Ligand effects, solvent cooperation, and large kinetic solvent deuterium isotope effects in gold(I)-catalyzed intramolecular alkene hydroamination

• Ruichen Lan,
• Brock Yager,
• Yoonsun Jee,
• Cynthia S. Day and
• Amanda C. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 479–496, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.43

• , and benzamide 1c (Table 4). Under standard conditions (2.5 mol % [JPhosAu(NCCH3)]SbF6, 0.05 M alkene in DCM) benzamide and carbamate hydroamination were too slow to measure, so the reactions were done with 55 μL MeOH promoter but still only an estimated rate constant was obtained for 1c (14

• achieved – benzamide (1c) cyclization with Jackiephos and 55 μL MeOH promoter matches the rate of cyclization of carbamate (1b) with JPhosAu(NCCH3)SbF6 with only 5 μL MeOH promoter (see Supporting Information File 1, Figure S18). Increasing to 100 μL MeOH did not increase the benzamide cyclization rate any

Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles

• Periklis X. Kolagkis,
• Eirini M. Galathri and
• Christoforos G. Kokotos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36

Elucidating the glycan-binding specificity and structure of Cucumis melo agglutinin, a new R-type lectin

• Jon Lundstrøm,
• Emilie Gillon,
• Valérie Chazalet,
• Nicole Kerekes,
• Antonio Di Maio,
• Ten Feizi,
• Yan Liu,
• Annabelle Varrot and
• Daniel Bojar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 306–320, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.31

• cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Then, the Mammalian Protein Expression core facility at the University of Gothenburg transfected this plasmid into FreeStyle™ CHO-S cells (Cat nr R80007, ThermoFisher Scientific). Cells were cultured in Freestyle™ CHO medium at 37 °C in 5% CO2 in Optimum GrowthTM flasks (Thomson

Comparison of glycosyl donors: a supramer approach

• Anna V. Orlova,
• Nelly N. Malysheva,
• Maria V. Panova,
• Nikita M. Podvalnyy,
• Michael G. Medvedev and
• Leonid O. Kononov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 181–192, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.18

• a reaction solvent might not be as relevant when the reaction solution contains also glycosyl acceptor, promoter, suspended molecular sieves, etc., in addition to the glycosyl donor, and the presence of these components may also affect [31][32][33] solution structure and hence the glycosylation

Identification of the p-coumaric acid biosynthetic gene cluster in Kutzneria albida: insights into the diazotization-dependent deamination pathway

• Seiji Kawai,
• Akito Yamada,
• Yohei Katsuyama and
• Yasuo Ohnishi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1–11, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.1

• regulator (cmaR), under the control of tipA promoter (Figure 2A). When we cultured S. albus-cma and analyzed its metabolites by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry (LC–MS), formation of avenalumic acid was not observed. Instead, production of p-coumaric acid (5) was detected (Figure 2B and Figure S3A,D

• expression of BGCs combined with promoter swapping is a powerful tool for the discovery of new natural products from rare actinomycetes. Conclusion In summary, we identified a cma gene cluster for p-coumaric acid biosynthesis in the K. albida genome. We demonstrated the following two biosynthetic reactions

• gene sets on heterologous expression plasmids to construct S. albus-cma. The tipA promoter was used for gene expression. B) Metabolite analysis of S. albus-cma. UV chromatograms at 310 nm are shown. The production yield of 6 was decreased in S. albus-cma ∆cmaG. Several metabolites produced by S. albus

Unprecedented synthesis of a 14-membered hexaazamacrocycle

• Anastasia A. Fesenko and
• Anatoly D. Shutalev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1728–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.126

• , reflux, 2 h) when anhydrous hydrazine (4.2 equiv) was used as a promoter. A plausible pathway for the transformation of imidate 4 into macrocycle 5 is shown in Scheme 3. This pathway includes fast substitution of the ethoxy group by hydrazine to give the intermediate amidrazone 7 followed by its rapid

