Unraveling cooperative interactions between complexed ions in dual-host strategy for cesium salt separation

• Zhihua Liu,
• Ya-Zhi Chen,
• Ji Wang,
• Qingling Nie,
• Wei Zhao and
• Biao Wu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 845–853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.68

• , DMF, or acetone molecules), respectively. For the type-(II) Cs+ cation, direct ion-pairing interaction with complexed phosphate anion is clearly illustrated, where average P···O distance is 3.3 ± 0.2 Å. These cooperative interactions were further analyzed and visualized by independent gradient model

• . Three types of Cs+ complexations are observed. All Cs+ are seen to be complexed with 18-crown-6 and further stabilized by (I) ion-dipole interactions with DMF and carbonyl (O=C) group, (II) ion-pairing with receptor-complexed phosphate anion, and (III) ion-dipole interactions with acetone and carbonyl

Regioselective formal hydrocyanation of allenes: synthesis of β,γ-unsaturated nitriles with α-all-carbon quaternary centers

• Seeun Lim,
• Teresa Kim and
• Yunmi Lee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 800–806, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.63

• to four possible regioisomeric products. Recent research has addressed some of these challenges. Arai [25][26], Fang [27] and Breit [28] investigated the nickel-catalyzed regio- and enantioselective hydrocyanation of 1,1-disubstituted allenes using acetone cyanohydrin or TMSCN/MeOH as the precursor

Recent advances in the electrochemical synthesis of organophosphorus compounds

• Babak Kaboudin,
• Milad Behroozi,
• Sepideh Sadighi and
• Fatemeh Asgharzadeh

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 770–797, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.61

• or ketones. They used nickel foam as both anode and cathode electrodes in an undivided cell under air at room temperature. The reaction was carried out in the presence of KI as an electrolyte, a key additive, and acetone as a solvent. HI increases the reaction yield due to the activation of the

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

• ) trifluoroacetate (Cu(TFA)2) as the catalyst (20 mol %) under ambient air at 80 °C for 12 hours; the product 3aa was isolated by chromatographic purification (Table 1, entry 1). The use of other solvents, including acetonitrile (MeCN), tetrahydrofuran (THF), toluene, acetone and methanol (MeOH), resulted in

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

• (d, J = 8.9 Hz, 2H), 5.41 (d, J = 16.3 Hz, 4H), 4.45–4.40 (m, 4H), 4.35–4.30 (m, 4H), 4.27 (d, J = 15.8 Hz, 2 × 4H), 4.25–4.18 (m, 4H), 4.18–4.13 (m, 4H), 4.12 (d, J = 15.4 Hz, 2H), 1.78 (s, 6H), 1.75 (s, 6H); 13C NMR (100 MHz, D2O/acetone-d6 6:1 (v:v)) 156.7, 155.9, 150.5, 129.3, 116.1, 78.6, 77.4

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

• catalytic amount of I2 under an aerated condition. After the photolysis, the acetal moiety was partly cleaved to produce a mixture of acetal 9 and aldehyde 10. The obtained reaction mixture was treated with TsOH in acetone to afford desired fluorinated phenanthrenecarbaldehyde 10 in moderate yield (46% from

• , toluene, reflux; e) tert-BuLi, DMF, THF, −78 °C; f) KOH, 18-crown-6, CH2Cl2, reflux (rt for 8); g) hν, I2, cyclohexane (toluene/THF mixture for 11); h) p-TsOH, acetone, reflux. Synthesis of F8PIC, F8FUL, and F87PHEN. Reagents and conditions: a) KOH, 18-crown-6, CH2Cl2, reflux; b) hν, I2, toluene, rt

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

• chromatography (chloroform/acetone, 3:1) to yield to 11a (2S,4R) (1.18 g, 1.7 mmol, 39%) and 11b (2S,4S) (0.87 g, 1.22 mmol, 29%) as red solids. 11a: 1H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.86 (s, 1H), 8.00 (d, J = 9.2 Hz, 1H), 7.75 (d, J = 8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.62–7.46 (m, 3H), 7.35 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.30 (d, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H

• ) was dissolved in acetone (37.0 mL) and added dropwise to the reaction mixture. After 17 h of stirring at room temperature, MeCN and acetone were removed under reduced pressure, H2O (40 mL) was added, and the mixture was treated with aq HCl (6 M) to pH 2. The resulting solution was extracted with EtOAc

