Recent advances in the syntheses of anthracene derivatives

• Giovanni S. Baviera and
• Paulo M. Donate

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2028–2050, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.131

• 129b via double iodonium-induced electrophilic cyclization. The terphenyl 130 was converted to the diiododibenzo[a,j]anthracene derivative 132 in two steps comprising cyclization and further treatment of intermediate 131 with sulfuric acid [64]. Watanabe and co-workers investigated the oxidative

• oxidation of 1,3-dienes 159 and aroyl-substituted propiolates 160 (Scheme 36) [70]. Subsequently, the authors performed an intramolecular Friedel-Crafts cyclization of the corresponding derivatives 161 by using concentrated sulfuric acid. The authors noted that the more electron-donating alkyl or methoxy

Breaking paracyclophane: the unexpected formation of non-symmetric disubstituted nitro[2.2]metaparacyclophanes

• Suraj Patel,
• Tyson N. Dais,
• Paul G. Plieger and
• Gareth J. Rowlands

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1518–1526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.109

• oxidation. Treatment with sulfuric acid returned unreacted starting material along with a trace of what is almost certainly, according to mass spectrometry, a bis(sulfonic acid), although with the quantities isolated, we were unable to determine which isomer. Reaction with triflic acid or perchloric acid

• might better to compare the Hammett acidity function, H0, as this is more suitable for concentrated acids. On this scale triflic acid H0 = −14.1, perchloric acid H0 = −13, and sulfuric acid H0 = −12.0 are more similar and might explain why nitration conditions cause rearrangement [67]. Alternatively

Double-headed nucleosides: Synthesis and applications

• Vineet Verma,
• Jyotirmoy Maity,
• Vipin K. Maikhuri,
• Ritika Sharma,
• Himal K. Ganguly and
• Ashok K. Prasad

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1392–1439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.98

• anhydro nucleoside 26 and its transformation into the aminonucleoside 27. The key intermediate nucleoside 27 was then treated with 3-ethoxypropenoyl isocyanate or 3-methoxy-2-methylpropenoyl isocyanate in a mixture of benzene and DMF, followed by acidification with sulfuric acid affording the nucleosides

• and treatment with pyrrolidine in acetonitrile to afford the C-3’-aminonucleoside 58. The reaction of this key intermediate with 3-ethoxypropenoyl isocyanate or 3-methoxy-2-methylpropenoyl isocyanate in a solvent mixture of benzene and DMF, followed by acidification with sulfuric acid produced the

• solution mixture of benzene and DMF, followed by acidification with sulfuric acid produced nucleosides 63 and 64, respectively (Scheme 14) [47]. 1,4-Furanosyl double-headed nucleosides A literature search revealed two different categories of 1,4-furanosyl double-headed nucleosides. In the first category

A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries

• Guido Gambacorta,
• James S. Sharley and
• Ian R. Baxendale

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90

• temperature (26 °C) and reaction time (2 minutes). The cooled solution of 82 in hexane is mixed in flow with sulfuric acid and then heated at 29 °C. After the cyclisation, the stream was quenched with water whilst the temperature was maintained around 45 °C. The hexane was then removed using a countercurrent

Synthetic accesses to biguanide compounds

• Oleksandr Grytsai,
• Cyril Ronco and
• Rachid Benhida

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1001–1040, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.82

• synthesis of biguanides. In 1929, Smith et al. described the first example by the formation of 2-guanidinobenzoxazole [29]. The reaction was performed in the presence of an excess of sulfuric acid in refluxing aqueous ethanol and led to modest yields. Similar conditions with hydrochloric acid were used

• [35] Another example is the cyclocondensation of anthranilic acid with cyanoguanidine which occurs under sulfuric acid conditions via dehydration leading to the corresponding 2-guanidinoquinazolinones (Scheme 13A) [36]. However, performing this reaction in acetonitrile in a closed microwave tube

CF₃-substituted carbocations: underexploited intermediates with great potential in modern synthetic chemistry

• Anthony J. Fernandes,
• Armen Panossian,
• Bastien Michelet,
• Agnès Martin-Mingot,
• Frédéric R. Leroux and
• Sébastien Thibaudeau

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 343–378, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.32

• ethers 41b upon the reaction in a dichloromethane solution of sulfuric acid or triflic acid [60][61]. The authors also reported that indenes 42 could undergo a subsequent Friedel–Crafts alkylation when 41b was reacted in the presence of an external aromatic partner Ar’H in pure triflic acid. Thus, a

