Synthetic approaches to bowl-shaped π-conjugated sumanene and its congeners

• Shakeel Alvi and
• Rashid Ali

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2212–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.186

• separable regioisomers were obtained in moderate-to-good overall yields (Scheme 19). In similar fashion, trisubstituted sumanene derivatives were also prepared as shown in Scheme 19. The monochlorosumanene 88 was also reported by Amaya and Hirao in three steps from the sumanene (2) using a classic nitration

Synthesis of 3(2)-phosphonylated thiazolo[3,2-a]oxopyrimidines

• Ksenia I. Kaskevich,
• Anastasia A. Babushkina,
• Vladislav V. Gurzhiy,
• Dmitrij M. Egorov,
• Nataly I. Svintsitskaya and
• Albina V. Dogadina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1947–1954, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.161

• regioselectivity, as the main direction is cyclization through the N1 nitrogen atom with the formation of 3-phosphonylated thiazolo[3,2-a]-7-oxopyrimidines 4a–c and 5-oxo regioisomers 5a–c in a ≈1:0.1–0.3 ratio with yields of 87–91% (Scheme 7). The structure of thiazolopyrimidines 4a–c and 5a–с is difficult to

One-pot and metal-free synthesis of 3-arylated-4-nitrophenols via polyfunctionalized cyclohexanones from β-nitrostyrenes

• Haruyasu Asahara,
• Minami Hiraishi and
• Nagatoshi Nishiwaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1830–1836, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.150

• [8][9]. However, these nitration methods are less effective because the yield of the desired product is reduced by the formation of regioisomers. Although the hydroxylation of 3-arylated-1-fluoro-4-nitrobenzene has also been reported as a related strategy, multistep reactions are necessary for

Pauson–Khand reaction of fluorinated compounds

• Jorge Escorihuela,
• Daniel M. Sedgwick,
• Alberto Llobat,
• Mercedes Medio-Simón,
• Pablo Barrio and
• Santos Fustero

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1662–1682, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.138

• stoichiometric amount of Co2(CO)8. Products 59 were obtained in moderate to excellent yields, as single regioisomers, and 59c as a 1:1 mixture of diastereoisomers. The most striking feature was the unexpected regiochemical outcome of this study; the fluorinated moiety occupied the α-position in the final

• used in this study, namely norbornene and ethylene (Scheme 39). Contrary to the results observed with norbonadiene and ethylene, which both furnished a single regioisomer, the use of norbornene afforded mixtures of regioisomers, although the same α-CF3 isomer was favored in all cases. The

• substituents such as dimethylaminium, trifluoromethyl, and acetyl favored the β-regioisomer (71B). The 4-fluorine substituted diarylalkynes had a very weak EWG effect yielding an equimolar mixture of both regioisomers. The experimental results were confirmed by a DFT study of the NBO charges of the α-alkyne

Rearrangement of o-(pivaloylaminomethyl)benzaldehydes: an experimental and computational study

• Csilla Hargitai,
• Györgyi Koványi-Lax,
• Tamás Nagy,
• Péter Ábrányi-Balogh,
• András Dancsó,
• Gábor Tóth,
• Judit Halász,
• Angéla Pandur,
• Gyula Simig and
• Balázs Volk

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1636–1648, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.136

• crystals from derivative 8a were unsuccessful. It has to be emphasized that theoretically, the formation of four dimer-like regioisomers could be expected from aldehydes 1a–d, each of them as the mixture of two diastereomeric racemates. Although HPLC–MS measurements indeed indicated the presence of

• formation of dimers 5. Rearrangement of aminoaldehydes 1 to regioisomers 2 and formation of dimer-like products 3 and 8. Proposed mechanism of the isomerization of aldehydes 1 via isoindoles 4. Proposed mechanism of the formation of dimer-like products 3a,b. Proposed mechanism for the formation of dimer

The McKenna reaction – avoiding side reactions in phosphonate deprotection

• Katarzyna Justyna,
• Joanna Małolepsza,
• Damian Kusy,
• Waldemar Maniukiewicz and
• Katarzyna M. Błażewska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1436–1446, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.119

• of water (2 equiv) to the reaction mixture with BTMS (12 equiv, Table 1, entry 5) resulted in the complete conversion of substrate 10 into compounds 15–17 within 24 h. In this case, over 60% of the reaction mixture constituted compound 15, while the regioisomers 16 and 17 were formed in comparable

