Synthesis of substituted 8H-benzo[h]pyrano[2,3-f]quinazolin-8-ones via photochemical 6π-electrocyclization of pyrimidines containing an allomaltol fragment

• Constantine V. Milyutin,
• Andrey N. Komogortsev,
• Boris V. Lichitsky,
• Mikhail E. Minyaev and
• Valeriya G. Melekhina

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 778–788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.58

• 11g–j were confirmed by 1H, 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry. In the 1H NMR spectra of the products, characteristic singlets corresponding to the protons of the dihydropyranone fragment in the region δ 5.3–5.4 ppm and the protons of the hydroxy group in the region δ 5.4–5.5

Identification and determination of the absolute configuration of amorph-4-en-10β-ol, a cadinol-type sesquiterpene from the scent glands of the African reed frog Hyperolius cinnamomeoventris

• Angelique Ladwig,
• Markus Kroll and
• Stefan Schulz

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 167–175, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.16

• sesquiterpene A, including spectral analysis and synthesis to determine its constitution and absolute configuration. Results and Discussion High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) revealed both compounds A and C to be likely sesquiterpenes because of their molecular formula of C15H26O (m/z 222.1977, calcd for

Synthesis of the biologically important dideuterium-labelled adenosine triphosphate analogue ApppI(d₂)

• Petri A. Turhanen

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1466–1470, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.153

• (d2) opens possibilities to quantitative measurements of ApppI in biological samples by mass spectrometry. The synthesized target compound ApppI(d2) was purified by high-performance counter current chromatography and characterized by 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy as well as high-resolution mass

• spectrometry. Keywords: ApppI; ATP; deuterium labelling; HPCCC; mevalonate pathway; NMR; synthesis; Introduction It has become clear and evident that phosphonate chemistry plays a crucial role in drug research and development [1][2][3][4]. There are several phosphonate-containing compounds under research or

Sinensiols H–J, three new lignan derivatives from Selaginella sinensis (Desv.) Spring

• Qinfeng Zhu,
• Beibei Gao,
• Qian Chen,
• Tiantian Luo,
• Guobo Xu and
• Shanggao Liao

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1410–1415, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.146

• basis of 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy as well as high-resolution mass spectrometry. The absolute configuration of 1 was established by ECD calculation. Compounds 2 and 3 represent rare examples of naturally occurring 9,9'-bisnorlignans. All the isolated compounds were assayed for their inhibitory effects

Preparation of an advanced intermediate for the synthesis of leustroducsins and phoslactomycins by heterocycloaddition

• Anaïs Rousseau,
• Guillaume Vincent and
• Cyrille Kouklovsky

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1385–1395, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.143

• solvent using residual chloroform (7.26 ppm) as an internal reference. 13C NMR spectra were measured at 62.5, 75 or 90 MHz using residual chloroform (77.1 ppm) as an internal reference. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analyses were conducted with electro spray ionization (ESI). 6

Ionic multiresonant thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters for light emitting electrochemical cells

• Merve Karaman,
• Abhishek Kumar Gupta,
• Subeesh Madayanad Suresh,
• Tomas Matulaitis,
• Lorenzo Mardegan,
• Daniel Tordera,
• Henk J. Bolink,
• Sen Wu,
• Stuart Warriner,
• Ifor D. Samuel and
• Eli Zysman-Colman

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1311–1321, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.136

• synthetic strategy, which itself was synthesized from Br-DiKTa [28] following a Buchwald–Hartwig coupling. Details of the synthesis are found in Supporting Information File 1. The identity and purity of the molecules were verified using a combination of 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy, high resolution mass

• spectrometry (HRMS) (Figures S1–S24 in Supporting Information File 1), and melting point analysis. We modelled the electron density distribution in DiKTa-OBuIm and DiKTa-DPA-OBuIm using density functional theory (DFT) calculations in the ground state, at the PBE0/6-31G(d,p) level of theory in the gas phase

Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) emitters: sensing and boosting spin-flipping by aggregation

• Ashish Kumar Mazumdar,
• Gyana Prakash Nanda,
• Nisha Yadav,
• Upasana Deori,
• Upasha Acharyya,
• Bahadur Sk and
• Pachaiyappan Rajamalli

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1177–1187, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.122

• Supporting Information File 1. Both compounds were further purified by temperature-gradient vacuum sublimation and characterized by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy (Figures S9–S12, Supporting Information File 1) as well as high-resolution mass spectrometry. Photophysical studies and DFT calculations The UV–vis

Cathodic generation of reactive (phenylthio)difluoromethyl species and its reactions: mechanistic aspects and synthetic applications

• Sadanobu Iwase,
• Shinsuke Inagi and
• Toshio Fuchigami

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 872–880, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.88

• difluorocarbene adduct 5 was detected by high resolution mass spectrometry in addition to products 2, 3, and 4. As already mentioned, SmI2 is a well-known one-electron reducing reagent, and has been used to generate PhSCF2 radicals and perfluoroalkyl radicals from PhSCF2Br and perfluoroalkyl halides, respectively

