Derivatives of benzo-1,4-thiazine-3-carboxylic acid and the corresponding amino acid conjugates

• Péter Kisszékelyi,
• Tibor Peňaška,
• Klára Stankovianska,
• Mária Mečiarová and
• Radovan Šebesta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1195–1202, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.124

• significantly accelerated by ultrasonic irradiation [16]. Cyclocondensation of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with substituted diaryl disulfides in water in the presence of β-cyclodextrin gave 2,3-disubstituted benzo-1,4-thiazines in 70–91% yield in 50 min [17]. A highly efficient visible-light-mediated one-pot

Heteroleptic metallosupramolecular aggregates/complexation for supramolecular catalysis

• Prodip Howlader and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 597–630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.62

• , organic host molecules such as cyclodextrin [50], pillararenes, and cucurbiturils [51] have been developed in the last decades. Although, these exhibit excellent host–guest encapsulation properties with a variety of organic molecules, there are major drawbacks associated with them: variation of the shape

Site-selective reactions mediated by molecular containers

• Rui Wang and
• Yang Yu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 309–324, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.35

• mode, the molecular container selectively binds with and shields a certain part of the guest molecule and leaves the remaining part exposed to the reaction medium. This methodology was firstly applied to the site-selective reduction reaction mediated by a cyclodextrin host. In 1991, the Takahashi group

• reported the cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective ring-opening reductive reaction of epoxide 16 by sodium borohydride in aqueous solution (Figure 4b) [58]. The sugar-based hosts show good water solubility and can be used for driving organic reactions in water. In this case, the cyclodextrin host and the

• epoxide guest formed a 2:1 complex, and the internal reactive site of the epoxide was protected by the cyclodextrin host. Therefore, only the terminal site was attacked by the incoming hydride leading to epoxide-ring opening and formation of 1-phenyl-2-propanol (17). Utilizing the similar molecular

1,2-Naphthoquinone-4-sulfonic acid salts in organic synthesis

• Ruan Carlos B. Ribeiro,
• Patricia G. Ferreira,
• Amanda de A. Borges,
• Luana da S. M. Forezi,
• Fernando de Carvalho da Silva and
• Vitor F. Ferreira

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 53–69, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.5

• recognition of cholylglycine, which is a combination of cholic acid and glycine. The β-cyclodextrin/graphene oxide composite forms an inclusion complex with a β-NQS guest. The amino group of cholylglycine can bind to β-NQS by a nucleophilic substitution reaction, resulting in a decrease in the electrochemical

Host–guest interaction and properties of cucurbit[8]uril with chloramphenicol

• Lin Zhang,
• Jun Zheng,
• Guangyan Luo,
• Xiaoyue Li,
• Yunqian Zhang,
• Zhu Tao and
• Qianjun Zhang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2832–2839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.194

• in water and has a bitter taste. Upon forming an inclusion complex with cyclodextrin, the solubility and bitter taste of CPE can be improved [4][5]. Ramesh Gannimani et al. [6] reported that the inclusion complex of cyclodextrin and CPE loaded silver nanoparticles possessed stronger antibacterial

• properties than CPE alone. Ana I. Ramos et al. [7] studied the inclusion compound of CPE and cyclodextrin and reported its effect on Enterococcus, Bacillus, Staphylococcus and other bacteria. As a new type of supramolecular host compound, cucurbit[n]urils [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] (Q[n]s

Synthetic strategies toward 1,3-oxathiolane nucleoside analogues

• Umesh P. Aher,
• Dhananjai Srivastava,
• Girij P. Singh and
• Jayashree B. S

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2680–2715, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.182

Cryogels: recent applications in 3D-bioprinting, injectable cryogels, drug delivery, and wound healing

• Luke O. Jones,
• Leah Williams,
• Tasmin Boam,
• Martin Kalmet,
• Chidubem Oguike and
• Fiona L. Hatton

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2553–2569, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.171

