Unprecedented nucleophile-promoted 1,7-S or Se shift reactions under Pummerer reaction conditions of 4-alkenyl-3-sulfinylmethylpyrroles

• Takashi Go,
• Akane Morimatsu,
• Hiroaki Wasada,
• Genzoh Tanabe,
• Osamu Muraoka,
• Yoshiharu Sawada and
• Mitsuhiro Yoshimatsu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2722–2729, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.250

• -diynes with secondary amines resulted in the formation of 3-sulfanylmethyl-4-aminomethylpyrroles (Scheme 1) [32][33]. The sulfanyl group of pyrroles is easily oxidised to produce their corresponding sulfoxides. When we performed the Pummerer reaction and cyclization of pyrrolesulfoxides to obtain their

Learning from B₁₂ enzymes: biomimetic and bioinspired catalysts for eco-friendly organic synthesis

• Keishiro Tahara,
• Ling Pan,
• Toshikazu Ono and
• Yoshio Hisaeda

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2553–2567, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.232

• Cobalamins (B12) are naturally occurring cobalt complexes with unique structures that play various important roles in vivo [1][2][3][4][5]. In B12, the cobalt center is coordinated by four equatorial pyrroles of the corrin ring and 2,3-dimethylbenzimidazole as a lower axial ligand (Figure 1a) [6][7][8]. The

Hydroarylations by cobalt-catalyzed C–H activation

• Rajagopal Santhoshkumar and
• Chien-Hong Cheng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2266–2288, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.202

• . The hydroarylation reaction further extended to pyrroles for selective monoalkenylation using [Cp*Co(CH3CN)3](SbF6)2 as the catalyst [55]. In contrast, branched-selective hydroarylation of terminal alkynes was achieved by Li et al. The addition of arenes 7 to propargyl alcohols, protected propargyl

• hydroarylation of glyoxylate with pyrimidine containing indoles and pyrroles 7 to provide products 63 with high productivity (Scheme 40) [79]. Similar to the imine, isocyanate is also an efficient electrophile for hydroarylation of C=N bond. It provides a high atom- and step-economical method for the preparation

Investigation of the electrophilic reactivity of the biologically active marine sesquiterpenoid onchidal and model compounds

• Melissa M. Cadelis and
• Brent R. Copp

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2229–2235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.197

• . Signals attributable to N-alkyl-3-substituted pyrroles 7–9 and N-pentylacetamide 10 [δH 7.62 t, J = 4.7 Hz; 2.28 m] were observed. Purification by silica gel column chromatography, eluting with CH2Cl2, afforded pyrrole adduct 7 as the free base. Elution with CH2Cl2/MeOH afforded two fractions with the

Applications of organocatalysed visible-light photoredox reactions for medicinal chemistry

• Michael K. Bogdos,
• Emmanuel Pinard and
• John A. Murphy

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2035–2064, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.179

• reduction of aryl halides to the corresponding non-halogenated aromatics. This was extended to the coupling of aryl halides to a variety of substituted pyrroles, using N,N-bis(2,6-diisopropylphenyl)perylene-3,4,9,10-bis(dicarboximide) (PDI) as the photocatalyst, under blue LED irradiation, in DMSO and in

• protocol for coupling simple five-membered heterocycles to substituted benzenes, using Eosin Y as the photocatalyst, starting from arenediazonium salts (Scheme 6) [47]. The scope of the reaction is limited to N-Boc-pyrroles, furans and a couple of simple substituted thiophenes with respect to the

• molecules. An interesting report of C–N bond formation is seen in König and co-workers’ method for the formation of sulfonamidated pyrroles, using acridinium salts as photocatalysts, in the presence of oxygen and sodium hydroxide (Scheme 10) [53]. Unfortunately, this protocol was investigated for its use in

Hypervalent organoiodine compounds: from reagents to valuable building blocks in synthesis

• Gwendal Grelier,
• Benjamin Darses and
• Philippe Dauban

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1508–1528, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.128

• stereoselective trans iodo-benzoylation of glycals using a combination of IBX and molecular iodine, that is considered as a source of I+ formed from the in situ generated hypoiodite species [30]. The controlled oxidation of various N-(alkyl)- and N-(aryl)pyrroles with Dess–Martin periodinane also leads to

• issue of sustainability with polyvalent organoiodine reagents. Functionalization of ketones and alkenes with IBX. Functionalization of pyrroles with DMP. Catalytic benzoyloxy-trifluoromethylation reported by Szabó. Catalytic benzoyloxy-trifluoromethylation reported by Mideoka. Catalytic 1,4-benzoyloxy

