Inter- and intramolecular enantioselective carbolithiation reactions

• Asier Gómez-SanJuan,
• Nuria Sotomayor and
• Esther Lete

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 313–322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.36

• formation of six-membered rings, though the slow cyclization rate results in racemization. The use of a phenylthio-substituted alkene favors the cyclization, and the faster reaction rate results in an improved optical purity of the indolizidines 35 and 36, though with moderate diastereo- and

• ethers. Formation of six-membered rings: pyrroloisoquinolines. Formation of six-membered rings: tetrahydroquinolines. Acknowledgements We wish to thank the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CTQ2009-07733) and Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UFI11/22, GIU 0946) for their

The chemistry of bisallenes

• Henning Hopf and
• Georgios Markopoulos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1936–1998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.225

Asymmetric Brønsted acid-catalyzed aza-Diels–Alder reaction of cyclic C-acylimines with cyclopentadiene

• Magnus Rueping and
• Sadiya Raja

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1819–1824, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.208

• construction of optically active, nitrogen-containing, six-membered rings, such as tetrahydroquinolines and piperidines. N-heterocycles are found in a wide range of natural products and many biologically active compounds [1][2][3][4]. To date, most aza-asymmetric Diels–Alder reactions have been catalyzed by

Evaluation of a chiral cubane-based Schiff base ligand in asymmetric catalysis reactions

• Kyle F. Biegasiewicz,
• Michelle L. Ingalsbe,
• Jeffrey D. St. Denis,
• James L. Gleason,
• Junming Ho,
• Michelle L. Coote,
• G. Paul Savage and
• Ronny Priefer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1814–1818, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.207

• are well within the required H-bonding length of <3.2 Å [31]. In addition, the C…Cu lengths of 2.85 and 3.03 Å with M06L and B3LYP, respectively, were well within the required 4.0 Å limit [31]. This produces pseudo six-membered rings having a C–H…Cu bond angle of 125.1° or 122.9° with M06L and B3LYP

Highly enantioselective access to cannabinoid-type tricyles by organocatalytic Diels–Alder reactions

• Stefan Bräse,
• Nicole Volz,
• Franziska Gläser and
• Martin Nieger

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1385–1392, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.160

• published total synthesis of Taxol (2) by Nicolaou. Two different [4 + 2]-cycloaddition reactions were applied to set up each of the two six-membered rings of the target molecule [9][10]. As a final example, Dynemicin A (3) should be mentioned, which is an enediyne consisting of a complex heterocyclic

Conformational analysis, stereoelectronic interactions and NMR properties of 2-fluorobicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-7-ols

• Fátima M. P. de Rezende,
• Marilua A. Moreira,
• Rodrigo A. Cormanich and
• Matheus P. Freitas

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1227–1232, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.137

• an interaction. Intramolecular interactions between vicinal F and OH groups have already been investigated in cyclic compounds (including aromatic rings) [4], and the present study extends such analysis to aliphatic compounds capable of forming six-membered rings through hydrogen bonding. Results and

Synthesis of 2,6-disubstituted tetrahydroazulene derivatives

• Zakir Hussain,
• Henning Hopf,
• Khurshid Ayub and
• S. Holger Eichhorn

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 693–698, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.77

• rings are approximately coplanar, but the three- and six-membered rings form an interplanar angle of 78.4(1)°. The atoms of the ester side chain are coplanar and this plane forms a dihedral angle of 78.73(4)° with the central ring. In the crystal, the molecules form hydrogen-bonded dimers across

Efficient gold(I)/silver(I)-cocatalyzed cascade intermolecular N-Michael addition/intramolecular hydroalkylation of unactivated alkenes with α-ketones

• Ya-Ping Xiao,
• Xin-Yuan Liu and
• Chi-Ming Che

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1100–1107, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.126

• ) complexes can efficiently catalyze direct intramolecular hydroalkylation of unactivated alkenes with α-ketones, via the exo-trig cyclization, to build a variety of new five- and six-membered rings [24]. However, all of the substrates examined in this gold(I)-catalyzed reaction were prepared and isolated

Long-range diastereoselectivity in Ugi reactions of 2-substituted dihydrobenzoxazepines

• Luca Banfi,
• Andrea Basso,
• Valentina Cerulli,
• Valeria Rocca and
• Renata Riva

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 976–979, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.109

• proved unambiguously the relative configuration of the major adducts. Some authors have suggested, for six membered rings, a preferential axial attack of the isocyanide [14][16], since it relieves unfavorable steric strain in the forming tetrahedric adduct (Scheme 2). In our case, equatorial attack

Intraannular photoreactions in pseudo-geminally substituted [2.2]paracyclophanes

• Henning Hopf,
• Vitaly Raev and
• Peter G. Jones

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 658–667, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.78

• X-ray analysis (Figure 2). Molecules of 13 and 15 show common structural features. Despite the introduction of the new bridge C17–C24, the form of the original [2.2]paracyclophane is maintained to a considerable extent, with a flattened boat conformation of both six-membered rings (C4,5,7,8 and

• the four-membered rings, the bond lengths C18–23 relax to 1.563(2) and 1.559(2) Å. The interplanar angles between the six-membered rings of the original [2.2]paracyclophane unit are 12.9 and 12.7°. These results clearly show that the photocylization occurs from the conformation in which the two pseudo

Synthesis of chiral cyclohexanes and carbasugars by 6-exo-dig radical cyclisation reactions

• Rajeev K. Shrivastava,
• Elise Maudru,
• Gurdial Singh,
• Richard H. Wightman and
• Keith M. Morgan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2008, 4, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.4.43

• closure of a radical onto an alkyne [14]. In contrast there are fewer reports of the corresponding 6-exo-dig cyclisation to prepare fully functionalised cyclohexanes and carbasugars. The reason for this may be inferred from the observation that the formation of six-membered rings by a radical ring closure

The tert- amino effect in heterocyclic chemistry: Synthesis of new fused pyrazolinoquinolizine and 1,4-oxazinopyrazoline derivatives

• Dipak Prajapati and
• Kalyan Jyoti Borah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2007, 3, No. 43, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-3-43

• ortho-substituted tertiary anilines, especially when ortho-vinyl-substituted anilines have been employed. In general, the ring-closure process leads to five and six membered rings. [9][10][11] Ring closure of ortho-substituted N,N-dialkylaniline derivatives can proceed in three different ways, depending

• third path (c) involved an analogous reaction of methylene groups and atom B which lead to the formation of six-membered rings. The first reaction of this type was reported in 1895 by Pinnow.[12] Most of the early examples of the reaction of compounds with an unsaturated ortho-substituent involve groups

Crystal engineering of analogous and homologous organic compounds: hydrogen bonding patterns in trimethoprim hydrogen phthalate and trimethoprim hydrogen adipate

• Packianathan Thomas Muthiah,
• Savarimuthu Francis,
• Urszula Rychlewska and
• Beata Warżajtis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2006, 2, No. 8, doi:10.1186/1860-5397-2-8

• substituted phenyl and pyrimidine six-membered rings are free to rotate. An arbitrary conformation of this molecule can be described by the torsion angles of the two rings to the frame. We define these torsion angles as C4-C5-C7-C8 and C5-C7-C8-C9, i.e. with respect to one of the rings the other can rotate