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On the photoluminescence in triarylmethyl-centered mono-, di-, and multiradicals
- Daniel Straub,
- Markus Gross,
- Mona E. Arnold,
- Julia Zolg and
- Alexander J. C. Kuehne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 964–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.80
- by the heavy atom effect of iodine, that also allows intersystem crossing (ISC) between triplet states in the matrix and the emissive doublet states of 3I-PTM. Interestingly, functionalization of all three para-positions in TTM with chalcogens in the form of aryloxy- and aryl thioethers leads to
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Figure 1: a) Tris(trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radical and related trityl radicals, b) HDMO, SOMO, LUMO orbit...
Figure 2: Mixed halide tri- and perhalogenated triphenylmethyl radicals: a) Molecular structures of homo- and...
Figure 3: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Chemical structures of X2PyBTM, Py2MTM, and Au-F2...
Figure 4: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Molecular structure of Mes2F2PyBTM, and b) its f...
Figure 5: Carbazole functionalized triarylmethyl radical. a) Chemical structure of Cz-BTM and b) its energy d...
Figure 6: Donor-functionalized triphenylmethyl radicals. Molecular structures of TTM-Cz, DTM-Cz, TTM-3PCz, PT...
Figure 7: Tuning of the donor strength. Functionalization with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing gro...
Figure 8: Tuning of the donor strength, by varying the Cz-derived donor (1–36) on a TTM radical fragment. a) ...
Figure 9: Three-state model and Marcus theory: q is the charge transfer coordinate and G the free energy. Gro...
Figure 10: Dendronized carbazole donors on TTM radicals. a) Molecular structures of G3TTM and G4TTM. b) Photol...
Figure 11: Electronic extension of the Cz donor. a) Molecular structures and optoelectronic properties of TTM-...
Figure 12: Kekulé diradicals: a) hexadeca- and perchlorinated Thiele (TTH, PTH), Chichibabin (TTM-TTM, PTM-PTM...
Figure 13: Non-Kekulé diradicals: perchlorinated Schlenk–Brauns radical (m-PTH), meta-coupled TTM radicals in ...
Figure 14: UV–vis absorption and photoluminescence spectra of a) TTH in solvents of different polarity, b) dir...
Figure 15: Molecular structures of m-4BTH (meta-butylated Thiele hydrocarbon), m-4TTH (meta-trichlorinated Thi...
Figure 16: a) Polystyrene-based TTM-Cz polymer. b) Molecular structure of radical particles with backbone thro...
Figure 17: Molecular structures of polyradicals. a) Molecular structures of p-TBr6Cl3M-F8, p-TBr6Cl3M-acF8 and ...
Figure 18: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Carboxylic acid functionalized monomers...
Figure 19: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Molecular structures of monomers TTMDI, ...
Figure 20: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks m-TPM-Ph-COF, m-PTM-Ph-COF, p-TPH-COF, p-PTH-COF...
Figure 21: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks PTMAc-COF, oxTAMAc-COF, TOTAc-COF, PTMTAz-COF, p...
Origami with small molecules: exploiting the C–F bond as a conformational tool
- Patrick Ryan,
- Ramsha Iftikhar and
- Luke Hunter
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 680–716, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.54
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Figure 1: Fundamental characteristics of the C–F bond.
Figure 2: Incorporation of fluorine at the end of an alkyl chain.
Figure 3: Incorporation of fluorine into the middle of a linear alkyl chain.
Figure 4: Incorporation of fluorine across much, or all, of a linear alkyl chain.
Figure 5: Incorporation of fluorine into cycloalkanes.
Figure 6: Conformational effects of introducing fluorine into an ether (geminal to oxygen).
Figure 7: Conformational effects of introducing fluorine into an ether (vicinal to oxygen).
Figure 8: Effects of introducing fluorine into alcohols (and their derivatives).
Figure 9: Controlling the ring pucker of sugars through fluorination.
Figure 10: Controlling bond rotations outside the sugar ring through fluorination.
Figure 11: Effects of incorporating fluorine into amines.
Figure 12: Effects of incorporating fluorine into amine derivatives, such as amides and sulfonamides.
Figure 13: Effects of incorporating fluorine into organocatalysts.
Figure 14: Effects of incorporating fluorine into carbonyl compounds, focusing on the “carbon side.”
Figure 15: Fluoroproline-containing peptides and proteins.
Figure 16: Further examples of fluorinated linear peptides (besides fluoroprolines). For clarity, sidechains a...
Figure 17: Fluorinated cyclic peptides.
Figure 18: Fluorine-derived conformational control in sulfur-containing compounds.
Synthesis, electrochemical properties, and antioxidant activity of sterically hindered catechols with 1,3,4-oxadiazole, 1,2,4-triazole, thiazole or pyridine fragments
- Daria A. Burmistrova,
- Andrey Galustyan,
- Nadezhda P. Pomortseva,
- Kristina D. Pashaeva,
- Maxim V. Arsenyev,
- Oleg P. Demidov,
- Mikhail A. Kiskin,
- Andrey I. Poddel’sky,
- Nadezhda T. Berberova and
- Ivan V. Smolyaninov
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2378–2391, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.202
- -derivatives of thiazole or pyridine, this process leads to the formation of the corresponding thioethers with a methylene linker. At the same time, thiolated 1,3,4-oxadiazole or 1,2,4-triazole undergo alkylation at the nitrogen atom in the reaction with 3,5-di-tert-butyl-6-methoxymethylcatechol to form the
- : antioxidant activity; catechol thioethers; heterocycles; redox-transformations; thiones; Introduction Synthetic derivatives of polyphenols, in particular catechol (hydroquinone), represent a promising group of pharmacologically active substances [1][2]. Catechol-containing compounds demonstrate
- derivatives are used as ligands in the synthesis of metal complexes (Ni(II), Pd(II), Pt(II), Cu(I), Ag(I) etc.) exhibiting antibacterial and antitumor activity [34]. In most cases, polyfunctional catechol thioethers were obtained by Michael reaction via the interaction of o-, p-benzoquinone and the
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Scheme 1: Synthesis of catechol-containing compounds 1–9.
Figure 1: The X-ray structure of catechol 5 (the thermal ellipsoids of 50% probability). The hydrogen atoms e...
Figure 2: The X-ray structures of catechols 6 (a) and 8 (b) (the thermal ellipsoids of 50% probability). The ...
Figure 3: Fragment of the pack of catechol 5 in crystal (the H-bonds and π–π interactions are shown as dotted...
Figure 4: The interactions in pair of independent molecules A and B of 6 in crystal 6·0.5CH3CN (the H-bonds a...
Figure 5: Fragment of the pack of catechol 8 in crystal (the H-bonds and π–π interactions are shown as dotted...
Scheme 2: Electrochemical transformations of compounds 1–3.
Figure 6: The CV curve of 2 at the potential range from −0.50 to 1.60 V (CH3CN, GC electrode, Ag/AgCl/KCl(sat...
Figure 7: The CV curves of 3 at the potential ranges from –0.5 to 1.2 V (curve 1); from –0.5 to 2.0 V (curve ...
Figure 8: The CV curves of 7 at the potential ranges from –0.5 to 1.3 V (curve 1); from –0.5 to 1.8 V (curve ...
Scheme 3: Proposed mechanism of an electrooxidation of compounds 6–8.
Figure 9: The level of TBARS in rat liver homogenates in vitro, in the presence of compounds 1–9, Trolox, and...
From perfluoroalkyl aryl sulfoxides to ortho thioethers
- Yang Li,
- Guillaume Dagousset,
- Emmanuel Magnier and
- Bruce Pégot
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2108–2113, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.181
- their ability to be engaged in such a rearrangement [4][5]. Upon activation with trifluoromethanesulfonic anhydride and under heating, we showed their transformation to ortho thioethers with a fairly acceptable selectivity towards the pathway of sulfilimine synthesis (Scheme 1b). Following our seminal
- 1h–j proved also efficient for this rearrangement giving rise to the corresponding thioethers 2h–j in good NMR yields and lower isolated yield in the case of the more volatile adduct 2i. Finally, trifluoromethyl selenoxide 1k was tested as a substrate, and the rearranged product was obtained in a low
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Scheme 1: [3,3]-Rearrangement of aryl sulfoxides.
Scheme 2: The scope of aryl perfluoromethyl sulfoxides and a selenoxide.
Scheme 3: The scope of alkyl nitriles.
Synthesis of 4-functionalized pyrazoles via oxidative thio- or selenocyanation mediated by PhICl2 and NH4SCN/KSeCN
- Jialiang Wu,
- Haofeng Shi,
- Xuemin Li,
- Jiaxin He,
- Chen Zhang,
- Fengxia Sun and
- Yunfei Du
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1453–1461, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.128
- thioethers [27]. Likewise, selenocyanates can be used as versatile precursors for the synthesis of a variety of selenium-containing compounds [28][29][30][31][32]. As the S/SeCN-containing organic compounds play an important role in organic and medicinal chemistry, organic chemists have devoted a great deal
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Figure 1: Representative pyrazoles with pharmacological activities and S/Se-containing pharmaceutical molecul...
Scheme 1: Approaches for thio/selenocyanation of the pyrazole skeleton.
Scheme 2: PhICl2/NH4SCN-mediated thiocyanation of pyrazoles. Reaction conditions: under N2 atmosphere, a mixt...
Scheme 3: PhICl2/KSeCN-mediated selenocyanation of pyrazoles. Reaction conditions: under N2 atmosphere, a mix...
Scheme 4: Gram-scale synthesis of compounds 2a and 3a and their derivatization.
Scheme 5: Plausible reaction mechanism.
Manganese-catalyzed C–C and C–N bond formation with alcohols via borrowing hydrogen or hydrogen auto-transfer
- Mohd Farhan Ansari,
- Atul Kumar Maurya,
- Abhishek Kumar and
- Saravanakumar Elangovan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1111–1166, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.98
- methanol was achieved at 100 °C with one equivalent of t-BuOK. In all the cases, the catalytic system selectively yielded mono-N-alkylated and N-methylated products under mild conditions. Noteworthy, high functional group tolerance, such as alkenes, halogens, thioethers, and benzodioxane derivatives was
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Scheme 1: General scheme of the borrowing hydrogen (BH) or hydrogen auto-transfer (HA) methodology.
Scheme 2: General scheme for C–N bond formation. A) Traditional cross-couplings with alkyl or aryl halides. B...
Figure 1: Manganese pre-catalysts used for the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols.
Scheme 3: Manganese(I)-pincer complex Mn1 used for the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols and methanol.
Scheme 4: N-Methylation of amines with methanol using Mn2.
Scheme 5: C–N-Bond formation with amines and methanol using PN3P-Mn complex Mn3 reported by Sortais et al. [36]. a...
Scheme 6: Base-assisted synthesis of amines and imines with Mn4. Reaction assisted by A) t-BuOK and B) t-BuON...
Scheme 7: Coupling of alcohols and hydrazine via the HB approach reported by Milstein et al. [38]. aReaction time...
Scheme 8: Proposed mechanism for the coupling of alcohols and hydrazine catalyzed by Mn5.
Scheme 9: Phosphine-free manganese catalyst for N-alkylation of amines with alcohols reported by Balaraman an...
Scheme 10: N-Alkylation of sulfonamides with alcohols.
Scheme 11: Mn–NHC catalyst Mn6 applied for the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols. a3 mol % of Mn6 were used....
Scheme 12: N-Alkylation of amines with primary and secondary alcohols. a80 °C, b100 °C.
Scheme 13: Manganese(III)-porphyrin catalyst for synthesis of tertiary amines.
Scheme 14: Proposed mechanism for the alcohol dehydrogenation with Mn(III)-porphyrin complex Mn7.
Scheme 15: N-Methylation of nitroarenes with methanol using catalyst Mn3.
Scheme 16: Mechanism of manganese-catalyzed methylation of nitroarenes using Mn3 as the catalyst.
Scheme 17: Bidentate manganese complex Mn8 applied for the N-alkylation of primary anilines with alcohols. aOn...
Scheme 18: N-Alkylation of amines with alcohols in the presence of manganese salts and triphenylphosphine as t...
Scheme 19: N-Alkylation of diazo compounds with alcohols using catalyst Mn9.
Scheme 20: Proposed mechanism for the amination of alcohols with diazo compounds catalyzed by catalyst Mn9.
Scheme 21: Mn1 complex-catalyzed synthesis of polyethyleneimine from ethylene glycol and ethylenediamine.
Scheme 22: Bis-triazolylidene-manganese complex Mn10 for the N-alkylation of amines with alcohols.
