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Total syntheses of highly oxidative Ryania diterpenoids facilitated by innovations in synthetic strategies
- Zhi-Qi Cao,
- Jin-Bao Qiao and
- Yu-Ming Zhao
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 2553–2570, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.198
- fragmentation, and face-selective hydroxylation at C3 to yield 109. A final sequence of epoxidation, single-electron reductive cyclization, and ethylene glycol deprotection delivered hemiketal 110, completing the E-ring formation. Finally, selective acetylation of the secondary hydroxy group culminated in the
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Scheme 1: Representative Ryania diterpenoids and their derivatives.
Scheme 2: Deslongchamps’s total synthesis of ryanodol (4).
Scheme 3: Deslongchamps’s total synthesis of 3-epi-ryanodol (5).
Scheme 4: Inoue’s total synthesis of ryanodol (4).
Scheme 5: Inoue’s total synthesis of ryanodine (1) from ryanodol (4).
Scheme 6: Inoue’s total synthesis of cinncassiol A (9), cinncassiol B (7), cinnzeylanol (6), and 3-epi-ryanod...
Scheme 7: Reisman’s total synthesis of (+)-ryanodol (4).
Scheme 8: Reisman’s total synthesis of (+)-ryanodine (1) and (+)-20-deoxyspiganthine (2).
Scheme 9: Micalizio’s formal total synthesis of ryanodol (4).
Scheme 10: Zhao’s total synthesis of garajonone (8).
Scheme 11: Zhao’s formal total synthesis of ryanodol (4) and ryanodine (1).
Enantioselective desymmetrization strategy of prochiral 1,3-diols in natural product synthesis
- Lihua Wei,
- Rui Yang,
- Zhifeng Shi and
- Zhiqiang Ma
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1932–1963, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.151
- enantioselective manner) can be utilized for a series of transformations, including functionalization, chain elongation, ring formation, etc. Therefore, the enantioselective desymmetrization of diols has drawn considerable interest among synthetic chemists. Several comprehensive reviews [14][15][16][17][18] on the
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Scheme 1: General mechanism of a lipase-catalyzed esterification.
Scheme 2: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-xanthorrhizol (4) and (+)-heliannuol D (8).
Scheme 3: Shishido’s synthesis of a) (−)-heliannuol A (15) and b) heliannuol G (20) and heliannuol H (21).
Scheme 4: Deska’s synthesis of hyperione A (30) and ent-hyperione B (31).
Scheme 5: Huang’s synthesis of (+)-brazilin (37).
Scheme 6: Shishido’s synthesis of (−)-heliannuol D (42) and (+)-heliannuol A (43).
Scheme 7: Chênevert’s synthesis of (S)-α-tocotrienol (49).
Scheme 8: Kita’s synthesis of monoester 53.
Scheme 9: Kita’s synthesis of fredericamycin A (60).
Scheme 10: Takabe’s synthesis of (E)-3,7-dimethyl-2-octene-1,8-diol (64).
Scheme 11: Takabe’s synthesis of (18S)-variabilin (70).
Scheme 12: Kawasaki’s synthesis of (S)-Rosaphen (74) and (R)-Rosaphen (75).
Scheme 13: Tokuyama’s synthesis of a) (−)-petrosin (84) and b) (+)-petrosin (86).
Scheme 14: Fukuyama’s synthesis of leustroducsin B (96).
Scheme 15: Nanda’s synthesis of a) fragment 100, b) fragment 106 and c) (−)-rasfonin (109).
Scheme 16: Davies’ synthesis of (+)-pilocarpine (115) and (+)-isopilocarpine (116).
Scheme 17: Ōmura’s synthesis of salinosporamide A (125).
Scheme 18: Kang’s synthesis of ʟ-cladinose (124) and its derivative.
Scheme 19: Kang’s preparation of fragment 139.
Scheme 20: Kang’s synthesis of azithromycin (149).
Scheme 21: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-dysiherbaine (156).
Scheme 22: Kang’s synthesis of (−)-kaitocephalin (166).
Scheme 23: Kang’s synthesis of laidlomycin (180).
Scheme 24: Snyder’s synthesis of arboridinine (190).
Scheme 25: Ma’s synthesis of (+)-alstrostine G (203).
Scheme 26: Trost’s synthesis of (−)-18-epi-peloruside A (215).
Scheme 27: Lindel’s synthesis of (–)-dihydroraputindole (223).
Scheme 28: Iwata’s synthesis of a) (−)-talaromycin B (232) and b) (+)-talaromycin A (235).
Scheme 29: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-vincamajinine (240) and b) (−)-11-methoxy-17-epivincamajine (245).
Scheme 30: Cook’s synthesis of (+)-dehydrovoachalotine (249) and voachalotine (250).
Scheme 31: Cook’s synthesis of a) (−)-12-methoxy-Nb-methylvoachalotine (257) and b) (+)-polyneuridine, macusin...
Scheme 32: Trauner’s synthesis of stephadiamine (273).
Scheme 33: Garg’s synthesis of (–)-ψ-akuammigine (285).
Scheme 34: Ding’s synthesis of (+)-18-benzoyldavisinol (293) and (+)-davisinol (294).
Chiral phosphoric acid-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of helically chiral, planarly chiral and inherently chiral molecules
- Wei Liu and
- Xiaoyu Yang
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1864–1889, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.145
- reaction produced the imine 16a which, upon treatment with Pd(PPh3)2Cl2 and KHMDS, led to furan ring formation and the generation of hetero[7]helicene 17a while maintaining the stereochemical configuration. Through this methodology, a range of elongated [7]- and [8]heterohelicenes 17b–d incorporating both
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Figure 1: General structure of CPAs and selected CPAs with various chiral scaffolds.
Figure 2: Representative elements of molecular chirality.
Scheme 1: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via Fischer indole synthesis.
Scheme 2: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction and oxidative ar...
Scheme 3: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of azahelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction involving 3-viny...
Scheme 4: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of heterohelicenes via sequential Povarov reaction involving 2-v...
Scheme 5: Diverse enantioselective synthesis of hetero[7]helicenes via a CPA-catalyzed double annulation stra...
Scheme 6: CPA-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis of indolohelicenoids through enantioselective cycloaddition and ...
Scheme 7: Kinetic resolution of helical polycyclic phenols via CPA-catalyzed enantioselective aminative dearo...
Scheme 8: Kinetic resolution of azahelicenes via CPA-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation.
Scheme 9: Asymmetric synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed electrophilic aromatic aminat...
Scheme 10: Enantioselective synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed macrocyclization.
Scheme 11: (Dynamic) kinetic resolution of planarly chiral paracyclophanes via CPA-catalyzed asymmetric reduct...
Scheme 12: Kinetic resolution of macrocyclic paracyclophanes through CPA/Bi-catalyzed asymmetric allylation.
Scheme 13: Enantioselective synthesis of planarly chiral macrocycles via CPA-catalyzed coupling of carboxylic ...
Scheme 14: Kinetic resolution of substituted amido[2.2]paracyclophanes via CPA-catalyzed asymmetric electrophi...
Scheme 15: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes via sequential CPA-catalyzed Povarov...
Scheme 16: Asymmetric synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes via CPA-catalyzed aminative desymmetrizati...
Scheme 17: Asymmetric synthesis of chiral heterocalix[4]arenes via CPA-catalyzed intramolecular SNAr reaction.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral DDDs via CPA-catalyzed cyclocondensation.
Scheme 19: Asymmetric synthesis of saddle-shaped inherently chiral 9,10-dihydrotribenzoazocines via CPA-cataly...
Scheme 20: Enantioselective synthesis of inherently chiral saddle-shaped dibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocines via CPA-c...
Scheme 21: Enantioselective synthesis of inherent chiral 7-membered tribenzocycloheptene oximes via CPA-cataly...
Preparation of a furfural-derived enantioenriched vinyloxazoline building block and exploring its reactivity
- Madara Darzina,
- Anna Lielpetere and
- Aigars Jirgensons
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1737–1741, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.136
- methoxymethyl group cleavage, O-to-N rearrangement, and isomerization of the double bond. An oxazoline ring formation in the resulting unsaturated amides provided the corresponding enantioenriched vinyloxazoline. The reactivity of the electron-deficient double bond in the vinyloxazoline was explored in several
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Scheme 1: Proposed approach for the preparation of vinyloxazoline 6.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of furfuryl amino alcohols S-2d and R-2d and their electrochemical oxidation to esters S-...
Scheme 3: Cleavage of the N-Alloc group leading to a mixture of isomers cis-S-5 and trans-S-5.
Scheme 4: Cleavage of the N-Alloc group with PdCl2(S-BINAP) leading to trans-S-5 and trans-R-5.
Scheme 5: Cyclization of amides trans-S-5 and trans-R-5 to oxazolines S-6 and R-6.
Scheme 6: aza-Diels–Alder reaction of vinyloxazoline S-6 with TsNCO.
Scheme 7: The proposed mechanism of product 7 formation.
Oxetanes: formation, reactivity and total syntheses of natural products
- Peter Gabko,
- Martin Kalník and
- Maroš Bella
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1324–1373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.101
- 2016 complemented by a few older works that were deemed powerful and relevant for illustrating a given reaction mode. Chapter 1 covers strategies for the oxetane ring formation including substitutions, cycloadditions, ring-size manipulations and carbene insertions. Chapter 2 details chemical
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Figure 1: Bond lengths and bond angles in oxetane at 140 K [2].
Figure 2: Analogy of 3-substituted oxetanes to carbonyl and gem-dimethyl groups [12].