• treated with aq NaOH (18 M) to pH 7 and Na2CO3 (2.71 g, 25.6 mmol, 2.0 equiv) was added. FmocOSu (4.32 g, 12.8 mmol, 1.0 equiv) was dissolved in acetone (51.2 mL) and added dropwise to the reaction mixture. After 17 h of stirring at room temperature, MeCN and acetone were removed under reduced pressure

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

• recorded in deuterated solvents (CDCl3 and acetone-d6) with an Avance III 700 (Bruker, Billerica, MA, USA) (1H: 700 MHz, 13C: 175 MHz) and an Avance III 500 (Bruker, Bremen, Germany) (1H: 500 MHz, 13C: 125 MHz) spectrometers. Chemical shifts are given in parts per million (ppm), and coupling constants in

• ]. Compound 2 was obtained in 11% yield (3.50 mg, tR = 39.28 min). White powder; [α]D25 − 38.8 (c 0.0006, acetone); UV (c 0.075 mg/mL, EtOH) λmax 241 nm (3.84); 1H NMR (500 MHz, acetone-d6) δH 6.24 (dq, J = 2.1, 1.0 Hz, Ha-3''), 6.18 (dq, J = 2.2, 1.0 Hz, Ha-3'''), 6.12–6.08 (m, H-9), 5.93 (ddq, J = 15.2, 8.7

• –182 (m, Hb-3'),1.80–178 (m, 3H-10), 1.61 (s, Me-5'), 1.50 (s, Me-2'); 13C NMR (175 MHz, acetone-d6) δC 175.8 (C-7a), 171.7 (C-1'), 166.4 (C-1''), 166.0 (C-5), 164.8 (C-1'''), 137.0 (C-6'), 136.4 (C-2'', C-2'''), 135.2 (C-9), 128.4 (C-3'''), 128.0 (C-3''), 124.1 (C-8), 105.1 (C-5'), 100.8 (C-7), 99.2

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

• -butyl group is present in the C-3 position of the pyrazole as in the case of substrate 2e, the reaction did not take place, likely due to a considerable increase in steric hindrance. We also attempted to synthesize 4-(alkenyl)-5-aminopyrazoles using an acyclic ketone, such as acetone, but unfortunately

• dichloroethane, chloroform or ethyl acetate gave lower yields but similar diastereoselectivity. More polar solvents such THF and CH3CN afforded the corresponding alcohol 5aaa with lower diastereoselectivity. When acetone was used as solvent, product 5aaa was not detected in the 1H NMR of crude reaction mixture

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

• organic base such as tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) or 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene (DBU) [28]. Our initial attempt to apply this method was as follows: A reaction mixture of 9,10-ANTH(Br)2, 10 equiv BnFI, and 10 equiv DBU dissolved in acetone was illuminated with a blue LED for 20 h (see

• (trifluoromethyl)benzene (1,4-C6H4(CF3)2, Central Glass Co., 99%); dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO, Fisher Scientific, ACS grade); anhydrous magnesium sulfate (MgSO4, Fisher Scientific); Cu powder (Strem Chemicals, 99%); dichloromethane (EMD Chemicals, ACS grade); acetone (technical grade); THF (Aldrich/Merck, ACS grade

• -phase reactions) CF2C6F5I (63 µL, 0.38 mmol) was syringed into a Schlenk flask containing 9,10-ANTH(Br)2 (13.4 mg, 39.8 µmol) and 1,8-diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene (60 µL, 40.1 µmol) dissolved in acetone (technical grade), and degassed three times by a freeze-pump-thaw technique (3 × 10 min). The

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

• , the crystals changed their appearance from light yellow to dark orange within 15 minutes. An alternative method for solid-state irradiation involved dissolving 5–10 mg of the bimane in a minimal amount of acetone, which was then evaporated in a 25 mL round-bottomed flask, forming a seemingly amorphous

Organocatalytic kinetic resolution of 1,5-dicarbonyl compounds through a retro-Michael reaction

• James Guevara-Pulido,
• Fernando González-Pérez,
• José M. Andrés and
• Rafael Pedrosa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 473–482, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.34

• recorded in CDCl3 or acetone-d6. Chemical shifts for protons are reported in ppm from tetramethylsilane as an internal reference. Chemical shifts for carbons are reported in ppm from tetramethylsilane and referenced to the solvent's carbon resonance. Specific rotations were measured using a 5 mL cell with

Antibiofilm and cytotoxic metabolites from the entomopathogenic fungus Samsoniella aurantia