Cross-coupling of dissimilar ketone enolates via enolonium species to afford non-symmetrical 1,4-diketones

• Keshaba N. Parida,
• Gulab K. Pathe,
• Shimon Maksymenko and
• Alex M. Szpilman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 992–997, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.84

• -membered heterocycles such as thiophenes, furans, and pyrroles. Consequently, numerous multistep approaches to unsymmetrical 1,4-dicarbonyl compounds involving, e.g., SN2-type displacements [1] or highly functionalized substrates such as β-ketoesters [2][3] or β-ketosulfones [4] have been developed

An efficient and facile access to highly functionalized pyrrole derivatives

• Meng Gao,
• Wenting Zhao,
• Hongyi Zhao,
• Ziyun Lin,
• Dongfeng Zhang and
• Haihong Huang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 884–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.75

• complete oxidation with DDQ, has been successfully developed. Further transformation with alkylamine/sodium alkoxide alcohol solution conveniently afforded novel polysubstituted pyrroles in good to excellent yields. This methodology for highly functionalized pyrroles performed well over a broad scope of

• substrates. It is conceivable that this efficient construction method for privileged pyrrole scaffolds could deliver more active compounds for medicinal chemistry research. Keywords: azomethine ylides; 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition; one-pot synthesis; polysubstituted pyrroles; pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones

• ; Introduction Pyrroles are an important class of five-membered nitrogen containing heterocycles which are widely used in numerous medically relevant fields. Pyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3-diones and highly substituted pyrroles with amide groups are important frameworks of pyrrole compounds that play important roles

Cobalt-catalyzed directed C–H alkenylation of pivalophenone N–H imine with alkenyl phosphates

• Wengang Xu and
• Naohiko Yoshikai

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 709–715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.60

• mild and efficient C–H alkenylation of N-pyrimidylindoles and pyrroles with alkenyl acetates using a cobalt–NHC catalyst (Scheme 1a) [17]. The same catalytic system also promoted the alkenylation using alkenyl carbamates, carbonates, and phosphates. More recently, we have achieved an N-arylimine

Diels–Alder cycloadditions of N-arylpyrroles via aryne intermediates using diaryliodonium salts

• Huangguan Chen,
• Jianwei Han and
• Limin Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 354–363, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.23

• derivatives with diaryliodonium salts for pyrrole–aryl coupling products is generating tremendous academic interest in organic synthesis. In 2012, the Zhang and Yu group reported that sodium hydroxide promoted direct arylation of unprotected pyrroles with diaryliodonium salts at the temperature of 80 °C, the

• coupling products were obtained in moderate to good yields (Scheme 1a) [6]. Later in 2013, Xue and Xiao et al. developed a method of photoredox catalysis in the presence of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ with visible light for the coupling reaction of arenes with unprotected or N-substituted pyrroles, pyrrole substrates

• coupling for pyrroles using a hypervalent iodine reagent and a stabilizer for pyrrolyliodonium intermediates (Scheme 1c) [9]. The reactions readily provided a variety of desired coupling products in good yields. In general, the mechanism of these arylations was postulated by generating aryl radicals with

One-pot sequential synthesis of tetrasubstituted thiophenes via sulfur ylide-like intermediates

• Jun Ki Kim,
• Hwan Jung Lim,
• Kyung Chae Jeong and
• Seong Jun Park

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 243–252, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.16

• center and the substituents on the sulfur atom [10]. In general, these reagents are often applied in the preparation of simple small rings [13], such as epoxides [14][15][16][17][18], cyclopropanes [19][20][21][22], aziridines [23], indoles [24], pyrroles [24], and indolines [25]. In addition, other

Photocatalytic formation of carbon–sulfur bonds

• Alexander Wimmer and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 54–83, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.4

• arenes react well and substituted pyrroles and indoles give the corresponding sulfoxides in high yields. Less electron-rich thiophene or benzene derivatives gave low yields. Nevertheless, carbocyclic azulene afforded the respective sulfoxide in 88% yield. We propose an electrophilic aromatic substitution

Reactivity of bromoselenophenes in palladium-catalyzed direct arylations

• Aymen Skhiri,
• Ridha Ben Salem,
• Jean-François Soulé and
• Henri Doucet

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2862–2868, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.278

• , whereas thiophene or pyrroles gave the desired products in low yields. Conversely, 2,5-dibromoselenophene was successfully coupled with both thiazoles and thiophenes in the presence of phosphine-free Pd(OAc)2 catalyst precursor and KOAc as inexpensive base, affording the desired 2,5-diheteroarylated

