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Photoredox catalysis harvesting multiple photon or electrochemical energies
- Mattia Lepori,
- Simon Schmid and
- Joshua P. Barham
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 1055–1145, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.81
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Figure 1: Oxidative and reductive activations of organic compounds harvesting photoredox catalysis.
Figure 2: General catalytic cycles of radical ion conPET (left) and radical ion e-PRC (right).
Figure 3: “Beginner’s guide”: comparison between advantages, capacities, and prospectives of conPET and PEC.
Figure 4: A) conPET reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides with PDI. B) Reductive C–H arylation with pyrrol...
Figure 5: A) Chromoselective mono- and disubstitution or polybrominated pyrimidines with pyrroles. B) Sequent...
Figure 6: A) Synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinolines. B) Synthesis of ullazines.
Figure 7: A) Reductive phosphorylation of aryl halides via conPET. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 8: A) Reductive dehalogenation of aryl halides via conPET and selected examples from the substrate sco...
Figure 9: A) Reductive C–H arylation of aryl halides via conPET (top) and selected examples from the substrat...
Figure 10: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the su...
Figure 11: A) Reductive hydrodechlorination of aryl chlorides with 4-DPAIPN. B) Proposed formation of CO2•−. C...
Figure 12: A) Reductive conPET borylation with 3CzEPAIPN (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope ...
Figure 13: Scale-up of conPET phosphorylation with 3CzEPAIPN.
Figure 14: A) Borylation of 1d. B) Characteristics and structure of PC1 with green and red parts showing the l...
Figure 15: A) Reductive C–H arylation scope with polysulfide conPET (top) and selected examples from the subst...
Figure 16: Scale-up of A) C–H arylation and B) dehaloborylation with polysulfide photocatalysis in continuous-...
Figure 17: A) Formation of [Ir1]0 and [Ir2]0 upon PET between [Ir1]+ and Et3N. B) Mechanism of multi-photon ta...
Figure 18: A) Reductive hydrodehalogenation of aryl halides via multi-photon tandem photocatalysis. B) Selecte...
Figure 19: A) Carbonylative amidation of aryl halides in continuous flow. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 20: A) General scheme for reductive (RQ) and oxidative quenching (OQ) protocols using [FeIII(btz)3](PF6)...
Figure 21: A) Carbonylative amidation of alkyl iodides with [IrIII(ppy)2(dtbbpy)]PF6. B) Selected examples fro...
Figure 22: A) Carboxylative C–N bond cleavage in cyclic amines. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope....
Figure 23: A) Formal reduction of alkenes to alkanes via transfer hydrogenation. B) Selected examples from the...
Figure 24: A) Birch-type reduction of benzenes with PMP-BPI. B) Selected examples from the substrate scope (sc...
Figure 25: Proposed mechanism of the OH− mediated conPET Birch-type reduction of benzene via generation of sol...
Figure 26: Reductive detosylation of N-tosylated amides with Mes-Acr-BF4. B) Selected examples from the substr...
Figure 27: A) Reductive detosylation of N-tosyl amides by dual PRC. B) Selected examples from the substrate sc...
Figure 28: A) Mechanism of the dual PRC based on PET between [Cu(dap)2]+ and DCA. B) Mechanism of the dual PRC...
Figure 29: A) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides with anthracene. B) N–O bond cleavage in Weinreb amides rely...
Figure 30: A) Pentafluorosulfanylation and fluoride elimination. B) Mechanism of the pentafluorosulfanylation ...
Figure 31: A) α-Alkoxypentafluorosulfanylation (top) and selected examples from the substrate scope (bottom). ...
Figure 32: A) Oxidative amination of arenes with azoles catalyzed by N-Ph PTZ. B) Selected examples from the s...
Figure 33: A) C(sp3)–H bond activation by HAT via chloride oxidation by *N-Ph PTZ•+. B) Proposed mechanism for...
Figure 34: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H azolation of electron-rich arenes with pyrazoles using Mes-Acr+ as a photoca...
Figure 35: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated phot...
Figure 36: A) Radical ion e-PRC direct oxidation of unactivated arenes using TPA as an electro-activated photo...
Figure 37: Proposed mechanism (top) and mode of preassembly (bottom).
Figure 38: A) Possible preassemblies of reactive (left) vs unreactive (right) arenes. B) Calculated spin densi...
Figure 39: A) Recycling e-PRC C(sp2 )–H acetoxylation of arenes using DDQ as a photocatalyst. B) Proposed cata...
Figure 40: Gram scale hydroxylation of benzene in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 41: A) Radical ion e-PRC vicinal diamination of alkylarenes using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocat...
Figure 42: A) Sequential oxygenation of multiple adjacent C–H bonds under radical ion e-PRC using TAC+ as an e...
Figure 43: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC cyanation of benzylic C–H bonds using ADQS as photocatalyst. B)...
Figure 44: Proposed tandem mechanism by Xu and co-workers.
Figure 45: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC decarboxylative cyanation using Cu(acac)2, Ce(OTf)3 and a box l...
Figure 46: A) Enantioselective recycling e-PRC benzylic cyanation using Cu(MeCN)4BF4, box ligand and anthraqui...
Figure 47: A) Radical ion e-PRC acetoxyhydroxylation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photoc...
Figure 48: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 49: Photoelectrochemical acetoxyhydroxylation in a recirculated flow setup.
Figure 50: A) Radical ion e-PRC aminooxygenation of aryl olefins using TAC+ as an electro-activated photocatal...
Figure 51: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with organic trifluoroborates using Mes-Acr+ as p...
Figure 52: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using CeCl3·7H2O as catalyst. B) ...
Figure 53: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H alkylation of heteroarenes using Fe(NH4)2(SO4)2·6H2O as cata...
Figure 54: A) Recycling e-PRC C–H alkylation of heteroarenes with alkyl oxalates and 4CzIPN as photocatalyst. ...
Figure 55: A) Recycling e-PRC decarboxylative C–H carbamoylation of heteroarenes using 4CzIPN as photocatalyst...
Figure 56: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated hydrocarbon activation via the chlorine radical. B) Proposed m...
Figure 57: A) Selected examples from the substrate scope. B) Gram and decagram scale semi-continuous flow PEC ...
Figure 58: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated dehydrogenative coupling of benzothiazoles with aliphatic C–H ...
Figure 59: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT activation of ethers using electro-activated TAC+ as photocatalyst. B) ...
Figure 60: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 61: A) Photoelectrochemical HAT-mediated synthesis of alkylated benzimidazo-fused isoquinolinones using...
Figure 62: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical cerium-catalyzed oxydichlorination of alkynes using CeCl3 as cata...
Figure 63: Proposed decoupled photoelectrochemical mechanism.
Figure 64: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical ring-opening bromination of tertiary cycloalkanols using MgBr2 as...
Figure 65: A) Recycling e-PRC ring-opening functionalization of cycloalkanols using CeCl3 as catalyst. B) Prop...
Figure 66: Selected examples from the substrate scope of the PEC ring-opening functionalization.
Figure 67: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of chloro- and bromoarenes using DCA as catalyst and various accepto...
Figure 68: A) Screening of different phthalimide derivatives as catalyst for the e-PRC reduction of aryl halid...
Figure 69: Screening of different organic catalysts for the e-PRC reduction of trialkylanilium salts.
Figure 70: A) e-PRC reduction of phosphonated phenols and anilinium salts. B) Selected examples from the subst...
Figure 71: A) ConPET and e-PRC reduction of 4-bromobenzonitrile using a naphthalene diimide (NDI) precatalyst ...
Figure 72: A) Radical ion e-PRC reduction of phosphinated aliphatic alcohols with n-BuO-NpMI as catalyst. B) C...
Figure 73: Selected examples from the substrate scope.
Figure 74: A) Recycling e-PRC reductive dimerization of benzylic chlorides using a [Cu2] catalyst. B) Proposed...
Figure 75: A) Decoupled photoelectrochemical C–H alkylation of heteroarenes through deamination of Katritzky s...
Figure 76: Proposed mechanism by Chen and co-workers.
Aromatic C–H bond functionalization through organocatalyzed asymmetric intermolecular aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction: a recent update
- Anup Biswas
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 956–981, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.72
- -Friedel–Crafts reaction between indole 4 and α-iminophosphonate 35. The reaction functionalized the C3 position of the heterocyclic ring with an α-aminophosphonate group. Chiral phosphoric acid P12 was the stereoselectivity inducer in the products 36 as explained by π–π stacking and H-bonding interactions
- resonance-assisted accumulation of negative charge on C6 enabled the carbon to add to the electrophile selectively from the Re face of the imine plane because of substrate–catalyst H-bonding interactions (see transition state 51). Beside multiple noncovalent interactions, π–π stacking between the
- substitutents. Excellent dia- and enantioselective synthesis of the products were caused by a chiral environment induced in the transition state through a dual H-bonding interaction between both the substrates and catalyst. In addition, π–π stacking between the aromatic moieties in both reagents brought more
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Scheme 1: First organocatalyzed asymmetric aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 2: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between indoles and cyclic ketimines.
Scheme 3: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction utilizing trifluoromethyldihydrobenzoazepinoindoles as electrophiles.
Scheme 4: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction utilizing cyclic N-sulfimines as electrophiles.
Scheme 5: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction involving N-unprotected imino ester as electrophile.
Scheme 6: Aza-Friedel–Crafts and lactonization cascade.
Scheme 7: One-pot oxidation and aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 8: C1 and C2-symmetric phosphoric acids as catalysts.
Scheme 9: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction using Nps-iminophosphonates as electrophiles.
Scheme 10: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between indole and α-iminophosphonate.
Scheme 11: [2.2]-Paracyclophane-derived chiral phosphoric acids as catalyst.
Scheme 12: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction through ring opening of sulfamidates.
Scheme 13: Isoquinoline-1,3(2H,4H)-dione scaffolds as electrophiles.
Scheme 14: Functionalization of the carbocyclic ring of substituted indoles.
Scheme 15: Aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction between unprotected imines and aza-heterocycles.
Scheme 16: Anilines and α-naphthols as potential nucleophiles.
Scheme 17: Solvent-controlled regioselective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 18: Generating central and axial chirality via aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 19: Reaction between indoles and racemic 2,3-dihydroisoxazol-3-ol derivatives.
Scheme 20: Exploiting 5-aminoisoxazoles as nucleophiles.
