide on thioether 3 in acetic acid at room temperature for 2.5 h selectively gives sulfoxide 6 (85% yield, Scheme 3). Raising the temperature to the boiling point of acetic acid (118 °C) and using an excess of

Coupled chemo(enzymatic) reactions in continuous flow

• Ruslan Yuryev,
• Simon Strompen and
• Andreas Liese

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1449–1467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.169

• operation to an efficient continuous-flow process (Scheme 7) [28]. The process involves the lipase-catalyzed in situ formation of peracetic acid (20) from hydrogen peroxide and ethyl acetate (19), which oxidizes the model substrate 1-methylcyclohexene (18) to form the product 1-methylcyclohexene oxide (21

Bromine–lithium exchange: An efficient tool in the modular construction of biaryl ligands

• Laurence Bonnafoux,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Françoise Colobert

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1278–1287, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.148

• -Dimethylamino-2',6-dibromobiphenyl (1c) was obtained in an overall yield of 79% in 3 steps (Scheme 1). To introduce the methoxy group, 2,2',6-tribromobiphenyl (1a) was successively subjected to lithiation, borylation with fluorodimethoxyborane·diethyl ether, followed by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide and O

Molecular rearrangements of superelectrophiles

• Douglas A. Klumpp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 346–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.45

• center of 76. The loss of hydrogen peroxide affords the oxygen-centered cation 78 and subsequent migration of the adjacent group gives dication 75. Whittaker and Carr have described a series of superacid-promoted reactions to prepare bicyclic lactones [28]. Several of the conversions involve

Palladium-catalyzed formation of oxazolidinones from biscarbamates: a mechanistic study

• Benan Kilbas and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 246–253, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.33

• of 6 [18]. Selective reduction of the peroxide linkage in 6 was carried out with thiourea under very mild conditions to give the diol 7 [19]. Since only the oxygen–oxygen bond is broken in this reaction, the configuration at all carbon atoms is preserved. Oxazolidinone 9 was synthesized by two

• than the trans-coupling [23][24], we assigned the exo-configuration to the cyano group in 12. Selective reduction of the peroxide linkages in 12 and 13 with thiourea under very mild conditions afforded the diols 14 and 18a, respectively. For further characterization, the diols were converted to the