Access to highly substituted oxazoles by the reaction of α-azidochalcone with potassium thiocyanate

• Mysore Bhyrappa Harisha,
• Pandi Dhanalakshmi,
• Rajendran Suresh,
• Raju Ranjith Kumar and
• Shanmugam Muthusubramanian

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2108–2118, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.178

• indicated by the following symbols: s (singlet), d (doublet), t (triplet), m (multiplet), dd (doublet of doublets), td (triplet of doublets), ddd (doublet of doublets of doublets), bs (broad singlet). Mass spectra were measured with Micromass Q-Time of flight (HRESIMS). General procedure for the preparation

One-pot synthesis of oxazolidinones and five-membered cyclic carbonates from epoxides and chlorosulfonyl isocyanate: theoretical evidence for an asynchronous concerted pathway

• Esra Demir,
• Ozlem Sari,
• Yasin Çetinkaya,
• Ufuk Atmaca,
• Safiye Sağ Erdem and
• Murat Çelik

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1805–1819, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.148

• 100 MHz, respectively, and NMR shifts are presented as δ in ppm. Elemental analyses were performed on a LECO CHNS-932 apparatus. MS spectra were carried out on an LC–MS high-resolution time of flight (TOF) Agilent 1200/6530 instrument. All column chromatography was performed on silica gel (60-mesh

A dynamic combinatorial library for biomimetic recognition of dipeptides in water

• Florian Klepel and
• Bart Jan Ravoo

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1588–1595, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.131

• , two 10ADVP pumps, a DGU-14A degasser, a CTO-10AVP column oven and an SPD-10AVP variable wavelength detector. The setup was coupled to a micrOTOF time of flight mass analyzer (Bruker) and controlled by Compass HyStar (Bruker) version 3.2 and microTOFControl (Bruker) version 3.0. Measurement data was

Aryl-substituted acridanes as hosts for TADF-based OLEDs

• Naveen Masimukku,
• Dalius Gudeika,
• Oleksandr Bezvikonnyi,
• Ihor Syvorotka,
• Rasa Keruckiene,
• Dmytro Volyniuk and
• Juozas V. Grazulevicius

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 989–1000, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.88

• interaction. Charge transporting properties To unclose the potential of acridan-based derivatives containing phenyl or naphthyl substituents as hosts for blue TADF OLEDs, charge-transport properties of the vacuum deposited layers of the acridanes were tested by the methods of time-of-flight (TOF) and charge

• studied compounds were performed by two methods, i.e., time-of-flight (TOF) and charge extraction by linearly increasing voltage (CELIV) in the photo regime [38]. OLEDs were fabricated by vacuum deposition of inorganic and organic layers onto cleaned ITO-coated glass, applying vacuum of 10−6 Torr. The

Design and synthesis of diazine-based panobinostat analogues for HDAC8 inhibition

• Sivaraman Balasubramaniam,
• Sajith Vijayan,
• Liam V. Goldman,
• Xavier A. May,
• Kyra Dodson,
• Sweta Adhikari,
• Fatima Rivas,
• Davita L. Watkins and
• Shana V. Stoddard

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 628–637, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.59

• an ESI–TOF mass spectrometer (Agilent 6220 Time-of-Flight), gas temperature – 350 °C, drying gas (N2) – 8.0 L/min, mobile phase(s): methanol with 0.1% formic acid, flow rate: 0.2 mL/min, sample preparation: The sample was dissolved in 1 drop of chloroform and diluted with 1 mL methanol. Additional

Direct borylation of terrylene and quaterrylene

• Haruka Kano,
• Keiji Uehara,
• Kyohei Matsuo,
• Hironobu Hayashi,
• Hiroko Yamada and
• Naoki Aratani

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 621–627, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.58

• -time-of-flight (MALDI–TOF) method on a JEOL SpiralTOF/JMS-S3000 spectrometer. X-ray crystallographic data were recorded at 103 K with a BRUKER-APEXII X-ray diffractometer using Mo Kα radiation equipped with a large area CCD detector. UV–vis absorption spectra were measured with a JASCO UV/Vis/NIR

Synthesis of 4-(2-fluorophenyl)-7-methoxycoumarin: experimental and computational evidence for intramolecular and intermolecular C–F···H–C bonds

• Vuyisa Mzozoyana,
• Fanie R. van Heerden and
• Craig Grimmer

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 190–199, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.22

• equipped with a 5 mm BBOZ probe at frequencies of 400 MHz, 100 MHz, and 376 MHz for 1H, 13C, and 19F, respectively. High-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) was performed on a Waters LCT Premier time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Synthesis of methyl 2-fluorobenzoylacetate (3): To a stirred mixture of MgCl2

Acid-catalyzed rearrangements in arenes: interconversions in the quaterphenyl series