Regioselective chemoenzymatic syntheses of ferulate conjugates as chromogenic substrates for feruloyl esterases

• Olga Gherbovet,
• Fernando Ferreira,
• Apolline Clément,
• Mélanie Ragon,
• Julien Durand,
• Sophie Bozonnet,
• Michael J. O'Donohue and
• Régis Fauré

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 325–333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.30

• 0.1% (w/v) orcinol solution containing a sulfuric acid/ethanol/water 3:72.5:22.5, v/v/v mixture, followed by charring. Purification by column chromatography was performed using a Reveleris® flash chromatography automated system (Büchi) equipped with prepacked irregular silica gel 40–63 μm cartridges

Chemical constituents of Chaenomeles sinensis twigs and their biological activity

• Joon Min Cha,
• Dong Hyun Kim,
• Lalita Subedi,
• Zahra Khan,
• Sang Un Choi,
• Sun Yeou Kim and
• Chung Sub Kim

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 3078–3085, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.257

• MeOH extract of C. sinensis, the new compound 1 was isolated guided by the characteristic TLC spot detected under UV light or by heating after spraying anisaldehyde–sulfuric acid. Chaemeloside (1) was obtained as a colorless gum and its molecular formula was determined as C19H30O8 on the basis of the

• spraying anisaldehyde–sulfuric acid. Plant material. Twigs of C. sinensis were collected in Seoul, Republic of Korea in January 2012. A voucher specimen for the plant (SKKU-NPL 1206) was authenticated by Prof. Dr. Kang Ro Lee (Sungkyunkwan University) and stored at the herbarium of the School of Pharmacy

A novel and robust heterogeneous Cu catalyst using modified lignosulfonate as support for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing heterocycles

• Bingbing Lai,
• Meng Ye,
• Ping Liu,
• Minghao Li,
• Rongxian Bai and
• Yanlong Gu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2888–2902, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.238

• decreasing of the catalyst loading (Table 2, entry 6 vs entries 9 and 10). In order to utilize the residual –SO3Na groups in LS-FAS-Cu after immobilization of the Cu species, LS-FAS-Cu were further acidized by sulfuric acid solution (2 M) and denoted as LSA-FAS-Cu. The amount of –SO3H was determined through

A new method for the synthesis of diamantane by hydroisomerization of binor-S on treatment with sulfuric acid

• Rishat I. Aminov and
• Ravil I. Khusnutdinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2534–2539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.205

• of diamond-like hydrocarbons, diamantane, in 65% yield by hydroisomerization of the norbornadiene dimer, endo-endo-heptacyclo[8.4.0.02,12.03,8.04,6.05,9.011,13]tetradecane (binor-S) on treatment with concentrated sulfuric acid (98%). In the presence of H2SO4 of lower concentration (75–80%), the

• reaction stops after the hydrogenation step giving endo-endo-pentacyclo[7.3.1.12,5.18,10.03,7]tetradecane in 68% yield with excellent selectivity (100%). Keywords: binor-S; diamantane; hydroisomerization; sulfuric acid; tetrahydrobinor-S; Introduction Among the highly diverse polycyclic and cage

• of endo-endo-heptacyclo[8.4.0.02,12.03,8.04,6.05,9.011,13]tetradecane (binor-S, 2) on treatment with sulfuric acid (Scheme 2). The reaction selectivity and the yield of diamantane (1) considerably depend on the reaction conditions and the solvent nature. Indeed, at 20–40 °C, hydroizomerization of

Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents

• Paola Vitale,
• Luciana Cicco,
• Ilaria Cellamare,
• Filippo M. Perna,
• Antonio Salomone and
• Vito Capriati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158

• . Analytical thin-layer chromatography (TLC) was carried out on pre-coated 0.25 mm thick plates of Kieselgel 60 F254; visualization was accomplished by UV light (254 nm) or by spraying with a solution of 5% (w/v) ammonium molybdate and 0.2% (w/v) cerium(III) sulfate in 100 mL 17.6% (w/v) aq. sulfuric acid and

Tuneable access to indole, indolone, and cinnoline derivatives from a common 1,4-diketone Michael acceptor

• Dalel El-Marrouki,
• Sabrina Touchet,
• Abderrahmen Abdelli,
• Hédi M’Rabet,
• Mohamed Lotfi Efrit and
• Philippe C. Gros

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1722–1731, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.144

• reaction, using sodium ethoxide in ethanol, followed by the hydrolysis with concentrated sulfuric acid at a low temperature [56], leading to the corresponding new γ-diketones 5a–d in 61–87% yield (Scheme 2). Despite the efficiency of the Nef reaction, the diversity at the R1 position via this synthetic

One-pot synthesis of isosorbide from cellulose or lignocellulosic biomass: a challenge?