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation and chlorination. Part 2: Use of CF₃SO₂Cl

• Hélène Chachignon,
• Hélène Guyon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2800–2818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.273

• -free and recyclable. A variety of heteroarenes, like pyrroles, oxazoles, furanes, thiophenes, indoles and pyrazines were successfully converted into the corresponding trifluoromethylated products in moderate to good yields (Scheme 27). Remarkably, a side chlorination reaction was observed during the

CF₃SO₂X (X = Na, Cl) as reagents for trifluoromethylation, trifluoromethylsulfenyl-, -sulfinyl- and -sulfonylation. Part 1: Use of CF₃SO₂Na

• Hélène Guyon,
• Hélène Chachignon and
• Dominique Cahard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2764–2799, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.272

• metals found in Langlois’ reagent could be responsible for reaction initiation. The scope was evaluated on pyridines, pyrroles, indoles, pyrimidines, pyrazines, phthalazines, quinoxalines, deazapurine, thiadiazoles, uracils, xanthenes and pyrazolino-pyrimidines (Scheme 35). The combination of previous

Conjugated nitrosoalkenes as Michael acceptors in carbon–carbon bond forming reactions: a review and perspective

• Yaroslav D. Boyko,
• Valentin S. Dorokhov,
• Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov and
• Sema L. Ioffe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2214–2234, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.220

• unreactive under these conditions. Electron-rich aromatic heterocyclic compounds such as pyrroles and indoles enter reactions with nitrosoalkenes more smoothly [44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55]). The addition of nitrosoalkenes to pyrroles and indoles is a convenient and mild strategy for the

• -pot double addition of pyrroles (and indoles) to nitrosoalkenes derived from α,α’-dihalooximes 70 [60][61][62] (Scheme 25). The synthesis of bis-pyrroles 71 is carried out in water as the solvent. As pointed by the authors, heterogenous conditions can accelerate the rate of reaction compared to

• NSA14 to electron-rich arenes. Addition of nitrosoalkenes NSA14 to pyrroles and indoles. Reaction of phosphinyl nitrosoalkenes NSA15 with indole. Reaction of pyrrole with α,α’-dihalooximes 70. Synthesis of indole-derived psammaplin A analogue 72. Synthesis of tryptophanes by reduction of

Regiodivergent condensation of 5-alkoxycarbonyl-1H-pyrrol-2,3-diones with cyclic ketazinones en route to spirocyclic scaffolds

• Alexey Yu. Dubovtsev,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Аndrey N. Maslivets and
• Michael Rubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2179–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.218

• spirocondensation of 5-alkoxycarbonyl-1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones (serving as 1,2-bis-electrophiles) with cyclic ketazinones (serving as either 1,3-C,N- or 1,3-C,O-bis-nucleophiles). Results and Discussion Previously, we demonstrated a convenient approach towards spiro[indole-3,2’-pyrroles] 3 based on catalyst-free

• in tautomeric form 18 (Scheme 5). Surprisingly, an alternative direction of spirocyclization involving the reaction of tautomeric form 19 and affording lactam rings proceeded exclusively. The corresponding spiro[indole-3,2’-pyrroles] 21 were obtained exclusively in good yields (Scheme 5). The

High-speed vibration-milling-promoted synthesis of symmetrical frameworks containing two or three pyrrole units

• Marco Leonardi,
• Mercedes Villacampa and
• J. Carlos Menéndez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1957–1962, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.190

• achieved by a different approach involving the homodimerization of 1-allyl- or 1-homoallylpyrroles by application of cross-metathesis chemistry. Keywords: diversity-oriented synthesis; mechanochemistry; multicomponent reactions; pyrroles; solvent-free synthesis; Introduction Symmetrical molecules formed

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

• Hantzsch pyrrole synthesis is well known for the construction of poly substituted pyrroles [121][122]. In 1998, Jung and co-workers reported polymer supported solid phase synthesis of N-substituted pyrroles [123]. In 2013, Menendez and co-workers reported a ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) and silver-nitrate

• intermediate β-enaminone which further reacted with α-iodoketone following by a cyclo-condensation which resulted in the substituted pyrroles shown in Scheme 31. The Biginelli reaction is a well-known 3-component reaction for the synthesis of dihydropyrimidinones [124][125]. During the last few decades many

• also observed that an oven-dried catalyst worked effectively to give 99% of product with 99% ee up to few cycles. Heterocycle synthesis Multicomponent reactions [135], cyclo-condensations and cascaded transformations are common strategies to make heterocyclic ring [113] systems like pyrroles, pyrans