• Sarah L. Skraba-Joiner,
• Carter J. Holt and
• Richard P. Johnson

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2655–2663, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.258

• through time-of-flight matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI–TOF–MS) mass spectrometry, using sulfur as a matrix. Suzuki–Miyaura coupling to form m,p’-quaterphenyl (13) [35]: 4-Biphenylboronic acid (0.18 g, 0.91 mmol) and 1 M K2CO3 (1.5 mL) were added to a 10 mL Pyrex microwave tube. 3

In search of visible-light photoresponsive peptide nucleic acids (PNAs) for reversible control of DNA hybridization

• Lei Zhang,
• Greta Linden and
• Olalla Vázquez

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2500–2508, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.243

• AccuTOF GCv 4G (JEOL) Time of Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer (grant: INST 160/622-1 FUGG to Dr. U. Linne). This work was financially supported by German Fulbright Commission and the DFG program SPP1926 ‘Next Generation Optogenetics’. O.V. thanks German Fulbright Commission for the Fulbright-Cottrell Award

Combining the Ugi-azide multicomponent reaction and rhodium(III)-catalyzed annulation for the synthesis of tetrazole-isoquinolone/pyridone hybrids

• Gerardo M. Ojeda,
• Prabhat Ranjan,
• Pavel Fedoseev,
• Lisandra Amable,
• Upendra K. Sharma,
• Daniel G. Rivera and
• Erik V. Van der Eycken

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 2447–2457, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.237

• chromatographic solvents is presented as volume:volume ratios. Isolated compounds were submitted to HRMS using an Agilent 6220A Time of Flight MSD spectrometer equipped with an ESI ionization source. IR spectra were recorded on a Bruker Alpha FTIR spectrometer. Only frequencies (ν, in cm−1) of the most relevant

Analysis of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons in grape berry exocarp (Vitis vinifera L.) using in vivo-labeling and comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC×GC–MS)

• Philipp P. Könen and
• Matthias Wüst

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1945–1961, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.190

• ) coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF–MS) after headspace-solid phase microextraction (HS-SPME). The identification of structurally complex natural compounds, such as sesquiterpenes from fruits and vegetables, is often reported as “tentative”, as authentic standards are not commercially

• various cyclization reactions [9][10][11][12]. In order to analyze the biosynthetic pathways of sesquiterpene hydrocarbons in grape berries, a method was developed by us using comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF–MS) after headspace

• separations were performed by using an Agilent 7890B gas chromatograph (Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, U.S.A.) equipped with a liquid nitrogen cryogenic modulator (Consumable-Free ZX2 thermal modulator) coupled to a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (Markes International Ltd, Llantrisant, RCT, UK

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.

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

Bambusuril analogs based on alternating glycoluril and xylylene units

• Tomáš Lízal and
• Vladimír Šindelář

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1268–1274, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.124

• ESI/APCI as an ion source and a manual pump for sampling. Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time-of-flight mass spectra (MALDI–TOF MS) were measured on a MALDI–TOF MS UltrafleXtreme (Bruker Daltonics) and samples were ionized with the aid of a Nd:YAG laser (355 nm) from α-cyano-4

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

New terpenoids from the fermentation broth of the edible mushroom Cyclocybe aegerita

• Frank Surup,
• Florian Hennicke,
• Nadine Sella,
• Maria Stroot,
• Steffen Bernecker,
• Sebastian Pfütze,
• Marc Stadler and
• Martin Rühl

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 1000–1007, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.98

• ). Chemical shifts δ were referenced to the solvents chloroform-d (1H, δ = 7.27 ppm; 13C, δ = 77.0 ppm), acetone-d6 (1H, δ = 2.05 ppm; 13C, δ = 29.92 ppm). ESIMS spectra were acquired on an Amazon ion trap mass spectrometer (Bruker Daltonik); HRESIMS spectra were acquired on a Maxis time-of-flight mass

Cyclopropene derivatives of aminosugars for metabolic glycoengineering

• Jessica Hassenrück and
• Valentin Wittmann

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2019, 15, 584–601, doi:10.3762/bjoc.15.54

• negative mode. The ionization method was electrospray (ESI) and for detection the time of flight (TOF) method was used. Analysis of recorded mass spectra was performed using the software Xcalibur by Thermo Fischer Scientific. 2,5-Dioxopyrrolidin-1-yl 2-methylcyclopropane-1-carboxylate (3): N

A simple and effective preparation of quercetin pentamethyl ether from quercetin

• Jin Tatsuzaki,
• Tomohiko Ohwada,
• Yuko Otani,
• Reiko Inagi and
• Tsutomu Ishikawa

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 3112–3121, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.291

• the solvent peak for the 1H and 13C NMR spectra. The following abbreviations are used: s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, dd = double doublet. Electron spray ionization time-of-flight mass spectra (ESI–TOF MS) were recorded on a Bruker micrOTOF-05 to give high-resolution mass spectra

