¹⁹F NMR as a tool in chemical biology

• Diana Gimenez,
• Aoife Phelan,
• Cormac D. Murphy and
• Steven L. Cobb

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 293–318, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.28

• ). Each independent intermediate was characterized on the basis of its 19F NMR chemical shift and the kinetics by which each species formed or decayed were evaluated in real-time. By combining the 19F NMR data with that provided by complementary analytical techniques, mass spectrometry (electrospray

• ionization and ion mobility), CD spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, the authors were able to obtain detailed information about the size and secondary structure associated with some of the soluble intermediates. These included: large β-sheet oligomers formed immediately after solubilization (oligomer

Control over size, shape, and photonics of self-assembled organic nanocrystals

• Chen Shahar,
• Yaron Tidhar,
• Yunmin Jung,
• Haim Weissman,
• Sidney R. Cohen,
• Ronit Bitton,
• Iddo Pinkas,
• Gilad Haran and
• Boris Rybtchinski

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 42–51, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.5

• applicability of organic nanocrystals. Experimental General information The 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded at 20 °C on a 300 MHz NMR spectrometer (Bruker). Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry was performed using a Micromass Platform instrument. UV–vis absorption and fluorescence measurements

Synthesis of imidazo[1,5-a]pyridines via cyclocondensation of 2-(aminomethyl)pyridines with electrophilically activated nitroalkanes

• Dmitrii A. Aksenov,
• Nikolai A. Arutiunov,
• Vladimir V. Maliuga,
• Alexander V. Aksenov and
• Michael Rubin

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2903–2910, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.239

• DMSO-d6, using TMS as an internal standard. High-resolution mass spectra were obtained using a Bruker Maxis spectrometer (electrospray ionization, MeCN solution, using HCO2Na/HCO2H for calibration). Melting points were measured with a Stuart smp30 apparatus. All reactions were performed in oven-dried

A heterobimetallic tetrahedron from a linear platinum(II)-bis(acetylide) metalloligand

• Matthias Hardy,
• Marianne Engeser and
• Arne Lützen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2701–2708, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.220

• , correlation of the proton. Low- and high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) spectra were recorded on a Bruker Daltonic LTQ Orbitrap XL. The UV–vis spectrum was recorded on a Specord 200 spectrometer (Analytik Jena AG) at ambient temperature. 4-Ethynylaniline (1) [50], trans-[Pt(PBu3

Water-soluble host–guest complexes between fullerenes and a sugar-functionalized tribenzotriquinacene assembling to microspheres

• Si-Yuan Liu,
• Xin-Rui Wang,
• Man-Ping Li,
• Wen-Rong Xu and
• Dietmar Kuck

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2551–2561, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.207

• ppm in the 13C NMR spectrum were attributed to the acetylene protons and carbons, respectively. The electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrum showed the most intense peak at m/z 641.1923, which corresponds to the [M + Na]+ molecular adduct ion and matches well with the calculated value (m/z 641.1935

• Instruments Co., Ltd, Shanghai, China). Mass spectra were recorded using either electrospray ionization (ESI) on a LCMS-IT-TOF instrument (Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan) or a matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) on a RapifleX MALDI Tissuetyper system (Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Bremen, Germany). Raman

Leveraging glycomics data in glycoprotein 3D structure validation with Privateer

• Haroldas Bagdonas,
• Daniel Ungar and
• Jon Agirre

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2523–2533, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.204

• ]. Typically, these analyses are based on mass spectrometry techniques, such as electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization MS (MALDIMS) [43]. Mass spectrometry techniques are best suited for the determination of the composition of monosaccharide classes

Clustering and curation of electropherograms: an efficient method for analyzing large cohorts of capillary electrophoresis glycomic profiles for bioprocessing operations

• Ian Walsh,
• Matthew S. F. Choo,
• Sim Lyn Chiin,
• Amelia Mak,
• Shi Jie Tay,
• Pauline M. Rudd,
• Yang Yuansheng,
• Andre Choo,
• Ho Ying Swan and
• Terry Nguyen-Khuong

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2087–2099, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.176

• of m/z 400–2000 was used, with an acquisition speed of 1 Hz, and the mass spectrometry was set at the following conditions: 2.75 kV electrospray ionization capillary voltage, 15 V cone voltage, 120 °C ion source temperature, 300 °C desolvation temperature, 800 L/h desolvation gas flow. A lockspray

Synthesis and properties of quinazoline-based versatile exciplex-forming compounds

• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Simona Vekteryte,
• Ervinas Urbonas,
• Matas Guzauskas,
• Eigirdas Skuodis,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1142–1153, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.101

• occurred by coupling a gas chromatograph and a high-pressure liquid chromatograph. The samples were prepared as dilute solutions of the compounds and were ionized by using electrospray ionization. The mass spectra are presented as an abundance of the ion versus the mass-to-charge ratio (m/z). Melting

Halogen-bonding-induced diverse aggregation of 4,5-diiodo-1,2,3-triazolium salts with different anions

• Xingyu Xu,
• Shiqing Huang,
• Zengyu Zhang,
• Lei Cao and
• Xiaoyu Yan

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 78–87, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.10

