Phong Thai, Lauv Patel, Diyasha Manna, David C. Powers
{"title":"Hydrogen-bond activation enables aziridination of unactivated olefins with simple iminoiodinanes","authors":"Phong Thai, Lauv Patel, Diyasha Manna, David C. Powers","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.197","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>Iminoiodinanes comprise a class of hypervalent iodine reagents that is often encountered in nitrogen-group transfer (NGT) catalysis. In general, transition metal catalysts are required to effect efficient NGT to unactivated olefins because iminoiodinanes are insufficiently electrophilic to engage in direct aziridination chemistry. Here, we demonstrate that 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) activates <i>N</i>-arylsulfonamide-derived iminoiodinanes for the metal-free aziridination of unactivated olefins. <sup>1</sup>H NMR and cyclic voltammetry (CV) studies indicate that hydrogen-bonding between HFIP and the iminoiodinane generates an oxidant capable of direct NGT to unactivated olefins. Stereochemical scrambling during aziridination of 1,2-disubstituted olefins is observed and interpreted as evidence that aziridination proceeds via a carbocation intermediate that subsequently cyclizes. These results demonstrate a simple method for activating iminoiodinane reagents, provide analysis of the extent of activation achieved by H-bonding, and indicate the potential for chemical non-innocence of fluorinated alcohol solvents in NGT catalysis.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-197-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2305–2312. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.197</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142184998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Stefan P. Schmid, Leon Schlosser, Frank Glorius, Kjell Jorner
{"title":"Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis","authors":"Stefan P. Schmid, Leon Schlosser, Frank Glorius, Kjell Jorner","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.196","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>Organocatalysis has established itself as a third pillar of homogeneous catalysis, besides transition metal catalysis and biocatalysis, as its use for enantioselective reactions has gathered significant interest over the last decades. Concurrent to this development, machine learning (ML) has been increasingly applied in the chemical domain to efficiently uncover hidden patterns in data and accelerate scientific discovery. While the uptake of ML in organocatalysis has been comparably slow, the last two decades have showed an increased interest from the community. This review gives an overview of the work in the field of ML in organocatalysis. The review starts by giving a short primer on ML for experimental chemists, before discussing its application for predicting the selectivity of organocatalytic transformations. Subsequently, we review ML employed for privileged catalysts, before focusing on its application for catalyst and reaction design. Concluding, we give our view on current challenges and future directions for this field, drawing inspiration from the application of ML to other scientific domains.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-196-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2280–2304. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142184999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin Schofield, Shayna Maddern, Yueteng Zhang, Grace E. Mastin, Rachel Knight, Wei Wang, James Galligan, Christopher Hulme
{"title":"Deuterated reagents in multicomponent reactions to afford deuterium-labeled products","authors":"Kevin Schofield, Shayna Maddern, Yueteng Zhang, Grace E. Mastin, Rachel Knight, Wei Wang, James Galligan, Christopher Hulme","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.195","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>The utility of bio-isosteres is broad in drug discovery and methodology herein enables the preparation of deuterium-labeled products is the most fundamental of known bio-isosteric replacements. As such we report the use of both [D<sub>1</sub>]-aldehydes and [D<sub>2</sub>]-isonitriles across 8 multicomponent reactions (MCRs) to give diverse arrays of deuterated products. A highlight is the synthesis of several FDA-approved calcium channel blockers, selectively deuterated at a <i>t</i><sub>1/2</sub> limiting metabolic soft-spot via use of [D<sub>1</sub>]-aldehydes. Surrogate pharmacokinetic analyses of microsomal stability confirm prolongation of <i>t</i><sub>1/2</sub> of the new deuterated analogs. We also report the first preparation of [D<sub>2</sub>]-isonitriles from [D<sub>3</sub>]-formamides via a modified Leuckart–Wallach reaction and their use in an MCR to afford products with [D<sub>2</sub>]-benzylic positions and likely significantly enhanced metabolic stability, a key parameter for property-based design efforts.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-195-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2270–2279. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.195</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"6 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142224059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"gem-Difluorination of carbon–carbon triple bonds using Brønsted acid/Bu4NBF4 or electrogenerated acid","authors":"Mizuki Yamaguchi, Hiroki Shimao, Kengo Hamasaki, Keiji Nishiwaki, Shigenori Kashimura, Kouichi Matsumoto","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.194","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.194","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p><i>gem</i>-Difluorination of carbon–carbon triple bonds was conducted using Brønsted acids, such as Tf<sub>2</sub>NH and TfOH, combined with Bu<sub>4</sub>NBF<sub>4</sub> as the fluorine source. The electrochemical oxidation of a Bu<sub>4</sub>NBF<sub>4</sub>/CH<sub>2</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub> solution containing alkyne substrates could also give the corresponding <i>gem</i>-difluorinated compounds (<i>in-cell</i> method). The <i>ex-cell</i> electrolysis method was also applicable for <i>gem</i>-difluorination of alkynes.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-194-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2261–2269. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.194</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomohiko Nishiuchi, Kazuma Takahashi, Yuta Makihara, Takashi Kubo
