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

• final product 195a. In 2019, the Shao group reported the Rh/Zn-catalyzed domino ARO/cyclization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with phosphorus ylides 201 (Scheme 35) [83]. Despite the difficulty of using phosphorus ylides as nucleophiles in metal-catalyzed reactions due to their ability to strongly bind

• transition metals, this reaction proceeded smoothly with a broad range of ester-, ketone-, and amide-stabilized phosphorus ylides. Oxabenzonorbornadienes bearing both EWG and EDG substituents worked well including bridgehead-substituted substrates which only experienced a slight reduction in yield. Similar

Vinylphosphonium and 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts – preparation and applications in organic synthesis

• Anna Kuźnik,
• Roman Mazurkiewicz and
• Beata Fryczkowska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2710–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.269

• attention is paid to the use of these compounds as building blocks for the synthesis of carbo- and heterocyclic systems after their prior transformation into the corresponding phosphorus ylides, followed by the intramolecular Wittig reaction with various types of nucleophiles containing a carbonyl function

• in their structures. Keywords: 2-aminovinylphosphonium salts; nucleophilic addition; phosphorus ylides; vinylphosphonium salts; Wittig reaction; Introduction Vinylphosphonium salts have been known for a long time, although significant interest in these compounds dates back to 1964, when Schweizer

• found that they can be converted to phosphorus ylides by the addition of a nucleophile to the carbon atom at the β-position of the vinyl group (Scheme 1) [1]. Particularly widely used in organic synthesis are reactions involving the addition of a nucleophile containing a carbonyl group in its molecule

Mechanochemical synthesis of small organic molecules

• Tapas Kumar Achar,
• Anima Bose and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1907–1931, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.186

• Reaction Pecharsky and co-workers reported the solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of phosphonium salts [54] and phosphorus ylides [55] in the presence of the weak base K2CO3. Mechanochemically prepared phosphorous ylide from triphenylphosphine in presence of K2CO3 was utilized for a one-pot solvent

Rearrangements of organic peroxides and related processes

• Ivan A. Yaremenko,
• Vera A. Vil’,
• Dmitry V. Demchuk and
• Alexander O. Terent’ev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1647–1748, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.162

• -butoxide anion and acetophenone (227). These steps occur presumably in a concerted manner. Finally, the protonation of the tert-butoxide anion results in the formation of tert-butanol (228). As alternative bases Et3N [338][339], phosphorus ylides [340] and LiOH [341][342] can be used and the Kornblum

Application of cyclic phosphonamide reagents in the total synthesis of natural products and biologically active molecules

• Thilo Focken and
• Stephen Hanessian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1848–1877, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.195

• enolization. Thus, treatment of Δ5-cholestenone with 24a yielded the unconjugated olefin 27a in addition to recovered unreacted enone, whereas phosphorus ylides would form Δ4-cholestenone via enolization and double bond conjugation [20]. Other monocyclic phosphonamides with application in olefination

Synthesis of highly substituted allenylsilanes by alkylidenation of silylketenes

• Stephen P. Marsden and
• Pascal C. Ducept

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2005, 1, No. 5, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-1-5

• prepared through rhodium(II)-mediated rearrangement of silylated diazoketones. Results A range of novel 1,3-disubstituted and 1,3,3-trisubstituted allenylsilanes were prepared using stabilised and semi-stabilised ylides. Alkylidenation with non-stabilised phosphorus ylides was not viable, but the use of