Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(51)
Published: Nov. 14, 2023
Rigid
bicycles
are
becoming
more
popular
in
the
pharmaceutical
industry
because
they
allow
for
expansion
to
new
and
unique
chemical
spaces.
This
work
describes
a
strategy
construct
2-azanorbornanes,
which
can
act
as
rigid
piperidine/pyrrolidine
scaffolds
with
well-defined
exit
vectors.
To
achieve
synthesis
of
strain-release
reagent,
azahousane,
is
introduced
along
its
photosensitized
formal
cycloaddition
alkenes.
Furthermore,
reactivity
between
housane
an
imine
disclosed.
Both
strategies
lead
various
substituted
2-azanorbornanes
good
selectivities.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(38), P. 20716 - 20732
Published: Sept. 15, 2023
The
concept
of
strain
in
organic
compounds
is
as
old
modern
chemistry
and
was
initially
introduced
to
justify
the
synthetic
setbacks
along
synthesis
small
ring
systems
(pars
construens
strain).
In
last
decades,
chemists
have
developed
an
arsenal
strain-release
reactions
destruens
strain)
which
can
generate─with
significant
driving
force─rigid
aliphatic
that
act
three-dimensional
alternatives
(hetero)arenes.
Photocatalysis
added
additional
dimension
processes
by
leveraging
energy
photons
create
chemical
complexity
under
mild
conditions.
This
perspective
presents
latest
advancements
photocatalysis─with
emphases
on
mechanisms,
catalytic
cycles,
current
limitations─the
unique
architectures
be
produced,
possible
future
directions.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
145(46), P. 25411 - 25421
Published: Nov. 7, 2023
We
report
the
use
of
photocatalysis
for
homolytic
ring-opening
carbonyl
cyclopropanes.
In
contrast
to
previous
studies,
our
approach
does
not
require
a
metal
cocatalyst
or
strong
reductant.
The
cyclopropanes
can
be
employed
both
[2σ
+
2σ]
and
2π]
annulation
with
either
alkenes/alkynes
bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes,
yielding
cyclopent-anes/-enes
bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes
(BCHs),
respectively.
BCHs
are
promising
bioisosteres
1,2,4,5
tetra-substituted
aromatic
rings.
Mechanistic
including
density
functional
theory
computation
trapping
experiment
DMPO,
support
1,3-biradical
generated
from
cyclopropane
as
key
intermediate
these
transformations.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
62(48)
Published: Oct. 12, 2023
Bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
(BCHs)
are
becoming
ever
more
important
in
drug
design
and
development
as
bridged
scaffolds
that
provide
underexplored
chemical
space,
but
difficult
to
access.
Here
a
silver-catalyzed
dearomative
[2π+2σ]
cycloaddition
strategy
for
the
synthesis
of
indoline
fused
BCHs
from
N-unprotected
indoles
bicyclobutane
precursors
is
described.
The
strain-release
operates
under
mild
conditions,
tolerating
wide
range
functional
groups.
It
capable
forming
with
up
four
contiguous
quaternary
carbon
centers,
achieving
yields
99
%.
In
addition,
scale-up
experiment
synthetic
transformations
cycloadducts
further
highlighted
utility.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(36), P. 9885 - 9891
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
Crossed
[2
+
2]
cycloaddition
yields
bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
with
11
different
substitution
patterns.
ortho
-,
meta
-
and
polysubstituted
benzene
bioisosteres,
structures
substituent
patterns
that
go
beyond
aromatic
chemical
space
can
be
prepared.
Chemical Science,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14(48), P. 14092 - 14099
Published: Jan. 1, 2023
1,2-Disubstituted
bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
have
been
synthesized,
characterized,
and
biologically
validated
as
saturated
bioisosteres
of
the
ortho
-substituted
benzene
ring.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(14)
Published: Jan. 5, 2024
Bicycloalkanes,
cubanes
and
their
structural
analogues
have
emerged
as
bioisosteres
of
(hetero)arenes.
To
meet
increasing
demand,
the
chemical
community
has
developed
a
plethora
novel
synthetic
methods.
In
this
review,
we
assess
progress
made
in
field
light-driven
construction
functionalization
such
relevant
molecules.
We
focused
on
diverse
targets,
well
reaction
processes
giving
access
to:
(i)
[1.1.1]-bicyclopentanes
(BCPs);
(ii)
[2.2.1]-bicyclohexanes
(BCHs);
(iii)
[3.1.1]-bicycloheptanes
(BCHeps);
(iv)
cubanes;
other
structurally
related
scaffolds.
Finally,
future
perspectives
dealing
with
identification
manifolds
to
new
functionalized
bioisosteric
units
are
discussed.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: May 23, 2024
Abstract
Natural
stilbenes
have
shown
significant
potential
in
the
prevention
and
treatment
of
diseases
due
to
their
diverse
pharmacological
activities.
Here
we
present
a
mild
effective
Ti-catalyzed
intermolecular
radical-relay
[2σ
+
2π]
cycloaddition
bicyclo[1.1.0]-butanes
1,3-dienes.
This
transformation
enables
synthesis
bicyclo[2.1.1]hexane
(BCH)
scaffolds
containing
aryl
vinyl
groups
with
excellent
regio-
trans
-selectivity
broad
functional
group
tolerance,
thus
offering
rapid
access
structurally
stilbene
bioisosteres.
Angewandte Chemie International Edition,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
63(48)
Published: Sept. 2, 2024
Abstract
The
cycloaddition
reaction
involving
bicyclo[1.1.0]butanes
(BCBs)
offers
a
versatile
and
efficient
synthetic
platform
for
producing
C(sp
3
)‐rich
rigid
bridged
ring
scaffolds,
which
act
as
phenyl
bioisosteres.
However,
there
is
scarcity
of
catalytic
asymmetric
cycloadditions
BCBs
to
fulfill
the
need
enantioenriched
saturated
bicycles
in
drug
design
development.
In
this
study,
an
synthesis
valuable
azabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes
(aza‐BCHs)
by
enantioselective
zinc‐catalyzed
(3+2)
with
imines
reported.
proceeds
effectively
novel
type
BCB
that
incorporates
2‐acyl
imidazole
group
diverse
array
alkynyl‐
aryl‐substituted
imines.
target
aza‐BCHs,
consist
α‐chiral
amine
fragments
two
quaternary
carbon
centers,
are
efficiently
synthesized
up
94
%
96.5:3.5
er
under
mild
conditions.
Experimental
computational
studies
reveal
follows
concerted
nucleophilic
ring‐opening
mechanism
This
distinct
from
previous
on
Lewis
acid‐catalyzed
BCBs.
Science,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
387(6736), P. 885 - 892
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
The
introduction
of
a
single
C-atom
into
organic
substrates
typically
results
in
the
formation
flat
molecules
containing
unsaturated
C(sp)-centers.
Adding
C(sp3)-atom
surrounded
by
four
σ-C-C
bonds,
which
opens
up
three-dimensional
space,
is
an
unresolved
problem
synthetic
chemistry.
We
report
synthesis
and
application
diazosulfur
ylide
Ph2S=C=N2
reagent
that
combines
reactivity
both
sulfur
ylides
diazo
compounds
to
create
carbon
spiro-centers
general
fashion
sequential
or
single-step
installation
C(sp3)-atom.
New
C-C
C-X
(where
X
O
N)
bonds
can
be
created
around
C(sp3)-atom,
ultimately
extended
σ-bonds
one
step
without
resorting
transition
metal
catalysis.
Ph2SCN2
also
used
access
highly
strained
frameworks
(oxa)spiro[2.2]pentanes
as
well
tricyclic
spiro-compounds.