Figure 2: Manganese complexes applied for C-alkylation reactions of ketones with alcohols.
Scheme 23: General scheme for the C–C bond formation with alcohols and ketones.
Scheme 24: Mn1 complex-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols.
Scheme 25: Mechanism for the Mn1-catalyzed alkylation of ketones with alcohols.
Scheme 26: Phosphine-free in situ-generated manganese catalyst for the α-alkylation of ketones with primary al...
Scheme 27: Plausible mechanism for the Mn-catalyzed α-alkylation of ketones with alcohols.
Scheme 28: α-Alkylation of esters, ketones, and amides using alcohols catalyzed by Mn11.
Scheme 29: Mono- and dialkylation of methylene ketones with primary alcohols using the Mn(acac)2/1,10-phenanth...
Scheme 30: Methylation of ketones with methanol and deuterated methanol.
Scheme 31: Methylation of ketones and esters with methanol. a50 mol % of t-BuOK were used, bCD3OD was used ins...
Scheme 32: Alkylation of ketones and secondary alcohols with primary alcohols using Mn4.
Scheme 33: Bidentate manganese-NHC complex Mn6 applied for the synthesis of alkylated ketones using alcohols.
Scheme 34: Mn1-catalyzed synthesis of substituted cycloalkanes by coupling diols and secondary alcohols or ket...
Scheme 35: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of cycloalkanes via BH method.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of various cycloalkanes from methyl ketones and diols catalyze by Mn13. aReaction time wa...
Scheme 37: N,N-Amine–manganese complex (Mn13)-catalyzed alkylation of ketones with alcohols.
Scheme 38: Naphthyridine‑N‑oxide manganese complex Mn14 applied for the alkylation of ketones with alcohols. a...
Scheme 39: Proposed mechanism of the naphthyridine‑N‑oxide manganese complex (Mn14)-catalyzed alkylation of ke...
Scheme 40: α-Methylation of ketones and indoles with methanol using Mn15.
Scheme 41: α-Alkylation of ketones with primary alcohols using Mn16. aNMR yield.
Figure 3: Manganese complexes used for coupling of secondary and primary alcohols.
Scheme 42: Alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols catalyzed by phosphine-free catalyst Mn17. a...
Scheme 43: PNN-Manganese complex Mn18 for the alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols.
Scheme 44: Mechanism for the Mn-pincer catalyzed C-alkylation of secondary alcohols with primary alcohols.
Scheme 45: Upgrading of ethanol with methanol for isobutanol production.
Scheme 46: Mn-Pincer catalyst Mn19 applied for the β-methylation of alcohols with methanol. a2.0 mol % of Mn19...
Scheme 47: Functionalized ketones from primary and secondary alcohols catalyzed by Mn20. aMn20 (5 mol %), NaOH...
Scheme 48: Synthesis of γ-disubstituted alcohols and β-disubstituted ketones through Mn9-catalyzed coupling of...
Scheme 49: Proposed mechanism for the Mn9-catalyzed synthesis of γ-disubstituted alcohols and β-disubstituted ...
Scheme 50: Dehydrogenative coupling of ethylene glycol and primary alcohols catalyzed by Mn4.
Scheme 51: Mn18-cataylzed C-alkylation of unactivated esters and amides with alcohols.
Scheme 52: Alkylation of amides and esters using Mn21.
Scheme 53: α-Alkylation of nitriles with primary alcohols using in situ-generated manganese catalyst.
Scheme 54: Proposed mechanism for the α-alkylation of nitriles with primary alcohols.
Scheme 55: Mn9-catalyzed α-alkylation of nitriles with primary alcohols. a1,4-Dioxane was used as solvent, 24 ...
Figure 4: Manganese complexes used for alkylation of heterocyclic compounds.
Scheme 56: Aminomethylation of aromatic compounds with secondary amines and methanol catalyzed by Mn22.
Scheme 57: Regioselective alkylation of indolines with alcohols catalyzed by Mn9. aMn9 (4 mol %), 48 h.
Scheme 58: Proposed mechanism for the C- and N-alkylation of indolines with alcohols.
Scheme 59: C-Alkylation of methyl N-heteroarenes with primary alcohols catalyzed by Mn1. aTime was 60 h.
Scheme 60: C-Alkylation of oxindoles with secondary alcohols.
Scheme 61: Plausible mechanism for the Mn23-catalyzed C-alkylation of oxindoles with secondary alcohols.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of C-3-alkylated products by coupling alcohols with indoles and aminoalcohols.
Scheme 63: C3-Alkylation of indoles using Mn1.
Scheme 64: C-Methylation of indoles with Mn15 and methanol.
Scheme 65: α-Alkylation of 2-oxindoles with primary and secondary alcohols catalyzed by Mn25. aReaction carrie...
Scheme 66: Dehydrogenative alkylation of indolines with Mn1. aMn1 (5.0 mol %) was used.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methane derivatives from indoles and alcohols catalyzed by Mn26. aMn26 (5....
Scheme 68: One-pot synthesis of pyrimidines via BH.
Scheme 69: Synthesis of pyrroles from alcohols and aminoalcohols using Mn4.
Scheme 70: Synthesis of pyrroles via multicomponent reaction catalyzed by Mn12.
Scheme 71: Friedländer quinoline synthesis using an in situ-generated phosphine-free manganese catalyst.
Scheme 72: Quinoline synthesis using bis-N-heterocyclic carbene-manganese catalyst Mn6.
Scheme 73: Quinoline synthesis using manganese(III)-porphyrin catalyst Mn7.
Scheme 74: Manganese-catalyzed tetrahydroquinoline synthesis via borrowing BH.
Scheme 75: Proposed mechanism for the manganese-catalyzed tetrahydroquinoline synthesis.
Scheme 76: Synthesis of C3-alkylated indoles using Mn24.
Scheme 77: Synthesis of C-3-alkylated indoles using Mn1.
Scheme 78: C–C Bond formation by coupling of alcohols and ylides.
Scheme 79: C-Alkylation of fluorene with alcohols catalyzed by Mn24.
Scheme 80: Proposed mechanism for the C-alkylation of fluorene with alcohols catalyzed by Mn24.
Scheme 81: α-Alkylation of sulfones using Mn-PNN catalyst Mn28.
Direct synthesis of acyl fluorides from carboxylic acids using benzothiazolium reagents
- Lilian M. Maas,
- Alex Haswell,
- Rory Hughes and
- Matthew N. Hopkinson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 921–930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.82
- afford (trifluoromethyl)thioethers, while subsequent work focused on the direct deoxygenative synthesis of fluorinated thioesters from carboxylic acids [29][30][31]. In each case, the reactions proceeded smoothly under operationally simple conditions while BT-SCF3 and related BT-SRF reagents are easy-to
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Figure 1: Advantages of acyl fluorides compared to acyl chlorides, previous work on BT-SRF reagents [29-33] and a su...
Scheme 1: Scope of the BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative fluorination of carboxylic acids 1. Reactions were perf...
Scheme 2: Scope of the one-pot BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative coupling of carboxylic acids and amines via acy...
Scheme 3: One-pot BT-SCF3-mediated deoxygenative coupling of amino acids. Isolated yields after column chroma...
Scheme 4: Plausible mechanism for the deoxyfluorination of carboxylic acids with BT-SCF3.
Scheme 5: Mechanistic experiments. (a) Conversion of thioester 3a into acyl fluoride 2a in the presence of DI...
Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications
- Pablo Msellem,
- Maksym Dekthiarenko,
- Nihal Hadj Seyd and
- Guillaume Vives
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
- such Pt(II) dissymmetric tweezers could be controlled as aryl thioethers are more labile than alkyl thioethers. The addition of Cl− thus first breaks the Pt–SAr bond. Platinum-based dissymmetric tweezers were also synthetized using NHC thioether ligands that are more stable than the phosphine thioether
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Figure 1: Principle of switchable molecular tweezers.
Figure 2: Principle of pH-switchable molecular tweezers 1 [19].
Figure 3: a) pH-Switchable tweezers 2 substituted with alkyl chains as switchable lipids. b) Schematic depict...
Figure 4: Modification of spectral properties of 3 by controlled induction of Pt–Pt interactions.
Figure 5: Conformational switching of di(hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine-based tweezer 4 upon alkylation or fluoride...
Figure 6: Hydrazone-based pH-responsive tweezers 5 for mesogenic modulation.
Figure 7: pH-Switchable molecular tweezers 6 bearing acridinium moieties.
Figure 8: a) Terpyridine and pyridine-hydrazone-pyridine analogs molecular tweezers and b) extended pyridine ...
Figure 9: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with M–salphen arms and their field of application. Figure 9 was adapt...
Figure 10: a) Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers for diphosphate recognition [48]; b) bishelicene chiroptical te...
Figure 11: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with allosteric cooperative binding.
Figure 12: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers presenting closed by default conformation.
Figure 13: Pyridine-pyrimidine-pyridine-based molecular tweezers.
Figure 14: Coordination-responsive molecular tweezers based on nitrogen-containing ligands.
Figure 15: Molecular tweezers exploiting the remote bipyridine or pyridine binding to trigger the conformation...
Figure 16: Bipyridine-based molecular tweezers exploiting the direct s-trans to s-cis-switching for a) anion b...
Figure 17: a) Podand-based molecular tweezers [66,67]. b) Application of tweezers 32 for the catalytic allosteric reg...
Figure 18: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers based on calix[4]pyrrole.
Figure 19: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers.
Figure 20: a) Principle of the weak link approach (WLA) developed by Mirkin and its application to b) symmetri...
Figure 21: Molecular tweezers as allosteric catalyst in asymmetric epoxide opening [80].
Figure 22: Allosteric regulation of catalytic activity in ring-opening polymerization with double tweezers 41.
Figure 23: a) Conformational switching of 42 by intramolecular –S–S– bridge formation. b) Shift of conformatio...
Figure 24: a) Redox-active glycoluril-TTF tweezers 44. b) Mechanism of stepwise oxidation of said tweezers wit...
Figure 25: Mechanism of formation of the mixed-valence dimers of tweezers 45.
Figure 26: Mechanism of carbohydrate liberation upon redox-mediated conformation switching of 46.
Figure 27: a) The encapsulation properties of 47 as well as the DCTNF release process from its host–guest comp...
Figure 28: Redox-active bipyridinium-based tweezers. a) With a ferrocenyl hinge 49, b) with a propyl hinge 50 ...
Figure 29: Redox-active calix[4]arene porphyrin molecular tweezers.
Figure 30: a) Mechanism of the three orthogonal stimuli. b) Cubic scheme showing the eight different states of ...
Figure 31: Redox-controlled molecular gripper based on a diquinone resorcin[4]arene.
Figure 32: a) Shinkai's butterfly tweezers and their different host–guest properties depending on the isomer. ...
Figure 33: Cyclam-tethered tweezers and their different host–guest complexes depending on their configuration.
Figure 34: Azobenzene-based catalytic tweezers.
Figure 35: Photoswitchable PIEZO channel mimic.
Figure 36: Stilbene-based porphyrin tweezers for fullerene recognition.
Figure 37: Stiff-stilbene-based tweezers with urea or thiourea functional units for a) anion binding, b) anion...
Figure 38: Feringa’s photoswitchable organocatalyst (a) and different catalyzed reactions with that system (b)....
Figure 39: a) Irie and Takeshita’s thioindigo-based molecular tweezers. b) Family of hemithioindigo-based mole...
Figure 40: Dithienylethylene crown ether-bearing molecular tweezers reported by Irie and co-workers.
Nucleophilic functionalization of thianthrenium salts under basic conditions
- Xinting Fan,
- Duo Zhang,
- Xiangchuan Xiu,
- Bin Xu,
- Yu Yuan,
- Feng Chen and
- Pan Gao
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 257–263, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.26
- , alkyl-OTf is prone to decomposition and poses challenges for storage at ambient temperature (for details, see Supporting Information File 1). Conclusion In summary, using the presented operational simple and metal-free method, we have synthesized thioethers and amines from bench stable and readily
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Scheme 1: Synthetic application of thianthrenium salts.
Scheme 2: Substrate scope. Reaction conditions: alkylthianthrenium salts 1 (0.3 mmol), thiophenols 2 (0.2 mmo...
Scheme 3: Substrate scope of amines. Reaction conditions: alkylthianthrenium salts 1 (0.3 mmol), amines 2 (0....
Scheme 4: Scale-up reaction.