Synthesis of 3-substituted isoxazolidin-4-ols using hydroboration–oxidation reactions of 4,5-unsubstituted 2,3-dihydroisoxazoles

• Lívia Dikošová,
• Júlia Laceková,
• Ondrej Záborský and
• Róbert Fischer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1313–1319, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.112

• charge at C-4. The existence of 4-hydroxy regioisomers was established by comparison of the 1H NMR spectrum of 8a with the already reported values for the known 5-hydroxyisoxazolidine possessing the same substituents at the N2 and C-3 atom [32]. The main differences between both regioisomers can be

Recent applications of porphyrins as photocatalysts in organic synthesis: batch and continuous flow approaches

• Rodrigo Costa e Silva,
• Luely Oliveira da Silva,
• Aloisio de Andrade Bartolomeu,
• Timothy John Brocksom and
• Kleber Thiago de Oliveira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 917–955, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.83

• % yields). Mixtures of regioisomers were obtained when a m-substituted N,N-dimethylaniline was used. The authors have proposed a reductive quenching pathway mechanism for this protocol (Scheme 8). The use of NiTPP as photoreductant was also exploited in the selenylation and thiolation reactions of anilines

Synthesis of organic liquid crystals containing selectively fluorinated cyclopropanes

• Zeguo Fang,
• Nawaf Al-Maharik,
• Peer Kirsch,
• Matthias Bremer,
• Alexandra M. Z. Slawin and
• David O’Hagan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 674–680, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.65

• to generate 13a and 13b as a mixture of regioisomers in a ratio of 4:1. There was no requirement to separate these isomers at this stage. Subsequent addition of potassium tert-butoxide into a mixture of 13a and 13b in dichloromethane (DCM) resulted in an efficient elimination to generate vinyl

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• the pure product TOI1 in 55% yield. The isolated compound was thoroughly characterized by spectroscopic techniques. Having successfully establish reaction conditions for the synthesis of TOI1, we then focused our efforts on the generation of regioisomers TOI2 and TOI3-rev, respectively. Initial

A systematic review on silica-, carbon-, and magnetic materials-supported copper species as efficient heterogeneous nanocatalysts in “click” reactions

• Pezhman Shiri and
• Jasem Aboonajmi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 551–586, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.52

• definition and fails as a real “click” reaction. Although this cyclization reaction requires elevated temperatures and often yields both the 1,4- and 1,5-regioisomers, the Cu or Ru alkyne–azide cycloaddition falls exactly into the above definition [11]. In this respect, the copper-catalyzed cycloaddition

Ultrasonic-assisted unusual four-component synthesis of 7-azolylamino-4,5,6,7-tetrahydroazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines

• Yana I. Sakhno,
• Maryna V. Murlykina,
• Oleksandr I. Zbruyev,
• Anton V. Kozyryev,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Dmytro Sysoiev,
• Vladimir I. Musatov,
• Sergey M. Desenko and
• Valentyn A. Chebanov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 281–289, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.27

• protons at 6.65–7.45 ppm. The spectral data obtained for the tetrahydropyrimidines 4 most likely corresponded to the possible regioisomers A and B (Figure 1). Additional NOESY experiments, in particular for compound 4k, showed the presence of cross-peaks between the CH proton at position 5 with the

Efficient method for propargylation of aldehydes promoted by allenylboron compounds under microwave irradiation

• Jucleiton J. R. Freitas,
• Queila P. S. B. Freitas,
• Silvia R. C. P. Andrade,
• Juliano C. R. Freitas,
• Roberta A. Oliveira and
• Paulo H. Menezes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 168–174, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.19

• method was evaluated using aldehydes containing different functionalities. For example, the use of vanillin, an aldehyde containing the acidic phenol group as substituent, gave the corresponding product 2o in 93% yield in an 82:18 ratio of regioisomers. In the same way, when aldehydes containing an ester

• in parentheses refers to the mixture of propagyl and allenyl regioisomers determined by GC analysis. Synthesis of potassium allenyltrifluoroborate (4). Propargylation of aldehydes using potassium allenyltrifluoroborate (4). Propargylation of 2-naphthaldehyde with allenylboronic acid pinacol ester (1

Functionalization of the imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine ring in α-phosphonoacrylates and α-phosphonopropionates via microwave-assisted Mizoroki–Heck reaction

