Cathodic generation of reactive (phenylthio)difluoromethyl species and its reactions: mechanistic aspects and synthetic applications

• Sadanobu Iwase,
• Shinsuke Inagi and
• Toshio Fuchigami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 872–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.88

• resulted in much lower product yields. The detailed reaction mechanism was clarified based on the cathodic reduction of 1 in the presence of deuterated acetonitrile, CD3CN. Keywords: bis(phenylthio)difluoromethane; cathodic reduction; deuteration; o-phthalonitrile mediator; (phenylthio)difluoromethylation

• both radical and anionic intermediates. In order to further clarify the reaction mechanism, the indirect cathodic reduction of compound 1 was performed in the presence of α-methylstyrene in MeCN containing cumene (iPrC6H5) and isopropyl alcohol (iPrOH). The former works as a hydrogen radical source

• the formation of adduct 4 to some extent (from 0% to 14% yield) as shown in Table 3. Therefore, iPrOH seems to promote the radcal addition rather than reduction although the reason has not been clarified yet. Reaction mechanism Although the cathodic reduction of perfluoroalkyl halides usually involves

Synthesis of novel alkynyl imidazopyridinyl selenides: copper-catalyzed tandem selenation of selenium with 2-arylimidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and terminal alkynes

• Mio Matsumura,
• Kaho Tsukada,
• Kiwa Sugimoto,
• Yuki Murata and
• Shuji Yasuike

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 863–871, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.87

• standard conditions did not proceed (Scheme 1, reaction 2). The reaction mechanism for this coupling reaction is presently unclear. We propose that the reaction mechanism may be similar to that of the C(sp)–Se bond formation of terminal alkynes with diaryl diselenides reported by Stieler and Schneider [31

• ]. Based on this report and the above control experiments, a plausible selenation reaction mechanism is shown in Figure 3. The first step of the reaction involves the generation of intermediate A by the oxidative addition of the Cu(I) catalyst to the diselenide 2. The terminal alkyne coordinates with

Copper-catalyzed multicomponent reactions for the efficient synthesis of diverse spirotetrahydrocarbazoles

• Shao-Cong Zhan,
• Ren-Jie Fang,
• Jing Sun and
• Chao-Guo Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 796–808, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.80

• developed the practical synthetic values of the well-known Levy reaction by using inactivated indole derivatives. The outcome of diastereoselectivity of the reaction was clearly elucidated by determination of the several single crystal structures and the analysis of the reaction mechanism. The experimental

• . Synthesis of 3,3'-(arylmethylene)bis(2-methyl-1H-indole). Reaction conditions: 2-methylindole (1.0 mmol), aromatic aldehyde (0.5 mmol), CuSO4 (0.1 mmol), toluene (6.0 mL), 110 °C, 3 h. Isolated yields are shown. Proposed reaction mechanism for the multicomponent reaction. Optimization of reaction

A trustworthy mechanochemical route to isocyanides

• Francesco Basoccu,
• Federico Cuccu,
• Federico Casti,
• Rita Mocci,
• Claudia Fattuoni and
• Andrea Porcheddu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 732–737, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.73

• attributed to their probable reaction mechanism where the nitrogen atom not only promotes the enolate derivative formation as already described in literature [33][34] but it may also generate a positively charged intermediate at the transition state [35], enhancing the nucleophilic substitution. Obviously

• isocyanide purity (Figure 2), even though, in some cases, a small amount of sulphonyl derivatives or solvent residues can be spotted. These little impurities are due to the isocyanide instability and difficulty in being held. In light of what was said above, it makes sense to hypothesise a possible reaction

• mechanism (Scheme 4). The single equivalent of triethylamine should be able to activate the tautomerism of the formamide through an acid–base reaction [33][42][43][44][45]. The triethylammonium salt produced can be restored as triethylamine through the action of Na2CO3. This proton transfer allows the

Structural basis for endoperoxide-forming oxygenases

• Takahiro Mori and
• Ikuro Abe

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 707–721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.71

• complex forms with 2OG or with 2OG and fumitremorgin B (PDB IDs: 4Y5T, 4Y5S, 6OXH, 6OXJ, 7DE0, 7ETL, and 7ETK) [68][69][70][71]. Based on these structural and functional analyses, the reaction mechanism of FtmOx1, and especially the role of the active site tyrosine residues in the catalysis, are heatedly

• analysis, the group proposed that Tyr224 is involved in the catalytic mechanism of the FtmOx1-catalyzed endoperoxide formation reaction as an intermediary of hydrogen atom transfer (HAT), similar to Tyr385 in the COX reaction. In this COX-like reaction mechanism (Scheme 5), the Fe(IV)=O species oxidizes