Figure 3: Use of oxetanes in drug design – selected examples.
Figure 4: Examples of oxetane-containing natural products.
Scheme 1: Synthetic strategies towards construction of the oxetane ring.
Scheme 2: Overview of intramolecular Williamson etherification and competing Grob fragmentation.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of spiro-oxetanes via 1,4-C–H insertion and Williamson etherification.
Scheme 4: Use of phenyl vinyl selenone in the synthesis of spirooxindole oxetanes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of bicyclic 3,5-anhydrofuranoses via double epoxide opening/etherification.
Scheme 6: Preparation of spirooxetanes by cycloisomerisation via MHAT/RPC.
Scheme 7: Oxetane synthesis via alcohol C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: Access to oxetanes 38 from α-acetyloxy iodides.
Scheme 9: The kilogram-scale synthesis of oxetane intermediate 41.
Scheme 10: Overview of the intramolecular opening of 3-membered rings.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 4,7-dioxatricyclo[3.2.1.03,6]octane skeletons.
Scheme 12: Silicon-directed electrophilic cyclisation of homoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 13: Hydrosilylation–iodocyclisation of homopropargylic alcohols.
Scheme 14: Cu-catalysed intramolecular O-vinylation of γ-bromohomoallylic alcohols.
Scheme 15: Cu-catalysed intramolecular cross-coupling of hydroxyvinylstannanes.
Scheme 16: Isomerisation of oxiranyl ethers containing weakly carbanion-stabilising groups.
Scheme 17: Cyclisation of diethyl haloalkoxymalonates.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of oxetanes through a 1,5-HAT/radical recombination sequence.
Scheme 19: General approach to oxetanes via [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of tricyclic 4:4:4 oxetanes through a photochemical triple cascade reaction.
Scheme 21: Iridium-catalysed Paternò–Büchi reaction between α-ketoesters and simple alkenes.
Scheme 22: Three-step synthesis of spirocyclic oxetanes 83 via Paternò–Büchi reaction, nucleophilic ring openi...
Scheme 23: Enantioselective Paternò–Büchi reaction catalysed by a chiral iridium photocatalyst.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of polysubstituted oxetanes 92 via Cu(II)-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of alkylideneoxetanes via NHC- and DBU-mediated formal [2 + 2] cycloadditions.
Scheme 26: Use of sulphur-stabilised carbanions in ring expansions.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of α,α-difluoro(arylthio)methyl oxetanes.
Scheme 28: Ring expansion in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 29: Ring contraction of triflated 2-hydroxy-γ-lactones.
Scheme 30: Ring contraction in an industrial synthesis of PF-06878031.
Scheme 31: Photochemical ring contraction of 2,5-dihydrofurans by aryldiazoacetic acid esters.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 3-oxetanones via O-H insertion of carbenes.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of phosphonate oxetanones via gold-mediated alkyne oxidation/O–H insertion.
Scheme 34: Syntheses and common derivatisations of 3-oxetanone.
Scheme 35: SN1 substitution of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols by thiols and alcohols.
Scheme 36: Fe–Ni dual-catalytic olefin hydroarylation towards 3-alkyl-3-(hetero)aryloxetanes.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 38: Decarboxylative alkylation of 3-aryloxetan-3-carboxylic acids.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 3-amino-3-aryloxetanes via photoredox/nickel cross-coupling catalysis.
Scheme 40: Intermolecular cross-selective [2 + 2] photocycloaddition towards spirooxetanes.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-aryl-3-aminooxetanes via defluorosulphonylative coupling.
Scheme 42: Two-step synthesis of amide bioisosteres via benzotriazolyl Mannich adducts 170.
Scheme 43: Functionalisation of oxetanyl trichloroacetimidates 172.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of oxetane-amino esters 176.
Scheme 45: Tandem Friedel–Crafts alkylation/intramolecular ring opening of 3-aryloxetan-3-ols.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of polysubstituted furans and pyrroles.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of oxazolines and bisoxazolines.
Scheme 48: Tandem, one-pot syntheses of various polycyclic heterocycles.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of 1,2-dihydroquinolines via skeletal reorganisation of oxetanes.
Scheme 50: Synthesis of benzoindolines and 2,3-dihydrobenzofurans and their derivatisations.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of polysubstituted 1,4-dioxanes.
Scheme 52: Preparation of various lactones via ring opening of oxetane-carboxylic acids 219.
Scheme 53: Tsuji-Trost allylation/ring opening of 3-aminooxetanes.
Scheme 54: Arylative skeletal rearrangement of 3-vinyloxetan-3-ols to 2,5-dihydrofurans.
Scheme 55: Reductive opening of oxetanes using catalytic Mg–H species.
Scheme 56: Opening of oxetanes by silyl ketene acetals.
Scheme 57: Rhodium-catalysed hydroacylation of oxetanes.
Scheme 58: Generation of radicals from oxetanes mediated by a vitamin B12-derived cobalt catalyst.
Scheme 59: Reductive opening of oxetanes by B–Si frustrated Lewis pairs.
Scheme 60: Zirconocene-mediated reductive opening of oxetanes.
Scheme 61: Enantioselective syntheses of small and medium-size rings using chiral phosphoric acids.
Scheme 62: Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-dihydrobenzo[b]oxepines catalysed by a chiral scandium complex.
Scheme 63: Enantioselective synthesis of 1,3-bromohydrins under a chiral squaramide catalysis.
Scheme 64: Enantioselective opening of 2-aryl-2-ethynyloxetanes by anilines.
Scheme 65: Ru-catalysed insertion of diazocarbonyls into oxetanes.
Scheme 66: Ring expansion of oxetanes by stabilised carbenes generated under blue light irradiation.
Scheme 67: Expansion of oxetanes via nickel-catalysed insertion of alkynyltrifluoroborates.
Scheme 68: Nickel-catalysed expansion of oxetanes into ε-caprolactones.
Scheme 69: Expansion of oxetanes via cobalt-catalysed carbonyl insertion.
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed intramolecular 1,1-carboalkoxylation of oxetane-ynamides.
Scheme 71: Expansion of oxetanes by stabilised sulphoxonium ylides.
Scheme 72: Cu-catalysed ring expansion of 2-vinyloxetanes by diazoesters.
Scheme 73: Total synthesis of (+)-oxetin.
Scheme 74: Total synthesis of racemic oxetanocin A.
Scheme 75: Total synthesis of (−)-merrilactone A.
Scheme 76: Total synthesis of (+)-dictyoxetane.
Scheme 77: Total synthesis of ent-dichrocephone B.
Scheme 78: Total synthesis of (−)-mitrephorone A.
Scheme 79: Total synthesis of (−)-taxol.
Cu(OTf)2-catalyzed multicomponent reactions
- Sara Colombo,
- Camilla Loro,
- Egle M. Beccalli,
- Gianluigi Broggini and
- Marta Papis
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7
- is plausible to assume as the key step for ring formation an aza-Diels–Alder reaction between the alkyne and the imine generated by dehydration between the aldehyde and aniline. The catalyst promotes the formation of the imine XI, while the high regioselectivity is ascribable to the favored
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Figure 1: Plausible general catalytic activation for ionic or radical mechanisms.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of α-aminonitriles 1.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of β-amino ketone or β-amino ester derivatives 3.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1-(α-aminoalkyl)-2-naphthol derivatives 4.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of thioaminals 5.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of aryl- or amine-containing alkanes 6 and 7.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1-aryl-2-sulfonamidopropanes 8.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of α-substituted propargylamines 10.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of N-propargylcarbamates 11.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of (E)-vinyl sulfones 12.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of o-halo-substituted aryl chalcogenides 13.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of α-aminophosphonates 14.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of unsaturated furanones and pyranones 15–17.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of substituted dihydropyrimidines 18.
Scheme 14: Regioselective synthesis of 1,4-dihydropyridines 20.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of tetrahydropyridines 21.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of furoquinoxalines 22.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 2,4-substituted quinolines 23.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclic ether-fused tetrahydroquinolines 24.
Scheme 19: Practical route for 1,2-dihydroisoquinolines 25.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydroquinazolin-4(1H)-one derivatives 26.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of polysubstituted pyrroles 27.
Scheme 22: Enantioselective synthesis of polysubstituted pyrrolidines 30 directed by the copper complex 29.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of 4,5-dihydropyrazoles 31.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of 2 arylisoindolinones 32.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines 33.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of isoxazole-linked imidazo[1,2-a]azines 35.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 2,3-dihydro-1,2,4-triazoles 36.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of naphthopyrans 37.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of benzo[g]chromene derivatives 38.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of naphthalene annulated 2-aminothiazoles 39, piperazinyl-thiazoloquinolines 40 and thiaz...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of furo[3,4-b]pyrazolo[4,3-f]quinolinones 42.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of spiroindoline-3,4’-pyrano[3,2-b]pyran-4-ones 43.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of N-(α-alkoxy)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 44.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 4-(α-tetrasubstituted)alkyl-1,2,3-triazoles 45.
Recent advances in organocatalytic atroposelective reactions
- Henrich Szabados and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 55–121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.6
- transformed through a series of reactions to a diphenylphosphine group and used as a ligand for Pd-catalyzed reactions. De novo ring formation was utilized in the synthesis of N–N axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles 98 and N-pyrrolylpyrroles 100 with the help of CPA C27 (Scheme 31) [55]. Starting from either
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Scheme 1: Formation of axially chiral styrenes 3 via iminium activation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of axially chiral 2-arylquinolines 6.
Scheme 3: Atroposelective intramolecular (4 + 2) annulation leading to aryl-substituted indolines.