• Damian Kusy,
• Agata Wojciechowska,
• Joanna Małolepsza and
• Katarzyna M. Błażewska

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 15–21, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.3

• substrates, a mixture of regioisomers, resulting from α- and β-arylation, was formed (see Supporting Information File 1, Figures S16 and S17, S32 and S33) [21]. In case of the reaction with allyl alcohol, the generated products isomerized in situ to give the saturated aldehydes, compounds 12, 21, and 22, a

Regioselectivity of glycosylation reactions of galactose acceptors: an experimental and theoretical study

• Enrique A. Del Vigo,
• Carlos A. Stortz and
• Carla Marino

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2982–2989, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.294

• amounts of carbohydrate-containing molecules. Due to the chemical nature of carbohydrates, with multiple possible linkage positions giving rise to different regioisomers, with two possible anomeric configurations, the chemical synthesis of complex oligosaccharides is difficult and a rather time-consuming

• disaccharides and the yield by integration of the signals corresponding to the anomeric positions or other well-resolved signals. The reaction mixtures were purified by column chromatography in order to obtain the products for characterization, and to confirm the yields of the isolated regioisomers. The

Iodine-mediated hydration of alkynes on keto-functionalized scaffolds: mechanistic insight and the regiospecific hydration of internal alkynes

• Zachary Lee,
• Brandon R. Jones,
• Nyochembeng Nkengbeza,
• Michael Phillips,
• Kayla Valentine,
• Alexis Stewart,
• Brandon Sellers,
• Nicholas Shuber and
• Karelle S. Aiken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2747–2752, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.265

• , internal alkynes results in a mixture of regioisomers [20][23][24]. Moreover, per Baldwin’s rules, with neighboring group participation, a 5-exo-dig (via 13 and 14) or 6-endo-dig pathway (via 16 and 17), or both, are possible outcomes for such alkynes [25]. The 5-exo-dig route would provide 15, while the 6

Emission solvatochromic, solid-state and aggregation-induced emissive α-pyrones and emission-tuneable 1H-pyridines by Michael addition–cyclocondensation sequences

• Natascha Breuer,
• Irina Gruber,
• Christoph Janiak and
• Thomas J. J. Müller

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2684–2703, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.262

• shift to 673 nm (Table 8, entry 7). Most remarkably, the regioisomers 6c and 6e differ quite significantly with respect to their fluorescence quantum yields Φf. While chromophore 6e only emits with an efficiency of 1%, the regioisomer 6c accounts for an extraordinarily high relative quantum yield of 99

• ·10−29 C·m). All α-pyrones 6 fluoresce in the solid state (Figure 8, bottom) and for five selected α-pyrones 6 the emission maxima were determined (Figure 14, Table 9). The fluorescence maximum of unsubstituted α-pyrone 6a lies at 499 nm and the maxima of the monomethoxy-substituted regioisomers 6b

Combining the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction and rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulation for the synthesis of tetrazole-isoquinolone/pyridone hybrids

• Gerardo M. Ojeda,
• Prabhat Ranjan,
• Pavel Fedoseev,
• Lisandra Amable,
• Upendra K. Sharma,
• Daniel G. Rivera and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2447–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.237

• amide, a mixture of the two possible regioisomers of compounds 4k, 4l and 4m was obtained. Fortunately, the major isomers (shown in Scheme 3) could be isolated as pure products corresponding to the less hindered isomer, in which the annulation took place in the para-position of the halogen. When a Me

• ), isocyanide (1.1 equiv) and TMSN3 (1.1 equiv) in EtOH at 100 °C (MW radiation, two cycles of 15 min each). Influence of substituents R and R2 on the reaction outcome. For compounds 4k–m the overall yield in parentheses refers to the mixture of regioisomers. Influence of the alkyne and R1 substituent on the

Recent advances on the transition-metal-catalyzed synthesis of imidazopyridines: an updated coverage

• Gagandeep Kour Reen,
• Ashok Kumar and
• Pratibha Sharma

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1612–1704, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.165

Design of a double-decker coordination cage revisited to make new cages and exemplify ligand isomerism

• Sagarika Samantray,
• Sreenivasulu Bandi and
• Dillip K. Chand

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1129–1140, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.109

