Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-11-08DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100052
Fang-Hai Tu , Shuang Lin , Ya-Jie Tang , Li-Cai Liu , Qingjiang Li , Honggen Wang
{"title":"Catalytic, dearomative 2,3-difluorination of indoles","authors":"Fang-Hai Tu , Shuang Lin , Ya-Jie Tang , Li-Cai Liu , Qingjiang Li , Honggen Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100052","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Indolines, characterized by their diverse biological activities and structural significance, have garnered considerable attention in the realms of natural product synthesis and drug discovery. Concurrently, the incorporation of fluorine atoms into organic molecules has emerged as a powerful strategy to enhance their pharmacological properties. Herein, we report a robust and diastereoselective approach for the synthesis of 2,3-difluorinated indolines through the iodine(I/III)-catalyzed dearomatization of readily available indoles. The protocol operates under mild conditions, displaying excellent functional group tolerance and remarkable diastereoselectivity. By employing this developed protocol, vicinal-difluorinated analogues of indole-containing drugs can be efficiently accessed. Theoretical calculations have shed light on the underlying reaction mechanism, proposing the formation of a β-fluorine-substituted carbocation intermediate. It is postulated that the observed high diastereoselectivity can be attributed to the dipole-dipole interactions facilitated by the C–F bond. Crystallographic analysis has revealed the profound impact of fluorine atom introduction on the conformational preferences of the indoline core. Given the unique structural characteristics and pharmacological significance of 2,3-difluorinated indolines, we anticipate their widespread application in medicinal chemistry and drug discovery endeavors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100052"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X23000189/pdfft?md5=70151845dd1856e460c59fa1eee21990&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X23000189-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134656522","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-10-24DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100051
Wen-Da Chen , Liang Cheng
{"title":"Synthesis and application of stimulus-triggered cyclic caged oligonucleotides for gene expression regulation","authors":"Wen-Da Chen , Liang Cheng","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100051","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100051","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cyclically caged oligonucleotides are a distinct category of altered biomacromolecules. They are created by incorporating caged motifs into oligonucleotides and subsequently undergoing cyclization through chemical or enzymatic means. The cyclic structure of these oligonucleotides significantly affects their characteristics and functionality, resulting in enhanced ribonuclease stability and loss of the ability to form complementary base pairs. However, when a specific stimulus is introduced, the ring structure can be deactivated, thereby restoring the oligonucleotide's function. This enables precise regulation of gene expression in both space and time by triggering a designated stimulus. In recent years, various cyclization strategies have been employed to modify antisense oligodeoxynucleotides, siRNAs, and gRNAs. This review will delve into the main synthesis methods used to generate cyclically caged oligonucleotides in the past decade. Moreover, we will explore the applications of these oligonucleotides in gene expression regulation, encompassing gene silencing and gene editing. This offers a valuable tool for comprehending the role of genes in the processes of biological growth and development.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100051"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X23000177/pdfft?md5=4f789c5fdb17e0af62268e3b37691309&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X23000177-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92046279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100050
Chakyu Richard Chan , Dipendu Mandal , Rowan D. Young
{"title":"Frustrated Lewis pair catalyzed C–F activation of α-trifluoromethylstyrenes","authors":"Chakyu Richard Chan , Dipendu Mandal , Rowan D. Young","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100050","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A frustrated Lewis pair approach is used for the monoselective C–F activation of α-trifluoromethyl styrenes. Selective C–F activation of α-trifluoromethyl styrenes with trispentafluorophenylborane (BCF) in partnership with tri(<em>ortho</em>-tolyl)phosphine or 2,4,6-triphenylpyridine (TPPy) generates γ-substituted α,α-difluoropropenyl phosphonium or pyridinium salts (respectively). The ability to further functionalize such products at the α and γ-positions is demonstrated through nucleophilic substitutions and metal catalyzed Suzuki couplings to generate a range of difluoromethyl and 1,1-difluoroolefin products.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100050"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666951X23000165/pdfft?md5=5e0f85f4ab7bc34e919523b6dcdd5b00&pid=1-s2.0-S2666951X23000165-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92046280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-09-22DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100049
Shu-Meng Deng, Yu-Xuan Zhao, Chengming Wang
{"title":"When transition-metal-catalyzed C–H activation meets allene chemistry","authors":"Shu-Meng Deng, Yu-Xuan Zhao, Chengming Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100049","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Transition-metal-catalyzed allenes-involved C–H functionalizations demonstrate unique selectivity and undergo exceptional pathways due to the existence of elusive orthogonal cumulative C<img>C<img>C bonds. As a result, it allows for a diverse array of C–H activation reactions, such as allylation, alkenylation, allenylation, dienylation, propargylation, and annulation. In this review, we comprehensively summarize the noteworthy aspects of transition-metal-catalyzed C–H functionalizations involving variously substituted allenes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100049"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49710475","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100048
Zhongyue Lu, Xuling Chen, Pengfei Li