• Isaline Bonnin,
• Raphaël Mereau,
• Thierry Tassaing and
• Karine De Oliveira Vigier

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1713–1721, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.143

• to sorbitol. Several homogeneous catalysts were used such as mineral acids, boron phosphate and heteropolyacids (Scheme 2). Palkovits et al. studied the combination of supported noble metal catalysts based on Pt, Pd and Ru with dilute mineral acids such as phosphoric or sulfuric acid for the

• . The authors observed a deactivation of the Ru-catalyst in the presence of substrates containing lignin that was probably due to fouling and poisoning. Moreover, the presence of sulfuric acid could have been modified the Ru/C catalyst. With the increase of strong acid sites on the catalyst surface, the

• surface of the catalyst support leading to an increase of its hydrophilicity. The catalyst treated with a solution of 10 M of sulfuric acid during 3 h was recycled at least for four consecutive runs starting from bagasse pulp. Under optimized conditions (30 mL of aqueous solution of 0.5 M H2SO4; first

Activated carbon as catalyst support: precursors, preparation, modification and characterization

• Melanie Iwanow,
• Tobias Gärtner,
• Volker Sieber and
• Burkhard König

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1188–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.104

• or 3-cyanopyridine with sulfuric acid and subsequent removal of the solvent leads to the desired protic ionic liquids and salts. Carbonization at 1000 °C results in the final carbon materials with high nitrogen content without further modification. The basic components of the protic ionic liquids

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

• esterification reaction using methanol mediated by sulfuric acid under heating conditions to provide the compound in 81% yield. The methyl ester 5 was reduced to aldehyde 6 using DIBAL-H at −78 °C. While TLC analysis revealed complete conversion of the ester to aldehyde, the isolated yield was poor (20%). The

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

• a modified Hummer procedure. Graphite powder, NaNO3, and concentrated sulfuric acid were mixed and vigorously stirred in an ice bath. After converting to a black slurry, KMnO4 was added and then, this was stirred for 4 h. The resulting mixture was diluted with water and stirred at room temperature

Oligomeric ricinoleic acid preparation promoted by an efficient and recoverable Brønsted acidic ionic liquid

• Fei You,
• Xing He,
• Song Gao,
• Hong-Ru Li and
• Liang-Nian He

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 351–361, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.34

• -quality oligomeric ricinoleic acid, the synthetic method has kept on developing. Traditionally, p-toluenesulfonic or sulfuric acid are used as catalysts for the preparation of oligomeric ricinoleic acid. However, the equipment corrosion and the tedious workup process are inevitable, which reduce the

Synthesis of aryl-substituted thieno[3,2-b]thiophene derivatives and their use for N,S-heterotetracene construction

• Nadezhda S. Demina,
• Nikita A. Kazin,
• Nikolay A. Rasputin,
• Roman A. Irgashev and
• Gennady L. Rusinov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2678–2683, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.261

• yields of products 4 because of their partial degradation. Therefore, to neutralize the reaction mixtures, we used one equivalent of sulfuric acid relative to the alkali salt used for saponification. The resulting precipitates were then isolated by filtration, and thoroughly washed with water. As a

Unexpected one-pot formation of the 1H-6a,8a-epiminotricyclopenta[a,c,e][8]annulene system from cyclopentanone, ammonia and dimethyl fumarate. Synthesis of highly strained polycyclic nitroxide and EPR study

• Sergey A. Dobrynin,
• Igor A. Kirilyuk,
• Yuri V. Gatilov,
• Andrey A. Kuzhelev,
• Olesya A. Krumkacheva,
• Matvey V. Fedin,
• Michael K. Bowman and
• Elena G. Bagryanskaya

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2664–2670, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.259

• and ammonium acetate was refluxed in benzene in a Dean–Stark apparatus. The reaction mixture underwent a strong tarring and after standard extraction with aqueous sulfuric acid, the main product 1 was isolated in a low yield (ca. 5%, see Scheme 1). In another experiment a much higher yield was