• varying promoter, its amount, solvent, substrate concentration, and reaction time (Table 1). First, we studied the dimerization of 8 promoted by hydrazine hydrate in EtOH under reflux (Table 1, entries 1–3). We found that the starting material was completely consumed in the presence of 3 equivalents of

N-Sulfenylsuccinimide/phthalimide: an alternative sulfenylating reagent in organic transformations

• Fatemeh Doraghi,
• Seyedeh Pegah Aledavoud,
• Mehdi Ghanbarlou,
• Bagher Larijani and
• Mohammad Mahdavi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1471–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.106

• of N-(arylsulfanyl)succinimide 1 and N-(arylseleno)succinimide 1’’ in an oxychalcogenation process was reported in 2018 (Scheme 54) [86]. In this method, they succeeded in applying methanesulfonic acid (MsOH) as a promoter for oxythiolation and oxyselenation of o-vinylanilides 127 through the

One-pot synthesis of 2-arylated and 2-alkylated benzoxazoles and benzimidazoles based on triphenylbismuth dichloride-promoted desulfurization of thioamides

• Arisu Koyanagi,
• Yuki Murata,
• Shiori Hayakawa,
• Mio Matsumura and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1479–1487, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.155

• as a promoter afforded various 2-aryl- and 2-alkylbenzoxazoles in moderate to excellent yields under mild reaction conditions. This method could also be applied to the synthesis of benzimidazoles and benzothiazoles. This study presents the first use of triphenylbismuth dichloride to produce

1,4,6,10-Tetraazaadamantanes (TAADs) with N-amino groups: synthesis and formation of boron chelates and host–guest complexes

• Artem N. Semakin,
• Ivan S. Golovanov,
• Yulia V. Nelyubina and
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1424–1434, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.148

• cyclized only in the presence of acid as a promoter [21], while with trishydrazones 3 the process takes place only at elevated temperatures. Thus, a synergistic effect of the oxime and hydrazone groups on the intramolecular cyclotrimerization reaction takes place. The structure of 1N,2O-TAAD 8a was secured

From amines to (form)amides: a simple and successful mechanochemical approach

• Federico Casti,
• Rita Mocci and
• Andrea Porcheddu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1210–1216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.126

• desired formamide 2 (71% NMR yield, Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1), denoting the input given by imidazole as a promoter of formamide synthesis. Further variation in the ratio of imidazole/formic acid/amine decreases the reaction yield (Table S1 in Supporting Information File 1). These data

Molecular diversity of the base-promoted reaction of phenacylmalononitriles with dialkyl but-2-ynedioates

• Hui Zheng,
• Ying Han,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 991–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.99

• acetonitrile at room temperature gave the unexpected products 4a–k in moderate to good yields in the presence of 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) as base promoter and the results are summarized in Table 3. It can be seen that the products 4a–k contain two scaffolds of each phenacylmalononitrile and

Efficient production of clerodane and ent-kaurane diterpenes through truncated artificial pathways in Escherichia coli

• Fang-Ru Li,
• Xiaoxu Lin,
• Qian Yang,
• Ning-Hua Tan and
• Liao-Bin Dong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.89

• producing terpentetriene and ent-kaurene from ISO and DMAA (Figure 3). To decrease the burden on the host cell [38], the six genes (phoN, ipk, idi, ggdps, tdps, and ttes) leading to the production of terpentetriene, each with a strong and inducible T7 promoter, were cloned into pETDuet-1 plasmid to form

Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis

• Acácio S. de Souza,
• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Dora C. S. Costa,
• Fernanda P. Pauli,
• David R. Pinho,
• Matheus G. de Moraes,
• Fernando de C. da Silva,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43

Total synthesis of the O-antigen repeating unit of Providencia stuartii O49 serotype through linear and one-pot assemblies

• Tanmoy Halder and
• Somnath Yadav

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2915–2921, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.199