Synthesis of ether lipids: natural compounds and analogues
- Marco Antônio G. B. Gomes,
- Alicia Bauduin,
- Chloé Le Roux,
- Romain Fouinneteau,
- Wilfried Berthe,
- Mathieu Berchel,
- Hélène Couthon and
- Paul-Alain Jaffrès
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1299–1369, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.96
- 28.4 followed by the opening of the intermediate heterocycle with trimethylamine to produce 28.5. It must be noted that C. Piantadosi, S. Morris-Natschke et al. reported in 1990 [135] a series of alkyl thioethers with additional modifications in position sn-3. First, the thioether 29.1 (Figure 29A) was
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Figure 1: Chemical structure of some natural ether lipids (ELs).
Figure 2: Synthesis of lyso-PAF and PAF from 1-O-alkylglycerol [64].
Figure 3: Synthesis of lyso-PAF from 1,3-benzylideneglycerol 3.1 [69].
Figure 4: A) Synthesis of the two enantiomers of octadecylglycerol (4.6 and 4.10) from ᴅ-mannitol (4.1); B) s...
Figure 5: Four-step synthesis of PAF 5.6 from (S)-glycidol [73].
Figure 6: Synthesis of 1-O-alkylglycerol A) from solketal, B) from ᴅ- or ʟ-tartaric acid and the intermediate ...
Figure 7: Synthesis of EL building blocks starting from substituted glycidol 7.1a–c [82].
Figure 8: Synthesis of PAF 8.5 by using phosphoramidite 8.2 [86].
Figure 9: Synthesis of oleyl-PAF 9.7 from ʟ-serine [88].
Figure 10: Synthesis of racemic analogues of lyso-PAF 10.8 and PAF 10.9 featuring a phenyl group between the g...
Figure 11: Synthesis of racemic deoxy-lyso-PAF 11.7 and deoxy-PAF 11.8 [91].
Figure 12: Synthesis of racemic thio-PAF 12.8 [93].
Figure 13: Racemic synthesis of 13.6 to illustrate the modification of the glycerol backbone by adding a methy...
Figure 14: Racemic synthesis of 14.5 as an illustration of the introduction of methyl substituents on the glyc...
Figure 15: Synthesis of functionalized sn-2-acyl chains of PC-EL; A) Steglich esterification or acylation reac...
Figure 16: Synthesis of racemic mc-PAF (16.3), a carbamate analogue of PAF [102].
Figure 17: A) Synthesis of (R)-17.2 and (S)-17.6 starting from (S)-solketal (17.1); B) synthesis of N3-PAF (17...
Figure 18: Modification of the phosphocholine polar head to produce PAF analogues [81].
Figure 19: Racemic PAF analogues 19.3 and 19.5 characterized by the absence of the phosphate group [107].
Figure 20: Synthesis of PIP3-PAF (20.7) [108].
Figure 21: Large-scale synthesis of C18-edelfosine (21.8) [116].
Figure 22: Synthesis of C16-edelfosine (22.10) starting from isopropylidene-ʟ-glyceric acid methyl ester (22.1...
Figure 23: Phosphocholine moiety installation by the use of chlorophosphite 23.2 as key reagent [119].
Figure 24: Synthesis of rac-1-alkyl-2-O-methylglycerol (AMG) [120].
Figure 25: Synthesis of stereocontrolled 1-alkyl-2-O-methyl glycerol 25.9 (AMG) from dimethyl ᴅ-tartrate [81].
Figure 26: A) Racemic synthesis of thioether 26.4 [129,130], B) structure of sulfone analogue 26.5 [129].
Figure 27: Stereocontrolled synthesis of C18-edelfosine thioether analogue 27.8 [118].
Figure 28: Synthesis of thioether 28.4 that include a thiophosphate function [134].
Figure 29: Synthesis of ammonium thioether 29.4 and 29.6 [135].
Figure 30: Synthesis of the N-methylamino analogue of edelfosine 30.6 (BN52211) [138].
Figure 31: Synthesis of 1-desoxy analogues of edelfosine; A) with a saturated alkyl chain; B) synthesis of the...
Figure 32: Stereocontrolled synthesis of edelfosine analogue (S)-32.8 featuring a C18:1 lipid chain [142].
Figure 33: Synthesis of edelfosine analogues with modulation of the lipid chain; A) illustration with the synt...
Figure 34: Synthesis of phospholipid featuring a carbamate function to link the lipid chain to the glycerol un...
Figure 35: Synthesis of sesquiterpene conjugates of phospho glycero ether lipids [148].
Figure 36: Racemic synthesis of methyl-substituted glycerol analogues 36.7 and 36.10: A) synthesis of diether ...
Figure 37: Racemic synthesis of ilmofosine (37.6) [155,156].
Figure 38: A) Stereoselective synthesis of 38.5 via a stereoselective hydroboration reaction; B) synthesis of ...
Figure 39: Racemic synthesis of SRI62-834 (39.6) featuring a spiro-tetrahydrofurane heterocycle in position 2 ...
Figure 40: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine analogue 40.5 featuring an imidazole moiety in sn-2 position [160].
Figure 41: Racemic synthesis of fluorine-functionalized EL: A) Synthesis of 41.6 and B) synthesis of 41.8 [161-163].
Figure 42: A) Synthesis of the β-keto-ester 42.6 that also features a decyl linker between the phosphate and t...
Figure 43: Synthesis of phosphonate-based ether lipids; A) edelfosine phosphonate analogue 43.7 and B) thioeth...
Figure 44: Enantioselective synthesis of phosphonates 44.3 and 44.4 [171].
Figure 45: Racemic synthesis of phosphinate-based ether lipid 45.10 [172].
Figure 46: Racemic synthesis of edelfosine arsonium analogue 46.5 [173].
Figure 47: Synthesis of edelfosine dimethylammonium analogue 47.2 [118].
Figure 48: Synthesis of rac-C18-edelfosine methylammonium analogue 48.4 [176].
Figure 49: A) Synthesis of edelfosine N-methylpyrrolidinium analogue 49.2 or N-methylmorpholinium analogue 49.3...
Figure 50: A) Synthesis of edelfosine’s analogue 50.4 with a PE polar group; B) illustration of a pyridinium d...
Figure 51: A) Synthesis of 51.4 featuring a thiazolium cationic moiety; B) synthesis of thiazolium-based EL 51...
Figure 52: Synthesis of cationic ether lipids 52.3, 52.4 and 52.6 [135,183].
Figure 53: Synthesis of cationic carbamate ether lipid 53.5 [184].
Figure 54: Synthesis of cationic sulfonamide 54.5 [185].
Figure 55: Chemical structure of ONO-6240 (55.1) and SRI-63-119 (55.2).
Figure 56: Synthesis of non-ionic ether lipids 56.2–56.9 [188].
Figure 57: Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to foscarnet 57.6 [189].
Figure 58: A) Synthesis of ether lipid conjugated to arabinofuranosylcytosine; B) synthesis of AZT conjugated ...
Figure 59: Synthesis of quercetin conjugate to edelfosine [191].
Figure 60: Synthesis of 60.8 (Glc-PAF) [194].
Figure 61: A) Synthesis of amino ether lipid 61.7 functionalized with a rhamnose unit and its amide analogue 6...
Figure 62: A) Synthesis of glucose ether lipid 62.4; B) structure of ether lipid 62.5 possessing a maltose uni...
Figure 63: A) Synthesis of glucuronic methyl ester 63.8; B) structure of cellobiose 63.9 and maltose 63.10 ana...
Figure 64: A) Synthesis of maltosyl glycerolipid 64.7; B) structure of lactose analogue 64.8 prepared followin...
Figure 65: A) Asymmetric synthesis of the aglycone moiety starting from allyl 4-methoxyphenyl ether; B) glycos...
Figure 66: A) Synthesis of ohmline possessing a lactose moiety. B) Structure of other glyco glycero lipids pre...
Figure 67: A) Synthesis of lactose-glycerol ether lipid 67.5; B) analogues possessing a maltose (67.6) or meli...
Figure 68: Synthesis of digalactosyl EL 68.6, A) by using trityl, benzyl and acetyl protecting groups, B) by u...
Figure 69: A) Synthesis of α-ohmline; B) structure of disaccharide ether lipids prepared by using similar meth...
Figure 70: Synthesis of lactose ether lipid 70.3 and its analogue 70.6 featuring a carbamate function as linke...
Figure 71: Synthesis of rhamnopyranoside diether 71.4 [196].
Figure 72: Synthesis of 1-O-hexadecyl-2-O-methyl-3-S-(α-ᴅ-1'-thioglucopyranosyl)-sn-glycerol (72.5) [225].
Figure 73: A) Preparation of lipid intermediate 73.4; B) synthesis of 2-desoxy-C-glycoside 73.10 [226].
Figure 74: Synthesis of galactose-pyridinium salt 74.3 [228].
Figure 75: Synthesis of myo-inositol derivative Ino-C2-PAF (75.10) [230].
Figure 76: A) Synthesis of myo-inositol phosphate building block 76.7; B) synthesis of myo-inositolphosphate d...
Figure 77: A) Synthesis of phosphatidyl-3-desoxy-inositol 77.4; B) synthesis of phosphono-3-desoxyinositol 77.9...
Figure 78: A) Structure of diether phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-3,4-diphosphate 78.1; B) synthesis of phosphatidy...
Figure 79: A) Synthesis of diether-phosphatidyl derivative 79.4 featuring a hydroxymethyl group in place of a ...
Figure 80: Synthesis of Glc-amine-PAF [78].
Figure 81: Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipid 81.4 and its analogues functionalized in position 3 of the ami...
Figure 82: Synthesis of fully deprotected aminoglucoside ether lipid 82.5 [246].
Figure 83: Synthesis of C-aminoglycoside 83.12 using Ramberg–Bäcklund rearrangement as a key step [250].
Figure 84: A) List of the most important glyco lipids and amino glyco lipids included in the study of Arthur a...
Figure 85: Synthesis of mannosamine ether lipid 85.6 [254].
Figure 86: A) Synthesis of glucosamine ether lipids with a non-natural ʟ-glucosamine moiety; B) synthesis of e...
Figure 87: A) Structure of the most efficient anticancer agents 87.1–87.4 featuring a diamino glyco ether lipi...
Figure 88: A) Synthesis of diamino glyco ether lipid 87.4; B) synthesis of bis-glycosylated ether lipid 88.10 [256]....
Figure 89: Synthesis of triamino ether lipid 89.4 [260].
Figure 90: Synthesis of chlorambucil conjugate 90.7 [261].
Figure 91: Three main methods for the preparation of glycerol ether lipid 91.3; A) from solketal and via a tri...
Figure 92: Four different methods for the installation of the phosphocholine polar head group; A) method using...
Figure 93: Illustration of two methods for the installation of saccharides or aminosaccharides; A) O-glycosyla...
Strategies in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines
- David I. H. Maier,
- Barend C. B. Bezuidenhoudt and
- Charlene Marais
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 700–718, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.51
- thioethers from aryl halides and triflates through palladium catalysis [50][51]. Scheme 10 provides a retrosynthesis of amination in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]azepine 45 as an example. Arnold et al. [30] reported an excellent method for the convergent synthesis of variable sized dibenzo-fused heterocycles
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a), -oxepine (1b) and -thiepine (1c) as examples of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines (1...
Figure 2: Selected pharmaceuticals with the dibenzo[b,f]azepine skeleton.
Figure 3: Examples of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine-based ligands.
Figure 4: The dibenzo[b,f]azepine moiety in dyes with properties suitable for the use in organic light emitti...
Figure 5: Selective bioactive natural products (13–18) containing the dibenzo[b,f]oxepine scaffold and Novart...
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic approach to 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) from nitrotoluene (22).
Scheme 2: Oxidative coupling of o-nitrotoluene (22) and reduction of 2,2'-dinitrobibenzyl (21) to form 2,2'-d...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a) via amine condensation.
Scheme 4: Catalytic reduction of 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 5: The Wagner–Meerwein rearrangement of acridin-9-ylmethanol (23) into 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a).
Scheme 6: Oxidative ring expansion of 2-(9-xanthenyl)malonates 24.
Scheme 7: Ring expansion via C–H functionalisation.
Scheme 8: The synthesis of fluorinated 5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine 38 from isatin (32).
Scheme 9: The synthesis of substituted dibenzo[b,f]azepines 43 from indoles 39.
Scheme 10: Retrosynthetic pathways to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]oxepine 54 and -azepine 55 derivatives via (i) Heck reaction and (ii) Buch...
Scheme 12: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination and thioetherification in the synthesis of tricyclic azepines 60 ...
Scheme 13: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards substituted dibenzoazepines 62.
Scheme 14: Double Buchwald–Hartwig amination towards 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[b,f]azepine derivatives 71.