Scheme 21: Reaction between unsubstituted indoles and 3-alkynylated 3-hydroxy-1-oxoisoindolines.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of unnatural amino acids bearing an aza-quaternary stereocenter.
Scheme 23: Atroposelective aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 24: Coupling of 5-aminopyrazole and 3H-indol-3-ones.
Scheme 25: Pyrophosphoric acid-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction on phenols.
Scheme 26: Squaramide-assisted aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 27: Thiourea-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 28: Squaramide-catalyzed reaction between β-naphthols and benzothiazolimines.
Scheme 29: Thiourea-catalyzed reaction between β-naphthol and isatin-derived ketamine.
Scheme 30: Quinine-derived molecule as catalyst.
Scheme 31: Cinchona alkaloid as catalyst.
Scheme 32: aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction by phase transfer catalyst.
Scheme 33: Disulfonamide-catalyzed reaction.
Scheme 34: Heterogenous thiourea-catalyzed aza-Friedel–Crafts reaction.
Scheme 35: Total synthesis of (+)-gracilamine.
Scheme 36: Total synthesis of (−)-fumimycin.
Phenanthridine–pyrene conjugates as fluorescent probes for DNA/RNA and an inactive mutant of dipeptidyl peptidase enzyme
- Josipa Matić,
- Tana Tandarić,
- Marijana Radić Stojković,
- Filip Šupljika,
- Zrinka Karačić,
- Ana Tomašić Paić,
- Lucija Horvat,
- Robert Vianello and
- Lidija-Marija Tumir
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 550–565, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.40
- modelling combined with spectrophotometric experiments revealed that in neutral and acidic buffered water solutions conjugates predominantly exist in intramolecularly stacked conformations because of the π–π stacking interaction between pyrene and phenanthridine moieties. The investigated systems exhibited
- + and Phen-Py-2+, where π–π stacking contacts are further promoted by the favorable cation–π interactions. Phenanthridine–pyrene conjugate Phen-Py-1 showed excimer fluorescence that was red shifted compared to the emission of a single phenanthridine or pyrene chromophore. This excimer fluorescence was
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Scheme 1: Novel pyrene–phenanthridine conjugates Phen-Py-1 (longer, flexible linker) and Phen-Py-2 (shorter, ...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of Phen-Py-1 and Phen-Py-2 by amide formation; Reagents and conditions: 1. TFA–H2O mixtur...
Figure 1: 2D (left) and 3D (right) representation of fluorescence emission spectra of Phen-Py-1 (c = 2 × 10−6...
Figure 2: Most representative structures of the conjugates Phen-Py-1 and Phen-Py-2 at different pH conditions...
Figure 3: UV–vis titration of Phen-Py-1 with ct-DNA,; changes in the UV–vis spectra of Phen-Py-1 at λ = 350 n...
Figure 4: . Experimental (■) and calculated (–) (by Scatchard equation Table 2) fluorescence intensities of compound ...
Figure 5: Comparison of spectra of DNA-dye complex (r = 0.5, black) and sum of DNA and dye spectra (red) of a...
Figure 6: Fluorimetric titration of Phen-Py-1, λexc = 352 nm, c = 1 × 10−6 mol dm−3 with dipeptidyl peptidase...
Figure 7: A: ITC titration: raw titration data from the experimental injections of human DPP III enzyme mutan...
Asymmetric synthesis of a stereopentade fragment toward latrunculins
- Benjamin Joyeux,
- Antoine Gamet,
- Nicolas Casaretto and
- Bastien Nay
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 428–433, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.32
- %). This compound results from the transposition of the para-nitrobenzoyl (PNBz) group onto the 13-OH, which could be favoured by the steric hindrance of C-15 and a possible π–π stacking with the OPMB group. These PNBz esters were readily hydrolyzed to furnished diol 24 in 97% yield. The oxydation of the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of latrunculins (the red dots show the natural product stereopentade).
Figure 2: General strategy for latrunculin cycle disconnections (left), previous works towards linear precurs...
Scheme 1: Synthesis of fragment 15 from (+)-β-citronellene (10).
Scheme 2: Synthesis of fragment 8 from ʟ-cysteine ethyl ester hydrochloride (16).
Scheme 3: Synthesis of fragment 21 through a stereoselective aldol reaction.
Scheme 4: 1,3-Anti-diastereoselective reduction of 21 with PNBz transposition, and final determination of the...
CuAAC-inspired synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-bridged porphyrin conjugates: an overview
- Dileep Kumar Singh
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2023, 19, 349–379, doi:10.3762/bjoc.19.29
- other related molecules. Based on the collected data, the porphyrin complex 160 was found to show J-type aggregation in both polar and nonpolar solvents. In polar solvents, aggregation was induced by van der Waals interactions between H-cardanol moieties, while π–π stacking interactions between
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Alkyne–azide "click reaction".
Figure 2: β- and meso-triazole-linked porphyrin.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of β-triazole-linked porphyrins 3a–c.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of β-triazole-bridged porphyrin-coumarin conjugates 11–20.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of β-triazole-bridged porphyrin-xanthone conjugates 23–27 and xanthone-bridged β-triazolo...
Scheme 4: Synthesis of meso-triazoloporphyrins 32a–c and triazole-bridged diporphyrins 34.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-ferrocene conjugates 37a–d.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin conjugates 40a,b and 41a,b.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked glycoporphyrins 43a–c.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-coumarin conjugates 44–48.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin-DNA conjugate 50.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of meso-linked porphyrin-triazole conjugates 53 and 57.
Scheme 11: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-corrole conjugate 60.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of porphyrin conjugates 64a,b and 67a,b. Reaction conditions: (i) CuSO4, sodium ascorbate...
Scheme 13: Synthesis of meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin-quinolone conjugates 70a–e.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-fluorescein dyad 73.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-carborane conjugates 76a,b.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin-BODIPY conjugates 78 and 80.
Scheme 17: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked cationic porphyrin conjugates 85 and 87. Reaction conditions: (i)...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of meso-triazole-cobalt-porphyrin diimine-dioxime conjugate 91. Reactions conditions: (i)...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of triazole-linked porphyrin-bearing N-doped graphene hybrid 96.
Scheme 20: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-fullerene dyads 100a–d and 104a,b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of meso-triazole-bridged diporphyrin conjugates 107 and 108.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of porphyrin-ruthenium (II) conjugates 112a,b and 116a,b. Reaction conditions: (i) Zn(OAc)...
Scheme 23: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin dyad 119 and triad 121.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of di-triazole-bridged porphyrin-β-CD conjugate 126.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of meso-triazole-bridged porphyrin star trimer 129.
Scheme 26: Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole-linked porphyrin-β-CD conjugates 131a,b.
Scheme 27: Synthesis of tritriazole-bridged porphyrin-lantern-DNA sequence 134.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of meso-triazole-linked porphyrin-polymer conjugates 137 and 139.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of triazole-linked capped porphyrin 142; Reaction conditions: method A: 10% H2O in THF, C...
Scheme 30: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-linked porphyrin-maleimine conjugates 145a–c.
Scheme 31: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-linked porphyrin-cholic acid complex 148a,b.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-linked porphyrin conjugates 151–153.
Scheme 33: Synthesis of meso-tetratrizole-porphyrin-carborane conjugates 155, 156 and 158a–c.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-porphyrin-cardanol conjugates 160 and 162.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-linked porphyrin-BODIPY conjugate 164.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of meso-tetratriazole-linked porphyrin-β-CD conjugates 166a,b.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of tetratriazole-bridged meso-arylporphyrins 171a–c and 172a–c.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of octatriazole-bridged porphyrin-β-CD conjugate 174 and porphyrin-adamantane conjugates ...
Redox-active molecules as organocatalysts for selective oxidative transformations – an unperceived organocatalysis field
- Elena R. Lopat’eva,
- Igor B. Krylov,
- Dmitry A. Lapshin and
- Alexander O. Terent’ev
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 1672–1695, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.179
- electrocatalytic efficiency (TON up to 2000) was achieved using the TEMPO derivative non-covalently immobilized on the surface of a carbon cloth anode due to the π–π stacking interaction between the pyrene fragment of the catalyst and the electrode surface [103] (Scheme 15). However, this method is not compatible
- electrochemical oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids. Electrocatalytic oxidation of benzylic alcohols by a TEMPO derivative immobilized on a graphite anode by π–π stacking interactions. Electrochemical oxidation of carbamates of cyclic amines to lactams and oxidative cyanation of amines
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Organocatalysis classification used in the present perspective.
Scheme 2: Oxidative processes catalyzed by amines.
Scheme 3: N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC) catalysis in oxidative functionalization of aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Examples of asymmetric oxidative processes catalyzed by chiral Brønsted acids.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric aerobic α-hydroxylation of lactams under phase-transfer organocatalysis conditions emplo...
Scheme 6: Selective CH-oxidation of methylarenes to aldehydes or carboxylic acids.
Scheme 7: An example of the regioselective CH-amination by a sterically hindered imide-N-oxyl radical precurs...
Scheme 8: CH-amination of ethylbenzene and CH-fluorination of aldehydes catalyzed by N-hydroxybenzimidazoles,...
Scheme 9: Mixed hetero-/homogeneous TiO2/N-hydroxyimide photocatalysis in the selective benzylic oxidation.
Scheme 10: Electrochemical benzylic iodination and benzylation of pyridine by benzyl iodides generated in situ...
Scheme 11: Electrochemical oxidative C–O/C–N coupling of alkylarenes with NHPI. Electrolysis conditions: Const...
Scheme 12: Chemoselective alcohol oxidation catalyzed by TEMPO.
Scheme 13: ABNO-catalyzed oxidative C–N coupling of primary alcohols with primary amines.
Scheme 14: ACT-catalyzed electrochemical oxidation of primary alcohols and aldehydes to carboxylic acids.
Scheme 15: Electrocatalytic oxidation of benzylic alcohols by a TEMPO derivative immobilized on a graphite ano...
Scheme 16: Electrochemical oxidation of carbamates of cyclic amines to lactams and oxidative cyanation of amin...
Scheme 17: Hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) and single-electron transfer (SET) as basic principles of amine cation...
Scheme 18: Electrochemical quinuclidine-catalyzed oxidation involving unactivated C–H bonds.
Scheme 19: DABCO-mediated photocatalytic C–C cross-coupling involving aldehyde C–H bond cleavage.
