{"title":"Recent advances in copper-catalyzed direct hydroamination of alkenes with (hetero)aromatic amines.","authors":"Hyejeong Lee, Yunmi Lee","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.73","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.73","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrogen-containing aromatic amines and aza-heterocycles are ubiquitous motifs in pharmaceuticals and functional materials, making efficient C-N bond formation a fundamental transformation in synthetic chemistry. The direct hydroamination of alkenes using (hetero)aromatic N-H nucleophiles offers an atom- and step-economical strategy; however, the reduced nucleophilicity and distinct coordination behavior of these substrates render such transformations inherently challenging. Recently, copper catalysis has emerged as a versatile and practical platform for addressing these limitations. Owing to its redox flexibility and ligand tunability, copper facilitates multiple activation modes, including copper-amido-mediated nucleophilic addition or aminocupration, Lewis acid-type alkene activation, and radical-mediated pathways. These complementary mechanisms provide access to diverse alkene classes with control over regioselectivity (Markovnikov vs anti-Markovnikov addition), stereoselectivity, and functional group tolerance. This review summarizes recent advances in the copper-catalyzed hydroamination of alkenes with (hetero)aromatic N-H nucleophiles, emphasizing the mechanistic paradigms and the factors governing selectivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"925-947"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13267513/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148263096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A practical CO<sub>2</sub>-mediated synthesis of 5,6-carboxylated silicon-rhodamines for targeted probe development.","authors":"Dongjie Hou, Shaowei Wu, Ning Xu, Pengjun Bao, Wenhao Jia, Qinglong Qiao, Zhaochao Xu","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.72","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.72","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Silicon-rhodamine (SiR) dyes are among the most important fluorophores for super-resolution imaging owing to their far-red emission, high photostability, and tunable lactone-zwitterion equilibrium. However, their broader application in targeted probe development has been limited by the challenging synthesis of 5,6-carboxylated SiR derivatives, which are essential intermediates for bioconjugation. Here, we report a practical CO<sub>2</sub>-mediated strategy for the synthesis of 5,6-carboxylated SiRs from brominated SiR precursors via lithium-halogen exchange and direct carboxylation. Using <i>n</i>-BuLi and readily available CO<sub>2</sub>, this method delivers carboxylated SiR derivatives in 60-93% yields while avoiding the use of <i>t</i>-BuLi, toxic CO, and expensive palladium catalysts. In addition, the crude carboxylation mixtures can be directly subjected to amide coupling without chromatographic purification, enabling one-pot access to HaloTag-targeted SiR probes. The resulting probes were successfully applied to long-term live-cell super-resolution imaging, allowing visualization of filopodial dynamics and mitochondrial remodeling. This work establishes a concise and efficient route to functionalized SiR dyes and facilitates the rapid development of targeted SiR probes.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"915-924"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13267498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148263084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Timur O Zanakhov, Ekaterina E Galenko, Mikhail S Novikov, Alexander F Khlebnikov
{"title":"Cascade transformation of 2-(diazoacetyl)-2<i>H</i>-azirines to 2-aroyl-3-hydroxy-1<i>H</i>-pyrroles via condensation with aromatic aldehydes.","authors":"Timur O Zanakhov, Ekaterina E Galenko, Mikhail S Novikov, Alexander F Khlebnikov","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.70","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.70","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Cs<sub>2</sub>CO<sub>3</sub>-induced condensation of 2-(diazoacetyl)-2<i>H</i>-azirines with aromatic aldehydes does not result in the formation of an azirinyl-substituted β-hydroxy-α-diazocarbonyl compound, but is accompanied by a tandem intramolecular cyclization involving the hydroxy group and the C=N bond of the azirine to form a bicyclic intermediate, a 4-diazo-2-oxa-7-azabicyclo[4.1.0]heptan-5-one derivative. The acid-catalyzed transformation of which leads to 2-aroyl-3-hydroxy-1<i>H</i>-pyrroles.