• acceptor 9 in the presence of TMSOTf as promoter (Scheme 5). After 1 h of reaction, TLC monitoring indicated the full consumption of the starting materials. Analysis of a small aliquot of the reaction mixture by HRMS confirmed the formation of the desired disaccharide. Then, to the same pot, the second

Iron-catalyzed domino coupling reactions of π-systems

• Austin Pounder and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2848–2893, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.196

• another role in the reaction, potentially as a promoter of the catalyst. In 2020, Li and co-workers investigated a carbosilylation cascade for the synthesis of various silylated dihydroisoquinolinones and 1,3-isoquinolinediones 95 (Scheme 18) [96]. The scope of the reaction was broad and could tolerate a

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

• Umesh P. Aher,
• Dhananjai Srivastava,
• Girij P. Singh and
• Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

• reactions, along with recent new promoter-dependent advances. It is generally agreed that the stereochemical outcome of glycosylation can be affected by multiple factors [66][67][68][69], which include i) structure and conformation of the glycosyl substrates, ii) glycosylation reagents or promoters, iii

• directly with the presilylated cytosine without any promoter or additive and gave nucleoside 93 in a selective manner (β/α 10:1). The ester group of nucleoside derivative 93 was further reduced with sodium borohydride in ethanol, which gave lamivudine (1). An efficient and enantioselective synthesis of

A systems-based framework to computationally describe putative transcription factors and signaling pathways regulating glycan biosynthesis

• Theodore Groth,
• Rudiyanto Gunawan and
• Sriram Neelamegham

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1712–1724, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.119

• proximal to the promoter regions of genes, facilitating the binding of RNA polymerases. They may homotropically or heterotropically associate with additional TFs in order to directly or indirectly control messenger RNA (mRNA) expression. Among the TFs, some “pioneer factors” can pervasively regulate gene

• acetylation, methylation, and phosphorylation, which alter TF access; and iii) methylation of CpG islands in promoter regions that inhibit gene expression [4][5]. There are currently several isolated studies of TF–glycogene interactions, but a systematic “systems-level analysis” is absent. Many of these

• previous studies are based on discrete glycogene promoter region analysis and reporter assays. These studies have established some notable TF–glycogene relationships, though they are limited to distinct cell types. Examples include the regulation of MGAT5 by ETS2 in NIH3T3 fibroblasts [6], control of the

N-tert-Butanesulfinyl imines in the asymmetric synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Joseane A. Mendes,
• Paulo R. R. Costa,
• Miguel Yus,
• Francisco Foubelo and
• Camilla D. Buarque

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1096–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.86

• under solvent-free conditions was carried out, using sodium carbonate as base promoter. The resulting dimethyl 2-(1-aminoalkyl)malonates 50 were obtained in moderate to good yields as single diastereoisomers in all cases except for aromatic aldimines. Compounds 50 could be easily transformed

Metal-free glycosylation with glycosyl fluorides in liquid SO₂

• Krista Gulbe,
• Jevgeņija Lugiņina,
• Edijs Jansons,
• Artis Kinens and
• Māris Turks

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 964–976, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.78

• groups, promoter, solvent and temperature has to be applied. In 1981, Mukaiyama et al. introduced glycosyl fluorides [5] as a new class of glycosyl donors [6]. The C–F bond is one of the strongest single bonds in the realm of organic compounds with a bond dissociation energy (BDE) of 570 kJ/mol [7]. Thus

• , often heavy metals; (2) multiple additives (co-promoter, molecular sieves, acid scavenger) to facilitate the reaction and/or suppress formation of side-products; (3) low temperatures; (4) complex experimental procedures. Additionally, the majority of the methods reported to date have been applied only

• . reported a ″green″ glycosylation procedure by employing supercritical CO2 (scCO2) as a weakly Lewis acidic reaction medium [37]. The method was successfully applied for the synthesis of O-glycosides from disarmed glycosyl chlorides and bromides in the absence of additional promoter. Herein we disclose a

Prins cyclization-mediated stereoselective synthesis of tetrahydropyrans and dihydropyrans: an inspection of twenty years