Scheme 20: DABCO-derived cationic catalysts in inactivated C–H bond cleavage for alkyl radical addition to ele...
Scheme 21: Electrochemical diamination and dioxygenation of vinylarenes catalyzed by triarylamines.
Scheme 22: Electrochemical benzylic oxidation mediated by triarylimidazoles.
Scheme 23: Thiyl radical-catalyzed CH-arylation of allylic substrates by aryl cyanides.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of redox-active alkyl tetrafluoropyridinyl sulfides by unactivated C–H bond cleavage by t...
Scheme 25: Main intermediates in quinone oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 26: Electrochemical DDQ-catalyzed intramolecular dehydrogenative aryl–aryl coupling.
Scheme 27: DDQ-mediated cross-dehydrogenative C–N coupling of benzylic substrates with azoles.
Scheme 28: Biomimetic o-quinone-catalyzed benzylic alcohol oxidation.
Scheme 29: Electrochemical synthesis of secondary amines by oxidative coupling of primary amines and benzylic ...
Scheme 30: General scheme of dioxirane and oxaziridine oxidative organocatalysis.
Scheme 31: Dioxirane organocatalyzed CH-hydroxylation involving aliphatic C(sp3)–H bonds.
Scheme 32: Enantioselective hydroxylation of CH-acids catalyzed by chiral oxaziridines.
Scheme 33: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed vinylarene diamination.
Scheme 34: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric CH-hydroxylation of benzylic substrates.
Scheme 35: Iodoarene-organocatalyzed asymmetric difluorination of alkenes with migration of aryl or methyl gro...
Scheme 36: Examples of 1,2-diiodo-4,5-dimethoxybenzene-catalyzed electrochemical oxidative heterocyclizations.
Scheme 37: Electrochemical N-ammonium ylide-catalyzed CH-oxidation.
Scheme 38: Oxidative dimerization of aryl- and alkenylmagnesium compounds catalyzed by quinonediimines.
Scheme 39: FLP-catalyzed dehydrogenation of N-substituted indolines.
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
- metal-based emitters in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices [18]. Nevertheless, many TADF emitters suffer from quenching of the emission due to the aggregation-caused quenching effect [19][20]. The strong π–π-stacking interactions in the solid or aggregated state may lead to emission quenching
- . Therefore, an appropriate molecular design to suppress π–π stacking should help to obtain a strong emission in solution as well as in the solid state. Solid-state organic emitters with reversible fluorescence switching are emerging for the sensing of pollutant acid vapor [21][22][23]. However, quickly
- the native THF solution. Another factor that may have been responsible for this were the π–π-stacking interactions in the aggregated or solid phase of BPy-pTC as compared to twisted BPy-p3C [36]. To determine the effect of aggregation on the spin-flipping process (indicated by kRISC) from the low
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthetic schemes of BPy-pTC and BPy-p3C.
Figure 1: (a) Normalized absorption spectra of BPy-pTC and BPy-p3C in toluene at room temperature; (b) normal...
Figure 2: Transient photoluminescence decay (λex = 375 nm) of (a) BPy-pTC and (b) BPy-p3C in degassed THF (10...
Figure 3: AIEE studies: Emission spectra (λex = 375 nm, 10 µM) of (a) BPy-pTC and (d) BPy-p3C in THF with inc...
Figure 4: Normalized fluorescence at room temperature and phosphorescence spectra at 77 K (λex = 375 nm, 10 µ...
Figure 5: Transient photoluminescence decay (λex = 375 nm, 20 µM) of (a) BPy-pTC and (b) BPy-p3C aggregates i...
Figure 6: Fluorescence switching by acid and base fumes exposure: Emission spectra (λex = 375 nm) of (a) BPy-p...
Figure 7: Fluorescence intensity vs number of exposures for (a) BPy-p3C and (b) BPy-pTC thin films upon expos...
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
- aromatic walls that offer van-der-Waals and π–π stacking interactions in order to compensate for the absence of a strong electrostatic interaction. These non-covalent/ionic interactions play an important role in encapsulating aromatic organic molecules, especially in aqueous medium. Along this rationale
- molecules through π–π stacking with the hydrophobic aromatic wall of the host. Finally, the boat was investigated as a catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction (Figure 2) of a series of aromatic aldehydes with 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid and Meldrum’s acid in aqueous media. One of the primary
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Butterfly 1 (Figure was reprinted with permission from [45]. Copyright 2012 American Chemical Society. ...
Figure 2: Synthesis of the three-component heteroleptic molecular boat 8 and its use as a catalyst for the Kn...
Figure 3: Synthesis of the two-component triangle 14 and three-component heteroleptic prism 15 [59]. Figure was a...
Figure 4: Catalytic Michael addition reaction using the urea-decorated molecular prism 15 [59].
Figure 5: Self-assembly of two-component tetragonal prismatic architectures with different cavity size. Figur...
Figure 6: Construction of artificial LHS using rhodamine B as an acceptor and 24b as donor generating a photo...
Figure 7: Synthesis of supramolecular spheres with varying [AuCl] concentration inside the cavity. Figure was...
Figure 8: Hydroalkoxylation reaction of γ-allenol 34 in the presence of [AuCl]-encapsulated molecular spheres ...
Figure 9: Two-component heteroleptic triangles of different size containing a BINOL functionality. Figure was...
Figure 10: Asymmetric conjugate addition of chalcone 42 with trans-styrylboronic acid (43) catalyzed by BINOL-...
Figure 11: Encapsulation of monophosphoramidite-Rh(I) catalyst into a heteroleptic tetragonal prismatic cage 47...
Figure 12: (a) Representations of the basic HETPYP, HETPHEN, and HETTAP complex motifs. (b) The three-componen...
Figure 13: Two representative four-component rotors, with a (top) two-arm stator and (bottom) a four-arm stato...
Figure 14: Four-component rotors with a monohead rotator. Figure was adapted with permission from [94]. Copyright ...
Figure 15: (left) Click reaction catalyzed by rotors [Cu2(55)(60)(X)]2+. (right) Yield as a function of the ro...
Figure 16: A supramolecular AND gate. a) In truth table state (0,0) two nanoswitches serve as the receptor ens...
Figure 17: Two supramolecular double rotors (each has two rotational axes) and reference complex [Cu(78)]+ for...
Figure 18: The slider-on-deck system (82•X) (X = 83, 84, or 85). Figure is from [98] and was reprinted from the jo...
Figure 19: Catalysis of a conjugated addition reaction in the presence of the slider-on-deck system (82•X) (X ...
Figure 20: A rotating catalyst builds a catalytic machinery. For catalysis of the catalytic machinery, see Figure 21. F...
Figure 21: Catalytic machinery. Figure was adapted from [100] (“Evolution of catalytic machinery: three-component n...
Figure 22: An information system based on (re)shuffling components between supramolecular structures [99]. Figure ...
Figure 23: Switching between dimeric heteroleptic and homoleptic complex for OFF/ON catalytic formation of rot...
Figure 24: A chemically fueled catalytic system [112]. Figure was adapted from [112]. Copyright 2021 American Chemical S...
Figure 25: (Top) Operation of a fuel acid. (Bottom) Knoevenagel addition [112].
Figure 26: Development of the yield of Knoevenagel product 118 in a fueled system [112]. Figure was reprinted with ...
Figure 27: Weak-link strategy to increased catalytic activity in epoxide opening [119]. Figure was adapted from [24]. C...
Figure 28: A ON/OFF polymerization switch based on the weak-link approach [118]. Figure was reprinted with permissi...
Figure 29: A weak-link switch turning ON/OFF a Diels–Alder reaction [132]. Figure was reprinted with permission fro...
Figure 30: A catalyst duo allowing selective activation of one of two catalytic acylation reactions [133] upon subs...
Figure 31: A four-state switchable nanoswitch (redrawn from [134]).
Figure 32: Sequential catalysis as regulated by nanoswitch 138 and catalyst 139 in the presence of metal ions ...
Figure 33: Remote control of ON/OFF catalysis administrated by two nanoswitches through ion signaling (redrawn...
Syntheses of novel pyridine-based low-molecular-weight luminogens possessing aggregation-induced emission enhancement (AIEE) properties
- Masayori Hagimori,
- Tatsusada Yoshida,
- Yasuhisa Nishimura,
- Yukiko Ogawa and
- Keitaro Tanaka
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 580–587, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.60
- /ΦEtOH) was smaller than 1.0. These results indicated that aggregation was induced by π–π stacking interaction of the planar structures of compounds 3a and 3b in aqueous solution and that their excited states decayed by non-radiative pathways, resulting in ACQ. In contrast, the fluorescence intensities
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Syntheses of pyrido[1,2-a]pyrrolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine 3a and N-methyl-4-((5-bromopyridin-2-yl)amino)-s...
Figure 1: Presumed reaction mechanism to produce 3a.
Figure 2: Fluorescence spectral profiles of (a) 4a (10−5 M, Exmax = 413 nm) and (b) 4e (10−5 M, Exmax = 415 n...
Figure 3: Fluorescence spectral changes of (a) 4a (10−5 M, Exmax = 413 nm) and (b) 4e (10−5 M, Exmax = 415 nm...
Figure 4: Protonation of N-methyl-4-((pyridin-2-yl)amino)-substituted maleimides 4 by 0.1 M HCl.
Figure 5: Frontier molecular orbitals and HOMO–LUMO energy gaps of compounds 3a, 4a, and 4e for ground-state ...
BINOL as a chiral element in mechanically interlocked molecules
- Matthias Krajnc and
- Jochen Niemeyer
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2022, 18, 508–523, doi:10.3762/bjoc.18.53
- containing electron-rich hydroquinone or 1,5-dioxynaphthalene units (macrocycles 15/21/23), together with suitable dicationic bis-bipyridinium precursors (16/19). Self-assembly of the corresponding pseudorotaxanes by π–π stacking, following by capping with dibromo-p-xylene 17 gave rise to a series of chiral
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Molecular structures of (R)-BINOL (left) and (S)-BINOL (right).
Figure 2: Synthesis of Sauvage´s [2]catenanes (S,S)-5 and (S,S)-6 containing two BINOL units by the passive m...
Figure 3: Synthesis of Saito´s [2]rotaxane (R)-10 from a BINOL-based macrocycle by the active metal template ...
Figure 4: Synthesis of Stoddart´s [2]rotaxane (rac)-14 by an ammonium crown ether template.