• addition, the ceramic can enhance the mechanical properties of composite within the cryogel and can be tailored for specific drugs and drug-release profiles [96]. The drug aripiprazole used to treat schizophrenia was recently investigated for delivery using cryogels comprising β-cyclodextrin (β-CD

Constrained thermoresponsive polymers – new insights into fundamentals and applications

• Patricia Flemming,
• Alexander S. Münch,
• Andreas Fery and
• Petra Uhlmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2123–2163, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.138

• irradiation as well as by host molecule (α-cyclodextrin) complexation [278]. Due to the high number of proton acceptor/donor sites, ureido-modified copolymers such as poly(allylamine-co-allylurea) are also becoming more and more important. The critical phase transition temperature can often be finely tuned

Microwave-assisted multicomponent reactions in heterocyclic chemistry and mechanistic aspects

• Shivani Gulati,
• Stephy Elza John and
• Nagula Shankaraiah

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 819–865, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.71

Insight into functionalized-macrocycles-guided supramolecular photocatalysis

• Minzan Zuo,
• Krishnasamy Velmurugan,
• Kaiya Wang,
• Xueqi Tian and
• Xiao-Yu Hu

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 139–155, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.15

• substrate with suitable binding sites for photochemical transformations. Cyclodextrin-based photocatalysis CDs represent a family of macrocyclic compounds in which the ᴅ-glucopyranose units are connected to each other via an α-1,4-glycosidic bond. The inside of a cyclodextrin is a hydrophobic cavity, and

• the outside possesses the polyhydroxy structure. This unique asymmetric barrel-shaped cavity allows them to combine with various guests. The driving forces for the formation of cyclodextrin-based supramolecular complexes are hydrophobic and van der Waals interactions between the cavity and the

• hydrophobic part of the guests. α-, β-, and γ-CDs are the most common macrocycles, consisting of 6, 7, and 8 ᴅ-glucopyranose residues, respectively. Due to the differences in the cavity size, each cyclodextrin has the ability to form a complex with a specific guest, and the binding force depends on the size

Supramolecular polymerization of sulfated dendritic peptide amphiphiles into multivalent L-selectin binders

• David Straßburger,
• Svenja Herziger,
• Katharina Huth,
• Moritz Urschbach,
• Rainer Haag and
• Pol Besenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 97–104, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.10

• to its functionalization with negatively charged sulfate groups. The binding behavior of dPGS to L-selectin has been thoroughly probed as dendrimer [26][27], conjugated to a polymer [28] or as amphiphilic adamantyl conjugates that are able to self-assemble on cyclodextrin vesicles [29]. Our group

Using multiple self-sorting for switching functions in discrete multicomponent systems

• Amit Ghosh and
• Michael Schmittel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2831–2853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.233

• aggregates is converted to an n-fold completive mixture. Alike the material presented later we do not start from the ensemble of constituents, but already from aggregates. Basilio and Parola demonstrated the pH-triggered 2-fold completive self-sorting of four components comprising β-cyclodextrin (4

Particle size effect in the mechanically assisted synthesis of β-cyclodextrin mesitylene sulfonate

• Stéphane Menuel,
• Sébastien Saitzek,
• Eric Monflier and
• Frédéric Hapiot

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2598–2606, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.211

• study, we found that the reactivity depended more upon diffusion phenomena in the crystalline parts of the material than on the increase in the surface area of the CD particles resulting from grinding. Keywords: beta-cyclodextrin; chemoselectivity; grinding; mechanosynthesis; reactivity; Introduction

• characterized upon grinding over various grinding times, we carried out the synthesis of mono-6-O-(2-mesitylenesulfonyl)-β-cyclodextrin (β-CDMts, see Supporting Information File 1 for NMR spectra). Ground β-CD and MtsCl were placed in the jar and milled at 30 Hz and the conversion into the product was plotted

• %) and potassium hydroxide (90%) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich. All chemicals were used without further purification. Preparation of β-CD samples Analogously as described in [14]. General procedure for the synthesis of mono-6-O-(2-mesitylenesulfonyl)-β-cyclodextrin β-CD (1500 mg, 1.32 mmol) and MtsCl