Nucleophilic and electrophilic cyclization of N-alkyne-substituted pyrrole derivatives: Synthesis of pyrrolopyrazinone, pyrrolotriazinone, and pyrrolooxazinone moieties

• Işıl Yenice,
• Sinan Basceken and
• Metin Balci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 825–834, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.83

• N-alkyne-substituted pyrrole derivatives 7a–d. A practical method is the coupling reaction of substituted pyrroles with alkynyl bromides using catalytic CuSO4·5H2O and 1,10-phenanthroline [31]. When alkynylation with 11a was carried out at 85 °C, the conversion was only 12%. We assume this is due to

Effect of the ortho-hydroxy group of salicylaldehyde in the A³ coupling reaction: A metal-catalyst-free synthesis of propargylamine

• Sujit Ghosh,
• Kinkar Biswas,
• Suchandra Bhattacharya,
• Pranab Ghosh and
• Basudeb Basu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 552–557, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.53

• (MAO) type B inhibitors [6] often used for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson diseases. These alkynylamines are also important building blocks for the synthesis of N-bearing compounds such as β-lactams [7][8], pyrroles [9], pyrrolidines [10], pyrrolophanes [11

Iodination of carbohydrate-derived 1,2-oxazines to enantiopure 5-iodo-3,6-dihydro-2H-1,2-oxazines and subsequent palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions

• Michal Medvecký,
• Igor Linder,
• Luise Schefzig,
• Hans-Ulrich Reissig and
• Reinhold Zimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 2898–2905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.289

• modifications and synthetic applications of 1,2-oxazines 3 including the preparation of seven-membered N,O-heterocycles by ring enlargement [5], functionalization of the enol ether unit [6][7][8][9][10][11], and N,O-cleavage reactions leading to amino alcohols [8][10][12], pyrroles [13] or α,β-unsaturated β

Synthesis of pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-4(3H)-ones: Rearrangement of pyrrolo[1,2-d][1,3,4]oxadiazines and regioselective intramolecular cyclization of 1,2-biscarbamoyl-substituted 1H-pyrroles

• Kkonnip Son and
• Seong Jun Park

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1780–1787, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.168

• Pyrrolo[2,1-f][1,2,4]triazin-4(3H)-ones 12 have been easily prepared via nucleophile-induced rearrangement of pyrrolooxadiazines 11 and regioselective intramolecular cyclization of 1,2-biscarbamoyl-substituted 1H-pyrroles 10. In this work, we demonstrated that the described synthetic approaches can be

Multicomponent reactions: A simple and efficient route to heterocyclic phosphonates

• Mohammad Haji

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1269–1301, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.121

• 4:1 in the presence of 4 Å molecular sieves (Scheme 59) [97]. A sequential three-component enamine–azoene annulation reaction of primary aliphatic amines 292, activated methylene compounds 293, and 1,2-diaza-1,3-dienes (DDs, 294) has been reported to give polysubstituted pyrroles 295 (Scheme 60) [98

• ]. The desired phosphono-substituted pyrroles were isolated in 41–87% yield under solvent and catalyst-free conditions. Kaboudin et al. described a three-component, catalyst-free decarboxylative coupling of proline (296) with aldehydes 297 and dialkyl phosphonates to afford pyrrolidinylphosphonates 300

• . Multicomponent reaction of alkanedials, acetamide and acetyl chloride in the presence of PCl3 and acetic acid. An oxidative domino three-component synthesis of polyfunctionalized pyridines. A sequential one-pot three-component synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles. Three-component decarboxylative coupling of

Conjugate addition–enantioselective protonation reactions

• James P. Phelan and
• Jonathan A. Ellman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1203–1228, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.116

• formed from Zn(NTf2)2 and Ph-dbfox ligand (S)-85, pyrroles 83 were added to imides 84 to produce 85 in high yield and modest to excellent enantioselectivity. Exploring a number of achiral imides, the authors found that an isoxazolidinone auxiliary enhanced the reactivity and minimized enolate A1,3

• -interactions to provide the best yield and enantioselectivity. N-Alkylpyrroles were effective substrates, adding with high enantioselectivity (94:6 to 99:1 er). The enantioselectivity of the transformation was significantly lower only for pyrroles that lacked substitution on nitrogen and for N-phenylpyrroles

• enantioselective Friedel–Crafts addition of pyrroles to imides 84. Kobayashi’s enantioselective addition of malonates to α-substituted N-acryloyloxazolidinones. Chen and Wu’s enantioselective addition of thiophenol to N-methacryloyl benzamide. Tan’s enantioselective addition of secondary phosphine oxides and