Figure 5: Synthesis of Stoddart´s BINOL-containing [2]catenanes 18/20/22/24 by π–π recognition.
Figure 6: Synthesis of Takata´s rotaxanes featuring chiral centers on the axle: a) rotaxane (R,R,R/S)-27 obta...
Figure 7: Takata´s chiral polyacetylenes 32/33 featuring BINOL-based [2]rotaxane side chains.
Figure 8: Synthesis of Takata´s chiral thiazolium [2]rotaxanes (R)-35a/b and (R)-38.
Figure 9: Results for the asymmetric benzoin condensation of benzaldehyde (39) with catalysts (R)-35a/b and (R...
Figure 10: Synthesis of Takata´s pyridine-based [2]rotaxane (R)-42.
Figure 11: The asymmetric desymmetrization reaction of meso-1,2-diols with rotaxane (R)-42.
Figure 12: Synthesis of Niemeyer´s axially chiral [2]catenane (S,S)-47.
Figure 13: Results for the enantioselective transfer hydrogenation of 2-phenylquinoline with catalysts (S,S)-47...
Figure 14: Synthesis of Niemeyer´s chiral [2]rotaxanes (S)-56/57.
Figure 15: Results for the enantioselective Michael addition with different rotaxane catalysts (S)-56a/56b/57a/...
Figure 16: Synthesis of Beer´s [2]rotaxanes 64a/b for anion recognition.
Figure 17: Association constants of different anions (used as the Bu4N+ salts) to the [2]rotaxanes (S)-64a/b a...
Figure 18: Synthesis of Beer´s [3]rotaxane (S)-68.
Figure 19: Association constants of different anions (used as the Bu4N+-salts) to the [2]rotaxane (S)-68 and a...
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
- accommodated in the cavity of A through π–π stacking interactions between the naphthalene ring of 3 and a triazine ligand of A from the X-ray crystallographic analysis. In the control experiment, without host A, only 44% yield of the conventional 9,10-adduct 4 was produced without any 1,4-adduct product
- reaction, the anthracene moiety stacks onto the planar triazine of B through π–π stacking and possible charge-transfer interaction between each other, which stabilizes the complex. However, after the reaction, the framework of the product is bent at the 9,10-position, which undermines the host–guest
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Site-selective Diels–Alder reaction of anthracene and phthalimide mediated by aqueous organopalladi...
Figure 2: Site-selective Diels–Alder and [2 + 2]-photoaddition reactions between naphthalene and phthalimide ...
Figure 3: Cage host A-mediated selective 1,4-radical addition of o-quinone 10.
Figure 4: Cyclodextrin-mediated site-selective reductions.
Figure 5: Selective reduction of an α,ω-diazide compound mediated by water-soluble cavitand D.
Figure 6: Selective radical reduction of α,ω-dihalides mediated by water-soluble cavitands E and F.
Figure 7: Site-selective hydrogenation of polyenols mediated by supramolecular encapsulated rhodium catalyst.
Figure 8: Site-selective oxidation of steroids using cyclodextrin as the anchoring template.
Figure 9: Site-selective oxidations of linear diterpenoids with the help of cage host A.
Figure 10: Site-selective monoepoxidation of α,ω-dienes mediated by the water-soluble cavitand host E.
Figure 11: Site-selective ring-opening reaction of epoxides mediated by cavitand I with an inwardly directed c...
Figure 12: Site-selective nucleophilic substitution reaction of allylic chlorides mediated by cage host J.
Figure 13: Site-selective monohydrolysis of α,ω-difunctional compounds using deep water-soluble cavitands.
Recent advances in organocatalytic asymmetric aza-Michael reactions of amines and amides
- Pratibha Sharma,
- Raakhi Gupta and
- Raj K. Bansal
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 2585–2610, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.173
- formed Michael adduct (Scheme 1) [25]. The proposed catalytic cycle involved generation of the active complex through hydrogen bonding between catalyst and aniline followed by interaction with chalcone via π–π stacking of aromatic rings and hydrogen bonding leading to the Michael adduct. Likewise, Lee et
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Asymmetric aza-Michael addition catalyzed by cinchona alkaloid derivatives.
Scheme 2: Intramolecular 6-exo-trig aza-Michael addition reaction.
Scheme 3: Asymmetric aza-Michael/Michael addition cascade reaction of 2-nitrobenzofurans and 2-nitrobenzothio...
Scheme 4: Asymmetric aza-Michael addition of para-dienone imide to benzylamine.
Scheme 5: Asymmetric synthesis of chiral N-functionalized heteroarenes.
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
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: (a) Schematic representation of the phase stability of a binary mixture based on the free enthalpy ...
Figure 2: Illustration of the relationship between the type of miscibility gap and the temperature dependence...
Figure 3: Schematically pictured phase diagram of a binary mixture composed of a dissolved polymer with a LCS...
Figure 4: Schematic illustration of a thermo-induced swelling behavior of a star polymer composed of responsi...
Figure 5: Schematic illustration of self-assembly of block copolymer amphiphiles in a polar medium.
Figure 6: Schematic comparison of the size and conformation between free polymer chains (a), grafted polymer ...
Figure 7: Comparison of the possible phase diagrams of a polymer in solution with partially miscibility and t...
Figure 8: Selection of polymers exhibiting UCST behavior due to hydrogen bonding (blue) divided into homo- (a...
Figure 9: Part A shows the molecular structure of PDMAPS stars synthesized by Li et al. (left) demonstrating ...
Figure 10: Part A contains a schematic demonstration of conformational transitions of dual-thermoresponsive bl...
Figure 11: Part A pictures zwitterionic brushes grafted from silicon substrates obtaining a nonassociated, hyd...
Figure 12: Part A pictures the UCST phase transition of zwitterionic polymers grafted on the surface of mesopo...
Double-headed nucleosides: Synthesis and applications
- Vineet Verma,
- Jyotirmoy Maity,
- Vipin K. Maikhuri,
- Ritika Sharma,
- Himal K. Ganguly and
- Ashok K. Prasad
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1392–1439, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.98
- simultaneous removal of tert-butyldimethylsilyl and amidine protecting groups, respectively (Scheme 41 and Scheme 42) [26]. The incorporation of the double-headed nucleosides 159 and 163 into oligonucleotides resulted in the formation of thermally stable DNA:RNA duplexes due to an efficient π–π stacking
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Double-headed nucleosides. B1 and B2 = nucleobases or heterocyclic/carbocyclic moieties; L = linker....
Scheme 1: Synthesis of 2′-(pyrimidin-1-yl)methyl- or 2′-(purin-9-yl)methyl-substituted double-headed nucleosi...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 7 having two cytosine moieties.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 2′-deoxy-2′-C-(2-(thymine-1-yl)ethyl)-uridine (11).
Scheme 4: Double-headed nucleosides 14 and 15 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 19.
Scheme 6: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 24 and 25.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 28 and 29.
Scheme 8: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 33.
Scheme 9: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 37.
Scheme 10: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 1-(5′-O-(4,4′-dimethoxytrityl)-2′-C-((4-(pyren-1-yl)-1,2,...
Scheme 11: Synthesis of triazole-containing double-headed ribonucleosides 46a–c and 50a–e.
Scheme 12: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 54a–g.
Scheme 13: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 59 and 60.
Scheme 14: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 63 and 64.
Scheme 15: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 66a–c.
Scheme 16: Synthesis of benzoxazole-containing double-headed nucleosides 69 and 71 from 5′-amino-5′-deoxynucle...
Scheme 17: Synthesis of 4′-C-((N6-benzoyladenin-9-yl)methyl)thymidine (75) and 4′-C-((thymin-1-yl)methyl)thymi...
Scheme 18: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 5′-(adenine-9-yl)-5′-deoxythymidine (79) and 5′-(adenine-9-y...
Scheme 19: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 85–87 via reversed nucleosides methodology.
Scheme 20: Double-headed nucleosides 91 and 92 derived from ω-terminal-acetylenic sugar derivatives 90a,b.
Scheme 21: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 96a–g.
Scheme 22: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 100 and 103.
Scheme 23: Double-headed nucleosides 104 and 105 with a triazole motif.
Scheme 24: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 107 and 108.
Scheme 25: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 110 with additional nucleobase in 5′-(S)-C-position joined th...
Scheme 26: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 111–113 with additional nucleobases in the 5′-(S)-C-position...
Scheme 27: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 114 by click reaction.
Scheme 28: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 118 with an additional nucleobase at the 5′-(S)-C-position.
Scheme 29: Synthesis of bicyclic double-headed nucleoside 122.
Scheme 30: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 125a–c derived from 2′-amino-LNA.
Scheme 31: Double-headed nucleoside 127 obtained by click reaction.
Scheme 32: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 130.
Scheme 33: Double-headed nucleosides 132a–d and 134a–d synthesized by Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 34: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 137 and 138 via Suzuki coupling.
Scheme 35: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 140 and 141 via Sonogashira cross coupling reaction.
Scheme 36: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 143.
Scheme 37: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 146.
Scheme 38: Synthesis of 5-C-alkynyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 151a–d.
Scheme 39: Synthesis of 5-C-triazolyl-functionalized double-headed nucleosides 154a, b.
Scheme 40: Synthesis of double-headed nucleosides 157a–c.
Scheme 41: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 159, phosphoramidite 160 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 42: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 163, phosphoramidite 164 and the corresponding nucleotide mon...
Scheme 43: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 167, phosphoramidite 168, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 44: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 171, phosphoramidite 172, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 175, phosphoramidite 176, and the corresponding nucleotide mo...
Scheme 46: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 178.
Scheme 47: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 181 and 183.
Scheme 48: Alternative synthesis of the double-headed nucleoside 183.
Scheme 49: Synthesis of double-headed nucleoside 188 through thermal [2 + 3] sydnone–alkyne cycloaddition reac...
Scheme 50: Synthesis of the double-headed nucleosides 190 and 191.
Scheme 51: Synthesis of 1-((5S)-2,3,4-tri-O-acetyl-5-(2,6-dichloropurin-9-yl)-β-ᴅ-xylopyranosyl)uracil (195).
Scheme 52: Synthesis of hexopyranosyl double-headed pyrimidine homonucleosides 200a–c.
Figure 2: 3′-C-Ethynyl-β-ᴅ-allopyranonucleoside derivatives 201a–f.
Scheme 53: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 203–207.
Scheme 54: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleosides 208 and 209.
Scheme 55: Synthesis of 3′-C-(1,4-disubstituted-1,2,3-triazolyl)-double-headed pyranonucleoside 210.