Scheme 15: One-pot Suzuki coupling–Buchwald–Hartwig amination.
Scheme 16: One-pot Rh/Pd-catalysed synthesis of dihydropyridobenzazepines.
Scheme 17: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]azepines via Mizoroki–Heck reaction.
Scheme 18: One-pot domino Pd-catalyzed Mizoroki–Heck–Buchwald–Hartwig synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]azepines.
Scheme 19: Dibenzo[b,f]thiapine and -oxepine synthesis via SNAr (thio)etherification, Wittig methylenation and...
Scheme 20: A retrosynthetic pathway to dibenzo[b,f]oxepines via Ullmann coupling.
Scheme 21: Ullmann-type coupling in dibenzo[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 22: Wittig reaction and Ullmann coupling as key steps in dihydrobenz[b,f]oxepine synthesis.
Scheme 23: Pd-catalysed dibenzo[b,f]azepine synthesis via norbornene azepine intermediate 109.
Scheme 24: A simple representation of olefin metathesis resulting in transalkylidenation.
Scheme 25: Ring-closing metathesis as key step in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 26: Alkyne–aldehyde metathesis in the synthesis of dibenzo[b,f]heteropines.
Scheme 27: Hydroarylation of 9-(2-alkynylphenyl)-9H-carbazole derivatives.
Scheme 28: Oxidative coupling of bisphonium ylide intermediate to give pacharin (13).
Scheme 29: Preparation of 10,11-dihydrodibenzo[b,f]heteropines via intramolecular Wurtz reaction.
Scheme 30: Phenol deprotonation and intramolecular etherification in the synthesis of bauhinoxepine J.
Figure 6: Functionalisation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 31: Palladium-catalysed N-arylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Scheme 32: Cu- and Ni-catalysed N-arylation.
Scheme 33: N-Alkylation of dibenzo[b,f]azepine (1a) and dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine (2a).
Scheme 34: Preparation of methoxyiminosilbene.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of oxcarbazepine (153) from methoxy iminostilbene 151.
Scheme 36: Ring functionalisation of dihydrodibenzo[b,f]azepine.
Transition-metal-catalyzed domino reactions of strained bicyclic alkenes
- Austin Pounder,
- Eric Neufeld,
- Peter Myler and
- William Tam
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 487–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.38
- ; however, the methodology was not applied to bicyclic alkenes. In 2019, the Yang lab examined the Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective 1,2-difunctionalization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 for the synthesis of β-thiocyanato thioethers 68 (Scheme 12) [46]. In contrast to the previous difunctionalization reactions
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Ring-strain energies of homobicyclic and heterobicyclic alkenes in kcal mol−1. a) [2.2.1]-Bicyclic ...
Figure 2: a) Exo and endo face descriptions of bicyclic alkenes. b) Reactivity comparisons for different β-at...
Scheme 1: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyl propiolates 2 ...
Scheme 2: Ni-catalyzed ring-opening/cyclization cascade of heterobicyclic alkenes 8 with β-iodo-(Z)-propenoat...
Scheme 3: Ni-catalyzed two- and three-component difunctionalizations of norbornene derivatives 15 with alkyne...
Scheme 4: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component difunctionalization of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 with alkyn...
Scheme 5: Ni-catalyzed intermolecular three-component carboacylation of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 6: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of 4-alkyl-1,4-dihydropyridines 31 with heterobicyclic alkene...
Scheme 7: Photoredox/Ni dual-catalyzed coupling of α-amino radicals with heterobicyclic alkenes 30.
Scheme 8: Cu-catalyzed rearrangement/allylic alkylation of 2,3-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptenes 47 with Grignard r...
Scheme 9: Cu-catalyzed aminoboration of bicyclic alkenes 1 with bis(pinacolato)diboron (B2pin2) (53) and O-be...
Scheme 10: Cu-catalyzed borylalkynylation of oxabenzonorbornadiene (30b) with B2pin2 (53) and bromoalkynes 62.
Scheme 11: Cu-catalyzed borylacylation of bicyclic alkenes 1.
Scheme 12: Cu-catalyzed diastereoselective 1,2-difunctionalization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 for the synthe...
Scheme 13: Fe-catalyzed carbozincation of heterobicyclic alkenes 1 with arylzinc reagents 74.
Scheme 14: Co-catalyzed addition of arylzinc reagents of norbornene derivatives 15.
Scheme 15: Co-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes 30 via C–H activation of arenes.
Scheme 16: Co-catalyzed [3 + 2] annulation/ring-opening/dehydration domino reaction of oxabicyclic alkenes 1 w...
Scheme 17: Co-catalyzed enantioselective carboamination of bicyclic alkenes 1 via C–H functionalization.
Scheme 18: Ru-catalyzed cyclization of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives with propargylic alcohols for the synthe...
Scheme 19: Ru-catalyzed coupling of oxabenzonorbornene derivatives 30 with propargylic alcohols and ethers 106...
Scheme 20: Ru-catalyzed ring-opening/dehydration of oxabicyclic alkenes via the C–H activation of anilides.
Scheme 21: Ru-catalyzed of azabenzonorbornadiene derivatives with arylamides.
Scheme 22: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with arylboronate esters 118.
Scheme 23: Rh-catalyzed cyclization of bicyclic alkenes with dienyl- and heteroaromatic boronate esters.
Scheme 24: Rh-catalyzed domino lactonization of doubly bridgehead-substituted oxabicyclic alkenes with seconda...
Scheme 25: Rh-catalyzed domino carboannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes with 2-cyanophenylboronic acid and 2-f...
Scheme 26: Rh-catalyzed synthesis of oxazolidinone scaffolds 147 through a domino ARO/cyclization of oxabicycl...
Scheme 27: Rh-catalyzed oxidative coupling of salicylaldehyde derivatives 151 with diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 28: Rh-catalyzed reaction of O-acetyl ketoximes with bicyclic alkenes for the synthesis of isoquinoline...
Scheme 29: Rh-catalyzed domino coupling reaction of 2-phenylpyridines 165 with oxa- and azabicyclic alkenes 30....
Scheme 30: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with N-sulfonyl 2-aminob...
Scheme 31: Rh-catalyzed domino dehydrative naphthylation of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with arylphosphine deriv...
Scheme 32: Rh-catalyzed domino ring-opening coupling reaction of azaspirotricyclic alkenes using arylboronic a...
Scheme 33: Tandem Rh(III)/Sc(III)-catalyzed domino reaction of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with alkynols 184 dir...
Scheme 34: Rh-catalyzed asymmetric domino cyclization and addition reaction of 1,6-enynes 194 and oxa/azabenzo...
Scheme 35: Rh/Zn-catalyzed domino ARO/cyclization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with phosphorus ylides 201.
Scheme 36: Rh-catalyzed domino ring opening/lactonization of oxabenzonorbornadienes 30 with 2-nitrobenzenesulf...
Scheme 37: Rh-catalyzed domino C–C/C–N bond formation of azabenzonorbornadienes 30 with aryl-2H-indazoles 210.
Scheme 38: Rh/Pd-catalyzed domino synthesis of indole derivatives with 2-(phenylethynyl)anilines 212 and oxabe...
Scheme 39: Rh-catalyzed domino carborhodation of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with B2pin2 (53).
Scheme 40: Rh-catalyzed three-component 1,2-carboamidation reaction of bicyclic alkenes 30 with aromatic and h...
Scheme 41: Pd-catalyzed diarylation and dialkenylation reactions of norbornene derivatives.
Scheme 42: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 43: Three-component Pd-catalyzed arylalkynylation reactions of norbornene and DFT mechanistic study.
Scheme 44: Pd-catalyzed three-component coupling N-tosylhydrazones 236, aryl halides 66, and norbornene (15a).
Scheme 45: Pd-catalyzed arylboration and allylboration of bicyclic alkenes.
Scheme 46: Pd-catalyzed, three-component annulation of aryl iodides 66, alkenyl bromides 241, and bicyclic alk...
Scheme 47: Pd-catalyzed double insertion/annulation reaction for synthesizing tetrasubstituted olefins.
Scheme 48: Pd-catalyzed aminocyclopropanation of bicyclic alkenes 1 with 5-iodopent-4-enylamine derivatives 249...
Scheme 49: Pd-catalyzed, three-component coupling of alkynyl bromides 62 and norbornene derivatives 15 with el...
Scheme 50: Pd-catalyzed intramolecular cyclization/ring-opening reaction of heterobicyclic alkenes 30 with 2-i...
Scheme 51: Pd-catalyzed dimer- and trimerization of oxabenzonorbornadiene derivatives 30 with anhydrides 268.
Scheme 52: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene 15b yielding fused xa...
Scheme 53: Pd-catalyzed hydroarylation and heteroannulation of urea-derived bicyclic alkenes 158 and aryl iodi...
Scheme 54: Access to fused 8-membered sulfoximine heterocycles 284/285 via Pd-catalyzed Catellani annulation c...
Scheme 55: Pd-catalyzed 2,2-bifunctionalization of bicyclic alkenes 1 generating spirobicyclic xanthone deriva...
Scheme 56: Pd-catalyzed Catellani-type annulation and retro-Diels–Alder of norbornadiene (15b) producing subst...
Scheme 57: Pd-catalyzed [2 + 2 + 1] annulation furnishing bicyclic-fused indanes 281 and 283.
Scheme 58: Pd-catalyzed ring-opening/ring-closing cascade of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 59: Pd-NHC-catalyzed cyclopentannulation of diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 60: Pd-catalyzed annulation cascade generating diazabicyclic-fused indanones 292 and indanols 294.
Scheme 61: Pd-catalyzed skeletal rearrangement of spirotricyclic alkenes 176 towards large polycyclic benzofur...
Scheme 62: Pd-catalyzed oxidative annulation of aromatic enamides 298 and diazabicyclic alkenes 130a.
Scheme 63: Accessing 3,4,5-trisubstituted cyclopentenes 300, 301, 302 via the Pd-catalyzed domino reaction of ...
Scheme 64: Palladacycle-catalyzed ring-expansion/cyclization domino reactions of terminal alkynes and bicyclic...
Scheme 65: Pd-catalyzed carboesterification of norbornene (15a) with alkynes, furnishing α-methylene γ-lactone...
Computational model predicts protein binding sites of a luminescent ligand equipped with guanidiniocarbonyl-pyrrole groups
- Neda Rafieiolhosseini,
- Matthias Killa,
- Thorben Neumann,
- Niklas Tötsch,
- Jean-Noël Grad,
- Alexander Höing,
- Thies Dirksmeyer,
- Jochen Niemeyer,
- Christian Ottmann,
- Shirley K. Knauer,
- Michael Giese,
- Jens Voskuhl and
- Daniel Hoffmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1322–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.137
- [15][18]. In contrast to classical luminophores, these compounds typically show emission “on” behavior upon aggregation or binding, which can be explained by a restriction of motion. In this contribution, we designed a hybrid compound featuring AIE luminophores based on aromatic thioethers [19] as a
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: AIE-active molecule 1. (a) Structure of 1 with color-coded subunits AIE, lysine, and GCP. (b) Coars...
Figure 2: 14-3-3ζ from (a) top and (b) side with the two monomers in red and blue. In the top view the centra...
Figure 3: Workflow of the computational approach used in this study. The protein structure and the structure ...
Figure 4: Log-scaled histogram of total energies at the final steps of all simulations. (a) Simulated anneali...
Figure 5: Sampled positions of the AIE moiety colored according to the total energy of 1 from dark red (lowes...
Figure 6: Minimum energy conformations of AIE ligand in the absence (a,b) and presence (c,d) of C-Raf peptide...
Menadione: a platform and a target to valuable compounds synthesis
- Acácio S. de Souza,
- Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
- Dora C. S. Costa,
- Fernanda P. Pauli,
- David R. Pinho,
- Matheus G. de Moraes,
- Fernando de C. da Silva,
- Luana da S. M. Forezi and
- Vitor F. Ferreira
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 381–419, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.43
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Natural bioactive naphthoquinones.
Figure 2: Chemical structures of vitamins K.
Figure 3: Redox cycle of menadione.
Scheme 1: Selected approaches for menadione synthesis using silver(I) as a catalyst.
Scheme 2: Methylation approaches for the preparation of menadione from 1,4-naphthoquinone using tert-butyl hy...
Scheme 3: Methylation approach of 1,4-naphthoquinone using i) rhodium complexes/methylboronic acid and ii) bi...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of menadione (10) from itaconic acid.