Scheme 4: Atroposelective formation of biaryl via twofold aldol condensation.
Scheme 5: Strategy towards diastereodivergent formation of axially chiral oligonaphthylenes.
Scheme 6: Atroposelective formation of chiral biaryls based on a Michael/Henry domino reaction.
Scheme 7: Organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade followed by oxidative aromatization.
Scheme 8: Atroposelective formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) axially chiral compounds.
Scheme 9: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral styrenes 26.
Scheme 10: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of biaxial chiral pyranones.
Scheme 11: Formation of bridged biaryls with eight-membered lactones.
Scheme 12: The NHC-catalyzed (3 + 2) annulation of urazoles 37 and ynals 36.
Scheme 13: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral 4‑aryl α‑carbolines 41.
Scheme 14: NHC-catalyzed construction of N–N-axially chiral pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 15: NHC-catalyzed oxidative Michael–aldol cascade.
Scheme 16: NHC-catalyzed (4 + 2) annulation for the synthesis of benzothiophene-fused biaryls.
Scheme 17: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of N-aryl maleimides.
Scheme 18: NHC-catalyzed deracemization of biaryl hydroxy aldehydes 55a–k into axially chiral benzonitriles 56a...
Scheme 19: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-aryloxyisophthalaldehydes.
Scheme 20: NHC-catalyzed DKR of 2-arylbenzaldehydes 62.
Scheme 21: Atroposelective biaryl amination.
Scheme 22: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective amination of 2-anilinonaphthalenes.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective DKR of naphthylindoles.
Scheme 24: CPA-catalyzed kinetic resolution of binaphthylamines.
Scheme 25: Atroposelective amination of aromatic amines with diazodicarboxylates.
Scheme 26: Atroposelective Friedländer heteroannulation.
Scheme 27: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 4-arylquinolines.
Scheme 28: CPA-catalyzed Friedländer reaction of arylketones with cyclohexanones.
Scheme 29: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective Povarov reaction.
Scheme 30: Atroposelective CPA-catalyzed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 31: Paal–Knorr formation of axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles and N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 32: Atroposelective Paal–Knorr reaction leading to N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 33: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-arylindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 34: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin-8-ylanilines.
Scheme 35: Atroposelective formation of arylindoles.
Scheme 36: CPA-catalyzed arylation of naphthoquinones with indolizines.
Scheme 37: Atroposelective reaction of o-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 38: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylquinones.
Scheme 39: CPA-catalyzed axially chiral N-arylquinones.
Scheme 40: Atroposelective additions of bisindoles to isatin-based 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 41: CPA-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral arylindolylindolinones.
Scheme 42: CPA-catalyzed reaction between bisindoles and ninhydrin-derived 3-indoylmethanols.
Scheme 43: Atroposelective reaction of bisindoles and isatin-derived imines.
Scheme 44: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral bisindoles.
Scheme 45: Atroposelective reaction of 2-naphthols with alkynylhydroxyisoindolinones.
Scheme 46: CPA-catalyzed reaction of indolylnaphthols with propargylic alcohols.
Scheme 47: Atroposelective formation of indolylpyrroloindoles.
Scheme 48: Atroposelective reaction of indolylnaphthalenes with alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols to alkynyl-2-naphthols and 2-naphthylamines.
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral aryl-alkene-indoles.
Scheme 51: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral styrenes.
Scheme 52: Atroposelective formation of alkenylindoles.
Scheme 53: Atroposelective formation of axially chiral arylquinolines.
Scheme 54: Atroposelective (3 + 2) cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes.
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)quinolines.
Scheme 56: Atroposelective cyclization of 3-(arylethynyl)-1H-indoles.
Scheme 57: Atroposelective three-component heteroannulation.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed formation of arylbenzimidazols.
Scheme 59: CPA-catalyzed reaction of N-naphthylglycine esters with nitrosobenzenes.
Scheme 60: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles.
Scheme 61: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylbenzoindoles.
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrrolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 63: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols and indoles to nitronaphthalenes.
Scheme 64: Atroposelective reaction of heterobiaryl aldehydes and aminobenzamides.
Scheme 65: Atroposelective cyclization forming N-arylquinolones.
Scheme 66: Atroposelective formation of 9H-carbazol-9-ylnaphthalenes and 1H-indol-1-ylnaphthalene.
Scheme 67: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrazolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 68: Atroposelective addition of diazodicarboxamides to azaborinephenols.
Scheme 69: Catalytic formation of axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 70: Atroposelective coupling of 1-azonaphthalenes with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 71: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oxindole-based styrenes.
Scheme 72: Atroposelective electrophilic bromination of aminonaphthoquinones.
Scheme 73: Atroposelective bromination of dienes.
Scheme 74: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 5-arylpyrimidines.
Scheme 75: Atroposelective hydrolysis of biaryloxazepines.
Scheme 76: Atroposelective opening of dinaphthosiloles.
Scheme 77: Atroposelective reduction of naphthylenals.
Scheme 78: Atroposelective allylic substitution with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 79: Atroposelective allylic alkylation with phosphinamides.
Scheme 80: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aminopyrroles.
Scheme 81: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aromatic sulfinamides.
Scheme 82: Atroposelective sulfonylation of naphthylynones.
Scheme 83: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl-2-naphthols with 5H-oxazolones.
Scheme 84: Formation of axially chiral styrenes via sulfonylative opening of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 85: Atroposelective organo-photocatalyzed sulfonylation of alkynyl-2-naphthols.
Scheme 86: Thiourea-catalyzed atroposelective cyclization of alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 87: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral naphthylisothiazoles.
Scheme 88: Atroposelective iodo-cyclization catalyzed by squaramide C69.
Scheme 89: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oligoarenes.
Scheme 90: Atroposelective ring-opening of cyclic N-sulfonylamides.
Scheme 91: Thiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of naphthylpyrroles.
Scheme 92: Atroposelective ring-opening of arylindole lactams.
Scheme 93: Atroposelective reaction of 1-naphthyl-2-tetralones and diarylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 94: Atroposelective reaction of iminoquinones with indoles.
Scheme 95: Kinetic resolution of binaphthylalcohols.
Scheme 96: DKR of hydroxynaphthylamides.
Scheme 97: Atroposelective N-alkylation with phase-transfer catalyst C75.
Scheme 98: Atroposelective allylic substitution via kinetic resolution of biarylsulfonamides.
Scheme 99: Atroposelective bromo-functionalization of alkynylarenes.
Scheme 100: Sulfenylation-induced atroposelective cyclization.
Scheme 101: Atroposelective O-sulfonylation of isochromenone-indoles.
Scheme 102: NHC-catalyzed atroposelective N-acylation of anilines.
Scheme 103: Peptide-catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening of lactones.
Scheme 104: Peptide-catalyzed coupling of 2-naphthols with quinones.
Scheme 105: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoroarenes.
Synthesis of tricarbonylated propargylamine and conversion to 2,5-disubstituted oxazole-4-carboxylates
- Kento Iwai,
- Akari Hikasa,
- Kotaro Yoshioka,
- Shinki Tani,
- Kazuto Umezu and
- Nagatoshi Nishiwaki
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2827–2833, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.238
- -butoxide was observed, suggesting that lithium ions activate for the ring closure. Under the conditions in Table 3, entry 3, adduct 4 underwent ring formation. This reaction was not influenced by the bulkiness of the substituent on the alkynyl group, yielding the corresponding oxazoles 5b–d (Table 3
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of polyfunctionalized methane derivatives through successive nucleophilic additions to th...
Scheme 2: Cyclization of 4a quenched by D2O.
Scheme 3: Plausible mechanisms for the ring closure of 4.
Scheme 4: Hydration of the ethynyl group of 4a.
5th International Symposium on Synthesis and Catalysis (ISySyCat2023)
- Anthony J. Burke and
- Elisabete P. Carreiro
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2704–2707, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.227
- imidazolium ring formation. The resulting carbene was metalated at the C2 position with Au(I), Cu(I), and Ir(I), obtaining an L-shaped NHC ligand scaffold. Līpiņš et al. introduced a new method for synthesizing 4-azido-6,7-dimethoxy-2-alkyl/arylsulfonylquinazolines, which are key intermediates in the
Heterocycle-guided synthesis of m-hetarylanilines via three-component benzannulation
- Andrey R. Galeev,
- Maksim V. Dmitriev,
- Alexander S. Novikov and
- Andrey N. Maslivets
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2208–2216, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.188
- ring formation via benzannulative inter- or intramolecular condensation of acyclic precursors [27][32][33][34][35][36][37]. Within the latter strategy, [3 + 3] condensations are gaining much attention due to the availability of starting materials and the straightforward installation of the aryl(hetaryl
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: The meta-hetarylaniline motif in bioactive molecules.
Scheme 1: Strategies to access meta-substituted anilines.
Figure 2: The model series of synthesized 1,3-diketones and corresponding calculated Hammett constants of het...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of meta-substituted anilines from 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl substituted 1,3-diketone 1a. Condi...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of meta-substituted anilines from 1,3,4-oxadiazol-substituted 1,3-diketone 1b. Conditions...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of meta-substituted anilines from benzothiazol-2-yl and oxazol-2-yl-substituted 1,3-diket...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of meta-substituted aniline from isoxazol-3-yl-substituted 1,3-diketone 1e. Conditions B: ...
Figure 3: Scope of functionalized amines in three-component condensation. Conditions A: 1a,b,h,i (0.2–0.5 mmo...
Scheme 6: Proposed mechanism for the formation of meta-substituted anilines 3 via three-component benzannulat...