Copolymerization of epoxides with cyclic anhydrides catalyzed by dinuclear cobalt complexes

• Yo Hiranoi and
• Koji Nakano

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2779–2788, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.255

• initiated by monofunctional pentafluorobenzoate from (R,R,S,S)-1 and [PPN][OCOC6F5] [19]. The formation of the alternating copolymers initiated by monofunctional pentafluorobenzoate and the bifunctional chain-transfer agents was confirmed by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass

• atmospheric pressure chemical ionization–time-of-flight (APCI–TOF) method. Size-exclusion-chromatography (SEC) analyses for evaluating molecular weights were carried with two columns (Shodex KF-804L) using chloroform as an eluent at 40 °C at 1 mL/min. The molecular weight was calibrated against standard

The mechanochemical synthesis of quinazolin-4(3H)-ones by controlling the reactivity of IBX

• Md Toufique Alam,
• Saikat Maiti and
• Prasenjit Mal

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2396–2403, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.216

• ), multiplicity (s = singlet, d = doublet, t = triplet, q = quartet, brs = broad singlet, m = multiplet), coupling constant (Hz) and integration. High-resolution mass spectra (HRMS) were recorded on an ESI–TOF (time of flight) mass spectrometer. IR (infrared) spectral data are reported in wave numbers (cm−1

Novel photochemical reactions of carbocyclic diazodiketones without elimination of nitrogen – a suitable way to N-hydrazonation of C–H-bonds

• Liudmila L. Rodina,
• Xenia V. Azarova,
• Jury J. Medvedev,
• Dmitrij V. Semenok and
• Valerij A. Nikolaev

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 2250–2258, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.200

• using Merck silica gel 60, 230–400 mesh. 1H and 13C NMR spectra were recorded using a Bruker-400 Avance NMR spectrometer. All HRMS spectra were recorded on a «MaXis» (Bruker Daltonik GmbH), the HPLC system (UHPLC) with the combined high-resolution quadrupole-time-of-flight mass spectrometer with

Efficient catenane synthesis by cucurbit[6]uril-mediated azide–alkyne cycloaddition

• Antony Wing Hung Ng,
• Chi-Chung Yee,
• Kai Wang and
• Ho Yu Au-Yeung

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1846–1853, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.158

• for support of the Electrospray Ionization Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Facilities under support for Interdisciplinary Research in Chemical Science.

Synthesis and photophysical studies of a multivalent photoreactive Ru^II-calix[4]arene complex bearing RGD-containing cyclopentapeptides

• Sofia Kajouj,
• Lionel Marcelis,
• Alice Mattiuzzi,
• Adrien Grassin,
• Damien Dufour,
• Pierre Van Antwerpen,
• Didier Boturyn,
• Eric Defrancq,
• Mathieu Surin,
• Julien De Winter,
• Pascal Gerbaux,
• Ivan Jabin and
• Cécile Moucheron

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1758–1768, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.150

• ; source temperature, 150 °C and desolvation temperature, 200 °C. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectra were recorded using a Waters QToF Premier mass spectrometer equipped with a Nd-YAG laser of 355 nm with a maximum pulse energy of 65 μJ delivered to the

• sample at 50 Hz repeating rate. Time-of-flight mass analyses were performed in the reflection mode at a resolution of about 10 000. The matrix, trans-2-(3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2-methyl-2-propenylidene)malononitrile, was prepared as a 40 mg/mL solution in chloroform. The matrix solution (1 μL) was applied

The phenyl vinyl ether–methanol complex: a model system for quantum chemistry benchmarking

• Dominic Bernhard,
• Fabian Dietrich,
• Mariyam Fatima,
• Cristóbal Pérez,
• Hannes C. Gottschalk,
• Axel Wuttke,
• Ricardo A. Mata,
• Martin A. Suhm,
• Melanie Schnell and
• Markus Gerhards

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2018, 14, 1642–1654, doi:10.3762/bjoc.14.140

• setup for the IR/UV experiments is described in detail elsewhere [29][50], thus only a brief description is given here. All experiments were carried out in a molecular beam apparatus consisting of a differentially pumped linear time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometer with a pulsed valve (Series 9 and

Mechanochemistry-assisted synthesis of hierarchical porous carbons applied as supercapacitors

• Desirée Leistenschneider,
• Nicolas Jäckel,
• Felix Hippauf,
• Volker Presser and
• Lars Borchardt

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2017, 13, 1332–1341, doi:10.3762/bjoc.13.130

• −1 indicates complexation [51]. The sample Polymer-SF-3 was investigated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MALDI–TOF) revealing a weight-averaged molar mass (Mw) of 2015.6 g mol−1, which is equivalent to 6 monomeric units. Synthesis of the