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"897-904"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13267485/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148263080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palladium-catalyzed benzocyclization reactions of quinoline-2-carboxamides via sequential C-H/N-H functionalization.","authors":"Shoichi Sugita, Kentaro Okano, Atsunori Mori","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.71","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.71","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel benzocyclization protocol has been developed for the synthesis of quinoline-fused lactams by palladium-catalyzed sequential C-H/N-H functionalization of quinoline-2-carboxamides and 1,2-dihaloarenes. The reaction proceeds at the C-H bond on the quinoline adjacent to the amide group and at the amide N-H bond in the presence of 10 mol % Pd(OAc)<sub>2</sub> in <i>o</i>-xylene as a solvent to afford the cyclized product in 34% yield. The yield increases to 81% when the reaction is carried out with 80 mol % P(4-MeOC<sub>6</sub>H<sub>4</sub>)<sub>3</sub> as a ligand and with an increased catalyst loading of 20 mol %. The reaction affords lactams in up to 83% yield using amides containing various functional groups and substituted 1-bromo-2-iodobenzenes. Furthermore, 1,2-dibromo heteroarenes, such as benzothiophene and pyridine, undergo annulation to give the corresponding heterocycle-fused compounds. The high chemoselectivity of the 1,2-dihaloarene functional groups is confirmed in this reaction, thus enabling divergent synthesis of various multifused heterocyclic systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"905-914"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13267496/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148263017","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ya Bai, Xue-Ying Wang, Si-Kai Zhu, Yan-Ting Shen, Sheng-Yong Zhang, Ping-An Wang
{"title":"Chiral cyclopropenimine-catalyzed enantioselective Michael reactions of phenol and benzofuran-derived α,β-unsaturated pyrazolamides with benzophenone-imine of glycine esters.","authors":"Ya Bai, Xue-Ying Wang, Si-Kai Zhu, Yan-Ting Shen, Sheng-Yong Zhang, Ping-An Wang","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.69","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.69","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The enantioselective Michael reactions of benzophenone-imine of glycine esters with phenol- and benzofuran-derived α,β-unsaturated pyrazolamides have been realized by using a chiral cyclopropenimine (Lambert catalyst, <b>CSB-1</b>) as an organocatalyst. In the presence of 20 mol % <b>CSB-1</b>, the Michael adducts were obtained in up to 85% yield and 98% ee under mild conditions. The configurations of these Michael products were deduced by X-ray single crystal diffraction of a pyroglutamic acid ester containing two adjacent stereocenters, which was obtained from in-situ acidic hydrolysis and lactamization of the corresponding Michael product.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"888-896"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13267487/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148263077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diastereodivergent electrophilic trapping of α-boryl lithium derivatives.","authors":"Tereza Pavlíčková, Noam Orbach, Ilan Marek","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.68","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.68","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>α-Boryl carbanions are valuable organoboron intermediates, but controlling their stereoselective reactions remains challenging. Here, we examine the diastereoselective generation and trapping of α-boryl lithium species formed by ring opening of substituted iodomethylcyclopropanes. After lithium-iodine exchange and selective C-C bond cleavage, these intermediates react with a range of electrophiles to give boronic esters bearing vicinal tri- and tetrasubstituted stereocenters in good yields and high diastereoselectivities. Notably, substrates bearing alkyl substituents display the opposite sense of diastereoselectivity to previously studied aryl-substituted analogues. The results suggest that the stereochemical outcome is independent of the initial configuration at C2 and is instead dictated by conformational preferences of the α-boryl lithium intermediate. A simplified steric model is proposed in which lithium coordination induces a pseudo-chelated structure that controls facial selectivity during electrophilic trapping. These findings expand the synthetic utility of α-boryl lithium intermediates and provide insight into the origins of their diastereoselectivity.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"882-887"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13245471/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148209773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio Angelastro, Jonathan Bargh, Subhajit Guria, Victor Laserna, Louis Luk
{"title":"Site-specific labelling of native peptides and proteins: chemical and enzymatic strategies.","authors":"Antonio Angelastro, Jonathan Bargh, Subhajit Guria, Victor Laserna, Louis Luk","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.67","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.67","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Site-specific modifications of native-sequence proteins are technologies that underpin progresses in chemical biology, diagnostics and next-generation biotherapeutics. However, the pursuit of site-specificity has often come at the expense of scalability and usability, ultimately limiting translational potential of a modification tool. This review critically compares current key strategies, including terminal, disulfide-rebridging, small-molecule, glycan and enzyme-based modifications. Finally, we present a decision tree for method selection and highlight opportunities for innovation in next-generation native-sequence protein modification technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"857-881"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13245474/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148209766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daria A Burmistrova, Vasiliy A Fokin, Oleg P Demidov, Mikhail A Kiskin, Maxim V Arsenyev, Andrey I Poddel'sky, Nadezhda T Berberova, Ivan V Smolyaninov
