Substituent effects in N-acetylated phenylazopyrazole photoswitches

• Radek Tovtik,
• Dennis Marzin,
• Pia Weigel,
• Stefano Crespi and
• Nadja A. Simeth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 830–838, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.66

• equipment, experimental procedures, compound characterization, UV–vis spectra at different concentrations, photochemical experiments, thermal isomerization analysis, and NMR spectra. Funding We thank the Swedish Vetenskapsrådet for a Starting Grant (2021-05414 to SC and to 2023-04088 to NAS). This work was

4-(1-Methylamino)ethylidene-1,5-disubstituted pyrrolidine-2,3-diones: synthesis, anti-inflammatory effect and in silico approaches

• Nguyen Tran Nguyen,
• Vo Viet Dai,
• Luc Van Meervelt,
• Do Thi Thao and
• Nguyen Minh Thong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 817–829, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.65

• determine the melting points of all products. All NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Avance II+ 600 MHz instrument and chemical shifts (δ) are reported in ppm (parts per million) relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS) or internal deuterated solvent signals. Computational methods Prediction of drug-likeness

Synthesis and photoinduced switching properties of C₇-heteroatom containing push–pull norbornadiene derivatives

• Daniel Krappmann and
• Andreas Hirsch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 807–816, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.64

• N-UnS1 monitored via NMR spectroscopy in CDCl3. Rearrangement of O-NBD2 to O-QC2 using a 385 nm LED. The UV–vis measurement in the middle were conducted in MeCN, NMR spectra at the bottom with 6.9 mg substance in 650 μL CDCl3. Prolonged irradiation resulted first in the formation of an unidentified

• species O-UnS2 (after 60 min) and further unknown rearrangement combined with photodecomposition after 18 h. Rearrangement of N-NBD2 using a 385 nm LED. The UV–vis measurement in the middle were conducted in MeCN, NMR spectra at the bottom with 6.9 mg substance in 650 μL CDCl3. Generation of the new

• Information Supporting Information File 42: Experimental, characterization data, copies of NMR spectra and switching experiments. Funding The authors acknowledge financial support provided by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) as part of the project “Molekulares Management von Sonnenenergie - Chemie

Copper-catalyzed domino cyclization of anilines and cyclobutanone oxime: a scalable and versatile route to spirotetrahydroquinoline derivatives

• Qingqing Jiang,
• Xinyi Lei,
• Pan Gao and
• Yu Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 749–754, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.58

• Supporting Information Supporting Information File 30: Experimental procedures, characterization data for all new compounds, and NMR spectra of products. Funding We are grateful for the financial support from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2021M692713) and the Natural Science Foundation of

Synthesis of HBC fluorophores with an electrophilic handle for covalent attachment to Pepper RNA

• Raphael Bereiter and
• Ronald Micura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 727–735, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.56

• column chromatography was purchased from Macherey-Nagel. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker UltrashieldTM 400 MHz Plus or a 700 MHz Avance Neo spectrometer. Chemical shifts (δ) are reported relative to tetramethylsilane (TMS), referenced to the residual solvent signal (DMSO-d6: 2.50 ppm for

• 1H NMR and 39.52 ppm for 13C NMR spectra; CDCl3: 7.26 ppm for 1H NMR and 77.16 ppm for 13C NMR spectra). Signal assignments are based on 1H-1H-COSY, 1H-13C-HSQC and 1H-13C-HMBC experiments. High-resolution mass spectra were recorded in positive ion mode unless otherwise noted on a Thermo Scientific Q

• (pulldown of circular Pepper RNA from total RNA of HEK 293T cells) see reference [11]. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 26: Experimental, characterization data and copies of NMR spectra. Funding This work was funded in part by the Austrian Science Fund FWF [P31691, F8011-B] and the

Acyclic cucurbit[n]uril bearing alkyl sulfate ionic groups

• Christian Akakpo,
• Peter Y. Zavalij and
• Lyle Isaacs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 717–726, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.55

• used without further purification. Guest molecules were available from previous studies [65][71]. Compounds TetW1OAc and TetW1 were prepared according to the literature procedures with slight modifications [70]. NMR spectra were recorded using commercial spectrometers operating at 600 or 400 MHz for 1H

• , rt) for C1. Chemical structures of guests used in this study along with the complexation induced changes in chemical shift (Δδ) upon formation of the C1·guest complexes. Negative Δδ values represent upfield shifts upon complexation. 1H NMR spectra recorded (400 MHz, D2O, rt) for: a) Me6PXDA (0.5 mM

Photochemically assisted synthesis of phenacenes fluorinated at the terminal benzene rings and their electronic spectra

