Tetrathiafulvalene – a redox-switchable building block to control motion in mechanically interlocked molecules

• Hendrik V. Schröder and
• Christoph A. Schalley

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2163–2185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.190

• the [3]rotaxane 23 which bears two cofacially oriented TTF crown ethers on a divalent ammonium axle. The distance between the wheels is convenient for TTF-dimer interactions. In the non-switched neutral state of both TTFs, the wheels adopt a syn co-conformation caused by weak non-covalent interactions

A pyridinium/anilinium [2]catenane that operates as an acid–base driven optical switch

• Sarah J. Vella and
• Stephen J. Loeb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1908–1916, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.165

• (Figure 2) was synthesized using a one-step, self-assembly procedure from two bis(pyridinium)ethane axles, two terphenyl spacers and two DB24C8 crown ethers, a [2]catenane with different recognition sites requires a stepwise approach involving the incorporation of each recognition site independently

Strong binding and fluorescence sensing of bisphosphonates by guanidinium-modified calix[5]arene

• Jie Gao,
• Zhe Zheng,
• Lin Shi,
• Si-Qi Wu,
• Hongwei Sun and
• Dong-Sheng Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1840–1845, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.157

• particularly suitable for the detection of analytes lacking chromophores. The key factor in IDA is the rational design of artificial receptors that are capable of binding analytes strongly and specifically. Calixarenes are the third generation of macrocyclic receptors after crown ethers and cyclodextrins. Due

Recent applications of chiral calixarenes in asymmetric catalysis

• Mustafa Durmaz,
• Erkan Halay and
• Selahattin Bozkurt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1389–1412, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.117

• asymmetric catalysis has received considerable interest and witnessed significant progress in recent years [2][3][4]. Calixarenes are considered as the third generation of supramolecular hosts after cyclodextrins and crown ethers [5][6]. Due to their easy preparation and readily modification at either the

Superstructures with cyclodextrins: Chemistry and applications IV

• Gerhard Wenz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2157–2159, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.215

• repulsive. The first examples of superstructures formed by attractive intermolecular forces were complexes of crown ethers [1], cryptands [2] and spherands [3], which were recognized by the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In addition, inclusion compounds of cyclodextrins (CDs), cyclic oligomers of glucose

Complexation of molecular clips containing fragments of diphenylglycoluril and benzocrown ethers with paraquat and its derivatives

• Leonid S. Kikot',
• Catherine Yu. Kulygina,
• Alexander Yu. Lyapunov,
• Svetlana V. Shishkina,
• Roman I. Zubatyuk,
• Tatiana Yu. Bogaschenko and
• Tatiana I. Kirichenko

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 2056–2067, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.203

• size and the nature of the substituents at the nitrogen atoms of the paraquat derivatives on the composition and stability of these complexes. Keywords: complexation; crown ethers; "host–guest chemistry"; molecular clips; paraquat; Introduction After the first report on the synthesis of crown ethers

• and co-workers in 1987 [2] reported the complexation of crown ethers with paraquat and diquat for the first time, these compounds have become the most commonly used models in the design of various systems such as host–guest and supramolecular assemblies based on crown ethers [3]. The development of

• on crown ethers differing in the structure of the intramolecular cavity and in the type of complexation, is still relevant. Among the large variety of synthetic receptors, so-called molecular tweezers and clips are of interest [16][17]. These are a particular case of U-shaped hosts, highly

Chiral phase-transfer catalysis in the asymmetric α-heterofunctionalization of prochiral nucleophiles

• Johannes Schörgenhumer,
• Maximilian Tiffner and
• Mario Waser

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1753–1769, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.170

• asymmetric applications. Besides quaternary ammonium salts, also chiral phosphonium salts [21][36], chiral (bis)guanidinium systems [22][27][37], chiral crown ethers [38][39], bifunctional onium salts [17][40][41][42][43][44][45][46], or even sulfonium salts [47][48] have been systematically developed very

Interactions between photoacidic 3-hydroxynaphtho[1,2-b]quinolizinium and cucurbit[7]uril: Influence on acidity in the ground and excited state

• Jonas Becher,
• Daria V. Berdnikova,
• Darinka Dzubiel,
• Heiko Ihmels and
• Phil M. Pithan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 203–212, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.23

• this ligand increase by about two to three orders of magnitude, respectively, when bound to CB[7]. Keywords: azoniahetarenes; cucurbit[7]uril; heterocycles; photoacids; supramolecular photochemistry; Introduction The complexation of ligands by macrocyclic host molecules, such as crown ethers

Microwave-assisted synthesis of (aminomethylene)bisphosphine oxides and (aminomethylene)bisphosphonates by a three-component condensation

• Erika Bálint,
• Ádám Tajti,
• Anna Dzielak,
• Gerhard Hägele and
• György Keglevich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 1493–1502, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.146