• Rita Toshe,
• Syeda J. Khalid,
• Blondelle Matio Kemkuignou,
• Esteban Charria-Girón,
• Paul Eckhardt,
• Birthe Sandargo,
• Kunlapat Nuchthien,
• J. Jennifer Luangsa-ard,
• Till Opatz,
• Hedda Schrey,
• Sherif S. Ebada and
• Marc Stadler

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 327–339, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.23

• growth, the cultures underwent extraction. The mycelia were initially soaked in acetone overnight, followed by two rounds of ultrasonic extraction with freshly added acetone for each cycle. Resultant suspensions were filtered, and the liquid was collected. The combined liquid phases underwent vacuum

• acetone/MeOH (9:1, 7:3, 1:1, 0:1) along with one last fraction of MeOH 100% using 0.1% formic acid. Nine fractions of 1 L each were eluted that were collected and evaporated separately under reduced pressure to dryness. For fractions 3, 4, 6 and 8 were further purified using a PLC 2250 preparative HPLC

• ): Pale yellow amorphous solid; UV–vis (MeOH) λmax: 368, 224, 200 nm; NMR data (1H: 500 MHz, 13C: 125 MHz, acetone-d6) comparable to the previously described spectral data [8]; HRESIMS m/z: [M + H]+ calcd for C25H28NO4+, 406.2103; found, 406.2103. Farinosone B (3): Bright yellow powder; UV–vis (MeOH) λmax

Red light excitation: illuminating photocatalysis in a new spectrum

• Lucas Fortier,
• Corentin Lefebvre and
• Norbert Hoffmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 296–326, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.22

• acetone, allowing the pre-activation of the ruthenium complex with the successive release of an N-heterocyclic carbene ligand and a chlorine atom, which are replaced by two acetone molecules to form compound 2. Simultaneously, excitation of the osmium(II) complex in the red region (660 nm) decreases its

Streamlined modular synthesis of saframycin substructure via copper-catalyzed three-component assembly and gold-promoted 6-endo cyclization

• Asahi Kanno,
• Ryo Tanifuji,
• Satoshi Yoshida,
• Sota Sato,
• Saori Maki-Yonekura,
• Kiyofumi Takaba,
• Jungmin Kang,
• Kensuke Tono,
• Koji Yonekura and
• Hiroki Oguri

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 226–233, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.14

• , was obtained in one-pot, presumably via generation of the aminonitrile 17 and subsequent nucleophilic attack of the phenolic hydroxy group to form the five-membered ring. Our efforts to optimize this one-pot sequence led to the best results, affording 11 in 73% isolated yield, when acetone cyanohydrin

Hydrogen-bonded macrocycle-mediated dimerization for orthogonal supramolecular polymerization

• Wentao Yu,
• Zhiyao Yang,
• Chengkan Yu,
• Xiaowei Li and
• Lihua Yuan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 179–188, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.10

• structure would also be found in the solid state. Fortunately, single crystals of the complex H1 ⊃ G1 were obtained by slow evaporation of chloroform/acetone solvent (1:1, v/v) into a small amount of methanol over the course of two weeks. Indeed, analysis of the crystal structure of the complex revealed a

Cu(OTf)₂-catalyzed multicomponent reactions

• Sara Colombo,
• Camilla Loro,
• Egle M. Beccalli,
• Gianluigi Broggini and
• Marta Papis

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 122–145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.7

• . Among various Lewis acids, only Cu(OTf)2 in combination with TMSCN was effective or a valuable alternative was the use of acetone cyanohydrin combined with a catalytic amount of TEA (5 mol %). The mechanism involves the formation of an imine facilitating the addition of the nitrile group. Among the

Facile one-pot reduction of β-nitrostyrenes to phenethylamines using sodium borohydride and copper(II) chloride

• Laura D’Andrea and
• Simon Jademyr

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2025, 21, 39–46, doi:10.3762/bjoc.21.4

• was stirred for 30 minutes. The residue was concentrated under reduced pressure, suspended in dry cold acetone, and stirred vigorously for 1 hour. The suspension was filtered and washed with a minimum amount of cold acetone to deliver the product as hydrochloride salt. 2-Phenylethan-1-amine

The charge transport properties of dicyanomethylene-functionalised violanthrone derivatives

• Sondos A. J. Almahmoud,
• Joseph Cameron,
• Dylan Wilkinson,
• Michele Cariello,
• Claire Wilson,
• Alan A. Wiles,
• Peter J. Skabara and
• Graeme Cooke

