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Arene activation via π-bond localization: concepts and opportunities
- Paul Meiners,
- Julian J. Melder and
- Tobias Morack
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2026, 22, 257–273, doi:10.3762/bjoc.22.19
- highlighted. Collectively, these concepts create a roadmap for the development of new strategies that harness π-bond localization to expand the synthetic utility of aromatic compounds. Keywords: arene activation; arene functionalization; dearomatization; metal–arene π-complexes; strained molecules
- into a general, efficient synthetic strategy that enables an entirely new retrosynthetic logic, and (2) to enable previously inaccessible mechanistic pathways for selective arene functionalization. With this review, we aim to assess the current landscape of synthetically applied systems that achieve
- (chloromethyl)naphthalene derivatives (Scheme 7A), thereby expanding the synthetic utility of the overarching platform [87]. This transformation furnished either ortho- or para-substituted carbocycles, depending on the substitution pattern of the malonate. Crucially, selective arene functionalization over
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Figure 1: Aromatic molecules as the foundation of modern molecular chemistry.
Figure 2: Arenes as springboards to three-dimensional chemical space and strategies toward arene activation v...
Figure 3: Structure and synthetic utilization of strained arenes; NICS: nucleus independent chemical shifts [26-28].
Figure 4: Bonding and reactivity of η2-coordinated aromatic systems [44,46].
Figure 5: Illustrative selection of η2-coordinating dearomatization agents; MeIm: N-methylimidazole, NHE: nor...
Figure 6: Preparation, lability and most stable linkage isomers of pentaammineosmium(II) complexes.
Scheme 1: Heteroatom-directed reactions of η2-arene complexes [45,50].
Figure 7: Latent functionality through transient metal binding.
Figure 8: Selective hydrogenation of η2-coordinated benzene to cyclohexene under ambient conditions [53,54].
Scheme 2: Synthesis and utilization of enantioenrichted Mo(η2-arene) complexes in enantioselective synthesis [55]....
Scheme 3: Synthesis of trisubstituted cyclohexenes from phenyl sulfones enabled by tungsten-mediated dearomat...
Scheme 4: Diels–Alder reactions of η2-arene complexes with alkenes and alkynes; NMM: N-methylmaleimide [64,65].
Scheme 5: Binding characteristics and pioneering examples of isolable η3-benzyl complexes.
Figure 9: Divergent functionalization of benzyl electrophiles leveraging η3-benzyl complexes toward benzylic ...
Scheme 6: p-Selective allylation of benzyl chlorides with allylstannanes and subsequent synthetic expansion o...
Figure 10: Strategies for para- and ortho-selective arene functionalization/dearomatization via η3-benzyl comp...
Scheme 7: Substrate-dependent ortho- and para-selective dearomatization of naphthyl chlorides and leveraging ...
Figure 11: η4-Arene coordination as an underexplored but promising pathway for arene activation [96,98-100].
Recent advances in the asymmetric phosphoric acid-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral compounds
- Alemayehu Gashaw Woldegiorgis and
- Xufeng Lin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2729–2764, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.185
- groups were tolerated [7]. In 2020, Tan and co-workers disclosed the phosphoric acid-catalyzed atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalene with indoles to form atropisomeric indole-naphthalenes 39 and indole-anilines 40 by a nucleophilic aromatic substitution reaction [61] (Scheme 13
- + 2] formal cycloaddition and central-to-axial chirality conversion. Organocatalytic atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalene with indoles. Proposed reaction mechanism for the atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalenes. Asymmetric construction of axially chiral
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Figure 1: Representative examples of axially chiral biaryls, heterobiaryls, spiranes and allenes as ligands a...
Figure 2: Selected examples of axially chiral drugs and bioactive molecules.
Figure 3: Axially chiral functional materials and supramolecules.
Figure 4: Important chiral phosphoric acid scaffolds used in this review.
Scheme 1: Atroposelective aryl–aryl-bond formation by employing a facile [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement.
Scheme 2: Atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral biaryl amino alcohols 5.
Scheme 3: The enantioselective reaction of quinone and 2-naphthol derivatives.
Scheme 4: Enantioselective synthesis of multisubstituted biaryls.
Scheme 5: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral quinoline-derived biaryl atropisomers mediated by chir...
Scheme 6: Pd-Catalyzed atroposelective C–H olefination of biarylamines.
Scheme 7: Palladium-catalyzed directed atroposelective C–H allylation.
