Cyclodextrins as building blocks for new materials

• Miriana Kfoury and
• Sophie Fourmentin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 889–891, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.66

• reactivity of their alcohol functions. This allows regioselective chemical modification at either the primary or secondary rim [13]. As a result, these molecular hosts can be specifically linked either covalently or noncovalently to a wide variety of ligands. CDs are a significant part of almost all areas of

Asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and reaction with carbocations on acylimidazole Michael acceptors

• Brigita Mudráková,
• Renata Marcia de Figueiredo,
• Jean-Marc Campagne and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 881–888, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.65

• enolates in high enantiomeric purities. These enolates are reacted with highly electrophilic onium compounds to afford densely substituted acylimidazoles. DFT calculations helped to understand the reactivity of the zinc enolates derived from acylimidazoles and allowed their comparison with metal enolates

• , because of their particular chemical and physical properties [15]. In addition to ester/amide synthesis, enoyl imidazolides were developed as excellent Michael acceptors. Acylimidazoles are unique electrophiles that demonstrate moderate reactivity, relatively high stability, chemical selectivity, and high

• probe their reactivity with the Zn-enolate derived from 1a (Scheme 3). The onium compounds 2a and 2b were obtained by anion exchange using LiNTf2 from the commercially available tetrafluoroborate salts. Onium compounds 2c and 2d were obtained by acidic dehydration of the corresponding hydroxy

Pyridine C(sp²)–H bond functionalization under transition-metal and rare earth metal catalysis

• Haritha Sindhe,
• Malladi Mounika Reddy,
• Karthikeyan Rajkumar,
• Akshay Kamble,
• Amardeep Singh,
• Anand Kumar and
• Satyasheel Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 820–863, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.62

• stoichiometric waste. The challenges associated with the functionalization of pyridine are based on the low reactivity of the pyridine ring system for undergoing substitution reactions. This is attributed to the electron-deficient nature of the ring system due to the presence of the sp2-hybridized nitrogen atom

• . In addition, the lone pair electrons of the nitrogen atom interact with Lewis acids instead of the π-electrons of the ring system thus resulting to its reduced reactivity for electrophilic aromatic substitution reactions, such as a Friedel–Crafts reaction [21][22][23]. Hence, it is challenging to

• including transition metals and rare earth metals has been described and some other organometallic systems also were shown to have catalytic reactivity. Adopting this catalytic reactivity of organometallics and also the special bidentate nature of phosphinoamide ligands, in 2021, Chen and group [58

Eschenmoser coupling reactions starting from primary thioamides. When do they work and when not?

• Lukáš Marek,
• Jiří Váňa,
• Jan Svoboda and
• Jiří Hanusek

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 808–819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.61

• synthesis; isoquinolin-4-ones; primary thioamides; structure–reactivity relationships; Introduction During several past years, we have developed [1][2] a novel synthetic approach toward (Z)-3-[amino(phenyl/methyl)methylidene]-1,3-dihydro-2H-indol-2-ones and have demonstrated [3][4] its application

• the possible extension of our approach involving primary thioamides to other structurally similar α-bromolactams 2 and 3 and α-bromoamides 4 (Figure 1) and to find structure–reactivity and medium–reactivity relationships that govern ECR in those cases. Results First, we tried to prepare 4-bromo-1,4

• virtually opposite to the order of ECR reactivity. Thus, the substrates with the lowest barriers for ECR couplings have the highest energies for the Hantzsch reaction and vice versa. The calculated reaction profiles show that there are two factors that influence whether the reaction gives ECR or Hantzsch

Sulfate radical anion-induced benzylic oxidation of N-(arylsulfonyl)benzylamines to N-arylsulfonylimines

• Joydev K. Laha,
• Pankaj Gupta and
• Amitava Hazra

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 771–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.57

• their unique stability, defined reactivity, and versatility in organic synthesis [2]. Leveraging their electron-deficient nature, N-arylsulfonylimines are widely used in organic transformations including nucleophilic addition, cycloaddition, imino-aldol reaction, ene reactions, aza-Friedel–Crafts

Honeycomb reactor: a promising device for streamlining aerobic oxidation under continuous-flow conditions

• Masahiro Hosoya,
• Yusuke Saito and
• Yousuke Horiuchi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 752–763, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.55