Multicomponent syntheses of pyrazoles via (3 + 2)-cyclocondensation and (3 + 2)-cycloaddition key steps
- Ignaz Betcke,
- Alissa C. Götzinger,
- Maryna M. Kornet and
- Thomas J. J. Müller
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2024–2077, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.178
- base in the Knoevenagel reaction and as a component for ring formation. Cyclization is completely regioselective when arylhydrazines are used; with methylhydrazine, the ratio is greater than 10:1. In addition to malononitrile, derivatives with reduced nucleophilicity (X = CO2R) are also tolerated in
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 1 via in situ-formed 1,3-diketones 2 [44].
Scheme 2: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-ethoxycarbonylpyrazoles 5 via SmCl3-catalyzed acylation ...
Scheme 3: Consecutive four-component synthesis of 1-(thiazol-2-yl)pyrazole-3-carboxylates 8 [51].
Scheme 4: Three-component synthesis of thiazolylpyrazoles 17 via in situ formation of acetoacetylcoumarins 18 ...
Scheme 5: Consecutive pseudo-four-component and four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 21 from sodium acetylac...
Scheme 6: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1-substituted pyrazoles 24 from boronic acids, di(Boc)diim...
Scheme 7: Consecutive three-component synthesis of N-arylpyrazoles 25 via in situ formation of aryl-di(Boc)hy...
Scheme 8: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,4-substituted pyrazoles 27 and 28 from methylhydrazine...
Scheme 9: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-allylpyrazoles 32 via oxidative allylation of 1,3-dicarb...
Scheme 10: Pseudo-five-component synthesis of tris(pyrazolyl)methanes 35 [61].
Scheme 11: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 5-(indol-3-yl)pyrazoles 39 from 1,3,5-triketones 38 [64].
Scheme 12: Three-component synthesis of thiazolylpyrazoles 43 [65].
Scheme 13: Three-component synthesis of triazolo[3,4-b]-1,3,4-thiadiazin-3-yl substituted 5-aminopyrazoles 47 [67]....
Scheme 14: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-aminopyrazoles 49 via formation of β-oxothioamides 50 [68].
Scheme 15: Synthesis of 3,4-biarylpyrazoles 52 from aryl halides, α-bromocinnamaldehyde, and tosylhydrazine vi...
Scheme 16: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,4-substituted pyrazoles 57 from iodochromones 55 by Suzu...
Scheme 17: Pseudo-four-component synthesis of pyrazolyl-2-pyrazolines 59 by ring opening/ring closing cyclocon...
Scheme 18: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 61 [77].
Scheme 19: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 62 from malononitrile, aldehydes, and hydrazines [78-90].
Scheme 20: Four-component synthesis of pyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles 63 [91].
Scheme 21: Three-component synthesis of persubstituted pyrazoles 65 from aldehydes, β-ketoesters, and hydrazin...
Scheme 22: Three-component synthesis of pyrazol-4-carbodithioates 67 [100].
Scheme 23: Regioselective three-component synthesis of persubstituted pyrazoles 68 catalyzed by ionic liquid [...
Scheme 24: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 4-halopyrazoles 69 and anellated pyrazoles 70 [102].
Scheme 25: Three-component synthesis of 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl pyrazole-5-carboxylates 72 [103].
Scheme 26: Synthesis of pyrazoles 75 in a one-pot process via carbonylative Heck coupling and subsequent cycli...
Scheme 27: Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of 1,3-substituted pyrazoles 76 [105].
Scheme 28: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of bis(pyrazolyl)methanes 78 by ring opening-ring closing cyclocon...
Scheme 29: Three-component synthesis of 1,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 80 [107].
Scheme 30: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-bis(fluoroalkyl)pyrazoles 83 [111].
Scheme 31: Consecutive three-component synthesis of difluoromethanesulfonyl-functionalized pyrazole 88 [114].
Scheme 32: Consecutive three-component synthesis of perfluoroalkyl-substituted fluoropyrazoles 91 [115].
Scheme 33: Regioselective consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 93 [116].
Scheme 34: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 96 mediated by trimethyl phosphite [117].
Scheme 35: One-pot synthesis of pyrazoles 99 via Liebeskind–Srogl cross-coupling/cyclocondensation [118].
Scheme 36: Synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 101 via domino condensation/Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling ...
Scheme 37: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-trisubstituted pyrazoles 102 and 103 by Sonogashira ...
Scheme 38: Polymer analogous consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazole-based polymers 107 [132].
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 108 by sequentially Pd-catalyzed Kumada–Sonogashira cycloc...
Scheme 40: Consecutive four-step one-pot synthesis of 1,3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 110 [137].
Scheme 41: Four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 113, 115, and 117 via Sonogashira coupling and subsequent Suz...
Scheme 42: Consecutive four- or five-component synthesis for the preparation of 4-pyrazoly-1,2,3-triazoles 119...
Scheme 43: Four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 121 via alkynone formation by carbonylative Pd-catalyzed coup...
Scheme 44: Preparation of 3-azulenyl pyrazoles 124 by glyoxylation, decarbonylative Sonogashira coupling, and ...
Scheme 45: Four-component synthesis of a 3-indoloylpyrazole 128 [147].
Scheme 46: Two-step synthesis of 5-acylpyrazoles 132 via glyoxylation-Stephen–Castro sequence and subsequent c...
Scheme 47: Copper on iron mediated consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-substituted pyrazoles 136 [150].
Scheme 48: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3-substituted pyrazoles 141 by Sonogashira coupling and su...
Scheme 49: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 143 initiated by Cu(I)-catalyzed carboxylation o...
Scheme 50: Consecutive three-component synthesis of benzamide-substituted pyrazoles 146 starting from N-phthal...
Scheme 51: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 148 [156].
Scheme 52: Three-component synthesis of 4-ninhydrin-substituted pyrazoles 151 [158].
Scheme 53: Consecutive four-component synthesis of 4-(oxoindol)-1-phenylpyrazole-3-carboxylates 155 [159].
Scheme 54: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 160 [160].
Scheme 55: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 165 [162].
Scheme 56: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3,5-disubstituted and 3-substituted pyrazoles 168 and 169 ...
Scheme 57: Three-component synthesis of 3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 171 via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of vinyl...
Scheme 58: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 173 and 174 from aldehydes, tosylhydrazine, and vinylidene c...
Scheme 59: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 175 from glyoxyl hydrates, tosylhydrazine, and electron-defi...
Scheme 60: Pseudo-four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 177 from glyoxyl hydrates, tosylhydrazine, and aldehyd...
Scheme 61: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 179 via Knoevenagel-cycloaddition sequence [179].
Scheme 62: Three-component synthesis of 5-dimethylphosphonate substituted pyrazoles 182 from aldehydes, the Be...
Scheme 63: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 185 from al...
Scheme 64: Three-component synthesis of 5-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 187 from aldehydes, the...
Scheme 65: Three-component synthesis of 5-diethylphosphonate/5-phenylsulfonyl substituted pyrazoles 189 from a...
Scheme 66: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 3-(dimethyl phosphonate)-substituted pyrazoles 190 [185].
Scheme 67: Three-component synthesis of 3-trifluoromethylpyrazoles 193 [186].
Scheme 68: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 5-stannyl-substituted 4-fluoropyrazole 197 [191,192].
Scheme 69: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 3,5-diacyl-4-arylpyrazoles 199 [195].
Scheme 70: Three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 204 via nitrilimines [196].
Scheme 71: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 206 via formation of nitrilimines and sali...
Scheme 72: Pseudo four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 209 from acetylene dicarboxylates 147, hydrazonyl chlo...
Scheme 73: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 213 via syndnones 214 [200].
Scheme 74: Consecutive three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 216 via in situ-formed diazomethinimines 217 [201].
Scheme 75: Consecutive three-component synthesis of 3-methylthiopyrazoles 219 from aldehydes, hydrazine, and 1...
Scheme 76: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,5-substituted pyrazoles 220 from aldehydes, hydrazines, and termin...
Scheme 77: Three-component synthesis of 1,3,4,5-substituted pyrazoles 222 from aldehydes, hydrazines, and DMAD ...
Scheme 78: Pseudo three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 224 from sulfonyl hydrazone and benzyl acrylate under...
Scheme 79: Titanium-catalyzed consecutive four-component synthesis of pyrazoles 225 via enamino imines 226 [211]. a...
Scheme 80: Titanium-catalyzed three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 227 via enhydrazino imine complex interme...
Scheme 81: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 229 via Glaser coupling of terminal alkynes and photo...
Scheme 82: Copper(II)acetate-mediated three-component synthesis of pyrazoles 232 [216].
Scheme 83: Copper-catalyzed three-component synthesis of 1,3,4-substituted pyrazole 234 from oxime acetates, a...
Scheme 84: Three-component synthesis of 3-trifluoroethylpyrazoles 239 [218].
Scheme 85: Pseudo-three-component synthesis of 1,4-bisulfonyl-substituted pyrazoles 242 [219].
Scheme 86: Three-component synthesis of 4-hydroxypyrazole 246 [221].
The Groebke–Blackburn–Bienaymé reaction in its maturity: innovation and improvements since its 21st birthday (2019–2023)
- Cristina Martini,
- Muhammad Idham Darussalam Mardjan and
- Andrea Basso
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1839–1879, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.162
- ester) was positioned in the aldehyde precursors 86 (Scheme 28). Various 2-aminothiazoles 87 and tert-butyl isocyanide (5) were reacted with 86 in the presence of Yb(OTf)3, affording 88. Addition of a new aliquot of Yb(OTf)3 (30 mol %) allowed the new ring formation through a 7-exo-trig intramolecular
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Mechanism of the GBB reaction.