• showed similar reaction kinetics and verruculogen productivity to those of wild type FtmOx1. Interestingly, the Y68F variant generated an unidentified product, which was recently determined to be 26-hydroxyverruculogen [75]. Based on these observations, they proposed an alternative reaction mechanism. In

Tri(n-butyl)phosphine-promoted domino reaction for the efficient construction of spiro[cyclohexane-1,3'-indolines] and spiro[indoline-3,2'-furan-3',3''-indolines]

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

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 669–679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.68

• -phenacylidenoxindoles by trialkylphosphine has been previously reported in the literature [65]. For explaining the formation of the two kinds of spiro[cyclohexane-1,3'-indolines] 3 and 5, a plausible reaction mechanism has been proposed (Scheme 1) on the basis of previously reported works and the obtained results from

• , 624.1666; found, 624.1660. Single crystal structure of compound 3l. Single crystal structure of compound 3s. Single crystal structure of compound 3f’. Single crystal structure of compound 5a. Single crystal struture of compound 8a. Proposed reaction mechanism for the compounds 3 and 5. Proposed mechanism

• compound 8a (Figure 5) was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis. From Figure 5, it can be seen that the two oxindole moieties exist on the trans-configuration. Therefore, this reaction showed very high diastereoselectivity. To explain the formation of the dispiro compounds 8, a plausible reaction

Rapid gas–liquid reaction in flow. Continuous synthesis and production of cyclohexene oxide

• Kyoko Mandai,
• Tetsuya Yamamoto,
• Hiroki Mandai and
• Aiichiro Nagaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 660–668, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.67

• operation of the gas–liquid oxidation even with air in the flow reactor definitely paved the way for a green and fast oxidation process. Based on the mechanisms reported in the literature [11][31], we hypothesized the plausible reaction mechanism in our flow system as shown in Scheme 2. Firstly, the peracid

Direct C–H amination reactions of arenes with N-hydroxyphthalimides catalyzed by cuprous bromide

• Dongming Zhang,
• Bin Lv,
• Pan Gao,
• Xiaodong Jia and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 647–652, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.65

• obtained in moderate to high yields. According to the experimental results and our previous work [27][28], a possible reaction mechanism is given in Scheme 4. At first, NHPI combines with triethyl phosphite to form intermediate 4, which is the loss of ethanol to generate intermediate 5. Then, single

• . A plausible reaction mechanism. Optimization of the reaction conditions.a Supporting Information Supporting Information File 48: Synthetic schemes for products, characterization data, and copies of 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR spectra. Funding We gratefully acknowledge funding from Jiangsu Provincial

DDQ in mechanochemical C–N coupling reactions

• Shyamal Kanti Bera,
• Rosalin Bhanja and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 639–646, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.64

• corresponding products 6n and 6o with 79 and 82% yields, respectively. Nitro and fluoro-substituted aromatic aldehydes efficiently reacted with the chloro and fluoro-substituted anthranilamides and delivered the corresponding products 6q and 6r with good yields. To understand the reaction mechanism, we have

• reaction. So, based on literature reports [53][54][55], we have proposed a reaction mechanism in Figure 5b. Initially, DDQ abstracts a hydride ion from substrate 1a to generate the intermediate A. Then intermediate A undergoes an electrophilic intramolecular cyclization to form the cationic intermediate B

Syntheses of novel pyridine-based low-molecular-weight luminogens possessing aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties

• Masayori Hagimori,
• Tatsusada Yoshida,
• Yasuhisa Nishimura,
• Yukiko Ogawa and
• Keitaro Tanaka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 580–587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.60

• compound, 10-imino-2-methylpyrido[1,2-a]pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-1,3(2H,10H)-dione (3a), in 97% yield. The chemical structure of product 3a was confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy (Figures S1 and S2 in Supporting Information File 1) and was obtained via the following reaction mechanism: nucleophilic

• novel luminogens for AIEE and are currently investigating the underlying mechanism and future biological applications. Presumed reaction mechanism to produce 3a. Fluorescence spectral profiles of (a) 4a (10−5 M, Exmax = 413 nm) and (b) 4e (10−5 M, Exmax = 415 nm) in H2O/EtOH mixture with different water

Tosylhydrazine-promoted self-conjugate reduction–Michael/aldol reaction of 3-phenacylideneoxindoles towards dispirocyclopentanebisoxindole derivatives

• Sayan Pramanik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 469–478, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.49

• (Supporting Information File 1). The correlation between two syn-Hs of C4-OH/C2-H and another two syn-Hs of C4-OH/α C5-H were well visualized in the NOESY spectra. In order to explain the formation of dispirocyclopentanebisoxindole after studying some related literatures [23][24][25][29] a plausible reaction