Scheme 56: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2S,3R)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213a) ...
Scheme 57: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleosides (2R,3S)-1,4-bis(thymine-1-yl)butane-2,3-diol (213c) ...
Scheme 58: Synthesis of double-headed acetylated 1,3,4-oxadiazino[6,5-b]indolium-substituted C-nucleosides 218b...
Scheme 59: Synthesis of double-headed acyclic nucleoside 222.
Scheme 60: Synthesis of functionalized 1,2-bis(1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)ethane-1,2-diols 223a–f.
Scheme 61: Synthesis of acyclic double-headed 1,2,4-triazino[5,6-b]indole C-nucleosides 226–231.
Scheme 62: Synthesis of double-headed 1,3,4-thiadiazoline, 1,3,4-oxadiazoline, and 1,2,4-triazoline acyclo C-n...
Scheme 63: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleosides 240–242.
Scheme 64: Synthesis of double-headed acyclo C-nucleoside 246.
Scheme 65: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 250.
Scheme 66: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 253.
Scheme 67: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleosides 259a–d.
Scheme 68: Synthesis of acyclo double-headed nucleoside 261.
Design, synthesis and photophysical properties of novel star-shaped truxene-based heterocycles utilizing ring-closing metathesis, Clauson–Kaas, Van Leusen and Ullmann-type reactions as key tools
- Shakeel Alvi and
- Rashid Ali
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1374–1384, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.96
- be considered as a 1,3,5‐triphenylbenzene derivative enjoying with three methylene units clipped in such a manner that all the four benzene rings are in conjugation with coplanar arrangement, resulting strong π–π stacking in addition to the strong electron‐donating ability which in turns provide a
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Retrosynthetic pathways to the pyrrole-based C3-symmetric truxene derivative 6.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of tripyrrolotruxene 6 via cyclotrimerization and RCM as crucial steps.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of star-shaped molecule 6 utilizing the Clauson–Kaas pyrrole strategy.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of truxene derivative 6 involving Ullmann-type cross-coupling reaction.
Scheme 5: Synthesis of imidazole and benzimidazole containing truxene derivatives 14 and 16.
Scheme 6: Construction of truxene-based di- and trioxazole derivatives 21 and 20.
Scheme 7: Synthesis of benzene-bridged rings containing trioxazolotruxene system 25.
Figure 1: Normalized absorption (left); fluorescence spectra (right) of the synthesized truxene derivatives (...
A comprehensive review of flow chemistry techniques tailored to the flavours and fragrances industries
- Guido Gambacorta,
- James S. Sharley and
- Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 1181–1312, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.90
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Representative shares of the global F&F market (2018) segmented on their applications [1].
Figure 2: General structure of an international fragrance company [2].
Figure 3: The Michael Edwards fragrance wheel.
Figure 4: Examples of oriental (1–3), woody (4–7), fresh (8–10), and floral (11 and 12) notes.
Figure 5: A basic depiction of batch vs flow.
Scheme 1: Examples of reactions for which flow processing outperforms batch.
Scheme 2: Some industrially important aldol-based transformations.
Scheme 3: Biphasic continuous aldol reactions of acetone and various aldehydes.
Scheme 4: Aldol synthesis of 43 in flow using LiHMDS as the base.
Scheme 5: A semi-continuous synthesis of doravirine (49) involving a key aldol reaction.
Scheme 6: Enantioselective aldol reaction using 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole (51) as catalyst in a microreact...
Scheme 7: Gröger's example of asymmetric aldol reaction in aqueous media.
Figure 6: Immobilised reagent column reactor types.
Scheme 8: Photoinduced thiol–ene coupling preparation of silica-supported 5-(pyrrolidin-2-yl)tetrazole 63 and...
Scheme 9: Continuous-flow approach for enantioselective aldol reactions using the supported catalyst 67.
Scheme 10: Ötvös’ employment of a solid-supported peptide aldol catalyst in flow.
Scheme 11: The use of proline tetrazole packed in a column for aldol reaction between cyclohexanone (65) and 2...
Scheme 12: Schematic diagram of an aminosilane-grafted Si-Zr-Ti/PAI-HF reactor for continuous-flow aldol and n...
Scheme 13: Continuous-flow condensation for the synthesis of the intermediate 76 to nabumetone (77) and Microi...
Scheme 14: Synthesis of ψ-Ionone (80) in continuous-flow via aldol condensation between citral (79) and aceton...
Scheme 15: Synthesis of β-methyl-ionones (83) from citral (79) in flow. The steps are separately described, an...
Scheme 16: Continuous-flow synthesis of 85 from 84 described by Gavriilidis et al.
Scheme 17: Continuous-flow scCO2 apparatus for the synthesis of 2-methylpentanal (87) and the self-condensed u...
Scheme 18: Chen’s two-step flow synthesis of coumarin (90).
Scheme 19: Pechmann condensation for the synthesis of 7-hydroxyxcoumarin (93) in flow. The setup extended to c...
Scheme 20: Synthesis of the dihydrojasmonate 35 exploiting nitro derivative proposed by Ballini et al.
Scheme 21: Silica-supported amines as heterogeneous catalyst for nitroaldol condensation in flow.
Scheme 22: Flow apparatus for the nitroaldol condensation of p-hydroxybenzaldehyde (102) to nitrostyrene 103 a...
Scheme 23: Nitroaldol reaction of 64 to 105 employing a quaternary ammonium functionalised PANF.
Scheme 24: Enantioselective nitroaldol condensation for the synthesis of 108 under flow conditions.
Scheme 25: Enatioselective synthesis of 1,2-aminoalcohol 110 via a copper-catalysed nitroaldol condensation.
Scheme 26: Examples of Knoevenagel condensations applied for fragrance components.
Scheme 27: Flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation described in 1989 by Venturello et al.
Scheme 28: Knoevenagel reaction using a coated multichannel membrane microreactor.
Scheme 29: Continuous-flow apparatus for Knoevenagel condensation employing sugar cane bagasse as support deve...
Scheme 30: Knoevenagel reaction for the synthesis of 131–135 in flow using an amine-functionalised silica gel. ...
Scheme 31: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 137, a key intermediate for the synthesis of pregabalin (138)...
Scheme 32: Continuous solvent-free apparatus applied for the synthesis of compounds 140–143 using a TSE. Throu...
Scheme 33: Lewis et al. developed a spinning disc reactor for Darzens condensation of 144 and a ketone to furn...
Scheme 34: Some key industrial applications of conjugate additions in the F&F industry.
Scheme 35: Continuous-flow synthesis of 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)thiomorpholine 1,1-dioxide (156) via double conjugat...
Scheme 36: Continuous-flow system for Michael addition using CsF on alumina as the catalyst.
Scheme 37: Calcium chloride-catalysed asymmetric Michael addition using an immobilised chiral ligand.
Scheme 38: Continuous multistep synthesis for the preparation of (R)-rolipram (173). Si-NH2: primary amine-fun...
Scheme 39: Continuous-flow Michael addition using ion exchange resin Amberlyst® A26.
Scheme 40: Preparation of the heterogeneous catalyst 181 developed by Paixão et al. exploiting Ugi multicompon...
Scheme 41: Continuous-flow system developed by the Paixão’s group for the preparation of Michael asymmetric ad...
Scheme 42: Continuous-flow synthesis of nitroaldols catalysed by supported catalyst 184 developed by Wennemers...
Scheme 43: Heterogenous polystyrene-supported catalysts developed by Pericàs and co-workers.
Scheme 44: PANF-supported pyrrolidine catalyst for the conjugate addition of cyclohexanone (65) and trans-β-ni...
Scheme 45: Synthesis of (−)-paroxetine precursor 195 developed by Ötvös, Pericàs, and Kappe.
Scheme 46: Continuous-flow approach for the 5-step synthesis of (−)-oseltamivir (201) as devised by Hayashi an...
Scheme 47: Continuous-flow enzyme-catalysed Michael addition.
Scheme 48: Continuous-flow copper-catalysed 1,4 conjugate addition of Grignard reagents to enones. Reprinted w...
Scheme 49: A collection of commonly encountered hydrogenation reactions.
Figure 7: The ThalesNano H-Cube® continuous-flow hydrogenator.
Scheme 50: Chemoselective reduction of an α,β-unsaturated ketone using the H-Cube® reactor.
Scheme 51: Incorporation of Lindlar’s catalyst into the H-Cube® reactor for the reduction of an alkyne.
Scheme 52: Continuous-flow semi-hydrogenation of alkyne 208 to 209 using SACs with H-Cube® system.
Figure 8: The standard setups for tube-in-tube gas–liquid reactor units.
Scheme 53: Homogeneous hydrogenation of olefins using a tube-in-tube reactor setup.
Scheme 54: Recyclable heterogeneous flow hydrogenation system.
Scheme 55: Leadbeater’s reverse tube-in-tube hydrogenation system for olefin reductions.
Scheme 56: a) Hydrogenation using a Pd-immobilised microchannel reactor (MCR) and b) a representation of the i...
Scheme 57: Hydrogenation of alkyne 238 exploiting segmented flow in a Pd-immobilised capillary reactor.
Scheme 58: Continuous hydrogenation system for the preparation of cyrene (241) from (−)-levoglucosenone (240).
Scheme 59: Continuous hydrogenation system based on CSMs developed by Hornung et al.
Scheme 60: Chemoselective reduction of carbonyls (ketones over aldehydes) in flow.
Scheme 61: Continuous system for the semi-hydrogenation of 256 and 258, developed by Galarneau et al.
Scheme 62: Continuous synthesis of biodiesel fuel 261 from lignin-derived furfural acetone (260).
Scheme 63: Continuous synthesis of γ-valerolacetone (263) via CTH developed by Pineda et al.
Scheme 64: Continuous hydrogenation of lignin-derived biomass (products 265, 266, and 267) using a sustainable...
Scheme 65: Ru/C or Rh/C-catalysed hydrogenation of arene in flow as developed by Sajiki et al.
Scheme 66: Polysilane-immobilized Rh–Pt-catalysed hydrogenation of arenes in flow by Kobayashi et al.
Scheme 67: High-pressure in-line mixing of H2 for the asymmetric reduction of 278 at pilot scale with a 73 L p...
Figure 9: Picture of the PFR employed at Eli Lilly & Co. for the continuous hydrogenation of 278 [287]. Reprinted ...