{"title":"Unsymmetrical sulfoxides with sterically hindered catechol fragment: synthesis, structure, electrochemical properties, and antiradical activity.","authors":"Daria A Burmistrova, Vasiliy A Fokin, Oleg P Demidov, Mikhail A Kiskin, Maxim V Arsenyev, Andrey I Poddel'sky, Nadezhda T Berberova, Ivan V Smolyaninov","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.65","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.65","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New unsymmetrical sulfoxides containing a redox-active sterically hindered catechol fragment and a nonpolar hydrocarbon substituent at the sulfoxide group were synthesized via the oxidation of the corresponding catechol thioethers with hydrogen peroxide. The yield of the reaction products ranges from 42 to 89%. The crystal structures of catechol sulfoxides with isopropyl, cyclopentyl, adamantyl, benzyl and 1-naphthyl moieties were established by single-crystal X-ray analysis. The possibility of forming intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds has been shown for these compounds. The electrochemical behavior of sulfoxides was studied in comparison with that of the parent catechol thioethers. The redox transition corresponding to catechol fragment oxidation is shifted to the anodic region relative to the initial thioethers, which is attributed to the more electron-withdrawing nature of the S=O group. The second redox stage characterizes the transformation of the sulfoxide fragment and is observed in most cases at 1.82-1.91 V. The radical-scavenging activity and antioxidant properties of the unsymmetrical sulfoxides and their precursor thioethers were evaluated using the reaction with the 2,2'-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical (DPPH) and the 2,2'-azinobis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) radical cation (ABTS<sup>+•</sup>). In both assays, the lowest IC<sub>50</sub> values among the studied catechol sulfoxides were found for compounds bearing isopropyl and <i>tert</i>-butyl substituents on the sulfoxide group.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"828-837"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13245472/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148209702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The <i>trans</i>-influence in gold chemistry from a catalytic perspective.","authors":"Manfred Bochmann","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.66","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.66","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Gold catalysis has developed into an increasingly important method in organic synthesis. Especially the potential of gold(I,III) redox systems and gold(III) complexes has more recently become a focus of interest. Although often underestimated or not considered, the ligand <i>trans</i>-influence is a crucial factor in determining the reactivity of gold(III) compounds; it modifies not only bond polarisation, dissociation energies and thermal stability but also controls the nature of the gold frontier orbitals. This Perspective highlights recent insights into the origins and consequences of the ligand <i>trans</i>-influence and its importance for the energetics of gold-catalysed reactions, with special emphasis on the <i>trans</i>-influence in gold(III) hydrides and recent mechanistic insights.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"838-856"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13245473/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148209688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Total synthesis of the capsular polysaccharide repeating unit towards the development of a glycoconjugate vaccine against <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> ST512.","authors":"Shuo Zhang, Ondřej Daněk, Peter H Seeberger","doi":"10.3762/bjoc.22.64","DOIUrl":"10.3762/bjoc.22.64","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> ST512 is an emerging multidrug-resistant pathogen whose capsular polysaccharide represents a prime target for vaccine development. Here, we report the first total synthesis of the branched hexasaccharide repeating unit of the <i>K. pneumoniae</i> ST512 CPS, together with four structurally related oligosaccharide analogues. Key synthetic challenges including the stereoselective construction of the 1,2-<i>cis</i> glycosidic linkage on the galacturonic acid core and the inherently low reactivity of elongated oligosaccharide intermediates were addressed employing orthogonally protected building blocks. The resulting library of conjugation-ready oligosaccharides, equipped with aminopentyl linkers, enables glycan microarray-based identification of minimal immunogenic epitopes. This work establishes a robust chemical foundation for the rational development of semi-synthetic glycoconjugate vaccines targeting <i>K. pneumoniae</i> ST512.</p>","PeriodicalId":8756,"journal":{"name":"Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry","volume":"22 ","pages":"821-827"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2026-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13224054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148148049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}