• Asha Budakoti,
• Pradip Kumar Mondal,
• Prachi Verma and
• Jagadish Khamrai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 932–963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.77

• allylic geminal bissilyl alcohol 221 for the construction of THP ring A of (−)-exiguolide via Prins cyclization with an aldehyde in the presence of Lewis acid as a promoter [95]. High yield and excellent diastereoselectivity were obtained under standard silyl-Prins cyclization conditions using TMSOTf as

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

• solvent to successfully furnish 5,6-disubstituted pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-2,4-diones 89. Similarly, excellent yields were obtained when the thiol was replaced by malononitrile (51) even in the absence of catalyst or any promoter. The malononitrile undergoes hydrolysis forming an amide, thus giving rise

• (51) and N-alkyl-2-cyanoacetamides 124 as structural units and K2CO3 as base promoter using EtOH as solvent (Scheme 47). The introduction of microwave drastically improved the yield from 65–77% to 81–94% along with reduction in time from 180 min to 15 min when a comparative study with conventional

• -workers [124] by employing aldehydes 5, 5-methyl-3-aminopyrazole (140) and cycloketones 141 as building blocks in a one-pot manner with AcOH and TFA as promoter under microwave irradiation. This method stands out with its high efficiency and shorter reaction time to produce the macrocyclane-fused pyrazolo

Valorisation of plastic waste via metal-catalysed depolymerisation

• Francesca Liguori,
• Carmen Moreno-Marrodán and
• Pierluigi Barbaro

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 589–621, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.53

• and the possible product contamination by homogeneous catalysts [199]. The conventional catalysts for this reaction are EG-soluble metal acetates, the activity of which showed a decrease in the order Zn2+ > Mn2+ > Co2+, which was attributed to the diverse interaction between the metal cation promoter

• and noticeable productivity (TOF = 129 h−1, based on the moles of Zn) at 190°C, EG/PET 4:1, w/w and 5 wt % catalyst [237]. A mechanism was proposed analogous to that depicted in Scheme 6, but in which Zn2+ acts as Lewis acid and dimethylurea acts as base promoter for EG hydroxy deprotonation [238

• view. Some recent examples are cited herein. Postconsumer PET was depolymerised in the melt (at 250 °C) using DEG and Ca/Zn stearate as catalyst, and the product mixture was used in situ in conjunction with bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate and the same metal promoter for the production of flexible poly(vinyl

Designed whole-cell-catalysis-assisted synthesis of 9,11-secosterols

• Marek Kõllo,
• Marje Kasari,
• Villu Kasari,
• Tõnis Pehk,
• Ivar Järving,
• Margus Lopp,
• Arvi Jõers and
• Tõnis Kanger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 581–588, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.52

• IDT codon optimization tool (to eliminate rare codons). Synthetic DNA was ordered from Twist Bioscience and inserted into pET21a backbone as one operon (see Supporting Information File 2) under the control of an IPTG-inducible tac promoter. The obtained plasmid was verified by DNA sequencing. To

Biochemistry of fluoroprolines: the prospect of making fluorine a bioelement

• Vladimir Kubyshkin,
• Rebecca Davis and
• Nediljko Budisa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 439–460, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.40

• the charged tRNA is to increase the genomic background activity of the ProRS by plasmid-directed coexpression of the native or mutant enzyme by a strong promoter during the incorporation experiment. Early experiments demonstrated sufficient activation of fluoroprolines by ProRS [81]. Conticello et al

Silver-catalyzed synthesis of β-fluorovinylphosphonates by phosphonofluorination of aromatic alkynes

• Yajing Zhang,
• Qingshan Tian,
• Guozhu Zhang and
• Dayong Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3086–3092, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.258

• observed. These findings imply that the transformation may involve a radical process rather than an ionic process. On the basis of previous reports [23][24][25][26], we propose a radical mechanism involving the silver promoter, as illustrated in Scheme 5. In this mechanism, Ag(I) was oxidized by