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Photoswitches beyond azobenzene: a beginner’s guide
- Michela Marcon,
- Christoph Haag and
- Burkhard König
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1808–1853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.143
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Energy diagram of a two-state photoswitch. Figure 1 was redrawn from [2].
Figure 2: Example of the absorption spectra of the isomers of a photoswitch with most efficient irradiation w...
Scheme 1: Photoswitch classes described in this review.
Figure 3: Azoheteroarenes.
Scheme 2: E–Z Isomerisation (top) and mechanisms of thermal Z–E isomerisation (bottom).
Scheme 3: Rotation mechanism favoured by the electron displacement in push–pull systems. Selected examples of...
Figure 4: A) T-shaped and twisted Z-isomers determine the thermal stability and the Z–E-PSS (selected example...
Figure 5: Effect of di-ortho-substitution on thermal half-life and PSS.
Figure 6: Selected thermal lifetimes of azoindoles in different solvents and concentrations. aConcentration o...
Figure 7: Aryliminopyrazoles: N-pyrazoles (top) and N-phenyl (bottom).
Scheme 4: Synthesis of symmetrical heteroarenes through oxidation (A), reduction (B), and the Bayer–Mills rea...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of diazonium salt (A); different strategies of azo-coupling: with a nucleophilic ring (B)...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of arylazothiazoles 25 (A) and heteroaryltriazoles 28 (B).
Scheme 7: Synthesis of heteroarylimines 31a,b [36-38].
Figure 8: Push–pull non-ionic azo dye developed by Velasco and co-workers [45].
Scheme 8: Azopyridine reported by Herges and co-workers [46].
Scheme 9: Photoinduced phase transitioning azobispyrazoles [47].
Figure 9: Diazocines.
Scheme 10: Isomers, conformers and enantiomers of diazocine.
Scheme 11: Partial overlap of the ππ* band with electron-donating substituents and effect on the PSS. Scheme 11 was ada...
Figure 10: Main properties of diazocines with different bridges. aMeasured in n-hexane [56]. bMeasured in THF. cMe...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of symmetric diazocines.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of asymmetric diazocines.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of O- and S-heterodiazocines.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of N-heterodiazocines.
Scheme 16: Puromycin diazocine photoswitch [60].
Figure 11: Indigoids.
Figure 12: The main representatives of the indigoid photoswitch class.
Scheme 17: Deactivation process that prevents Z-isomerisation of indigo.
Figure 13: Stable Z-indigo derivative synthesised by Wyman and Zenhäusern [67].
Figure 14: Selected examples of indigos with aliphatic and aromatic substituents [68]. Dashed box: proposed π–π in...
Scheme 18: Resonance structures of indigo and thioindigo involving the phenyl ring.
Scheme 19: Possible deactivation mechanism for 4,4'-dihydroxythioindigo [76].
Scheme 20: Effect of different heteroaryl rings on the stability and the photophysical properties of hemiindig...
Figure 15: Thermal half-lives of red-shifted hemithioindigos in toluene [79]. aMeasured in toluene-d8.
Scheme 21: Structures of pyrrole [81] and imidazole hemithioindigo [64].
Figure 16: Examples of fully substituted double bond hemithioindigo (left), oxidised hemithioindigos (centre),...
Scheme 22: Structure of iminothioindoxyl 72 (top) and acylated phenyliminoindolinone photoswitch 73 (bottom). ...
Scheme 23: (top) Transition states of iminothioindoxyl 72. The planar transition state is associated with a lo...
Scheme 24: Baeyer–Drewsen synthesis of indigo (top) and N-functionalisation strategies (bottom).
Scheme 25: Synthesis of hemiindigo.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of hemithioindigo and iminothioindoxyl.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of double-bond-substituted hemithioindigos.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of phenyliminoindolinone.
Scheme 29: Hemithioindigo molecular motor [85].
Figure 17: Arylhydrazones.
Scheme 30: Switching of arylhydrazones. Note: The definitions of stator and rotor are arbitrary.
Scheme 31: Photo- and acidochromism of pyridine-based phenylhydrazones.
Scheme 32: A) E–Z thermal inversion of a thermally stable push–pull hydrazone [109]. B) Rotation mechanism favoured...
Scheme 33: Effect of planarisation on the half-life.
Scheme 34: The longest thermally stable hydrazone switches reported so far (left). Modulation of thermal half-...
Figure 18: Dependency of t1/2 on concentration and hypothesised aggregation-induced isomerisation.
Figure 19: Structure–property relationship of acylhydrazones.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of arylhydrazones.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of acylhydrazones.
Scheme 37: Photoswitchable fluorophore by Aprahamian et al. [115].
Scheme 38: The four-state photoswitch synthesised by the Cigáň group [116].
Figure 20: Diarylethenes.
Scheme 39: Isomerisation and oxidation pathway of E-stilbene to phenanthrene.
Scheme 40: Strategies adapted to avoid E–Z isomerisation and oxidation.
Scheme 41: Molecular orbitals and mechanism of electrocyclisation for a 6π system.
Figure 21: Aromatic stabilisation energy correlated with the thermal stability of the diarylethenes [127,129].
Figure 22: Half-lives of diarylethenes with increasing electron-withdrawing groups [128,129].
Scheme 42: Photochemical degradation pathway promoted by electron-donating groups [130].
Figure 23: The diarylethenes studied by Hanazawa et al. [134]. Increased rigidity leads to bathochromic shift.
Scheme 43: The dithienylethene synthesised by Nakatani's group [135].
Scheme 44: Synthesis of perfluoroalkylated diarylethenes.
Scheme 45: Synthesis of 139 and 142 via McMurry coupling.
Scheme 46: Synthesis of symmetrical derivatives 145 via Suzuki–Miyaura coupling.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of acyclic 148, malonic anhydride 149, and maleimide derivatives 154.
Figure 24: Gramicidin S (top left) and two of the modified diarylethene derivatives: first generation (bottom ...
Scheme 48: Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate and its reaction with an amino acid (top). The analogous dithienylethene der...
Figure 25: Fulgides.
Scheme 49: The three isomers of fulgides.
Scheme 50: Thermal and photochemical side products of unsubstituted fulgide [150].
Figure 26: Maximum absorption λc of the closed isomer compared with the nature of the aromatic ring and the su...
Scheme 51: Possible rearrangement of the excited state of 5-dimethylaminoindolylfulgide [153].
Figure 27: Quantum yields of ring closure (ΦE→C) and E–Z isomerisation (ΦE→Z) correlated with the increasing s...
Scheme 52: Active (Eα) and inactive (Eβ) conformers (left) and the bicyclic sterically blocked fulgide 169 (ri...
Scheme 53: Quantum yield of ring-opening (ΦC→E) and E–Z isomerisation (ΦE→Z) for different substitution patter...
Scheme 54: Stobbe condensation pathway for the synthesis of fulgides 179, fulgimides 181 and fulgenates 178.
Scheme 55: Alternative synthesis of fulgides through Pd-catalysed carbonylation.
Scheme 56: Optimised synthesis of fulgimides [166].
Scheme 57: Photoswitchable FRET with a fulgimide photoswitch [167].
Scheme 58: Three-state fulgimide strategy by Slanina's group.
Figure 28: Spiropyrans.
Scheme 59: Photochemical (left) and thermal (right) ring-opening mechanisms for an exemplary spiropyran with a...
Figure 29: Eight possible isomers of the open merocyanine according to the E/Z configurations of the bonds hig...
Scheme 60: pH-Controlled photoisomerisation between the closed spiropyran 191-SP and the open E-merocyanine 19...
Scheme 61: Behaviour of spiropyran in water buffer according to Andréasson and co-workers [180]. 192-SP in an aqueo...
Scheme 62: (left box) Proposed mechanism of basic hydrolysis of MC [184]. (right box) Introduction of electron-dona...
Scheme 63: Photochemical interconversion of naphthopyran 194 (top) and spirooxazine 195 (bottom) photoswitches...
Scheme 64: Synthesis of spiropyrans and spirooxazines 198 and the dicondensation by-product 199.
Scheme 65: Alternative synthesis of spiropyrans and spirooxazines with indolenylium salt 200.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of 4’-substituted spiropyrans 203 by condensation of an acylated methylene indoline 201 w...
Scheme 67: Synthesis of spironaphthopyrans 210 by acid-catalysed condensation of naphthols and diarylpropargyl...
Scheme 68: Photoswitchable surface wettability [194].
Figure 30: Some guiding principles for the choice of the most suitable photoswitch. Note that this guide is ve...
Recent advances and future challenges in the bottom-up synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes
- Bartłomiej Pigulski
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1272–1305, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.99
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Stone–Wales (red) and azulene (blue) defects in graphene; b) azulene and its selected resonance ...
Figure 2: Examples of azulene-embedded 2D allotropic forms of carbon: a) phagraphene and b) TPH-graphene.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of non-alternant isomers of pyrene (2 and 6) using dehydrogenation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of non-alternant isomer 9 of benzo[a]pyrene and 14 of benzo[a]perylene using dehydrogenat...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of benzo[a]pyrene (18 and 22) inspired by Ziegler–Hafner azul...
Figure 3: General strategies leading to azulene-embedded nanographenes: a) construction of azulene moiety in ...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of biradical PAHs possessing significant biradical character using oxidation of partially...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of dicyclohepta[ijkl,uvwx]rubicene (29) and its further modifications.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of warped PAHs with one embedded azulene subunit using Scholl-type oxidation.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of warped PAHs with two embedded azulene subunits using Scholl oxidation.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using [3 + 2] annulation accompanied by ring expansion.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of linear acenes using [3 + 2] annulation accompanied by ring...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of azulene-embedded isomers of acenes using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular condensations.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAH 89 using palladium-catalysed [5 + 2] annulation.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using oxidation of substituents around the azulene core.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using the oxidation of reactive positions 1 and 3 of azulene sub...