Scheme 68: Continuous-flow asymmetric hydrogenation using Oppolzer's sultam 280 as chiral auxiliary.
Scheme 69: Some examples of industrially important oxidation reactions in the F&F industry. CFL: compact fluor...
Scheme 70: Gold-catalysed heterogeneous oxidation of alcohols in flow.
Scheme 71: Uozumi’s ARP-Pt flow oxidation protocol.
Scheme 72: High-throughput screening of aldehyde oxidation in flow using an in-line GC.
Scheme 73: Permanganate-mediated Nef oxidation of nitroalkanes in flow with the use of in-line sonication to p...
Scheme 74: Continuous-flow aerobic anti-Markovnikov Wacker oxidation.
Scheme 75: Continuous-flow oxidation of 2-benzylpyridine (312) using air as the oxidant.
Scheme 76: Continuous-flow photo-oxygenation of monoterpenes.
Scheme 77: A tubular reactor design for flow photo-oxygenation.
Scheme 78: Glucose oxidase (GOx)-mediated continuous oxidation of glucose using compressed air and the FFMR re...
Scheme 79: Schematic continuous-flow sodium hypochlorite/TEMPO oxidation of alcohols.
Scheme 80: Oxidation using immobilised TEMPO (344) was developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 81: General protocol for the bleach/catalytic TBAB oxidation of aldehydes and alcohols.
Scheme 82: Continuous-flow PTC-assisted oxidation using hydrogen peroxide. The process was easily scaled up by...
Scheme 83: Continuous-flow epoxidation of cyclohexene (348) and in situ preparation of m-CPBA.
Scheme 84: Continuous-flow epoxidation using DMDO as oxidant.
Scheme 85: Mukayama aerobic epoxidation optimised in flow mode by the Favre-Réguillon group.
Scheme 86: Continuous-flow asymmetric epoxidation of derivatives of 359 exploiting a biomimetic iron catalyst.
Scheme 87: Continuous-flow enzymatic epoxidation of alkenes developed by Watts et al.
Scheme 88: Engineered multichannel microreactor for continuous-flow ozonolysis of 366.
Scheme 89: Continuous-flow synthesis of the vitamin D precursor 368 using multichannel microreactors. MFC: mas...
Scheme 90: Continuous ozonolysis setup used by Kappe et al. for the synthesis of various substrates employing ...
Scheme 91: Continuous-flow apparatus for ozonolysis as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 92: Continuous-flow ozonolysis for synthesis of vanillin (2) using a film-shear flow reactor.
Scheme 93: Examples of preparative methods for ajoene (386) and allicin (388).
Scheme 94: Continuous-flow oxidation of thioanisole (389) using styrene-based polymer-supported peroxytungstat...
Scheme 95: Continuous oxidation of thiosulfinates using Oxone®-packed reactor.
Scheme 96: Continuous-flow electrochemical oxidation of thioethers.
Scheme 97: Continuous-flow oxidation of 400 to cinnamophenone (235).
Scheme 98: Continuous-flow synthesis of dehydrated material 401 via oxidation of methyl dihydrojasmonate (33).
Scheme 99: Some industrially important transformations involving Grignard reagents.
Scheme 100: Grachev et al. apparatus for continuous preparation of Grignard reagents.
Scheme 101: Example of fluidized Mg bed reactor with NMR spectrometer as on-line monitoring system.
Scheme 102: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents and subsequent quenching reaction.
Figure 10: Membrane-based, liquid–liquid separator with integrated pressure control [52]. Adapted with permission ...
Scheme 103: Continuous-flow synthesis of 458, an intermediate to fluconazole (459).
Scheme 104: Continuous-flow synthesis of ketones starting from benzoyl chlorides.
Scheme 105: A Grignard alkylation combining CSTR and PFR technologies with in-line infrared reaction monitoring....
Scheme 106: Continuous-flow preparation of 469 from Grignard addition of methylmagnesium bromide.
Scheme 107: Continuous-flow synthesis of Grignard reagents 471.
Scheme 108: Preparation of the Grignard reagent 471 using CSTR and the continuous process for synthesis of the ...
Scheme 109: Continuous process for carboxylation of Grignard reagents in flow using tube-in-tube technology.
Scheme 110: Continuous synthesis of propargylic alcohols via ethynyl-Grignard reagent.
Scheme 111: Silica-supported catalysed enantioselective arylation of aldehydes using Grignard reagents in flow ...
Scheme 112: Acid-catalysed rearrangement of citral and dehydrolinalool derivatives.
Scheme 113: Continuous stilbene isomerisation with continuous recycling of photoredox catalyst.
Scheme 114: Continuous-flow synthesis of compound 494 as developed by Ley et al.
Scheme 115: Selected industrial applications of DA reaction.
Scheme 116: Multistep flow synthesis of the spirocyclic structure 505 via employing DA cycloaddition.
Scheme 117: Continuous-flow DA reaction developed in a plater flow reactor for the preparation of the adduct 508...
Scheme 118: Continuous-flow DA reaction using a silica-supported imidazolidinone organocatalyst.
Scheme 119: Batch vs flow for the DA reaction of (cyclohexa-1,5-dien-1-yloxy)trimethylsilane (513) with acrylon...
Scheme 120: Continuous-flow DA reaction between 510 and 515 using a shell-core droplet system.
Scheme 121: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic systems from benzyne precursors.
Scheme 122: Continuous-flow synthesis of bicyclic scaffolds 527 and 528 for further development of potential ph...
Scheme 123: Continuous-flow inverse-electron hetero-DA reaction to pyridine derivatives such as 531.
Scheme 124: Comparison between batch and flow for the synthesis of pyrimidinones 532–536 via retro-DA reaction ...
Scheme 125: Continuous-flow coupled with ultrasonic system for preparation of ʟ-ascorbic acid derivatives 539 d...
Scheme 126: Two-step continuous-flow synthesis of triazole 543.
Scheme 127: Continuous-flow preparation of triazoles via CuAAC employing 546-based heterogeneous catalyst.
Scheme 128: Continuous-flow synthesis of compounds 558 through A3-coupling and 560 via AgAAC both employing the...
Scheme 129: Continuous-flow photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition for the preparation of bicyclic derivatives of 5...
Scheme 130: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] and [5 + 2] cycloaddition on large scale employing a flow reactor developed...
Scheme 131: Continuous-flow preparation of the tricyclic structures 573 and 574 starting from pyrrole 570 via [...
Scheme 132: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocyclization of cinnamates.
Scheme 133: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclobutane 580 on a 5-plates photoreactor.
Scheme 134: Continuous-flow [2 + 2] photocycloaddition under white LED lamp using heterogeneous PCN as photocat...
Figure 11: Picture of the parallel tube flow reactor (PTFR) "The Firefly" developed by Booker-Milburn et al. a...
Scheme 135: Continuous-flow acid-catalysed [2 + 2] cycloaddition between silyl enol ethers and acrylic esters.
Scheme 136: Continuous synthesis of lactam 602 using glass column reactors.
Scheme 137: In situ generation of ketenes for the Staudinger lactam synthesis developed by Ley and Hafner.
Scheme 138: Application of [2 + 2 + 2] cycloadditions in flow employed by Ley et al.
Scheme 139: Examples of FC reactions applied in F&F industry.
Scheme 140: Continuous-flow synthesis of ibuprofen developed by McQuade et al.
Scheme 141: The FC acylation step of Jamison’s three-step ibuprofen synthesis.
Scheme 142: Synthesis of naphthalene derivative 629 via FC acylation in microreactors.
Scheme 143: Flow system for rapid screening of catalysts and reaction conditions developed by Weber et al.
Scheme 144: Continuous-flow system developed by Buorne, Muller et al. for DSD optimisation of the FC acylation ...
Scheme 145: Continuous-flow FC acylation of alkynes to yield β-chlorovinyl ketones such as 638.
Scheme 146: Continuous-flow synthesis of tonalide (619) developed by Wang et al.
Scheme 147: Continuous-flow preparation of acylated arene such as 290 employing Zr4+-β-zeolite developed by Kob...
Scheme 148: Flow system applied on an Aza-FC reaction catalysed by the thiourea catalyst 648.
Scheme 149: Continuous hydroformylation in scCO2.
Scheme 150: Two-step flow synthesis of aldehyde 655 through a sequential Heck reaction and subsequent hydroform...
Scheme 151: Single-droplet (above) and continuous (below) flow reactors developed by Abolhasani et al. for the ...
Scheme 152: Continuous hydroformylation of 1-dodecene (655) using a PFR-CSTR system developed by Sundmacher et ...
Scheme 153: Continuous-flow synthesis of the aldehyde 660 developed by Eli Lilly & Co. [32]. Adapted with permissio...
Scheme 154: Continuous asymmetric hydroformylation employing heterogenous catalst supported on carbon-based sup...
Scheme 155: Examples of acetylation in F&F industry: synthesis of bornyl (S,R,S-664) and isobornyl (S,S,S-664) ...
Scheme 156: Continuous-flow preparation of bornyl acetate (S,R,S-664) employing the oscillating flow reactor.
Scheme 157: Continuous-flow synthesis of geranyl acetate (666) from acetylation of geraniol (343) developed by ...
Scheme 158: 12-Ttungstosilicic acid-supported silica monolith-catalysed acetylation in flow.
Scheme 159: Continuous-flow preparation of cyclopentenone 676.
Scheme 160: Two-stage synthesis of coumarin (90) via acetylation of salicylaldehyde (88).
Scheme 161: Intensification process for acetylation of 5-methoxytryptamine (677) to melatonin (678) developed b...
Scheme 162: Examples of macrocyclic musky odorants both natural (679–681) and synthetic (682 and 683).
Scheme 163: Flow setup combined with microwave for the synthesis of macrocycle 686 via RCM.
Scheme 164: Continuous synthesis of 2,5-dihydro-1H-pyrroles via ring-closing metathesis.
Scheme 165: Continuous-flow metathesis of 485 developed by Leadbeater et al.
Figure 12: Comparison between RCM performed using different routes for the preparation of 696. On the left the...
Scheme 166: Continuous-flow RCM of 697 employed the solid-supported catalyst 698 developed by Grela, Kirschning...
Scheme 167: Continuous-flow RORCM of cyclooctene employing the silica-absorbed catalyst 700.
Scheme 168: Continuous-flow self-metathesis of methyl oleate (703) employing SILP catalyst 704.