Scheme 5: Menadione synthesis via Diels–Alder reaction.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of menadione (10) using p-cresol as a synthetic precursor.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of menadione (10) via demethoxycarbonylating annulation of methyl methacrylate.
Scheme 8: Furan 34 used as a diene in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 9: o-Toluidine as a dienophile in a Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of menadione (10).
Scheme 10: Representation of electrochemical synthesis of menadione.
Figure 4: Reaction sites and reaction types of menadione as substrate.
Scheme 11: DBU-catalyzed epoxidation of menadione (10).
Scheme 12: Phase-transfer catalysis for the epoxidation of menadione.
Scheme 13: Menadione epoxidation using a hydroperoxide derived from (+)-norcamphor.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Diels–Alder reaction for the synthesis of asymmetric quinone 50 catalyzed by a chi...
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions for the synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]pyranone.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of anthra[9,1-bc]furanone, anthra[9,1-bc]pyridine, and anthra[9,1-bc]pyrrole derivatives.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of derivatives employing protected trienes.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of cyclobutene derivatives of menadione.
Scheme 19: Menadione reduction reactions using sodium hydrosulfite.
Scheme 20: Green methodology for menadiol synthesis and pegylation.
Scheme 21: Menadione reduction by 5,6-O-isopropylidene-ʟ-ascorbic acid under UV light irradiation.
Scheme 22: Selected approaches of menadione hydroacetylation to diacetylated menadiol.
Scheme 23: Thiele–Winter reaction catalyzed by Bi(OTf)3.
Scheme 24: Carbonyl condensation of menadione using resorcinol and a hydrazone derivative.
Scheme 25: Condensation reaction of menadione with thiosemicarbazide.
Scheme 26: Condensation reaction of menadione with acylhydrazides.
Scheme 27: Menadione derivatives functionalized with organochalcogens.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of selenium-menadione conjugates derived from chloromethylated menadione 84.
Scheme 29: Menadione alkylation by the Kochi–Anderson method.
Scheme 30: Menadione alkylation by diacids.
Scheme 31: Menadione alkylation by heterocycles-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 32: Menadione alkylation by bromoalkyl-substituted carboxylic acids.
Scheme 33: Menadione alkylation by complex carboxylic acids.
Scheme 34: Kochi–Anderson method variations for the menadione alkylation via oxidative decarboxylation of carb...
Scheme 35: Copper-catalyzed menadione alkylation via free radicals.
Scheme 36: Nickel-catalyzed menadione cyanoalkylation.
Scheme 37: Iron-catalyzed alkylation of menadione.
Scheme 38: Selected approaches to menadione alkylation.
Scheme 39: Menadione acylation by photo-Friedel–Crafts acylation reported by Waske and co-workers.
Scheme 40: Menadione acylation by Westwood procedure.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of 3-benzoylmenadione via metal-free TBAI/TBHP system.
Scheme 42: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione reported by Kallmayer.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of amino-menadione derivatives using polyalkylamines.
Scheme 44: Selected examples for the synthesis of different amino-substituted menadione derivatives.
Scheme 45: Selected examples of Michael-type addition of complex amines to menadione (10).
Scheme 46: Addition of different natural α-amino acids to menadione.
Scheme 47: Michael-type addition of amines to menadione using silica-supported perchloric acid.
Scheme 48: Indolylnaphthoquinone or indolylnaphthalene-1,4-diol synthesis reported by Yadav et al.
Scheme 49: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis reported by Tanoue and co-workers.
Scheme 50: Indolylnaphthoquinone synthesis from menadione by Escobeto-González and co-workers.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of menadione analogues functionalized with thiols.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of menadione-derived symmetrical derivatives through reaction with dithiols.
Scheme 53: Mercaptoalkyl acids as nucleophiles in Michael-type addition reaction to menadione.
Scheme 54: Reactions of menadione (10) with cysteine derivatives for the synthesis of quinoproteins.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of menadione-glutathione conjugate 152 by Michael-type addition.
Chemoselective N-acylation of indoles using thioesters as acyl source
- Tianri Du,
- Xiangmu Wei,
- Honghong Xu,
- Xin Zhang,
- Ruiru Fang,
- Zheng Yuan,
- Zhi Liang and
- Yahui Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 89–94, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.9
- transthioesterification of aryl halides for the synthesis of thioethers and thioesters [17] (Scheme 1, C). In addition, we also used this reagent to trap alkylcopper(I) intermediates and to form C−S bonds [18]. To the best of our knowledge, thioesters have not been developed as indole N-amidation reagent. Based on our
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative pharmaceuticals containing N-acylindole moieties.
Scheme 1: A) Strategies for the synthesis of N-acylindoles; B) thioester as dicarbonylation reagent; C) recen...
Scheme 2: Reactions of thioesters and indoles. Reaction conditions: 1 (0.2 mmol, 1.0 equiv), 2 (0.6 mmol, 3.0...
Scheme 3: Gram-scale experiment.
Scheme 4: Control experiments.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism.
Photoredox catalysis in nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalization
- Lusina Mantry,
- Rajaram Maayuri,
- Vikash Kumar and
- Parthasarathy Gandeepan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2209–2259, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.143
- discovered the synergistic combination of nickel catalysis and benzaldehyde for the arylation of C(sp3)–H bonds adjacent to nitrogen or sulfur in amides 6 and thioethers 28, respectively, under UVA light irradiation [68]. As shown in Scheme 16, both primary and secondary C(sp3)–H bonds of amides were
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling versus C‒H activation.
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive quenching cycles of a photocatalyst. [PC] = photocatalyst, A = acceptor, D ...
Scheme 2: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation of dimethylaniline (1a).
Scheme 3: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed arylation of α-amino, α-oxy and benzylic C(sp3)‒H bonds with aryl bromi...
Figure 2: Proposed catalytic cycle for the photoredox-mediated HAT and nickel catalysis enabled C(sp3)‒H aryl...
Scheme 4: Photoredox arylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds with aryl iodides.
Figure 3: Proposed mechanism for photoredox nickel-catalyzed α-amino C‒H arylation with aryl iodides.
Scheme 5: Nickel-catalyzed α-oxy C(sp3)−H arylation of cyclic and acyclic ethers.
Figure 4: Proposed catalytic cycle for the C(sp3)−H arylation of cyclic and acyclic ethers.
Scheme 6: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of ethers.
Figure 5: Proposed catalytic cycle for the nickel-catalyzed arylation of ethers with aryl bromides.
Scheme 7: Nickel-catalyzed α-amino C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl tosylates.
Scheme 8: Arylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds by in situ generated aryl tosylates from phenols.
Scheme 9: Formylation of aryl chlorides through redox-neutral 2-functionalization of 1,3-dioxolane (13).
Scheme 10: Photochemical C(sp3)–H arylation via a dual polyoxometalate HAT and nickel catalytic manifold.
Figure 6: Proposed mechanism for C(sp3)–H arylation through dual polyoxometalate HAT and nickel catalytic man...
Scheme 11: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed α-hydroxy C‒H arylation.
Scheme 12: Photochemical synthesis of fluoxetine (21).
Scheme 13: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed allylic C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl bromides.
Figure 7: Proposed mechanism for the photochemical nickel-catalyzed allylic C(sp3)‒H arylation with aryl brom...
Scheme 14: Photochemical C(sp3)‒H arylation by the synergy of ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for photochemical C(sp3)‒H arylation by the synergy of ketone HAT catalysis and ...
Scheme 15: Benzophenone- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox benzylic C–H arylation.
Scheme 16: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)–H arylation.
Scheme 17: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation.
Figure 9: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox and nickel-catalyzed enantioselective benzylic C–H arylation.
Scheme 18: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed α-(sp3)‒H arylation of secondary benzamides with aryl bromides.
Scheme 19: Enantioselective sp3 α-arylation of benzamides.
Scheme 20: Nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative vinylation/C‒H arylation of cyclic oxalates.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism for the nickel-catalyzed decarboxylative vinylation/C‒H arylation of cyclic oxal...
Scheme 21: C(sp3)−H arylation of bioactive molecules using mpg-CN photocatalysis and nickel catalysis.
Figure 11: Proposed mechanism for the mpg-CN/nickel photocatalytic C(sp3)–H arylation.
Scheme 22: Nickel-catalyzed synthesis of 1,1-diarylalkanes from alkyl bromides and aryl bromides.
Figure 12: Proposed mechanism for photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H alkylation via polarity-matched HAT.
Scheme 23: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation via polarity-matched HAT.
Scheme 24: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 25: Benzaldehyde- and nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)‒H alkylation of amides and thioethers.
Scheme 26: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of benzamides with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 27: CzIPN and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers with alkyl bromides.
Figure 13: Proposed mechanism for the CzIPN and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H alkylation of ethers.
Scheme 28: Nickel/photoredox-catalyzed methylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides and acid chlorides using trimethy...
Figure 14: Proposed catalytic cycle for the nickel/photoredox-catalyzed methylation of (hetero)aryl chlorides ...
Scheme 29: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H methylations.
Scheme 30: Photoredox nickel catalysis-enabled alkylation of unactivated C(sp3)–H bonds with alkyl bromides.
Scheme 31: Photochemical C(sp3)–H alkenylation with alkenyl tosylates.
Scheme 32: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Figure 15: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of internal alkynes.
Scheme 33: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed hydroalkylation of activated alkynes with C(sp3)−H bonds.
Scheme 34: Allylation of unactivated C(sp3)−H bonds with allylic chlorides.
Scheme 35: Photochemical nickel-catalyzed α-amino C(sp3)–H allylation of secondary amides with trifluoromethyl...
Scheme 36: Photoredox δ C(sp3)‒H allylation of secondary amides with trifluoromethylated alkenes.
Scheme 37: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of α-amino C(sp3)‒H bonds of N-arylamines.
Figure 16: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of α-amino C(sp3)–H bonds of N-ary...
Scheme 38: Photocatalytic α‑acylation of ethers with acid chlorides.
Figure 17: Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic α‑acylation of ethers with acid chlorides.
Scheme 39: Photoredox and nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H esterification with chloroformates.
Scheme 40: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of benzylic and aldehydic C–H bonds.
Figure 18: Proposed reaction pathway for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed dehydrogenative coupling of benzylic ...
Scheme 41: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed enantioselective acylation of α-amino C(sp3)–H bonds with carboxylic ac...
Scheme 42: Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)‒H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides.
Figure 19: Proposed mechanism for the nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides.
Scheme 43: Nickel-catalyzed benzylic C–H functionalization with acid chlorides 45.
Scheme 44: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed benzylic C–H acylation with N-acylsuccinimides 84.
Scheme 45: Photoredox nickel-catalyzed acylation of indoles 86 with α-oxoacids 87.
Scheme 46: Nickel-catalyzed aldehyde C–H functionalization.
Figure 20: Proposed catalytic cycle for the photoredox nickel-catalyzed aldehyde C–H functionalization.
Scheme 47: Photoredox carboxylation of methylbenzenes with CO2.
Figure 21: Proposed mechanism for the photoredox carboxylation of methylbenzenes with CO2.
Scheme 48: Decatungstate photo-HAT and nickel catalysis enabled alkene difunctionalization.
Figure 22: Proposed catalytic cycle for the decatungstate photo-HAT and nickel catalysis enabled alkene difunc...
Scheme 49: Diaryl ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis enabled dicarbofunctionalization of alkenes.
Figure 23: Proposed catalytic mechanism for the diaryl ketone HAT catalysis and nickel catalysis enabled dicar...
Scheme 50: Overview of photoredox nickel-catalyzed C–H functionalizations.
Progress and challenges in the synthesis of sequence controlled polysaccharides
- Giulio Fittolani,
- Theodore Tyrikos-Ergas,
- Denisa Vargová,
- Manishkumar A. Chaube and
- Martina Delbianco
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1981–2025, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.129
- acceptor. This process is repeated iteratively allowing for an exponential length growth, while maintaining control over the elongation. Beside more common LGs such as phosphates, thioethers, and imidates, ynenoate donors activated using Au(I) catalysis were successfully employed in an iterative strategy
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Overview of the methods available for the synthesis of polysaccharides. For each method, advantages...
Figure 2: Overview of the classes of polysaccharides discussed in this review. Each section deals with polysa...
Scheme 1: Enzymatic and chemical polymerization approaches provide cellulose oligomers with a non-uniform dis...
Scheme 2: AGA of a collection of cellulose analogues obtained using BBs 6–9. Specifically placed modification...
Figure 3: Chemical structure of the different branches G, X, L, F commonly found in XGs. Names are given foll...