Scheme 16: Synthesis of azulene-embedded PAHs using intramolecular C–H arylation.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of an azulene-embedded isomer of terylenebisimide using tandem Suzuki coupling and C–H ar...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of azulene embedded PAHs using a bismuth-catalyzed cyclization of alkenes.
Scheme 19: Synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes using intramolecular cyclization of alkynes.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of azulene-embedded graphene nanoribbons and azulene-embedded helicenes using annulation ...
Scheme 21: Synthesis of azulene-fused acenes.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of non-alternant isomer of perylene 172 using Yamamoto-type homocoupling.
Scheme 23: Synthesis of N- and BN-nanographenes with embedded azulene unit(s).
Scheme 24: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes from benzenoid precursors via dehydrogenatio...
Scheme 25: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanographenes from benzenoid precursors.
Scheme 26: On-surface synthesis of azulene-embedded nanoribbons.
On the photoluminescence in triarylmethyl-centered mono-, di-, and multiradicals
- Daniel Straub,
- Markus Gross,
- Mona E. Arnold,
- Julia Zolg and
- Alexander J. C. Kuehne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 964–998, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.80
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: a) Tris(trichlorophenyl)methyl (TTM) radical and related trityl radicals, b) HDMO, SOMO, LUMO orbit...
Figure 2: Mixed halide tri- and perhalogenated triphenylmethyl radicals: a) Molecular structures of homo- and...
Figure 3: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Chemical structures of X2PyBTM, Py2MTM, and Au-F2...
Figure 4: Pyridine-functionalized triarylmethyl radicals. a) Molecular structure of Mes2F2PyBTM, and b) its f...
Figure 5: Carbazole functionalized triarylmethyl radical. a) Chemical structure of Cz-BTM and b) its energy d...
Figure 6: Donor-functionalized triphenylmethyl radicals. Molecular structures of TTM-Cz, DTM-Cz, TTM-3PCz, PT...
Figure 7: Tuning of the donor strength. Functionalization with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing gro...
Figure 8: Tuning of the donor strength, by varying the Cz-derived donor (1–36) on a TTM radical fragment. a) ...
Figure 9: Three-state model and Marcus theory: q is the charge transfer coordinate and G the free energy. Gro...
Figure 10: Dendronized carbazole donors on TTM radicals. a) Molecular structures of G3TTM and G4TTM. b) Photol...
Figure 11: Electronic extension of the Cz donor. a) Molecular structures and optoelectronic properties of TTM-...
Figure 12: Kekulé diradicals: a) hexadeca- and perchlorinated Thiele (TTH, PTH), Chichibabin (TTM-TTM, PTM-PTM...
Figure 13: Non-Kekulé diradicals: perchlorinated Schlenk–Brauns radical (m-PTH), meta-coupled TTM radicals in ...
Figure 14: UV–vis absorption and photoluminescence spectra of a) TTH in solvents of different polarity, b) dir...
Figure 15: Molecular structures of m-4BTH (meta-butylated Thiele hydrocarbon), m-4TTH (meta-trichlorinated Thi...
Figure 16: a) Polystyrene-based TTM-Cz polymer. b) Molecular structure of radical particles with backbone thro...
Figure 17: Molecular structures of polyradicals. a) Molecular structures of p-TBr6Cl3M-F8, p-TBr6Cl3M-acF8 and ...
Figure 18: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Carboxylic acid functionalized monomers...
Figure 19: Structures of coordination and metal-organic frameworks. a) Molecular structures of monomers TTMDI, ...
Figure 20: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks m-TPM-Ph-COF, m-PTM-Ph-COF, p-TPH-COF, p-PTH-COF...
Figure 21: Molecular structures of covalent organic frameworks PTMAc-COF, oxTAMAc-COF, TOTAc-COF, PTMTAz-COF, p...
Recent advances in organocatalytic atroposelective reactions
- Henrich Szabados and
- Radovan Šebesta
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 55–121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.6
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Formation of axially chiral styrenes 3 via iminium activation.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of axially chiral 2-arylquinolines 6.
Scheme 3: Atroposelective intramolecular (4 + 2) annulation leading to aryl-substituted indolines.
Scheme 4: Atroposelective formation of biaryl via twofold aldol condensation.
Scheme 5: Strategy towards diastereodivergent formation of axially chiral oligonaphthylenes.
Scheme 6: Atroposelective formation of chiral biaryls based on a Michael/Henry domino reaction.
Scheme 7: Organocatalytic Michael/aldol cascade followed by oxidative aromatization.
Scheme 8: Atroposelective formation of C(sp2)–C(sp3) axially chiral compounds.
Scheme 9: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral styrenes 26.
Scheme 10: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of biaxial chiral pyranones.
Scheme 11: Formation of bridged biaryls with eight-membered lactones.
Scheme 12: The NHC-catalyzed (3 + 2) annulation of urazoles 37 and ynals 36.
Scheme 13: NHC-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral 4‑aryl α‑carbolines 41.
Scheme 14: NHC-catalyzed construction of N–N-axially chiral pyrroles and indoles.
Scheme 15: NHC-catalyzed oxidative Michael–aldol cascade.
Scheme 16: NHC-catalyzed (4 + 2) annulation for the synthesis of benzothiophene-fused biaryls.
Scheme 17: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of N-aryl maleimides.
Scheme 18: NHC-catalyzed deracemization of biaryl hydroxy aldehydes 55a–k into axially chiral benzonitriles 56a...
Scheme 19: NHC-catalyzed desymmetrization of 2-aryloxyisophthalaldehydes.
Scheme 20: NHC-catalyzed DKR of 2-arylbenzaldehydes 62.
Scheme 21: Atroposelective biaryl amination.
Scheme 22: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective amination of 2-anilinonaphthalenes.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective DKR of naphthylindoles.
Scheme 24: CPA-catalyzed kinetic resolution of binaphthylamines.
Scheme 25: Atroposelective amination of aromatic amines with diazodicarboxylates.
Scheme 26: Atroposelective Friedländer heteroannulation.
Scheme 27: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 4-arylquinolines.
Scheme 28: CPA-catalyzed Friedländer reaction of arylketones with cyclohexanones.
Scheme 29: CPA-catalyzed atroposelective Povarov reaction.
Scheme 30: Atroposelective CPA-catalyzed Povarov reaction.
Scheme 31: Paal–Knorr formation of axially chiral N-pyrrolylindoles and N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 32: Atroposelective Paal–Knorr reaction leading to N-pyrrolylpyrroles.
Scheme 33: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction of N-arylindoles with aldehydes.
Scheme 34: Atroposelective Pictet–Spengler reaction leading to tetrahydroisoquinolin-8-ylanilines.
Scheme 35: Atroposelective formation of arylindoles.
Scheme 36: CPA-catalyzed arylation of naphthoquinones with indolizines.
Scheme 37: Atroposelective reaction of o-naphthoquinones.
Scheme 38: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylquinones.
Scheme 39: CPA-catalyzed axially chiral N-arylquinones.
Scheme 40: Atroposelective additions of bisindoles to isatin-based 3-indolylmethanols.
Scheme 41: CPA-catalyzed synthesis of axially chiral arylindolylindolinones.
Scheme 42: CPA-catalyzed reaction between bisindoles and ninhydrin-derived 3-indoylmethanols.
Scheme 43: Atroposelective reaction of bisindoles and isatin-derived imines.
Scheme 44: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral bisindoles.
Scheme 45: Atroposelective reaction of 2-naphthols with alkynylhydroxyisoindolinones.
Scheme 46: CPA-catalyzed reaction of indolylnaphthols with propargylic alcohols.
Scheme 47: Atroposelective formation of indolylpyrroloindoles.
Scheme 48: Atroposelective reaction of indolylnaphthalenes with alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 49: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols to alkynyl-2-naphthols and 2-naphthylamines.
Scheme 50: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral aryl-alkene-indoles.
Scheme 51: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral styrenes.
Scheme 52: Atroposelective formation of alkenylindoles.
Scheme 53: Atroposelective formation of axially chiral arylquinolines.
Scheme 54: Atroposelective (3 + 2) cycloaddition of alkynylindoles with azonaphthalenes.
Scheme 55: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 3-(1H-benzo[d]imidazol-2-yl)quinolines.
Scheme 56: Atroposelective cyclization of 3-(arylethynyl)-1H-indoles.
Scheme 57: Atroposelective three-component heteroannulation.
Scheme 58: CPA-catalyzed formation of arylbenzimidazols.
Scheme 59: CPA-catalyzed reaction of N-naphthylglycine esters with nitrosobenzenes.
Scheme 60: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral N-arylbenzimidazoles.
Scheme 61: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral arylbenzoindoles.
Scheme 62: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrrolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 63: CPA-catalyzed addition of naphthols and indoles to nitronaphthalenes.
Scheme 64: Atroposelective reaction of heterobiaryl aldehydes and aminobenzamides.
Scheme 65: Atroposelective cyclization forming N-arylquinolones.
Scheme 66: Atroposelective formation of 9H-carbazol-9-ylnaphthalenes and 1H-indol-1-ylnaphthalene.
Scheme 67: CPA-catalyzed formation of pyrazolylnaphthalenes.
Scheme 68: Atroposelective addition of diazodicarboxamides to azaborinephenols.
Scheme 69: Catalytic formation of axially chiral arylpyrroles.
Scheme 70: Atroposelective coupling of 1-azonaphthalenes with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 71: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oxindole-based styrenes.
Scheme 72: Atroposelective electrophilic bromination of aminonaphthoquinones.
Scheme 73: Atroposelective bromination of dienes.
Scheme 74: CPA-catalyzed formation of axially chiral 5-arylpyrimidines.
Scheme 75: Atroposelective hydrolysis of biaryloxazepines.
Scheme 76: Atroposelective opening of dinaphthosiloles.
Scheme 77: Atroposelective reduction of naphthylenals.