Mechanochemical green synthesis of hyper-crosslinked cyclodextrin polymers

• Alberto Rubin Pedrazzo,
• Fabrizio Caldera,
• Marco Zanetti,
• Silvia Lucia Appleton,
• Nilesh Kumar Dhakar and
• Francesco Trotta

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1554–1563, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.127

• Alberto Rubin Pedrazzo Fabrizio Caldera Marco Zanetti Silvia Lucia Appleton Nilesh Kumar Dhakar Francesco Trotta Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Giuria 7, Torino 10125, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.16.127 Abstract Cyclodextrin nanosponges (CD-NS) are nanostructured

• , and rhodamine B) and the still reactive imidazoyl carbonyl group of the NS. Keywords: β-cyclodextrin; ball-milling; crosslinking; green chemistry; mechanochemistry; nanosponges; Introduction The research in the fields of nanomedicine and nanotechnology has nowadays become predominant

• . Polysaccharides and, among them, starch derivatives such as cyclodextrins (CD), have recently emerged as they are safe, of low cost and biodegradable. Cyclodextrin nanosponges (CD-NS) are crosslinked cyclodextrin polymers characterized by a nanosized three-dimensional network. The reactive hydroxy groups of CDs

[3 + 2] Cycloaddition with photogenerated azomethine ylides in β-cyclodextrin

• Margareta Sohora,
• Leo Mandić and
• Nikola Basarić

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1296–1304, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.110

• Zagreb, Croatia 10.3762/bjoc.16.110 Abstract Stability constants for the inclusion complexes of cyclohexylphthalimide 2 and adamantylphthalimide 3 with β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) were determined by 1H NMR titration, K = 190 ± 50 M−1, and K = 2600 ± 600 M−1, respectively. Photochemical reactivity of the

• systems for the control of photoreactivity. Keywords: [3 + 2] cycloadditions; β-cyclodextrin; inclusion complexes; photochemistry; phthalimides; Introduction Cycloadditions are highly useful reactions in organic synthesis providing complex cyclic structures from easily available precursors [1][2]. Among

A review of asymmetric synthetic organic electrochemistry and electrocatalysis: concepts, applications, recent developments and future directions

• Munmun Ghosh,
• Valmik S. Shinde and
• Magnus Rueping

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2710–2746, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.264

• -cyclodextrin as the cocatalyst provide 196 in a good yield and excellent stereoselectivity (Scheme 61). In 2011, Hurvois and his group reported a stereoselective electrochemical total synthesis of the tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloid (−)-crispine A (200) and its natural enantiomer [108]. The initial steps

Morphology-tunable and pH-responsive supramolecular self-assemblies based on AB₂-type host–guest-conjugated amphiphilic molecules for controlled drug delivery

• Yang Bai,
• Cai-ping Liu,
• Di Chen,
• Long-hai Zhuo,
• Huai-tian Bu and
• Wei Tian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1925–1932, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.188

• ., β-cyclodextrin-benzimidazole2 (β-CD-BM2), were investigated at neutral and acidic pH conditions, respectively. Specifically, β-CD-BM2 first self-assembled into fan-shaped supramolecular self-assemblies with a hydrodynamic diameter of 163 nm at neutral pH, whereas they were further dissociated into

• varied morphology could inhibit cancer cell proliferation, indicating their potential application in the field of drug delivery. Keywords: β-cyclodextrin; controlled drug delivery; host–guest interaction; stimuli-responsive; supramolecular self-assemblies; Introduction Supramolecular self-assemblies

• stimuli-responsive supramolecular self-assemblies with regulated self-assembly morphologies due to their response to various external stimuli, such as temperature [12], light [13][14][15], redox [16][17][18], and pH [19][20]. In addition, β-cyclodextrin (β-CD), pillararene and cucurbituril have been

Synthesis of a [6]rotaxane with singly threaded γ-cyclodextrins as a single stereoisomer

• Jason Yin Hei Man and
• Ho Yu Au-Yeung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1829–1837, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.177