• [15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. The use of crown ethers with an NH unit, or thienopyrimidine amines as starting materials was also reported [22][23]. The catalyst- and solvent-free methods required long reaction times and/or a high temperature [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][21][22][23]. Ionic liquids

A journey in bioinspired supramolecular chemistry: from molecular tweezers to small molecules that target myotonic dystrophy

• Steven C. Zimmerman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 125–138, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.14

• excitement surrounding the 1987 Nobel Prize to Cram, Lehn, and Pedersen had generated an enormous interest in host–guest chemistry and there was at this time a move to go beyond cyclic crown ethers. In particular, the groups of Rebek [11] and Hamilton [12] and many others were developing hosts capable of

Selected synthetic strategies to cyclophanes

• Sambasivarao Kotha,
• Mukesh E. Shirbhate and
• Gopalkrushna T. Waghule

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1274–1331, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.142

Discrete multiporphyrin pseudorotaxane assemblies from di- and tetravalent porphyrin building blocks

• Mirko Lohse,
• Larissa K. S. von Krbek,
• Sebastian Radunz,
• Suresh Moorthy,
• Christoph A. Schalley and
• Stefan Hecht

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 748–762, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.85

• stoichiometry, while the amount of alternative structures can be neglected. Our results illustrate the power of multivalency to program the multicomponent self-assembly of specific entities into discrete functional nanostructures. Keywords: crown ethers; multicomponent assembly; multivalency; porphyrins

• difficult, is the fact that the di- and tetravalent crown ethers C2 and C4 are achiral themselves, but become chiral, when complexed to axle components A2 and A4. Consequently, the signals for all methylene protons of the crown ethers split into two diastereotopic ones not only producing another set of

• signals, but also more complicated splitting patterns. Furthermore, the crown ethers are connected to the porphyrin core by single bonds, around which they can easily rotate in the non-complexed state. This rotation is, however, fixed upon complexation and two possible orientations of each of the crown

First principle investigation of the linker length effects on the thermodynamics of divalent pseudorotaxanes

• Andreas J. Achazi,
• Doreen Mollenhauer and
• Beate Paulus

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 687–692, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.78

• the crown/ammonium binding motif. In this motif ammonium can bind on top of small crown ethers, e.g., crown-6, or can pass through larger crown ethers, e.g., crown-8. Jiang et al. [16] have investigated the assembly thermodynamics and kinetics of divalent crown-8/ammonium pseudorotaxanes with

Molecular cleft or tweezer compounds derived from trioxabicyclo[3.3.1]nonadiene diisocyanate and diacid dichloride

• Gert Kollenz,
• Ralf Smounig,
• Ferdinand Belaj,
• David Kvaskoff and
• Curt Wentrup

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2015, 11, 1–8, doi:10.3762/bjoc.11.1

• ability to extract some alkali, alkaline earth and rare earth metal ions. Keywords: carbamates; crown ethers; diisocyanate; isocyanate; ureas; Introduction The synthesis of the surprisingly stable, monomeric diisocyanate 1 (Figure 1) was reported recently [1]. This and several other derivatives of the

First chemoenzymatic stereodivergent synthesis of both enantiomers of promethazine and ethopropazine

• Paweł Borowiecki,
• Daniel Paprocki and
• Maciej Dranka

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 3038–3055, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.322

• been reported. Only enantioselective analytical methods towards enantioresolution of promethazine employing various chiral selectors including proteins, cyclodextrines, modified crown ethers or macrocyclic antibiotics have been proposed [52][53][54][55][56]. Other two reports [57][58] containing

Electrocarboxylation: towards sustainable and efficient synthesis of valuable carboxylic acids

• Roman Matthessen,
• Jan Fransaer,
• Koen Binnemans and
• Dirk E. De Vos

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 2484–2500, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.260

• the acquired double bond. Sodium carbonate is a suitable proton scavenger, providing the required alkalinity and being a convenient source of sodium ions. Crown ethers are added to dissolve the alkali metal salts in the organic solvent system. After reaction, anolyte and catholyte are filtered and

Efficient CO₂ capture by tertiary amine-functionalized ionic liquids through Li⁺-stabilized zwitterionic adduct formation

• Zhen-Zhen Yang and
• Liang-Nian He

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1959–1966, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.204

• CO2 capture, by simple mixing of equimolar amounts of alkanolamines with LiNTf2 [38]. The strong complexation of alkali metal cations by crown ethers could be used to achieve equimolar CO2 absorption in systems containing crown ethers and easily available alkali metal salts of amino acids, resulting

Synthesis of a sucrose dimer with enone tether; a study on its functionalization

• Zbigniew Pakulski,
• Norbert Gajda,
• Magdalena Jawiczuk,
• Jadwiga Frelek,
• Piotr Cmoch and
• Sławomir Jarosz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 1246–1254, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.124