Scheme 78: Atroposelective allylic substitution with 2-naphthols.
Scheme 79: Atroposelective allylic alkylation with phosphinamides.
Scheme 80: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aminopyrroles.
Scheme 81: Atroposelective allylic substitution with aromatic sulfinamides.
Scheme 82: Atroposelective sulfonylation of naphthylynones.
Scheme 83: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction of alkynyl-2-naphthols with 5H-oxazolones.
Scheme 84: Formation of axially chiral styrenes via sulfonylative opening of cyclopropanols.
Scheme 85: Atroposelective organo-photocatalyzed sulfonylation of alkynyl-2-naphthols.
Scheme 86: Thiourea-catalyzed atroposelective cyclization of alkynylnaphthols.
Scheme 87: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral naphthylisothiazoles.
Scheme 88: Atroposelective iodo-cyclization catalyzed by squaramide C69.
Scheme 89: Squaramide-catalyzed formation of axially chiral oligoarenes.
Scheme 90: Atroposelective ring-opening of cyclic N-sulfonylamides.
Scheme 91: Thiourea-catalyzed kinetic resolution of naphthylpyrroles.
Scheme 92: Atroposelective ring-opening of arylindole lactams.
Scheme 93: Atroposelective reaction of 1-naphthyl-2-tetralones and diarylphosphine oxides.
Scheme 94: Atroposelective reaction of iminoquinones with indoles.
Scheme 95: Kinetic resolution of binaphthylalcohols.
Scheme 96: DKR of hydroxynaphthylamides.
Scheme 97: Atroposelective N-alkylation with phase-transfer catalyst C75.
Scheme 98: Atroposelective allylic substitution via kinetic resolution of biarylsulfonamides.
Scheme 99: Atroposelective bromo-functionalization of alkynylarenes.
Scheme 100: Sulfenylation-induced atroposelective cyclization.
Scheme 101: Atroposelective O-sulfonylation of isochromenone-indoles.
Scheme 102: NHC-catalyzed atroposelective N-acylation of anilines.
Scheme 103: Peptide-catalyzed atroposelective ring-opening of lactones.
Scheme 104: Peptide-catalyzed coupling of 2-naphthols with quinones.
Scheme 105: Atroposelective nucleophilic aromatic substitution of fluoroarenes.
Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes for polymer materials: challenge on simultaneous realization of inexpensive production and defined structures
- Yosuke Akae
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3026–3049, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.252
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Overview of the CD-based rotaxane as a polymer material covered in this review.
Figure 2: CD structure.
Figure 3: Typical pathway for synthesizing CD-based rotaxanes.
Scheme 1: (A) Synthesis of α-CD-based [2]rotaxane via a metal–ligand complex. (B) Chemical structures of meth...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of α-CD-based polyrotaxane.
Scheme 3: Facile [3]rotaxane synthesis by the urea end-capping method.
Figure 4: (A) Single-crystal structure of α-CD-based [3]rotaxane 3 and PMα-CD-based [3]rotaxane 4. (B) Schema...
Figure 5: Structural control of CD-based [2]rotaxane via (A) light irradiation and (B) light irradiation and ...
Figure 6: Relationship among the plus–minus signs of ICD, the position of the guest molecule, and the axis of...
Figure 7: Structural control of CD-based rotaxane via (A) redox reaction and (B) in a solvent.
Scheme 4: (A) Synthesis of pseudopolyrotaxane bearing an ABA triblock copolymer as an axle. (B) Two synthetic...
Scheme 5: Slippage of size-complementary rotaxanes.
Figure 8: (A) Reversible formation of the CD-based [2]rotaxane. (B) Deslipping reaction of the CD-based size-...
Figure 9: (A) Chemical structures of [3]rotaxanes 2 and 3. (B) Schematic of the deslipping reaction of [3]rot...
Figure 10: (A) Modification of the axle ends of [3]rotaxane by (1) bromination and (2) the Suzuki coupling rea...
Figure 11: (A) ICD spectra of [3]rotaxanes bearing acylated (top) and conventional (bottom) CDs. (B) Schematic...
Figure 12: Synthesis of macromolecular[3]rotaxane via a size-complementary protocol.
Figure 13: Conjugated polymer insulated by (A) β-CD. (B) Triphenylamine-substituted β-CD.
Figure 14: Synthesis of the VSC and successive rotaxane-crosslinked polymer (RCP) preparation.
Figure 15: (A) Chemical structure of the [3]rotaxane crosslinker (RC). (B) Schematic of the synthesis and de-c...
Figure 16: (A) Random vinylation of the CD-based [3]rotaxane; (B) Schematic of the reaction between α-CD and m...
Figure 17: (A) Aggregation of CD-based [3]rotaxane. (B) Schematic of the plausible mechanism of the aggregatio...
Applications of microscopy and small angle scattering techniques for the characterisation of supramolecular gels
- Connor R. M. MacDonald and
- Emily R. Draper
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2608–2634, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.220
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Hierarchical assembly occurring across length scales. Molecular interactions result in fibres which...
Figure 2: Three-dimensional CLSM image of a multicomponent supramolecular structure. The three-dimensional CL...
Figure 3: AFM images of air-dried aqueous Fmoc-FF, Fmoc-S, and 1:1 Fmoc-FF:Fmoc-S solutions. Figure 3 was reprinted f...
Figure 4: (a) 3D CLSM images of macroscopically a self-sorting gel network, where all fibres were stained gre...
Figure 5: (a) 3D AFM topographic image of dried elastin fibre. (b) Indicative height and diameter profile plo...
Figure 6: The nano-to-micro imaging range of SEM and TEM [30]. Cartoons represent the nanoparticles, pores, nanow...
Figure 7: Cartoon of artifacts caused by blotting and thinning. a) Alignment of threadlike micelles (left) [32] a...
Figure 8: (a) Chemical structures of monomer compounds and a schematic of the resulting chiral helical struct...
Figure 9: Commonly observed entanglements of urea-based supramolecular helices. (a) Double helix, (b) quadrup...
Figure 10: (a) SEM image of a single three-stranded braid showing a defect in which the braid separates into s...
Figure 11: Visualization of individual atoms at 1.25 Å resolution. Three apoferritin residues are shown at hig...
Figure 12: Cartoon of a general small-angle scattering setup.
Figure 13: (a) SAXS data and fits for solution in H2O (open symbols) and D2O (closed symbols). Cryo-TEM data f...
Figure 14: (a) A cartoon illustrating the orientation phases caused by shear alignment of WLMs. (b) Rheologica...
Figure 15: (a) Chemical structure of 2NapFF and (b) a cartoon cross-section of the hollow cylinder structure f...
Figure 16: Length scales of scattering and imaging techniques [16,54,55].
Figure 17: A schematic of a hydrogel network showing the significance of various parameters extracted from SAN...
Figure 18: The morphologies of a co-assembled complex dependent on the solvent composition. Figure 18 is from [89] and was ...
Figure 19: Allowed and forbidden crossings of entangled helices. Figure 19 is from [44] and was adapted by permission from ...
Figure 20: (a) Cryo-TEM density map of self-assembled (ʟ,ʟ)-2NapFF. (b) Computational model fit to cryo-TEM ma...
Figure 21: Map showing an incomplete list of global scientific centres providing access to (a) cryo-EM in red ...
Figure 22: SANS at a range of times. Solid lines are fits to a hollow cylinder model (T = 114 min and T = 202 ...
Figure 23: SAXS data of 5 mg/mL alanine-functionalised perylene bisimide (PBI-A) in 20 v/v % MeOH at pH (a) 2;...
Figure 24: Cryo-TEM sample prepared using plunge freezing in liquid nitrogen slush and sublimed for 30 minutes...
Machine learning-guided strategies for reaction conditions design and optimization
- Lung-Yi Chen and
- Yi-Pei Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2476–2492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.212
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic diagram illustrating the data mining and preprocessing steps for chemical reaction datase...
Figure 2: A comparison of three types of reaction embedding methods: (A) descriptor-based, which use predefin...
Figure 3: A schematic diagram of how ML algorithms can be combined with HTE platforms to optimize reaction co...
Catalysing (organo-)catalysis: Trends in the application of machine learning to enantioselective organocatalysis
- Stefan P. Schmid,
- Leon Schlosser,
- Frank Glorius and
- Kjell Jorner
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2280–2304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.196
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Schematic depiction of available data sources for predictive modelling, each with its advantages an...
Figure 2: Schematic depiction of different kinds of molecular representations for fluoronitroethane. Among th...
Figure 3: Depiction of the energy diagram of a generic enantioselective reaction. In the centre, catalyst and...
Figure 4: Hammett parameters are derived from the equilibrium constant of substituted benzoic acids (example ...
Figure 5: Selected examples of popular descriptors applied to model organocatalytic reactions. Descriptors en...
Figure 6: Example bromocyclization reaction from Toste and co-workers using a DABCOnium catalyst system and C...
Figure 7: Example from Neel et al. using a chiral ion pair catalyst for the selective fluorination of allylic...
Figure 8: Data set created by Denmark and co-workers for the CPA-catalysed thiol addition to N-acylimines [67]. T...
Figure 9: Selected examples of ML developments that used the dataset from Denmark and co-workers [67]. (A) Varnek...
Figure 10: Study from Reid and Sigman developing statistical models for CPA-catalysed nucleophilic addition re...
Figure 11: Selected examples of studies where mechanistic transferability was exploited to model multiple reac...
Figure 12: Generality approach by Denmark and co-workers [132] for the iodination of arylpyridines. From the releva...
Figure 13: Betinol et al. [133] clustered the relevant chemical space and then evaluated the average ee for every c...
Figure 14: Corminboeuf and co-workers [134] chose a representative subset of the reaction space (indicated by dark ...
Figure 15: Example for data-driven modelling to improve substrate and catalyst design. (A) C–N coupling cataly...