{"title":"Synthesis and reactivity of the di(9-anthryl)methyl radical","authors":"Tomohiko Nishiuchi, Kazuma Takahashi, Yuta Makihara, Takashi Kubo","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.193","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>The di(9-anthryl)methyl (DAntM) radical was synthesized and investigated to elucidate its optical, electrical properties, and reactivity. The generation of the DAntM radical was confirmed by its ESR spectrum, which showed two broad signals. The unpaired electron is primarily localized on the central sp<sup>2</sup> carbon and slightly delocalized over the two anthryl moieties. Although the DAntM radical undergoes dimerization in solution, the radical still remains even at 190 K due to the bulky nature of the two anthryl groups. Interestingly, upon exposure to air, the purple color of the radical solution quickly fades to orange, resulting in decomposition to give 9-anthryl aldehyde and anthroxyl radical derivatives.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-193-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2254–2260. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.193</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"60 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142224058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Metal-free double azide addition to strained alkynes of an octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivative with electron-withdrawing substituents","authors":"Naoki Takeda, Shuichi Akasaka, Susumu Kawauchi, Tsuyoshi Michinobu","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.191","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>Strain-promoted azide–alkyne cycloaddition (SpAAC) is a powerful tool in the field of bioconjugation and materials research. We previously reported a regioselective double addition of organic azides to octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivatives with electron-rich alkyloxy substituents. In order to increase the reaction rate, electron-withdrawing substituents were introduced into octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene. In this report, the synthesis of new octadehydrodibenzo[12]annulene derivatives, regioselective double addition of organic azides, and an application to crosslinking polymers are described.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-191-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2234–2241. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.191</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"2020 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cell-free protein synthesis with technical additives – expanding the parameter space of in vitro gene expression","authors":"Tabea Bartsch, Stephan Lütz, Katrin Rosenthal","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>Biocatalysis has established itself as a successful tool in organic synthesis. A particularly fast technique for screening enzymes is the in vitro expression or cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS). The system is based on the transcription and translation machinery of an extract-donating organism to which substrates such as nucleotides and amino acids, as well as energy molecules, salts, buffer, etc., are added. After successful protein synthesis, further substrates can be added for an enzyme activity assay. Although mimicking of cell-like conditions is an approach for optimization, the physical and chemical properties of CFPS are not well described yet. To date, standard conditions have mainly been used for CFPS, with little systematic testing of whether conditions closer to intracellular conditions in terms of viscosity, macromolecules, inorganic ions, osmolarity, or water content are advantageous. Also, very few non-physiological conditions have been tested to date that would expand the parameter space in which CFPS can be performed. In this study, the properties of an <i>Escherichia coli</i> extract-based CFPS system are evaluated, and the parameter space is extended to high viscosities, concentrations of inorganic ion and osmolarity using ten different technical additives including organic solvents, polymers, and salts. It is shown that the synthesis of two model proteins, namely superfolder GFP (sfGFP) and the enzyme truncated human cyclic GMP-AMP synthase fused to sfGFP (t<i>hs</i>cGAS-sfGFP), is very robust against most of the tested additives.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-192-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2242–2253. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.192</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"29 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selective hydrolysis of α-oxo ketene N,S-acetals in water: switchable aqueous synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides","authors":"Haifeng Yu, Wanting Zhang, Xuejing Cui, Zida Liu, Xifu Zhang, Xiaobo Zhao","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.190","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>An eco-friendly selective hydrolysis of chain α-oxo ketene <i>N</i>,<i>S</i>-acetals in water for the switchable synthesis of β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides is reported. In refluxing water, the hydrolysis reactions of α-oxo ketene <i>N</i>,<i>S</i>-acetals in the presence of 1.0 equiv of dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid effectively afforded β-keto thioesters in excellent yield, while β-keto amides were successfully obtained in excellent yield when the hydrolysis reactions were carried out in the presence of 3.0 equiv of NaOH. The green approach to β-keto thioesters and β-keto amides avoids the use of harmful organic solvents, thiols and thiolacetates as well as amines, which could result in serious environmental and safety issues.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-190-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2225–2233. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.190</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrey R. Galeev, Maksim V. Dmitriev, Alexander S. Novikov, Andrey N. Maslivets
{"title":"Heterocycle-guided synthesis of m-hetarylanilines via three-component benzannulation","authors":"Andrey R. Galeev, Maksim V. Dmitriev, Alexander S. Novikov, Andrey N. Maslivets","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>A one-pot three-component synthesis of substituted <i>meta</i>-hetarylanilines from heterocycle-substituted 1,3-diketones has been developed. The electron-withdrawing power of the heterocyclic substituent (which can be estimated on the basis of calculated Hammett constants) in the 1,3-diketone plays a pivotal role in the studied reaction. The series of <i>meta</i>-hetarylanilines prepared (21–85% isolated yield) demonstrates the synthetic utility of the developed method.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-188-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2208–2216. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.188</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrochemical allylations in a deep eutectic solvent","authors":"Sophia Taylor, Scott T. Handy","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.20.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.20.189","url":null,"abstract":"<p><font size='+1'><b>Abstract</b></font></p>\u0000<p>Electrosynthesis is a technique that is attracting increased attention and has many appealing features, particularly its potential greenness. At the same time, electrosynthesis requires a solvent and a supporting electrolyte in order for current to pass through the reaction. These are effectively consumable reagents unless a convenient means of recycling can be developed. As part of our interest in unusual solvents and electrochemistry, we explored the application of simple, inexpensive, and recyclable deep eutectic solvents to the allylation of carbonyls. While several sets of conditions were developed, the goal of avoiding stoichiometric amounts of metal has proven elusive. Still, a deep eutectic solvent can be used to plate out and thus recover the metal used, offering an interesting new option for electrochemical allylations.</p>\u0000<p align='center'><img src='https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjoc/content/figures/1860-5397-20-189-graphical-abstract.png?max-width=550' border='0'/></p>\u0000<p><i>Beilstein J. Org. Chem.</i> <b>2024,</b> <i>20,</i> 2217–2224. doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.189</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142185005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}