Scheme 3: AGA of XG analogues with defined side chains. The AGA cycle includes coupling (TMSOTf), Fmoc deprot...
Figure 4: Synthetic strategies and issues associated to the formation of the β(1–3) linkage.
Scheme 4: Convergent synthesis of β(1–3)-glucans using a regioselective glycosylation strategy.
Scheme 5: DMF-mediated 1,2-cis glycosylation. A) General mechanism and B) examples of α-glucans prepared usin...
Scheme 6: Synergistic glycosylation strategy employing a nucleophilic modulation strategy (TMSI and Ph3PO) in...
Scheme 7: Different approaches to produce xylans. A) Polymerization techniques including ROP, and B) enzymati...
Scheme 8: A) Synthesis of arabinofuranosyl-decorated xylan oligosaccharides using AGA. Representative compoun...
Scheme 9: Chemoenzymatic synthesis of COS utilizing a lysozyme-catalyzed transglycosylation reaction followed...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of COS using an orthogonal glycosylation strategy based on the use of two different LGs.
Scheme 11: Orthogonal N-PGs permitted the synthesis of COS with different PA.
Scheme 12: AGA of well-defined COS with different PA using two orthogonally protected BBs. The AGA cycle inclu...
Scheme 13: A) AGA of β(1–6)-N-acetylglucosamine hexasaccharide and dodecasaccharide. AGA includes cycles of co...
Figure 5: ‘Double-faced’ chemistry exemplified for ᴅ-Man and ʟ-Rha. Constructing β-Man linkages is considerab...
Figure 6: Implementation of a capping step after each glycosylation cycle for the AGA of a 50mer oligomannosi...
Scheme 14: AGA enabled the synthesis of a linear α(1–6)-mannoside 100mer 93 within 188 h and with an average s...
Scheme 15: The 151mer branched polymannoside was synthesized by a [30 + 30 + 30 + 30 + 31] fragment coupling. ...
Figure 7: PG stereocontrol strategy to obtain β-mannosides. A) The mechanism of the β-mannosylation reaction ...
Scheme 16: A) Mechanism of 1,2-cis stereoselective glycosylation using ManA donors. Once the ManA donor is act...
Figure 8: A) The preferred 4H3 conformation of the gulosyl oxocarbenium ion favors the attack of the alcohol ...
Scheme 17: AGA of type I rhamnans up to 16mer using disaccharide BB 115 and CNPiv PG. The AGA cycle includes c...
Figure 9: Key BBs for the synthesis of the O-antigen of Bacteroides vulgatus up to a 128mer (A) and the CPS o...
Figure 10: Examples of type I and type II galactans synthesized to date.
Figure 11: A) The DTBS PG stabilizes the 3H4 conformation of the Gal oxocarbenium ion favoring the attack of t...
Figure 12: Homogalacturonan oligosaccharides synthesized to date. Access to different patterns of methyl-ester...
Figure 13: GlfT2 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis catalyzes the sequential addition of UPD-Galf donor to a grow...
Figure 14: The poor reactivity of acceptor 137 hindered a stepwise synthesis of the linear galactan backbone a...
Scheme 18: AGA of a linear β(1–5) and β(1–6)-linked galactan 20mer. The AGA cycle includes coupling (NIS/TfOH)...
Figure 15: The 92mer arabinogalactan was synthesized using a [31 + 31 + 30] fragment coupling between a 31mer ...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of the branched arabinofuranose fragment using a six component one-pot synthesis. i) TTBP...
Figure 16: A) Chemical structure and SNFG of the representative disaccharide units forming the GAG backbones, ...
Figure 17: Synthetic challenges associated to the H/HS synthesis.
Scheme 20: Degradation of natural heparin and heparosan generated valuable disaccharides 150 and 151 that can ...
Scheme 21: A) The one-step conversion of cyanohydrin 156 to ʟ-iduronamide 157 represent the key step for the s...
Scheme 22: A) Chemoenzymatic synthesis of heparin structures, using different types of UDP activated natural a...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of the longest synthetic CS chain 181 (24mer) using donor 179 and acceptor 180 in an iter...
Scheme 24: AGA of a collection of HA with different lengths. The AGA cycle includes coupling (TfOH) and Lev de...
On the application of 3d metals for C–H activation toward bioactive compounds: The key step for the synthesis of silver bullets
- Renato L. Carvalho,
- Amanda S. de Miranda,
- Mateus P. Nunes,
- Roberto S. Gomes,
- Guilherme A. M. Jardim and
- Eufrânio N. da Silva Júnior
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1849–1938, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.126
- C-8-substituted product (product A) in a proportion higher than 20:1 over the product resulting from C’-2 activation (product B) in good to excellent yields (Scheme 3C). Another biologically active structural motif that can be activated by this catalyst are thioethers, as was well described by Hou
- and co-workers in 2018 [39]. In this work, the presence of [Sc-1] and several alkenes resulted in the successful scandium-C(sp3)–H alkylation of methyl thioethers (Scheme 4B), by which different activated internal thioethers were obtained in good yields (Scheme 4C). The transformation facilitates
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Schematic overview of transition metals studied in C–H activation processes.
Scheme 2: (A) Known biological activities related to benzimidazole-based compounds; (B and C) an example of a...
Scheme 3: (A) Known biological activities related to quinoline-based compounds; (B and C) an example of a sca...
Scheme 4: (A) Known biological activities related to sulfur-containing compounds; (B and C) an example of a s...
Scheme 5: (A) Known biological activities related to aminoindane derivatives; (B and C) an example of a scand...
Scheme 6: (A) Known biological activities related to norbornane derivatives; (B and C) an example of a scandi...
Scheme 7: (A) Known biological activities related to aniline derivatives; (B and C) an example of a titanium-...
Scheme 8: (A) Known biological activities related to cyclohexylamine derivatives; (B) an example of an intram...
Scheme 9: (A) Known biologically active benzophenone derivatives; (B and C) photocatalytic oxidation of benzy...
Scheme 10: (A) Known bioactive fluorine-containing compounds; (B and C) vanadium-mediated C(sp3)–H fluorinatio...
Scheme 11: (A) Known biologically active Lythraceae alkaloids; (B) synthesis of (±)-decinine (30).
Scheme 12: (A) Synthesis of (R)- and (S)-boehmeriasin (31); (B) synthesis of phenanthroindolizidines by vanadi...
Scheme 13: (A) Known bioactive BINOL derivatives; (B and C) vanadium-mediated oxidative coupling of 2-naphthol...
Scheme 14: (A) Known antiplasmodial imidazopyridazines; (B) practical synthesis of 41.
Scheme 15: (A) Gold-catalyzed drug-release mechanism using 2-alkynylbenzamides; (B and C) chromium-mediated al...
Scheme 16: (A) Examples of anti-inflammatory benzaldehyde derivatives; (B and C) chromium-mediated difunctiona...
Scheme 17: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed chemoselective intramolecular C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage modi...
Scheme 18: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage modification of a leelamine deriva...
Scheme 19: (A) Known bioactive compounds containing substituted N-heterocycles; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed ...
Scheme 20: (A) Known indoles that present GPR40 full agonist activity; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H alkyl...
Scheme 21: (A) Examples of known biaryl-containing drugs; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H arylation through ...
Scheme 22: (A) Known zidovudine derivatives with potent anti-HIV properties; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H...
Scheme 23: (A and B) Manganese-catalyzed C–H organic photo-electrosynthesis; (C) late-stage modification.
Scheme 24: (A) Example of a known antibacterial silylated dendrimer; (B and C) manganese-catalyzed C–H silylat...
Scheme 25: (A and B) Fe-based small molecule catalyst applied for selective aliphatic C–H oxidations; (C) late...
Scheme 26: (A) Examples of naturally occurring gracilioethers; (B) the first total synthesis of gracilioether ...
Scheme 27: (A and B) Selective aliphatic C–H oxidation of amino acids; (C) late-stage modification of proline-...
Scheme 28: (A) Examples of Illicium sesquiterpenes; (B) first chemical synthesis of (+)-pseudoanisatin (80) in...
Scheme 29: (A and B) Fe-catalyzed deuteration; (C) late-stage modification of pharmaceuticals.
Scheme 30: (A and B) Biomimetic Fe-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of methylarenes to benzaldehydes (PMHS, polymet...
Scheme 31: (A) Known tetrahydroquinolines with potential biological activities; (B and C) redox-selective Fe c...
Scheme 32: (A) Known drugs containing a benzofuran unit; (B and C) Fe/Cu-catalyzed tandem O-arylation to acces...
Scheme 33: (A) Known azaindolines that act as M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor agonists; (B and C) intramo...
Scheme 34: (A) Known indolinones with anticholinesterase activity; (B and C) oxidative C(sp3)–H cross coupling...
Scheme 35: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H alkenylation of C-3-peptide-containing indoles; (C) derivatization b...
Scheme 36: (A) Cobalt-Cp*-catalyzed C–H methylation of known drugs; (B and C) scope of the o-methylated deriva...
Scheme 37: (A) Known lasalocid A analogues; (B and C) three-component cobalt-catalyzed C–H bond addition; (D) ...
Scheme 38: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C(sp2)–H amidation of thiostrepton.
Scheme 39: (A) Known 4H-benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-one derivatives with hypolipidemic activity; (B and C) cobalt-ca...
Scheme 40: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H arylation of pyrrole derivatives; (C) application for the synthesis ...
Scheme 41: (A) Known 2-phenoxypyridine derivatives with potent herbicidal activity; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed...
Scheme 42: (A) Natural cinnamic acid derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H carboxylation of terminal alk...
Scheme 43: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H borylation; (C) application to the synthesis of flurbiprofen.
Scheme 44: (A) Benzothiazoles known to present anticonvulsant activities; (B and C) cobalt/ruthenium-catalyzed...
Scheme 45: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed oxygenation of methylene groups towards ketone synthesis; (C) synthesis ...
Scheme 46: (A) Known anticancer tetralone derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation of ar...
Scheme 47: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H thiolation; (C) application in the synthesis of quetiapine (153).
Scheme 48: (A) Known benzoxazole derivatives with anticancer, antifungal, and antibacterial activities; (B and...
Scheme 49: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H carbonylation of naphthylamides; (C) BET inhibitors 158 and 159 tota...
Scheme 50: (A) Known bioactive pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalin-4(5H)-one derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H ...
Scheme 51: (A) Known antibacterial cyclic sulfonamides; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C–H amination of propargyli...
Scheme 52: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed intramolecular 1,5-C(sp3)–H amination; (C) late-stage functionalization ...
Scheme 53: (A and B) Cobalt-catalyzed C–H/C–H cross-coupling between benzamides and oximes; (C) late-state syn...
Scheme 54: (A) Known anticancer natural isoquinoline derivatives; (B and C) cobalt-catalyzed C(sp2)–H annulati...
Scheme 55: (A) Enantioselective intramolecular nickel-catalyzed C–H activation; (B) bioactive obtained motifs;...
Scheme 56: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed α-C(sp3)–H arylation of ketones; (C) application of the method using kno...
Scheme 57: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H acylation of pyrrolidine derivatives; (C) exploring the use of ...
Scheme 58: (A) Nickel-catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation of dioxolane; (B) library of products obtained from biologi...
Scheme 59: (A) Intramolecular enantioselective nickel-catalyzed C–H cycloalkylation; (B) product examples, inc...
Scheme 60: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed C–H deoxy-arylation of azole derivatives; (C) late-stage functionalizati...
Scheme 61: (A and B) Nickel-catalyzed decarbonylative C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) application of t...
Scheme 62: (A and B) Another important example of nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) app...
Scheme 63: (A and B) Another notable example of a nickel-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivatives; (C) lat...
Scheme 64: (A and B) Nickel-based metalorganic framework (MOF-74-Ni)-catalyzed C–H arylation of azole derivati...
Scheme 65: (A) Known commercially available benzothiophene-based drugs; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed C–H arylati...
Scheme 66: (A) Known natural tetrahydrofuran-containing substances; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3...
Scheme 67: (A and B) Another notable example of a nickel-catalyzed photoredox C(sp3)–H alkylation/arylation; (...
Scheme 68: (A) Electrochemical/nickel-catalyzed C–H alkoxylation; (B) achieved scope, including three using na...
Scheme 69: (A) Enantioselective photoredox/nickel catalyzed C(sp3)–H arylation; (B) achieved scope, including ...
Scheme 70: (A) Known commercially available trifluoromethylated drugs; (B and C) nickel-catalyzed C–H trifluor...
Scheme 71: (A and B) Stereoselective nickel-catalyzed C–H difluoroalkylation; (C) late-stage functionalization...