Figure 16: Example for utilising a genetic algorithm for catalyst design. (A) Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction s...
Figure 17: Organocatalysed synthesis of spirooxindole analogues by Kondo et al. [171] (A) Reaction scheme of dienon...
Figure 18: Schematic depiction of required developments in order to overcome current limitations of ML for org...
(Bio)isosteres of ortho- and meta-substituted benzenes
- H. Erik Diepers and
- Johannes C. L. Walker
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 859–890, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.78
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Scaffolds commonly reported as bioisosteric replacements of para-substituted benzene and examples p...
Figure 2: 1,2-BCPs as isosteres for ortho-and meta-substituted benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector p...
Scheme 1: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. A: Baran, Coll...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 1,2-BCPs from BCP 15 by bridge C–H bromination as reported by MacMillan and co-workers ...
Figure 3: Comparative physicochemical data of telmisartan, lomitapide and their BCP isosteres [26,33]. Shake flask d...
Figure 4: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes: Exit vector parameters of t...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via alkene insertion into bicyclo[1.1.0]butane...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes via intramolecular crossed [2 + 2] cycloadditi...
Figure 5: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,2-BCH bioisosteres [36]. Sh...
Figure 6: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-55, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 7: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-substituted benzenes. Comparison of e...
Scheme 5: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes via intramolecu...
Figure 8: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 1,5-BCH bioisosteres [45]. Sh...
Figure 9: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad, its 1,5-BCH bioisostere (±)-64, boscalid and its bioisostere 1...
Figure 10: 1,5-Disubstituted 3-oxabicylco[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes: Comparison of exit ve...
Scheme 6: Synthesis of 1,5-disubstituted 3-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intra...
Figure 11: Comparison of physicochemical data of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisostere...
Figure 12: Antifungal activity of fluxapyroxad and boscalid and their 3-oxa-1,5-BCH bioisosteres (±)-75 and (±...
Figure 13: 1,2-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of ortho-benzenes. Schematic representation o...
Scheme 7: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via alkene in...
Figure 14: 1,2-Disubstituted stellanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of selected exit vector paramete...
Scheme 8: Synthesis of 1,2-disubstituted stellanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes reported by Ryabukhin, Vol...
Figure 15: 1,2-Disubstituted cubanes as ortho-benzene isosteres: Comparison of substituent distances and angle...
Scheme 9: Synthesis of 1,2-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes. A: Synthesis of 1,2-cubane d...
Figure 16: 1,3-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 1,3-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes reported by Wal...
Figure 17: 1,4-Disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparative exit vector para...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted bicyclo[2.1.1}hexanes as isosteres for ortho-benzenes via intramolec...
Figure 18: 1,4-Disubstituted-2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as meta-benzene isosteres: comparison of selected exit...
Scheme 12: Synthesis of 1,4-disubstituted 2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Mykhai...
Figure 19: Comparative physicochemical data for 2- and 3-oxa-1,4-BCHs and para-substituted benzene equivalents...
Figure 20: 1,5-Disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of exit vector p...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of [3.1.1]propellane as a precursor for 1,5-disubsituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes. A: aGass...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of iodine-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as isosteres for meta-benz...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of nitrogen-, chalcogen- and tin-substituted 1,5-disubstituted bicyclo[3.1.1]heptanes as ...
Figure 21: Comparative physicochemical data of URB597 and 1,5-BCHep isostere 146 [27]. Kinetic aqueous solubility ...
Figure 22: [2]-Ladderanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of reported exit vector parameters [63].
Scheme 16: Synthesis of cis-2,6-disubstituted bicyclo[2.2.0]hexanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: Brown a...
Figure 23: Comparative physicochemical data of meta-benzene 158 and [2]-ladderane isostere 159 [63]. Partition coe...
Figure 24: 1,3-Disubstituted cubanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector paramet...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 1,3-disubsituted cubanes as isosteres for meta-benzenes. A: MacMillan and co-workers’ ...
Figure 25: Comparative physicochemical data of lumacaftor and its 1,3-cubane bioisostere 183 [51]. Distribution co...
Figure 26: 1,3-Disubstituted cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzenes: comparison of selected exit vector parame...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes as isosteres of meta-benzene. A: Synthesis of 1,3-cuneanes reported by La...
Figure 27: Comparative physicochemical data of sonidegib and its 1,3-cuneane isostere 190 [71]. aSolubility was to...
Figure 28: Exemplary polysubstituted scaffolds related to disubstituted scaffolds suggested as isosteres of or...
Switchable molecular tweezers: design and applications
- Pablo Msellem,
- Maksym Dekthiarenko,
- Nihal Hadj Seyd and
- Guillaume Vives
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 504–539, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.45
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Principle of switchable molecular tweezers.
Figure 2: Principle of pH-switchable molecular tweezers 1 [19].
Figure 3: a) pH-Switchable tweezers 2 substituted with alkyl chains as switchable lipids. b) Schematic depict...
Figure 4: Modification of spectral properties of 3 by controlled induction of Pt–Pt interactions.
Figure 5: Conformational switching of di(hydroxyphenyl)pyrimidine-based tweezer 4 upon alkylation or fluoride...
Figure 6: Hydrazone-based pH-responsive tweezers 5 for mesogenic modulation.
Figure 7: pH-Switchable molecular tweezers 6 bearing acridinium moieties.
Figure 8: a) Terpyridine and pyridine-hydrazone-pyridine analogs molecular tweezers and b) extended pyridine ...
Figure 9: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with M–salphen arms and their field of application. Figure 9 was adapt...
Figure 10: a) Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers for diphosphate recognition [48]; b) bishelicene chiroptical te...
Figure 11: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers with allosteric cooperative binding.
Figure 12: Terpyridine-based molecular tweezers presenting closed by default conformation.
Figure 13: Pyridine-pyrimidine-pyridine-based molecular tweezers.
Figure 14: Coordination-responsive molecular tweezers based on nitrogen-containing ligands.
Figure 15: Molecular tweezers exploiting the remote bipyridine or pyridine binding to trigger the conformation...
Figure 16: Bipyridine-based molecular tweezers exploiting the direct s-trans to s-cis-switching for a) anion b...
Figure 17: a) Podand-based molecular tweezers [66,67]. b) Application of tweezers 32 for the catalytic allosteric reg...
Figure 18: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers based on calix[4]pyrrole.
Figure 19: Anion-triggered molecular tweezers.
Figure 20: a) Principle of the weak link approach (WLA) developed by Mirkin and its application to b) symmetri...
Figure 21: Molecular tweezers as allosteric catalyst in asymmetric epoxide opening [80].
Figure 22: Allosteric regulation of catalytic activity in ring-opening polymerization with double tweezers 41.
Figure 23: a) Conformational switching of 42 by intramolecular –S–S– bridge formation. b) Shift of conformatio...
Figure 24: a) Redox-active glycoluril-TTF tweezers 44. b) Mechanism of stepwise oxidation of said tweezers wit...
Figure 25: Mechanism of formation of the mixed-valence dimers of tweezers 45.
Figure 26: Mechanism of carbohydrate liberation upon redox-mediated conformation switching of 46.
Figure 27: a) The encapsulation properties of 47 as well as the DCTNF release process from its host–guest comp...
Figure 28: Redox-active bipyridinium-based tweezers. a) With a ferrocenyl hinge 49, b) with a propyl hinge 50 ...
Figure 29: Redox-active calix[4]arene porphyrin molecular tweezers.
Figure 30: a) Mechanism of the three orthogonal stimuli. b) Cubic scheme showing the eight different states of ...
Figure 31: Redox-controlled molecular gripper based on a diquinone resorcin[4]arene.
Figure 32: a) Shinkai's butterfly tweezers and their different host–guest properties depending on the isomer. ...
Figure 33: Cyclam-tethered tweezers and their different host–guest complexes depending on their configuration.
Figure 34: Azobenzene-based catalytic tweezers.
Figure 35: Photoswitchable PIEZO channel mimic.
Figure 36: Stilbene-based porphyrin tweezers for fullerene recognition.
Figure 37: Stiff-stilbene-based tweezers with urea or thiourea functional units for a) anion binding, b) anion...
Figure 38: Feringa’s photoswitchable organocatalyst (a) and different catalyzed reactions with that system (b)....
Figure 39: a) Irie and Takeshita’s thioindigo-based molecular tweezers. b) Family of hemithioindigo-based mole...
Figure 40: Dithienylethylene crown ether-bearing molecular tweezers reported by Irie and co-workers.
Green and sustainable approaches for the Friedel–Crafts reaction between aldehydes and indoles
- Periklis X. Kolagkis,
- Eirini M. Galathri and
- Christoforos G. Kokotos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 379–426, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.36
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Examples of BIMs used for their medicinal properties.
Scheme 2: Mechanisms for the synthesis of BIMs using protic or Lewis acids as catalysts.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 4: Competition experiments and synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using DBDMH.
Scheme 5: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM of using DBDMH.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2.
Scheme 7: General reaction mechanism upon halogen bonding.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using I2, introduced by Ji.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using Br2 in CH3CN.
Scheme 10: Βidentate halogen-bond donors.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using bidentate halogen-bond donor 26.
Scheme 12: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes using iodoalkyne as catalyst.
Scheme 14: Proposed reaction mechanism.
Scheme 15: Optimized reaction conditions used by Ramshini.
Scheme 16: Activation of the carbonyl group by HPA/TPI-Fe3O4.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of nanoAg-Pt/SiO2-doped silicate.
Scheme 18: Mechanism of action proposed by Khalafi-Nezhad et al.
Scheme 19: Activation of the carbonyl group by the Cu–isatin Schiff base complex.
Scheme 20: Optimum reaction conditions published by Jain.
Scheme 21: Organocatalytic protocol utilizing nanoparticles introduced by Bankar.
Scheme 22: Activation of the carbonyl group by the AlCl3·6H2O-SDS-SiO2 complex.