Scheme 2: Comparison of the performance of Sc(OTf)3 with some RE(OTf)3 in a model GBB reaction. Conditions: a...
Scheme 3: Comparison of the performance of various Brønsted acid catalysts in the synthesis of GBB adduct 6. ...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of Brønsted acidic ionic liquid catalyst 7. Conditions: a) neat, 60 °C, 24 h; b) TfOH, DC...
Scheme 5: Aryliodonium derivatives as organic catalysts in the GBB reaction. In the box the proposed binding ...
Scheme 6: DNA-encoded GBB reaction in micelles made of amphiphilic polymer 13. Conditions: a) 13 (50 equiv), ...
Scheme 7: GBB reaction catalyzed by cyclodextrin derivative 14. Conditions: a) 14 (1 mol %), water, 100 °C, 4...
Scheme 8: Proposed mode of activation of CALB. a) activation of the substrates; b) activation of the imine; c...
Scheme 9: One-pot GBB reaction–Suzuki coupling with a bifunctional hybrid biocatalyst. Conditions: a) Pd(0)-C...
Scheme 10: GBB reaction employing 5-HMF (23) as carbonyl component. Conditions: a) TFA (20 mol %), EtOH, 60 °C...
Scheme 11: GBB reaction with β-C-glucopyranosyl aldehyde 26. Conditions: a) InCl3 (20 mol %), MeOH, 70 °C, 2–3...
Scheme 12: GBB reaction with diacetylated 5-formyldeoxyuridine 29, followed by deacetylation of GBB adduct 30....
Scheme 13: GBB reaction with glycal aldehydes 32. Conditions: a) HFIP, 25 °C, 2–4 h.
Scheme 14: Vilsmeier–Haack formylation of 6-β-acetoxyvouacapane (34) and subsequent GBB reaction. Conditions: ...
Scheme 15: GBB reaction of 4-formlyl-PCP 37. Conditions: a) HOAc or HClO4, MeOH/DCM (2:3), rt, 3 d.
Scheme 16: GBB reaction with HexT-aldehyde 39. Conditions: a) 39 (20 nmol) and amidine (20 μmol), MeOH, rt, 6 ...
Scheme 17: GBB reaction of 2,4-diaminopirimidine 41. Conditions: a) Sc(OTf)3 (20 mol %), MeCN, 120 °C (MW), 1 ...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of N-edited guanine derivatives from 3,6-diamine-1,2,4-triazin-5-one 44. Conditions: a) S...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of 2-aminoimidazoles 49 by a Mannich-3CR followed by a one-pot intramolecular oxidative a...
Scheme 20: On DNA Suzuki–Miyaura reaction followed by GBB reaction. Conditions: a) CsOH, sSPhos-Pd-G2; b) AcOH...
Scheme 21: One-pot cascade synthesis of 5-iminoimidazoles. Conditions: a) Na2SO4, DMF, 220 °C (MW).
Scheme 22: GBB reaction of 5-amino-1H-imidazole-4-carbonile 57. Conditions: a) HClO4 (5 mol %), MeOH, rt, 24 h....
Scheme 23: One-pot cascade synthesis of indole-imidazo[1,2,a]pyridine hybrids. In blue the structural motif in...
Scheme 24: One-pot cascade synthesis of fused polycyclic indoles 67 or 69 from indole-3-carbaldehyde. Conditio...
Scheme 25: One-pot cascade synthesis of linked- and bridged polycyclic indoles from indole-2-carbaldehyde (70)...
Scheme 26: One-pot cascade synthesis of pentacyclic dihydroisoquinolines (X = N or CH). In blue the structural...
Scheme 27: One-pot stepwise synthesis of imidazopyridine-fused benzodiazepines 85. Conditions: a) p-TsOH (20 m...
Scheme 28: One-pot stepwise synthesis of benzoxazepinium-fused imidazothiazoles 89. Conditions: a) Yb(OTf)3 (2...
Scheme 29: One-pot stepwise synthesis of fused imidazo[4,5,b]pyridines 95. Conditions: a) HClO4, MeOH, rt, ove...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of heterocyclic polymers via the GBB reaction. Conditions: a) p-TsOH, EtOH, 70 °C, 24 h.
Scheme 31: One-pot multicomponent reaction towards the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks via the GBB re...
Scheme 32: One-pot multicomponent reaction towards the synthesis of covalent organic frameworks via the GBB re...
Scheme 33: GBB-like multicomponent reaction towards the synthesis of benzothiazolpyrroles (X = S) and benzoxaz...
Scheme 34: GBB-like multicomponent reaction towards the formation of imidazo[1,2,a]pyridines. Conditions: a) I2...
Scheme 35: Post-functionalization of GBB products via Ugi reaction. Conditions a) HClO4, DMF, rt, 24 h; b) MeO...
Scheme 36: Post-functionalization of GBB products via Click reaction. Conditions: a) solvent-free, 150 °C, 24 ...
Scheme 37: Post-functionalization of GBB products via cascade alkyne–allene isomerization–intramolecular nucle...
Scheme 38: Post-functionalization of GBB products via metal-catalyzed intramolecular N-arylation. In red and b...
Scheme 39: Post-functionalization of GBB products via isocyanide insertion (X = N or CH). Conditions: a) HClO4...
Scheme 40: Post-functionalization of GBB products via intramolecular nucleophilic addition to nitriles. Condit...
Scheme 41: Post-functionalization of GBB products via Pictet–Spengler cyclization. Conditions: a) 4 N HCl/diox...
Scheme 42: Post-functionalization of GBB products via O-alkylation. Conditions: a) TFA (20 mol %), EtOH, 120 °...
Scheme 43: Post-functionalization of GBB products via macrocyclization (X = -CH2CH2O-, -CH2-, -(CH2)4-). Condi...
Figure 1: Antibacterial activity of GBB-Ugi adducts 113 on both Gram-negative and Gram-positive strains.
Scheme 44: GBB multicomponent reaction using trimethoprim as the precursor. Conditions: a) Yb(OTf)3 or Y(OTf)3...
Figure 2: Antibacterial activity of GBB adducts 152 against MRSA and VRE; NA = not available.
Figure 3: Antibacterial activity of GBB adduct 153 against Leishmania amazonensis promastigotes and amastigot...
Figure 4: Antiviral and anticancer evaluation of the GBB adducts 154a and 154b. In vitro antiproliferative ac...
Figure 5: Anticancer activity of the GBB-furoxan hybrids 145b, 145c and 145d determined through antiprolifera...
Scheme 45: Synthesis and anticancer activity of the GBB-gossypol conjugates. Conditions: a) Sc(OTf)3 (10 mol %...
Figure 6: Anticancer activity of polyheterocycles 133a and 136a against human neuroblastoma. Clonogenic assay...
Figure 7: Development of GBB-adducts 158a and 158b as PD-L1 antagonists. HTRF assays were carried out against...
Figure 8: Development of imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines and imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazines as TDP1 inhibitors. The SMM meth...
Figure 9: GBB adducts 164a–c as anticancer through in vitro HDACs inhibition assays. Additional cytotoxic ass...
Figure 10: GBB adducts 165, 166a and 166b as anti-inflammatory agents through HDAC6 inhibition; NA = not avail...
Scheme 46: GBB reaction of triphenylamine 167. Conditions: a) NH4Cl (10 mol %), MeOH, 80 °C (MW), 1 h.
Scheme 47: 1) Modified GBB-3CR. Conditions: a) TMSCN (1.0 equiv), Sc(OTf)3 (0.2 equiv), MeOH, 140 °C (MW), 20 ...
Scheme 48: GBB reaction to assemble imidazo-fused heterocycle dimers 172. Conditions: a) Sc(OTf)3 (20 mol %), ...
Figure 11: Model compounds 173 and 174, used to study the acid/base-triggered reversible fluorescence response...
Discovery of antimicrobial peptides clostrisin and cellulosin from Clostridium: insights into their structures, co-localized biosynthetic gene clusters, and antibiotic activity
- Moisés Alejandro Alejo Hernandez,
- Katia Pamela Villavicencio Sánchez,
- Rosendo Sánchez Morales,
- Karla Georgina Hernández-Magro Gil,
- David Silverio Moreno-Gutiérrez,
- Eddie Guillermo Sanchez-Rueda,
- Yanet Teresa-Cruz,
- Brian Choi,
- Armando Hernández Garcia,
- Alba Romero-Rodríguez,
- Oscar Juárez,
- Siseth Martínez-Caballero,
- Mario Figueroa and
- Corina-Diana Ceapă
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1800–1816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.159
- activity of nisin, a lanthipeptide produced by certain strains of Lactococcus lactis, is dependent on thioether-ring formation [14]. Additional post-translational modifications contributing to their distinct biological activities were identified [15][16]. Intermolecular disulfide bridges were proved to
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Phylogenetic trees of the LanM synthetase amino acid sequences. Unrooted phylogenetic tree of all t...
Figure 2: The phylogenetic tree was built by concatenating 1000 shared clostridial genes (left) between the s...
Figure 3: A. Similarity network created with the ESI web tool with the precursor peptide amino acid sequences...
Figure 4: Mass-spectrometric analysis of purified clostrisin and cellulosin (ESIMS spectra). A1 and A2: CloA2...
Figure 5: Growth curves of the strains with the bacterial activity of the samples. A. Precursor peptide for C...
Figure 6: Atomic force microscopy images (peak force mode) of S. epidermidis MIQ43 incubated with the differe...