• Jason Yin Hei Man Ho Yu Au-Yeung Department of Chemistry, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, P. R. China 10.3762/bjoc.15.177 Abstract A series of hetero [4]-, [5]- and [6]rotaxanes containing both cucurbit[6]uril (CB[6]) and γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) as the macrocyclic components

• respect to the orthogonal plane of the axle, only one stereoisomer of the [6]rotaxane was obtained. Keywords: cucurbit[6]uril; cyclodextrin; macrocycles; mechanostereoisomer; rotaxane; Introduction Cyclodextrins (CDs) are macrocycles composed of glucoses linked via α-1,4-glycosidic bonds. CDs of six (α

• interlocking at one of the tetra(ethylene glycol) moieties, possibly as a result of the stabilizing interactions between the γ-CD and CB[6]. Indeed, due to the strong interactions between CB[6] and cyclodextrin, it has been reported that CB[6] can dissemble a [3]pseudorotaxane consisting of two linear axles

Water inside β-cyclodextrin cavity: amount, stability and mechanism of binding

• Stiliyana Pereva,
• Valya Nikolova,
• Silvia Angelova,
• Tony Spassov and
• Todor Dudev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1592–1600, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.163

• .15.163 Abstract Cyclodextrins (CDs) are native host systems with inherent ability to form inclusion complexes with various molecular entities, mostly hydrophobic substances. Host cyclodextrins are accommodative to water molecules as well and contain water in the native state. For β-cyclodextrin (β-CD

• thermodynamic characteristics of β-CD hydration compare with those of its smaller α-cyclodextrin (α-CD) counterpart? In this study, we address these questions by employing a combination of experimental (DSC/TG) and theoretical (DFT) approaches. Keywords: β-cyclodextrin; DFT calculations; DSC/TG experiments

• evaluated at the M062X/6-311++G(d,p)//M062X/6-31G(d,p) level of theory (Supporting Information File 1, Table S1). As a general trend, it was observed that expanding the intramolecular hydrogen bond network upon each H2O addition (comprising the water–water and water–cyclodextrin interactions) enhances the

Reaction of oxiranes with cyclodextrins under high-energy ball-milling conditions

• László Jicsinszky,
• Federica Calsolaro,
• Katia Martina,
• Fabio Bucciol,
• Maela Manzoli and
• Giancarlo Cravotto

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1448–1459, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.145

• Laszlo Jicsinszky Federica Calsolaro Katia Martina Fabio Bucciol Maela Manzoli Giancarlo Cravotto Dipartimento di Scienza e Tecnologia del Farmaco, University of Turin, via P. Giuria 9, 10125 Turin, Italy 10.3762/bjoc.15.145 Abstract This work presents a proof of concept for a green cyclodextrin

• have different complexation properties to those of their classically prepared analogues. Keywords: crosslinked cyclodextrin polymers; (2-hydroxy)propylcyclodextrin; mechanochemistry; nucleophile reaction; planetary ball mill; solventless synthesis; Introduction The derivatisation of natural

• cyclodextrins (CDs, cyclic α(1->4)-linked glucopyranosides) is always a difficult task, particularly when the attached moiety is prone to further derivatisation. In many cases, statistical (random) substitution results in essential changes in the hydrogen bonding systems of the cyclodextrin hydroxy rims, and is

Reversible end-to-end assembly of selectively functionalized gold nanorods by light-responsive arylazopyrazole–cyclodextrin interaction

• Maximilian Niehues,
• Patricia Tegeder and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1407–1415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.140

• of gold nanorods (AuNR) by thiolated cyclodextrin (CD) host molecules. As a result of the complete removal of the precursor capping agent cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) by a tetraethylene glycol derivative, competitive binding to the host cavity was prevented, and reversible, light-responsive

• 20-fold higher binding constant to β-CD (6.5 × 104 M−1) [32] than unmodified azobenzenes (2.5 × 103 M−1) [33]. Therefore, the competitive binding of CTAB to β-CD has been applied previously, e.g., in sensing applications [34] or to enhance the water solubility of a cyclodextrin polymer [35]. On