• Pd(OAc)2 did not dissolve in toluene even with pyridine. As a substitute for TEMPO, 2,3-dichloro-5,6-dicyano-p-benzoquinone (DDQ) was tried (Table 1, entries 9 and 10) [45]. Although the reactivity was improved compared with the TEMPO catalytic system in Table 1, entries 3–5, the DDQ catalytic system

Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-containing peptidomimetics by tandem of Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé and Ugi reactions

• Oleksandr V. Kolomiiets,
• Alexander V. Tsygankov,
• Maryna N. Kornet,
• Aleksander A. Brazhko,
• Vladimir I. Musatov and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.53

• imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine and peptidomimetic fragments it is better to use acids with a linker between the carboxyl group and aryl ring. This molecular fragment increases the solubility of the whole molecule, which leads to an improvement in the reactivity of the acids, whereas the reactivity of acids 8a and

• manner. A method for the synthesis of the desired compounds was developed, and a small library of 20 Ugi products was prepared. The study also demonstrated that the use of a CH2O linker between the carboxyl group and the aryl ring in the Ugi reaction enhanced the reactivity of the acid component. The

• structures synthesized by combining IMCR’s. Diversity of GBB reaction products as precursors for Ugi reaction. Synthesis of new acids containing a substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine fragment. Synthesis of new peptidomimetics containing a substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine fragment. Synthesis and reactivity

Photocatalytic sequential C–H functionalization expediting acetoxymalonylation of imidazo heterocycles

• Deepak Singh,
• Shyamal Pramanik and
• Soumitra Maity

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 666–673, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.48

• the aryl ring – as electron-releasing groups (Me, OMe) showed little more reactivity than electron-withdrawing groups (CN) at the same position (4b, 4f, and 4g). Halogen-substituted IPs also followed the general reactivity trend of the respective halogens (4c–e). Excellent reactivity was found for o-F

Nucleophile-induced ring contraction in pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzothiazines: access to pyrrolo[2,1-b][1,3]benzothiazoles

• Ekaterina A. Lystsova,
• Maksim V. Dmitriev,
• Andrey N. Maslivets and
• Ekaterina E. Khramtsova

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 646–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.46

•  4). Results and Discussion It is known that [e]-fused 1H-pyrrole-2,3-diones (FPDs) (Figure 2) are versatile synthetic platforms enabling the synthesis of numerous heterocyclic species [33][34][35][36]. They are polyelectrophilic compounds, bearing five electrophilic centers, whose reactivity

• dramatically depends on the nature of the heteroatom X in FPDs I, II, 1 [33][34]. It should be noted that the reactions of 5-aza- and 5-oxa-FPDs I and II with nucleophiles are studied rather well [33][34], and their reactivity did not give us any insights for the development of new approaches to PBTAs. However

Enolates ambushed – asymmetric tandem conjugate addition and subsequent enolate trapping with conventional and less traditional electrophiles

• Péter Kisszékelyi and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 593–634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.44

• stereogenic information, thus leading to chiral products. Enolate species are uniquely positioned for reactivity with a broad array of electrophiles and thus allowing quick and efficient construction of highly complex structures from readily available starting materials. Various polar organometallic reagents

• all possess helpful and, to an extent, specific reactivity characteristics. Interesting boron and silicon enolates can be generated by asymmetric conjugate boration [16], or silylation [17]. From several potentially catalytically active transition metals, copper combines beneficial properties for both

• trapping by adding MeLi (1.05 equiv), which indeed led to a significant increase in yield and selectivity due to the high reactivity of the lithium dialkyl zincate enolate. Various 1,3-diketones 39 were prepared using this method with good yields and excellent enantioselectivities while only the trans

Direct C2–H alkylation of indoles driven by the photochemical activity of halogen-bonded complexes

• Martina Mamone,
• Giuseppe Gentile,
• Jacopo Dosso,
• Maurizio Prato and
• Giacomo Filippini

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 575–581, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.42

• that DBU was essential for the reactivity, since no reaction occurred in its absence (entry 3, Table 1). Reactivity was also inhibited under an aerobic atmosphere and in the presence of 2,2,6,6‐tetramethylpiperidinyloxyl (TEMPO). These experiments are consonant with the occurrence of a radical