Syntheses and medicinal chemistry of spiro heterocyclic steroids
- Laura L. Romero-Hernández,
- Ana Isabel Ahuja-Casarín,
- Penélope Merino-Montiel,
- Sara Montiel-Smith,
- José Luis Vega-Báez and
- Jesús Sandoval-Ramírez
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1713–1745, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.152
- mesylate 1, whose basic treatment promoted the substitution of the mesylate group at C-21 by the 17α-hydroxy group and the oxetane ring formation in a 16% yield (Scheme 1) [10]. Winkler et al. developed the synthesis of alkylated derivatives of 17-spirooxetanosteroids from non-alkylated frameworks (Scheme
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Steroidal spiro heterocycles with remarkable pharmacological activity.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the spirooxetanone 2. a) t-BuOK, THF, rt, 16%.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the 17-spirooxetane derivative 7. a) HC≡C(CH2)2CH2OTBDPS, n-BuLi, THF, BF3·Et2O, −78 °...
Scheme 3: Pd-catalyzed carbonylation of steroidal alkynols to produce α-methylene-β-lactones at C-3 and C-17 ...
Scheme 4: Catalyst-free protocol to obtain functionalized spiro-lactones by an intramolecular C–H insertion. ...
Scheme 5: One-pot procedure from dienamides to spiro-β-lactams. a) 1. Ac2O, DMAP, Et3N, CH2Cl2, 2. malononitr...
Scheme 6: Spiro-γ-lactone 20 afforded from 7α-alkanamidoestrone derivative 17. a) HC≡CCH2OTHP, n-BuLi, THF, –...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the 17-spiro-γ-lactone 23, a key intermediate to obtain spironolactone. a) Ethyl propi...
Scheme 8: Synthetic pathway to obtain 17-spirodihydrofuran-3(2H)-ones from 17-oxosteroids. a) 1-Methoxypropa-...
Scheme 9: One-pot procedure to obtain 17-spiro-2H-furan-3-one compounds. a) NaH, diethyl oxalate, benzene, rt...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 17-spiro-2H-furan-3-one derivatives. a) RCH=NOH, N-chlorosuccinimide/CHCl3, 99%; b) H2...
Scheme 11: Intramolecular condensation of a γ-acetoxy-β-ketoester to synthesize spirofuranone 37. a) (CH3CN)2P...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of spiro 2,5-dihydrofuran derivatives. a) Allyl bromide, DMF, NaH, 0 °C to rt, 93%; b) G-...
Scheme 13: First reported synthesis of C-16 dispiropyrrolidine derivatives. a) Sarcosine, isatin, MeOH, reflux...
Scheme 14: Cycloadducts 47 with antiproliferative activity against human cancer cell lines. a) 1,4-Dioxane–MeO...
Scheme 15: Spiropyrrolidine compounds generated from (E)-16-arylidene steroids and different ylides. a) Acenap...
Scheme 16: 3-Spiropyrrolidines 52a–c obtained from ketones 50a–c. a) p-Toluenesulfonyl hydrazide, MeOH, rt; b)...
Scheme 17: 16-Spiropyrazolines from 16-methylene-13α-estrone derivatives. a) AgOAc, toluene, rt, 78–81%.
Scheme 18: 6-Spiroimidazolines 57 synthesized by a one-pot multicomponent reaction. a) R3-NC, T3P®, DMSO, 70 °...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of spiro-1,3-oxazolines 60, tested as progesterone receptor antagonist agents. a) CF3COCF3...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of spiro-1,3-oxazolidin-2-ones 63 and 66a,b. a) RNH2, EtOH, 70 °C, 70–90%; b) (CCl3O)2CO,...
Scheme 21: Formation of spiro 1,3-oxazolidin-2-one and spiro 2-substituted amino-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazoles from ...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of diastereomeric spiroisoxazolines 74 and 75. a) Ar-C(Cl)=N-OH, DIPEA, toluene, rt, 74 (...
Scheme 23: Spiro 1,3-thiazolidine derivatives 77–79 obtained from 2α-bromo-5α-cholestan-3-one 76. a) 2-aminoet...
Scheme 24: Method for the preparation of derivative 83. a) Benzaldehyde, MeOH, reflux, 77%; b) thioglycolic ac...
Scheme 25: Synthesis of spiro 1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives from steroidal ketones. a) Aniline, EtOH, refl...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of spiro N-aryl-1,3-thiazolidin-4-one derivatives 91 and 92. a) Sulfanilamide, DMF, reflu...
Scheme 27: 1,2,4-Trithiolane dimers 94a–e selectively obtained from carbonyl derivatives. a) LR, CH2Cl2, reflu...
Scheme 28: Spiro 1,2,4-triazolidin-3-ones synthesized from semicarbazones. a) H2O2, CHCl3, 0 °C, 82–85%.
Scheme 29: Steroidal spiro-1,3,4-oxadiazoline 99 obtained in two steps from cholest-5-en-3-one (97). a) NH2NHC...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of spiro-1,3,4-thiadiazoline 101 by cyclization and diacetylation of thiosemicarbazone 100...
Scheme 31: Mono- and bis(1,3,4-thiadiazolines) obtained from estrane and androstane derivatives. a) H2NCSNHNH2...
Scheme 32: Different reaction conditions to synthesize spiro-1,3,2-oxathiaphospholanes 108 and 109.
Scheme 33: Spiro-δ-lactones derived from ADT and epi-ADT as inhibitors of 17β-HSDs. a) CH≡C(CH2)2OTHP, n-BuLi,...
Scheme 34: Spiro-δ-lactams 123a,b obtained in a five-step reaction sequence. a) (R)-(+)-tert-butylsulfinamide,...
Scheme 35: Steroid-coumarin conjugates as fluorescent DHT analogues to study 17-oxidoreductases for androgen m...
Scheme 36: 17-Spiro estradiolmorpholinones 130 bearing two types of molecular diversity. a) ʟ- or ᴅ-amino acid...
Scheme 37: Steroidal spiromorpholinones as inhibitors of enzyme 17β-HSD3. a) Methyl ester of ʟ- or ᴅ-leucine, ...
Scheme 38: Steroidal spiro-morpholin-3-ones achieved by N-alkylation or N-acylation of amino diols 141, follow...
Scheme 39: Straightforward method to synthesize a spiromorpholinone derivative from estrone. a) BnBr, K2CO3, CH...
Scheme 40: Pyrazolo[4,3-e][1,2,4]-triazine derivatives 152–154. a) 4-Aminoantipyrine, EtOH/DMF, reflux, 82%; b...
Scheme 41: One-pot procedure to synthesize spiro-1,3,4-thiadiazine derivatives. a) NH2NHCSCONHR, H2SO4, dioxan...
Scheme 42: 1,2,4-Trioxanes with antimalarial activity. a) 1. O2, methylene blue, CH3CN, 500 W tungsten halogen...
Scheme 43: Tetraoxanes 167 and 168 synthesized from ketones 163, 165 and 166. a) NaOH, iPrOH/H2O, 80 °C, 93%; ...
Scheme 44: 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes bearing a steroidal moiety and a cycloalkane. a) 30% H2O2/CH2Cl2/CH3CN, HCl, rt...
Scheme 45: Spiro-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinanes obtained from estrone derivatives. a) KBH4, MeOH, THF or CH2Cl2; b)...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of steroidal spiro-ε-lactone 183. a) 1. Jones reagent, acetone, 0 °C to rt, 2. ClCOCOCl, ...
Scheme 47: Synthesis of spiro-2,3,4,7-tetrahydrooxepines 185 and 187 derived from mestranol and lynestrenol (38...
Stability trends in carbocation intermediates stemming from germacrene A and hedycaryol
- Naziha Tarannam,
- Prashant Kumar Gupta,
- Shani Zev and
- Dan Thomas Major
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1189–1197, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.101
- the minimum geometries are reported, as no transition states were obtained because the carbocation ring formation is a spontaneous process. Moreover, it is noteworthy that for each cation optimized, we examined several other conformers (specifically rotamers), but these were of higher energy than the
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Biosynthesis of (A) germacrene A and (B) hedycaryol from FPP. Here the abbreviations represent, FPP...
Figure 1: 6-6 and 5-7 bicyclic carbocations formed by protonation and cyclization of germacrene A and hedycar...
Figure 2: Bar plot for the relative free energies of germacrene A and hedycaryol carbocations relative to car...
Figure 3: NCI plot for A (left) and B (right). Blue corresponds to repulsive and yellow represents slightly a...
Figure 4: NCI plots for F and H hedycaryol cations. The C+···OH distances (Å) are shown in black.
Figure 5: Correlation plot relating between the stability of hedycaryols (ΔΔEe) and C+···OH bond distances.
Mild and efficient synthesis and base-promoted rearrangement of novel isoxazolo[4,5-b]pyridines
- Vladislav V. Nikol’skiy,
- Mikhail E. Minyaev,
- Maxim A. Bastrakov and
- Alexey M. Starosotnikov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1069–1075, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.94
- group of compounds 7 should be protected prior to the attempted isoxazole ring formation. Indeed, reactions of 7a–c with ethylene glycol gave dioxolane derivatives 9a–c which were converted into isoxazolo[4,5-b]pyridines 10a–c in high yields under mild conditions (Scheme 4). The obtained result prompted
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Some examples of biologically active isoxazolo[4,5-b]pyridines with antibacterial [8], anticancer [12] and...
Scheme 1: Methods for the synthesis of isoxazolo[4,5-b]pyridines: (A) annulation of an isoxazole fragment to ...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of ethyl 6-R-isoxazolo[4,5-b]pyridine-3-carboxylates 4a–c.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of isonitroso compounds 7.