• Yuuki Ishii,
• Minoru Yamaji,
• Fumito Tani,
• Kenta Goto,
• Yoshihiro Kubozono and
• Hideki Okamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 670–679, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.53

• spectra of the fluorescence, synthetic procedures and physical data for the new compounds, theoretical calculation results, copy of 1H and 13C NMR spectra of the prepared compounds. Acknowledgements HO thanks Prof. Kan Wakamatsu (Okayama University of Science) for fruitful discussions and Prof. Takayoshi

Asymmetric synthesis of fluorinated derivatives of aromatic and γ-branched amino acids via a chiral Ni(II) complex

• Maurizio Iannuzzi,
• Thomas Hohmann,
• Michael Dyrks,
• Kilian Haoues,
• Katarzyna Salamon-Krokosz and
• Beate Koksch

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 659–669, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.52

• Schlenk vessels at a Schlenk unit/oil pump vacuum under nitrogen atmosphere. The stated reaction temperatures are the respective values of the silicone oil heating bath. All reactions were stirred with an electric magnetic stirrer. 1H, 13C, and 19F NMR spectra were measured at room temperature with a JEOL

• 11a and 11b. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 18: NMR spectra and HPLC chromatograms.

Entry to 2-aminoprolines via electrochemical decarboxylative amidation of N‑acetylamino malonic acid monoesters

• Olesja Koleda,
• Janis Sadauskis,
• Darja Antonenko,
• Edvards Janis Treijs,
• Raivis Davis Steberis and
• Edgars Suna

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 630–638, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.50

• -aminoproline derivatives 6. Optimization of anodic decarboxylation/amidation reaction. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 16: Detailed experimental procedures, analytical and spectroscopic data for the synthesized compounds, and copies of NMR spectra.

Semisynthetic derivatives of massarilactone D with cytotoxic and nematicidal activities

• Rémy B. Teponno,
• Sara R. Noumeur and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 607–615, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.48

• -UV system [column 2.1 × 50 mm, 1.7 μm, C18 Acquity UPLC BEH (Waters), solvent A: H2O + 0.1% formic acid; solvent B: ACN + 0.1% formic acid, gradient: 5% B for 0.5 min, increasing to 100% B in 19.5 min, maintaining 100% B for 5 min, RF = 0.6 mL/min, UV–vis detection 200–600 nm]. NMR spectra were

• . Abolfazl Narmani for conducting the bioassays and Mrs. Christel Kakoschke for recording NMR spectra. Funding The authors are grateful to the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Bonn, Germany, 3.4-KAM/1157152 STP).

Study of the interaction of 2H-furo[3,2-b]pyran-2-ones with nitrogen-containing nucleophiles

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev and
• Boris V. Lichitsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 556–563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.44

• , 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution MS. 1H NMR spectra of obtained products contain characteristic signals of the protons of the methyl group in the region δ 1.72–2.16 ppm and proton of pyranone fragment in the region δ 5.98–6.62 ppm. Besides that, the key structures of synthesized products were

• Supporting Information File 2: General information, characterization data, NMR spectra and crystallographic data of synthesized compounds. Acknowledgements Crystal structure determination was performed in the Department of Structural Studies of Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Moscow.

Asymmetric synthesis of β-amino cyanoesters with contiguous tetrasubstituted carbon centers by halogen-bonding catalysis with chiral halonium salt

• Yasushi Yoshida,
• Maho Aono,
• Takashi Mino and
• Masami Sakamoto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 547–555, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.43

• : Experimental procedures, characterization data, NMR spectra, and HPLC chromatograms. Funding This research was funded by an IAAR Research Support Program (Chiba Halogen Science: Halogen-Linkage of Molecular Functions); Chiba University Open Recruitment for International Exchange Program, Chiba University

Vinylogous functionalization of 4-alkylidene-5-aminopyrazoles with methyl trifluoropyruvates

• Judit Hostalet-Romero,
• Laura Carceller-Ferrer,
• Gonzalo Blay,
• Amparo Sanz-Marco,
• José R. Pedro and
• Carlos Vila

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 533–540, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.41

• copies of 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra. Acknowledgements Access to NMR, MS, and X-ray facilities from the Servei Central de Suport a la Investigació Experimental (SCSIE)-UV and the NMR U26 facility of ICTS “NANBIOSIS” is acknowledged. Funding L.C.-F. thanks the Universitat de València for a predoctoral

Cryptophycin unit B analogues

• Thomas Schachtsiek,
• Jona Voss,
• Maren Hamsen,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 526–532, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.40

• free of charge from the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) via https://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/structures under reference number CCDC 2400694 for Boc-ᴅ-Phe(4-NHMe)-OMe (7). Supporting Information File 12: Experimental section, NMR spectra and cellular proliferation assays. Acknowledgements We