• synthesis; sucrose; Introduction Molecular recognition is one of the most important phenomena in stereoselective processes. Chiral crown ethers (or analogs) are particularly useful in enantioselective reactions [1][2] as well as differentiation of chiral guests [3][4]. From all of the chiral platforms

• become engaged in the preparation of the analogs of crown and aza-crown ethers with sucrose scaffold. It is based on a selective protection of 1’,2,3,3’,4,4’-hexa-O-benzylsucrose (1) either at the glucose (C-6) [8] or fructose (C-6’) [9] end and further transformations to a variety of macrocycles (2–4

Molecular recognition of isomeric protonated amino acid esters monitored by ESI-mass spectrometry

• Andrea Liesenfeld and
• Arne Lützen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 825–831, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.78

• Andrea Liesenfeld Arne Lutzen University of Bonn, Kekulé-Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Gerhard-Domagk-Str.1, D-53121 Bonn, Germany 10.3762/bjoc.10.78 Abstract Two new 9,9’-spirobifluorene-derived crown ethers were prepared and used to recognise constitutionally isomeric amino

• ether moiety which would largely rule out any isotope effect (motif B in Figure 6). Conclusion We have synthesised two new functionalized crown ethers 1 and 2 both bearing a 9,9’-spirobifluorene moiety and studied their ability to differentiate between the constitutional isomers L-leucine, L-norleucine

Direct and indirect single electron transfer (SET)-photochemical approaches for the preparation of novel phthalimide and naphthalimide-based lariat-type crown ethers

• Dae Won Cho,
• Patrick S. Mariano and
• Ung Chan Yoon

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2014, 10, 514–527, doi:10.3762/bjoc.10.47

• , Pusan National University, Busan 609-735, Korea 10.3762/bjoc.10.47 Abstract In this review, we describe direct and indirect photochemical approaches that have been developed for the preparation of phthalimide- and naphthalimide-based, lariat-type crown ethers. The direct route utilizes a strategy in

• lariat-type crown ethers employs sequences in which SET-promoted macrocyclization reactions of α-trialkylsilyl-terminated, polyethoxy-tethered phthalimides and naphthalimides are followed by a side chain introduction through substitution reactions at the amidol centers in the macrocyclic ethers. The

• combined observations made in these investigations demonstrate the unique features of SET-promoted photocyclization reactions that make them well-suited for the use in the synthesis of functionalized crown ethers. In addition, while some limitations exist for the general use of SET-photochemical reactions

Host–guest complexes of mixed glycol-bipyridine cryptands: prediction of ion selectivity by quantum chemical calculations, part V

• Svetlana Begel,
• Ralph Puchta and
• Rudi van Eldik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 1252–1268, doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.142

• have been investigated experimentally as well as by computational methods to gain information about the geometric and electronic demands of this process [7][8][9][10]. Well-known supramolecular species, e.g., calixarenes [11][12][13][14][15], cyclodextrines [16], crown ethers [17][18][19][20][21][22

Synthesis and characterization of low-molecular-weight π-conjugated polymers covered by persilylated β-cyclodextrin

• Aurica Farcas,
• Ana-Maria Resmerita,
• Andreea Stefanache,
• Mihaela Balan and
• Valeria Harabagiu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1505–1514, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.170

• several known host molecules, e.g., crown ethers [32], cyclodextrins (CDs) have been employed for the synthesis of polyrotaxanes with π-conjugated polymers. As a result, many CD-based rotaxanes and polyrotaxanes have been reported until now [5][11][12][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31

Superstructures with cyclodextrins: Chemistry and applications

• Helmut Ritter

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 1303–1304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.148

• covalent attachment of CDs to macromolecules and threading of CD molecules onto suitable macromolecular chains could be demonstrated. Unlike other macrocycles such as crown ethers or calixarenes, the cavity of CDs is big enough to include more or less hydrophobic molecules completely. In contrast to

PEG-embedded KBr₃: A recyclable catalyst for multicomponent coupling reaction for the efficient synthesis of functionalized piperidines

• Sanny Verma,
• Suman L. Jain and
• Bir Sain

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 1334–1341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.157

• under vacuum and used as such for the present synthesis. Poly(ethylene)glycols are well known to have similar structures to crown ethers and therefore we were able to assume the structure of the [K+PEG]Br3− as being similar to [18-crown-6]KBr3 [35] (Scheme 1). The protocol developed for the synthesis of

Design and synthesis of a cyclitol-derived scaffold with axial pyridyl appendages and its encapsulation of the silver(I) cation

• Pierre-Marc Léo,
• Christophe Morin and
• Christian Philouze

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2010, 6, 1022–1024, doi:10.3762/bjoc.6.115

• this work the synthesis of an cyclitol-derived scaffold designed to sequester Ag is presented. Interaction of myo-inositol-derived podands [6] and crown ethers [7] with Ag salts has been shown to depend on the relative spatial orientation of the binding sites moreover, in mono-orthoesters of scyllo