• positional isomer or regioisomer of L2) in order to exemplify ligand isomerism. Ligand isomerism includes metal complexes (at least two) having the same molecular formula but are composed of different positional isomers (regioisomers) of the ligand. Positional isomers (regioisomers) of a non-chelating ligand

• , though in small proportions, using ligand L1 but not L2. The ligands L1 and L2 are positional isomers (regioisomers) hence many of their complexes could be rightfully considered under ligand isomerism in coordination complexes. Experimental Synthesis of ligand L1: A mixture of pyridine-3,5-diyldimethanol

• − 4NO3]4+. The ligands (i) L1 and (ii) L2 that are positional isomers (regioisomers). Partial 1H NMR spectra in DMSO-d6 for (i) L1, (ii) [Pd(tmeda)(L1)](NO3)2 (1a) and (iii) a mixture of [Pd(tmeda)(L1)](NO3)2 (1a) and [Pd3(tmeda)3(L1)2](NO3)6 (2a). Partial 1H NMR spectra in DMSO-d6 for (i) L1, (ii) [Pd

New α- and β-cyclodextrin derivatives with cinchona alkaloids used in asymmetric organocatalytic reactions

• Iveta Chena Tichá,
• Simona Hybelbauerová and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 830–839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.80

• disubstituted derivative of cinchona alkaloid–non-methylated CD was developed. The prepared derivative was subsequently tested in an AAA reaction. In contrast to the monosubstituted derivatives, disubstituted CDs should be considered as possible mixtures of regioisomers and pseudoenantiomers [31][32]. Because

An improved synthesis of adefovir and related analogues

• David J. Jones,
• Eileen M. O’Leary and
• Timothy P. O’Sullivan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 801–810, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.77

• -benzyladenine (25) afforded the corresponding N9-regioisomers as the major product as determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy (Scheme 6a,b). The major isomers were then isolated and subsequently converted to phosphonate 6 in order to confirm the degree of regioselectivity. Interestingly, the amidine moiety in 28

Homo- and hetero-difunctionalized β-cyclodextrins: Short direct synthesis in gram scale and analysis of regiochemistry

• Gábor Benkovics,
• Mihály Bálint,
• Éva Fenyvesi,
• Erzsébet Varga,
• Szabolcs Béni,
• Konstantina Yannakopoulou and
• Milo Malanga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 710–720, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.66

• to further transformations is a daunting task due to challenging purification and unambiguous characterization of the obtained regioisomers with similar physicochemical properties. The primary-side homo-difunctionalization of β-CD can lead to three regioisomers, while the hetero-difunctionalization

• the corresponding pure diazido regioisomers. Direct monotosylation of 6-monoazido-β-CD or monoazidation of the single regioisomers 6A,6X-ditosyl-β-CDs afforded hetero-difunctionalized 6A-monoazido-6X-tosyl-β-CDs in significant yields. Overall, the single regioisomers, 6A,6X-ditosyl-, 6A,6X-diazido

• very challenging to prepare due to the fact that in addition to regioisomers, pseudoenantiomers are unavoidably formed that have the same substitution pattern, but mirror-image relationship between the arrangements of substituents [19]. This phenomenon has an amplified effect in applications which are

A simple and effective preparation of quercetin pentamethyl ether from quercetin

• Jin Tatsuzaki,
• Tomohiko Ohwada,
• Yuko Otani,
• Reiko Inagi and
• Tsutomu Ishikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3112–3121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.291

• -consistent reaction field, SCRF) were simulated by using the CPCM method in DMSO as a solvent. The zero-point vibrational energy corrections were done without scaling. Three typical conformers of quercetin (2) were considered (Figure 3). These are the regioisomers with respect to the direction of the OH

Mn-mediated sequential three-component domino Knoevenagel/cyclization/Michael addition/oxidative cyclization reaction towards annulated imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines

• Olga A. Storozhenko,
• Alexey A. Festa,
• Delphine R. Bella Ndoutoume,
• Alexander V. Aksenov,
• Alexey V. Varlamov and
• Leonid G. Voskressensky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3078–3087, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.287

• molecules 8–10, in 60%, 53% and 49% yields, respectively. Such well-known π-nucleophiles as phenols could be used for the reaction, though 3-methoxyphenol and 3,5-dimethoxyphenol gave inseparable mixtures of regioisomers 11a and 11b (NMR, LCMS). The reactions with p-isopropyl- and p-tert-butylphenols gave