Scheme 169: Flow apparatus for the RCM of 697 using a nanofiltration membrane for the recovery and reuse of the...
Scheme 170: Comparison of loadings between RCMs performed with different routes for the synthesis of 709.
Synthesis, structural characterization, and optical properties of benzo[f]naphtho[2,3-b]phosphoindoles
- Mio Matsumura,
- Takahiro Teramoto,
- Masato Kawakubo,
- Masatoshi Kawahata,
- Yuki Murata,
- Kentaro Yamaguchi,
- Masanobu Uchiyama and
- Shuji Yasuike
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 671–677, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.56
- ]). The sum of the bond angles around the phosphorus atom is 295.99°, and hence the phosphorus atom is sp3-hybridized and has a trigonal pyramidal geometry. X-ray analysis revealed that the packing structure of 2 had π–π-stacking, with a distance of approximately 3.427 Å between two
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Benzonaphthophosphindoles.
Scheme 1: Synthesis of benzo[f]naphtho[2,3-b]phosphoindoles.
Figure 2: Crystal structure of 2: different views.
Figure 3: a) Absorption spectra and b) normalized fluorescence spectra for selected compounds in CHCl3.
Figure 4: The spatial plots of the HOMO−3 to LUMO of compounds 3 and 4. The calculations were performed at th...
Amino- and polyaminophthalazin-1(2H)-ones: synthesis, coordination properties, and biological activity
- Zbigniew Malinowski,
- Emilia Fornal,
- Agata Sumara,
- Renata Kontek,
- Karol Bukowski,
- Beata Pasternak,
- Dariusz Sroczyński,
- Joachim Kusz,
- Magdalena Małecka and
- Monika Nowak
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 558–568, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.50
- , Supporting Information File 2). Additionally, the complex 17 in a solid state is also stabilized with π–π stacking interactions between the 1,2-diazine moieties and the pyridin-2-yl substituents of the ligands (Figure S1b, Supporting Information File 2). The FTIR spectrum recorded for complex 17 confirmed
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Structure of biologically active phthalazine derivatives.
Scheme 1: Synthetic route to aminophthalazinones 5 and 6.
Figure 2: Proposed catalytic cycles for the amination of 4-bromophthalazinones of type 3 (Phthal: phthalazino...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 4-amino- and 4-polyaminophthalazinones 5 and 6 (the yields refer to the isolated compo...
Figure 3: The phthalazinone derivatives that were used to test the complexation of Cu(II) ions.
Scheme 3: The proposal of the fragmentation pathway of the Cu(II) complex with compound 7.
Figure 4: Structure of complex 17.
Figure 5: Molecular structure of complex 17 with atom numbering scheme. The anisotropic displacement paramete...
Figure 6: Determination of relative cell viability (% of control) in different cell lines (HT-29; PC-3 and L-...
Figure 7: Cytotoxic properties of the phthalazinone derivatives expressed as IC50 after 72 h of cell treatmen...
Multiswitchable photoacid–hydroxyflavylium–polyelectrolyte nano-assemblies
- Alexander Zika and
- Franziska Gröhn
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2021, 17, 166–185, doi:10.3762/bjoc.17.17
- interactions and secondary interactions such as π–π stacking [34][35][36][37][38][39][40]. The size and shape could be tuned through the free energy and the enthalpy/entropy interplay in the assembly process, which again are encoded in the molecular building block structure [31][37]. Supramolecular structures
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: The chemical network of reactions for 4-hydroxyflavylium (left) and the write-lock-erase cycle (rig...
Scheme 2: The building blocks used for the self-assembly in this study: pelargonidin chloride (Flavy), 1-naph...
Scheme 3: Overview of the different states of the multi-switchable system consisting of Flavy, 1N36S, and pol...
Figure 1: Top: pelargonidin cation (Flavy) and network of chemical reactions; bottom: corresponding UV–vis sp...
Figure 2: Characterization of Flavy: a) 1H NMR spectrum at pH 7.0 (form A) before and after irradiation; b) 13...
Scheme 4: Overview of the different states of the two main cycles switching the system consisting of 1N36S, F...
Figure 3: UV–vis spectroscopy of the ternary nano-assemblies for cycle I (a) and cycle II (b).
Figure 4: Dynamic light scattering: Electric field autocorrelation function g1(τ) and distribution of relaxat...
Figure 5: Static light scattering data from the assemblies of cycle I; a) A, non-irradiated, spherical partic...
Figure 6: Comparison of cycle I and cycle II in AFM.
Figure 7: a) ζ-Potential and b) effective surface charge density for cycle I; c) ζ-potential and d) effective...
Figure 8: Isothermal titration calorimetry of poly(allylamine) into the cell containing Flavy and 1N36S in aq...
Figure 9: Polar surface area of Flavy in form of A (left) and B (right).
Figure 10: Hydrodynamic radii of the nano-assemblies as function of the loading ratio: a) cycle I, b) cycle II....
Figure 11: UV–vis spectra of the nano-assemblies of cycle II at l = 0.75.
Figure 12: ζ-Potential of the nano-assemblies of cycle II depending on the concentration ratio.
Scheme 5: Different mixing orders of the assemblies. The major part of this study focuses on route i.
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
- supramolecular hosts to recognize guests through hydrophobicity, π–π stacking, cation–π interactions, ion–dipole interactions, etc. [31][32]. Due to the cavity-shape limitation of calixarenes, most calixarene-based photocatalytic systems are mainly based on the fabrication of hybrid materials for energy transfer
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Figure 1: Chemical structures of representative macrocycles.
Figure 2: Ba2+-induced intermolecular [2 + 2]-photocycloaddition of crown ether-functionalized substrates 1 a...
Figure 3: Energy transfer system constructed of a BODIPY–zinc porphyrin–crown ether triad assembly bound to a...
Figure 4: The sensitizer 5 was prepared by a flavin–zinc(II)–cyclen complex for the photooxidation of benzyl ...
Figure 5: Enantiodifferentiating Z–E photoisomerization of cyclooctene sensitized by a chiral sensitizer as t...
Figure 6: Structures of the modified CDs as chiral sensitizing hosts. Adapted with permission from [24], Copyrigh...
Figure 7: Supramolecular 1:1 and 2:2 complexations of AC with the cationic β-CD derivatives 16–21 and subsequ...
Figure 8: Construction of the TiO2–AuNCs@β-CD photocatalyst. Republished with permission of The Royal Society...
Figure 9: Visible-light-driven conversion of benzyl alcohol to H2 and a vicinal diol or to H2 and benzaldehyd...
Figure 10: (a) Structures of CDs, (b) CoPyS, and (c) EY. Republished with permission of The Royal Society of C...
Figure 11: Conversion of CO2 to CO by ReP/HO-TPA–TiO2. Republished with permission of The Royal Society of Che...
Figure 12: Thiacalix[4]arene-protected TiO2 clusters for H2 evolution. Reprinted with permission from [37], Copyri...
Figure 13: 4-Methoxycalix[7]arene film-based TiO2 photocatalytic system. Reprinted from [38], Materials Today Chem...
Figure 14: (a) Photodimerization of 6-methylcoumarin (22). (b) Catalytic cycle for the photodimerization of 22...
Figure 15: Formation of a supramolecular PDI–CB[7] complex and structures of monomers and the chain transfer a...
Figure 16: Ternary self-assembled system for photocatalytic H2 evolution (a) and structure of 27 (b). Figure 16 reprodu...
Figure 17: Structures of COP-1, CMP-1, and their substrate S-1 and S-2.
Figure 18: Supramolecular self-assembly of the light-harvesting system formed by WP5, β-CAR, and Chl-b. Reprod...
Figure 19: Photocyclodimerization of AC based on WP5 and WP6.
Naphthalonitriles featuring efficient emission in solution and in the solid state
- Sidharth Thulaseedharan Nair Sailaja,
- Iván Maisuls,
- Jutta Kösters,
- Alexander Hepp,
- Andreas Faust,
- Jens Voskuhl and
- Cristian A. Strassert
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 2960–2970, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.246
- to the fact that preventing π–π stacking in the solid state with bulky substituents and simultaneously restricting the degree of rotovibrational freedom in solution appears contradictory. Firstly, bright molecules in solution require substantial structural rigidity to limit submolecular vibrational
- increasing water fractions from 0% to 30%, but only a weak ACQ effect upon further increase of water fraction, as compared to H. This is probably due to the steric effects suppressing intermolecular stacking in the aggregates: in the case of H, π–π stacking is favored upon increasing the water fraction
- ) Intermolecular CH…π interactions for compound Me. B) Weak intermolecular π–π stacking interactions. C) Packing of compound Me along the a-axis. Color code: black = carbon, grey = hydrogen and blue = nitrogen. The unit cell is shown in Supporting Information File 1, Figure S32. Normalized absorption spectra of
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: A) Structures of the six investigated 2,3-disubstituted-6,7-diphenylnaphthalene derivatives with va...
Scheme 2: Synthesis of p-phenyl-6,7-disubstituted naphthalene-2,3-dicarbonitrile.
Figure 1: Molecular structure in the crystal of Me as obtained by X-ray diffractometric analysis. Thermal dis...
Figure 2: A) Intermolecular CH…π interactions for compound Me. B) Weak intermolecular π–π stacking interactio...
Figure 3: Normalized absorption spectra of the evaluated compounds in fluid THF at rt. All solutions were opt...
Figure 4: Normalized emission spectra of the evaluated compounds in fluid THF at rt (left) and in a frozen gl...
Figure 5: A) Photographs of H at different THF/H2O ratios under UV excitation (λ = 365 nm). B) Photoluminesce...
Heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow chemical reactors
- Christopher G. Thomson,
- Ai-Lan Lee and
- Filipe Vilela
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 1495–1549, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.125
- (PDI) aggregates have become a popular choice of heterogeneous photocatalyst. As PDI is a large, planar, polyaromatic hydrocarbon molecule, it spontaneously forms ordered 1D supramolecular assemblies through efficient π–π stacking and side chain interactions [192]. Despite the PDI units having only non
- -bonding interactions, the narrow π–π stacking provides a sufficient π orbital overlap to produce semiconductor-type electronic band structures and an efficient interplanar charge transport similar to g-C3N4 [192]. Duan and co-workers reported the synthesis of a zinc PDI assembly as a heterogeneous
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Figure 1: A) Bar chart of the publications per year for the topics “Photocatalysis” (49,662 instances) and “P...