Scheme 72: (A) Cu-mediated ortho-amination of oxalamides; (B) achieved scope, including derivatives obtained f...
Scheme 73: (A) Electro-oxidative copper-mediated amination of 8-aminoquinoline-derived amides; (B) achieved sc...
Scheme 74: (A and B) Cu(I)-mediated C–H amination with oximes; (C) derivatization using telmisartan (241) as s...
Scheme 75: (A and B) Cu-mediated amination of aryl amides using ammonia; (C) late-stage modification of proben...
Scheme 76: (A and B) Synthesis of purine nucleoside analogues using copper-mediated C(sp2)–H activation.
Scheme 77: (A) Copper-mediated annulation of acrylamide; (B) achieved scope, including the synthesis of the co...
Scheme 78: (A) Known bioactive compounds containing a naphthyl aryl ether motif; (B and C) copper-mediated eth...
Scheme 79: (A and B) Cu-mediated alkylation of N-oxide-heteroarenes; (C) late-stage modification.
Scheme 80: (A) Cu-mediated cross-dehydrogenative coupling of polyfluoroarenes and alkanes; (B) scope from know...
Scheme 81: (A) Known anticancer acrylonitrile compounds; (B and C) Copper-mediated cyanation of unactivated al...
Scheme 82: (A) Cu-mediated radiofluorination of 8-aminoquinoline-derived aryl amides; (B) achieved scope, incl...
Scheme 83: (A) Examples of natural β-carbolines; (B and C) an example of a zinc-catalyzed C–H functionalizatio...
Scheme 84: (A) Examples of anticancer α-aminophosphonic acid derivatives; (B and C) an example of a zinc-catal...
Chemical approaches to discover the full potential of peptide nucleic acids in biomedical applications
- Nikita Brodyagin,
- Martins Katkevics,
- Venubabu Kotikam,
- Christopher A. Ryan and
- Eriks Rozners
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1641–1688, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.116
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of DNA and PNA.
Figure 2: PNA binding modes: (A) PNA–dsDNA 1:1 triplex; (B) PNA–DNA–PNA strand-invasion triplex; (C) the Hoog...
Figure 3: Structure of P-form PNA–DNA–PNA triplex from reference [41]. (A) view in the major groove and (B) view ...
Figure 4: Structures of backbone-modified PNA.
Figure 5: Structures of PNA having α- and γ-substituted backbones.
Figure 6: Structures of modified nucleobases in PNA to improve Hoogsteen hydrogen bonding to guanine and aden...
Figure 7: Proposed hydrogen bonding schemes for modified PNA nucleobases designed to recognize pyrimidines or...
Figure 8: Modified nucleobases to modulate Watson–Crick base pairing and chemically reactive crosslinking PNA...
Figure 9: Examples of triplets formed by Janus-wedge PNA nucleobases (blue). R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA back...
Figure 10: Examples of fluorescent PNA nucleobases. R1 denotes DNA, RNA, or PNA backbones.
Figure 11: Endosomal entrapment and escape pathways of PNA and PNA conjugates.
Figure 12: (A) representative cell-penetrating peptides (CPPs), (B) conjugation designs and linker chemistries....
Figure 13: Proposed delivery mode by pHLIP-PNA conjugates (A) the transmembrane section of pHLIP interacting w...
Figure 14: Structures of modified penetratin CPP conjugates with PNA linked through either disulfide (for stud...
Figure 15: Chemical structure of C9–PNA, a stable amphipathic (cyclic-peptide)–PNA conjugate.
Figure 16: Structures of PNA conjugates with a lipophilic triphenylphosphonium cation (TPP–PNA) through (A) th...
Figure 17: Structures of (A) chloesteryl–PNA, (B) cholate–PNA and (C) cholate–PNA(cholate)3.
Figure 18: Structures of PNA–GalNAc conjugates (A) (GalNAc)2K, (B) triantennary (GalNAc)3, and (C) trivalent (...
Figure 19: Vitamin B12–PNA conjugates with different linkages.
Figure 20: Structures of (A) neomycin B, (B) PNA–neamine conjugate, and (C) PNA–neosamine conjugate.
Figure 21: PNA clamp (red) binding to target DNA containing a mixture of sequences (A) PNA binds with higher a...
Figure 22: Rolling circle amplification using PNA openers (red) to invade a dsDNA target forming a P-loop. A p...
Figure 23: Molecular beacons containing generic fluorophores (Fl) and quenchers (Q) recognizing a complementar...
Figure 24: (A) Light-up fluorophores such as thiazole orange display fluorescence enhancement upon binding to ...
Figure 25: Templated fluorogenic detection of oligonucleotides using two PNAs. (A) Templated FRET depends on h...
Figure 26: Lateral flow devices use a streptavidin labeled strip on nitrocellulose paper to anchor a capture P...
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
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Decarboxylative trifluoromethylthiolation of pyridylacetates
- Ryouta Kawanishi,
- Kosuke Nakada and
- Kazutaka Shibatomi
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 229–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.23
- achieved using N-(trifluoromethylthio)benzenesulfonimide as the electrophilic trifluoromethylthiolation reagent. The reaction afforded the corresponding trifluoromethyl thioethers in good yield. Furthermore, the preparation of lithium pyridylacetates by saponification of the corresponding methyl esters and
- ]. Introducing a trifluoromethylthio group (CF3S–), which has high lipophilicity and strong electron-withdrawing properties, into medicinal compounds can improve their pharmacokinetic properties [7][8][9][10][11]. Hence, the development of a synthetic method for the preparation of trifluoromethyl thioethers has
- trifluoromethyl thioethers would be useful for the preparation of various medicinally relevant compounds. Electrophilic decarboxylative functionalization of 2-pyridylacetates. One-pot procedure for the synthesis of 2a. Substrate scope. aSaponification was carried out with 2.5 equiv of LiOH, and 2.5 equiv of 6 was
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Electrophilic decarboxylative functionalization of 2-pyridylacetates.
Scheme 2: One-pot procedure for the synthesis of 2a.
Scheme 3: Substrate scope. aSaponification was carried out with 2.5 equiv of LiOH, and 2.5 equiv of 6 was use...
Scheme 4: Reaction of α-monosubstituted 2-pyridylacetates.
Scheme 5: Proposed reaction pathway.
Scheme 6: Reaction of 3- and 4-pyridylacetates.
Tuning the solid-state emission of liquid crystalline nitro-cyanostilbene by halogen bonding
- Subrata Nath,
- Alexander Kappelt,
- Matthias Spengler,
- Bibhisan Roy,
- Jens Voskuhl and
- Michael Giese
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 124–131, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.13
- interactions and packing in the solid state and adds to the shift of the crystallisation temperature. Photophysical studies Recently, our group has shown that self-assembly provides an efficient way to tune fluorescence behaviour of liquid crystalline materials [21]. Phenolic thioethers showing aggregation
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic representation of the modular approach towards halogen-bonded fluorescent liquid crystals....
Figure 2: Representative POM images of NO2-C10 at 94 °C (a) and NO2-C10∙∙∙F4Az at 61.5 °C (b) upon cooling fr...
Figure 3: Comparison of the mesomorphic properties of NO2-Cn, NO2-Cn∙∙∙F4St, and NO2-Cn∙∙∙F4Az (n = 8–11). Th...
Figure 4: Graphical representation of the calculated interaction energies in kJ/mol of the XB-acceptor NO2-C1...
Figure 5: Summary of the thermal behaviour of the azo complexes with decreasing fluorination degree as observ...
Figure 6: POM images of the supramolecular assemblies NO2-C10∙∙∙F3Az (a), NO2-C10∙∙∙F2Az (b) and NO2-C10∙∙∙F2...
Figure 7: Fluorescence studies of NO2-C9∙∙∙F4St. The photographs of the solid components as well as the forme...
Figure 8: Photographs of the assemblies with different alkoxy chain lengths on the NO2-Cn moiety directly aft...
Figure 9: Temperature-dependent fluorescent images of NO2-C9∙∙∙F4St showing the enhancement of emission upon ...
Benzothiazolium salts as reagents for the deoxygenative perfluoroalkylthiolation of alcohols
- Armin Ariamajd,
- Nils J. Gerwien,
- Benjamin Schwabe,
- Stefan Dix and
- Matthew N. Hopkinson
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 83–88, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.8
- synthesized that serve as convenient sources of hitherto underexplored perfluoroalkylthiolate anions. An investigation of their reactivity in a deoxygenative nucleophilic substitution reaction led to the development of an unprecedented process that provides pentafluoroethyl and heptafluoropropyl thioethers
- directly from readily available alcohols. Keywords: alcohols; benzothiazolium salts; deoxygenative reactions; fluorine; perfluoroalkylthiolation; thioethers; Introduction The incorporation of fluorine-containing groups into organic molecules to modulate their biological or physical properties is nowadays
- is consistent with the expected lower nucleophilicity of the sterically more encumbered anion (Table 1, entry 6). The efficient perfluoroalkylthiolation of 2a observed with BT-SC2F5 led us to further investigate this approach as a route towards (pentafluoroethyl) thioethers. Deoxygenative
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic routes towards perfluoroalkyl thioethers.
Scheme 2: Two-step synthesis of BT-SRF reagents from MBT.
Scheme 3: Plausible mechanism for the formation of thioether 3 and thionoester 4.
Scheme 4: Scope of the deoxygenative perfluoroalkylthiolation reaction using BT-SC2F5 and BT-SC3F7.
Synthesis of 4-substituted azopyridine-functionalized Ni(II)-porphyrins as molecular spin switches
- Jannis Ludwig,
- Tobias Moje,
- Fynn Röhricht and
- Rainer Herges
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2589–2597, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.210
- shown that the spin switching efficiency is strongly dependent on the solvent and on the substituent at the 4-position of the pyridine unit. We now introduced thiol, disulfide, thioethers, nitrile and carboxylic acid groups and investigated their spin switching efficiency. Keywords: azopyridines; Ni(II
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: “Record player” approach for molecular spin switching. a) General principle b) Variation of the sub...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the nitroso compounds 3 and 6 using the two different methods described by Wegner et a...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of azopyridines 11, 14, 16 and 18 by nucleophilic aromatic substitution.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 3-(3-bromophenylazo)-4-cyanopyridine (20), which was hydrolyzed to yield 3-(3-bromophe...
Scheme 4: Modular approach for the C–C connection of the Ni(II)-porphyrin 22 and the different 4-substituted ...
Scheme 5: Cleavage of 1f to yield disulfide 1g [34].
Figure 2: Hammett plot of the investigated pyridine substituents [36].
Figure 3: UV–vis spectra of 1e (top), 1h (left) and 1j (right) in acetone water (1:9) (solid line) and after ...
Recent synthesis of thietanes
- Jiaxi Xu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1357–1410, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.116
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of biologically active thietane-containing molecules.
Figure 2: The diverse methods for the synthesis of thietanes.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 1-(thietan-2-yl)ethan-1-ol (10) from 3,5-dichloropentan-2-ol (9).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of thietanose nucleosides 2,14 from 2,2-bis(bromomethyl)propane-1,3-diol (11).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of methyl 3-vinylthietane-3-carboxylate (19).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 1,6-thiazaspiro[3.3]heptane (24).
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 6-amino-2-thiaspiro[3.3]heptane hydrochloride (28).
Scheme 6: Synthesis of optically active thietane 31 from vitamin C.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of an optically active thietane nucleoside from diethyl L-tartrate (32).
Scheme 8: Synthesis of thietane-containing spironucleoside 40 from 5-aldo-3-O-benzyl-1,2-O-isopropylidene-α-D...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of optically active 2-methylthietane-containing spironucleoside 43.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of a double-linked thietane-containing spironucleoside 48.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of two diastereomeric thietanose nucleosides via 2,4-di(benzyloxymethyl)thietane (49).
Scheme 12: Synthesis of the thietane-containing PI3k inhibitor candidate 54.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of the spirothietane 57 as the key intermediate to Nuphar sesquiterpene thioalkaloids.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of spirothietane 61 through a direct cyclic thioetherification of 3-mercaptopropan-1-ol.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of thietanes 66 from 1,3-diols 62.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of thietanylbenzimidazolone 75 from (iodomethyl)thiazolobenzimidazole 70.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 2-oxa-6-thiaspiro[3.3]heptane (80) from bis(chloromethyl)oxetane 76 and thiourea.
Scheme 18: Synthesis of the thietane-containing glycoside, 2-O-p-toluenesulfonyl-4,6-thioanhydro-α-D-gulopyran...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of methyl 4,6-thioanhydro-α-D-glucopyranoside (89).