• DABCO provided the best result in terms of reactivity, yielding compound 3a in 77% yield. We also observed that either increasing or decreasing the concentration of the reaction mixture did not bring any improvement (entries 10 and 11, Table 1). Then, the ratio between the reagents was optimized. In

• complex when mixed in solution (see Figure S1 in Supporting Information File 1). To further corroborate the hypothesis of an EDA complex being at the roots of the observed reactivity, NMR studies were also performed on samples containing the α-iodosufone 2a and different concentrations of DABCO in

A new oxidatively stable ligand for the chiral functionalization of amino acids in Ni(II)–Schiff base complexes

• Alena V. Dmitrieva,
• Oleg A. Levitskiy,
• Yuri K. Grishin and
• Tatiana V. Magdesieva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 566–574, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.41

• thermodynamically controlled stereoselectivity as compared to the parent Belokon complex. Additionally, functionalization with the tert-butyl group significantly enhances the reactivity of the deprotonated glycine complex towards electrophiles as compared to the anionic species formed from the original Belokon

• base chiral template is a fairly versatile “tool” that can be adapted to a specific task. A relatively new approach to functionalization of amino acids is a combination of a stereoselective synthesis in a metal-coordination environment with electrochemical activation [31]. It increases the reactivity

• oxidative stability. The reactivity of the glycine and dehydroalanine complexes in the nucleophilic functionalization of amino acids was compared to the corresponding derivatives of the parent ligand L1. The results clearly demonstrated the advantages of the new complexes as stereocontrolling templates

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

• review has been divided according to the metal used in the reaction. An overview of the substrate scope, reaction conditions, and their potential applications in organic synthesis is discussed. A comprehensive outlook on the reactivity paradigms of homo- and heterobicyclic alkenes is discussed and should

• other π systems or can be intercepted by an electrophile. The introduction of a bridging heteroatom into the bicyclic scaffold can dramatically alter the reactivity (Figure 2c). Besides the apparent increase in the ring strain (vide supra), their potential propagation steps are more complex. After an

• identical reactivity when exploring the Pd- and Ni-catalyzed asymmetric reductive ring opening of heterobicyclic alkenes, ultimately generating the bicyclic product 7 (Scheme 1) [32]. In 2003, the Cheng laboratory continued studying Ni-catalyzed routes towards coumarin cores through the Ni-catalyzed ring

Computational studies of Brønsted acid-catalyzed transannular cycloadditions of cycloalkenone hydrazones

• Manuel Pedrón,
• Jana Sendra,
• Irene Ginés,
• Tomás Tejero,
• Jose L. Vicario and
• Pedro Merino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 477–486, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.37

• (series g–k) with the aim of explaining the observed lack of reactivity and predicting new reactive substrates. For that purpose, we applied the Houk's distortion model [30] to nonsymmetrically tethered systems and extended the model to estimate the mutual influence of the two different tethers. We have

• the reagent the higher is the barrier (for similar transition-state energies) justifying the observed reactivity. Only the two systems (a and b) with lower values of the integration parameter have barriers compatible with observed reactions upon heating, the rest presenting too high barriers to allow

• the reaction. To investigate further the origin of the observed lack of reactivity for medium- and long-size tethers we applied the Houk’s distortion model [30] to our substrates using the modified model [9] that allows the analysis of intramolecular reactions. According to that modified model, the

Transition-metal-catalyzed C–H bond activation as a sustainable strategy for the synthesis of fluorinated molecules: an overview

• Louis Monsigny,
• Floriane Doche and
• Tatiana Besset

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 448–473, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.35

• trifluoromethylthiolation persist. In particular, the functionalization of a C(sp3)–H bond with a trifluoromethylthiolated moiety by transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation remains a challenging task both in terms of reactivity and selectivity. In 2015, Besset reported the first C(sp3)–SCF3 bond formation of unactivated

Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis

• Dominic R. Willcox and
• Stephen P. Thomas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28

• reactivity to be rendered catalytic, and exhibit catalysis outwith Lewis acid-type activation. These exchange reactions have allowed redox-neutral catalysis complementary to and beyond the redox catalysis of the transition metals. Boron, aluminium, gallium, and indium have all been demonstrated in catalytic