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2921–2930, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.244

• . The substrates were washed using deionised H2O, acetone, and isopropanol before being dried over a stream of compressed air. Octadecyltrichlorosilane (30 μM) was dropcast onto the substrate for 5 minutes before the substrate was washed with toluene. The substrate was then dried over compressed air. A

N-Glycosides of indigo, indirubin, and isoindigo: blue, red, and yellow sugars and their cancerostatic activity

• Peter Langer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2840–2869, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.240

Efficient modification of peroxydisulfate oxidation reactions of nitrogen-containing heterocycles 6-methyluracil and pyridine

• Alfiya R. Gimadieva,
• Yuliya Z. Khazimullina,
• Aigiza A. Gilimkhanova and
• Akhat G. Mustafin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2599–2607, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.219

• temperature, concentrated H2SO4 was slowly added until pH 6–7 according to litmus paper and left standing overnight (12 h). The precipitated crystals were filtered off, washed with water, acetone, and dried in air. The crude product was recrystallized from water with activated carbon. The yield of compound 2

• water and acetone (1:1) was slowly added to 20 mL of 24% NaOH solution. The reaction temperature was raised to 45 °C and a solution of 0.09 mol of (NH4)2S2O8 in 30 mL of water was added. After complete addition of (NH4)2S2O8, 0.01 wt % of the catalyst, PcCo, was added. The reaction mixture was stirred

• yields of compound 8 are given in Table 2. b) In a 150 mL three-neck flask equipped with a reflux condenser, a mechanical stirrer, a solution of 0.06 mol of pyridine in 20 mL of azeotropic solution of water and acetone (1:1) was slowly added to 20 mL of 24% NaOH solution, the reaction temperature was

Facile preparation of fluorine-containing 2,3-epoxypropanoates and their epoxy ring-opening reactions with various nucleophiles

• Yutaro Miyashita,
• Sae Someya,
• Tomoko Kawasaki-Takasuka,
• Tomohiro Agou and
• Takashi Yamazaki

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2421–2433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.206

• –6.81 (m, 4H), 7.26–7.36 (m, 5H); 13C NMR (75.45 MHz, acetone-d6) δ 55.5, 59.3, 67.9, 70.0 (q, J = 30.2 Hz), 114.8, 117.7, 124.1 (q, J = 283.5 Hz), 128.5, 128.6, 128.7, 134.4, 139.5, 154.3, 170.2; 19F NMR (282.65 MHz, CDCl3) δ −76.83 (d, J = 9.0 Hz); IR (KBr) ν: 3454, 3315, 2955, 2924, 2854, 2360, 1741

Evaluating the halogen bonding strength of a iodoloisoxazolium(III) salt

• Dominik L. Reinhard,
• Anna Schmidt,
• Marc Sons,
• Julian Wolf,
• Elric Engelage and
• Stefan M. Huber

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2401–2407, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.204

• ), 0.1 M, 135 h at rt, 43%, (b) 1.5 equiv mCPBA, 3.0 equiv TfOH (at 0 °C), (DCM), 0.1 M, 20 h at rt, 85%, (c) 1.0 equiv NaBArF24, (acetone), 0.5 M, 2 h at 50 °C under microwave irradiation, 72%. Gold(I)-catalyzed cyclization of propargylic amide 11 as benchmark reaction for Au–Cl activation. Determined

Asymmetric organocatalytic synthesis of chiral homoallylic amines

• Nikolay S. Kondratyev and
• Andrei V. Malkov

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2349–2377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.201

• synthesis, the deprotected derivatives such as 69 are desired for the synthesis of natural products. Therefore, an easy-to-perform two-step deprotection procedure was developed that is based on methylation of the phenolic hydroxy group with an excess of MeI in acetone at rt (68), followed by oxidative

Improved deconvolution of natural products’ protein targets using diagnostic ions from chemical proteomics linkers

• Andreas Wiest and
• Pavel Kielkowski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2024, 20, 2323–2341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.20.199

• or scale down and partially automatize the protocol or both. The standard mass spectrometry-based chemical proteomics workflow requires up to 1 mg of total protein, acetone protein precipitation after the ‘click’ reaction to remove the excess of the biotin-containing reagent, desalting of the

• probe–proteins enrichment [94]. The underlying and unifying advantage of these protocols is the use of a mixture of hydrophilic and lipophilic carboxylate-coated magnetic beads to replace the protein acetone precipitation after CuAAC. After the ‘click’ between the probe–protein conjugates and affinity