Correction: π-Facial selectivity in the Diels-Alder reaction of glucosamine-based chiral furans and maleimides.

Correction for 'π-Facial selectivity in the Diels-Alder reaction of glucosamine-based chiral furans and maleimides' by Cornelis H. M. van der Loo et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2023, 21, 1888-1894, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2OB02221D.

Substituted anilides from chitin-based 3-acetamido-furfural.

The synthesis of aromatic compounds from biomass-derived furans is a key strategy in the pursuit of a sustainable economy. Within this field, a Diels-Alder/aromatization cascade reaction with chitin-based furans is emerging as a powerful tool for the synthesis of nitrogen-containing aromatics. In this study we present the conversion of chitin-based 3-acetamido-furfural (3A5F) into an array of di- and tri-substituted anilides in good to high yields (62-90%) via a hydrazone mediated Diels-Alder/aromatization sequence. The addition of acetic anhydride expands the dienophile scope and improves yields. Moreover, replacing the typically used dimethyl hydrazone with its pyrrolidine analogue, shortens reaction times and further increases yields. The hydrazone auxiliary is readily converted into either an aldehyde or a nitrile group, thereby providing a plethora of functionalized anilides. The developed procedure was also applied to 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) to successfully prepare a phthalimide.

π-Facial selectivity in the Diels-Alder reaction of glucosamine-based chiral furans and maleimides.

Furans derived from carbohydrate feedstocks are a versatile class of bio-renewable building blocks and have been used extensively to access 7-oxanorbornenes via Diels-Alder reactions. Due to their substitution patterns these furans typically have two different π-faces and therefore furnish racemates in [4 + 2]-cycloadditions. We report the use of an enantiopure glucosamine derived furan that under kinetic conditions predominantly affords the exo-product with a high π-face selectivity of 6.5 : 1. The structure of the product has been resolved unequivocally by X-ray crystallography, and a multi-gram synthesis (2.8 g, 58% yield) confirms the facile accessibility of this multifunctional enantiopure building block.

The dehydration of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) to enantiopure dihydroxyethyl acetamidofuran (Di-HAF).

The first multi-gram synthesis of enantiopure dihydroxyethyl acetamidofuran (Di-HAF) is reported. Under optimized conditions, GlcNAc dehydrates in pyridine in the presence of phenylboronic acid and triflic acid to afford Di-HAF in 73% yield and 99.3% ee in just 30 minutes. This protocol opens the door for further research on this bio-renewable building block which is now available as a chiral pool synthon. A plausible mechanism of its formation and of the subsequent dehydration of Di-HAF into well-known 3-acetamido-5-acetylfuran (3A5AF) is proposed.

Polycyclic Sulfoximines as New Scaffolds for Drug Discovery.

The design and synthesis of three novel polycyclic scaffolds containing sulfoximines are presented in this work, which exemplify that sulfoximines represent a real opportunity for the discovery of new drug candidates. Additionally, the structures present at least two points of diversification and contain a high level of sp3-character, hence being very interesting 3D scaffolds. The compounds synthesized were added to the compound collection of the European Lead Factory.

3H-benzophosphepine complexes: versatile phosphinidene precursors.

The synthesis of a variety of benzophosphepine complexes [R = Ph, t-Bu, Me; ML(n )()= W(CO)(5), Mo(CO)(5), Cr(CO)(5), Mn(CO)(2)Cp] by two successive hydrophosphinations of 1,2-diethynylbenzene is discussed in detail. The first hydrophosphination step proceeds at ambient temperature without additional promoters, and subsequent addition of base allows full conversion to benzophosphepines. Novel benzeno-1,4-diphosphinanes were isolated as side products. The benzophosphepine complexes themselves serve as convenient phosphinidene precursors at elevated, substituent-dependent temperatures (>55 degrees C). Kinetic and computational analyses support the proposal that the phosphepine-phosphanorcaradiene isomerization is the rate-determining step. In the absence of substrate, addition of the transient phosphinidene to another benzophosphepine molecule is observed, and addition to 1,2-diethynylbenzene furnishes a delicate bidentate diphosphirene complex.

G3(MP2) ring strain in bicyclic phosphorus heterocycles and their hydrocarbon analogues.

[Figure: see text] The ring strain present in 2-aza-1-phosphabicyclo[n.1.0]alka(e)nes (n = 1-5) is calculated at the G3(MP2) level using homodesmotic reactions. The influence of cyclopropa(e)nation and heteroatom substitution is analyzed by a comparison with the corresponding bicyclic hydrocarbons and separate ring systems. It is shown that the strain caused by fusion with a cyclopropane is the sum of the separate rings, whereas the strain resulting from fusion with cyclopropene leads to strain energies much larger than the sum of rings, as a result of the inverted nature of the bridgehead carbon. In all ring structures but one, cyclohexane, substitution by nitrogen and phosphorus is favorable and the effect is most pronounced for the most condensed structures. The calculated strain energies correlate very well with the experimental stability and reactivity of the bicyclic iron-amino phosphirane and phosphirene complexes.

Phosphepines: convenient access to phosphinidene complexes.

Reaction of o-diethynylbenzene with transition metal-complexed primary phosphines gives in a single base-induced step stable phosphepine complexes as confirmed by X-ray data. At 75-80 degrees C these phosphepines undergo clean cheletropic elimination of naphthalene to give transient carbene-like phosphinidene complexes that can be trapped in high yield by alkenes, alkynes, and alcohols.

Strained, stable 2-aza-1-phosphabicyclo[n.1.0]alkane and -alkene Fe(CO)4 complexes with dynamic phosphinidene behavior.

The synthesis of highly strained bicyclic phosphirane and phosphirene iron-tetracarbonyl complexes, that is, complexes with 2-aza-1-phosphabicyclo[n.1.0]alkanes and -alkenes (n = 3-5), is explored by using intramolecular cycloaddition of an in situ generated electrophilic phosphinidene complex, [R(iPr)NP=Fe(CO)(4)], to its C=C- and C[triple chemical bond]C-containing R substituent. Saturated bicyclic complexes 7 a-c with n = 4-2 are remarkably stable, as illustrated by the X-ray crystal structure for 7 b (n=3), yet all readily undergo retroaddition to react with phenylacetylene. Shuttling of the phosphinidene iron complex between two equivalent C=C groups is demonstrated for a 1-butene-substituted 2-aza-1-phosphabicyclo[3.1.0]hexane by selective (1)H NMR magnetization transfer from the phosphirane protons to the olefinic protons. Even the more strained unsaturated bicycles 17 a,b (n = 4,3) are surprisingly stable as illustrated by the X-ray crystal structure for 17 a (n = 4), but the smaller phosphabicyclo[3.1.0]hex-5-ene (17 c, n = 2) dimerizes to tricyclic 19 with a unique ten-membered heterocyclic ring; an X-ray crystal structure is reported. Like their saturated analogues also the bicyclic phosphirenes readily undergo retroaddition as shown by the reaction of their phosphinidene iron moiety with phenylacetylene.