Synthesis and HDAC inhibitory activity of pyrimidine-based hydroxamic acids

• Virginija Jakubkiene,
• Gabrielius Ernis Valiulis,
• Markus Schweipert,
• Asta Zubriene,
• Daumantas Matulis,
• Franz-Josef Meyer-Almes and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 837–844, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.84

• chromatography was performed using silica gel 60 (0.040–0.063 mm) (Merck). NMR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Ascend 400 spectrometer (400 MHz and 100 MHz for 1H and 13C, respectively). 1H NMR and 13C NMR were referenced to residual solvent peaks. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analyses were carried

Substituent effect on TADF properties of 2-modified 4,6-bis(3,6-di-tert-butyl-9-carbazolyl)-5-methylpyrimidines

• Irina Fiodorova,
• Tomas Serevičius,
• Rokas Skaisgiris,
• Saulius Juršėnas and
• Sigitas Tumkevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 497–507, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.52

• and 100 MHz for 1H and 13C, respectively). 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra were referenced to residual solvent peaks. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analyses were carried out on a Dual-ESI Q-TOF 6520 (Agilent Technologies) mass spectrometer. Photophysical properties were analyzed in 10−5 M

Borylated norbornadiene derivatives: Synthesis and application in Pd-catalyzed Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reactions

• Robin Schulte and
• Heiko Ihmels

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 368–373, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.41

• the neighboring methyl group at the reaction center. The novel compounds 2a, 2b, and 3 were identified and characterized by NMR spectroscopy (1H, 13C, COSY, HSQC, HMBC), melting point, and elemental analysis. In addition, the structure of product 2b was supported by high resolution mass spectrometry

Amamistatins isolated from Nocardia altamirensis

• Till Steinmetz,
• Wolf Hiller and
• Markus Nett

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 360–367, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.40

• conditions. The structures of these natural products were verified by high-resolution mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry as well as 1D and 2D NMR analyses. Their absolute configuration is consistent with the already known amamistatin B according to a comparison of optical rotation values and NOE

Unexpected chiral vicinal tetrasubstituted diamines via borylcopper-mediated homocoupling of isatin imines

• Marco Manenti,
• Leonardo Lo Presti,
• Giorgio Molteni and
• Alessandra Silvani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 303–308, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.34

• optimized conditions (Table 1, entry 12) followed by flash chromatography, the unprecedented bisoxindole 2a was fully characterized by high-resolution mass spectrometry and by one- and two-dimensional NMR analysis. In particular, from HSQC, HMBC and COSY experiments all single frequencies could be safely

Diametric calix[6]arene-based phosphine gold(I) cavitands

• Gabriele Giovanardi,
• Andrea Secchi,
• Arturo Arduini and
• Gianpiero Cera

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 190–196, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.21

• via conventional protocols using (Me2S)AuCl. Notably, the organometallic macrocycles A,B,C(AuCl)2 could be isolated via column chromatography separation. Gold(I) catalysts were subsequently fully characterized by NMR analysis and high-resolution mass spectrometry. The conformation of the catalysts, in

Isolation and characterization of new phenolic siderophores with antimicrobial properties from Pseudomonas sp. UIAU-6B

• Emmanuel T. Oluwabusola,
• Olusoji O. Adebisi,
• Fernando Reyes,
• Kojo S. Acquah,
• Mercedes De La Cruz,
• Larry L. Mweetwa,
• Joy E. Rajakulendran,
• Digby F. Warner,
• Deng Hai,
• Rainer Ebel and
• Marcel Jaspars

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2390–2398, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.156

• from the Oyun river in North Central Nigeria. The structure of the new compounds, pseudomonin A–C (1–3) and pseudomobactin A and B (4 and 5) isolated alongside two known compounds, pseudomonine (6) and salicylic acid (7), were elucidated based on high-resolution mass spectrometry, 1D and 2D NMR

Facile and innovative catalytic protocol for intramolecular Friedel–Crafts cyclization of Morita–Baylis–Hillman adducts: Synergistic combination of chiral (salen)chromium(III)/BF₃·OEt₂ catalysis

• Karthikeyan Soundararajan,
• Helen Ratna Monica Jeyarajan,
• Raju Subimol Kamarajapurathu and
• Karthik Krishna Kumar Ayyanoth

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2186–2193, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.140

• (6a–f) were deduced from 1H NMR, 13C NMR, elemental analysis and high-resolution mass spectrometry. To account for the observed synthesis of indene from MBH adducts a model was suggested based on the reports of Rawal et al. [17][19], Katsuki et al. [20][21] and Jurczak et al. [22]. The proposed model

Development of N-F fluorinating agents and their fluorinations: Historical perspective

• Teruo Umemoto,
• Yuhao Yang and
• Gerald B. Hammond

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1752–1813, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.123

Copper-mediated oxidative C−H/N−H activations with alkynes by removable hydrazides