• AuNR are functionalized selectively in a two-step ligand exchange reaction. The ends are capped with per-6-thio-β-cyclodextrin (tCD) and CTAB is removed from the remaining surface by monothiolated tetraethylene glycol (tTEG) enabling reversible host–guest chemistry. The addition of a divalent AAP

Complexation of a guanidinium-modified calixarene with diverse dyes and investigation of the corresponding photophysical response

• Yu-Ying Wang,
• Yong Kong,
• Zhe Zheng,
• Wen-Chao Geng,
• Zi-Yi Zhao,
• Hongwei Sun and
• Dong-Sheng Guo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1394–1406, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.139

• and photoactivity annihilation. The complexation behavior between some of abovementioned luminescent dyes and cyclodextrin (CD) derivatives, especially β-CD, also has been investigated in the literature [30][31][32]. β-CD exhibits relatively weak binding affinities on the magnitude (or less than) of

New α- and β-cyclodextrin derivatives with cinchona alkaloids used in asymmetric organocatalytic reactions

• Iveta Chena Tichá,
• Simona Hybelbauerová and
• Jindřich Jindřich

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 830–839, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.80

• , Czech Republic 10.3762/bjoc.15.80 Abstract The preparation of new organocatalysts for asymmetric syntheses has become a key stage of enantioselective catalysis. In particular, the development of new cyclodextrin (CD)-based organocatalysts allowed to perform enantioselective reactions in water and to

• ; cinchona alkaloids; CuAAC click reaction; cyclodextrin; organocatalysts; Introduction Cyclodextrins (CDs) [1], cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of α-D-glucopyranoside units, and their derivatives are widely used in many industrial and research areas for their ability to form supramolecular inclusion

Homo- and hetero-difunctionalized β-cyclodextrins: Short direct synthesis in gram scale and analysis of regiochemistry

• Gábor Benkovics,
• Mihály Bálint,
• Éva Fenyvesi,
• Erzsébet Varga,
• Szabolcs Béni,
• Konstantina Yannakopoulou and
• Milo Malanga

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 710–720, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.66

• Gabor Benkovics Mihaly Balint Eva Fenyvesi Erzsebet Varga Szabolcs Beni Konstantina Yannakopoulou Milo Malanga CycloLab, Cyclodextrin Research and Development Laboratory Ltd., llatos út 7, Budapest, H-1097, Hungary Department of Pharmacognosy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, H-1085 Üllői út 26

• - and 6A-monoazido-6X-monotosyl-β-CD were prepared in one or two steps and purified in multigram scale thus opening the way towards further selective and orthogonal functionalizations of β-CD hosts. Keywords: azido-tosyl-cyclodextrin; diazido-cyclodextrin; hetero-difunctionalization; homo

Polyaminoazide mixtures for the synthesis of pH-responsive calixarene nanosponges

• Antonella Di Vincenzo,
• Antonio Palumbo Piccionello,
• Alberto Spinella,
• Delia Chillura Martino,
• Marco Russo and
• Paolo Lo Meo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 633–641, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.59

• addition, by subjecting the same materials to chemical post-modification, it is possible to introduce further groups able to provide responsivity to external stimuli. We have recently succeeded in obtaining NSs based on polyamino-cyclodextrins (ACDNs) [15] as well as mixed cyclodextrin–calixarene

• copolymers (CyCaNSs) [16][17][18], which showed pH-dependent sequestration abilities towards different model organic substrates. The latter NSs were easily synthesized by means of a CuAAC-type reaction [19][20][21] between a heptakisazido-β-cyclodextrin and a tetrakis(propargyloxy)calix[4]arene derivative

• with CyCaNSs. This fact was explained assuming that a diazidoalkane is a less effective reticulating agent than a heptakisazido-β-cyclodextrin, simply because of the lesser number of reactive azide groups present. Hence, we reasoned that the polymer network formation process could have been improved by