Scheme 4: Base-promoted cyclization of compounds 7a–c.
Scheme 5: Synthesis and rearrangement of arylhydrazones 12.
Figure 2: Biologically active analogs of compounds 13.
Figure 3: X-ray crystal structures of compounds 12c (top left; the second crystallographically unique molecul...
A laterally-fused N-heterocyclic carbene framework from polysubstituted aminoimidazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium salts
- Andrew D. Gillie,
- Matthew G. Wakeling,
- Bethan L. Greene,
- Louise Male and
- Paul W. Davies
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.54
- -step ynamide annulation and imidazolium ring-formation sequence. Metalation with Au(I), Cu(I) and Ir(I) at the C2 position provides an L-shaped NHC ligand scaffold that has been validated in gold-catalysed alkyne hydration and arylative cyclisation reactions. Keywords: annulation; carbene; gold
- [20][21] that should facilitate access to different groups at the oxazole C-2 position allowing a range of imidazolium-forming cyclisation strategies to be explored. Glorius and co-workers reported the formation of symmetrical NHCs by imidazolium ring formation from bisoxazoline motifs [22] but
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Laterally fused NHC motifs.
Scheme 1: Synthetic studies into the formation of a 3-aminoimdazo[5,1-b]oxazol-6-ium motif based on a gold-ca...
Scheme 2: The synthesis of AImOxAu(I)Cl, AImOxCu(I)Cl, and AImOxIr(CO)2Cl complexes from 6a. The single cryst...
Scheme 3: Use of AImOxAuCl 13 in catalysis. aYields are calculated from the 1H NMR spectra against an interna...
Perspectives on push–pull chromophores derived from click-type [2 + 2] cycloaddition–retroelectrocyclization reactions of electron-rich alkynes and electron-deficient alkenes
- Michio Yamada
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 125–154, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.13
- also performed theoretical calculations, unveiling that the ring-opening step presented a higher energy barrier compared with the ring-formation step, particularly when the DCV compounds lacked aryl substituents. Subsequently, they successfully isolated the corresponding cyclobutene intermediate 13
- yield for the ring-formation process was modest at 5% (see Scheme 16) [121][122]. The macrocycle in 46 was observed to engage with the peptide segment in low-polarity solvents. In contrast, 1H NMR analysis suggested that the macrocycle disengaged from the peptide segment and relocated along the alkyl
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction of an electron-rich alkyne with TCNE or TCNQ. EDG = electron-...
Scheme 2: Reaction pathway for DMA-appended acetylene and TCNEO.
Scheme 3: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between 1 and DCFs.
Scheme 4: Sequential double [2 + 2] CA–RE reactions between 1 and TCNE.
Scheme 5: Divergent chemical transformation pathways of TCBD 6.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 12.
Scheme 7: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction of 1 with 14. TCE = 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane.
Scheme 8: Autocatalytic model proposed by Nielsen et al.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of anthracene-embedded TCBD compound 19.
Scheme 10: Sequence of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between dibenzo-fused cyclooctyne or cyclooctadiyne and TCNE...
Scheme 11: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between the CPP derivatives and TCNE. THF = tetrahydrofuran.
Scheme 12: [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between ethynylfullerenes 31 and TCNE and subsequent thermal rearrangement.
Scheme 13: Pathway of the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction between TCNE and 34, followed by additional skeletal transfor...
Scheme 14: Synthesis scheme for heterocycle 38 from the reaction between TCNE and 1 in water and a surfactant.
Scheme 15: Synthesis scheme of the CDA product 41.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of rotaxanes 44 and 46 via the [2 + 2] CA–RE reaction.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of a CuI bisphenanthroline-based rotaxane 50.
Figure 1: Structures of the chiral push–pull chromophores 51–56.
Figure 2: Structures of the axially chiral TCBD 57 and DCNQ 58 bearing a C60 core.
Figure 3: Structures of the axially chiral SubPc–TCBD–aniline conjugates 59 and 60 and the subporphyrin–TCBD–...
Figure 4: Structures of 63 and the TCBD 64.
Figure 5: Structures of the fluorophore-containing TCBDs 65–67.
Figure 6: Structures of the fluorophore-containing TCBDs 68–72.
Figure 7: Structures of the urea-containing TCBDs 73–75.
Figure 8: Structures of the fullerene–TCBD and DCNQ conjugates 76–79 and their reference compounds 80–83.
Figure 9: Structures of the ZnPc–TCBD–aniline conjugates 84 and 85.
Figure 10: Structures of the ZnP–PCBD and TCBD conjugates 86–88.
Figure 11: Structures of the porphyrin-based donor–acceptor conjugates (89–104).
Figure 12: Structures of the porphyrin–PTZ or DMA conjugates 105–112.
Figure 13: Structures of the BODIPY–Acceptor–TPA or PTZ conjugates 113–116.
Figure 14: Structures of the corrole–TCBD conjugates 117 and 118.
Figure 15: Structure of the dendritic TCBD 119.
Figure 16: Structures of the TCBDs 120–126.
Figure 17: Structures of the precursor 127 and TCBDs 128–130.
Figure 18: Structures of 131–134 utilized for BHJ OSCs.
Unraveling the role of prenyl side-chain interactions in stabilizing the secondary carbocation in the biosynthesis of variexenol B
- Moe Nakano,
- Rintaro Gemma and
- Hajime Sato
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1503–1510, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.107
- possibility of through-space interactions with prenyl side chains using DFT calculations. Our calculations show that (i) the unstable secondary carbocation is stabilized by the cation–π interaction from prenyl side chains, thereby lowering the activation energy, (ii) the four-membered ring formation is
- formation, the C2–C10 bond in IM3a is 1.73 Å long, which is hard to recognize as a single bond. However, it is well consistent with the previously reported hyperconjugation in 4-membered ring formation [7]. Then, the C2–C10 bond became 1.56 Å and the 4-membered ring bond is completed (Figure 3B) when the
- stabilization of the secondary carbocation by the prenyl side chain of the intermediate, (ii) the four-membered ring formation is completed by the bridging reaction, and (iii) the annulation from the exomethylene group is a barrier-free process. To date, when constructing the computational model, we have
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Proposed biosynthetic pathway for variexenol B.
Figure 1: (A) Results of DFT evaluation of the whole pathway of variexenol B without cation–π interaction. (B...
Figure 2: (A) Results of the DFT evaluation of the whole pathway of variexenol B including cation–π interacti...
Figure 3: (A) A representative example of the evolution of key bond lengths in the conversion of path a. (B) ...
Photoredox catalysis enabling decarboxylative radical cyclization of γ,γ-dimethylallyltryptophan (DMAT) derivatives: formal synthesis of 6,7-secoagroclavine
- Alessio Regni,
- Francesca Bartoccini and
- Giovanni Piersanti
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 918–927, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.70
- : 1) it functions as the central intermediate in the biosynthetic pathways leading to numerous prenylated indole alkaloids, such as ergot alkaloids in normal biosynthesis and clavicipitic acid in derailment biosynthesis [68][69][70][71]; and 2) the mechanism of the fundamental central C-ring formation
- -aminoalkyl radicals from free carboxylic acids of 8 and 10 under mild conditions would make the approach even more efficient and more biosimilar; nevertheless, issues regarding the regioselectivity of the ring formation could be raised, since both the 6-exo-trig and 7-endo-trig cyclization are both favorable
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Transformations of DMAT to different classes of ergot alkaloids. (b) and (c) Strategies for the...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of compound 5.
Scheme 2: Photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization of 5.
Figure 2: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of tryptophan derivatives 8 and 10.
Figure 3: Proposed reaction mechanism for photoredox-catalyzed radical decarboxylative cyclization.
Scheme 4: Methylation of 11 and the formal total synthesis of (±)-6,7-secoagroclavine.
Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes
- Ranran Li,
- Di Wang,
- Shengtao Li and
- Peng An
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54
- Gibbs activation energy of enantiomer 53 for the racemization process was determined as 33.0 kcal mol−1 at 298 K. The CPL spectra of M-53 and P-53 showed an emission maximum at 560 nm with glum value of 2.3 × 10−4. Instead of helicene formation in the final Scholl-type ring formation step, Martín and co
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Construction of HBC by Scholl reaction from hexaphenylbenzene.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of nitrogen-doped, seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of π-extended [7]- and [9]helicene containing chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of axis-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based nanoribbons.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of HBC-based multilayer nanographenes.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by “HBC-tetramers”.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of a triskelion-shaped nanographene constructed by four HBCs.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of a three-dimensional nanographene bearing four HBCs.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by five HBC units.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by seven HBC units.
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
- following criteria: position/stage of the key cyclooctane ring formation in the synthesis plan, the selectivity, and the opportunity for late-stage functionalization. Review 1 Metathesis: ring-closing metathesis and related methods The metathesis reaction, first discovered by serendipity in the 1950s, has
- were necessary to give compound 38 as a precursor for the late-stage RCM cyclization. This ring formation was very challenging and necessitated extended optimization. Indeed, during the course of the RCM a dramatic effect of the OH-protecting group on the cyclopentane unit was observed. The presence of
- steric hindrance, alcohol 47 was converted into triene 48 upon dehydration, and further engaged in the RCM reaction. In this case, the use of HG-II catalyst proved to be the best choice to achieve cyclooctene ring formation giving rise to intermediate 49, providing entries for further functionalization
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of terpenes containing a bicyclo[3.6.0]undecane motif.