Scheme 23: Optimal reaction conditions for the aforementioned nano-Fe3O4 based catalysts.
Scheme 24: Nanocatalytic protocol proposed by Kaur et al.
Scheme 25: Microwave approach introduced by Yuan.
Scheme 26: Microwave approach introduced by Zahran et al.
Scheme 27: Microwave irradiation protocol introduced by Bindu.
Scheme 28: Silica-supported microwave irradiation protocol.
Scheme 29: Proposed mechanism for formation of BIM by Nongkhlaw.
Scheme 30: Microwave-assisted synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by succinic acid.
Scheme 31: Proposed mechanism of action of MMO-4.
Scheme 32: Catalytic approach introduced by Muhammadpoor-Baltork et al.
Scheme 33: Reaction conditions used by Xiao-Ming.
Scheme 34: Ultrasonic irradiation-based protocol published by Saeednia.
Scheme 35: Pyruvic acid-mediated synthesis of BIMs proposed by Thopate.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of BIMs using [bmim]BF4 or [bmim]PF6 ionic liquids.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing In(OTf)3 in octylmethylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate as ionic liquid.
Scheme 38: FeCl3·6H2O-catalyzed synthesis of BIMs with use of ionic liquid.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing the [hmim]HSO4/EtOH catalytic system.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing acidic ionic liquid immobilized on silica gel (ILIS-SO2Cl).
Scheme 41: The [bmim][MeSO4]-catalyzed reaction of indole with various aldehydes.
Scheme 42: The role of [bmim][MeSO4] in catalyzing the reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 43: Synthesis of BIMs utilizing FeCl3-based ionic liquid ([BTBAC]Cl-FeCl3) as catalyst.
Scheme 44: Synthesis of BIMs using [Msim]Cl at room temperature.
Scheme 45: [Et3NH][H2PO4]-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 46: PILs-catalyzed synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 47: FSILs-mediated synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes.
Scheme 48: Possible “release and catch” catalytic process.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [DABCO-H][HSO4].
Scheme 50: Synthesis of bis(indolyl)methanes by [(THA)(SO4)].
Scheme 51: Synthesis of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 52: Synthesis of BIMs in the presence of BBSI-Cl and BBSI-HSO4.
Scheme 53: Chemoselectivity of the present method.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by chitosan-supported ionic liquid.
Scheme 55: Proposed mechanism of action of CSIL.
Scheme 56: Optimization of the reaction in DESs.
Scheme 57: Synthesis of BIMs using ChCl/SnCl2 as DES.
Scheme 58: Synthesis of BIMs derivatives in presence of DES.
Scheme 59: BIMs synthesis in choline chloride/urea (CC/U).
Scheme 60: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs by Ley.
Scheme 61: Flow chemistry-based synthesis of BIMs proposed by Nam et al.
Scheme 62: Amino-catalyzed reaction of indole with propionaldehyde.
Scheme 63: Aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 64: Proposed mechanism for the aminocatalytic synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 65: Enzymatic reaction of indole with aldehydes.
Scheme 66: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs catalyzed by TLIM.
Scheme 67: Proposed reaction mechanism by Badsara.
Scheme 68: Mechanism proposed by D’Auria.
Scheme 69: Photoinduced thiourea catalysis.
Scheme 70: Proposed mechanism of photoacid activation.
Scheme 71: Proposed mechanism of action for CF3SO2Na.
Scheme 72: Proposed mechanism for the synthesis of BIMs by Mandawad.
Scheme 73: Proposed mechanism for the (a) acid generation and (b) synthesis of BIMs.
Scheme 74: a) Reaction conditions employed by Khaksar and b) activation of the carbonyl group by HFIP.
Scheme 75: Activation of the carbonyl group by the PPy@CH2Br through the formation of a halogen bond.
Scheme 76: Reaction conditions utilized by Mhaldar et al.
Scheme 77: a) Reaction conditions employed by López and b) activation of the carbonyl group by thiourea.
Scheme 78: Infrared irradiation approach introduced by Luna-Mora and his research group.
Scheme 79: Synthesis of BIMs with the use of the Fe–Zn BMOF.
Photochromic derivatives of indigo: historical overview of development, challenges and applications
- Gökhan Kaplan,
- Zeynel Seferoğlu and
- Daria V. Berdnikova
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 228–242, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.23
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Precursors used in the synthesis of indigo [4].
Figure 2: a) Intramolecular (a = 2.26 Å) and intermolecular (b = 2.11 Å) hydrogen bonds in indigo, b) crystal...
Figure 3: Bond length in the indigo molecule obtained from the single crystal X-ray analysis [12], the typical bo...
Figure 4: The structure of the indigo chromophore (H-chromophore, highlighted in blue), asterisk indicates th...
Figure 5: Influence of substituents in the benzene rings on the color of indigo derivatives.
Figure 6: a) E–Z photoisomerization of indigo and b) photoinduced proton transfer in the excited state, aster...
Figure 7: Structures of indigo derivatives discussed in this review.
Figure 8: Photoswitching of N,N'-diacetylindigo (9a) in CCl4 (c = 17.1 µM; cell length = 5.0 cm) irradiated w...
Figure 9: Photoisomerization of compound 18c upon irradiation with red light and schematic representation of ...
Figure 10: Schematic representation of indigo-type (left) and amide-type (right) resonances in N,N'-acetylindi...
Figure 11: Suggested intermediates for the double bond cleavage for the thermal relaxation of N,N'-diacylindig...
Figure 12: Zwitterionic resonance structures of Z-indigo.
Figure 13: Photos of crystalline N,N'-di(Boc)indigo 17a its solutions in 1) DMSO, 2) DMF, 3) N-methyl-2-pyrrol...
Figure 14: Structural isomers of indigo.
Figure 15: Photochromism of indirubin derivatives and supramolecular complexation of the E-isomers with Schrei...
Figure 16: Photoisomerization of the protonated isoindigo.
Exploring the role of halogen bonding in iodonium ylides: insights into unexpected reactivity and reaction control
- Carlee A. Montgomery and
- Graham K. Murphy
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1171–1190, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.86
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Generic representation of halogen bonding.
Figure 2: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in monovalent iodine-containing compounds; and, qualitative mole...
Figure 3: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in hypervalent iodine-containing molecules; and, qualitative MEP...
Figure 4: Quantitative evaluation of σ-holes in iodonium ylides; and, qualitative MEP map of I-12 from −0.083...
Scheme 1: Outline of possible reaction pathways between iodonium ylides and Lewis basic nucleophiles (top); a...
Scheme 2: Metal-free cyclopropanations of iodonium ylides, either as intermolecular (a) or intramolecular pro...
Figure 5: Zwitterionic mechanism for intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides (left); and, stepwise...
Scheme 3: Metal-free intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium ylides.
Figure 6: Concerted cycloaddition pathway for the metal-free, intramolecular cyclopropanation of iodonium yli...
Scheme 4: Reaction of ylide 6 with diphenylketene to form lactone 24 and 25.
Figure 7: Nucleophilic (top) and electrophilic (bottom) addition pathways proposed by Koser and Hadjiarapoglo...
Scheme 5: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and tertiary amines.
Scheme 6: N-Heterocycle synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylide 31 and secondary amines.
Figure 8: Proposed mechanism for the formation of 33a from iodonium ylides and amines, involving an initial h...
Scheme 7: Indoline synthesis from acyclic iodonium ylides 39 and tertiary amines under blue light photocataly...
Scheme 8: Metal-free cycloproponation of iodonium ylides under blue LED irradiation. aUsing trans-β-methylsty...
Figure 9: Proposed mechanism of the cyclopropanation between iodonium ylides and alkenes under blue LED irrad...
Scheme 9: Formal C–H alkylation of iodonium ylides by nucleophilic heterocycles under blue LED irradiation.
Figure 10: Proposed mechanism of the formal C–H insertion of pyrrole under blue LED irradiation.
Scheme 10: X–H insertions between iodonium ylides and carboxylic acids, phenols and thiophenols.
Figure 11: Mechanistic proposal for the X–H insertion reactions of iodonium ylides.
Scheme 11: Radiofluorination of biphenyl using iodonium ylides 54a–e derived from various β-dicarbonyl auxilia...
Scheme 12: Radiofluorination of arenes using spirocycle-derived iodonium ylides 56.
Scheme 13: Radiofluorination of arenes using SPIAd-derived iodonium ylides 58.
Figure 12: Calculated reaction coordinate for the radiofluorination of iodonium ylide 60.
Scheme 14: Radiofluorination of iodonium ylides possessing various ortho- and para-substituents on the iodoare...
Figure 13: Difference in Gibbs activation energy for ortho- or para-anisyl derived iodonium ylides 63a and 63b....
Figure 14: Proposed equilibration of intermediates to transit between 64a (the initial adduct formed between 6...
Scheme 15: Comparison of 31 and ortho-methoxy iodonium ylide 39 in rhodium-catalyzed cyclopropanation and cycl...
Figure 15: X-ray crystal structure of dimeric 39 [6], (CCDC# 893474) [143,144].
Scheme 16: Enaminone synthesis using diazonium and iodonium ylides.
Figure 16: Transition state calculations for enaminone synthesis from iodonium ylides and thioamides.
Scheme 17: The reaction between ylides 73a–f and N-methylpyrrole under 365 nm UV irradiation.
Figure 17: Crystal structures of 76c (top) and 76e (bottom) [101], (CCDC# 2104180 & 2104181) [143,144].
Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Construction of hexabenzocoronene-based chiral nanographenes
- Ranran Li,
- Di Wang,
- Shengtao Li and
- Peng An
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 736–751, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.54
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Construction of HBC by Scholl reaction from hexaphenylbenzene.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of nitrogen-doped, seco-HBC-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of π-extended [7]- and [9]helicene containing chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of “HBC-dimer”-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of axis-based chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based nanoribbons.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of “HBC-trimers”-based, triangle-shaped chiral nanographenes.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of HBC-based multilayer nanographenes.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by “HBC-tetramers”.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of a triskelion-shaped nanographene constructed by four HBCs.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of a three-dimensional nanographene bearing four HBCs.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by five HBC units.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of a chiral nanographene constructed by seven HBC units.
Group 13 exchange and transborylation in catalysis
- Dominic R. Willcox and
- Stephen P. Thomas
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 325–348, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.28
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Group 13 exchange.
Scheme 2: Borane-catalysed hydroboration of alkynes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 3: a) Borane-catalysed hydroboration of alkenes and the proposed mechanism. b) H-B-9-BBN-catalysed dou...
Scheme 4: a) Amine-borane-catalysed C‒H borylation of heterocycles and the proposed mechanism. b) Benzoic aci...
Scheme 5: Bis(pentafluorophenyl)borane-catalysed dimerisation of allenes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 6: Alkoxide-promoted hydroboration of heterocycles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 7: Borane-catalysed reduction of indoles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 8: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed hydrocyanation of enones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 9: Borane-catalysed hydroboration of nitriles and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 10: Myrtanylborane-catalysed asymmetric reduction of propargylic ketones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 11: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed C–F esterification of alkyl fluorides and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 12: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed 1,4-hydroboration of enones and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 13: Boric acid-promoted reduction of esters, lactones, and carbonates and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 14: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed reductive aldol-type reaction and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 15: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed diastereoselective allylation of ketones and the Ph-BBD-catalysed enantioselect...
Scheme 16: H-B-9-BBN-catalysed C–F arylation of benzyl fluorides and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 17: Borane-catalysed S‒H borylation of thiols and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 18: Borane-catalysed hydroalumination of alkenes and allenes.
Scheme 19: a) Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of alkynes and example catalysts. b) Deprotonation mechanistic...
Scheme 20: Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of alkenes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 21: Aluminium-catalysed C–H borylation of terminal alkynes and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 22: Aluminium-catalysed dehydrocoupling of amines, alcohols, and thiols with H-B-9-BBN or HBpin and the...
Scheme 23: Aluminium-catalysed hydroboration of unsaturated compounds and the general reaction mechanism.
Scheme 24: a) Gallium-catalysed asymmetric hydroboration of ketones and the proposed mechanism. b) Gallium-cat...
Scheme 25: Gallium(I)-catalysed allylation/propargylation of acetals and aminals and the proposed mechanism.
Scheme 26: Indium(I)-catalysed allylation/propargylation of acetals, aminals, and alkyl ethers.
Scheme 27: Iron–indium cocatalysed double hydroboration of nitriles and the proposed mechanism.
Figure 1: a) The number of reports for a given group 13 exchange in catalysis. b) Average free energy barrier...
1,4-Dithianes: attractive C2-building blocks for the synthesis of complex molecular architectures
- Bram Ryckaert,
- Ellen Demeyere,
- Frederick Degroote,
- Hilde Janssens and
- Johan M. Winne
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 115–132, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.12
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: 1,3-Dithianes as useful synthetic building blocks: a) general synthetic utility (in Corey–Seebach-t...
Scheme 2: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [16,17].
Scheme 3: Thianes as synthetic building blocks in the construction of complex molecules [18].
Figure 1: a) 1,4-Dithiane-type building blocks that can serve as C2-synthons and b) examples of complex targe...
Scheme 4: Synthetic availability of 1,4-dithiane-type building blocks.
Scheme 5: Dithiins and dihydrodithiins as pseudoaryl groups [36-39].
Scheme 6: Metalation of other saturated heterocycles is often problematic due to β-elimination [40-42].
Figure 2: Reactive conformations leading to β-fragmentation for lithiated 1,4-dithianes and 1,4-dithiin.
Scheme 7: Mild metalation of 1,4-dithiins affords stable heteroaryl-magnesium and heteroaryl-zinc-like reagen...
Scheme 8: Dithiin-based dienophiles and their use in synthesis [33,49-54].
Scheme 9: Dithiin-based dienes and their use in synthesis [55-57].
Scheme 10: Stereoselective 5,6-dihydro-1,4-dithiin-based synthesis of cis-olefins [42,58].
Scheme 11: Addition to aldehydes and applications in stereoselective synthesis.
Figure 3: Applications in the total synthesis of complex target products with original attachment place of 1,...
Scheme 12: Direct C–H functionalization methods for 1,4-dithianes [82,83].
Scheme 13: Known cycloaddition reactivity modes of allyl cations [84-100].
Scheme 14: Cycloadditions of 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cations derived from dihydrodithiin-methanol 90 [101-107].
Scheme 15: Dearomative [3 + 2] cycloadditions of unprotected indoles with 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl alcohol 90 [30]....
Scheme 16: Comparison of reactivity of dithiin-fused allyl alcohols and similar non-cyclic sulfur-substituted ...
Scheme 17: Applications of dihydrodithiins in the rapid assembly of polycyclic terpenoid scaffolds [108,109].
Scheme 18: Dihydrodithiin-mediated allyl cation and vinyl carbene cycloadditions via a gold(I)-catalyzed 1,2-s...
Scheme 19: Activation mode of ethynyldithiolanes towards gold-coordinated 1,4-dithiane-fused allyl cation and ...
Scheme 20: Desulfurization problems.
Scheme 21: oxidative decoration strategies for 1,4-dithiane scaffolds.
Combining the best of both worlds: radical-based divergent total synthesis
- Kyriaki Gennaiou,
- Antonios Kelesidis,
- Maria Kourgiantaki and
- Alexandros L. Zografos
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1–26, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.1
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The power of radical retrosynthesis and the tactic of divergent total synthesis.
Figure 1: Evolution of radical chemistry for organic synthesis.
Scheme 2: Divergent total synthesis of α-pyrone-diterpenoids (Baran).
Scheme 3: Divergent synthesis of pyrone diterpenoids by merged chemoenzymatic and radical synthesis (part I, ...
Scheme 4: Divergent synthesis of pyrone diterpenoids by merged chemoenzymatic and radical synthesis (part II,...
Scheme 5: Divergent synthesis of drimane-type hydroquinone meroterpenoids (Li).
Scheme 6: Divergent synthesis of natural products isolated from Dysidea avara (Lu).
Scheme 7: Divergent synthesis of kaurene-type terpenoids (Lei).
Scheme 8: Divergent synthesis of 6-oxabicyclo[3.2.1]octane meroterpenoids (Lou).
Scheme 9: Divergent synthesis of crinipellins by radical-mediated Dowd–Backwith rearrangement (Xie and Ding).
Scheme 10: Divergent total synthesis of Galbulimima alkaloids (Shenvi).
Scheme 11: Divergent synthesis of eburnane alkaloids (Qin).
Scheme 12: Divergent synthesis of Aspidosperma alkaloids (Boger).
Scheme 13: Photoredox based synthesis of (−)-FR901483 (160) and (+)-TAN1251C (162, Gaunt).
Scheme 14: Divergent synthesis of bipolamines (Maimone).
Scheme 15: Flow chemistry divergency between aporphine and morphinandione alkaloids (Felpin).
Scheme 16: Divergent synthesis of pyrroloazocine natural products (Echavarren).
Scheme 17: Using TEMPO to stabilize radicals for the divergent synthesis of pyrroloindoline natural products (...
Scheme 18: Radical pathway for preparation of lignans (Zhu).
Scheme 19: Divergent synthesis of DBCOD lignans (Lumb).
Transition-state aromaticity and its relationship with reactivity in pericyclic reactions
- Israel Fernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1613–1626, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.125
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: (a) Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction between butadiene and ethylene. (b) Gold(I)-catalyzed propar...
Figure 1: Transition states computed for the Diels–Alder cycloaddition reaction between isoprene and methyl a...
Figure 2: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the Diels–Alder...
Figure 3: (a) Evolution of the NICS(3, +1) values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane of the ...
Figure 4: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the carbonyl–en...
Figure 5: AICD (a) and EDDB (b) plots for the transition state involved in the DGRT between ethene and ethane....
Figure 6: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the DGRT betwee...
Scheme 2: Representative cycloisomerization reaction of 1,3-hexadien-5-yne.
Figure 7: AICD plots of the transition states associated with the Hopf cyclization reactions involving cis-he...
Figure 8: Comparative activation strain analyses of the Hopf cyclization involving ene–ene–ynes E=CH–CH=CH–C≡...
Scheme 3: 1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition reactions between t-BuN3 and cyaphide complexes.
Figure 9: Evolution of the NICS(3, +1) values along a z-axis perpendicular to the molecular plane of the TSs ...
Figure 10: Comparative activation strain analyses (a) and energy decomposition analysis (b) of the 1,3-dipolar...
Photocatalyzed elaboration of antibody-based bioconjugates
- Marine Le Stum,
- Eugénie Romero and
- Gary A. Molander
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 616–629, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.49
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representation of an antibody–drug conjugate. The antibody shown in this figure is from https://www...
Figure 2: a. Photoredox catalytic cycles; b. absorption spectrum of photosensitizers. Therapeutic window indi...
Figure 3: Graph representing the average number of publications focusing on photoredox chemistry applied to p...
Figure 4: Schematic procedure developed by Sato et al. on histidine photoinduced modification. The antibody s...
Figure 5: Schematic procedure of the divergent method developed by Sato et al. on histidine/tyrosine photoind...
Figure 6: Schematic procedure developed by Bräse et al. on photoinduced disulfide rebridging method.
Figure 7: Schematic procedure developed by Lang et al. on a photoinduced dual nickel photoredox-catalyzed app...
Figure 8: Schematic of the procedure developed by Chang et al. on photoinduced high affinity IgG Fc-binding s...
Figure 9: Potential advantages of photoredox chemistry for bioconjugation applied to antibodies. The antibody...