• transformations using group 13 exchange from alkene functionalisation to carbonyl reduction. The subtle differences in reactivity of the group 13 catalysts were used to enable unique catalytic reactivity and/or reaction chemo- or stereoselectivity, including cases where the stoichiometric reaction was rendered

• catalytic and, more significantly, where no stoichiometric precedent was known. Group 13 exchange reactions being the driver for new chemical reactivity and unique molecular disconnections. This is not to say that all stoichiometric group 13 reactions have been rendered catalytic, or all new reactivity

Synthesis and reactivity of azole-based iodazinium salts

• Thomas J. Kuczmera,
• Annalena Dietz,
• Andreas Boelke and
• Boris J. Nachtsheim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 317–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.27

• highly versatile, and a wide range of applications is meanwhile established in organic synthesis [1][2][3][4][5]. They can be applied as mild oxidants [6][7][8], in phenol dearomatizations [9] or in α-oxygenation reactions [10]. In a complemental reactivity, diaryliodonium salts are potent electrophilic

• reactivity and utility in XB catalysis. We also established one-pot methods for generating six-membered carbon-, oxygen-, and nitrogen-bridged iodonium salts, such as the iodazinium triflate 3 [32][33]. Based on these promising findings, we further wanted to elaborate this chemistry and herein we present the

• significantly decreased reactivity. Thus, for those substrates, harsher reaction conditions were required. A slight adaption of the original conditions to elevated temperatures (65 °C) and prolonged reaction times of 14 d finally resulted in the formation of product 5ah in 52% yield using DCM as the solvent

Continuous flow synthesis of 6-monoamino-6-monodeoxy-β-cyclodextrin

• János Máté Orosz,
• Dóra Ujj,
• Petr Kasal,
• Gábor Benkovics and
• Erika Bálint

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 294–302, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.25

• most cases, the preparation of these compounds is based on the use of a limited amount of the reagent. However, due to the very similar reactivity of hydroxy groups, oversubstitution cannot be avoided during the reaction, thus chromatography or crystallization steps are essential for the preparation of

Strategies to access the [5-8] bicyclic core encountered in the sesquiterpene, diterpene and sesterterpene series

• Cécile Alleman,
• Charlène Gadais,
• Laurent Legentil and
• François-Hugues Porée

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 245–281, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.23

• found multiple applications in natural product synthesis [65]. Employed in C–C bond-formation reactions, this single-electron reducing agent has been particularly useful for five- to eight-membered ring cyclizations [65]. Its tunable reactivity opens access to both radical and anionic processes, hence

• favoring reactivity with various types of substrates, ranging from halides to carbonyls and alkenes/alkynes. It is comprehensible that this reagent attracted early interest in natural product synthesis and more precisely on medium-sized ring formation. 4.1 SmI2-mediated Barbier-type ring annulation towards

An efficient metal-free and catalyst-free C–S/C–O bond-formation strategy: synthesis of pyrazole-conjugated thioamides and amides

• Shubham Sharma,
• Dharmender Singh,
• Sunit Kumar,
• Vaishali,
• Rahul Jamra,
• Naveen Banyal,
• Deepika,
• Chandi C. Malakar and
• Virender Singh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 231–244, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.22

• reagent for the generation of thioamides owing to its nontoxic, odorless nature and versatile reactivity profile [65][66][67][68][69][70][71][72][73][74][75][76]. To the best of our knowledge, the syntheses of pyrazole C-3/4/5-linked thioamide and amide conjugates have not been reported. Herein, we report

Investigation of cationic ring-opening polymerization of 2-oxazolines in the “green” solvent dihydrolevoglucosenone

• Solomiia Borova and
• Robert Luxenhofer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 217–230, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.21

• (marked with an asterisk), 4.20–4.75 ppm (box d) and 5.16–6.75 ppm (boxes e–g) which cannot be attributed to the desired product poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) (PMeOx). We have already mentioned that MeOTf is a widely used initiator for LCROP 2-oxazolines polymerization. Due to its high reactivity, MeOTf can

• react with 2-oxazoline monomers or solvents well below room temperature, while propagation only proceeds at above 40 °C. The resulting triflate counterion ensures polymerization via the cationic mechanism, but the extremely high reactivity of MeOTf might be an issue when using DLG as the solvent