Figure 2: Commercially available first and second generation Grubbs and Hoveyda–Grubbs catalysts.
Figure 3: Examples of strategies to access the fusicoccan and ophiobolin tricyclic core structure by RCM.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of bicyclic core structure 12 of ophiobolin M (13) and cycloaraneosene (14).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of the core structure 21 of ophiobolins and fusicoccanes.
Scheme 3: Ring-closing metathesis attempts starting from thioester 22.
Scheme 4: Total synthesis of ent-fusicoauritone (28).
Figure 4: General structure of ophiobolins and congeners.
Scheme 5: Total synthesis of (+)-ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 6: Investigation of RCM for the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8). Path A) RCM with TBDPS-protected alcoho...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of the core structure of cotylenin A aglycon, cotylenol (50).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of tricyclic core structure of fusicoccans.
Scheme 9: Total synthesis of (−)-teubrevin G (59).
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the core skeleton 63 of the basmane family.
Scheme 11: Total synthesis of (±)-schindilactone A (68).
Scheme 12: Total synthesis of dactylol (72).
Scheme 13: Ring-closing metathesis for the total synthesis of (±)-asteriscanolide (2).
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the simplified skeleton of pleuromutilin (1).
Scheme 15: Total synthesis of (−)-nitidasin (93) using a ring-closing metathesis to construct the eight-member...
Scheme 16: Total synthesis of (±)-naupliolide (97).
Scheme 17: Synthesis of the A-B ring structure of fusicoccane (101).
Scheme 18: First attempts of TRCM of dienyne substrates.
Scheme 19: TRCM on optimized substrates towards the synthesis of ophiobolin A (8).
Scheme 20: Tandem ring-closing metathesis for the synthesis of variecolin intermediates 114 and 115.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of poitediol (118) using the allylsilane ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 22: Access to scaffold 122 by a NHK coupling reaction.
Scheme 23: Key step to construct the [5-8] bicyclooctanone core of aquatolide (4).
Scheme 24: Initial strategy to access aquatolide (4).
Scheme 25: Synthetic plan to cotylenin A (130).
Scheme 26: [5-8] Bicyclic structure of brachialactone (7) constructed by a Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 27: Influence of the replacement of the allylic alcohol moiety.
Scheme 28: Formation of variecolin intermediate 140 through a SmI2-mediated Barbier-type reaction.
Scheme 29: SmI2-mediated ketyl addition. Pleuromutilin (1) eight-membered ring closure via C5–C14 bond formati...
Scheme 30: SmI2-mediated dialdehyde cyclization cascade of [5-8-6] pleuromutilin scaffold 149.
Scheme 31: A) Modular synthetic route to mutilin and pleuromutilin family members by Herzon’s group. B) Scaffo...
Scheme 32: Photocatalyzed oxidative ring expansion in pleuromutilin (1) total synthesis.
Scheme 33: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (−)-6-epi-ophiobolin N (168).
Scheme 34: Reductive radical cascade cyclization route towards (+)-6-epi-ophiobolin A (173).
Scheme 35: Radical 8-endo-trig-cyclization of a xanthate precursor.
Figure 5: Structural representations of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179) beari...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of the common [5-8-5] tricyclic intermediate of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), an...
Scheme 37: Asymmetric synthesis of hypoestin A (177), albolic acid (178), and ceroplastol II (179).
Figure 6: Scope of the Pauson–Khand reaction.
Scheme 38: Nazarov cyclization revealing the fusicoauritone core structure 192.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of fusicoauritone (28) through Nazarov cyclization.
Scheme 40: (+)-Epoxydictymene (5) synthesis through a Nicholas cyclization followed by a Pauson–Khand reaction...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of aquatolide (4) by a Mukaiyama-type aldolisation.
Scheme 42: Tandem Wolff/Cope rearrangement furnishing the A-B bicyclic moiety 204 of variecolin.
Scheme 43: Asymmetric synthesis of the A-B bicyclic core 205 and 206 of variecolin.
Scheme 44: Formation of [5-8]-fused rings by cyclization under thermal activation.
Scheme 45: Construction of the [5-8-6] tricyclic core structure of variecolin (3) by Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of the [6-4-8-5]-tetracyclic skeleton by palladium-mediated cyclization.
Scheme 47: Access to the [5-8] bicyclic core structure of asteriscanolide (227) through rhodium-catalyzed cycl...
Scheme 48: Total syntheses of asterisca-3(15),6-diene (230) and asteriscanolide (2) with a Rh-catalyzed cycliz...
Scheme 49: Photocyclization of 2-pyridones to access the [5-8-5] backbone of fusicoccanes.
Scheme 50: Total synthesis of (+)-asteriscunolide D (245) and (+)-aquatolide (4) through photocyclization.
Scheme 51: Biocatalysis pathway to construct the [5-8-5] tricyclic scaffold of brassicicenes.
Scheme 52: Influence of the CotB2 mutant over the cyclization’s outcome of GGDP.
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenase-mediated tailoring of triterpenoids and steroids in plants
- Karan Malhotra and
- Jakob Franke
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1289–1310, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.135
- limonoid biosynthesis were recently explored by functional characterisation in heterologous hosts [29][105][106][107]. There, CYP enzymes MaCYP71CD2 and MaCYP71BQ5 from Melia azedarach initiate the ring formation on the side chain of the triterpene precursor tirucalla-7,24-dien-3β-ol (19) in a sequential
- manner. MaCYP71CD2 is a bifunctional CYP that hydroxylates C23 and additionally introduces a C24–C25 epoxide on the side chain of tirucalla-7,24-dien-3β-ol (19), yielding dihydroniloticin (20). MaCYP71BQ5 then oxidises the methyl group C21 to a formyl group, leading to spontaneous hemiacetal ring
- formation in the product melianol (21). It is believed that these transformations are the starting point for formation of the characteristic furan ring of limonoids [29]. Taken together, these case studies not only represent impressive examples how CYPs create chemical complexity in plant triterpenoid and
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Enzyme function of cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYPs). A) Typical net reaction of CYPs, resultin...
Figure 2: Phylogenetic distribution of CYPs acting on triterpenoid and steroid scaffolds (red nodes) compared...
Figure 3: CYPs modifying steroid (A), cucurbitacin steroid (B) and tetracyclic triterpene (C) backbones. Subs...
Figure 4: CYPs modifying pentacyclic 6-6-6-6-6 triterpenes. Substructures in grey indicate regions where majo...
Figure 5: CYPs modifying pentacyclic 6-6-6-6-5 triterpenes (A) and unusual triterpenes (B). Substructures in ...
Figure 6: Recent examples of multifunctional CYPs in triterpenoid and steroid metabolism in plants that insta...
The PIFA-initiated oxidative cyclization of 2-(3-butenyl)quinazolin-4(3H)-ones – an efficient approach to 1-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3-dihydropyrrolo[1,2-a]quinazolin-5(1H)-ones
- Alla I. Vaskevych,
- Nataliia O. Savinchuk,
- Ruslan I. Vaskevych,
- Eduard B. Rusanov,
- Oleksandr O. Grygorenko and
- Mykhailo V. Vovk
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2787–2794, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.189
- (see Scheme 1C) [10]. Appropriately 2-functionalized quinazolinones of type 5 might be good starting materials for the intramolecular cyclization providing the target compounds (see Scheme 1D); however, this approach was rarely used [33][34][35][36], possibly due to low regioselectivity of the ring
- formation at the two competing nucleophilic centers. Results and Discussion In this work, we propose a regioselective approach to the synthesis of 2,3-dihydropyrroloquinazolin-5(1H)-ones 6 functionalized with a hydroxymethyl group by oxidative cyclization of hereto unknown 2-(buten-3-yl)quinazolin-4(3H
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinazoline derivatives – analogs of vasicinone alkaloids and their biological activi...
Scheme 1: Synthetic approaches to 2,3-dihydropyrrolo[1,2-a]quinazolin-5(1H)-one derivatives.
Scheme 2: Plausible mechanism for the formation of 6.
Figure 2: X-ray crystal structure of compound 6f.
Highly stereocontrolled total synthesis of racemic codonopsinol B through isoxazolidine-4,5-diol vinylation
- Lukáš Ďurina,
- Anna Ďurinová,
- František Trejtnar,
- Ľuboš Janotka,
- Lucia Messingerová,
- Jana Doháňošová,
- Ján Moncol and
- Róbert Fischer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2781–2786, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.188
- desired epoxide 5 in an acceptable 70% yield with excellent stereoselectivity as the sole syn isomer (dr > 95:5). It is worth noting that a small quantity of pyridine was added to prevent unwanted acid-catalyzed epoxide hydrolysis [31]. The stereochemistry of 5 was assigned later after pyrrolidine ring
- formation. Since the aqueous tungstic acid-catalyzed hydrogen peroxide epoxidations of monosubstituted allylic alcohols usually proceed in anti (erythro) stereoselective fashion [32], we propose that the high syn selectivity can be attributed to the presence of the unprotected hydroxy group in the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (−)-Codonopsinol B (1) and its N-nor-methyl analogue 2; known inhibition activities against α-gluco...
Scheme 1: Synthetic approach towards (±)-codonopsinol B (1) and its N-nor-methyl analogue 2.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of isoxazolidine-4,5-diol (±)-3. Reagents and conditions: (a) ᴅʟ-proline, CHCl3, rt, 48 h...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of final pyrrolidines (±)-1 and (±)-2. Reagents and conditions: (a) vinyl-MgBr, CeCl3, TH...
Figure 2: Molecular structure of N-Cbz-protected pyrrolidine 12 confirmed by single-crystal X-ray crystallogr...