Scheme 20: Synthesis of thietane-fused α-D-galactopyranoside 93.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of thietane-fused α-D-gulopyranoside 100.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of 3,5-anhydro-3-thiopentofuranosides 104.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of anhydro-thiohexofuranosides 110, 112 and 113 from from 1,2:4,5-di-O-isopropylidene D-f...
Scheme 24: Synthesis of optically active thietanose nucleosides from D- and L-xyloses.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of thietane-fused nucleosides.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of 3,5-anhydro-3-thiopentofuranosides.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of 2-amino-3,5-anhydro-3-thiofuranoside 141.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of thietane-3-ols 145 from (1-chloromethyl)oxiranes 142 and hydrogen sulfide.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of thietane-3-ol 145a from chloromethyloxirane (142a).
Scheme 30: Synthesis of thietane-3-ols 145 from 2-(1-haloalkyl)oxiranes 142 and 147 with ammonium monothiocarb...
Scheme 31: Synthesis of 7-deoxy-5(20)thiapaclitaxel 154a, a thietane derivative of taxoids.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of 5(20)-thiadocetaxel 158 from 10-deacetylbaccatin III (155).
Scheme 33: Synthesis of thietane derivatives 162 as precursors for deoxythiataxoid synthesis through oxiraneme...
Scheme 34: Synthesis of 7-deoxy 5(20)-thiadocetaxel 154b.
Scheme 35: Mechanism for the formation of the thietane ring in 171 from oxiranes with vicinal leaving groups 1...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of cis-2,3-disubstituted thietane 175 from thiirane-2-methanol 172.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of a bridged thietane 183 from aziridine cyclohexyl tosylate 179 and ammonium tetrathiomo...
Scheme 38: Synthesis of thietanes via the photochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition of thiobenzophenone 184a with va...
Scheme 39: Synthesis of spirothietanes through the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of cyclic thiocarbonyls with ol...
Scheme 40: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietane-thioxanthenes 210 from thioxanthenethione (208) and butatr...
Scheme 41: Synthesis of thietanes 213 from 2,4,6-tri(tert-butyl)thiobenzaldehyde (211) with substituted allene...
Scheme 42: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietanes 216 and 217 from N-methylthiophthalimide (214) with olefi...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of fused thietanes from quadricyclane with thiocarbonyl derivatives 219.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-methyldithiosuccinimides ...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-methylthiosuccinimide/thi...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-alkylmonothiophthalimides...
Scheme 47: Synthesis of spirothietanes from dithiosuccinimides 223 with 2,3-dimethyl-2-butene (215a).
Scheme 48: Synthesis of thietanes 248a,b from diaryl thione 184b and ketene acetals 247a,b.
Scheme 49: Photocycloadditions of acridine-9-thiones 249 and pyridine-4(1H)-thione (250) with 2-methylacrynitr...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of thietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of mono-, di-, and trithiobarbiturates 2...
Scheme 51: Synthesis of spirothietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 1,1,3-trimethyl-2-thioxo-1,2-dih...
Scheme 52: Synthesis of spirothietanes via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of thiocoumarin 286 with olefins.
Scheme 53: Photochemical synthesis of thietanes 296–299 from semicyclic and acyclic thioimides 292–295 and 2,3...
Scheme 54: Photochemical synthesis of spirothietane 301 from 1,3,3-trimethylindoline-2-thione (300) and isobut...
Scheme 55: Synthesis of spirobenzoxazolethietanes 303 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of alkyl and aryl 2-...
Scheme 56: Synthesis of spirothietanes from tetrahydrothioxoisoquinolines 306 and 307 with olefins.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of spirothietanes from 1,3-dihydroisobenzofuran-1-thiones 311 and benzothiophene-1-thione...
Scheme 58: Synthesis of 2-triphenylsilylthietanes from phenyl triphenylsilyl thioketone (316) with electron-po...
Scheme 59: Diastereoselective synthesis of spiropyrrolidinonethietanes 320 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition...
Scheme 60: Synthesis of bicyclic thietane 323 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of 2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyri...
Scheme 61: Photo-induced synthesis of fused thietane-2-thiones 325 and 326 from silacyclopentadiene 324 and ca...
Scheme 62: Synthesis of highly strained tricyclic thietanes 328 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddi...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of tri- and pentacyclic thietanes 330 and 332, respectively, through the intramolecular p...
Scheme 64: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes 334 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-vinylt...
Scheme 65: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes 336 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-but-3-...
Scheme 66: Synthesis of tricyclic thietanes via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-but-3-enyl...
Scheme 67: Synthesis of tetracyclic thietane 344 through the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of N-[...
Scheme 68: Synthesis of tri- and tetracyclic thietanes 348, 350, and 351, through the intramolecular photo [2 ...
Scheme 69: Synthesis of tetracyclic fused thietane 354 via the photo [2 + 2] cycloaddition of vinyl 2-thioxo-3H...
Scheme 70: Synthesis of highly rigid thietane-fused β-lactams via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloadditi...
Scheme 71: Asymmetric synthesis of a highly rigid thietane-fused β-lactam 356a via the intramolecular photo [2...
Scheme 72: Diastereoselective synthesis of the thietane-fused β-lactams via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] c...
Scheme 73: Asymmetric synthesis of thietane-fused β-lactams 356 via the intramolecular photo [2 + 2] cycloaddi...
Scheme 74: Synthesis of the bridged bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-di...
Scheme 75: Synthesis of the bridged-difluorothietane 368 from 2,2,4,4-tetrafluoro-1,3-dithietane (367) and qua...
Scheme 76: Synthesis of bis(trifluoromethyl)thietanes from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dithietane (3...
Scheme 77: Synthesis of 2,2-dimethylthio-4,4-di(trifluoromethyl)thietane (378) from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoro...
Scheme 78: Formation of bis(trifluoromethyl)thioacetone (381) through nucleophilic attack of dithietane 363 by...
Scheme 79: Synthesis of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)thietanes from 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)-1,3-dithietan...
Scheme 80: Synthesis of the bridged bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane 364 from of 2,2,4,4-tetrakis(trifluoromethyl)...
Scheme 81: Synthesis of 2,4-diiminothietanes 390 from alkenimines and 4-methylbenzenesulfonyl isothiocyanate (...
Scheme 82: Synthesis of arylidene 2,4-diiminothietanes 393 starting from phosphonium ylides 391 and isothiocya...
Scheme 83: Synthesis of thietane-2-ylideneacetates 397 through a DABCO-catalyzed formal [2 + 2] cycloaddition ...
Scheme 84: Synthesis of 3-substituted thietanes 400 from (1-chloroalkyl)thiiranes 398.
Scheme 85: Synthesis of N-(thietane-3-yl)azaheterocycles 403 and 404 through reaction of chloromethylthiirane (...
Scheme 86: Synthesis of 3-sulfonamidothietanes 406 from sulfonamides and chloromethylthiirane (398a).
Scheme 87: Synthesis of N-(thietane-3-yl)isatins 408 from chloromethylthiirane (398a) and isatins 407.
Scheme 88: Synthesis of 3-(nitrophenyloxy)thietanes 410 from nitrophenols 409 and chloromethylthiirane (398a).
Scheme 89: Synthesis of N-aryl-N-(thietane-3-yl)cyanamides 412 from N-arylcyanamides 411 and chloromethylthiir...
Scheme 90: Synthesis of 1-(thietane-3-yl)pyrimidin-2,4(1H,3H)-diones 414 from chloromethylthiirane (398a) and ...
Scheme 91: Synthesis of 2,4-diiminothietanes 418 from 2-iminothiiranes 416 and isocyanoalkanes 415.
Scheme 92: Synthesis of 2-vinylthietanes 421 from thiiranes 419 and 3-chloroallyl lithium (420).
Scheme 93: Synthesis of thietanes from thiiranes 419 and trimethyloxosulfonium iodide 424.
Scheme 94: Mechanism for synthesis of thietanes 425 from thiiranes 419 and trimethyloxosulfonium iodide 424.
Scheme 95: Synthesis of functionalized thietanes from thiiranes and dimethylsulfonium acylmethylides.
Scheme 96: Mechanism for the rhodium-catalyzed synthesis of functionalized thietanes 429 from thiiranes 419 an...
Scheme 97: Synthesis of 3-iminothietanes 440 through thermal isomerization from 4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazole-4-spir...
Scheme 98: Synthesis of thietanes 443 from 3-chloro-2-methylthiolane (441) through ring contraction.
Scheme 99: Synthesis of an optically active thietanose 447 from D-xylose involving a ring contraction.
Scheme 100: Synthesis of optically thietane 447 via the DAST-mediated ring contraction of 448.
Scheme 101: Synthesis of the optically thietane nucleoside 451 via the ring contraction of thiopentose in 450.
Scheme 102: Synthesis of spirothietane 456 from 3,3,5,5-tetramethylthiolane-2,4-dithione (452) and benzyne (453...
Scheme 103: Synthesis of thietanes 461 via photoisomerization of 2H,6H-thiin-3-ones 459.
Scheme 104: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,4-diarylthietanes 465.
Scheme 105: Mechanism of the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,4-diarylthietanes 465.
Scheme 106: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of trisubstituted thietanes (±)-470.
Scheme 107: Mechanism on the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of trisubstituted thietanes.
Scheme 108: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of thietanes (±)-475.
Scheme 109: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes from aldehydes 476 and acrylon...
Scheme 110: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes via a one-pot three-component ...
Scheme 111: Mechanism for the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes via three-co...
Scheme 112: Phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of substituted 3-nitrothietanes.
Scheme 113: Mechanism on the phosphorodithioate-mediated synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted thietanes (±)-486.
Scheme 114: Asymmetric synthesis of (S)-2-phenylthietane (497).
Scheme 115: Asymmetric synthesis of optically active 2,4-diarylthietanes.
Scheme 116: Synthesis of 3-acetamidothietan-2-one 503 via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoal...
Scheme 117: Synthesis of 4-substituted thietan-2-one via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoalk...
Scheme 118: Synthesis of 4,4-disubstituted thietan-2-one 511 via the intramolecular thioesterification of the 3...
Scheme 119: Synthesis of a spirothietan-2-one 514 via the intramolecular thioesterification of 3-mercaptoalkano...
Scheme 120: Synthesis of thiatetrahydrolipstatin starting from (S)-(−)-epichlorohydrin ((S)-142a).
Scheme 121: Synthesis of 2-phenethyl-4-(propan-2-ylidene)thietane (520) from 5-bromo-6-methyl-1-phenylhept-5-en...
Scheme 122: Synthesis of 2-phenethyl-4-(propan-2-ylidene)thietane (520) directly from S-(5-bromo-6-methyl-1-phe...
Scheme 123: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietanes from S-(2-bromoalk-1-en-4-yl)thioacetates.
Scheme 124: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietanes from S-(2-bromo/chloroalk-1-en-4-yl)thiols.
Scheme 125: Synthesis of spirothietan-3-ol 548 from enone 545 and ammonium hydrosulfide.
Scheme 126: Asymmetric synthesis of the optically active thietanoside from cis-but-2-ene-1,4-diol (47).
Scheme 127: Synthesis of 2-alkylidenethietan-3-ols 557 via the fluoride-mediated cyclization of thioacylsilanes ...
Scheme 128: Synthesis of 2-iminothietanes via the reaction of propargylbenzene (558) and isothiocyanates 560 in...
Scheme 129: Synthesis of 2-benzylidenethietane 567 via the nickel complex-catalyzed electroreductive cyclizatio...
Scheme 130: Synthesis of 2-iminothietanes 569 via the photo-assisted electrocyclic reaction of N-monosubstitute...
Scheme 131: Synthesis of ethyl 3,4-diiminothietane-2-carboxylates from ethyl thioglycolate (570) and bis(imidoy...
Scheme 132: Synthesis of N-(thietan-3-yl)-α-oxoazaheterocycles from azaheterocyclethiones and chloromethyloxira...
Scheme 133: Synthesis of thietan-3-yl benzoate (590) via the nickel-catalyzed intramolecular reductive thiolati...
Scheme 134: Synthesis of 2,2-bis(trifluoromethyl)thietane from 3,3-bis(trifluoromethyl)-1,2-dithiolane.
Scheme 135: Synthesis of thietanes from enamines and sulfonyl chlorides.
Scheme 136: Synthesis of spirothietane 603 via the [2 + 3] cycloaddition of 2,2,4,4-tetramethylcyclobutane-1,3-...
Scheme 137: Synthesis of thietane (605) from 1-bromo-3-chloropropane and sulfur.