• electrospray ionization mode (ESI). Elemental analyses (C, H, N) were performed on Flash EA 1112 Analyzer. Synthesis 2-I: 4,5-Unsubstituted triazolium salt 1 (450 mg, 1 mmol), potassium tert-butoxide (250 mg, 2.2 mmol) and I2 (510 mg, 2 mmol) were added in a Schlenk tube under nitrogen, then THF (20 mL) was

Palladium-catalyzed Sonogashira coupling reactions in γ-valerolactone-based ionic liquids

• László Orha,
• József M. Tukacs,
• László Kollár and
• László T. Mika

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2907–2913, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.284

• File 1. Exact mass measurements were performed on a high-resolution Q-Exactive Focus hybrid quadrupole-orbitrap mass spectrometer (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bremen, Germany) equipped with a heated electrospray ionization (ESI) source. Samples were dissolved in acetonitrile/water 1:1 (v/v) solvent

AgNTf₂-catalyzed formal [3 + 2] cycloaddition of ynamides with unprotected isoxazol-5-amines: efficient access to functionalized 5-amino-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide derivatives

• Ziping Cao,
• Jiekun Zhu,
• Li Liu,
• Yuanling Pang,
• Laijin Tian,
• Xuejun Sun and
• Xin Meng

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2623–2630, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.255

• ), d (doublet), dd (doublet of doublets), t (triplet), q (quartet), and m (multiplet). All melting points are uncorrected and determined on an X-4 digital microscopic melting point apparatus. HRMS were measured using electrospray ionization (ESI). Ynamide compounds 4a–q were prepared according to the

Anion-driven encapsulation of cationic guests inside pyridine[4]arene dimers

• Anniina Kiesilä,
• Jani O. Moilanen,
• Anneli Kruve,
• Christoph A. Schalley,
• Perdita Barran and
• Elina Kalenius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2486–2492, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.241

• + formed complexes with 1 and 12, neither using electrospray ionization (ESI) in the positive nor the negative mode. Pr4N+ is certainly too large to fit inside the dimeric capsule, whereas the other non-complexing cations are protic and – as rather strong hydrogen-bond donors – may interfere with

Azologization and repurposing of a hetero-stilbene-based kinase inhibitor: towards the design of photoswitchable sirtuin inhibitors

• Christoph W. Grathwol,
• Nathalie Wössner,
• Sören Swyter,
• Adam C. Smith,
• Enrico Tapavicza,
• Robert K. Hofstetter,
• Anja Bodtke,
• Manfred Jung and
• Andreas Link

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2170–2183, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.214

• with a Torus DIOL (Waters) or Phenomenex CSP (Lux Amylose-2, i-Amylose-3, i-Cellulose-5), a degasser (DGU-20A5R), a communications module (CBM-20A), and two back pressure regulators BPR A and B (SFC-30A). UV and MS spectra were recorded via photodiode array detection (SPD-M20A) and electrospray

• ionization single quadrupole MS (LCMS-2020) controlled by Shimadzu LabSolution software (Version 5.91). Chromatographic purification of products was performed by flash chromatography on silica gel (20–45 µm, Carl Roth) applying pressured air up to 0.8 bar. NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Avance III

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

• HKU Foundation Postgraduate Fellowship. We acknowledge UGC funding administered by The University of Hong Kong for support of the Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Facilities under support for Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Science.

Complexation of 2,6-helic[6]arene and its derivatives with 1,1′-dimethyl-4,4′-bipyridinium salts and protonated 4,4'-bipyridinium salts: an acid–base controllable complexation

• Jing Li,
• Qiang Shi,
• Ying Han and
• Chuan-Feng Chen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1795–1804, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.173

• -polar solvent, acetone hampers or competes the intermolecular non-covalent interactions between the hosts and the guests, and thus resulted in a decrease of the host–guest complexation. ESIMS studies of the formation of host–guest complexes The electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra also confirmed

Synthesis, enantioseparation and photophysical properties of planar-chiral pillar[5]arene derivatives bearing fluorophore fragments

• Guojuan Li,
• Chunying Fan,
• Guo Cheng,
• Wanhua Wu and
• Cheng Yang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1601–1611, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.164

• , 131.22, 130.18, 128.34, 128.30, 127.42, 126.81, 126.52, 125.30, 125.07. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 2 is shown in Figure S3, Supporting Information File 1. HRESIMS (m/z): [M]+ calcd for [C20H14]+, 254.1096, found, 254.1125; [M + Na]+ calcd for [C20H14Na]+, 277.0993; found, 277.1268

• , 127.38, 126.93, 125.52, 122.71. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 3 is shown in Figure S6, Supporting Information File 1. HRESIMS (m/z): [M]+ calcd for [C20H13Br]+, 332.0201; found, 332.1679. Synthesis of 4: Compound 4 was prepared by a similar procedure as that used for 2, but with 3 (1.5 g

• spectrum of 4 is shown in Figure S8, Supporting Information File 1. 13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3) 154.97, 139.08, 136.98, 136.75, 132.57, 131.31, 130.18, 129.89, 129.66, 128.39, 127.44, 126.97, 126.94, 124.97, 124.94, 120.78, 115.35, 115.27. The electrospray ionization mass spectrum of 4 is shown in Figure S9