• Feng Xiong,
• Bo Li,
• Chenrui Yang,
• Liang Zou,
• Wenbo Ma,
• Linghui Gu,
• Ruhuai Mei and
• Lutz Ackermann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1591–1599, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.113

• determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Chromatographic separation was carried out on silica gel 60H (200–300 mesh) manufactured by Qingdao Haiyang Chemical Group Co. (China). High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) was measured on a Thermo-DFS mass spectrometer. NMR spectra were recorded on a JEOL 600 NMR

Breaking paracyclophane: the unexpected formation of non-symmetric disubstituted nitro[2.2]metaparacyclophanes

• Suraj Patel,
• Tyson N. Dais,
• Paul G. Plieger and
• Gareth J. Rowlands

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1518–1526, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.109

• . ESIMS was recorded on a Dionex UltiMate 3000. High-resolution mass spectrometry was performed using a ThermoScientific Q Exactive Focus Hybrid Quadrupole-Orbitrap mass spectrometer or a Bruker Daltonics MicrOTOF spectrometer. Infrared spectroscopy of compounds was completed on a ThermoFisher Nicolet iS5

Cascade intramolecular Prins/Friedel–Crafts cyclization for the synthesis of 4-aryltetralin-2-ols and 5-aryltetrahydro-5H-benzo[7]annulen-7-ols

• Jie Zheng,
• Shuyu Meng and
• Quanrui Wang

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1481–1489, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.104

• isolated products as well as copies of NMR spectra and XRPD data for compound 21. Supporting Information File 182: Experimental section. Acknowledgements We thank Mr. G. Tang for acquiring high-resolution mass spectrometry data. Funding The authors acknowledge the financial support from the National

A new glance at the chemosphere of macroalgal–bacterial interactions: In situ profiling of metabolites in symbiosis by mass spectrometry

• Marine Vallet,
• Filip Kaftan,
• Veit Grabe,
• Fatemeh Ghaderiardakani,
• Simona Fenizia,
• Aleš Svatoš,
• Georg Pohnert and
• Thomas Wichard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1313–1322, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.91

• distributions of metabolites and identifying specific symbiotic bacteria. Keywords: algae; AP-SMALDI; ectoine; holobiont; high-resolution mass spectrometry; mass spectrometry imaging; marine bacteria; Ulva; Introduction In intertidal zones with high temporal and spatial ecosystem variations, bacteria and

• specialised metabolites involved in host–bacteria interactions. In our study, comparative metabolomics using atmospheric pressure scanning microprobe matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation high-resolution mass spectrometry (AP-SMALDI-HRMS) enables the identification of specialised metabolites of the

• profile fingerprint matching [26][27][28]. Our research combines cutting-edge laser scanning microscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry to uncover Ulva/bacteria interactions and specialised metabolites at the microscale level. In this study, we demonstrate that the chemosphere of U. mutabilis

Regioselective chemoenzymatic syntheses of ferulate conjugates as chromogenic substrates for feruloyl esterases

• Olga Gherbovet,
• Fernando Ferreira,
• Apolline Clément,
• Mélanie Ragon,
• Julien Durand,
• Sophie Bozonnet,
• Michael J. O'Donohue and
• Régis Fauré

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 325–333, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.30

• (t), doublet of doublets (dd), doublet of doublets of doublets (ddd), broad (br), and quadruplet of triplets (qt) as abbreviations. Analyses and assignments were made using 1D (1H, 13C, and J-modulated spin–echo (Jmod)) and 2D NMR experiments (COSY and HSQC). High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS

Selective recognition of ATP by multivalent nano-assemblies of bisimidazolium amphiphiles through “turn-on” fluorescence response

• Rakesh Biswas,
• Surya Ghosh,
• Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik and
• Supratim Banerjee

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2728–2738, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.223

• obtained through nucleophilic substitution reactions between BImNs (N = 4, 10, 12, 14) and 3. All synthesized compounds were characterized by NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry. Self-assembly properties of PBImNs in aqueous buffer The self-assembly properties of the four PBImN

Synthesis and characterization of S,N-heterotetracenes

• Astrid Vogt,
• Florian Henne,
• Christoph Wetzel,
• Elena Mena-Osteritz and
• Peter Bäuerle

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2636–2644, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.214

• -heterotetracenes and -hexacene were clearly identified, fully characterized, and their structures confirmed by 1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) via matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) (Supporting Information File 1, Figures S1–S5). In the 1H NMR spectra, the

Regiodivergent synthesis of functionalized pyrimidines and imidazoles through phenacyl azides in deep eutectic solvents

• Paola Vitale,
• Luciana Cicco,
• Ilaria Cellamare,
• Filippo M. Perna,
• Antonio Salomone and
• Vito Capriati

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1915–1923, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.158

• heating to 473 K until blue spots appeared. Column chromatography was conducted by using silica gel 60 with a particle size distribution of 40–63 μm and 230–400 ASTM, using hexane/EtOAc mixtures as the eluent. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analyses were performed using a Bruker microTOF QII