• solution and then extracted with 5% sulfuric acid. Acidic extracts were basified with Na2CO3 and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was dried with Na2CO3 and the solvent was distilled off in vacuum to give a dark oil, which was purified using column chromatography on silica gel (hexane/ethyl acetate

Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super^® is the showcase

• Alexey Stepanyuk and
• Andreas Kirschning

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2590–2602, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.252

• the glassware with sulfuric acid, a distinctive scent of violets was noted which later was linked to ionone (30) being created in the acidic medium. Thus, the category of synthetic ionone (30) and woody smelling compounds was born in 1893 and investigated further in the following years [10][11][12][13

Chiral terpene auxiliaries V: Synthesis of new chiral γ-hydroxyphosphine oxides derived from α-pinene

• Anna Kmieciak and
• Marek P. Krzemiński

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2493–2499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.242

• sulfuric acid under biphasic conditions. (−)-Isopinocamphone (8) was purified by fractional distillation and isolated in 78% yield. Then, 8 was subjected to an analogous reaction sequence that was used for (+)-verbanone (3), i.e., the synthesis of the enone in the first step followed by its 1,2-reduction

Effect of ring size on photoisomerization properties of stiff stilbene macrocycles

• Sandra Olsson,
• Óscar Benito Pérez,
• Magnus Blom and
• Adolf Gogoll

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2408–2418, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.233

• precoated silica gel 60 F254 plates, visualized with UV light and Hannessian's stain (5% ammonium molybdate, 1% cerium sulfate and 10% sulfuric acid in water). Flash chromatography (CC) was performed over Matrex silica gel (60 Å, 35–70 µm) on a regular column or on a Grace Reveleris X2 Flash chromatography

Mono- and bithiophene-substituted diarylethene photoswitches with emissive open or closed forms

• A. Lennart Schleper,
• Mariano L. Bossi,
• Vladimir N. Belov and
• Stefan W. Hell

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2344–2354, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.227

• good yields by treatment of 3 with elemental iodine and periodic acid in aqueous acetic acid with addition of sulfuric acid, and by treatment of 6 with elemental iodine and periodic acid in concentrated sulfuric acid, respectively. The conditions for monoiodination of 6 have been published recently [5

• ligands. The reaction with pinacolborane (HB(pin)) gave ester 9 in 97% yield [11]. Another ester (10) was synthesized by bromination of 3-thiopheneacetic acid with NBS (applying an ultrasound bath) followed by esterification of the crude product with methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid [12]. Other

Azologization and repurposing of a hetero-stilbene-based kinase inhibitor: towards the design of photoswitchable sirtuin inhibitors

• Christoph W. Grathwol,
• Nathalie Wössner,
• Sören Swyter,
• Adam C. Smith,
• Enrico Tapavicza,
• Robert K. Hofstetter,
• Anja Bodtke,
• Manfred Jung and
• Andreas Link

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2170–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.214

• EtOH and 16 mL water) or vanillin/sulfuric acid (3.0 g vanillin and 0.5 mL H2SO4 in 100 mL EtOH) reagent. Synthesis was additionally monitored using high speed SFC/MS runs performed by a Nexera SFE-SFC/UHPLC switching system (Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan) consisting of a pumping system (one LC

Characterization of two new degradation products of atorvastatin calcium formed upon treatment with strong acids

• Jürgen Krauß,
• Monika Klimt,
• Markus Luber,
• Peter Mayer and
• Franz Bracher

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2085–2091, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.206

• structures of the degradation products. Here we report the identification of two novel degradation products of atorvastatin, which are formed only under drastic acidic conditions. While treatment with conc. sulfuric acid led to a loss of the carboxanilide residue (accompanied by an expectable lactonization

• (see Figure 2 and Supporting Information File 1) disclosed the structure of 6, bearing a novel, bridged tricyclic 1,5-methanopyrrolo[1,2-e][1,5]oxazonin-3-one ring system (Scheme 1). In contrast, submission of atorvastatin calcium trihydrate (1) to concentrated sulfuric acid for two hours at 60 °C

• concentrated sulfuric acid, lactonization/dehydration is accompanied by complete loss of the carboxanilide residue to give pyrrole 7. Complete one-step removal of carboxamide residues from aromatic rings has been observed before in investigations of fragmentations of protonated species in mass spectrometry [21