Figure 10: Representation of the photoinduced control of the DAR. The antibody shown in this figure is from ht...
Figure 11: Representation of a photoinduced control of multi-payloads ADC strategy. The antibody shown in this...
Chemical structure metagenomics of microbial natural products: surveying nonribosomal peptides and beyond
- Thomas Ma and
- John Chu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3050–3060, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.253
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: In BGF for microbial natural product discovery, the culture extract is fractionated using chromatog...
Figure 2: In light of BGF’s decreasing return-on-investment, scientists have developed new natural product di...
Figure 3: a) Incorporation of the first five amino acid BBs in daptomycin (highlighted in blue) is illustrate...
Figure 4: Syn-BNPs were synthesized in accordance to predicted NRP structures; shown herein are hits from var...
Figure 5: a) “Offloading” is the final step of NRP biosynthesis, wherein the mature NRP is released from the ...
Introduction of a human- and keyboard-friendly N-glycan nomenclature
- Friedrich Altmann,
- Johannes Helm,
- Martin Pabst and
- Johannes Stadlmann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 607–620, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.53
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Descriptions and depictions of a particular complex-type N-glycan structure found in human leukocyt...
Figure 2: The initial idea of describing an N-glycan just by its terminal residues. Reading the termini from ...
Figure 3: Annotation of antennae with galactose and sialic residues with consideration of linkage options. No...
Figure 4: Core substituents are listed in counter-clockwise order.
Figure 5: Terminal fucosylation depicted with standard abbreviations and with ”macro-terms”.
Figure 6: Suggested annotations of ABO and Lewis blood-group antigens using the “macro-terms” La, Lb, Lx, Ly ...
Figure 7: Multi-antennary N-glycans. In addition to regular proglycan abbreviation, intended ambiguity style ...
Figure 8: Proglycan annotation of LacNAc-repeats. A: Development of the annotation showing the acronyms both ...
Figure 9: Proglycan codes for HNK-1 structures, a brain glycan with substituted bisecting GlcNAc, a sulfated ...
Figure 10: Proglycan annotation of oligomannosidic and some hybrid-type N-glycans.
Figure 11: Plant and insect N‐glycans. Since the xylose strongly indicates plant N‐glycans, a simplified annot...
Scheme 1: Suggestions for the depiction of incompletely defined N-glycan structures.
Figure 12: Provisional outline of how O-glycans with the frequent core 2 structure could be named with the pro...
Tying a knot between crown ethers and porphyrins
- Maksym Matviyishyn and
- Bartosz Szyszko
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1630–1650, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.120
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Porphyrin and crown ether.
Figure 2: Timeline demonstrating the contributions into the crown ether–porphyrin chemistry.
Figure 3: Tetra-crowned porphyrin 1 and dimer 2 formed upon K+ binding.
Figure 4: meso-Crowned 25-oxasmaragdyrins 3a–c and their boron(III) complexes (3a–c)-BF2.
Scheme 1: CsF ion-pair binding of 4. The molecular structure of 4-CsF is shown on the right [101].
Figure 5: CsF ion pair binding by 5. The molecular structure of 5-CsF is shown on the right [102].
Scheme 2: Ion-pair binding by 6. The molecular structure of (6-CsCl)2 is shown on the right [103].
Scheme 3: Hydrated fluoride binding by 7 [104].
Figure 6: β-Crowned porphyrin 8.
Figure 7: Crown ether-capped porphyrins 9.
Figure 8: The capped porphyrin 10 and complex [10-PQ](PF6)2.
Figure 9: The double-capped porphyrin 11.
Figure 10: Selected examples of iminoporphyrinoids [58,122].
Scheme 4: The synthesis of 13.
Scheme 5: Tripyrrane-based crown ether-embedding porphyrinoid 15.
Figure 11: Macrocycles 16–19 and their coordination compounds.
Scheme 6: The flexibility of 16-Co [66].
Figure 12: Hexagonal wheel composed of six 16-Co(III) monomers [66].
Scheme 7: The synthesis of 16-V [67].
Figure 13: The molecular structure of dimers [16-Mn]2 [67].
Scheme 8: Synthesis of crownphyrins 28–33. Compounds 23a/b and 29a/b were obtained from 4,7,10-trioxa-1,13-tr...
Figure 14: The molecular structures of 22a, 34a·(HCl)2, and 29b [69].
Figure 15: Molecular structures of 22a-Pb and (29b)2-Zn [69].
Scheme 9: Reactivity of 29a/b.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of 36 and 37 [131].
Scheme 11: Synthesis of 40–45.
Figure 16: Potential applications of porphyrin-crown ether hybrids.
Inline purification in continuous flow synthesis – opportunities and challenges
- Jorge García-Lacuna and
- Marcus Baumann
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1720–1740, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.182
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Automated in-line chromatography with the Advion puriFlash® system. The rightmost part of the schem...
Scheme 2: Purification via pH tuning and several Zaiput membranes. Redrawn from [51].
Scheme 3: Two-phase recirculating system for purifications of an immobilized enzyme-based reaction. Redrawn f...
Scheme 4: Countercurrent L–L purification using large Zaiput membranes in the presence of a phase transfer ca...
Scheme 5: General scheme of a telescoped flow process using L–L separators.
Scheme 6: Example of phase separation using a computer-vision approach. Redrawn from [68].
Scheme 7: Example of an inline purification using heterogeneous scavenging. Redrawn from [76].
Scheme 8: General scheme of a telescoped process using heterogenous cartridges.
Scheme 9: Comparison of two strategies for flow-based imatinib syntheses. Redrawn from [91] and [92].
Scheme 10: General purification scheme using the catch and release strategy.
Scheme 11: Exemplar catch and release purification of a stereoselective oxidation. Redrawn from [105].
Scheme 12: Catch and release-type purification using conventional SiO2. Redrawn from [107].
Scheme 13: Schematic representation of an industrial continuous crystallization. Redrawn from [109].
Scheme 14: General scheme of an academic inline crystallization approach.
Scheme 15: Simplified overview of purification options and selected criteria.
Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field
- Elena R. Lopat’eva,
- Igor B. Krylov,
- Dmitry A. Lapshin and
- Alexander O. Terent’ev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Organocatalysis classification used in the present perspective.
Scheme 2: Oxidative processes catalyzed by amines.
Scheme 3: N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in oxidative functionalization of aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Examples of asymmetric oxidative processes catalyzed by chiral Brønsted acids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric aerobic α-hydroxylation of lactams under phase-transfer organocatalysis conditions emplo...
Scheme 6: Selective CH-oxidation of methylarenes to aldehydes or carboxylic acids.
Scheme 7: An example of the regioselective CH-amination by a sterically hindered imide-N-oxyl radical precurs...
Scheme 8: CH-amination of ethylbenzene and CH-fluorination of aldehydes catalyzed by N-hydroxybenzimidazoles,...
Scheme 9: Mixed hetero-/homogeneous TiO2/N-hydroxyimide photocatalysis in the selective benzylic oxidation.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical benzylic iodination and benzylation of pyridine by benzyl iodides generated in situ...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical oxidative C–O/C–N coupling of alkylarenes with NHPI. Electrolysis conditions: Const...
Scheme 12: Chemoselective alcohol oxidation catalyzed by TEMPO.
Scheme 13: ABNO-catalyzed oxidative C–N coupling of primary alcohols with primary amines.
Scheme 14: ACT-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
Scheme 15: Electrocatalytic oxidation of benzylic alcohols by a TEMPO derivative immobilized on a graphite ano...
Scheme 16: Electrochemical oxidation of carbamates of cyclic amines to lactams and oxidative cyanation of amin...
Scheme 17: Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and single-electron transfer (SET) as basic principles of amine cation...
Scheme 18: Electrochemical quinuclidine-catalyzed oxidation involving unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 19: DABCO-mediated photocatalytic C–C cross-coupling involving aldehyde C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 20: DABCO-derived cationic catalysts in inactivated C–H bond cleavage for alkyl radical addition to ele...
Scheme 21: Electrochemical diamination and dioxygenation of vinylarenes catalyzed by triarylamines.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation mediated by triarylimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Thiyl radical-catalyzed CH-arylation of allylic substrates by aryl cyanides.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of redox-active alkyl tetrafluoropyridinyl sulfides by unactivated C–H bond cleavage by t...
Scheme 25: Main intermediates in quinone oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical DDQ-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative aryl–aryl coupling.
Scheme 27: DDQ-mediated cross-dehydrogenative C–N coupling of benzylic substrates with azoles.
Scheme 28: Biomimetic o-quinone-catalyzed benzylic alcohol oxidation.
Scheme 29: Electrochemical synthesis of secondary amines by oxidative coupling of primary amines and benzylic ...
Scheme 30: General scheme of dioxirane and oxaziridine oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 31: Dioxirane organocatalyzed CH-hydroxylation involving aliphatic C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective hydroxylation of CH-acids catalyzed by chiral oxaziridines.
Scheme 33: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed vinylarene diamination.
Scheme 34: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric CH-hydroxylation of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 35: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric difluorination of alkenes with migration of aryl or methyl gro...
Scheme 36: Examples of 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxybenzene-catalyzed electrochemical oxidative heterocyclizations.
Scheme 37: Electrochemical N-ammonium ylide-catalyzed CH-oxidation.
Scheme 38: Oxidative dimerization of aryl- and alkenylmagnesium compounds catalyzed by quinonediimines.
Scheme 39: FLP-catalyzed dehydrogenation of N-substituted indolines.
Polymer and small molecule mechanochemistry: closer than ever
- José G. Hernández
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1225–1235, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.128
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representation of (a) cavitation and elongational flow caused by pulsed ultrasonication, (b) mixer ...
Scheme 1: (a) Mechanochemical activation of anthracene–endoperoxide mechanophore incorporated in the cross-li...
