{"title":"Recent advancements in the Ullmann homocoupling reaction for the synthesis of biaryl compounds.","authors":"Saima Perveen, Guoxiang Zhang, Pengfei Li","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00392j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00392j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the realm of biaryl synthesis, the Ullmann homocoupling reaction is a fundamental process for constructing biaryl compounds and has historically been driven by copper catalysis. However, significant studies have been made in Ullmann-type coupling reactions, particularly in the formation of biaryl structures, leading to more sustainable and efficient synthetic pathways. Recent research has concentrated on devising innovative catalytic systems, including palladium, gold, and nickel nanoparticles, and bimetallic species, to surmount the limitations of conventional copper catalysts. These advancements have broadened the range of substrates and enhanced reaction efficiency under gentler conditions, in line with the principles of green chemistry. Mechanistic studies have been instrumental in these developments, particularly focusing on the nonchain single-electron transfer (SET) mechanism. Additionally, the use of recyclable heterogeneous catalysts has mitigated the stringent reaction conditions associated with the original Ullmann reaction. As research continues to evolve, asymmetric Ullmann coupling is anticipated to become a key tool in the synthesis of complex natural products and heterocyclic systems pertinent to medicinal chemistry. This review aims to cover the recent developments in the Ullmann homocoupling reaction in sustainable and asymmetric catalytic systems for the synthesis of biaryl compounds.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ru(II)-catalyzed oxidative C-H spiroannulation of 4-arylquinazolin-2-ones with alkynes.","authors":"Chidrawar Ajay, B Sridhar, B V Subba Reddy","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00170f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00170f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A novel strategy has been devised for the synthesis of spiro[indene-1,4'-quinazolin]-2'(3'<i>H</i>)-one frameworks through Ru(II)-catalyzed tandem <i>ortho</i>-C-H bond activation and spiroannulation of 4-arylquinazolin-2-ones with alkynes. This is the first example of spiroannulation of 4-arylquinazolin-2-ones with internal alkynes. It is a versatile approach for synthesizing spiro[indene-1,4'-quinazolin]-2'(3'<i>H</i>)-one scaffolds with a broad substrate scope and high functional group tolerance.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Parvin Moghimi, Hossein Sabet-Sarvestani, Vahid Moghimi, Nazanin Norozi-Shad, Michal Szostak
{"title":"Single-atom molecular editing: transformative advances in carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks.","authors":"Parvin Moghimi, Hossein Sabet-Sarvestani, Vahid Moghimi, Nazanin Norozi-Shad, Michal Szostak","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00272a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00272a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Single-atom editing has emerged as a transformative strategy in organic synthesis, enabling precise modification of carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks by selectively targeting single atoms. These frameworks are crucial backbones of pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, and advanced materials, making this approach powerful for organic chemists. In drug discovery and natural product synthesis, single-atom editing diversifies molecular scaffolds and tailors molecular properties to enhance pharmacological activity. In heterocyclic synthesis, this approach enables controlled heteroatom substitution, addition or deletion in an unprecedented and highly selective manner compared to traditional methods. Recent advances in transition-metal catalysis, organocatalysis, photoredox catalysis, and heterocycle-to-heterocycle metamorphosis have expanded the versatility of single-atom editing, enabling the synthesis of various carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds. Principally, this approach has been exploited to design new architectures that are not easily accessible by other methods and to establish major improvements in the synthesis of known scaffolds, providing more efficient and sustainable routes towards large-scale chemical synthesis. This review overviews recent advances, focusing on carbocyclic and heterocyclic frameworks, and is organized by key single-atom editing strategies, such as ring contractions, atom deletions, ring expansions, and atom insertions. The review highlights key transformations like Favorskii and Wolff rearrangements, alongside modern photochemical and transition-metal-catalyzed processes, to provide a broad overview of synthetic applications and inspire further advancements in targeted molecular edits.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organocatalytic cyclization-rearrangement cascade reaction: asymmetric construction of γ-lactams.","authors":"Sheng-Feng Wu, Zhi-Yuan Wang, Xing-Wen Sun","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00010f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00010f","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a chiral thiourea-catalyzed Michael/ring-reorganization cyclization of 3-methyleneoxindoles with <i>N</i>-(<i>p</i>-toluenesulfonyl)-α-amino ketones, facilitating the asymmetric synthesis of γ-lactams. This method efficiently generates a range of optically pure γ-lactams, in yields ranging from 60% to 86% and excellent stereoselectivity (up to 20 : 1 dr, >99% ee). The gram-scale experiments confirmed the scalability of the reaction without compromising the yield or stereoselectivity. Performed under mild conditions, this investigation showcases its potential applicability for synthesizing complex chiral γ-lactams with consecutive three chiral centers.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mn-catalyzed oxo-alkylation of 1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2<i>H</i>,4<i>H</i>)-diones with cyclic alkanols <i>via</i> oxidative cross-dehydrogenative coupling.","authors":"Qianqian Liang, Shuomeng Bai, Yushi Tan, Hong-Yu Zhang, Yuecheng Zhang, Jiquan Zhao","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00098j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00098j","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An efficient and convenient pathway to synthesize diverse 3 or 4-oxo-alkyl substituted 1,2,4-triazine-3,5(2<i>H</i>,4<i>H</i>)-diones has been reported <i>via</i> an atom- and step-economical cross-dehydrogenation coupling strategy with good functional group tolerance and wide substrate scope. The present transformation employs inexpensive manganese salt catalysts and iodobenzene diacetate oxidants at room temperature. The synthetic utility of this pathway is further demonstrated by a gram scale reaction.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan Martinelli, Enrico Martorana, Angelo Marcotrigiano, Lorenzo Tei