{"title":"Organocatalytic Regio- and Enantioselective (3+3)-Annulation of 2-(4H-Benzo[d][1,3]oxazin-4-yl)acrylates with 2,4-Dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-ones","authors":"Zhongyue Lu, Xuling Chen, Pengfei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100048","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100048","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A chiral sulfonamide-phosphine catalyzed regio- and enantioselective (3 + 3)-annulation of 2-(4<em>H</em>-benzo[<em>d</em>][1,3]oxazin-4-yl)acrylates with 2,4-dihydro-3<em>H</em>-pyrazol-3-ones has been established, affording a wide range of such 1,4,5,6-tetrahydropyrano [2,3-<em>c</em>]pyrazole-containing carboxylates in generally high yields (61–96%) with high diastereo- and enantioselectivities (8:1->20:1 dr, 85–95% ee). Based on several control experiments, a reaction mechanism was proposed. Importantly, the work represents the first example of using benzoxazinyl acrylates as three-atom synthons, which enriches the chemistry of benzoxazinyl acrylates.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100048"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49068883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-08-22DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100045
Sara González , Dario Del Carratore , Ricardo J. Maza , Elena Fernández
{"title":"The seriatim Cu(I) activation of 1,1,1′,1′-tetrapinacolborylethane to prospective ring closing","authors":"Sara González , Dario Del Carratore , Ricardo J. Maza , Elena Fernández","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100045","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The synthesis and characterization of 1,1,1′1′-tetrapinacolborylethane is conducted to study the functionalization of that densely borylated small molecules through Cu-catalyzed coupling with allyl halides. A second Cu-catalyzed allylic alkylation of the homoallyl triboronate products gave access to mixed dihomoallyl diboronates. The intramolecular concatenated allylic alkylation version produced methylenecyclopentane-1,2-dipinacolboronic ester with 2:1 diastereoselection on the <em>trans</em>-diastereoisomer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"8 ","pages":"Article 100045"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44117365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100042
Bangkui Yu , Min Yu , Hanmin Huang
{"title":"Palladium-catalyzed ring-closing reaction of enynols with aminals via methylene transfer and C–N bond activation","authors":"Bangkui Yu , Min Yu , Hanmin Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100042","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100042","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The aminomethyl cyclopalladated complex is identified as a key intermediate for promoting the C–N bond activation of tertiary amines via reductive elimination and oxidative addition sequence. This strategy has enabled a palladium-catalyzed ring-closing reaction of enynols with aminals via methylene transfer and C–N bond activation, which provides rapid access to densely functionalized <em>O</em>-heterocycle containing allenic amines. The dual roles of the cyclopalladated complex, first as an aminomethylene-carrying reagent and then as a catalyst for C–N bond activation, have enabled a rare cascade redox-neutral methylene transfer and cyclization process that can simultaneously construct <em>O</em>-heterocycle framework and allenic amine functionality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100042"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48905725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100041
Efraím Reyes, Uxue Uria, Liher Prieto, Luisa Carrillo, Jose L. Vicario
{"title":"Organocatalytic activation of cyclopropanes in asymmetric synthesis","authors":"Efraím Reyes, Uxue Uria, Liher Prieto, Luisa Carrillo, Jose L. Vicario","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100041","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100041","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cyclopropanes are strained carbocycles that can undergo ring opening reactions in which one of the C–C bond present in the cycle is broken following a radical or ionic mechanism. Recently, organocatalysis has emerged as a convenient tool for promoting these ring-opening processes under very mild reaction conditions and allowing the unconventional preparation of interesting compounds starting from differently substituted cyclopropanes. In this review, we present the different reactions developed in this field in which different organocatalytic activation manifolds have been employed to trigger the ring opening event.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100041"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46385649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tetrahedron chemPub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100046
Robbie Ge , Faith Herington , Alana Mangawang , Debabrata Maiti , Haibo Ge
{"title":"Palladium (II)-catalyzed cascade reactions initiated with directed activation of unactivated sp3 C–H bonds","authors":"Robbie Ge , Faith Herington , Alana Mangawang , Debabrata Maiti , Haibo Ge","doi":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100046","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Cascade reactions—chemical processes consisting of two or more reactions in one pot—offer considerable advantages in terms of time, cost, atom efficiency, and reduced waste generation, and have thus unsurprisingly attracted considerable attention amongst the chemical community in recent decades. On the other hand, transition metal-catalyzed site-selective carbon-hydrogen (C–H) bond functionalization represents one of the most significant and efficient synthetic approaches in organic chemistry, enabling the conversion of common petroleum chemicals into highly valuable products in a single step. Utilization of this approach in cascades dramatically improves its applicability by allowing for the efficient construction of complex molecules from simple starting materials in a single pot. This perspective summarizes the developments in palladium (II)-catalyzed cascade reactions initiated with directed activation of unactivated aliphatic C–H bonds and our recent efforts in synthesizing bicyclic lactones, followed by current challenges and future opportunities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":74918,"journal":{"name":"Tetrahedron chem","volume":"7 ","pages":"Article 100046"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46643525","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}