2,3-Dibutoxynaphthalene-based tetralactam macrocycles for recognizing precious metal chloride complexes

• Li-Li Wang,
• Yi-Kuan Tu,
• Huan Yao and
• Wei Jiang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1460–1467, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.146

• isolated with yields of 22% and 19%, respectively. Electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra support the isolated products to be the [2 + 2] macrocycles (see Supporting Information File 1). As shown in Figure 1, the 1H NMR spectra are consistent with high-symmetry structures. There are slight differences

Genomics-inspired discovery of massiliachelin, an agrochelin epimer from Massilia sp. NR 4-1

• Jan Diettrich,
• Hirokazu Kage and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1298–1303, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.128

• Nucleoshell RP18 column (150 × 2.0 mm, Macherey-Nagel) using an Agilent 1260 Infinity LC system combined with a Compact quadrupole-time of flight (Q-TOF) mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonics). The Q-TOF mass spectrometer was interfaced with an electrospray ionization source. NMR spectra were recorded on a

Self-assembly behaviors of perylene- and naphthalene-crown macrocycle conjugates in aqueous medium

• Xin Shen,
• Bo Li,
• Tiezheng Pan,
• Jianfeng Wu,
• Yangxin Wang,
• Jie Shang,
• Yan Ge,
• Lin Jin and
• Zhenhui Qi

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1203–1209, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.117

• final compounds were carefully characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectroscopy (ESI-MS, Supporting Information File 1, Figures S1–S8). UV–vis absorption and fluorescence spectra of 1 in different solvents, including CHCl3, MeCN, MeOH, H2O, and mixed solvent

Unexpected polymorphism during a catalyzed mechanochemical Knoevenagel condensation

• Sebastian Haferkamp,
• Andrea Paul,
• Adam A. L. Michalchuk and
• Franziska Emmerling

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1141–1148, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.110

• spectra were recorded with electrospray ionization time of flight mass spectrometry. A Q-TOF Ultima ESI-TOF mass spectrometer (Micromass, Germany) running at 4 kV capillary voltage and a cone voltage of 35 V was used. The collision energy was set to 5 eV. The source temperature was 120 °C whereas the

Towards the preparation of synthetic outer membrane vesicle models with micromolar affinity to wheat germ agglutinin using a dialkyl thioglycoside

• Dimitri Fayolle,
• Nathalie Berthet,
• Bastien Doumeche,
• Olivier Renaudet,
• Peter Strazewski and
• Michele Fiore

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 937–946, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.90

• . Electrospray-ionization mass spectra (ESIMS) were recorded using a Bruker Q-Tof Micromass spectrometer. NMR spectra were recorded in DMSO-d6, CDCl3, CD3OD or DMF-d7 on a Bruker Avance 300 spectrometer at 300 and 75 MHz and on a Bruker Avance 400 at 400 and 100 MHz for 1H, and 13C, respectively. The attached

Easy, efficient and versatile one-pot synthesis of Janus-type-substituted fullerenols

• Marius Kunkel and
• Sebastian Polarz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 901–905, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.87

• formula of the compound is identified by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS). The degree of polyhydroxylation and the number of substituents is determined and confirmed with thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and the nature of oxygen moieties as well as the substituents attached are evaluated

Coordination chemistry and photoswitching of dinuclear macrocyclic cadmium-, nickel-, and zinc complexes containing azobenzene carboxylato co-ligands

• Jennifer Klose,
• Tobias Severin,
• Peter Hahn,
• Alexander Jeremies,
• Jens Bergmann,
• Daniel Fuhrmann,
• Jan Griebel,
• Bernd Abel and
• Berthold Kersting

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 840–851, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.81

• = Zn (5), Cd (6), Ni (7); L' = azo-CO2Me, M = Cd (8), Ni (9)), and characterized by elemental analysis, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESIMS), IR, UV–vis and NMR spectroscopy (for diamagnetic Zn and Cd complexes) and X-ray single crystal structure analysis. The crystal structures of 3' and

Design, synthesis and spectroscopic properties of crown ether-capped dibenzotetraaza[14]annulenes

• Krzysztof M. Zwoliński and
• Julita Eilmes

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 617–622, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.57

• been fully characterized by FTIR-ATR, 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, high-resolution electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (HR-ESIMS) and elemental analysis, and the results are in agreement with expected structures (vide infra). Both the crown ether-capped compounds 3a and 3b are highly symmetrical

Synthesis of C₃-symmetric star-shaped molecules containing α-amino acids and dipeptides via Negishi coupling as a key step

• Sambasivarao Kotha and
• Saidulu Todeti

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 371–377, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.33

• resonance (13C NMR, 100 MHz and 125 MHz) spectra were recorded on a Bruker spectrometer. The high-resolution mass measurements were carried out by using electrospray ionization (ESI) spectrometer. Melting points were recorded on a Veego melting point apparatus. Negishi coupling product 10 Zinc (Zn) dust was