Scheme 2: Mechanochemical activation of dendronized polymer-based compound 4 by ultrasonication and ball mill...
Figure 2: Structure of cellulose and chitin and approximation to the structure of lignin.
Figure 3: Tensile forces by ball milling change the conformation of a chitin model compound. This deformation...
Figure 4: (a) Representation of a collision between the ball and a particle of a chitin sample and (b) mechan...
Figure 5: (a) Ultrasound-induced ATRP using piezoelectric BaTiO3 and (b) mechanochemical atom transfer radica...
Figure 6: Mechanochemical solid-state complexation of organic capsule 5 with fullerenes C70 in a planetary ba...
Scheme 3: Comparative mechanochemical dissociation of the central C–C bond in TASN derivatives 6 and 8.
On the aromaticity and photophysics of 1-arylbenzo[a]imidazo[5,1,2-cd]indolizines as bicolor fluorescent molecules for barium tagging in the study of double-beta decay of 136Xe
- Eric Iván Velazco-Cabral,
- Fernando Auria-Luna,
- Juan Molina-Canteras,
- Miguel A. Vázquez,
- Iván Rivilla and
- Fernando P. Cossío
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 1627–1638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.126
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Two possible double beta decay modes. Left: with emission of two electronic antineutrinos (ββ2ν). R...
Figure 2: General structure of first-generation bicolor fluorescent indicators based on 1-aryl benzo[a]imidaz...
Scheme 1: Hyperhomodesmotic equations used to analyze the resonance energy of benzo[a]imidazo[5,1,2-cd]indoli...
Figure 3: (A) Total, peripheral and modular delocalization patterns for fluorophore 1. The ground state (So) ...
Scheme 2: Isodesmic (A) and reaction profiles (B) for the analysis of the interaction of Ba2+ with different ...
Figure 4: Fully optimized geometries (B3LYP-D3BJ/6ccrow-311++G**&DefTZVPP(Ba) level of theory) of Ba2+·crown ...
Figure 5: Relaxed scan of the relative conformational energies of sensor 18 at the free state (A) and bound t...
Scheme 3: Reaction of fluorescent probe 18 with barium perchlorate, as indicated in Figure 2 (X = O, Y, Z = Me). The ...
Figure 6: Fully optimized structures (B3LYP-D3BJ/6-311++G(d,p)&DefTZVPP(Ba) level of theory) of compounds 18 ...
Figure 7: Comparison between the calculated and experimental differences between the emission wavelength of 18...
Controlled oligomerization of [1.1.1]propellane through radical polarity matching: selective synthesis of SF5- and CF3SF4-containing [2]staffanes
- Jón Atiba Buldt,
- Wang-Yeuk Kong,
- Yannick Kraemer,
- Masiel M. Belsuzarri,
- Ansh Hiten Patel,
- James C. Fettinger,
- Dean J. Tantillo and
- Cody Ross Pitts
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 3134–3143, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.259
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (Top) highlighting selectivity challenges in the synthesis of [n]staffanes using excess [1.1.1]prop...
Figure 2: Computed free energy profile for the oligomerization of [1.1.1]propellane (1) following SF5 radical...
Figure 3: Computed free energy profile for the oligomerization of [1.1.1]propellane (1) following CF3SF4 radi...
Figure 4: (A) The molecular structure of 3 at 90 K with 5 independent moieties in the asymmetric axis viewed ...
Computational design for enantioselective CO2 capture: asymmetric frustrated Lewis pairs in epoxide transformations
- Maxime Ferrer,
- Iñigo Iribarren,
- Tim Renningholtz,
- Ibon Alkorta and
- Cristina Trujillo
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2668–2681, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.224
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Reaction between propylene oxide (PO) and CO2 and the five catalyst scaffolds under study. The posi...
Figure 1: Schematic representation of an (A) 2D and a (B) 3D volcano plot. The abbreviation “cat.” stands for...
Scheme 2: Capture reactions of CO2 or an epoxide by FLP.
Figure 2: (A) Structure of PO annotated with the C–O bond distances and electron densities at the BCPs. BCPs ...
Figure 3: Symmetric FLP scaffolds considered in the first study. X denotes N or P.
Figure 4: Subset of FLP scaffolds considered in the catalyst optimisation study. Substituents and labels are ...
Figure 5: Coupling reaction between PO and CO2. Depending on the catalyst considered, the reaction follows me...
Figure 6: VOLCANO plot group 1. The free energies of pre-TS01 assembly and Min2 are considered for the correl...
Figure 7: VOLCANO plot group 2. The free energies of pre-TS01 assembly and Min2 are considered for the correl...
Scheme 3: Asymmetric catalysis studied. On the left, the catalyst proposed by Gao et al. for the asymmetric h...
Figure 8: Catalysed reaction between the (S)-enantiomer of propylene oxide and CO2 resulting in the formation...
Figure 9: Schemes of the different asymmetric reactions observed. Hydrogen capable of rotation is marked in o...
Diameter-selective extraction of single-walled carbon nanotubes by interlocking with Cu-tethered square nanobrackets
- Guoqing Cheng and
- Naoki Komatsu
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 1298–1307, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.113
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Chemical structures of Cu-tethered tetragonal nanobrackets 1a and 1b.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of nanobracket 4. Reaction conditions: i) XPhos Pd G2, XPhos, B2(OH)4, KOAc, EtOH, 80 °C,...
Figure 1: (a) MALDI-TOF mass spectrum of Cu-nanobrackets 1b, where the inset shows the isotope peaks of [1b]+...
Figure 2: DFT-optimized structure of Cu-nanobrackets (a) 1a and (b) 1b. The yellow regions indicate their sph...
Figure 3: (a) Absorption spectra of Cu-nanobrackets 1b and SWNT extract; (b) Raman spectra of Cu-nanobrackets ...
Figure 4: Raman spectra of HiPco SWNTs, e-, i-, and p-SWNTs (λex = 488 nm) at RBM and G-band regions. Raman i...
Figure 5: (a) Raman spectra of HiPco and extracted SWNTs at 488, 633 and 785 nm excitation wavelengths, norma...
Figure 6: (a) Binding energy between SWNTs of various (n,m)-structures with Cu-nanobrackets 1a and 1b; GFN2-x...
The effect of dark states on the intersystem crossing and thermally activated delayed fluorescence of naphthalimide-phenothiazine dyads
- Liyuan Cao,
- Xi Liu,
- Xue Zhang,
- Jianzhang Zhao,
- Fabiao Yu and
- Yan Wan
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1028–1046, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.79
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of the compounds. Conditions: (a) 4-fluoroaniline, acetic acid, N2, reflux, 7 h, yield: 7...
Figure 1: UV–vis absorption spectra of (a) NI-PTZ-F, NI-PTZ-Ph, NI-PTZ-CH3, NI-PTZ-OCH3, and NI-PTZ-C5 and (b...
Figure 2: Fluorescence spectra of the dyads. (a) NI-PTZ-F, (b) NI-PTZ-Ph, (c) NI-PTZ-CH3, (d) NI-PTZ-OCH3, (e...
Figure 3: Fluorescence spectra of the dyads. (a) NI-PTZ-F, (b) NI-PTZ-Ph, (c) NI-PTZ-CH3, (d) NI-PTZ-OCH3, (e...
Figure 4: Fluorescence lifetime of (a) NI-PTZ-F; (b) NI-PTZ-Ph; (c) NI-PTZ-CH3; (d) NI-PTZ-OCH3 (λem = 610 nm...
Figure 5: Cyclic voltammograms of the compounds. (a) NI-PTZ-F; NI-PTZ-Ph; NI-PTZ-CH3; NI-PTZ-OCH3; NI-PTZ-C5 ...
Figure 6: Thermogravimetric analysis curves of NI-PTZ-F, NI-PTZ-Ph, NI-PTZ-CH3, NI-PTZ-OCH3, NI-PTZ-F-O, and ...
Figure 7: Femtosecond transient absorption spectra of NI-PTZ-F. (a) Transient absorption spectra and (b) the ...
Figure 8: Nanosecond transient absorption spectra of NI-PTZ-F in deaerated solvents of (a) HEX (c = 2.0 × 10−5...
Figure 9: Nanosecond transient absorption spectra of (a) NI-PTZ-F-O (c = 4.0 × 10−5 M), (b) NI-PTZ-Ph-O (c = ...
Figure 10: Optimized ground state geometry of (a) NI-PTZ-F, (b) NI-PTZ-Ph, (c) NI-PTZ-CH3, (d) NI-PTZ-OCH3, (e...
Figure 11: Spin density surfaces of the dyads in the T1 state (gas phase) of (a) NI-PTZ-F, (b) NI-PTZ-Ph, (c) ...
Figure 12: Selected frontier molecular orbitals of NI-PTZ-F, NI-PTZ-Ph, NI-PTZ-C5, NI-PTZ-F-O, NI-PTZ-Ph-O, an...
Scheme 2: Simplified Jablonski diagram of (a) NI-PTZ-F and (b) NI-PTZ-F-O. The 1LE state (1[NI–PTZ–F–O]*) ene...
Synthesis of α-(perfluoroalkylsulfonyl)propiophenones: a new set of reagents for the light-mediated perfluoroalkylation of aromatics
- Durbis J. Castillo-Pazos,
- Juan D. Lasso and
- Chao-Jun Li
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 788–795, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.79
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Envisioned Minisci perfluoroalkylation facilitated by “dummy group” reagents 1a–c.
Scheme 2: Control experiments for the nucleophilic substitution of perfluoroalkylsulfinates 2 and halogenated...
Scheme 3: Left: isolated yields of synthesized perfluoroalkylating reagents: perfluorobutyl (1a), perfluorohe...
Scheme 4: Radical trapping experiment with 1,1-diphenylethylene (7) and 1b confirming the initially proposed ...
Scheme 5: Demonstrative scope for the perfluoroalkylation of aromatics. Isolated yields are shown in parenthe...