Scheme 8: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral (a) aryl indoles and (b) biaryldiols.
Scheme 9: Asymmetric arylation of indoles enabled by azo groups.
Scheme 10: Proposed mechanism for the asymmetric arylation of indoles.
Scheme 11: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylindoles [38].
Scheme 12: Enantioselective [3 + 2] formal cycloaddition and central-to-axial chirality conversion.
Scheme 13: Organocatalytic atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalene with indoles.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism for the atroposelective arene functionalization of nitrosonaphthalenes.
Scheme 15: Asymmetric construction of axially chiral naphthylindoles [65].
Scheme 16: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral 3,3’-bisindoles [66].
Scheme 17: Atroposelective synthesis of 3,3’-bisiindoles bearing axial and central chirality.
Scheme 18: Enantioselective synthesis of axially chiral 3,3’-bisindoles bearing single axial chirality.
Scheme 19: Enantioselective reaction of azonaphthalenes with various pyrazolones.
Scheme 20: Enantioselective and atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylcarbazoles [73].
Scheme 21: Atroposelective cyclodehydration reaction.
Scheme 22: Atroposelective construction of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles [78].
Scheme 23: Proposed reaction mechanism for the atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazole...
Scheme 24: Atroposelective synthesis of axially chiral arylpyrroles [21].
Scheme 25: Synthesis of axially chiral arylquinazolinones and its reaction pathway [35].
Scheme 26: Synthesis of axially chiral aryquinoline by Friedländer heteroannulation reaction and its proposed...
Scheme 27: Povarov cycloaddition–oxidative chirality conversion process.
Scheme 28: Atroposelective synthesis of oxindole-based axially chiral styrenes via kinetic resolution.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of axially chiral alkene-indole frame works [45].
Scheme 30: Proposed reaction mechanism for axially chiral alkene-indoles.
Scheme 31: Atroposelective C–H aminations of N-aryl-2-naphthylamines with azodicarboxylates.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of brominated atropisomeric N-arylquinoids.
Scheme 33: The enantioselective syntheses of axially chiral SPINOL derivatives.
Scheme 34: γ-Addition reaction of various 2,3-disubstituted indoles to β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino esters.
Scheme 35: Regio- and stereoselective γ-addition reactions of isoxazol-5(4H)-ones to β,γ-alkynyl-α-imino ester...
Scheme 36: Synthesis of chiral tetrasubstituted allenes and naphthopyrans.
Scheme 37: Asymmetric remote 1,8-conjugate additions of thiazolones and azlactones to propargyl alcohols.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of chiral allenes from 1-substituted 2-naphthols [107].
Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis
- Mustafa Durmaz,
- Erkan Halay and
- Selahattin Bozkurt
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117
- that this is due to the difficulty of regiochemical control of calix[6]arene and calix[8]arene functionalization. In calix[4]arene-catalyzed systems, the substrate scope is generally limited to the previously reported ones with small organic molecules. From the summarized studies, although significant
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Figure 1: Inherently chiral calix[4]arene-based phase-transfer catalysts.
Scheme 1: Asymmetric alkylations of 3 catalyzed by (±)-1 and (±)-2 under phase-transfer conditions.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of chiral calix[4]arene-based phase-transfer catalyst 7 and structure of O’Donnell’s N-be...
Scheme 3: Asymmetric alkylation of glycine derivative 3 catalyzed by calixarene-based phase-transfer catalyst ...
Figure 2: Calix[4]arene-amides used as phase-transfer catalysts.
Scheme 4: Phase-transfer alkylation of 3 catalyzed by calixarene-triamide 12.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arenes 20a/20b substituted at the lower rim. Reaction condit...
Scheme 6: Asymmetric Henry reaction between 21 and 22 catalyzed by 20a/20b.
Figure 3: Proposed transition state model of asymmetric Henry reaction.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure phosphinoferrocenyl-substituted calixarene ligands 27–29.
Scheme 8: Asymmetric coupling reaction of aryl boronates and aryl halides in the presence of calixarene mono ...
Scheme 9: Asymmetric allylic alkylation in the presence of calix[4]arene ligand (S,S)-29.
Figure 4: Structure of inherently chiral oxazoline calix[4]arenes applied in the palladium-catalyzed Tsuji–Tr...
Scheme 10: Asymmetric Tsuji–Trost reaction in the presence of calix[4]arene ligands 36–39.
Figure 5: BINOL-derived calix[4]arene-diphosphite ligands.