Deep-blue emitting 9,10-bis(perfluorobenzyl)anthracene

• Long K. San,
• Sebastian Balser,
• Brian J. Reeves,
• Tyler T. Clikeman,
• Yu-Sheng Chen,
• Steven H. Strauss and
• Olga V. Boltalina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 515–525, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.39

• used for the perfluorobenzylation of PERY were used [22]. 9,10-ANTH(Br)2 and BnFI were dissolved and heated to 160 °C in PhCN in the presence of either Cu powder (22 h) or Na2S2O3 (4 h). According to the 1H NMR spectra of the filtered product mixtures, the reaction with Cu showed poor conversion, but

• Information File 1). In the 19F NMR spectra of 9,10-ANTH(BnF)2 (Figure 1) and 9-ANTH(BnF) (Figure S4 in Supporting Information File 1), only four resonances in a 2:2:1:2 ratio were observed, commensurate with the previously reported data for compounds bearing BnF groups [18][29]. The 19F resonances of the CF2

• ) were used as received. Instrumentation 19F (376 MHz) and 1H (400 MHz) NMR spectra were recorded using a Varian INOVA 400 instrument with a trace amount of C8H4F6 (δ(19F) = −66.35 ppm) added as the internal standard. UV–vis spectra were recorded using a Cary 500 UV–VIS–NIR. Emission spectra of the LED

Synthesis of the aggregation pheromone of Tribolium castaneum

• Biyu An,
• Xueyang Wang,
• Ao Jiao,
• Qinghua Bian and
• Jiangchun Zhong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 510–514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.38

• )-10. Synthesis of the aggregation pheromone of Tribolium castaneum. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 6: General information, synthesis of compounds 1–12, research on the optical purity of chiral alcohols (R)- and (S)-4, and copies of 1H, 13C and 19F NMR spectra. Funding This

Unprecedented visible light-initiated topochemical [2 + 2] cycloaddition in a functionalized bimane dye

• Metodej Dvoracek,
• Brendan Twamley,
• Mathias O. Senge and
• Mikhail A. Filatov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 500–509, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.37

• ¹H NMR spectra remained unchanged compared to the neat compounds (Figures S1, S3, and S5, Supporting Information File 1), confirming that the reaction occurs selectively in the solid state. Cl2B was also irradiated in DCM with the same 405 nm LEDs, in a quartz fluorescence cuvette. A UV–vis spectrum

• , Figure S15). Following this, more 1H NMR irradiation studies were conducted, where each bimane was dissolved in dichloromethane-d2, and irradiated using the same 405 nm light source for 1.25 h. The NMR spectra showed that no [2 + 2] dimer yield was achieved (Supporting Information File 1, Figures S8–S10

Synthesis of N-acetyl diazocine derivatives via cross-coupling reaction

• Thomas Brandt,
• Pascal Lentes,
• Jeremy Rudtke,
• Michael Hösgen,
• Christian Näther and
• Rainer Herges

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 490–499, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.36

• /data_request/cif. Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK; fax: +44 1223 336033. Supporting Information File 14: Synthetic procedures, UV–vis and NMR switching experiments, copies of UV–vis and NMR spectra, and X-ray crystallographic data. Funding The authors thankfully acknowledge financial support by the Deutsche

Synthesis of electrophile-tethered preQ₁ analogs for covalent attachment to preQ₁ RNA

• Laurin Flemmich and
• Ronald Micura

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 483–489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.35

• (16) see Supporting Information File 1. Syntheses of haloalkyl- and mesyloxyalkyl-modified preQ1 as and DPQ1 ligands. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 12: Experimental part, HPLC analysis of preQ1 and NMR spectra. Acknowledgements We thank Clemens Eichler (University of Innsbruck

Electrochemical synthesis of cyclic biaryl λ³-bromanes from 2,2’-dibromobiphenyls

• Andrejs Savkins and
• Igors Sokolovs

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 451–457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.32

• Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre and allocated the deposition number CCDC 2404146. Supporting Information File 6: Experimental procedures, analytical and spectroscopic data for new compounds, copies of NMR spectra, and X-ray crystallographic data. Acknowledgements The authors thank Dr. Sergey

New tandem Ugi/intramolecular Diels–Alder reaction based on vinylfuran and 1,3-butadienylfuran derivatives

• Yuriy I. Horak,
• Roman Z. Lytvyn,
• Andrii R. Vakhula,
• Yuriy V. Homza,
• Nazariy T. Pokhodylo and
• Mykola D. Obushak

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 444–450, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.31

• , compound characterizations, and NMR spectra. Funding The authors are thankful to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Simons Foundation (Award Numbers: 1290588) for financial support.