{"title":"Investigations into the <i>N</i>-dealkylation reaction of protected chelating agents.","authors":"Jonathan Martinelli, Enrico Martorana, Angelo Marcotrigiano, Lorenzo Tei","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00114e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00114e","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To comply with the specific requirements for the coordination of a certain metal ion, it is often necessary to decrease the substitution degree on the nitrogen atoms of well-known poly(aminocarboxylate) ligands used as chelators for the preparation of diagnostic or therapeutic probes. The procedures used so far to prepare such partially-alkylated compounds involve steps that suffer from product loss or the need to introduce protection/deprotection reactions, consequently lowering the final yield. The application of an <i>N</i>-dealkylation reaction to an exhaustively-substituted precursor could in principle allow to achieve the same result in fewer steps and therefore with higher yields. Dealkylation reactions have been known since the early 1900s, but they have never been exploited for such a purpose. We investigated the applicability of the simple iron-Polonovski <i>N</i>-dealkylation reaction to obtain a library of useful ligands starting from the <i>tert</i>-butyl-protected derivatives of chelators widely used in the biomedical fields such as CDTA, EDTA, NOTA, AAZTA and PCTA. The preparation of partially-alkylated ligands has already been reported in the literature but with several drawbacks and possible improvements. In most of the examples reported, it was found that the reaction occurred in an easy and straightforward way by only using an excess of oxidizing agent that was sufficient to convert the <i>N</i>-oxide into the <i>N</i>-dealkylated product without the need for a reducing agent.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced ester dechloroacetylation through transesterification with trimethoxyborane.","authors":"Sheng Zhang, Xiangrong Wang, Renhua Li, Zhangrong Lou, Haoyun Zhan, Masahiko Yamaguchi","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00255a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00255a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A new strategy to remove the chloroacetyl group using B(OMe)<sub>3</sub> and K<sub>3</sub>PO<sub>4</sub> in the presence of organophosphine is described. The reaction was performed on <i>O</i>-AcCl-protected benzylic, aliphatic primary, aliphatic secondary, allyl, and propargyl alcohols and phenols to generate free alcohols and phenols in good to excellent yields. Synthetically valuable and sensitive functional groups such as bromo, carbonyl, and dioxol remained intact during the reaction. The control experiments and <i>in situ</i><sup>1</sup>H NMR and <sup>11</sup>B NMR tracking experiments were conducted to understand the reaction mechanism.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762766","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hui Wu, Wenfeng Zhao, Nan Jiang, Mao Liu, Qingmei Ge, Hang Cong
{"title":"Transition metal- and oxidant-free [3 + 2] cycloaddition of <i>N</i>-amino(iso)quinolinium salts with vinyl acetate as an acetylene surrogate.","authors":"Hui Wu, Wenfeng Zhao, Nan Jiang, Mao Liu, Qingmei Ge, Hang Cong","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00289c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00289c","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A metal- and external oxidant-free [3 + 2] annulation of <i>N</i>-amino(iso)quinoline salts with vinyl acetate as the acetylene surrogate under simple and mild reaction conditions is described. A series of valuable pyrazolo(iso)quinoline scaffolds were synthesized through this process. Mechanistic investigations revealed that the reaction proceeds through a Mannich/cyclization/aromatization sequence. Furthermore, scale-up experiments and derivative syntheses of the product were conducted.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tan Hoang Luu, Florian Heppner, Johal Ruiz, Dirk Menche
{"title":"Stereoselective synthesis of the pyran subunit of portentol.","authors":"Tan Hoang Luu, Florian Heppner, Johal Ruiz, Dirk Menche","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00235d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00235d","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An efficient strategy for the stereoselective synthesis of a fully elaborated pyran fragment of portentol was developed. The final route eventually proceeds through nine steps with an overall yield of 20% and key transformations include a Paterson <i>anti</i>-aldol reaction, selective lactol formation and a concise diastereoselective Corey-Winter elimination. The resulting pyran adopts a chair-type conformation with all methyl bearing centers in equatorial positions, facilitating a top-side attack on the olefin, which is crucial for the projected total synthesis of portentol.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electrochemically promoted tandem cyclization of functionalized methylenecyclopropanes: synthesis of tetracyclic benzazepine derivatives.","authors":"Min Li, Yin Wei, Min Shi","doi":"10.1039/d5ob00238a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ob00238a","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, an electrocatalytic tandem cyclization reaction of amide-tethered methylenecyclopropanes has been developed, which can realize the rapid construction of tetracyclic benzazepine derivatives in moderate yields with good functional group compatibility under relatively mild conditions. In this transformation, the catalytic amount of ferrocene serves as the electrocatalytic medium, and electron transfer on electrodes can replace oxidants or reducing agents, which is more environmentally friendly than and economically comparable to traditional photocatalysis or metal catalysis. Moreover, the origin of the regiochemistry is well elucidated through density functional theory (DFT) calculations.</p>","PeriodicalId":96,"journal":{"name":"Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}