Synthesis of N-Acyl Sulfamates from Fluorosulfonates and Potassium Trimethylsilyloxyl Imidates

Sulfur-Azide Exchange (SuAEx): A Click Reaction for Chemoselective Sulfonate Ester Formation

Here, we report sulfur-azide exchange (SuAEx), which facilitates the efficient synthesis of sulfonate esters via the reaction of sulfonyl azides with phenolic substrates under mild conditions. The reaction tolerates a wide range of functional groups. Notably, SuAEx displays a distinct preference for phenolic hydroxyls over aliphatic alcohols, providing orthogonality critical for complex molecular editing. Its utility is further demonstrated through iterative ligation strategies when combined with azide-alkyne cycloaddition reactions.

Arctigenin: pharmacology, total synthesis, and progress in structure modification

Arctium lappa L. is a prevalent medicinal herb and a health supplement that is commonly used in Asia. Over the last few decades, the bioactive component arctigenin has attracted the attention of researchers because of its anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, immunomodulatory, multiple sclerosis fighting, antitumor, and anti-leukemia properties. After summarising the research and literature on arctigenin, this study outlines the current status of research on pharmacological activity, total synthesis, and structural modification of arctigenin. The purpose of this study is to assist academics in obtaining a more comprehensive understanding of the research progress on arctigenin and to provide constructive suggestions for further investigation of this useful molecule.

Click Chemistry in Natural Product Modification

Click chemistry is perhaps the most powerful synthetic toolbox that can efficiently access the molecular diversity and unique functions of complex natural products up to now. It enables the ready synthesis of diverse sets of natural product derivatives either for the optimization of their drawbacks or for the construction of natural product-like drug screening libraries. This paper showcases the state-of-the-art development of click chemistry in natural product modification and summarizes the pharmacological activities of the active derivatives as well as the mechanism of action. The aim of this paper is to gain a deep understanding of the fruitful achievements and to provide perspectives, trends, and directions regarding further research in natural product medicinal chemistry.

Palladium-catalyzed one-pot phosphorylation of phenols mediated by sulfuryl fluoride

We report a general palladium-catalyzed one-pot procedure for the synthesis of phosphonates, phosphinates and phosphine oxides from phenols mediated by sulfuryl fluoride. It features mild conditions, broad substrate scope, high functionality tolerance and water insensitivity. The utility of this procedure has been well demonstrated by gram-scale synthesis, sequential synthesis of click chemistry building blocks, late-stage decoration of drugs and natural products and on-DNA synthesis of phosphine oxide for a DNA-encoded library (DEL).

A Broad-Spectrum Catalytic Amidation of Sulfonyl Fluorides and Fluorosulfates*

A broad-spectrum, catalytic method has been developed for the synthesis of sulfonamides and sulfamates. With the activation by the combination of a catalytic amount of 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt) and silicon additives, amidations of sulfonyl fluorides and fluorosulfates proceeded smoothly and excellent yields were generally obtained (87-99 %). Noticeably, this protocol is particularly efficient for sterically hindered substrates. Catalyst loading is generally low and only 0.02 mol % of catalyst is required for the multidecagram-scale synthesis of an amantadine derivative. In addition, the potential of this method in medicinal chemistry has been demonstrated by the synthesis of the marketed drug Fedratinib via a key intermediate sulfonyl fluoride 13. Since a large number of amines are commercially available, this route provides a facile entry to access Fedratinib analogues for biological screening.

SuFEx Activation with Ca(NTf2)2: A Unified Strategy to Access Sulfamides, Sulfamates, and Sulfonamides from S(VI) Fluorides

A method to activate sulfamoyl fluorides, fluorosulfates, and sulfonyl fluorides with calcium triflimide and DABCO for SuFEx with amines is described. The reaction was applied to a diverse set of sulfamides, sulfamates, and sulfonamides at room temperature under mild conditions. Additionally, we highlight this transformation to parallel medicinal chemistry to generate a broad array of nitrogen-based S(VI) compounds.

Iridium-catalyzed C–H amidation of s-tetrazines

Synthesis of ortho-amino substituted s-tetrazines by iridium-catalyzed C–H activation for bioconjugation and DNA-encoded library.