Identification and removal of a cryptic impurity in pomalidomide-PEG based PROTAC

• Bingnan Wang,
• Yong Lu and
• Chuo Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 407–411, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.28

• the PEG chain on the relative retention time of 8 and 9 on HPLC. Supporting Information Supporting Information File 18: Computational details, general experimental information, synthetic procedures, compound characterization data, and copies of NMR spectra. Funding This work is supported by the NIH

Synthesis, structure, ionochromic and cytotoxic properties of new 2-(indolin-2-yl)-1,3-tropolones

• Yurii A. Sayapin,
• Eugeny A. Gusakov,
• Inna O. Tupaeva,
• Alexander D. Dubonosov,
• Igor V. Dorogan,
• Valery V. Tkachev,
• Anna S. Goncharova,
• Gennady V. Shilov,
• Natalia S. Kuznetsova,
• Svetlana Y. Filippova,
• Tatyana A. Krasnikova,
• Yanis A. Boumber,
• Alexey Y. Maksimov,
• Sergey M. Aldoshin and
• Vladimir I. Minkin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 358–368, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.26

• 1,2-benzoquinone and o-chloroanil, respectively [1][25]. The structures of compounds 7 and 8 obtained by methods A and B were confirmed by 1H NMR, IR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry (Supporting Information File 2). A distinctive feature of the 1H NMR spectra of 7 in CDCl3 is the signal of the

• tropolone ring proton, which appears at 6.9 ppm. A characteristic specificity of the 1H NMR spectra of compounds 7 and 8 is the presence of signals of hydroxy group protons forming a strong hydrogen bond with the indoline nitrogen atom, which closes the six-membered chelate cycle. These signals are observed

• tautomeric forms. To reveal the predominance of either the (NH) or (OH) tautomeric form of compounds 7a, 7b, 8a, and 8b in solution depending on the nature of the solvent, we carried out a detailed study using compound 7a. A complete signal assignment of 1H and 13C NMR spectra was carried out, based on

Synthesis, characterization, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and carbonic anhydrase inhibition activities of multifunctional pyrazolo-1,2-benzothiazine acetamides

• Ayesha Saeed,
• Shahana Ehsan,
• Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman,
• Erin M. Marshall,
• Sandra Loesgen,
• Abdus Saleem,
• Simone Giovannuzzi and
• Claudiu T. Supuran

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 348–357, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.25

• FTIR spectroscopy as well as HRMS. Table 1 shows the different substituents (R groups) for the synthesized compounds 7a–n. The 1H NMR spectra of compounds 7a–h showed one distinct singlet at 4.92 to 5.12 ppm for the two protons of one methylene group (Figure 2b’), a singlet for the NH proton in the

• range of 10.03 to 10.40 ppm, and another singlet for the OH proton in the range of 13.00 to 13.20 ppm (Figure 2a’). The presence of a singlet near 13 ppm for the OH proton confirms that the compounds 7a–h are N-alkylated. The 1H NMR spectra of compounds 7i–n showed two distinct singlets from 4.90 to

• compounds 7a–h and 7i–n shared a singlet for the N-methyl protons in the range of 3.07 to 3.10 ppm. Signals for aromatic protons were recorded from 6.70 to 8.19 ppm depending upon the extent of shielding/deshielding. The 13C NMR spectra exhibited distinct signals for the synthesized compounds 7a–h: one

Synthesis of new condensed naphthoquinone, pyran and pyrimidine furancarboxylates

• Kirill A. Gomonov,
• Vasilii V. Pelipko,
• Igor A. Litvinov,
• Ilya A. Pilipenko,
• Anna M. Stepanova,
• Nikolai A. Lapatin,
• Ruslan I. Baichurin and
• Sergei V. Makarenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 340–347, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.24

• data, they luminesce in DMSO solution when irradiated with light at wavelengths of 352 and 283 nm. Compounds 7a–f are capable of existing as lactim–lactam tautomers due to the presence of an amide fragment in their structure (Scheme 7). At the same time, the 1H and 13C NMR spectra of compounds 7a–f

• indicate their individuality. The presence of a broadened signal in the 1H NMR spectra (DMSO-d6) in the region of 12.49–12.84 ppm and a C4 signal in the 13C NMR spectra (DMSO-d6) in the region of 158.1–159.0 ppm does not allow us to unambiguously determine the tautomeric form of compounds 7a–f in solution

• = 10−5 mol/L). 1Н, 13С{1H}, 1H-13C HMQC, and 1H-13C HMBC NMR spectra were registered on a Jeol ECX–400A instrument at 400 (for 1H nuclei) and 100 MHz (for 13С nuclei) in CDCl3 (δH 7.26, δC 77.16 ppm) and DMSO-d6 (δH 2.47, δC 40.0 ppm) using residual signals of the nondeuterated solvent as the