• mechanism is shown in Scheme 4. At first, tosylhydrazine as hydride source [29] promotes reduction of 3-phenacylideneoxindole towards 3-phenacylindolinone A. Then, under basic conditions, the carbanion of 3-phenacylindolinone, which acts as Michael donor, is formed. After this the carbanion undergoes

Tetraphenylethylene-embedded pillar[5]arene-based orthogonal self-assembly for efficient photocatalysis in water

• Zhihang Bai,
• Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
• Xueqi Tian,
• Minzan Zuo,
• Kaiya Wang and
• Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 429–437, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.45

• -acetonaphthone (2j, 50%, Figure S13) demonstrating the general applicability of m-TPEWP5G-EsY as an efficient photocatalyst. To understand the process for this photocatalytic dehalogenation reaction, a possible reaction mechanism is proposed in Figure 5 [37]. Upon light irradiation, the ground state of m-TPEWP5G

Cs₂CO₃-Promoted reaction of tertiary bromopropargylic alcohols and phenols in DMF: a novel approach to α-phenoxyketones

• Ol'ga G. Volostnykh,
• Olesya A. Shemyakina,
• Anton V. Stepanov and
• Igor' A. Ushakov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 420–428, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.44

• providing no desired products. Several control experiments were performed to gain insight into the reaction mechanism (Scheme 6). When the reaction of 5-bromomethylene-1,3-dioxolan-2-one 6a and phenol (2a) was carried out with KOH, the conversion of the starting 6a was 55% and crude product contained

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

• % selectivity. According to the authors, the reaction mechanism involves the formation of an active selenium peroxo species. Additionally, they mentioned that the catalyst was easily separated from the reaction mixture by simple filtration [56]. Serindağ and co-workers disclosed the bidentate tertiary

Unexpected chiral vicinal tetrasubstituted diamines via borylcopper-mediated homocoupling of isatin imines

• Marco Manenti,
• Leonardo Lo Presti,
• Giorgio Molteni and
• Alessandra Silvani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 303–308, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.34

•  1, entries 9–11), while the yield raised up to 68% when 0.5 equivalents of base were used (Table 1, entry 12). Finally, in order to shed light on the reaction mechanism (see below), three control experiments were carried out. Under anhydrous conditions (Table 1, entry 13), conversion of the starting

• products, besides relying on performed control experiments, we also refer to the underdeveloped umpolung reactions of imines, considering, in particular, the copper-catalyzed process reported quite recently by Zhang, Hou and co-workers [29]. In our case, we presume the possible reaction mechanism shown in

Iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of C1-substituted oxabenzonorbornadienes with salicylaldehyde: an experimental and computational study

• Angel Ho,
• Austin Pounder,
• Krish Valluru,
• Leanne D. Chen and
• William Tam

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 251–261, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.30

• effects of C1-substitution on the iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reactions of unsymmetrical OBDs with salicylaldehyde. To further understand the observed regioselectivity, an in-depth investigation into the reaction mechanism of the iridium-catalyzed hydroacylation reaction was carried out by preforming

• calculated energies of the optimized intermediates and transition states for the three investigated pathways, an overall reaction mechanism can be proposed. It is predicted pathway B is the most accessible pathway for the hydroacylation reaction which corresponds with the production of the experimentally

Green synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHP scaffolds using an efficient Ni–chitosan nanocatalyst under ultrasonic conditions

• Soumyadip Basu,
• Sauvik Chatterjee,
• Suman Ray,
• Suvendu Maity,
• Prasanta Ghosh,
• Asim Bhaumik and
• Chhanda Mukhopadhyay

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 133–142, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.14

• with this methodology, as shown in Figure 5. The synthesized products were characterized by 1H NMR, 13C NMR, HRMS, and melting point analysis. The structure of the compounds was also confirmed by single-crystal XRD analysis of 4a (CCDC1949329, Figure 6). Plausible mechanism A plausible reaction

• mechanism for the synthesis of C5–C6-unsubstituted 1,4-DHPs is described in Scheme 1. The reaction initiates with the formation of an enamine moiety (see A) by the reaction of a primary amine 1 and a but-2-ynedioate 2. We isolated the intermediate A in the form of 4fA [30], corresponding to compound 4f, and

Mechanistic studies of the solvolysis of alkanesulfonyl and arenesulfonyl halides

• Malcolm J. D’Souza and
• Dennis N. Kevill

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 120–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.13

• group. 5. Evidence as regards the reaction mechanism from kinetic solvent isotope effect (ksie) measurements Initial studies of solvent isotope effects in solvolysis reactions were largely carried out by comparing rates in H2O with those in D2O [75]. Low solubilities for many of the organic substrates