• . Therefore, we considered the use of the initiator salt, i.e., the product of the stoichiometric reaction of MeOTf and a 2-oxazoline monomer. This would remove the excessive reactivity but retain the benefit of having triflate counterions for cationic polymerization. Accordingly, 2-ethyl-3-methyl-2

An accelerated Rauhut–Currier dimerization enabled the synthesis of (±)-incarvilleatone and anticancer studies

• Tharun K. Kotammagari,
• Sweta Misra,
• Sayantan Paul,
• Sunita Kunte,
• Rajesh G. Gonnade,
• Manas K. Santra and
• Asish K. Bhattacharya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 204–211, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.19

• ) dimerization has some limitations, such as its controlling selectivity for intermolecular reactions in differently activated alkenes, and low reactivity. Han and co-workers [6] addressed the latter one by designing a substrate in which nucleophile functionality is also present in the Michael acceptor to

• intermolecular fashion to form a C–C bond between the two Michael acceptors. This whole process involves two intermolecular conjugate additions, which leads to low reactivity. In case of intramolecular RC reactions, a high reactivity is observed. This is due to one intermolecular and one intramolecular conjugate

• addition reaction involved. The low reactivity of intermolecular RC reactions can be improved by incorporating the nucleophilic functionality within a molecule like I (Scheme 1). This nucleophilic functionality present within the enone system first undergoes an intramolecular conjugate addition and is

Sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed cross coupling of acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones

• Benedikt Kolb,
• Daniela Silva dos Santos,
• Sanja Krause,
• Anna Zens and
• Sabine Laschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 176–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.17

• reactivity and complex synthesis. Based on previous work and own initial results, a new stereospecific sequential hydrozirconation/Pd-catalyzed acylation of enynes with acyl chlorides towards conjugated (2E,4E)-dienones is reported. We investigated a number of substrates with different alkyl and aryl

• ]. Since the early work by Wailes, Schwartz and Buchwald on the Schwartz reagent Cp2Zr(H)Cl and its reactivity towards alkynes, alkenes, and C–X double bonds particularly hydrozirconation has gained much attention [25][26][27][28][29][30]. It has been successfully employed in methodology studies [31][32

Total synthesis of insect sex pheromones: recent improvements based on iron-mediated cross-coupling chemistry

• Eric Gayon,
• Guillaume Lefèvre,
• Olivier Guerret,
• Adrien Tintar and
• Pablo Chourreu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 158–166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.15

• sustainable synthetic procedures involving cheap, non-toxic and efficient additives is also discussed, as well as the mechanistic features guiding the reactivity of such catalytic systems. Keywords: catalysis; cross-coupling; insect pheromones; iron; Introduction Public health issues related to

• -depth mechanistic studies were so far reported regarding the reactivity of the enol phosphate electrophiles (Scheme 3 and Scheme 4, and Table 2, entry 4). Phosphate free anions released at each catalytic cycle could act either as NMP or alkoxides, that is, as ligands to the magnesium cations, or as

• thiolate leaving groups, and stabilize at a molecular level active FeII species. In both cases, a beneficial effect should be observed at a molecular level on the stabilization and/or the reactivity of on-cycle species, given that phosphate electrophiles proved to afford satisfying coupling yields in the

1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures

• Bram Ryckaert,
• Ellen Demeyere,
• Frederick Degroote,
• Hilde Janssens and
• Johan M. Winne

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12

• derivatives thereof at various oxidation states. The selected examples show how the specific heterocyclic reactivity can be harnessed for the controlled synthesis of carbon–carbon bonds. The reactivity is compared to and put into context with more common synthetic building blocks, such as 1,3-dithianes and

• systems, as a wide range of α-halocarbonyl starting materials can be used in this scheme. 2 Reactivity of 1,4-dithiins as pseudo-aryl substrates Based on simple Hückel considerations for cyclic unsaturated hydrocarbons, 1,4-dithiin (3) could be considered as an antiaromatic compound [24]. For heterocycles

• ) may superficially look like a sulfur-substituted acrolein derivative, with a reactive vinylogous thioester moiety, but in fact their reactivity is more akin to that of an arylaldehyde, as shown by the example of the synthesis of Hantzsch ester 20 from a condensation of ammonia with 18 and