Figure 2: A) Professor Giacomo Ciamician and Dr. Paolo Silber on their roof laboratory at the University of B...
Scheme 1: PRC trifluoromethylation of N-methylpyrrole (1) using hazardous gaseous CF3I safely in a flow react...
Figure 3: A) Unit cells of the three most common crystal structures of TiO2: rutile, brookite, and anatase. R...
Figure 4: Illustration of the key semiconductor photocatalysis events: 1) A photon with a frequency exceeding...
Figure 5: Photocatalytic splitting of water by oxygen vacancies on a TiO2(110) surface. Reprinted with permis...
Figure 6: Proposed adsorption modes of A) benzene, B) chlorobenzene, C) toluene, D) phenol, E) anisole, and F...
Figure 7: Structures of the sulfonate-containing organic dyes RB5 (3) and MX-5B (4) and the adsorption isothe...
Figure 8: Idealised triclinic unit cell of a g-C3N4 type polymer, displaying possible hopping transport scena...
Figure 9: Idealised structure of a perfect g-C3N4 sheet. The central unit highlighted in red represents one t...
Figure 10: Timeline of the key processes of charge transport following the photoexcitation of g-C3N4, leading ...
Scheme 2: Photocatalytic bifunctionalisation of heteroarenes using mpg-C3N4, with the selected examples 5 and ...
Figure 11: A) Structure of four linear conjugated polymer photocatalysts for hydrogen evolution, displaying th...
Figure 12: Graphical representation of the common methods used to immobilise molecular photocatalysts (PC) ont...
Figure 13: Wireless light emitter-supported TiO2 (TiO2@WLE) HPCat spheres powered by resonant inductive coupli...
Figure 14: Graphical representation of zinc–perylene diimide (Zn-PDI) supramolecular assembly photocatalysis v...
Scheme 3: Upconversion of NIR photons to the UV frequency by NaYF4:Yb,Tm nanocrystals sequentially coated wit...
Figure 15: Types of reactors employed in heterogeneous photocatalysis in flow. A) Fixed bed reactors and the s...
Figure 16: Electrochemical potential of common semiconductor, transition metal, and organic dye-based photocat...
Scheme 4: Possible mechanisms of an immobilised molecular photoredox catalyst by oxidative or reductive quenc...
Scheme 5: Scheme of the CMB-C3N4 photocatalytic decarboxylative fluorination of aryloxyacetic acids, with the...
Scheme 6: Scheme of the g-C3N4 photocatalytic desilylative coupling reaction in flow and proposed mechanism [208].
Scheme 7: Proposed mechanism of the radical cyclisation of unsaturated alkyl 2-bromo-1,3-dicarbonyl compounds...
Scheme 8: N-alkylation of benzylamine and schematic of the TiO2-coated microfluidic device [213].
Scheme 9: Proposed mechanism of the Pt@TiO2 photocatalytic deaminitive cyclisation of ʟ-lysine (23) to ʟ-pipe...
Scheme 10: A) Proposed mechanism for the photocatalytic oxidation of phenylboronic acid (24). B) Photos and SE...
Scheme 11: Proposed mechanism for the DA-CMP3 photocatalytic aza-Henry reaction performed in a continuous flow...
Scheme 12: Proposed mechanism for the formation of the cyclic product 32 by TiO2-NC HPCats in a slurry flow re...
Scheme 13: Reaction scheme for the photocatalytic synthesis of homo and hetero disulfides in flow and scope of...
Scheme 14: Reaction scheme for the MoOx/TiO2 HPCat oxidation of cyclohexane (34) to benzene. The graph shows t...
Scheme 15: Proposed mechanism of the TiO2 HPC heteroarene C–H functionalisation via aryl radicals generated fr...
Scheme 16: Scheme of the oxidative coupling of benzylamines with the HOTT-HATN HPCat and selected examples of ...
Scheme 17: Photocatalysis oxidation of benzyl alcohol (40) to benzaldehyde (41) in a microflow reactor coated ...
Figure 17: Mechanisms of Dexter and Forster energy transfer.
Scheme 18: Continuous flow process for the isomerisation of alkenes with an ionic liquid-immobilised photocata...
Scheme 19: Singlet oxygen synthetic step in the total synthesis of canataxpropellane [265].
Scheme 20: Scheme and proposed mechanism of the singlet oxygen photosensitisation by CMP_X HPCats, with the st...
Scheme 21: Structures of CMP HPCat materials applied by Vilela and co-workers for the singlet oxygen photosens...
Scheme 22: Polyvinylchloride resin-supported TDCPP photosensitisers applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisat...
Scheme 23: Structure of the ionically immobilised TPP photosensitiser on amberlyst-15 ion exchange resins (TPP...
Scheme 24: Photosensitised singlet oxygen oxidation of citronellol (46) in scCO2, with automatic phase separat...
Scheme 25: Schematic of PS-Est-BDP-Cl2 being applied for singlet oxygen photosensitisation in flow. A) Pseudo-...
Scheme 26: Reaction scheme of the singlet oxygen oxidation of furoic acid (54) using a 3D-printed microfluidic...
Figure 18: A) Photocatalytic bactericidal mechanism by ROS oxidative cleavage of membrane lipids (R = H, amino...
Figure 19: A) Suggested mechanisms for the aqueous pollutant degradation by TiO2 in a slurry flow reactor [284-287]. B)...
Figure 20: Schematic of the flow system used for the degradation of aqueous oxytetracycline (56) solutions [215]. M...
Scheme 27: Degradation of a salicylic acid (57) solution by a coupled solar photoelectro-Fenton (SPEF) process...
Figure 21: A) Schematic flow diagram using the TiO2-coated NETmix microfluidic device for an efficient mass tr...
Towards triptycene functionalization and triptycene-linked porphyrin arrays
- Gemma M. Locke,
- Keith J. Flanagan and
- Mathias O. Senge
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 763–777, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.70
- ° with respect to one another. Various π–π stacking interactions were also observed between the zinc porphyrins, the nickel porphyrins and a triptycene face with a porphyrin phenyl ring. UV–vis and fluorescence studies of five of the synthesized compounds were conducted and showcased the isolating
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Triptycene as a scaffold and selected porphyrin and BODIPY arrays.
Scheme 1: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form symmetric porphyrin and BODIPY triptycene-linked dyads....
Scheme 2: Sonogashira cross-coupling reactions to form a triptycene-substituted porphyrin monomer and an unsy...
Scheme 3: Synthesis of the triptycene-porphyrin-triptycene complex 18.
Figure 2: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene 5. (a) Molecular structure of 5 in the crystal with hy...
Figure 3: Single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the conf...
Figure 4: Views of the single crystal X-ray structure of triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 sho...
Figure 5: Expanded structure view of the triptycene-linked zinc-nickel porphyrin dimer 16 showing the repeati...
Figure 6: UV–vis of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and the triptycene porphy...
Figure 7: Emission spectrum of symmetric and unsymmetric triptycene-linked porphyrin dimers 9 and 16, and a t...
Figure 8: Compounds used for spectroscopic comparisons.
Figure 9: UV–vis spectra of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in CHCl3.
Figure 10: Fluorescence emission spectrum of various porphyrin/BODIPY dimers with different linker groups in C...
Synthesis of triphenylene-fused phosphole oxides via C–H functionalizations
- Md. Shafiqur Rahman and
- Naohiko Yoshikai
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 524–529, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.48
- packing of 8a did not involve columnar π–π stacking of the PAH moiety (Figure S1, Supporting Information File 1). This is likely due to the fact that such π-stacking is inhibited by the steric bulk of the phosphole substituents (i.e., the butyl groups, the phenyl group, and the oxygen atom). Upon the
Graphical Abstract
Figure 1: Examples of functional molecules based on π-extended phospholes.
Scheme 1: Syntheses of PAH-fused phospholes featuring a 7-hydroxybenzo[b]phosphole as a key intermediate.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of phosphole-fused ortho-teraryl compounds 7.
Scheme 3: Oxidative cyclization of phosphole-fused ortho-teraryl compounds 7 into triphenylene-fused phosphol...
Figure 2: ORTEP drawings of compound 8a (thermal ellipsoids set at 50% probability). a) top view; b) side vie...
Figure 3: UV–vis absorption (solid lines) and fluorescence (dashed lines) spectra of compounds 8a–c.
Synthesis and circularly polarized luminescence properties of BINOL-derived bisbenzofuro[2,3-b:3’,2’-e]pyridines (BBZFPys)
- Ryo Takishima,
- Yuji Nishii,
- Tomoaki Hinoue,
- Yoshitane Imai and
- Masahiro Miura
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2020, 16, 325–336, doi:10.3762/bjoc.16.32
- . The crystal of 4b is classified into a space group P4322 (tetragonal) with a biaryl torsion angle of 74.4° (Figure 4b). A considerable intermolecular π–π stacking interaction was observed in between its polyaromatic fragments whose distance is approximately 3.44 Å. The polycyclic subunits overlap each
- other, being line-symmetrically aligned (Figure 5a). Meanwhile, the isomer 4c has two independent molecules in the unit cell, and the torsion angles are 67.1° and 106.8°, respectively (Figure 4d and 4f). As displayed in Figure 4b, the aromatic fragments are point-symmetrically overlapped with the π–π
- stacking distance of around 3.45 Å. It is noteworthy that both 4b and 4c pile up while minimizing the steric repulsion between the tert-butyl groups which occupy “staggered” orientations in their crystal structures (Figure 5c and 5d). Unfortunately, the crystal structure of 4a was not determined after
Graphical Abstract
Scheme 1: Synthesis of BBFZPys through the Pd-catalyzed C–H/C–H coupling.
Scheme 2: Synthesis of 3a–c.
Scheme 3: Synthesis of 4a–c through oxidative coupling reaction.
Scheme 4: Synthesis of 6.
Figure 1: Absorption (dotted line) and fluorescence (solid line) spectra of 3, 4, and 6 measured as CHCl3 sol...
Figure 2: CD and CPL spectra of 3 measured as CHCl3 solutions (1.0 × 10−5 M) and in the solid states (dispers...
Figure 3: CD and CPL spectra of 4 and 6 measured as CHCl3 solutions (1.0 × 10−5 M) and in solid states (dispe...
Figure 4: ORTEP drawings of 4b and 4c with 50% thermal probability. Hydrogen atoms and solvent molecules are ...
Figure 5: Intramolecular stacking structures of 4b and 4c.