Chemoselective N-acylation of indoles using thioesters as acyl source

• Tianri Du,
• Xiangmu Wei,
• Honghong Xu,
• Xin Zhang,
• Ruiru Fang,
• Zheng Yuan,
• Zhi Liang and
• Yahui Li

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 89–94, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.9

• , Scheme 3). The results indicate that this N-acylation reaction of indole has great potential in practical synthesis. Some control experiments were conducted to explore the reaction mechanism of this transformation (Scheme 4). When S-methyl decanethioate (2i) was adopted without Cs2CO3, no decomposition

• acid (4) (Scheme 4, reaction 4). A plausible reaction mechanism has been proposed based on the results of the control experiments. As shown in Scheme 5, the reaction starts with a base-promoted deprotonation of indole forming intermediate A. In the next step nucleophilic substitution between

Efficient and regioselective synthesis of dihydroxy-substituted 2-aminocyclooctane-1-carboxylic acid and its bicyclic derivatives

• İlknur Polat,
• Selçuk Eşsiz,
• Uğur Bozkaya and
• Emine Salamci

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 77–85, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.7

• -functional theory (DFT) computations were used to explain the reaction mechanism for the ring opening of the epoxide and the formation of five-membered lactones. The stereochemistry of the synthesized compounds was determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy. The configuration of methyl 6-hydroxy-9-oxo-8

• profile at 298.15 K for the reaction mechanism of 14 shown in Scheme 5. Solvent-corrected relative free energy profile at 298.15 K for the reaction mechanism of 17 shown in Scheme 5. The optimized geometries of the conformers 7a and 7b with selected interatomic distances at the B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level

Efficient synthesis of ethyl 2-(oxazolin-2-yl)alkanoates via ethoxycarbonylketene-induced electrophilic ring expansion of aziridines

• Yelong Lei and
• Jiaxi Xu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 70–76, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.6

• reaction and shows widely application in the preparation of 1-(oxazolin-2-yl)alkanoic acid derivatives and dialkyl 1-(oxazolin-2-yl)alkylphosphonates. On the basis of the experimental results and previous reports [21][22], the reaction mechanism is rationalized as following (Scheme 3). Under microwave

• gel column chromatography (PE/EA 2:1, v/v) to give product 3. Oxazoline-containing bioactive natural products. Synthetic methods of oxazoline derivatives. Scopes of aziridines and diazo esters. Proposed reaction mechanism. Direction of tautomerization. Optimization of reaction conditionsa. Supporting

Recent advances and perspectives in ruthenium-catalyzed cyanation reactions

• Thaipparambil Aneeja,
• Cheriya Mukkolakkal Abdulla Afsina,
• Padinjare Veetil Saranya and
• Gopinathan Anilkumar

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 37–52, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.4

• afforded the products in excellent yields. The authors also conducted various experimental and theoretical studies to analyze the reaction mechanism. The proposed mechanism begins with the oxidative dehydrogenation of the alcohol to afford the aldehyde which undergoes condensation with ammonia to give the

Bifunctional thiourea-catalyzed asymmetric [3 + 2] annulation reactions of 2-isothiocyanato-1-indanones with barbiturate-based olefins

• Jiang-Song Zhai and
• Da-Ming Du

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 25–36, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.3

• chromatography. The diastereoisomeric ratios (dr values) were determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy and the enantiomeric excess (ee) values were determined by HPLC analysis. Gram-scale synthesis of 3ah. Further transformation of 3ah. One-pot three-component reaction. Proposed reaction mechanism. Optimization of the

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

• reaction proceeds via a radical mechanism (path iii) [77], although use of radical inhibitors had little impact on the success of the reaction. It seems unlikely a radical pathway is involved in the reaction mechanism; however, it cannot be categorically excluded. In 2021, the Koh group demonstrated the

• rate-determining step of this transformation, as well as free radicals being involved in the reaction mechanism. In 2017, Luo and Li described a three-component Ag-mediated Fe-catalyzed 1,2-carboamination of alkenes 82 using alkyl nitriles 76 and amines 105 for the synthesis of γ-amino alkyl nitriles

Selective sulfonylation and isonitrilation of para-quinone methides employing TosMIC as a source of sulfonyl group or isonitrile group

• Chuanhua Qu,
• Run Huang,
• Yong Li,
• Tong Liu,
• Yuan Chen and
• Guiting Song

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2822–2831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.193

• decompose to a Ts anion and formaldehyde, possibly accompanied by the formation of a cyanide ion [54]. The previous reports on the reaction mechanism of TosMIC as a source of Ts are mainly a radical mechanism [19][20][21][22][23]. To assess the possibility of radical intermediates, a stoichiometric amount