Scheme 11: Asymmetric hydrogenation of 41a and 41b catalyzed by in situ-generated catalysts comprised of [Rh(C...
Figure 6: Inherently chiral calix[4]arene 43 containing a diarylmethanol structure.
Scheme 12: Asymmetric Michael addition reaction of 44 with 45 catalyzed by 43.
Figure 7: Calix[4]arene-based chiral primary amine–thiourea catalysts.
Scheme 13: Asymmetric Michael addition of 48 with 49 catalyzed by 47a and 47b.
Scheme 14: Enantioselective Michael addition of 51 to 52 catalyzed by calix[4]arene thioureas.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of calix[4]arene-based tertiary amine–thioureas 54–56.
Scheme 16: Asymmetric Michael addition of 34 and 57 to nitroalkenes 49 catalyzed by 54b.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene bis-squaramide derivative 64.
Scheme 18: Asymmetric Michael addition catalyzed by 64.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of chiral p-tert-butylphenol analogue 68.
Figure 8: Novel prolinamide organocatalysts based on the calix[4]arene scaffold.
Scheme 20: Asymmetric aldol reactions of 72 with 70 and 71 catalyzed by 69b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of p-tert-butylcalix[4]arene-based chiral organocatalysts 75 and 78 derived from L-prolin...
Scheme 22: Synthesis of upper rim-functionalized calix[4]arene-based L-proline derivative 83.
Scheme 23: Synthesis and proposed structure of Calix-Pro-MN (86).
Figure 9: Calix[4]arene-based L-proline catalysts containing ester, amide and acid units.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of calix[4]arene-based prolinamide 92.
Scheme 25: Calixarene-based catalysts for the aldol reaction of 21 with 70.
Scheme 26: Asymmetric aldol reactions of 72 with cyclic ketones catalyzed by calix[4]arene-based chiral organo...
Figure 10: A proposed structure for catalyst 92 in H2O.
Scheme 27: Synthetic route for organocatalyst 98.
Scheme 28: Asymmetric aldol reactions catalyzed by 99.
Figure 11: Proposed catalytic environment for catalyst 99 in the presence of water.
Scheme 29: Asymmetric aldol reactions between 94 and 72 catalyzed by 55a.
Scheme 30: Enantioselective Biginelli reactions catalyzed by 69f.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of calix[4]arene–(salen) complexes.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective epoxidation of 108 catalyzed by 107a/107b.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of inherently chiral calix[4]arene catalysts 111 and 112.
Scheme 34: Enantioselective MPV reduction.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of chiral calix[4]arene ligands 116a–c.
Scheme 36: Asymmetric MPV reduction with chiral calix[4]arene ligands.
Scheme 37: Chiral AlIII–calixarene complexes bearing distally positioned chiral substituents.
Scheme 38: Asymmetric MPV reduction in the presence of chiral calix[4]arene diphosphites.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure inherently chiral calix[4]arene phosphonic acid.
Scheme 40: Asymmetric aza-Diels–Alder reactions catalyzed by (cR,pR)-121.
Scheme 41: Asymmetric ring opening of epoxides catalyzed by (cR,pR)-121.
Gold-catalyzed naphthalene functionalization
- Pedro J. Pérez,
- M. Mar Díaz-Requejo and
- Iván Rivilla
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 653–657, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.77
- are formed quantitatively. The use of the gold analogue also induces the formation of such fused cyclopropanes in addition to the products derived from the formal insertion of the carbene units into the C–H bonds of naphthalene. The system is completely chemoselective with regards to arene
- functionalization (with no diazo compound dimerization being observed). Experimental All reactions and manipulations were carried out under a nitrogen atmosphere. Organic solvents were dried, distilled, and degassed before use. The reagents were purchased from Sigma Aldrich. Complexes IPrMCl (M = Cu, 1a; M = Au, 1b
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Scheme 1: (a) The Buchner reaction of benzene and ethyl diazoacetate and (b) the Rh-catalyzed version. (c) Bo...
Scheme 2: The Buchner reaction applied to naphthalene. (a) Teyssié's system. (b) Müller's system.
Scheme 3: The gold-catalyzed reaction of benzene and EDA.
Scheme 4: The functionalization of naphthalene with ethyl diazoacetate catalyzed by the complexes (a) 1a and ...
Scheme 5: The functionalization of naphthalene with ethyl 2-diazopropionate catalyzed by complexes 1a and 1b.
